Deadlock’s August 22 Notes Focus on Celeste and Two Item Changes
Radiant Regeneration and Restorative Locket both lose defensive value, while Celeste's Dazzling Trick, Radiant Daggers, and Shining Wonder all receive number changes.
Deadlock has a minor update dated August 22, 2026, with two item adjustments and a focused pass on Celeste’s kit. Valve detailed the changes in its August 22 announcement, covering Dazzling Trick, Radiant Daggers, and Shining Wonder.
At the item level, Radiant Regeneration’s heal on cast moves from 70 to 65. Restorative Locket also loses some of its Spirit Resistance, dropping from 10% to 8%.
Celeste receives the bulk of the adjustments. Dazzling Trick’s base cooldown increases from 32 seconds to 34 seconds, while its T2 barrier changes from “+80 and +0.7 scaling” to “+70 and +0.76.” The T3 cooldown value changes from -18 seconds to -20 seconds, and the T3 Silence bonus moves from +1.5 seconds to +1.25 seconds.
Radiant Daggers now grants 7% Spirit Amp per stack instead of 8%, although its T3 upgrade increases the Spirit Amp bonus per stack from 3% to 4%. Shining Wonder also sees several number changes: its bounce range drops to 16.5 meters, damage falls to 140, and spirit scaling decreases to 0.6. In return, the T2 upgrade now adds 0.45 to spirit scaling.
The August 22 notes follow the wider August 12 balance update, which addressed hero scaling, turrets, and upgrade bonuses across a larger group of characters. This latest pass is narrower, with most of its attention placed on one hero and two item values.
Deadlock August 22, 2026 Patch Notes
The update adjusts healing and resistance from two items, then revises cooldowns, damage, range, scaling, and upgrade bonuses across Celeste’s abilities.
- – Radiant Regeneration: Heal on cast reduced from 70 to 65
- – Restorative Locket: Spirit Resistance reduced from 10% to 8%
- – Celeste: Dazzling Trick cooldown increased from 32s to 34s
- – Celeste: Dazzling Trick T2 barrier rescaled from “+80 and +0.7 scaling” to “+70 and +0.76”
- – Celeste: Dazzling Trick T3 cooldown increased from -18s to -20s
- – Celeste: Dazzling Trick T3 reduced from +1.5s Silence to +1.25s
- – Celeste: Radiant Daggers Spirit Amp per stack reduced from +8% to +7%
- – Celeste: Radiant Daggers T3 Spirit Amp per stack increased from +3% to +4%
- – Celeste: Shining Wonder bounce range reduced from 17.5m to 16.5m
- – Celeste: Shining Wonder damage reduced from 165 to 140
- – Celeste: Shining Wonder spirit scaling reduced from 0.9 to 0.6
- – Celeste: Shining Wonder T2 now also increases spirit scaling by +0.45
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