Track every Deadlock update, buff and nerf in real time: when the next
update lands, every build Valve ships with or without patch notes, and the
measured impact of each patch.
Last build shipped: #6785, 1.3 days ago. Latest patch: Minor Update - 10-14-2026 (2026-10-15), 18 buffs and 13 nerfs, with win rate impact measured 2, 7 and 14 days later. Every shipped build is listed on the silent updates page.
Valve reins in Baba and rescues Deadman Danny: the October 14 patch, by the numbers — Baba had become the hero with the highest win rate in the game (58.3%), Deadman Danny had just set the worst first day on record (37.5%). Last night’s patch nerfs one twelve times and buffs the other eighteen times. Where they stood, what changes, and the first hours.
Rat King one week in: 62% before the nerf, 56% after, still on the podium — Our first look predicted a slide toward 53%. Rat King did the opposite: he climbed to a 62.7% win rate, and Valve nerfed his ultimate by Monday. A week and 410,000 matches later, here is what the nerf changed, rank by rank.
Deadlock Season 1 extended to November 5, with the next season starting right after — Update, October 6 (evening): Valve pushes the end of Beta Season 1 back to Thursday, November 5 at 2 pm Pacific, and confirms the next season will start right after. It is the second period the game files had planned since September 29; only its date changed.
Rat King: 59% win rate on his first night, a near-record start — Released Friday night, Rat King played in 99% of his first night’s matches and won 59% of them. That’s the best win rate in the game, no hero counters him, and only Drifter ever started better. But the last launches also show what awaits him this week.