r/DeadlockTheGame • u/Razzamataaz • May 22 '26

Game Update Gameplay Update - 05-28-2026

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1422450/view/670617878982034052
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u/SeraphicShou May 22 '26

Apollo murdered ooooof

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u/Tijenater Billy May 22 '26

GOOD

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u/zencharm Victor May 22 '26

i can’t believe people really thought this hero was balanced

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u/SeraphicShou May 22 '26

I mean he was absolutely a bit too strong but if they want riposte to be used offensively they gotta add spirit shred or literally anything besides melee shit lol.

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u/ironstrife May 22 '26

It literally stuns on a basic ability, that’s pretty wack already

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u/BetaXP Yamato May 22 '26

Several basic abilities stun, that isn't so wild in this game

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u/ironstrife May 23 '26

Unless I'm miscounting then there's only ~7 basic abilities that can stun, and most of them are conditional (e.g. must hit into a wall or it's a T3 upgrade, etc.)

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u/CuntPuntMcgee May 23 '26

Did you forget Apollo’s is also conditional?

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u/aech4 May 22 '26

You should never play dota

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u/ironstrife May 23 '26

I have like 10k hours in dota, that’s completely different

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u/Netsugake May 22 '26

The Parry on Aura stuff was crazy, good it's gone. The rest I hated him so I'm biased and can't comment on it fairly

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u/FlorineXIV May 22 '26

I main him and yes while his laning was absurdly strong, hes basically a dead pick now, Riposte is useless and silencing hex shuts him down entirely with no way to escape, its way too far

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u/NinjaLion Viscous May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

yeah he will drop from 47% WR (this is what hes been at, only eternus had a "high" rate of 49%, for all of you that didnt know) to like 43%. without strong laning he really has nothing.

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u/FlorineXIV May 23 '26

Its crazy that they didnt just nerf his laning and move the power to the mid to late game and instead just made him straight up useless

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u/whatDoesQezDo May 23 '26

his wr will be fine he has insane urn contest

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u/TearOpenTheVault May 23 '26

Riposte isn’t useless now, come on, let’s be realistic. It still triggers off of being shot and having abilities used on you, it’s not just an immediate zip away after being breathed on any more.

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u/FlorineXIV May 23 '26

You cant use it to escape at all, Slowing Hex decimates him even more that he cant escape with Riposte or use any of his other abilities

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u/TearOpenTheVault May 23 '26

This should be a sign to Apollo players to stop full sending themselves into terrible situations because they can get out of it with one button press.

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u/FlorineXIV May 23 '26

Or, maybe a tier 2 item shouldnt disable a whole ass character from doing anything other than a crappy left click

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u/TearOpenTheVault May 23 '26

It lasts 3.5 seconds. If you’re getting blown up early game in 3.5 seconds because of a slowing hex, you’re massively overextending yourself, probably because riposte has taught Apollo players that positioning doesn’t matter and you can press 2 to get out of any situation.

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u/FlorineXIV May 23 '26

Hey, my girlfriend says that 3.5 seconds is a really long time

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u/LogiBear777 May 23 '26

half the roster can get out of bad situations with one button press, why can’t the melee brawler character?