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Vindicta is a Hero in Deadlock. She is a mobile and powerful marksman, engaging and picking off her targets from a distance. Using her Crow Familiar to initiate fights by bleeding her targets, Vindicta may launch into Flight to keep her distance from enemies and tether them with a Stake in the ground while targeting them with her powerful rifle. Enemies that are near-death should fear her ability to Assassinate at long-range with a devastating sniper shot.

Sniper

Soaring

One Shot Kill

Weapon Stats
Damage Per Second:	53.4
Bullet Damage:	12.3+0.495x0.022
Ammo:	19
Bullets per sec:	4.33
Reload Time:	2.91s
Bullet Velocity:	660m/s
Light Melee:	50+1.58
Heavy Melee:	116+3.67

Information

Voice Actor:	Eden Riegel
Release Date:	April 24, 2024
Internal names:	Hornet

“

If they don't have an Achilles' heel, I'll make one.

A girl who was accused of witchcraft and killed by John Hathorne during the 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

Wallflower's Revenge

Rapid Fire

Long Range

53 Damage Per Second

Falloff Range

20m ➞ 64m

Abilities

Stake

Throw a stake that tethers enemies to the location where the stake lands. Enemy movement is restricted to the length of the tether.

1.75s

Tether Duration

x0.5

40

Damage

9m

Capture Radius

9m Tether Length

40% Move Speed

1

45 Damage

2

-22s Cooldown

5

+0.75s Tether Duration and +2m Capture Radius

Debuff duration reduced by Debuff Resist

Triggers Reactive Barrier Effect can be dispelled Disable prevented by Indomitable CC effect suppressed by Unstoppable

Tethered enemies have their movement-based abilities and items silenced. See Slowing Hex for a list of abilities and items affected.

Flight

Leap into the air and fly. While in flight your weapon deals bonus spirit damage and your items have increased range.

x0.18

10

Spirit Damage Per Bullet

50%

Item Range

1

+50% base Ammo while flying

2

10s Duration

5

Hero Kills Refresh Duration.
+10 Spirit Damage with increased Spirit scaling

Disabled by Slowing Hex

Bonus spirit damage is affected by weapon damage fall-off.
The T1 upgrade does NOT increase Vindicta's base 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 Titanic Magazine.
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.
Vindicta can melee and parry without interrupting flight, allowing her to use Counterspell.

Crow Familiar

Your crow familiar deals impact damage, reduces their bullet resist and applies a bleed that deals damage based on the target's current health.

x0.744

40

Impact Damage

2.2%/sec

Bleed Damage

5s

Debuff Duration

-6% Bullet Resist

-6% Spirit Resist

1

Applies -35% Healing Reduction

2

+0.5% Bleed Damage
-16s Cooldown

5

+2s Duration
-8% Bullet Resist
-8% Spirit Resist

Debuff duration reduced by Debuff Resist Effect can be dispelled

Assassinate

Use your scoped rifle to fire a powerful shot over long distances. Deal only partial damage until fully charged after 1s of being scoped. Does bonus damage to enemies with less than 50% health remaining. Landing a killing blow on a player with Assassinate grants you bonus weapon damage.

x0.93

90

Damage

x2.3

90

Max Bonus Damage

6%

Weapon Damage Per Kill

1s Full Charge Time

50% No Charge Damage

20% Headshot Damage

1

-15s Cooldown

2

80 Max Bonus Damage

5

+4% Weapon Damage Per Kill

Assassinate is a hitscan ability. It will hit a player instantly regardless of distance.
Vindicta will remain scoped after firing an Assassinate shot as long as there is at least one ability charge remaining.
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.
The stun from Lightning Scroll is applied as separate debuffs. Hitting a target multiple times will apply multiple delayed stuns.

Backstory

See Vindicta/Lore for more story content.

“

A victim of John Hathorne during the Salem Witch Trials, Vindicta got a second chance of life when her spirit was brought back to the mortal plane during the first Maelstrom (the event that introduced the supernatural to the public at large).

Waging a one ghost war against "The Friends of Humanity", a neo inquisition formed by Hathorne's descendants; Vindicta looks to keep the supernatural safe from Hathorne's ilk, and she isn't afraid to stack as many bodies as needed to do it.

Update history

View the full update history: Vindicta/Update history

Update	Changes
August 12, 2026	Stake T1 reduced from +65 Damage to +45.
June 30, 2026	Stake T2 reduced from -20s Cooldown to -22s. Crow Familiar T2 increased from -12s Cooldown to -16s. Crow Familiar collision radius between each crow increased slightly. Assassinate Max Bonus Damage spirit scaling increased from 2 to 2.3. Assassinate cooldown increased from 50s to 55s. (Global ult change) Assassinate T1 reduced from -20s Cooldown to -15s. (Global ult change)
June 11, 2026	Assassinate Max Bonus Damage spirit scaling increased from 1.7 to 2.0.

Gallery

Vindicta portrait
Vindicta icon
Vindicta in-game render
Vindicta select background
Vindicta reference sheet
Vindicta name typography
Vindicta weapon - Wallflower's Revenge
Previous Vindicta portrait
Previous Vindicta model
Vindicta 2024 Winter skin
Temporary Vindicta icon (2024-09-12 update)
Hornet (Neon Prime)
Gloat portrait for Vindicta.
Critical health portrait for Vindicta.

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.^[1]
Vindicta will occasionally hum the song Simple Gifts after using a shot of her ultimate.^[2] 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.