Deadlock Patch Notes December 6 Raven Buffs Nerfs Other Changes

Deadlock December 6 Patch Notes

New Hero Labs Hero: Raven

A new unreleased hero marks its entry in the Deadlock characters roster with the December 6 update. Raven is the new hero labs character who will be available for the specific mode while its abilities and UI change.

New Feature: Park Theming Added park-themed backdrops and updated tree models. Leaderboard Updates View the top 3 heroes and the overall skill rating for each player on the main leaderboard. Post-Game Survey Moved the survey to the final score screen and added a text box field. Communication Improvements Muting a player now silences map drawing, pings, and chatwheel messages.

Performance and Settings

Performance Optimizations Improved rendering performance on map assets. New Settings Force English hero and item names. Toggle crouch keybind. Additional build search language.

Deadlock Patch Notes: Bug Fixes

General Fixes Fixed shop search, parry effects, music, and various sound effects. Addressed wall jumping, minimap clicking, and UI clipping issues. Hero-Specific Fixes Updated animations, effects, and sounds for Mirage, Shiv, Lash, and more. Fixed tooltip inaccuracies for Bebop, Grey Talon, and Yamato. Updated voice lines for Krill and Ivy. Introduced the Telemetry HUD: an in-game tool to track frame rate and network performance. Enable it under Settings > Game. Improved the Learn to Play: Added new tutorial images in collaboration with Toastyghostey.

Steam Input Support

Introduced a new Crouch Toggle button for flexible gameplay. Three official control schemes were added: Standard, Gyro, and FlickStick. Implemented a config versioning system to ensure compatibility and prevent issues with outdated configurations.

Deadlock Patch Notes December 6: Misc Gameplay Changes

New Features:

Extra Competitive Option: Players can now choose to queue with similarly skilled and competitive teammates. Queue Options Button: The Extra Competitive option, Incoming Chat, and Lane Preference settings are now grouped together for easier access.

Matchmaking Adjustments:

Party Size Limit: Reduced the maximum party size for high-ranked players to 2. Team Composition: The matchmaker will now prioritize teams with at least 2 frontliners.

Hero and Item Changes:

Hero Movement Speed: Heroes now have slightly increased base movement speed. Sprint Items: Reduced the movement speed bonus from Sprint Boots and Enduring Speed. Carrying Urn: Reduced its movement speed bonus and fixed its interaction with abilities like Ivy’s Air Drop. Trooper Interactions: Troopers on ziplines will dismount when shot, and players can no longer be zapped while flying over buildings.

Patron Health Changes:

Reduced the Patron’s health and regeneration rate, especially early game.

Deadlock Patch Notes: Soul System Changes

Soul Distribution: A new system distributes souls to the lowest net-worth players on a team to encourage more even resource distribution. Soul Orb Duplication: Changes have been made to prevent abuse of the soul orb duplication mechanic.

Objective changes:

Several recent changes related to soul duplication and Guardian balance have been reverted. Here are the changes: Reverted: – Guardians now deal 25% more damage to troopers Reverted: – Guardians now take 25% more damage from troopers/players Reverted: – Range to be considered for souls reduced by 5m Reverted: – Troopers now do 20% more damage to each other

Deadlock Patch Notes: Item Buffs and Nerfs

Here are all the item changes from the latest Deadlock patch notes for December 6. This includes all the buffs and nerfs:

