Victor is made out of dead body parts.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Victor|hero2=Ivy|number=2|hero_quote1=Victor|quote1=I'm in chronic pain, and my body's stitched together from corpses I can't Identify.}}</ref> Though he has been searching for a while, he has yet to find the origins of any of his body parts.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Victor|hero2=Infernus|number=3|hero_quote1=Infernus|quote1=You figure out where any of you came from yet?|hero_quote2=Victor|quote2=No.}}</ref> Because he doesn't know where pieces of his body come from, he hasn't replaced or discarded any limbs.<ref name=":1">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Victor|hero2=Bebop|number=2|hero_quote1=Bebop|quote1=I'm not trying to be rude but... How much of you is... Original you? Well not original per se, but-|hero_quote2=Victor|quote2=I see where you're going. No. I haven't had to swap out parts yet. Probably should. My left arm keeps popping off. But it doesn't feel right to discard it when I don't even know who they were.}}</ref> It's implied that Victor's physical condition is deteriorating, and his left arm keeps falling off.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" />
Victor's in constant chronic pain, with the only relief being from [[Viscous#(2) The Cube|The Cube]].<ref>{{PageRef|name=Victor}}'s in-game [[Victor/Quotes#Allies|voice line]] (Clutch Cube): ''"I... I don't feel pain!"''</ref>
Victor's willing to do anything for answers on his origins.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Victor}}'s in-game [[Victor/Quotes#Aura of Suffering|voice line]] (Upgrade Aura of Suffering): ''"There's no price I'm not willing to pay for answers."''</ref>
== Character interactions ==
* Victor is often seen by the other heroes as sad or pitiable.<ref name=":0"> {{PageRef|name=Victor}}'s [[Victor/Quotes#Enemy Heroes|enemy hero interactions]]</ref>
* Victor is considered attractive. {{PageRef|name=Infernus}} calls him "a pretty good looking corpse",<ref>{{PageRef|name=Infernus}}' in-game [[Infernus/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed Victor): ''"All things considered: he's a pretty good looking corpse."''</ref> and {{PageRef|name=Silver}} refers to him as the "prettiest corpse on Manhattan".<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Lady Geist|hero2=Silver|number=3|hero_quote1=Silver|quote1=Geist, keep running your mouth and you'll be the prettiest little corpse on Manhattan. Well... second prettiest, Victor's kinda got a lot going for him.}}</ref> {{PageRef|name=Paige}} tells Victor never to put on a shirt,<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Paige|hero2=Victor|number=1|hero_quote1=Paige|quote1=Never put on a shirt.}}</ref> and {{PageRef|name=Mina}} offers to properly sew his body together if he'll work as a clothing model at one of her shows.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Mina|hero2=Victor|number=2|hero_quote1=Victor|quote1=Then fix me up after the ritual.|hero_quote2=Mina|quote2=You walk one of my shows, then sure.}}</ref>
** {{PageRef|Ivy}} attempts to ask Victor out to dinner.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Ivy|hero2=Victor|number=3|hero_quote1=Ivy|quote1=So, Victor. I'm not sure what your plans are after the ritual (...) I was talking about dinner.}}</ref>
* Victor often asks other characters for any leads on his origins. He asks {{PageRef|name=Mo & Krill}} if he can search the New York sewers to see if any body parts down there match his own.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Victor|hero2=Mo & Krill|number=1}}</ref> He also asks {{PageRef|name=Dynamo}} where Columbia College gets their cadavers for their medical program.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Victor|hero2=Dynamo|number=2}}</ref> Victor asks {{PageRef|name=Abrams}} if any of his past cases included "a mad genius who lost one of his creations".<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Victor|hero2=Abrams|number=3}}</ref>
* Victor asks {{PageRef|name=Abrams}} for help with uncovering his past.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Victor|hero2=Abrams|number=1}}</ref>
* Victor wishes {{PageRef|name=Pocket}} luck with their problems.<ref>{{HeroIcon|Victor}}'s in-game [[Victor/Quotes#Enemies|Voice line]] (Killed Pocket) ''"Any other day I would've wished them luck"''</ref>
* Victor and {{PageRef|name=Kelvin}} promised each other that they'd stick together, as they're both walking corpses.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Victor}}'s in-game [[Victor/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Kelvin): ''"So much for the dead sticking together."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Kelvin}}'s in-game [[Kelvin/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Victor): ''"I was hoping us corpses could stick together."''</ref>
* {{HeroIcon|Lady Geist}} suggests that Victor should see her grandson, [[Johann Geist (Jr.)|Johann Jr.]], to get him fixed.<ref name=":2">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Victor|hero2=Lady Geist|number=3|hero_quote1=Lady Geist|quote1=Your condition is only going to worsen without someone to maintain you. And Johann is one of the best in New York. I'll introduce you when this ritual business is concluded.}}</ref>
