Deadlock Patch Notes

Update 01-28-2025

Initial Update

January 28, 2025Open Source

General

Core Gameplay

All objectives now take 50% less damage from Spirit Damage (abilities no longer have one off values for this)
Shrines are no longer vulnerable to Spirit Damage when out of range (rather than only immune to bullet damage)
Can no longer stand on top of Walkers
Spellslinger Headshots: Amp per headshot increased from 4% to 6%
Spellslinger Headshots: Max Stacks reduced from 12 to 10

Items

Ammo Scavenger

Ammo reduced from 15% to 10%

Swift Striker

Fire Rate reduced from 22% to 20%

Alchemical Fire

Base damage reduced from 50 to 45

Bullet Lifesteal

Lifesteal reduced from 26% to 24%

Heroic Aura

Lifesteal reduced from 18% to 16%

Berserker

Damage to gain stack increased from 100 to 120

Heroes

Abrams

Infernal Resilience

increased from 11% to 12%

Bebop

Uppercut air control lockout period reduced from 0.5s to 0.3s

Dynamo

Kinetic Pulse

damage spirit scaling increased from 1.4 to 1.8
T3 now also adds +1 Charge

Calico

Fixed Leaping Slash doing bonus damage from Melee Charge

Gloom Bombs

now has updated impact SFX
now has an arming effect for when they are about to detonate

Leaping Slash

only heals when hitting heroes
fixed VFX to match the damage area more accurately
updated to break breakables in the area
fixed a bug where calico's slash would deal no damage near walls

Ava

duration reduced from 20s to 15s
cooldown reduced from 50s to 45s
now gets slowed by 30% for 1s anytime she takes damage
speed reduced from 75% to 65%
T2 speed increased from +35% to +45%
now can now meow with m1

Return to Shadows

cooldown increased from 80s to 90s

Grey Talon

Spirit Snare

cooldown reduced from 37s to 34s
T2 increased from +0.5s to +0.75s

Haze

Bullet Dance

T3 increased from +40% Evasion to +60%
T3 increased from +2 Dance Move Speed to +3

Holliday

Powder Keg

will no longer arm instantly if the player has the Bounce Pad modifier
Charge Time increased from 1s to 2s
knock up time reduced by 15%

Bounce Pad

no will no longer expire after 5 seconds in the air
spirit scaling reduced from 0.9 to 0.4
will now play a different sound on the player's first bounce when the stomp modifier is active
VFX and lifetime display improved
will now be more responsive for the player when landing and dealing damage

Spirit Lasso

duration reduced from 2.5s to 2.25s
duration now lasts 1.5s longer when using Bounce Pad
Fixed an issue where the lasso animation would get stuck on sometimes

Kelvin

Arctic Beam

now also slows roll distances by 20%

Seven

Storm Cloud

secondary ability delay reduced from 2s to 0.25s

Shiv

Serrated Knives

no longer stops after hitting a Soul Orb

Sinclair

No longer has -35% Headshot Damage Reduction
Rabbit can now use jump

Vexing Bolt

damage mechanics reworked, increases damage as the bolt travels, various values adjusted (150 max damage, 75 min damage, 2s time for max damage, assistant does 50% damage. T3 is now +150 max damage, +50% assistant damage)
T2 updated to remove base fire rate debuff, add as t2 upgrade, remove spirit shred t2
allow for retarget to try to find targets through walls and to bend around corners