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{{Infobox hero
| key = hero_viper
| voice_actor = Stephanie Kerbis<ref name=":1" /><ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33268153/fullcredits/ Deadlock] on [https://www.imdb.com/ IMDb]</ref>
| release_date = January 17, 2025
| codenames = Viper, Kali
| pronouns = She/Her
}}{{Quotation
| 2 = Slide in, ''pop-pop'', hit Jezebel's up for an overpriced Manhattan to celebrate.
}}
'''Vyper''' is a [[Hero]] in ''[[Deadlock]]''. After Slithering across the battlefield to swiftly avoid enemy attacks while spraying them with copious amount of bullets, Vyper can inject retreating foes with Lethal Venom to finish them off and use her Screwjab Dagger to hit faraway targets. By slinging her Petrifying Bolas, Vyper will make sure that her targets won't get away from her.

Vyper is an impulsive outlaw that gets thrown in jail as many times as she escapes it, building a reputation among a number of criminal allies and enemies across the [[wikipedia:Tri-state_area|New Jersey Tri-State Area]].

Vyper was added to [[Hero Labs]] as "Viper" on [[Update:October 24, 2024|October 24, 2024]], and officially released on [[Update:January 17, 2025|January 17, 2025]].

== Weapon ==

{{WeaponCard|Vyper|ph=true}}

== Abilities ==

{{AbilitySection
| hero_name   = Vyper
| ability_num = 1
}}

{{AbilitySection
| hero_name   = Vyper
| ability_num = 2
|notes=
* T3 also [[Build-Up|builds up]] with [[Melee Attack|melee damage]].
* T3 has {{#invoke:Abilities|get_ability_upgrade_prop|Lethal Venom|3|BuildUpPerShot}}% build-up per bullet, affected by [[Damage Falloff]].
}}

{{AbilitySection
| hero_name   = Vyper
| ability_num = 3
|notes=* When Slithering up slopes, Vyper will not lose any speed as she would on flat ground.}}

{{AbilitySection
| hero_name   = Vyper
| ability_num = 4
}}

== Backstory ==
{{Fates_Tale|viper}}

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

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Vyper card.png|Vyper portrait
File:Vyper.png|Vyper icon
File:Viper Render.png|Vyper in-game render
File:Vyper select background.png|Vyper select background
File:Vyper name.svg|Vyper name typography
File:Viper Reference Sheet.png|Vyper reference sheet
File:Vyper french.svg|Vyper's French typography
File:Vyper italian.svg|Vyper's Italian typography
File:Vyper polish.svg|Vyper's Polish typography
File:Vyper russian.svg|Vyper's Russian typography
File:Vyper schinese.svg|Vyper's Simplified Chinese typography
File:Vyper spanish.svg|Vyper's typography for Brazilian, Spanish, and Spanish-Latin America
File:Vyper turkish.svg|Vyper's Turkish typography
File:Vyper ukrainian.svg|Vyper's Ukrainian typography
File:Vyper Weapon.png|Vyper weapon - The Rattler
File:Four heroes update.jpg|Vyper in the January 2025 update art
File:Vyper card old.png|Previous Vyper portrait
File:Vyper icon old.png|Previous Vyper icon
File:Vyper leak 1.png|Leaked work-in-progress new Vyper model
File:Vyper Gloat.png|Gloat portrait for Vyper.
File:Vyper Critical.png|Critical health portrait for Vyper.
</gallery>

== Trivia ==

* Vyper's current appearance is a modified version of ''[[Neon Prime]]'s'' {{HeroIcon|Kali}}. Vyper's files also replaced some of Kali's original files.
* Vyper's lead developer is [[Hopoo]],<ref>2024-10-28 - Hopoo; Deadlock Discord - "''yes I was lead on viper (and magician), it's why neither was in the hero list previously"''</ref> best known as the co-creator of the ''[[wikipedia:Risk_of_Rain_2|Risk of Rain]]'' series.
* A work-in-progress Vyper redesign model was leaked in May 2025. This model had a Cobra hood, a snake body instead of legs, no clothes, and a "WIP" sticker on the back.
** Ironically, real vipers don't have a hood.
* Before the [[Update:October 2, 2025|2025-10-02 Update]], Vyper was the only hero who started with an unlocked ability by default (Slither).
* According to her voice actress Stephanie Kerbis, Vyper is "not from Wisconsin or New Jersey".<ref name=":1">2025-09-04 - gammaton32 on [https://www.reddit.com/r/DeadlockTheGame/ reddit.com/r/DeadlockTheGame] - [https://www.reddit.com/r/DeadlockTheGame/comments/1n8qwaw/ Stephanie Kerbis is Vyper] (reposted from Stephanie's Tiktok)</ref>
* "Making [[wikipedia:Pruno|Pruno]] in the Hideout" is displayed as one's status in the in-game Friends List when playing as Vyper in the [[Hideout]].

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