Deadlock patch notes and update history

Key changes

• Urn Runner is slower but regains stamina faster.
• Unstable Rift gives less warning and stronger comeback pressure.
• Rift Troopers are tougher, spawn more staggered, and resist spirit/melee.
• Objective bounty is split more evenly across the team.

Key changes

• Alt Fire now costs less ammo, improving Shiv's sustained pressure.
• Shiv's weapon uses fixed pellet spread for more predictable shots.
• Slice and Dice again deals spirit damage and lowers enemy Spirit Resistance.
• Slice and Dice damage increased from 60 to 75.
• Killing Blow T3 bonus was reduced from 10% to 8% enemy health threshold.

Key changes

• King of the Hill is rethemed and renamed to Unstable Rift.
• Rift starts no longer need Urn delivery and now have a random spawn window.
• Spawn interval increased from 6 minutes to 7 minutes.
• Comeback bonuses now scale linearly with how far behind a team is.
• Capturing the Rift now sends Rift Troopers, with extra troops for trailing teams.

Key changes

• Urn returns faster and pays less, except for the trailing team.
• Breakables grant smaller permanent health bonuses at higher levels.
• Kill comeback bounties increase by 8%.
• Street Brawl shrinks all range and radius values by 10%.
• Apollo's Disengaging Sigil is faster and more steerable; Arcane Surge bugs are fixed.

Key changes

• Urn delivery now starts a King of the Hill-style capture point.
• Both teams can progress together; only one team in the circle can claim it.
• Urn runners get their 35% bonus bounty and stats immediately on deposit.
• Urn bounty is reduced by 20%, except for the trailing team.
• Stalemates end after 75 seconds, and runners get 10 more seconds before damage.

Key changes

• Apollo’s Disengaging Sigil, Flawless Advance, and Itani Lo Sahn all got stronger.
• Graves’s Jar of Dead and Ghouls deal less damage, but Ghouls pay out more.
• McGinnis’s Heavy Barrage has shorter range and weaker T1/T3 bonuses.
• Pocket’s Flying Cloak lasts longer at T3, but Affliction T3 deals less damage.
• Silver’s Slam Fire converts less current health into damage.

Key changes

• Urn spawn timing and intervals were slowed down.
• Frozen Shelter now pauses the Urn timer.
• Carried or dropped Urn no longer grants aura to the trailing team.
• Trailing Urn runners now get the resist bonus themselves.
• Urn punishment now starts sooner, with updated stall and pickup rules.

Key changes

• Urn drop-off moved from mid bridge to under the side-lane bridge.
• Contested Urn now extends and deposits much more slowly.
• Comeback auras are weaker, but behind teams get a new pickup spot.
• Urn runners can sprint freely and gain speed, stamina, dash distance, and regen.
• Urn hitbox is larger, with timers retuned for the new location.