Minor Update - 08-12-2026
- - Drifter: Rend spirit scaling reduced from 1.7 to 1.4
- - Drifter: Stalker's Mark cooldown increased from 24s to 26s
- - Drifter: Stalker's Mark T2 reduced from -12s Cooldown to -10s
Deadlock / Balance intelligence
Deadlock Drifter
Drifter stats, build items and patch history. Balance changes have receipts here.
Win rate
50.13%
Wins ÷ observed selections
Pick share
3.45%
Share of all hero selections
Observed selections
809,480
30 complete UTC days
Next nerf odds · estimate
13%
Uncalibrated entertainment model
Sample: 2026-09-17 through 2026-10-16 UTC · Normal mode, ranked + unranked, all ranks. Retrieved . Deadlock API. Observed matches only; not the entire player population. Refreshes hourly; upstream item statistics may be cached for six hours.
Daily performance
Drifter win-rate trend
0–100%09-17 → 10-17
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- 09-17: 50.63% · 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-18: 50.99% · 2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-19: 51.09% · 2026-09-19T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-20: 50.99% · 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-21: 50.63% · 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-22: 51.40% · 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-23: 51.01% · 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-24: 50.99% · 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-25: 50.97% · 2026-09-25T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-26: 51.24% · 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-27: 50.91% · 2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-28: 51.10% · 2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-29: 50.28% · 2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-30: 50.55% · 2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-01: 50.68% · 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-02: 50.48% · 2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-03: 47.24% · 2026-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-04: 47.55% · 2026-10-04T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-05: 48.03% · 2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-06: 50.35% · 2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-07: 50.10% · 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-08: 49.63% · 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-09: 49.33% · 2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-10: 49.16% · 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-11: 49.87% · 2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-12: 49.85% · 2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-13: 50.03% · 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-14: 51.63% · 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-15: 51.34% · 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-16: 50.79% · 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-17: 100.00% · 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
Source: Deadlock API · hero-stats, UTC day
Estimate, not insider information
Will Drifter get nerfed?
Our next-balance-patch estimate increases with above-average win rate and pick share. It has not been calibrated against historical nerfs and is not a reliable forecast of Valve’s decisions.
z = −2.2 + 0.35 × (win% − 50) + 0.08 × pick share%
estimate = round(100 ÷ (1 + exp(−z)))Inputs: win 50.13%, pick share 3.45%. Minimum 1,000 observations; otherwise no reading. Patch history below is evidence, not an input to the estimate.
Build research
Drifter build items
Most observed item purchases on Drifter, not a recommended purchase order. Item win rates are affected by game length, upgrade paths and who can afford the item.
| Item | Win rate | Observations |
|---|---|---|
| Stalker | 50.43% | 709,771 |
| Melee Lifesteal | 49.78% | 566,543 |
| Spirit Snatch | 50.26% | 488,961 |
| Spirit Strike | 49.88% | 482,688 |
| Hunter's Aura | 52.91% | 469,354 |
| Sprint Boots | 50.93% | 439,453 |
| Close Quarters | 51.12% | 413,142 |
| Mystic Burst | 49.58% | 400,109 |
The paper trail
Drifter patch history
Every explicitly attributed change found in the 26 available archive entries. This is the available archive, not a claim of complete lifetime coverage. Linked-only announcements may omit change text.
Minor Update - 07-28-2026
- - Drifter: Rend spirit scaling reduced from 1.8 to 1.7
- - Drifter: Rend T3 silence duration reduced from 2.3s to 2s
Minor Update - 07-09-2026
- - Drifter: Bullet damage per boon reduced from +0.616 to +0.49
- - Drifter: Bloodscent T3 reduced from +12% to +11%
- - Drifter: Stalker's Mark cooldown increased from 20s to 24s
- - Drifter: Stalker's Mark T2 increased from -8s Cooldown to -12s
- - Drifter: Stalker's Mark T3 reduced from +2% Bleed to +1.5%
Minor Update - 06-30-2026
- - Drifter: Health per boon increased from 41 to 43 (global hp boon reduction is after this)
- - Drifter: Rend cast time reduced from 0.5s to 0.4s
- - Drifter: Rend post cast time reduced from 0.5s to 0.4s
- - Drifter: Rend T2 increased from -7s Cooldown to -8s
- - Drifter: Bloodscent T1 increased from +2m/s while near an isolated enemy to +3m/s
- - Drifter: Bloodscent T2 increased from 18% missing health heal to +24%
Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026
- - Drifter: Rend T3 no longer increases scaling by 0.4
- - Drifter: Rend T3 now also deals Heavy Melee Damage (0.55 scale)
Gameplay Update - 04-30-2026
- - Drifter: Rend T3 now also increases melee scaling (1.2 to 1.6)
- - Drifter: Bloodscent T3 increased from +10% Amplified Damage to +12%
Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026
- - Drifter: Rend damage range reduced from 18m to 16m
- - Drifter: Rend cooldown increased from 13s to 16s
- - Drifter: Rend damage spirit scaling increased from 1.4 to 1.8
- - Drifter: Rend "bonus" damage is now the melee range at close range (so you only do melee damage at close range and spirit is the default)
- - Drifter: Rend T1 bonus damage increased from +32 to +40
- - Drifter: Rend T3 changed from "Gain 45% Bullet Lifesteal against affected enemies for 4s" to "Close range attack now silences enemies for 2.3s"
- - Drifter: Stalker's Mark duration reduced from 6s to 5s
- - Drifter: Stalker's Mark T1 changed from "+1% Bleed" to "-8% Bullet Resist"
- - Drifter: Stalker's Mark T2 changed from "+22% Fire Rate for 6s after ambush" to "+3s Duration and -8s Cooldown"
- - Drifter: Stalker's Mark T3 changed from "Enables 2 Charges and +2s Duration" to "+2% Bleed and -40% Healing"
- - Drifter: Bloodscent now grants Drifter the same amount of permanent bonus weapon damage when an isolated hero dies nearby, whether Drifter gets the assist or the kill
- - Drifter: Bloodscent permanent bonus weapon damage gained per isolated hero death reduced from 4% to 3%
- - Drifter: Bloodscent T2 changed from "Isolated kill reduces cooldowns by 15s and restores 3 stamina" to "Isolated death restores 18% Missing Health and restores 2 stamina"
- - Drifter: Eternal Night now makes the targets be considered as isolated
- - Drifter: Eternal Night Sprint reduced from +3m to +2m
- - Drifter: Eternal Night no longer has 7 spirit damage proc
- - Drifter: Eternal Night cooldown increased from 120s to 125s
- - Drifter: Eternal Night duration reduced from 7s to 6.5s
- - Drifter: Eternal Night T1 changed from "+6.3 Spirit Damage Proc" to "+10m Sprint" (kicks in immediately)
- - Drifter: Eternal Night T2 changed from "-30s Cooldown and +3m/s Sprint" to "-45s Cooldown"
- - Drifter: Eternal Night T3 increased from "+2s Duration and +1 Max Target" to "+2.5s Duration and +1 Max Target"
- - Drifter: Fixed Quicksilver Reload dealing bonus multiple times with Rend
11-21-2025 Update
- - Drifter: Rend cooldown reduced from 15s to 13s
- - Drifter: Base regen increased from 2.5 to 3.5