Nerfed Damage, Rebalanced Heroes in Deadlock Update

Valve continues to provide regular updates to Deadlock, despite abandoning a fixed release schedule. The most recent patch isn't enormous, but it's significantly more than a minor adjustment. A comprehensive changelog is posted on the game's forum.

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Four new heroes were added on January 18th, followed swiftly by balance tweaks. Holliday's Crackshot ability now affects units, reducing its cooldown by half when doing so. Calico's Ava ability can now destroy objects during its activation.

Several existing heroes also received adjustments: Kelvin's health increased (600 to 650), Vendicta's bullet speed decreased (810 to 740), and her movement speed reduced (9 to 8). In total, eleven heroes, including the newcomers, were impacted.

Deadlock remains in closed beta, maintaining a player base consistently between 7,000 and 20,000 players.