Deadlock Patch Notes – August 12, 2026 Update

Balance Focus: Seven Adjustments & Meta Tuning

1 month ago08-12-2026 UpdateBy Yoshi (Valve Developer)EnglishOfficial Deadlock Forums13 Hero Changes • 0 Item Changes

Summary

These Patch Notes are from the Official Deadlock Forums.

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This patch delivers gameplay adjustments across 13 targets, including 13 heroes and 0 items. Key heroes showing positive post-patch win-rate shifts include Seven, Vindicta, Paige. Targeted nerfs and adjustments notably affected Billy, Vyper, Wraith. Refer to the impact analysis tables below for complete win rate, pick rate, and matchmaking metrics across comparison windows.

Meta Movers

Heroes with the biggest win rate swings since the update went live.

Win Rate Up

Seven+10.2%SevenVindicta+8.9%VindictaPaige+2.9%PaigeHolliday+1.8%HollidayMcGinnis+1.6%McGinnis

Win Rate Down

Billy-17.1%BillyVyper-14.6%VyperWraith-11.4%WraithDrifter-7.4%DrifterApollo-5.6%Apollo

Hero Changes

Every hero the update touched. Hover a portrait to read the exact notes.

Hero Buffs4

Vyper-14.6%VyperSeven+10.2%SevenApollo-5.6%ApolloPaige+2.9%Paige

Hero Nerfs6

Billy-17.1%BillyWraith-11.4%WraithVindicta+8.9%VindictaDrifter-7.4%DrifterIvy-5.1%IvyLash+1.6%Lash

Reworks & Adjustments3

Holliday+1.8%HollidayMcGinnis+1.6%McGinnisThe Doorman+0.2%The Doorman

Patch Notes

The complete update, exactly as posted on the official Deadlock forums.

1Official Update Notes

Apollo: Riposte melee resist reduction increased from -22% to -25% Apollo: Riposte T2 changed from "-30% Melee Resist" to "-25% Melee Resist and +0.4s Stun Duration" Apollo: Riposte T3 increased from 60% Lifesteal for 7s to 75% Lifesteal for 13s Apollo: Fixed Itani Lo Sahn being canceled with movement abilities Billy: Base health regen reduced from 2.5 to 2.0 Billy: Rising Ram T3 changed from "On Impact: Deal 7% max health as spirit damage" to "On hero hit: +10% Max HP for 16s" Billy: Chain Gang spirit scaling reduced from 1 to 0.7 Doorman: Doorway range reduced from 70m to 65m Doorman: Walker will no longer consider Luggage Cart dragged enemies as valid targets to trigger the stomp on until soon after they are dropped off Doorman: Similar to the Walker change above, the turrets in the healing area in base now also wait on considering valid targets Drifter: Rend spirit scaling reduced from 1.7 to 1.4 Drifter: Stalker's Mark cooldown increased from 24s to 26s Drifter: Stalker's Mark T2 reduced from -12s Cooldown to -10s Holliday: Powder Keg now does half its damage immediately and half over 3s as a damage over time burn (same overall damage, multiple instances stack) Ivy: Stone Form T3 stun duration reduced from +1s to +0.75s Lash: Falloff range reduced from 20m->58m to 18m->54m McGinnis: Bullet damage base and growth values reduced by 5% McGinnis: Spirit Resist per boon reduced from +0.625% to +0.35% McGinnis: Mini Turrets no longer shoots heroes on ziplines McGinnis: Mini Turrets no longer have 80% decaying resist for the first 6s McGinnis: Mini Turrets health increased from 90 + 7.8/boon to 100 + 9/boon McGinnis: Medicinal Specter T1 changed from "Provides +40% Spirit Resist" to "+1.5s Duration" McGinnis: Medicinal Specter T3 no longer increases duration by +1.5s McGinnis: Medicinal Specter T3 now also increases spirit resistance by +40% Paige: Plot Armor weapon damage scaling increased from 0.2 to 0.3 Seven: Lightning Ball T3 radius increased from +1.5m to +1.75m Vindicta: Stake T1 reduced from +65 Damage to +45 Vyper: Petrifying Bola radius increased from 8m to 12m Vyper: Petrifying Bola petrify duration increased from 2s to 2.2s Wraith: Card Trick Heart heal spirit scaling reduced from 1 to 0.75 Wraith: Full Auto T3 spirit scaling reduced from +0.06 to +0.045