Venator

Overview

Update history

Lore

Voice lines

Sounds

“The hell are you staring at, buddy?”

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Devout Arms Expert Tactical
Weapon Stats Damage Per Second: 63.5 Bullet Damage: 8+0.27 Ammo: 33 Bullets per sec: 7.94 Reload Time: 2.8s Bullet Velocity: 1590m/s Light Melee: 50+1.7 Heavy Melee: 125+4.25
Vitality Stats Health: 820+43 Health Regen: 2 Bullet Resist: 0%x0.122 Spirit Resist: 0%x0.122 Move Speed: 6.4m/s Sprint Speed: 1m/s Dash Speed: 13.9m/s Stamina: 3 Stamina Cooldown: 4.5s
Spirit Stats Spirit Power: 0+1.1
Information
Voice Actor: Jason Keller Release Date: Unreleased Internal namesCodenames used for this hero in the game files: Priest

Venator is an unreleased Hero in Deadlock.

Abilities

(1) Buckshot(2) Potent Vapors(3) Penance & Retribution(4) Witching Hour

Consecrating Grenade

4.5m

0

25s

Fire a grenade that bounces before exploding, dealing weapon damage and setting enemies on fire.

Burning targets deal pure damage to enemies in the area and suffer from reduced healing.

x1

35

Damage

-30%

Healing Reduction

On Hit:

x1.6

10

Damage Per Second

On Hit:

0%

Max Health as Damage

On Hit:

-0%

Move Speed

3.5s  Burn Duration 

4.5m  Burn Radius 

1

-5s Cooldown

2

+1.5m Radius & +1s Burn Duration

5

-20% Healing Reduction and allow Charges

Gutshot

10m

0

23s

Fire a blast with your shotgun, dealing weapon damage and pushing enemies back. Enemies near a wall receive stun and take bonus weapon damage.

x0.7

60

Damage

On Wall Hit:

x0.8

30

Bonus Damage

On Wall Hit:

Stun

0.6s

Stun Duration

0s  Debuff Duration

7m  Wall Stun Range 

1

25 Damage

2

-10s Ability Cooldown and +0.4s Stun Duration

5

On Wall Stun: Your next heavy melee is blessed

Hex-Lined Snap Trap

2m

2

8s

28s

Kick a trap that arms after a brief delay.

The trap springs on the first enemy it touches, dealing spirit damage, applying immobilize, and revealing enemies for a duration afterwards.

x2.2

80

Damage

Immobilize

1.25s

Immobilize Duration

0%  Damage Taken

6s  Reveal Duration 

30s  Lifetime 

1

-11s Cooldown

2

1s Immobilize Duration

5

+1 Charge
Deal +30% damage against revealed targets

Ira Domini

15s

0

160s

Load your crossbow with 3 stakes, dealing massively increased weapon damage.

The final stake is blessed, dealing bonus pure damage and executing low-health enemies.

x1.5

120

Damage

While Blessed:

x3

115

Bonus Damage

While Blessed:

8%

Execute Threshold

0%  Move Speed

0s  Slow Duration

1

While Active: Gain 1.2 m/s Move Speed

2

-15s Ability Cooldown and +65 Bonus Damage

5

All Stakes are Blessed

Weapon

51:20

Rapid Fire

Medium Range

63 Damage Per Second

Falloff Range

18m ➞ 47m

Background

Lore

Venator is a monster hunter and vampire hunter for the Vatican. He is referred to as the Sword of Saint Benedict. There have been multiple Venators.

Update history

Main article: Update history

View the full update history: Venator/Update history

Update	Changes
July 28, 2026	Sprint speed reduced from 1.5m to 1m. Bullet falloff range reduced from 20m-51m to 18m-47m. Ira Domini cooldown no longer starts after the conclusion of the ability, now starts immediately. Ira Domini blessed stakes damage increased from 100 to 115.
June 30, 2026	Ira Domini cooldown increased from 140s to 160s. (Global ult change)
May 22, 2026	Health increased from 790+43/boon to 830+48/boon. Hex-Lined Snap Trap T3 increased from +25% Damage Against Revealed Targets to +30%. Hex-Lined Snap Trap T3 now also grants +1 Charge.

Gallery

• Leaked portrait
  Leaked portrait
• 
  Crucifixes shown while Penance & Retribution is active.

Trivia

• Venator's weapon is named after the Bible passage Jeremiah 51:20: "You are my war club, my weapon for battle - with you I shatter nations, with you I destroy kingdoms".
• Venator was one of the heroes in a private build who was accidently leaked on stream in May 2025.
• Venator has the Shopkeeper voice actor as a temp VO, who makes self-aware jokes about his role.
• Bookworm references Priest's voice actor, calling him "the bodega guy".
• Venator makes a reference to Valve's FX artists Andrew Kim and Irving Zhang.
• The icon used while Penace & Retribution and/or Potent Vapors are active is a crucifix.

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