Deadlock patch — 3 October 2025

Build 5931, 5933

The Deadlock patch of 3 October 2025 changed 0 heroes and 1 items, with 32 individual stat changes in total.

Valve did not publish notes for this build. Everything below is computed from the game files.

Item changes

Ordered by number of changes.

Spirit Burn

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Desc	Dealing significant <span class="highlight">Spirit Damage</span> to an enemy within 5s causes an explosion dealing damage and a burn to nearby enemies. While burning, enemies take damage over time and receive reduced healing.<br><span class="diminish">Deals half-damage to non-heroes and does not expend its cooldown unless a hero is hit.</span>Dealing significant <span class="highlight">Spirit Damage</span> to an enemy within 5s causes an explosion dealing damage and a burn to nearby enemies. While burning, enemies take damage over time and receive reduced healing.<br><span class="diminish">Deals half-damage and has half-cooldown on non-heroes.</span>changed

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Desc

Dealing significant Spirit Damage to an enemy within 5s causes an explosion dealing damage and a burn to nearby enemies. While burning, enemies take damage over time and receive reduced healing. Deals half-damage to non-heroes and does not expend its cooldown unless a hero is hit.Dealing significant Spirit Damage to an enemy within 5s causes an explosion dealing damage and a burn to nearby enemies. While burning, enemies take damage over time and receive reduced healing. Deals half-damage and has half-cooldown on non-heroes.changed

Changes are computed by diffing the game files between builds 5931 and 5933. 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.