Deadlock patch — 16 August 2024
Build 5075
The Deadlock patch of 16 August 2024 changed 3 heroes and 0 items, with 21 individual stat changes in total.
Valve did not publish notes for this build. Everything below is computed from the game files.
Hero changes
Ordered by number of changes.
Ivy
| Stat | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Drop: Ability Cooldown | 70 | 80 | changed |
| Air Drop: Desc | Take flight with an Ally or a bomb. Ally gains bullet resist while flying. Drop your ally or bomb to cause a <span class="highlight">large explosion</span> that causes <span class="highlight">Movement slow and Silence</span>. Ivy and ally gain a bullet shield when flying ends. <br>Fast cast time when targetting an ally, long on self. <br>[LMC] to accelerate flying speed. <br>[RMC] to drop ally/bomb. | Take flight with an Ally or a bomb. Ally gains bullet resist while flying. Drop your ally or bomb to cause a <span class="highlight">large explosion</span> that causes <span class="highlight">movement slow</span>. Ivy and ally gain a bullet shield when flying ends. <br>Fast cast time when targetting an ally, long on self. <br>[LMC] to accelerate flying speed. <br>[RMC] to drop ally/bomb. | changed |
| Air Drop: T2 Desc | <span class="highlight">+300</span> Bullet Shield | <span class="highlight">+300</span> Bullet Shield and <span class="highlight">+5m</span> Explode Radius | changed |
| Air Drop: T3 Desc | <span class="highlight">+12m</span> Explode Radius and <span class="highlight">+2s</span> Silence/Slow Duration | Applies <span class="highlight">Silence</span> on enemies hit for <span class="highlight">+4.5s</span> | changed |
| Air Drop: Upgrades | — | — | changed |
| Air Drop: Info Sections | — | — | changed |
| Air Drop: Silence Duration | — | — | changed |
| Air Drop: Debuff Duration | 3 | 4.5 | changed |
| Air Drop: Label | Silence/Slow Duration | Slow Duration | changed |
| Air Drop: Ability Duration | 20 | 17 | changed |
Shiv
| Stat | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serrated Knives: Spline | — | — | changed |
| Serrated Knives: Domain Maxs | — | — | changed |
| Serrated Knives: Upgrades | — | — | changed |
| Serrated Knives: Impact Damage | 75 | 35 | changed |
| Serrated Knives: Stat Scale | 1 | 0.6 | -40.0% |
| Serrated Knives: Stat Scale | 0.2 | 0.16 | -20.0% |
| Serrated Knives: T3 Desc | +75 Damage and +5 Bleed DPS | +40 Damage and +5 Bleed DPS | changed |
Kelvin
| Stat | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arctic Beam: Desc | Kelvin shoots freezing cold energy out in front of him, <span class="highlight">damaging and slowing</span> anything it touches. The <span class="highlight">slow increases in strength</span> the more it hits and applies <span class="highlight">disarm</span> at max strength. Kelvin has reduced movement speed while using Arctic Beam. | Shoot freezing cold energy out in front of you, <span class="highlight">damaging targets</span> and <span class="highlight">building up movement and fire rate slow</span> against them the longer you sustain the beam on them. You have reduced movement speed while using Arctic Beam. | changed |
| Arctic Beam: Label | Disarm Duration | Slow Linger Duration | changed |
| Arctic Beam: Label | Max Slow Percent | Max Slow | changed |
| Arctic Beam: Info Sections | — | — | changed |
Changes are computed by diffing the game files between builds 5075. A change is only labelled a buff or a nerf where the stat has an unambiguous direction — a longer duration, for example, can be either, so it is reported as a change without a judgement.