Minor Update - 08-12-2026
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…
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OFFICIAL CHANGELOG ↗Deadlock Patch Notes
Official Deadlock updates with competitive analysis, affected heroes and items, and links to Valve's original changelog.
Matchmaking Update
This update includes a revamp to how the matchmaking system works, as well as the introduction of a new matchmaking mode. You can now choose to play in Standard Mode (unranked), or the new Ranked Mode introduced in this
Minor Update - 07-28-2026
\[ General ] Stamina bucket 3 heroes (slowest) have their ground dash time increased from 0.7s to 0.72s and air dash time from 0.49s to 0.51s The Orb Spawners in base that give 10 souls on hit now split to nearby players…
Minor Update - 07-09-2026
Urn Runner sprint bonus reduced from +2m to 0 (trailing bonus reduced from +7m to +5m) Urn Runner move speed bonus reduced from +3.5m to +2m Urn Runner Stamina Recovery increased from +15% to +25% Urn talking frequency i…
Minor Update - 07-01-2026
Shiv: Alt Fire ammo cost reduced from 5 to 4 Shiv: Weapon now has fixed pellet spread Shiv: Slice and Dice is now back to doing spirit damage and reducing Spirit Resistance from enemies Shiv: Slice and Dice damage increa…
Minor Update - 06-30-2026
\[ Urn / King of the Hill ] King of the Hill objective has been rethemed and renamed to "Unstable Rift" Unstable Rift no longer requires an Urn delivery to trigger the start of the event. It now has a variable start time…
New Deadlock update aims to stop snowballing - and it's looking like Holliday season
Valve's latest Deadlock update is here, and this week is mostly about hero balance changes, although there are some notable tweaks that should push back against the recent trend for matches to snowball. I've sifted throu…
Minor Update - 06-11-2026
Urn give up time reduced from 75s to 60s Urn bounty reduced by 10% (unreduced for trailing team) Breakables health permanent bonus reduced from 15/25/35 to 15/20/30 for level 1/2/3 Kill comeback bounty values increased b…
Minor Update - 06-04-2026
Urn mechanics have been reworked. Primary details: Delivering the urn now starts a king of the hill style capture point, rather than using melee to flip the urn back and forth. Both teams can progress at the same time, b…
Minor Update - 05-31-2026
Apollo: Disengaging Sigil T2 increased from +20% Fire Rate to +30% Apollo: Flawless Advance T1 heal from 30+0.75 to 35+1.0 Apollo: Flawless Advance T2 increased from -10s Cooldown to -12s Apollo: Itani Lo Sahn damage inc…
Minor Update - 05-28-2026
Urn spawn time and interval changed from 10/15/20/25/etc to 12/18/24/30/etc Urn timer now gets frozen with Frozen Shelter Urn no longer provides the +35% Bullet and Spirit Resist aura for the behind team when it is being…
Minor Update - 05-25-2026
Urn drop off point is moved from the above bridge in the mid lane to under the bridge in the side lane Urn timer extension when contested increased from 1.25s to 3s Urn deposit timers for favored/neutral/unfavored increa…
A new Deadlock update reworks the Urn into a more chaotic, powerful comeback engine
A new Deadlock update is here, and as ever the Valve MOBA is packing in plenty of changes. This is largely more of a balance pass than anything, but there are a couple of particularly notable extras. The first is an expe…
Deadlock's latest 'small update' yet again remixes basic mechanics and rebalances most of the roster
More than team fights, more than shrewd theorycrafting, and more than map awareness, MOBAs are ultimately games about scaling: get more money than the other guys, and once you've got a power spike to leverage, dunk on th…
Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026
Base HP reduced by 10 for all heroes HP per boon reduced by 3 Guardians scaling resistance from +75%->-50% over 12 minutes to +50%->-50% (takes more damage early) Medium neutrals initial spawn time reduced from 6 minutes…
Gameplay Update - 04-30-2026
Base health per boon reduced by 7 Vitality Investment bonus increased from 8/10/13/17/34/39/44/48/52/56% to 9/12/15/20/38/42/46/50/56/62% Weapon Investments bonus rescaled from 7/9/13/20/49/60/80/95/115/135% to 9/12/15/1…
Deadlock's latest update brings some huge movement buffs like jumping mid slide and 30% increased air control—it's a lot cooler than it sounds
If given the opportunity, I'll always choose to play as a little guy in a videogame. So for Deadlock my character of choice is obviously Rem, the littlest guy around . He's adorable, surprisingly strong, and very mobile,…
A transformative Deadlock update just hit its entire roster with 850 lines of patch notes. Here are the biggest changes.
