IVCheat Death
Cheat Death is a vitality item in Deadlock.
How Cheat Death is performing now
Pick rate measures the share of ranked player-match records across every rank containing this item. Win rate is descriptive, not causal: expensive items and winning game states can inflate results. Lock Lab always shows the sample and adjusts hero-specific results against each hero's own all-ranks baseline. Read the full methodology →
Who builds Cheat Death most often
- ADJ. WR
- 55.7%
- ITEM SHARE
- 23.0%
- ADJ. WR
- 61.3%
- ITEM SHARE
- 10.3%
- ADJ. WR
- 56.1%
- ITEM SHARE
- 8.4%
- ADJ. WR
- 54.4%
- ITEM SHARE
- 6.9%
- ADJ. WR
- 59.5%
- ITEM SHARE
- 5.2%
- ADJ. WR
- 62.1%
- ITEM SHARE
- 5.2%
- ADJ. WR
- 62.2%
- ITEM SHARE
- 5.0%
- ADJ. WR
- 58.3%
- ITEM SHARE
- 3.8%
Durability and resistance
Cheat Death is a vitality item in Deadlock.
Cheat Death functions as durability and resistance within the Vitality shop. The strategic value is surviving a defined damage pattern or control window long enough to keep contributing. Because it is a late-build investment, the right comparison is the fight pattern it unlocks versus the other purchases that the same 6,400 souls could complete.
When Cheat Death belongs in the build
- Cheat Death's protection matches the damage or control that is deciding fights.
- Living through the first enemy commitment lets your kit deliver a second meaningful action.
- Your team needs you to hold space rather than trade your life for a single cast.
- The enemy threat profile does not match the protection described by the item.
- Poor positioning, not insufficient durability, is causing most deaths.
- More health would only delay a loss without creating damage, control, or an escape opportunity.
Timing, movement, and hero fit
Across the current all-ranks sample, Cheat Death is purchased at about 35:34, or 82% through the average recorded match. That places it in the later portion of the observed build path. Compare that timing with the next objective and the defensive answers already visible in the lobby.
Cheat Death is being purchased less often in the 7d change window (-4.2 points), while its observed win rate moved +0.6 points. The high confidence label reflects 30,252 purchases. These are descriptive results: build cost, game state, and hero selection can all move item win rate without the item causing the outcome.
The Doorman, Pocket, Dynamo currently produce the largest reliable Cheat Death samples, accounting for 12,616 recorded purchases among the three leaders. Treat that as evidence of common fit, then compare each hero's adjusted result and complete build path before copying the purchase.
What else the same budget can buy
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COMPARE ITEM →How Cheat Death has changed
- No longer reduces movement speed by -2m during the death immunity phase
- Removes all non-stun debuffs on proc
Cheat Death in Deadlock builds
Item strength depends on hero kit, purchase timing, lobby rank, and the current patch. Use the hero pages below to compare this item against complete build paths instead of treating a single item as universally optimal.
Transparent reference, original analysis
Live performance and purchase timing come from community-indexed match records. Lock Lab's rates, comparison windows, confidence labels, and hero-affinity analysis are original calculations—not official Valve recommendations.
VIEW ANALYTICS SOURCE ↗Current-patch all-ranks sample · refreshed automatically