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{{Infobox hero
| key = hero_hornet
| voice_actor = <!--Eden Riegel (SPECULATION) -->
| release_date = April 24, 2024
| codenames = Hornet
| pronouns = She/Her
}}{{Quotation|2=If they don't have an Achilles' heel, I'll make one.|4=Hornet_upgrade_power3_05.mp3}}
'''Vindicta''' is a [[Hero]] in ''[[Deadlock]]''. She is a mobile and powerful marksman, engaging and picking off her targets from a distance. Using her '''[[Vindicta#Crow Familiar|Crow Familiar]]''' to initiate fights by bleeding her targets, Vindicta may launch into '''[[Vindicta#Flight|Flight]]''' to keep her distance from enemies and tether them with a '''[[Vindicta#Stake|Stake]]''' in the ground while targeting them with her powerful rifle. Enemies that are near-death should fear her ability to '''[[Vindicta#Assassinate|Assassinate]]''' at long-range with a devastating sniper shot.

A girl who was accused of witchcraft and killed by [[John Hathorne]] during the [[wikipedia:Salem_witch_trials|Salem Witch Trials]] of the 1600s, Vindicta returned to this world during the first [[Maelstrom]]. Seeking to protect her fellow supernatural entities, Vindicta is waging a war against the Neo-inquisitorial "[[Friends of Humanity]]".

== Weapon ==
{{WeaponCard|key=hero_hornet}}

== Abilities ==

{{AbilitySection
| hero_name   = Vindicta
| ability_num = 1
| notes       =
* Tethered enemies have their movement-based abilities and items silenced. See {{ItemIcon|Slowing Hex}} for a list of abilities and items affected.
* Tether length is '''not''' affected by [[Ability Range|ability range]] increases (e.g. {{ItemIcon|Greater Expansion}}).
}}

{{AbilitySection
| hero_name   = Vindicta
| ability_num = 2
| notes       =
* Bonus spirit damage is affected by weapon damage fall-off.
* Vindicta can melee and parry without interrupting flight, allowing her to use {{ItemIcon|Counterspell}}.
* Vindicta cannot dash during the flight due to dash hotkey (<code>SHIFT</code>) being overriden by Fly Up. Rebinding either of those allows the player to dash normally during the flight.
* When killing a target with Flight active and the T3 upgrade, flight is recast, giving Vindicta a burst of speed in the air, but no additional height.
* The T1 upgrade does ''NOT'' increase Vindicta's total Ammo capacity by 50%, it only increases her Ammo capacity by 50% of her base Ammo. This means that it will increase her ammo capacity by the same amount every time and will not affect other sources of Ammo increase such as {{ItemIcon|Titanic Magazine}}.
| interactions =
{{AbilityInteraction | interaction = plated armor | state = disabled | text =
Neither "Deflection" nor "On-Hit Prevention" on Plated Armor protect against Flight's extra spirit damage.
}}
}}

{{AbilitySection
| hero_name   = Vindicta
| ability_num = 3
| notes =

}}

{{AbilitySection
| hero_name   = Vindicta
| ability_num = 4
| notes       =
* Assassinate is a hitscan ability. It will hit a player instantly regardless of distance.
* Vindicta will remain scoped after firing an Assassinate shot regardless if she has a remaining charge or not. 
* Vindicta can use the Crow Familiar and Stake while scoped in without scoping out. Using flight will scope her out however.
* The damage scales up from 50% to 100% after one second of being scoped.
* If a target dies within 4 seconds after being hit with Assassinate, Vindicta will still get the bonus weapon damage stack.
* T3 Assassinate upgrade grants bonus weapon damage retroactively. (adds +4% Weapon Damage per individual stack already acquired upon upgrading.)
* Each use of a charge counts as a separate ultimate cast for {{ItemIcon|Lightning Scroll}}'s "once per target per ultimate" restriction. Hitting a target multiple times will apply multiple delayed stuns.
* Assassinate isn't affected by [[Disarm]].
}}

== Street Brawl ==
=== Ability Changes ===
<!--For fresh data see [[Deadlock:Street Brawl Ability Changes]] -->
Apart from [[Street Brawl#Heroes|global changes]], Vindicta does '''not''' have any special modifications for her abilities in Street Brawl.
=== Item Draft ===
{{HeroStreetBrawlItems|Vindicta}}

== Backstory ==
{{Fates_Tale|hornet}}

== Update history ==
{{Update history}}

== 3D model ==
{{3D_Model|Vindicta}}
===Weapon===
{{3D Model|Vindicta Weapon|size=240px}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Vindicta card.png|Vindicta portrait
File:Vindicta Gloat.png|Gloat portrait for Vindicta
File:Vindicta Critical.png|Critical health portrait for Vindicta
File:Vindicta MM.png|Vindicta icon
File:Vindicta Render.png|Vindicta in-game render
File:Vindicta select background.png|Vindicta select background
File:Vindicta Reference Sheet.png|Vindicta reference sheet
File:Vindicta Weapon.png|Vindicta weapon - ''Wallflower's Revenge''
</gallery>

=== Typography ===
<gallery>
File:Vindicta name.svg|Vindicta's name typography
File:Vindicta russian.svg|Vindicta's Russian typography
File:Vindicta schinese.svg|Vindicta's Simplified Chinese typography
File:Vindicta turkish.svg|Vindicta's Turkish typography
File:Vindicta ukrainian.svg|Vindicta's Ukrainian typography
</gallery>

=== Removed/Unused content ===
<gallery>
File:Vindicta card old.png|Previous Vindicta portrait
File:Vindicta temp mm.png|Temporary Vindicta icon [[Update:September 12, 2024|(2024-09-12 update)]]
File:Vindicta Render old.png|Previous Vindicta model
File:Vindicta winter.jpg|Vindicta 2024 [[Seasonal events#Winter|Winter skin]]
</gallery>

=== [[Neon Prime]] ===
<gallery>
File:Hornet Neon Prime.png|Hornet model
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
* Vindicta was named '''Hornet''' in ''[[Neon Prime]]''.
** Hornet was voiced by Jeannie Tirado, who also voices [[Ivy]].
* Vindicta's current model was designed by artist [[Evgeniy Evstrastiy]].<ref>{{YouTubeCite|video=vl3F5IMLP_o&t=4051|title=Evgeniy Evstrastiy Interview (1:07:30)}} (in Russian)</ref>
* Vindicta will occasionally hum the song ''[[wikipedia:Simple_Gifts|Simple Gifts]]'' after using a shot of her ultimate.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|Vindicta|file=vindicta_use_power4_04.mp3|transcription=humming 'Simple Gifts'}}</ref> This is a song that originated from the Shaker religion in the early 1800s.
* "Brooding in the Hideout" is displayed as one's status in the in-game Friends List when playing as Vindicta in the [[Hideout]].
** She shares this status with [[Victor]].

== See also ==
* [[Vindicta/Quotes]]

== References ==
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