The speed with which Valve is deploying huge Deadlock overhauls has me stunned, like I'm caught in the headlights of an Apollo ult. It's been just six weeks since the team unveiled its massive Old Gods, New Blood update
Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026
\[ General ] Can now jump during slide Dash jump grants a very brief period with increased air control (30% for 0.25s) Shrine is now easier to kill for the first one and harder for the second. HP from 8100 to 5000/10000
Deadlock's big update added one very important feature: A secret bedroom for its teeny tiny dream-gremlin
Deadlock, the MOBA shooter that Valve would still like us to pretend hasn't launched even as it receives major additions whose patch notes span pages of tastefully produced graphical treatments, has been drawing attentio…
Deadlock just received a huge update, with 6 new heroes, overhauled patrons, and a new game mode—and it was all predicted with Domino's pizza
Deadlock fans are eating good right now, as Valve released a huge update for the MOBA named Old Gods, New Blood that's still technically in its secret closed beta. But they are not eating as well as the devs at Valve HQ,…
Valve's biggest Deadlock update yet transforms the MOBA, and it's finally starting to feel like the real deal
New Deadlock patch notes have just landed for what might well be the most important update Valve's hero-shooter MOBA has seen since it first stepped onto Steam. Boasting a major visual upgrade and UI overhaul, six new he…
Valve's new Deadlock update makes solo laning more viable, but you'll have to consider your push timings carefully
Valve has pushed out yet another new Deadlock update in the wake of its balance changes. The combination of hero shooter and MOBA might still technically be in an invite-only playtest, but getting access is more of a for…
A 'small update' just shook up Deadlock's basic mechanics and tweaked nearly every hero
Deadlock 's not-so-secret invite-only beta has been a blast if you don't mind your favorite MOBA getting fundamentally altered every few months. The game has switched up how many lanes it has, dropped half a dozen new he…
A new Deadlock update completely transforms laning and progression, and I'm not sure Valve knows the meaning of 'small'
When you look at a game's Steam page and see the 'small update' tag, it can be easy to assume it's some bug fixes and minor tweaks. I didn't expect to open the new Deadlock update and find myself staring at more than 240…
11-21-2025 Update
\[ General ] Trooper bounty mechanics have been reworked. The first half of the souls still fly out as deniable orb, however rather than the other half being instantly given to nearby players it will fall to the ground a…
If you're like me and fell off Valve's other MOBA Deadlock, these last few months of updates are worth coming back for
I had a grand old time with Valve's MOBA, Deadlock, when I first took it for a spin back in August of last year . And then, because I am a person with a job, social obligations, bills, and—most importantly, two MMOs I'm
Valve continue building up their new game Deadlock with a big update with six new heroes
Valve developers are still working on their upcoming game Deadlock, a third-person MOBA and the latest update is a pretty big one. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/valve-continue-building…
Deadlock springs back to life with transformative new update, adding six heroes
It's been a hot minute since Valve's upcoming shooter, Deadlock , had a major update - six months, in fact. The streets of the Cursed Apple have been looking a little bit dusty as of late, as the developer-publisher's of…
New Deadlock patch notes reduce lethality across the board
Valve has released the latest Deadlock patch notes , as it continues on the road to the full launch. The Half-Life and Team Fortress 2 studio has made a plethora of changes with this update, as a global reduction to gun
New Deadlock patch brings a total shop redesign and more items to the Valve MOBA
If you haven't checked in with Deadlock for a while, now's the perfect time. Indeed, the MOBA's new patch is so large that it'll feel like a completely fresh game, even for those who are still actively playing. The colos…
Shop Rework Update
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45164767/0908b05b0e83747ca99a9337d401daf3a662f85d.png Full shop rework, including many new items. Item slots are now all universal, rather than tree specific. Total slot count reduced from 16 to 12. It…
Valve significantly alters the Deadlock map in the latest game-changing patch
A new set of Deadlock patch notes are here, and Valve has made some pretty substantial changes to the game's map. The Steam maker has altered the number of lanes, reworked the layout, and even given you a chance to explo…
Map Rework Update
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45164767/8b22eef56ea0534b4630004b9f7c30019b19280f.jpg Today's update introduces a reworked map layout, alongside a variety of improvements and bug fixes. The map has been redesigned around being 3 lane…
Deadlock's latest update makes a bunch of hero changes, including one suggested by a player who got laughed at for raising the idea
Deadlock's latest set of changes is mostly hero buffs and nerfs, part of a change of schedule that's seen the devs dish out bigger updates less frequently . The bulk of hero changes are focused on newer additions like Vy…
Latest Deadlock patch nerfs Yamato again, alongside some items
Valve has just released the first Deadlock patch notes of 2025, and they come with some important changes. Both Yamato and a collection of items have been nerfed, so hopefully one of the most overpowered heroes in the ga…
Valve is changing the way it updates Deadlock 'to help improve our development process', so you can say goodbye to the regular biweekly posts
For the last few months, Valve has been releasing updates for Deadlock every two weeks. It's an impressive schedule that saw the game improve significantly over a short time with more detailed map finishes, new ways to t…
Deadlock from Valve drops fixed two-week update cycle to move onto larger updates
While developers at Valve continue building up the invite-only Deadlock, their next-generation MOBA, they're changing up how they do updates for the game. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01…
Deadlock from Valve drops fixed two-week update cycle to move onto larger updates
While developers at Valve continue building up the invite-only Deadlock, their next-generation MOBA, they're changing up how they do updates for the game. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01…
Valve says Deadlock updates will take longer now, but this is actually good news
Valve is changing how it releases Deadlock updates going forward, meaning we'll see less of them in 2025. The Half-Life and Counter-Strike maker says the current cycle of patches is making it difficult for the team to it…
Winter Visual Update
Season's Greetings! Today's winter-themed visual update will be our last patch for the year, but we'll continue to ship bug fixes and any urgent balance adjustments as needed throughout the break. Thanks to everyone for