Deadlock patch notes for 2026-08-12 —
31 changes analyzed.
Apollo — Riposte melee resist reduction increased from -22% to -25% (buff)
Apollo — Riposte T2 changed from "-30% Melee Resist" to "-25% Melee Resist and +0.4s Stun Duration" (rework)
Apollo — Riposte T3 increased from 60% Lifesteal for 7s to 75% Lifesteal for 13s (buff)
Apollo — Fixed Itani Lo Sahn being canceled with movement abilities (bugfix)
Billy — Base health regen reduced from 2.5 to 2.0 (nerf)
Billy — Rising Ram T3 changed from "On Impact: Deal 7% max health as spirit damage" to "On hero hit: +10% Max HP for 16s" (rework)
Billy — Chain Gang spirit scaling reduced from 1 to 0.7 (nerf)
Doorman — Doorway range reduced from 70m to 65m (nerf)
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 (nerf)
Doorman — Similar to the Walker change above, the turrets in the healing area in base now also wait on considering valid targets (nerf)
Drifter — Rend spirit scaling reduced from 1.7 to 1.4 (nerf)
Drifter — Stalker's Mark cooldown increased from 24s to 26s (nerf)
Drifter — Stalker's Mark T2 reduced from -12s Cooldown to -10s (nerf)
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) (rework)
Ivy — Stone Form T3 stun duration reduced from +1s to +0.75s (nerf)
Lash — Falloff range reduced from 20m->58m to 18m->54m (nerf)
McGinnis — Bullet damage base and growth values reduced by 5% (nerf)
McGinnis — Spirit Resist per boon reduced from +0.625% to +0.35% (nerf)
McGinnis — Mini Turrets no longer shoots heroes on ziplines (nerf)
McGinnis — Mini Turrets no longer have 80% decaying resist for the first 6s (nerf)
McGinnis — Mini Turrets health increased from 90 + 7.8/boon to 100 + 9/boon (buff)
McGinnis — Medicinal Specter T1 changed from "Provides +40% Spirit Resist" to "+1.5s Duration" (rework)
McGinnis — Medicinal Specter T3 no longer increases duration by +1.5s (nerf)
McGinnis — Medicinal Specter T3 now also increases spirit resistance by +40% (buff)
Paige — Plot Armor weapon damage scaling increased from 0.2 to 0.3 (buff)
Seven — Lightning Ball T3 radius increased from +1.5m to +1.75m (buff)
Vindicta — Stake T1 reduced from +65 Damage to +45 (nerf)
Vyper — Petrifying Bola radius increased from 8m to 12m (buff)
Vyper — Petrifying Bola petrify duration increased from 2s to 2.2s (buff)
Wraith — Card Trick Heart heal spirit scaling reduced from 1 to 0.75 (nerf)
Wraith — Full Auto T3 spirit scaling reduced from +0.06 to +0.045 (nerf)