Weapon Items

Vitality Items

Spirit Items

Deadlock Patch Notes: Hero Buffs and Nerfs

Here are all the hero changes from the latest Deadlock patch notes for December 6. This includes all the buffs and nerfs: HeroChangesAbramsNerf: Bullet Damage decreased from 4.68 to 4.5Buff: Spirit Siphon spirit scaling increased from 0.5 to 0.65BebopBuff: Uppercut now only locks enemies out of air control for a max of 0.5s (down from 1s)Buff: Hook now shows a hero icon when you connect with a targetBuff: Hook delay reduced when pulling alliesBuff: Hook T1 now also improves melee damageDynamoFix: Fixed Quantum Entanglement not deselecting if you get silenced while targetingBuff: Kinetic Pulse T2 now affects melee damage tooFix: Fixed Magic Carpet + Dynamo heal interactionNerf: Singularity cooldown increased from 191s to 215sNerf: Singularity now deals half damage to objectivesFix: Singularity fixed tooltip referencing knock-up that it doesn’t doGrey TalonImmobilizing Trap renamed to Spirit SnareBuff: Spirit Snare now applies a Curse debuff for 1.75s to all enemies in the radius when it triggers instead of a tetherNerf: Spirit Snare T2 no longer increases slow by 1sBuff: Spirit Snare T2 now increases Curse debuff by 0.5sBuff: You can now shoot Charged Shot onto Spirit Snare center to trigger it to detonate immediately in a 30% increased radiusBuff: Charged Shot can now secure orbsHazeNerf: Smoke Bomb T1 Sprint reduced from +6 to +5Buff: Smoke Bomb T3 charge time reduced from 10s to 7sFix: Fixed Fixation not working correctly with debuff resistBuff: Fixation T3 reduced from 0.15 to 0.12Nerf: Sleep state no longer disables the target. It instead allows them to move at 2 m/s and be unable to take any other action (including stamina, mantle, parry etc). The target still wakes up on damage.Buff: Sleep dagger now takes effect immediately, rather than after a brief delayFix: Fixed creeps sometimes attacking and waking on sleeping targetsNerf: Bullet Dance cooldown increased from 138s to 150sNerf: Bullet Dance T1 reduced from +7 to +6 Spirit DamageBuff: Bullet Dance T2 increased from -38s to -40sFix: Bullet Dance fixed an issue causing the game to freeze for the duration of the ult channelInfernusBuff: Flame Dash cooldown reduced from 40s to 35sBuff: Flame Dash T3 changed from -19s CD to -15sBuff: Flame Dash T3 now also makes the ability charged (15s charge time)Buff: Afterburn spirit scaling increased from 0.5 to 0.6IvyNerf: Melee damage and growth reduced by 15%Nerf: Starting Health reduced from 550 to 525Fix: Watcher’s Covenant fixed to replicate healing even when you are fullBuff: Watcher’s Covenant now initially locks onto the target in your facing direction if there is oneBuff: Stone Form now shows the Ivy player a visible radius indicator for where your hero will hitFix: Kudzu Bomb now grows on the ground if it hits geo instead of floating in the airNerf: Air Drop damage reduced from 150 to 125Fix: Fixed Phantom Strike not grounding Ivy when using Air DropBuff: Air Drop now lets you choose to significantly reduce your initial upward momentum by holding the fly key down while casting the abilityKelvinFix: Fixed some issues with being unable to shoot over half-height coverBuff: Frost Grenade now also reduces Stamina Regeneration during the slow durationBuff: Frozen Shelter now created on key up. While the key is down an outline of the area will be shownNerf: Frozen Shelter cooldown increased from 127s to 130sBuff: Frozen Shelter T2 increased from -38s to -40sLady GeistBuff: Malice can now secure orbsBuff: Soul Exchange T2 changed from “-10% Min Health” to “On cast +40% Fire Rate for 8s”Buff: Soul Exchange T3 changed from “On cast, +40% Fire Rate and +40% Spirit Resist for 8s” to “Silences enemies in 15m radius for 3s”Buff: Life Drain duration increased from 2s to 2.5sBuff: Life Drain T3 changed from “Enemy is Silenced while being Life Drained” to “Ability becomes charged and grants +1 Charge”. You can cast multiple Life Drains at the same time on different targets, no Charge TimeLashBuff: Ground Strike T1 improved from -9.5s Cooldown to -10sNerf: Death Slam cooldown increased from 137s to 140sNerf: Death Slam channel time increased from 2s to 2.3sBuff: Death Slam Impact radius increased from 5m to 6mBuff: Death Slam cone angle increased from 75 to 85Buff: Death Slam cast range increased from 18m to 20mNerf: Death Slam T2 changed from +100 damage to -30s CooldownNerf: Death Slam T3 changed from -56s Cooldown to Impact Area Stuns for 1sFix: Death Slam fixed a rendering issue that could lead to crashes, especially in tight spaces like Mid Boss arenaMcGinnisBuff: Mini Turrets HP gain per boon increased from 20 to 30Buff: Mini Turrets no longer limit the damage they take to 33% of HP per secondBuff: Mini Turrets now have a minimum lifetime of 4s. If