Deadlock patch notes for 2026-10-05: 4 buffs, 18 nerfs, 2 fixes,
classified change by change. Heroes changed: Rat King, Sinclair.
Every change in this update
Fixed bugs that were causing troopers to walk too slowly in lane (bugfix)
Subtitles: filter voice lines by speaker (self and allies, enemies, announcers and NPCs, pings, conversations…) and show an icon, a name or both for who is speaking (not in the patch notes) (change)
Settings: new option to collapse the static reticle gap, and a warning when commands required for gameplay have no key bound (not in the patch notes) (change)
Rat King — Scrap Grenade - Fixed some bugs with bouncing targeting (bugfix)
Rat King — Scrap Grenade - Damage increased from 65 to 70 (buff)
Rat King — Scrap Grenade - T2 Damage increased from 65 to 70 (buff)
Rat King — Rat Swarm - Base Cooldown reduced from 28s to 24s (buff)
Rat King — Rule, Ratannia! - Cooldown increased from 130 to 160 (nerf)
Rat King — Rule, Ratannia! - Damage Reduction reduced from 20% to 15% (nerf)
Rat King — Rule, Ratannia! - Radius reduced from 24m to 20m (nerf)
Rat King — Rule, Ratannia! - Charge Duration reduced from 12s to 10s (nerf)
Rat King — Rule, Ratannia! - Bonus Move speed no longer scales with Spirit (nerf)
Rat King — Rule, Ratannia! - Now falls faster while charging (change)
Rat King — Rule, Ratannia! - T1 +1m/s Move Speed to +2m/s Move Speed (buff)
Rat King — Rule, Ratannia! - T1 No longer gives -20s cooldown (Total cooldown from 110s to 160s) (nerf)
Rat King — Rule, Ratannia! - T2 No longer grants +8s Charge Duration (Total charge duration from 20s to 10s) (nerf)
Rat King — Rule, Ratannia! - T2 Flag Duration reduced from +8s to +5s (nerf)
Rat King — Rule, Ratannia! - T3 Damage Reduction reduced from 15% to 10% (Total Damage Reduction from 35% to 25%) (nerf)
Rat King — Scrap Grenade: bounces now look for targets within 1,200 units instead of 2,000 and favor heroes less (weight 5 to 1.5) (not in the patch notes) (change)
Sinclair — Base HP Regen reduced from 2 to 1 (nerf)
Sinclair — Gun - Falloff range reduced from 25-61 to 20-60 (nerf)
Sinclair — Gun - Reduced bullet base damage from 17.76 to 16.5 (nerf)
Sinclair — Vexing Bolt - Now does half damage to objectives (nerf)
Sinclair — Spectral Assistant - Gun falloff range reduced from 25-61 to 20-60 (nerf)
Sinclair — Rabbit Hex - Radius reduced from 6.5m to 6m (nerf)
Sinclair — Rabbit Hex - T3 reduced from +3m Radius to +2m (nerf)
Sinclair — Audience Participation - Copy duration reduced from 12s to 9s (nerf)
Sinclair — Audience Participation - Copied cooldown increased from 40% to 60% (nerf)
Sinclair — Audience Participation: copying Rat King’s ultimate now also copies Rat Swarm (not in the patch notes) (change)
Troopers: acceleration back from 1,000 to 200, undoing the October 4 change; they keep the ability to strafe (not in the patch notes) (change)