Deadlock’s newest patch gives Urn Runner and Unstable Rift a tune-up
The July 9 Steam post also adjusted a long list of heroes, from Doorman and Drifter to Shiv and Yamato.
Valve posted a new Deadlock minor update on July 9, 2026, and this pass leaned hard into balance work instead of flashy systems changes.
It follows the July 1 Shiv-focused tune-up, but this time the spotlight spread across the map. Urn Runner, Unstable Rift, and a long list of heroes all picked up adjustments, with several of the biggest numbers landing on movement, timing, and cooldowns.
The most immediate changes hit Urn Runner and Unstable Rift. Valve trimmed Urn Runner’s speed bonuses, raised its stamina recovery, and made it easier to hear nearby. Unstable Rift now gives less warning before it appears, while Rift Troopers spawn a little more staggered and come with added resistance.
Hero tuning fills out the rest of the patch. Doorman, Drifter, Graves, Haze, Mirage, Pocket, Shiv, Silver, Victor, Viscous, and Yamato all saw targeted changes, and Shiv in particular took multiple hits to scaling, cooldowns, and health threshold numbers.
Patch Notes
Here are the full notes from Valve’s July 9 update.
- Urn Runner sprint bonus reduced from +2m to 0 (trailing bonus reduced from +7m to +5m)
- Urn Runner move speed bonus reduced from +3.5m to +2m
- Urn Runner Stamina Recovery increased from +15% to +25%
- Urn talking frequency increased from every 8s to every 6s
- Urn talking sound distance increased (easier to hear a nearby Urn Runner)
- Unstable Rift warning time reduced from 25s to 20s
- Rift Troopers now have Spirit Resist (30/35/40/45%)
- Rift Troopers now have Melee Resistance (25%)
- Rift Troopers spawn interval increased from every 0.3s to 0.5s (spawns slightly more staggered)
- Unstable Rift comeback resist aura radius increased from 20m to 35m
- Rift Troopers max comeback count increased from 12 to 14
- Objectives bounty split for nearby heroes reduced from 40% to 30% (this means slightly more portion of the bounty is split team wide rather than towards an individual player)
- Scourge: Max Health Per Second reduced from 2.6% to 2.5%
- Billy: Rising Ram T3 spirit scaling reduced from 0.035 to 0.03
- Doorman: Bullet damage rescaled from 29.26 + 1.1/boon to 26 + 1.19
- Doorman: Crit scaling reduced from -25% to -30%
- Doorman: Hotel Guest T3 increased from 13s Cooldown on Failure to Check Out to 15s
- Drifter: Bullet damage per boon reduced from +0.616 to +0.49
- Drifter: Bloodscent T3 reduced from +12% to +11%
- Drifter: Stalker’s Mark cooldown increased from 20s to 24s
- Drifter: Stalker’s Mark T2 increased from -8s Cooldown to -12s
- Drifter: Stalker’s Mark T3 reduced from +2% Bleed to +1.5%
- Graves: Jar of Dead T1 heal spirit scaling increased from 0.1 to 0.16
- Graves: Jar of Dead now build up faster from neutral creeps
- Graves: Grasping Hands immobilize duration reduced from 1.25s to 1s
- Graves: Grasping Hands T3 cooldown increased from -10s to -14s
- Graves: Essence Theft now procs from melee hits
- Graves: Essence Theft T3 now also increases Max Steal Targets from 3 to 4
- Graves: Borrowed Decree T1 changed from “-15s Cooldown” to “-15s Cooldown and +25% Ghoul Speed”
- Graves: Borrowed Decree T2 changed from “+25% Ghoul Speed and +10s Duration” to “-0.3s Time to Spawn and +10s Duration”
- Haze: Sleep Dagger T2 now also applies 15 Fixation Stacks
- Haze: Sleep Dagger T2 reduced from -18s Cooldown to -17s
- Holliday: Powder Keg spirits caling reduced from 1.2 to 1.05
- Mirage: Fire Scarabs T3 spirit scaling reduced from +0.17 to +0.13
- Mirage: Dust Devil T3 spirit scaling reduced from +1 to +0.6
- Mirage: Djinn’s Mark cooldown reduced from 3s to 2.75
- Mirage: Djinn’s Mark T3 cooldown reduced from -1s Cooldown to -0.75s
- Mirage: Traveler T3 increased from -70s Cooldown to -90s
- Pocket: Affliction duration reduced from 11s to 10s
- Shiv: Serrated Knives T3 spirit scaling reduced from +0.09 to +0.07
- Shiv: Slice and Dice spirit scaling reduced from 1.44 to 1.2
- Shiv: Slice and Dice T2 reduced from -6% Spirit Resist to -4%
- Shiv: Bloodletting cooldown increased from 20s to 25s
- Shiv: Bloodletting T1 increased from -10s Cooldown to -15s
- Shiv: Bloodletting Damage Cleared reduced from 35% to 30%
- Shiv: Bloodletting T2 Damage Cleared increased from 35% to 40%
- Shiv: Killing Blow Health Threshold reduced from 20% to 18%
- Shiv: Killing Blow T3 Health Threshold increased from +8% to +10%
- Silver: Lycan Curse cooldown reduced from 80s to 60s
- Victor: Shocking Reanimation cooldown reduced from 275s to 240s
- Viscous: Splatter T3 spirit scaling reduced from +1.0 to +0.9
- Yamato: Flying Slash range reduced from 28m to 26m
- Yamato: Flying Slash T3 Charge Delay increased from 3s to 4s
- Yamato: Flying Slash T3 Ally Targeting now requires alt cast input
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