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Patch notes · Balance update

August 28, 2025

08-18-2025 Update (reply) · 14 months ago

← Aug 27 Aug 29 →

5 heroes changed; buffs to Mina; nerfs to Drifter, The Doorman.

Heroes: 5
Items: 0
Buffs: 5
Nerfs: 8
Lines: 18

Buffed 1

Nerfed 2

The Doorman▼2

Mixed 1

Hero changes

5 heroes

Billy

▲1▼1Mixed

Bashdown

▲Melee scaling increased from 1x to 1.1x
▼Spirit damage reduced from 40 to 35 and scaling reduced from 1.2x to 1.1x
◆Impact center is now slightly closer to Billy

Chain Gang

◆Will snap slightly faster when target is out of LOS

From the official notes: 08-18-2025 Update (reply). Lines are sorted, marked and completed with the changes the official notes left out by the Deadlock Wiki (CC BY-SA 4.0). A line the wiki has not marked is read as a buff or a nerf by its numbers.

Tier list since →Every patch →

Billy

▲1▼1

◆Pull consistency improved in complex terrain

The Doorman

▼2Nerfed

Call Bell

▼Cooldown increased from 16s to 18s

Luggage Cart

▼T3 stun reduced duration from 1.5s to 1.2s

Drifter

▼4Nerfed

▼Weapon damage per boon reduced from 0.693 to 0.55
◆Weapon base fire rate slowed by 5% (partial base damage compensation, but primarily an overall nerf)
▼Health per boon reduced from 43 to 41

Rend

▼T3 Bullet Lifesteal reduced from 55% to 45%

Bloodscent

▼T3 Amplified damage reduced from +13% to +11%

Mina

▲4▼1Buffed

Sanguine Retreat

▲T3 increased from -7s cooldown to -12s Cooldown

Love Bites

▲Cooldown reduced from 8s to 7s
▼T3 changed from -3s cooldown to 1 Stamina Drain and 30% Slow for 3s

Nox Nostra

▲Cooldown reduced from 150s to 130s
▲Silence duration increased from 1s to 1.25s

Paige

Changed

FixFixed some pathfinding issues with Conjure Dragon