Deadlock Patch Notes – December 29, 2025 Update
This patch delivers gameplay adjustments across 10 targets, including 10 heroes and 0 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.
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| Reworked | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 |
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| Reworked | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 |
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| Item | Change | Pick Rate Before | Pick Rate After | Win Rate Change | Matches | Average Buy Time |
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Raw Patch NotesThe complete unformatted patch notes as released.
- Bebop: Stamina increased from 2 to 3 - Bebop: Stamina regeneration cooldown increased from 4.55s to 6s - Bebop: Bebop Health per boon increased from +46 to +52 - Bebop: Sticky Bomb base damage reduced from 100 to 75 - Bebop: Sticky Bomb T2 damage reduced from 63 to 60 - Bebop: Sticky Bomb Spirit Scaling increased from 1.1 to 1.5 - Bebop: Sticky Bomb per hero hit from 1.5% to 1% + 0.0025% Spirit Scaling - Bebop: Sticky Bomb per hero kill from 4% to 2.5% + 0.015% Spirit Scaling - Grey Talon: Rain of Arrows cooldown reduced from 35s to 30s - Grey Talon: Rain of Arrows T3 now also grants +30% Bullet Evasion - Grey Talon: Guided Owl duration increased from 16s to 18s - Grey Talon: Guided Owl T1 damage increased from +81 to +85 - Grey Talon: Guided Owl Spirit Power per kill increased from 5 to 8 - Holliday: Powder Keg cooldown reduced from 32s to 28s - Holliday: Fixed Lasso being removed by Divine Barrier - Ivy: Watcher's Covenant Replicated Healing increased from 25% to 35% - Ivy: Watcher's Covenant Replicated Healing now scales with boons (0.5) - Ivy: Air Drop ally damage penalty reduced from -30% to -20% - Kelvin: Frost Grenade T3 now also reduces stamina regen by -30% - Kelvin: Ice Path T3 Max Spirit Power increased from 55 to 75 - Kelvin: Ice Path T3 Spirit Power linger duration increased from 6s to 8s - Mo & Krill: Burrow initial knockup vertical area detection improved - Mo & Krill: Sand Blast now deals a fixed 40 damage - Mo & Krill: Sand Blast can now be casted while Burrowed - Mo & Krill: Sand Blast T2 increased from -19s Cooldown to -23s - Mo & Krill: Sand Blast T3 now also slows dash distance by 40% - Paradox: Kinetic Carbine cooldown reduced from 30s to 27s - Paradox: Time Wall Width increased from 7m to 7.5m - Seven: Lightning Ball T3 increased from +1m to +1.5m - Seven: Power Surge T2 reduced from -15% Spirit Resist for 8s to -10% for 6s - Seven: Storm Cloud DPS increased from 90 to 95 - Seven: Storm Cloud T3 increased from +54 DPS to 65 - Seven: Storm Cloud T3 move speed increased from 2.5 to 3.8 - Sinclair: Spirit power growth increased from 1.1 to 1.3 - Sinclair: Vexing Bolt initial velocity reduced from 1000 to 800 - Sinclair: Vexing Bolt now only snaps to heroes - Sinclair: Vexing Bolt max duration increased from 3s to 4s (max damage is still at 2s) - Sinclair: Vexing Bolt now shows the target to redirect to (similar to Wraith's Cards) - Sinclair: Rabbit Hex cooldown reduced from 30s to 26s - Sinclair: Rabbit Hex radius increased from 6m to 6.5m - Yamato: Power Slash T3 bonus damage reduced from +166 to +150 - Yamato: Power Slash T3 now also increases spirit power scaling by 0.5 - Yamato: Shadow Transformation heal on kill increased from 12% to 15%