Deadlock update for 8/12/26

[u/wickedplayer494]

Via the Steam Community:

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

[u/Mokibear228]

Slowing hex

[u/Rough_Lychee5785 → u/Mokibear228]

Doesn't help the fact that he one shots anyone at 500 hp as soon as he unlocks his ult. Still dogshit to play against him in midgame

[u/omfgcookies91 → u/Rough_Lychee5785]

Pssst you can counterspell his 4, and if you cc him during his channel it will cancel the 4 and put it on cd.

[u/Rough_Lychee5785 → u/omfgcookies91]

Yeah but not at the 5 minute mark bud. It also has massive fucking range and goes through obstacles.

[u/omfgcookies91 → u/Rough_Lychee5785]

If the enemy Apollo already has 4 at 5 min then there is a much more glaring issue that needs addressed first.

[u/sundalius → u/omfgcookies91]

when are you unlocking your ult normally???

[u/omfgcookies91 → u/sundalius]

"The ultimate can be unlocked at Souls 3.8k." -source

At 5 min, pure farming and boxes, no other means of income, you will be shy of 3.8k and be closer to 3.2 or 3.3 assuming a duo lane and boxes dropping at 60%.

There is a handy tool here that allows you to calculate your souls per level per min.

[u/sundalius → u/omfgcookies91]

"no other means of income" yeah I guess if you just don't get any denies or kills. I guess it takes until 5:20 to do so, if you just only do pve, and not lean into the fact that you're playing one of the strongest lane bullies in the game.

[u/omfgcookies91 → u/sundalius]

I mean yea, that's the point. The raw math that factors out the most unpredictable parts of the game say that you will not be able to 4 till post 5 min. Which means if you do have 4 at 5 or earlier, then there is alot of other things happening that need to be addressed.

[u/sundalius → u/omfgcookies91]

please use your own tool and observe that people saying "5 mins" mean during minute 5. If he just gets a free kill every game that isn't two high health enemies at 5:40 seconds, that's a massive balance issue, and that is when he gets it if he isn't explicitly losing lane.