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Deadlock's September 26 patch introduced Mirage, a new hero with powerful abilities. Mirage can knock enemies airborne, weaken them, and build up damage stacks that explode for massive Spirit damage. In addition to his offensive capabilities, Mirage's ultimate allows him to teleport across the map to either attack enemies or assist teammates.
Deadlock Patch Notes (September 26): New Hero, Anti-Cheat System, Map Changes and More
Ishan Adhikary
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Deadlock just released a new update today. Read the Deadlock patch notes for September 26 to learn about all the changes coming to the game.
Valve's Deadlock is in early development and there are more heroes in the pipeline who will join the official roster in the future. In this list, we have compiled all unreleased heroes in Deadlock along with their abilities.
Just begun Deadlock and want to know which hero to pick? Check out all released Deadlock characters and their abilities in our handy guide right here.
Finding the right hero to play Deadlock is a key ingredient to victory. For new players in Deadlock, Wraith or Infernus can be simple to understand. If you are good with shooting and want to survive more as a beginner in Deadlock, McGinnis is an overall package. Check all 5 best Deadlock heroes you can play as a new player in this guide.
Deadlock is a competitive game so it is always best if you have maximum FPS while you are playing it. We recommend you use the Fastest preset if you do not care about the quality and all you want is performance. For better visual quality and graphics while keeping maximum FPS in Deadlock, you can follow our settings.
Valve's Deadlock is an early development game which means low FPS and FPS drops are a common occurrence if you do not optimize your PC properly. You can optimize your Windows Gaming tab settings by disabling capture, game bar and enabling game mode, graphics scheduling. Moreover, adjust your Nvidia 3D settings and turn off the overlay for maximum performance. Keep the in-game video settings to Fastest to avoid any FPS error.
Weapon items increase your default firepower in Deadlock. Finding which one is best for your heroes can be a little tricky. Use our guide to learn about all the Deadlock weapon items and decide your next purchase.
Vitality items give you a lot of tanking capability in Deadlock which is useful for heroes that rely on survivability. In our comprehensive guide, you will learn about all Deadlock Vitality items, their cost, and what they do.
Spirit items are a crucial part of Deadlock, especially for heroes that depend on abilities. In our comprehensive guide, you will learn about all Deadlock Spirit items, their cost, and what they do.
The Jungle is a crucial part of Deadlock and if you ace it, you can easily get to victory in no time. The Deadlock jungle contains of neutral creeps camps and plenty of other useful items that gives you souls and buffs. Read all about it here.
Valve's Deadlock is in full swing despite being in early development. However, the game's developers still let you test things out with the console as well as do quick adjustments to your settings with it. You can grab the important console commands from our list and use F7 in Deadlock to use the commands.
Deadlock has the MMR system that helps you find same skill level players to play against. Unfortunately, the developers still kept the show MMR section hidden. However, you can use third party Deadlock MMR trackers to check MMR and other stats.
Despite being MOBA first, Deadlock allows you to change the crosshair with a lot of freedom. You can get the best settings for crosshair in our list and change it from the Reticle settings option. If you want to customize it further, open the console with F7 and use important crosshair console commands by following our guide.
Although Deadlock shows no Steam Deck support, it is possible to run the game on Steam. On most cases, the game should run directly. However, if the issue of matchmaking occurs, players can use the Spectate method or Launch options method to run Deadlock on Steam Deck.
Valve drops a new patch for Deadlock that enables matchmaking open for 24/7. The patch also adjusted multiple hero abilities and items. Moreover, Deadlock now allows new players to explore the game before getting into skill-based games.
Valve's MOBA Deadlock lets you perform a Parry whenever enemy tries a melee attack. Press the F button to unleash the Parry. Once enemy attacks you during the timer, they will get stun and knockdown for a brief duration. Parry cooldown prevents you from spamming it.
Valve's Deadlock lets you communicate through the mini map too. For that you can either ping or draw on the mini map. Hold the Left Alt button and press the Left/ Right mouse button to ping a location. To draw on the mini map, hold the Left Alt button and hold down the Left mouse button and give it your desired shape.
Flex Slots are one of the most important part of your heroes in Deadlock. It allows you to have four additional items on top of the default 12. You can unlock the Flex Slots by completing four objectives in the game that includes destroying Guardians, Walkers, and Shrine.
Getting souls fast in Deadlock is the key to early items and potentially a victory. Last hitting creeps in lanes and jungle is the right priority to get souls. You can also destroy box, statues, and vending machine for more souls. Taking objectives like destroying guardians, walkers, etc. along with delivering the Spirit Urn will also reward you with a lot of souls.