** Lady Geist calls Johann her son. It's unclear if this is a mistake or a lie by Lady Geist to hide her age.
* {{PageRef|name=Mina}} offers to stitch up Victor's wounds if he stars in one of her fashion shows.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Victor|hero2=Mina|number=2|hero_quote1=Victor|quote1=Then fix me up after the ritual.|hero_quote2=Mina|quote2=You walk one of my shows, then sure.}}</ref>
* {{PageRef|name=Infernus}} and {{PageRef|name=Kelvin}} tell Victor to focus on his future instead of his past.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Victor|hero2=Infernus|number=1|hero_quote1=Infernus|quote1=Trust me brother, fixating on your past is no way to build a future.}}</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Victor|hero2=Kelvin|number=1|hero_quote1=Kelvin|quote1=My friend... We were gifted unnatural life. Don't squander it. Travel. Write a book! Find love.}}</ref>
* {{PageRef|name=Ivy}} and {{PageRef|name=Paige}} have offered to help Victor with his problems.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Ivy}}'s in-game [[Ivy/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Victor): ''"I'll help you after the ritual, Victor, but for now, I have to stop you."''</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Victor|hero2=Paige|number=3|hero_quote1=Paige|quote1=Do you want my help?}}</ref>
* {{PageRef|name=Bebop}}, {{PageRef|name=Grey Talon}}, {{PageRef|name=Kelvin}}, {{PageRef|name=Krill}}, {{PageRef|name=Mirage}} and {{PageRef|name=Vindicta}} wish Victor luck in uncovering his past.<ref name=":0" />
* {{PageRef|name=Seven}} believes Victor doesn't know a thing about "real" suffering.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Seven}}'s in-game [[Seven/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed Victor): ''"You don't know a thing about real suffering, Victor!"''</ref>
* {{PageRef|name=Yamato}} is offended by Victor's existence.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Victor|hero2=Yamato|number=1}}</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Yamato}}'s in-game [[Yamato/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed Victor (translated)): ''"His existence offends me."''</ref>
* {{PageRef|name=Bebop}} has invited Victor to see [[Shelly Fisher|Ms. Shelly]].<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Victor|hero2=Bebop|number=1}}</ref>
* {{PageRef|name=The Doorman}} has invited Victor to the [[Baroness Hotel]].<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Victor|hero2=The Doorman|number=1|hero_quote1=The Doorman|quote1=After the ritual, you should stop by The Baroness. Our house tailor is top-notch, should any part of you… pop loose.}}</ref>
Internal namesCodenames used for this hero in the game files:
Frank
Victor is a Hero in Deadlock who walks the line between life and death. Victor has learned to harness pain, shocking himself with Jumpstart to get his adrenaline rushing and his faulty heart pumping. He welcomes incoming damage with open (albeit mismatched) arms, channeling it into his Pain Battery and granting enemies a taste of the pain he endures. Get too close and risk getting caught in his Aura of Suffering, but hey, at least you'll be suffering together. And just when you think you've taken him down, he'll piece himself back together and live again!
After waking up in a mortuary table with no memories, Victor wants nothing more than to find out who made him and from whom he is made of.
It takes damage equal to 40% of Victor's Max HP to gain a charge. Cooldown Reduction (e.g. Superior Cooldown) reduces the required amount to 40% × (1 − CDR%) of Max HP, with 20% CDR, you only need to lose 32% Max HP.
Triggering Shocking Reanimation does not count as a death/kill in the HUD, but it does trigger "on hero kill" ability effects and stacks for the killer.
Shocking Reanimation still activates even when Cursed Relic is used prior to Victor's death, and it is not affected by Silence.
A lot of people spend their whole lives wondering who they really are. For Victor, this existential question is made more complicated as he woke up on a mortuary table with no knowledge of his creator, why he was made, and whom he is made of.
Now searching the five boroughs for answers, Victor is hoping to find someone who can identify any part of him.
Victor's name is a reference to Victor Frankenstein; the creator of Frankenstein's monster in Mary Shelly's 1818 novel Frankenstein.
Victor's appearance and attractiveness are likely also inspired by Frankenstein's monster's description in the original novel, quote: "I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful! Great God! His skin scarcely covered his work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing."[2]
Victor was one of the heroes in a private build who was accidentally leaked on stream in May 2025, originally named Frank.[3] Victor's model was also leaked when a game tester from Deadlock's private build accidentally posted a bug report about Victor to Deadlock's public forums in July 2025.
"Brooding in the Hideout" is displayed as one's status in the in-game Friends List when playing as Victor in the Hideout.
Victor has heterochromia. This is likely due to the fact that he is a patchwork of different body parts and they're two different people's eyes.
The barbed wire wrapped around Victor's left arm will glow with electricity when Pain Battery is ready to be used.
References
↑2025-09-04 - Jason Spisak on Instagram - "Try and kill me… it's official, I'm the voice of the undead hottie Victor in #deadlock! I loved bringing him to..uh..'life'-ish"
↑ Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, Mary Shelley, 1818