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Venator is an upcoming Hero in Deadlock.
Abilities
Weapon
51:20
Rapid Fire
Medium Range
63 Damage Per Second
Falloff Range
18m ➞ 47m
Background
Lore
The Venators are a group of trained vampire hunting assassins fighting on the behalf of the Catholic Church.[1][2][3] Sent by his superiors at the Vatican to New York, the playable Venator is on a mission.[4][5][6]
Venator's mission and motivation in the ritual is to kill the Patrons.[7][8] He's willing to die to achieve his mission.[9]
Venator is described as "unhinged" and "angry",[10][11] although some characters do show respect to Venator (notably Grey Talon and Vindicta).[12][13]
Venator's real name is Father Quinn.[14][15] He's also nicknamed "The Sword of Saint Benedict."[16][17]
While known for hunting vampires,[18] Venator seems to hunt other monsters too.[19] The Venators of the Vatican have a friendly rivalry with the Baxter Society.[20]
Character Interactions
The Archmother and 
The Hidden King know Venator sees them as his enemy, but each try to convince Venator to work with them to kill the other Patron.[21][22]
Vindicta and 
Bebop respect Venator.[13][23] 
Grey Talon wishes they were fighting on the same side if he kills Venator.[12]
Drifter has killed other Venators before,[24] though he had higher expectations for the playable Venator.[16]
Paradox was expecting Venator to come after her at some point, implying the Paradox Organisation has robbed the Vatican before.[25]
Vyper likes Venator's voice.[26]
Update history
View the full update history: Venator/Update history
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Gallery
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Venator's portrait. -
Venator's icon. -
Venator in-game render. -
Venator's typography. -
"Vote for Venator" poster/spray from the 1/23/26 major update. -
Damaged "Vote Venator" poster. -
Venator splash art from the vote screen. -
Venator voter sticker. -
Venator's censer hint at the hideout. -
Venator's shadow in the hideout. -
Leaked Venator portrait. -
Second leaked Venator portrait. -
Leaked work-in-progress Venator model.
Trivia
- "Venator" means "hunter" in Latin.
- 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.[27] A playable version of Venator was added to the files in the Shop Rework Update. A new Venator portrait was leaked in a work-in-progress hero select screen posted on 4chan in July 2025. On 20th January 2026, Venator was teased in the Hideout with a thurible on a bookshelf.
- Before he was named "Quinn", Venator was named "Rourke" and "Cain" during development before his release.[28][29][30]
- Venator originally had the Shopkeeper voice actor as a temp VO, who made self-aware jokes about his role.The female temp voice (currently on Boho) called him "the bodega guy".[31]
- Prior to the Six New Heroes Update, Venator had an ability called "Potent Vapors", a channel which would heal Venator and grant him movement slow resist at the cost of him being unable to attack throughout its channel. This ability was replaced with "Flashbang AOE".
- "Praying in the Hideout" is unused, but is speculated to be displayed as one's status in the in-game Friends List when playing as Venator in the Hideout.
References
- ↑ Grey Talon's in-game voice line (Killed Venator): "Killed the vampire hunter."
- ↑ Vyper's in-game voice line (Killed Venator): "You know, you'd think the Vatican could afford better assassins."
- ↑
Kelvin's in-game voice line (Killed Venator): "I never thought I'd be at war with the Vatican!"
- ↑
Ivy's in-game voice line - "So, the Vatican sent an assassin? That's... great."
- ↑
Billy's in-game voice line (Killed Venator): "Try explaining that you lost to a guy with a goat head to your superiors."
- ↑
The Doorman's in-game voice line (Killed Venator): "Your mission is doomed to fail, Venator."
- ↑ The Archmother's in-game voice line (Venator start): "You have slain the things of people's nightmares, but you have never faced someone like the Hidden King. Together, with the Archmother, you have a way to end his reign!"
- ↑ The Hidden King's in-game voice line (Venator start): "Venator, your faith is like iron, your fury righteous, and both will be needed to stop the Archmother!"
- ↑ The Doorman's in-game voice line (Venator trapped in Baroness): "I know you're prepared to die here, Venator, which is good, because you shall."
- ↑
Paige's in-game voice line (Killed Venator): "That guy is unhinged!"
- ↑ Grey Talon's in-game voice line (Killed Venator): "I've seen a few Venators in my time. That one was angrier than most."
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Grey Talon's in-game voice line (Killed Venator): "Wish the Venator was fighting for us."
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Vindicta's in-game voice line (Killed Venator): "I respect you, Venator."
- ↑ The Archmother's in-game voice line (Venator start): "Father Quinn, I know you question if this is the right course of action, but it is! The Hidden King threatens us all."
- ↑
Holliday's in-game voice line (killed Venator): "Took out Father Quinn."
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Drifter's in-game voice line - "I expected more from the Sword of Saint Benedict."
- ↑ The Hidden King's in-game voice line (ally Venator killstreak): "The Sword of Saint Benedict cuts them down like wheat!"
- ↑
Mina's in-game voice line - "Leave the Vampire Nation alone!"
- ↑ Paige's in-game voice line - "I thought you were supposed to hunt monsters!"
- ↑ Grey Talon's in-game voice line (Killed Venator): "So much for a friendly rivalry..."
- ↑ The Hidden King's in-game voice line (Venator start): "Venator, I know you have no love for the Hidden King, but the Archmother is a tyrant! And together, we can usurp her!"
- ↑ The Archmother's in-game voice line (Venator start): "Thank you for realising that the Archmother is not your enemy today. May your hunt be successful, Father."
- ↑ Bebop's in-game voice line (Killed Venator): "Nothing personal, Venator!"
- ↑ Drifter's in-game voice line (Killed Venator): "How many of your order do I gotta kill before you realize you can't stop me?"
- ↑ Paradox's in-game voice line (Killed Venator): "Was wondering when they'd send you after me."
- ↑ Vyper's in-game voice line (Killed Venator): "Oh, I could listen to that guy read me the phone book. He is killing me. Heh ha!"
- ↑ 2025-05-01 - atahutahatena on Reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumors - Streamer accidentally leaks hero roster of a more "secret" private Deadlock pre-alpha playtest build
- ↑ Mina's in-game voice line (Killed Venator): "You're just a man, Roark, and you're gonna die screaming like one."
- ↑
Victor's in-game voice line (Killed Venator): "Took down Roark."
- ↑ The Doorman's in-game voice line (Venator trapped in Baroness): "You know, Cain, one day you will actually believe the legend you sell to people, and on that day you will die screaming."
- ↑ Paige's in-game voice line - "If you thought the bodega guy was a good temp voice, wait 'til you hear me."
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