Deadlock Patch Notes: April 17, 2025 - Buffs & Nerfs

18 Hero & 12 Item Balance Adjustments

1 year ago04-17-2025 UpdateBy Yoshi (Valve Developer)EnglishOfficial Deadlock Forums18 Hero Changes • 12 Item Changes

Summary

These Patch Notes are from the Official Deadlock Forums.

This patch delivers gameplay adjustments across 30 targets, including 18 heroes and 12 items. Refer to the impact analysis tables below for complete win rate, pick rate, and matchmaking metrics across comparison windows.

Biggest Winners

No positive hero win-rate changes are available yet.

Biggest Losers

No negative hero win-rate changes are available yet.

Hero	Change	Win Rate Before	Win Rate After	Win Rate Change	Matches
Haze	Reworked	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
Sleep Dagger now causes the target to be unable to slide while drowsy Sleep Dagger T2 now also reduces Stamina Regeneration by 60% for 6s Bullet Dance Fire Rate increased from +30% to +35% Bullet Dance T2 increased from -40s Cooldown to -50s Hero page
Ivy	Reworked	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
Headshot hitbox is smaller now (no longer includes the ears) Fixed visibility issues with Air Drop Hero page
Kelvin	Reworked	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
Base Spirit Resist reduced from 15% to 0 Now gains +1% Spirit Resist per boon Base Sprint reduced from 2 to 1.5 Frozen Shelter cooldown increased from 130s to 140s Frozen Shelter T2 Cooldown increased from -40s to -50s Hero page
Lash	Reworked	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
Ground Strike base damage reduced from 90 to 75 Death Slam lock-on time increased from 0.6s to 0.7s Hero page
McGinnis	Reworked	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
Mini Turrets tracking speed increased by 15% Mini Turrets bullet velocity increased by 10% Mini Turrets T3 now also increases duration by 18s Hero page
Mo & Krill	Reworked	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
Burrow T2 reduced from +140 Damage to +100 Burrow spirit scaling increased from 1.4 to 1.7 Combo DPS reduced from 60 to 40 Combo spirit scaling increased from 1.1 to 1.3 Hero page
Pocket	Reworked	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
Base bullet damage reduced from 4.5 to 3.9 Bullet damage growth increased from 0.28 to 0.32 Enchanter's Satchel damage reduced from 100 to 70 Enchanter's Satchel T2 damage increased from +80 to +110 Hero page
Seven	Reworked	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
Storm Cloud lightning bolt damage reduced from 150 to 100 Storm Cloud lightning bolt radius increased from 6m to 7m Hero page
Sinclair	Reworked	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
Bullet damage reduced from 23 to 20 Fixed Rabbit Hex Damage Amp not affecting allied damage Rabbit Hex Damage Amp reduced from 25% to 15% Rabbit Hex Damage Amp spirit scaling reduced from 0.1 to 0.06 Rabbit Hex T3 now also increases Damage Amp by +5% Rabbit Hex Move Speed increased from 15% to 22% Rabbit Hex no longer deals 80 damage Vexing Bolt min damage reduced from 75 to 65 Vexing Bolt max damage reduced from 150 to 130 Hero page
Bebop	Nerfed	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
Base stamina reduced from 3 to 2 Base regen reduced from 3 to 1.5 No longer gains +1% Spirit Resist Per Boon Hero page
Calico	Nerfed	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
Base ammo reduced from 12 to 9 Gun damage growth reduced by 25% Gloom Bombs T1 and T2 swapped Hero page
Grey Talon	Nerfed	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
HP regen reduced from 2.5 to 1.5 Move Speed spirit scaling reduced from 0.025 to 0.014 Charged Shot damage reduced from 100 to 90 Charged Shot spirit scaling reduced from 1.6 to 1.2 Charged Shot T3 spirit scaling increased from +0.9 to +1.3 Hero page
Holliday	Nerfed	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
Base gun damage reduced from 29 to 26 Gun damage growth increased from 1.53 to 1.72 Lasso bonus bounce pad duration reduced from 1.5 to 1s Fixed being able to Heavy Melee while casting Lasso Hero page
Mirage	Nerfed	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
Base Health reduced from 550 to 500 Djinn's Mark T1 slow reduced from 80% to 60% Fire Scarabs Bullet Resist Reduction reduced from -10% to -8% Hero page
Paradox	Nerfed	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
Kinetic Carbine T2 reduced from -10s Cooldown to -8s Hero page
Vindicta	Nerfed	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
Crow Familiar Cooldown increased from 26s to 28s Crow Familiar T3 Spirit and Bullet Resist Reduction reduced from -12% to -8% Hero page
Warden	Buffed	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
Base health increased from 550 to 575 Base regen increased from 2 to 3 Fixed Phantom Strike and Warp Stone working through Binding Ward capture Hero page
Lady Geist	Adjusted	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
Fixed some cases where Life Swap did not work Hero page

Item	Change	Pick Rate Before	Pick Rate After	Win Rate Change	Matches	Average Buy Time
Healing Rite	Nerfed	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A
Total HP Regen reduced from 370 to 350 Cooldown increased from 64s to 70s Item page
Healbane	Nerfed	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A
Heal on kill changed from 350 to 275 Enchanter's Barrier: Reduced from 300 to 250 Combat Barrier: Reduced from 325 to 275 Item page
Divine Barrier	Nerfed	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A
Cooldown increased from 30s to 40s Item page
Restorative Locket	Nerfed	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A
Range to gain charges reduced from 50m to 35m Heal per stack reduced from 32 to 30 Item page
Debuff Reducer	Nerfed	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A
Health reduced from 125 to 75 Debuff Reduction reduced from 28 to 24% Item page
Phantom Strike	Nerfed	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A
Cooldown increased from 26s to 30s Item page
Spirit Strike	Nerfed	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A
Spirit Resist Reduction reduced from 12% to 8% Item page
Decay	Nerfed	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A
Health Regen reduced from 1.5 to 1 Spirit Power reduced from +7 to +4 Cooldown increased from 33s to 36s Item page
Echo Shard	Nerfed	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A
Cooldown increased from 21s to 23s Item page
Fortitude	Reworked	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A
Weapon Damage reduced from 27% to 23% Out of combat time increased from 10s to 13s Item page
Knockdown	Reworked	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A
Now removes all momentum and brings heroes straight down Item page
Ethereal Shift	Reworked	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A
Moved from Tier 3 to Tier 4 Can now be canceled early Duration increased from 3.5s to 4s Max speed during activation increased from 2m/s to 3m/s Item page

Raw Patch NotesThe complete unformatted patch notes as released.

[ General ]

- Soul Orbs no longer have special duplication rules before 8 minutes. Soul splitting rules are now the same before 8 minutes as afterwards. Adjusted trooper economy to compensate. There is also no longer a bounty bump that occurs at 8 minutes.

- Wave interval increased from 25s to 30s (bounty values adjusted by the same ratio)

- Guardians attack range reduced from 38.1m to 35m

- Guardians melee attempt range reduced from 6.1m to 5m

- Guardians melee damage range reduced from...

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Deadlock Patch Notes – April 17, 2025 Update

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Hero Changes (18)

Item Balance Changes (12)