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.
Internal namesCodenames used for this hero in the game files:
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".
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
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
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.
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's motivation in the ritual is to wipe out John Hathorne's bloodline and the Friends of Humanity.[3][4][5][6] Her main goal seems to be getting revenge on Hathorne's bloodline, with the destruction of the Friends of Humanity being a side benefit.[7]
Vindicta says she's not a witch because, in her eyes, she doesn't have wants or dreams: only a lust for revenge.[8] 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.[9][10] Vindicta has killed John Hathorne's brother while he was on a speedboat,[11] and assassinated someone else during the Boston Marathon.[12]
Vindicta has been dead for roughly 200 years[13] before returning to life during the first Maelstrom (50 years before the events of the game).[14] Vindicta says she was "lost" for a while before finding her purpose of revenge.[15] While consumed by revenge, Vindicta ultimately sees her actions as her "saving life".[16][17]
Vindicta says she uses her given name.[18] Puritans in the 17th Century were known to give unusual names to their children, as a way of honoring their religion.[19][20]
Vindicta's exploits have been told about in Ixia. According to Apollo, Vindicta is called "Hasha Vogali", which is Ixian for "Death's Whisper".[21]
Vindicta and Grey Talon have hunted the Friends of Humanity together and regard each other as friends.[23][24][25] Vindicta calls Grey Talon by his first name and believes that, if her father was like Grey Talon, she would never have died during the Salem Witch Trials.[26]
Vindicta believes Ivy is naive and warns her that, if she doesn't smarten up soon, someone she cares about will be hurt.[27]
Haze warns Vindicta to "quit while she's ahead", because murdering John Hathorne will "galvanize" the Friends of Humanity.[28] She calls Vindicta a "domestic terrorist".[29]
Apollo commends Vindicta for her war against the Friends of Humanity, although he dislikes her dishonorable tactics.[30][31]
Graves wishes she could help Vindicta with her problems.[32][33]
Vindicta will occasionally hum the song Simple Gifts after using a shot of her ultimate.[46] 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."
↑Hidden King's in-game voice line (Vindicta start): "Complete the ritual, Vindicta, and Hathorne's bloodline will be eradicated from this planet."
↑Archmother's in-game voice line (Vindicta start): "Hathorne's bloodline will pay for his sins. All you need to do is summon the Archmother."
↑Archmother's in-game voice line (Vindicta start): "Complete the ritual, and the Friends of Humanity will fall before you."
↑Vindicta's in-game voice line (select): "The Friends of Humanity will be eradicated from this Earth."
↑Vindicta And Billy Conversation 1 - "I'm systematically murdering the bloodline of a judge that used his power to sentence innocent women to death. And in the process, I'm dismantling an extremist neopolitical movement."
↑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."
↑Vindicta And Holliday Conversation 1 - "How good are you at hitting moving targets?" - "I shot Hathorne's brother while he was day-drinking on a speedboat."
↑Vindicta And Billy Conversation 3 - "Tell you what, Billy, when you can cleanly shoot someone running centre pack at the Boston Marathon from five blocks away, we can trade roles."
↑Warden's background: "Most people think the supernatural came into the world 50 years ago."
↑Vindicta And Kelvin Conversation 3 - "How long did it take you to make sense of the modern world?" - "A while. People always ask me about adapting to technology but, really, the language was the hardest. For a while, I felt lost. But I was able to find my way, and my purpose."
↑Vindicta And Kelvin Conversation 2 - "Vindicta... my priority will always be saving life, not facilitating you ending it." - "That's your problem, Kelvin. I am saving life."
↑Vindicta's in-game voice line (select): "I don't have the luxury of morality. There are lives at stake."
↑Vindicta's in-game voice line (killed Grey Talon): "I prayed it wouldn't come to this..."
↑Grey Talon And Vindicta Conversation 3 - "Wesley, I just... I just wanted you to know that if I had a father like you, I don't think I would have died." - "You deserved better. I'm sorry." - "It's okay... I got to meet you."
↑Ivy And Vindicta Conversation 3 - "The Mendoza Syndicate is gone." - "That you can see, for now. Ivy, some might mistake your naiveté for charm, but believe me when I say: it's dangerous. And if you don't smarten up soon, someone you care about is going to be hurt."
Stake
40s
1.75s
x0.5
40
9m
40%
Move Speed
1
Slowing Hex for a list of abilities and items affected.