they are killed during this time, they will be marked for death regardless of what happens during that time. There will be a visual indication that they are malfunctioning/dying.Nerf: Mini Turrets Fire Rate reduced by 20%MirageNerf: Fire Scarabs now applies its drain over 4s instead of frontloadedBuff: Fire Scarabs no longer restricts you from hitting the same target (debuff duration refreshes)Buff: Fire Scarabs launch window increased from 5s to 8s (can be extended by duration extender)Buff: Traveler now allows you to rotate the cameraBuff: Traveler T2 changed from “-56 Cooldown” to “Grants Ally Traveler Benefits” (if cast on an enemy, it’ll give the bonus to the closest ally hero within 30m)Mo & KrillBuff: Burrow is no longer affected by Shoulder ChargeBuff: Spectral Wall no longer hits you while you are BurrowedBuff: Scorn now heals you instantly rather than over 1sFix: Combo health gain tooltip clarifiedParadoxNerf: Time Wall Time Stop duration reduced from 0.6s to 0.5sNerf: Kinetic Carbine Max Stop duration reduced from 0.5s to 0.4sNerf: Kinetic Carbine T1 reduced from +0.5s to +0.4sPocketNerf: Health growth reduced from 31 to 27Buff: Enchanter’s Satchel T1 increased from -4.75s to -5sNerf: Enchanter’s Satchel Escape Duration reduced from 2s to 1.5sEnchanter’s Satchel T3 now also increases Escape Duration by +0.5sNerf: Flying Cloak duration increased from 3.2 to 3.4s (slower speed, same overall distance)Buff: Affliction now immediately deals 18% of Current HP on applicationNerf: Affliction DPS reduced from 27 to 12Nerf: Affliction DPS Spirit Power scaling reduced from 0.3 to 0.22Nerf: Affliction radius reduced from 14m to 9mNerf: Affliction T3 reduced from +27 DPS to +15 DPSBuff: Affliction T3 now also increases range by +5m and increases initial damage by 5%SevenBuff: Storm Cloud now grants you a secondary ability Lightning Strike. It is a one time use AoE ability. You can target anywhere in your ultimate range, after a 2s delay it releases a vertical lightning strike onto a 6m area, knocking enemies away from that radius (6m knockback) and dealing 150 Damage (1.5 spirit scaling). There is a visual indicator for enemies that that area is about to be hit.Nerf: Storm Cloud DPS reduced from 125 to 110Buff: Storm Cloud T3 now also allows you to float around at 2.5m/s speedShivFix: Fixed some targeting issues with Killing BlowVindictaNerf: Health reduced from 550 to 525Buff: Crow Familiar projectile speed increased from 3500 to 4750Buff: Stake cooldown reduced from 42s to 40sBuff: Stake T2 increased from -19s Cooldown to -20sNerf: Stake T3 reduced from +0.75s to 0.5sBuff: Stake T3 now also increases capture radius by +2mNerf: Assassinate time between charges increased from 1.6s to 2sNerf: Assassinate base damage reduced from 130 to 120Nerf: Assassinate T2 damage reduced from 140 to 130ViscousFix: Fixed visual parry cooldown bug with Puddle PunchBuff: The Cube cooldown reduced from 48s to 42sNerf: The Cube cast range reduced from 30m to 26mBuff: Puddle Punch radius increased from 4 to 4.5Nerf: Puddle Punch slow reduced from 20% to 15%Nerf: Puddle Punch T2 slow reduced from 20% to 15%Buff: Puddle Punch T3 now also causes the Punch to become a heavy meleeNerf: Goo Ball damage Spirit Power scaling reduced from 1.3 to 1.1Nerf: Goo Ball damage T2 reduced from 120 to 90WardenNerf: Fire Rate Spirit Power scaling reduced from 0.25 to 0.22Nerf: Last Stand Resistance reduced from 60% to 30%Nerf: Last Stand now only goes on cooldown for 20s when interrupted rather than fullBuff: Last Stand T2 now also reduces cooldown by 35sBuff: Last Stand T3 changed from “-56s Cooldown” to “+50% Bullet and Spirit Resistance During Channel and +2.5s Duration”WraithBuff: Bullet damage growth increased 0.37 to 0.39Buff: Full Auto T2 Spirit Damage Per Bullet now has default 0.05 Spirit Power scalingNerf: Full Auto T3 reduces the improved Spirit Power scaling from 0.1 to 0.05Nerf: Full Auto T3 changed from 30% Bullet Lifesteal to 20% Bullet and Spirit LifestealBuff: Telekinesis cast time reduced from 0.7s to 0.4sBuff: Telekinesis projectile speed increased from 650 to 750Buff: Telekinesis now briefly lifts the enemy and then slams them to the ground and leaves the target with 2.5s of silence and disarmBuff: Telekinesis T2 duration now applies to the silence and disarm, increased to +0.75sBuff: Telekinesis T3 now causes the projectile to bounce to another nearby hero within 20mYamatoBuff: Flying Strike T3 now also lets you grapple to ally heroesBuff: Shadow Transformation cast time reduced from 2s to 1.5sNerf: Shadow Transformation no longer has a 0.6s post cast timeBuff: Shadow Transformation T3 now also increases Resist by 15% That is everything from the latest Deadlock update patch notes on December 6. 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