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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.
Each hero guide includes item builds for early, mid, and late game phases. Coaching services available in Starter, Pro, and Elite plans with personalized training. Explore pro builds or book coaching sessions.
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.
Countering your opponents is what separates players who win lanes from players who win games. Each role has clear weaknesses you can exploit. Here's how to counter each one.
Key points: Countering Brawlers: Brawlers win extended trades but struggle to catch slippery targets; Countering Marksmen: Marksmen deal huge damage but are fragile; Countering Mystics: Mystics rely on ability cooldowns.
Countering your opponents is what separates players who win lanes from players who win games. Each role has clear weaknesses you can exploit. Here's how to counter each one.
Countering Brawlers: Brawlers win extended trades but struggle to catch slippery targets. Kite them, use slows and disables, and don't trade with them in melee range. Buy armor to reduce their sustained damage. A Brawler that can't reach you is useless.
Countering Marksmen: Marksmen deal huge damage but are fragile. Burst them down or lock them down with disables. Force them out of position in teamfights, and dive them before they can deal damage. A dead Marksman is the easiest carry to neutralize.
Countering Mystics: Mystics rely on ability cooldowns. Force them to use abilities poorly, then engage when they're on cooldown. Spirit resistance reduces their burst, and interrupting their channels ruins their combos. Mystics without cooldowns are very beatable.
Countering Assassins: Assassins are strongest when they pick isolated targets. Stick with your team, keep vision, and watch flanks. Save a disable for when the assassin engages, then burst them down - most assassins are fragile once their burst is spent.
General countering principles apply across roles. Track the enemy's items and power spikes. If they just bought a big item, play safe until you match it. If you have an item advantage, force fights while you're stronger.
Matchup knowledge is role-specific but game-wide. Knowing your hero's counters - and who you counter - lets you pick favorable fights and avoid losing ones. This alone improves your win rate noticeably.
Itemization is a counter too. Building against the enemy's damage type, buying healing reduction against sustain, and picking up utility to counter their engages all count as countering.
Vision and positioning counter everything. If you know where the enemy is, you can avoid bad fights and take good ones. Most deaths and lost games come from getting caught out, not from being outplayed.
The mindset: think about what the enemy wants to do, then deny it. They want to farm, deny them farm. They want to group, split and pressure. They want to fight, take it when you're stronger and avoid when you're weaker.