The latest Deadlock patch update may seem small at first glance, however, this new patch has some significant changes which will speed up gameplay, and alter the playing field forever.
On top of the changes introduced, there were also a plethora of bugfixes.
For a summarized list of the changes and adjustments, see below:
Misc Changes
- Removed the outer lane Deadlock teleporters
- Sprint increased by +0.5 for all heroes
- Added an option to cancel abilities mid-cast with a dedicated hotkey, customizable from the main options page.
- Removed the top of the arch from the mid lane to prevent it being occupied (and creating a real sniper’s nest)
- Lifesteal provided by things like Soul Shredder Bullets now properly diminishes in stacking with other sources of lifesteal
Soul Changes
- Soul orb spawn delay range increased from 0.2-0.7 to 0.4-0.7
- Soul orb size increased by 10%
- Soul orb lag compensation buffer increased from 120ms to 140ms
Urn Adjustments
- Fixed Ivy, Viscous and Magic Carpet moving faster than desired when holding the Soul Urn
- Urn reveal time reduced from 25s to 15s
- Urn speed limit increased from 13 m/s to 15 m/s
Movement Rework/Changes
- Wall jump behavior has been reworked so that lateral velocity is now modified by WASD movement direction into/away from the wall
- Mantle now requires pushing WASD in a direction towards a ledge
- Improved camera positions while character is backed up against walls
- You can now alter movement direction on ziplines
- When holding “Jump/Mantle” after attaching to a rope, you will now continue to move up the rope
Heroes
- Calico
- Health growth per boon reduced from 41 to 34
- Leaping Slash Heal reduced from 50 to 40
- Leaping Slash Heal Spirit Scaling reduced from 1.6 to 1.1
- Holliday
- Powder Keg T2 bonus damage reduced from 100 to 80
- Crackshot T2 bonus damage reduced from 85 to 60
- Mirage
- Djinn’s Mark T2 reduced from +4s multiplier duration to +2.5s
- Seven
- Health Regen reduced from 3 to 1.5
- Sinclair
- Vexing Bolt cooldown increased from 15 to 24
- Vexing Bolt T1 changed from -4s cooldown to “Bolt Apply -25% Fire Rate for 5s”
- Vexing Bolt T2 changed from “Bolt Apply -25% Fire Rate for 5s” to -13s cooldown
- Vindicta
- Crow Familiar duration spirit scaling reduced from 0.03 to 0.024
- Crow Familiar Health Drain reduced from 3% to 2.3%
Items
- Infuser
- Spirit Lifesteal reduced from 20% to 15%
- Bonus Spirit reduced from 16 to 13
If you want to see the full details, check out the official patch notes.
While seemingly small, the changes introduced during this patch heavily affect both Macro and Micro of Deadlock. Increases to Deadlock hero Sprint and the removal of Teleporters will ultimately affect roaming heavily, while Soul Orb changes and the wall jumping rework will affect farming and movement, respectively.
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