Deadlock received a balance update on December 29, 2025 that touches many hero stats and ability values. The changes affect core numbers like stamina, cooldowns, base damage, and spirit scaling across the roster.
Players should expect adjustments to play rhythms for several heroes, from Bebop’s stamina and Sticky Bomb tuning to Sinclair’s Vexing Bolt behavior. This follows the December 16 update that tightened movement and lowered item speed values, which also shifted how fights play out earlier in matches; see the December 16 patch summary here.
Patch Notes
The official notes below list the exact changes applied on December 29, 2025.
- Bebop: Stamina increased from 2 to 3
- Bebop: Stamina regeneration cooldown increased from 4.55s to 6s
- Bebop: Bebop Health per boon increased from +46 to +52
- Bebop: Sticky Bomb base damage reduced from 100 to 75
- Bebop: Sticky Bomb T2 damage reduced from 63 to 60
- Bebop: Sticky Bomb Spirit Scaling increased from 1.1 to 1.5
- Bebop: Sticky Bomb per hero hit from 1.5% to 1% + 0.0025% Spirit Scaling
- Bebop: Sticky Bomb per hero kill from 4% to 2.5% + 0.015% Spirit Scaling
- Grey Talon: Rain of Arrows cooldown reduced from 35s to 30s
- Grey Talon: Rain of Arrows T3 now also grants +30% Bullet Evasion
- Grey Talon: Guided Owl duration increased from 16s to 18s
- Grey Talon: Guided Owl T1 damage increased from +81 to +85
- Grey Talon: Guided Owl Spirit Power per kill increased from 5 to 8
- Holliday: Powder Keg cooldown reduced from 32s to 28s
- Holliday: Fixed Lasso being removed by Divine Barrier
- Ivy: Watcher’s Covenant Replicated Healing increased from 25% to 35%
- Ivy: Watcher’s Covenant Replicated Healing now scales with boons (0.5)
- Ivy: Air Drop ally damage penalty reduced from -30% to -20%
- Kelvin: Frost Grenade T3 now also reduces stamina regen by -30%
- Kelvin: Ice Path T3 Max Spirit Power increased from 55 to 75
- Kelvin: Ice Path T3 Spirit Power linger duration increased from 6s to 8s
- Mo & Krill: Burrow initial knockup vertical area detection improved
- Mo & Krill: Sand Blast now deals a fixed 40 damage
- Mo & Krill: Sand Blast can now be casted while Burrowed
- Mo & Krill: Sand Blast T2 increased from -19s Cooldown to -23s
- Mo & Krill: Sand Blast T3 now also slows dash distance by 40%
- Paradox: Kinetic Carbine cooldown reduced from 30s to 27s
- Paradox: Time Wall Width increased from 7m to 7.5m
- Seven: Lightning Ball T3 increased from +1m to +1.5m
- Seven: Power Surge T2 reduced from -15% Spirit Resist for 8s to -10% for 6s
- Seven: Storm Cloud DPS increased from 90 to 95
- Seven: Storm Cloud T3 increased from +54 DPS to 65
- Seven: Storm Cloud T3 move speed increased from 2.5 to 3.8
- Sinclair: Spirit power growth increased from 1.1 to 1.3
- Sinclair: Vexing Bolt initial velocity reduced from 1000 to 800
- Sinclair: Vexing Bolt now shows the target to redirect to (similar to Wraith’s Cards)
- Sinclair: Vexing Bolt now only snaps to heroes
- Sinclair: Vexing Bolt max duration increased from 3s to 4s (max damage is still at 2s)
- Sinclair: Rabbit Hex cooldown reduced from 30s to 26s
- Sinclair: Rabbit Hex radius increased from 6m to 6.5m
- Yamato: Power Slash T3 bonus damage reduced from +166 to +150
- Yamato: Power Slash T3 now also increases spirit power scaling by 0.5
- Yamato: Shadow Transformation heal on kill increased from 12% to 15%
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