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All Deadlock heroes: Abrams (Brawler), Apollo (Assassin), Bebop (Brawler), Billy (Brawler), Calico (Assassin), Celeste (Marksman), Drifter (Assassin), Dynamo (Mystic), Graves (Marksman), Grey Talon (Marksman), Haze (Assassin), Holliday (Marksman), Infernus (Marksman), Ivy (Marksman), Kelvin (Brawler), Lady Geist (Mystic), Lash (Assassin), McGinnis (Mystic), Mina (Marksman), Mirage (Assassin), Mo and Krill (Brawler), Paige (Mystic), Paradox (Marksman), Pocket (Assassin), Rem (Mystic), Seven (Mystic), Shiv (Brawler), Silver (Marksman), Sinclair (Mystic), The Doorman (Mystic), Venator (Marksman), Victor (Brawler), Vindicta (Marksman), Viscous (Mystic), Vyper (Assassin), Warden (Brawler), Wraith (Marksman), Yamato (Assassin).
Popular heroes include Victor guide, Dynamo guide, Abrams guide, Bebop guide, Haze guide, Seven guide, Lash guide, Yamato guide. Browse the complete hero list.
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Each hero guide includes base stats, weapon stats, ability breakdowns, item builds, counter matchups, synergies, and FAQs. View all hero guides, check the tier list, and track live stats.
Live statistics for Deadlock including win rates, pick rates, damage output, KDA, net worth, and match volume across all skill brackets. Data sourced from real matches from the deadlock-api.com service. Track the evolving meta with 7-day trend charts showing win rate and pick rate changes over time. Filter heroes by role including Brawler, Marksman, Mystic, and Assassin. Visit the hero stats page for the latest data with win rates and pick rates for every hero.
The Deadlock tier list ranks all heroes using a composite score system. Win rate contributes 40 percent of the score, pick rate contributes 30 percent, match volume contributes 15 percent, and player count contributes 15 percent. S Tier represents the top 14 percent of heroes. A Tier covers the next 20 percent. B Tier includes the next 24 percent. C and D Tier cover the bottom 42 percent. See the full Deadlock tier list for current rankings.
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New to Deadlock? The beginner guide covers soul economy, laning phase, hero roles, map objectives, and core mechanics. The hero roles guide explains Brawler, Marksman, Mystic, and Assassin playstyles. The laning phase guide covers winning your lane and rotating. The soul economy guide explains efficient farming. Browse all Deadlock guides.
Deadlock is a hybrid MOBA-shooter by Valve Corporation in closed alpha. The game combines third-person shooting with MOBA mechanics including lanes, creep waves, towers, and items. Players choose from 38 unique heroes with distinct abilities. Explore hero guides and check live statistics for the current meta.
Deadlock is a MOBA built around souls, not kills. The sooner you stop treating it like a shooter where the scoreboard is everything, the faster you improve. These are the habits I drill into every new player before we touch anything fancy.
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Deadlock is a MOBA built around souls, not kills. The sooner you stop treating it like a shooter where the scoreboard is everything, the faster you improve. These are the habits I drill into every new player before we touch anything fancy.
1. Treat last-hitting as your actual job. The orb from a dying trooper is your income. Shoot it, and shoot the enemy's orb too when they let it sit. Denying enemy souls widens the income gap faster than most early kills. If you want the full picture of why this matters, read the soul economy breakdown.
2. Learn the timing window, not just the target. Secure is fired at the end of the trooper's health bar, not the moment it starts dying. Watch the health drain, then fire. You'll deny and secure far more once you stop shooting early.
3. Stay alive over going for kills. A kill is worth a chunk of souls; dying feeds the enemy, gives them map pressure, and costs you lane time. When you're new, the correct play is almost always to walk away from a risky fight you only half win.
4. Pick two or three heroes and stop there. Rotating through the whole roster resets your learning every match. Read the hero pages, pick a couple that fit your aim and playstyle, and learn their limits before you branch out.
5. Buy items with a purpose, not a shopping spree. Early on, prioritize survivability and a reliable damage item for your lane. Buy what answers the enemy in front of you, then adapt as the game opens up. Buying on autopilot wastes souls you fought for.
6. Time your recalls and lane pressure. Pushing the lane before you go back means the wave crashes into the enemy tower instead of under yours. You lose less farm and they can't free-roam while you're shopping.
7. Watch the minimap between every action. After you confirm a last hit, glance up. Are mid and both lanes shown? Then are they coming for you? The map tells you whether to push or back off. It's covered in more depth in the map guide.
8. Stop chasing kills into fog. The moment an enemy runs toward their own jungle or an unwarded corner, they are baiting you or calling a gank. Break the chase, take the lane, and let them come back to you. Chasing is how new players donate their lead.
9. Respect the tower early. Diving under a live enemy tower without a clear kill and an escape is a fast way to feed. Win the poke war, force them out, and let the tower help you instead.
10. Trade when it's in your favor. If you can hit them without taking real damage back, do it — then step behind your troopers. Free chip damage on a laner who can't answer builds a kill window later without you risking death.
11. Learn one camp route in your jungle. Knowing when a neutral camp is up and how fast you clear it turns downtime into income. A player who farms rhythmically out-earns a player who only fights. Pair this with the soul economy ideas to see the compounding.
12. Communicate before you move, not after. A quick ping or a call of 'rotating mid' turns a coin-flip fight into a numbers advantage. In Deadlock, fights are won by who shows up together, not who is mechanically flashiest.
If you want this stuff corrected in real time instead of reading it, coaching is the fastest path. I'll watch your replays, point at the exact moments you chased, missed a deny, or bought the wrong item, and we'll fix them one habit at a time.
Come hang out with the rest of the crew on Discord. Ask questions, post your clips, and find people to queue with who actually want to improve. New players are welcome — that's the whole point.