Spirit Urn or Soul Urn is a side objective in Deadlock that boosts your progression. After spawning at 10-minute mark, the Soul Urn keeps spawning every 5-minute mark after that. You cannot use any abilities or weapon while carrying the Spirit Urn in Deadlock, so movement is the key to deliver it to the Alter. After delivering the Soul Urn, a team gets the Souls shared between them and the carrier gets 1 Ability Point and 25% bonus Souls.
Deadlock has a mid-boss that spawns in the middle of the game and in the middle of the map. If you defeat this boss, you will get a Rejuvenator. Claiming the Rejuvenator gives your team a Rejuvenation buff credit that gives a lot of boost including a respawn timer reduction for one.
Just like any other MOBA, Deadlock also has droppable currency called Unsecured Souls. You can collect them by defeating neutral creeps in the jungle, collecting Unsecured Souls sphere or by destroying boxes and statues. The Unsecured Souls can be use in the shop right away and they slowly go into a secure state. However, if you die while having Unsecured Souls, you will permanently lose them.
Spirit is a trait in Deadlock that determines the ability related stats for a hero. Most abilities in Deadlock comes with a Spirit power multiplier that increases the ability damage depending on Spirit count. Other perks like Spirit damage resistance or reduction both are affected by Spirit power.
Deadlock does indeed come with controller support. However, being a MOBA game, you will feel restricted due to lack of buttons. Moreover, the aim assist is also not available on the controller as of now.
Deadlock is Valve's latest MOBA shooter but while on playtest, the matchmaking hours in the game were region locked. With the latest update, now players from any region can queue in Deadlock any time they want.
Deadlock is the latest MOBA shooter from the studios of Valve. Just like other competitive games, hero pick and win rate is important to decide the strategy for your next hero pick. Check all Deadlock heroes pick and win rate in our detailed guide here.
Deadlock has just got off to a great start with gathering over 170k peak players within two months of being public. Despite being a competitive game, Valve is trying to cut off the stat trackers from Deadlock as it is in early development. Deadlock community, however, is being okay with this decision.
Valve's open secret MOBA shooter is on the rise. The game has seen its peek player count on September 2, 2024 where Deadlock players reached 171,490. Deadlock also is in the most wish list games list as well as one of the highest viewed games on Twitch. The game is getting a lot of people playing it even though Deadlock is still in invite-only playtest.
Deadlock lets you invite your friends in the game whether they are in the playtest or not. To invite friends who already have the game, either invite them directly from friend list or create a party code for them to join. If your friends do not have a playtest yet, you can invite them from the list and they will receive it after a certain duration.
Valve's Deadlock lets you try out unreleased heroes that are coming in future to the game. You can only try them out in the Sandbox Mode. In our guide, learn all the unreleased heroes console commands and how to use them in the game to try out the heroes.
Deadlock is a heaven for players who love fluent movements. The game also lets you wall jump alongside other movements like dodge roll, double jump, etc. In Deadlock, you need to jump towards the wall and jump against the wall to the opposite direction to perform a wall jump. The wall jump in Deadlock does not cost any stamina bar.
Deadlock, Valve's MOBA shooter locks servers from matchmaking for specific timings. You can bypass that by changing your server through the console in Deadlock. To change the server region in Deadlock, you will also need specific commands for different regions as well.
As a Dota 2 Player with 10k Hours, I Think Deadlock Has that Secret Sauce
Ishan Adhikary
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I have been a devoted Dota 2 players with over 10000 hours in the game while also having enough experience in the shooter genre. That led me to playtest Valve's secret game Deadlock which felt like an unique blend of MOBA and hero shooter. It is a faster MOBA experience where the learning barrier will not stop you having fun, thanks to the shooter part of the game.
Deadlock is no longer a secret and is available for playtest on PC. Given Valve's history with consoles, it seems unlikely that Deadlock will be on PS5 and Xbox consoles. However, with the market of current hero shooter or MOBA FPS, it is possible that Valve might venture out to other platforms for a crossplay as well.
Valve’s Deadlock Can Be The Next Big Thing in Gaming; Even Pros Agree
Ishan Adhikary
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Valve has officially revealed their hidden game Deadlock. The game is a MOBA with third-person shooter perspective. While many players are trying to get into the game through playtest, pros like Shroud and AverageJones agree that Deadlock can be huge in next few years.
Valve has officially announced Deadlock and put it on the Steam store page as well. You can get an invite to the playtest from someone who is already playtesting Deadlock. X threads and Reddit discussions are the best way to find players to add in Steam. Once you add them as friend, they can invite you through the main menu's Invite your Friends option. After that, you will receive an email from Steam that you can view and accept to install Deadlock.