Vindicta

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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.

Vindicta
Sniper
Soaring
One Shot Kill
Weapon Stats
Damage Per Second: 53.4
Bullet Damage: 12.3+0.495x0.022
Ammo: 19
Bullets per sec: Hero Not Foundx0.006
Reload Time: 2.91s
Bullet Velocity: 660m/s
Light Melee: 50+1.58
Heavy Melee: 116+3.67
Vitality Stats
Health: 755+28
Health Regen: 2
Move Speed: 7.9m/s
Sprint Speed: 1.6m/s
Dash Speed: 14.7m/s
Stamina: 2
Stamina Cooldown: 4.5s
Spirit Stats
Spirit Power: 0+1.1
Information
Voice Actor:Eden Riegel
Release Date:April 16, 2024
Internal names:Hornet

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".

Abilities

 Stake






  0


  40s



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

45 Damage
-22s Cooldown
+0.75s Tether Duration and +2m Capture Radius

 Flight

  0.2s




  13s



  0


  42s



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
+50% base Ammo while flying
10s Duration
Hero Kills Refresh Duration.
+10 Spirit Damage with increased Spirit scaling
Notes
  • Bonus spirit damage is affected by weapon damage fall-off.
  • The 1 ability point 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.

 Crow Familiar






  0


  32s



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

0%  Healing Reduction

  -6%  Bullet Resist

  -6%  Spirit Resist

Applies -35% Healing Reduction
+0.5% Bleed Damage
-16s Cooldown
+2s Duration
-8% Bullet Resist
-8% Spirit Resist

 Assassinate






  2
  2.5s



  55s



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

-15s Cooldown
80 Max Bonus Damage
+4% Weapon Damage Per Kill
Notes
  • 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.

Weapon

Wallflower's Revenge
Rapid Fire
Long Range
  53 Damage Per Second
Falloff Range
20m ➞ 64m
 

Update history

Main article: 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.

Background

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.

Lore

Vindicta says she was a child who was "unjustly condemned" during the Salem Witch Trials.[1] This relates to the actual Salem Witch Trials as many of the girls were young, ranging from ages 9 to 20.[2] John Hathorne, who's mentioned in Vindicta's background, was known in the actual Salem Witch Trials for questioning accusers and the accused in trial, often leaving the accused guilty.

Vindicta says she's not a witch because she isn't alive and her only goal is revenge.[3] Her main target is the current leader of the Friends of Humanity, also named John Hathorne, who is a descendant of the original Hathorne who killed her.[4][5]

Vindicta says she uses her given name.[6] Puritans in the 17th Century were known to give unusual names to their children, as a way of honoring their religion.[7][8]

Vindicta has been dead for roughly 200 years[9] before returning to life during the first Maelstrom (50 years before the events of the game).[10]

Character interactions

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.[29]
  • Vindicta is currently one of two heroes whose Bullets per sec is directly affected by Spirit Power, the other being Warden.
  • Vindicta will occasionally hum the song Simple Gifts after using a shot of her ultimate.[30] 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.

References

  1.  Vindicta's in-game voice line (Select) - "I was a child when they unjustly condemned me. Powerless in every sense of the word. But now, in death, I've become all that they feared and more."
  2. Salem Witch Trials: Who Were the Main Accusers? on History.com
  3.  Vindicta's in-game voice line (Select) - "I'm not a witch. Witches are people. They have wants, and dreams. All I have is revenge. And the undying will to see it through."
  4. Newscaster's in-game voice line - "Political firebrand? Or founder of a new inquisition? Read our exclusive interview with John Hathorne and decide for yourself!"
  5. Newscaster's in-game voice line - "An attempt on John Hathorne's life has raised security concerns for the controversial speaker's upcoming New York appearance."
  6. Vindicta And Vyper Conversation 1
  7. Virtue name on Wikipedia
  8. From the Biblical to the Bizarre: Puritan Names on New England Historical Society
  9. Kelvin And Vindicta Conversation 2 -   "It's strange returning after being gone for a year." -   "Try "200"."
  10.  Warden's background: "Most people think the supernatural came into the world 50 years ago."
  11.  Mo & Krill's in-game voice line (Ping See Vindicta) - "I see Goody Proctor!"
  12. Vindicta conversations
  13.  Haze's in-game voice line (Killed Vindicta): "She wasn't an avenger, she was a domestic terrorist!"
  14.  Grey Talon's in-game voice line - "Can't. There's a Friends of Humanity safehouse I need to burn down."
  15.  Sapphire Flame's in-game voice line - "Hathorne's disciples will answer for their crimes. Together, we will make them suffer in ways unimaginable!"
  16.  Grey Talon's in-game voice line (killed Vindicta) - "I thought we wanted the same thing, Vindicta!"
  17.  Grey Talon's in-game voice line (killed Vindicta) - "I thought she was my friend."
  18. Vindicta conversations
  19.  Abrams' in-game voice line (Killed Vindicta): "Your anger is justified. But your methods are not."
  20.  Kelvin's in-game voice line (Killed Vindicta): "Your cause is just, Vindicta, but your methods..."
  21.  Paige's in-game voice line (Killed Vindicta): "I don't blame her for what she's doing, but she needed to be stopped."
  22.  Warden's in-game voice line (killed Vindicta) - "Your vengeance is justified, Vindicta, but your time has long since past."
  23. Abrams And Vindicta Conversation 1 -   "You wanna walk in Times Square barefoot, be my guest!"
  24. Billy And Vindicta Conversation 1 -   "What the hell do you do other than walk around Central Park barefoot?!"
  25.  Holliday's in-game voice line (Killed Vindicta): "Put on some shoes, for god's sake!"
  26.  Mina's in-game voice line (Killed Vindicta): "That girl needs some shoes."
  27.  Wraith's in-game voice line (Killed Vindicta): "Put on some damn shoes, lady."
  28.  Yamato's in-game voice line (Killed Vindicta): "[Why don't you wear shoes?]"
  29.   Evgeniy Evstrastiy Interview (1:07:30) on YouTube (in Russian)
  30.  Vindicta's in-game voice line - "humming 'Simple Gifts'"
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