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Internal namesCodenames used for this hero in the game files:
Hornet
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.
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".
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
1
Applies -35% Healing Reduction
2
+0.5% Bleed Damage -16s Cooldown
5
+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
1sFull Charge Time
50%No Charge Damage
20%Headshot Damage
1
-15s Cooldown
2
80 Max Bonus Damage
5
+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.
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]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.[2]
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]
Haze warns Vindicta to "quit while she's ahead", because murdering John Hathorne will "galvanize" the Friends of Humanity.[12] She calls Vindicta a "domestic terrorist".[13]
Grey Talon believes the Friends of Humanity are behind the murder of his family.[14][15] He and Vindicta have hunted them together and regard each other as friends.[16][17][18]
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
↑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."
↑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."
↑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!"
↑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."
Stake
40s
1.75s
x0.5
40
9m
40%
Move Speed
1
Slowing Hex for a list of abilities and items affected.
