Minor Update - 06-30-2026
- - Grey Talon: Rain of Arrows cooldown increased from 23s to 25s
- - Grey Talon: Guided Owl permanent spirit bonus reduced from 10 to 8
Deadlock / Balance intelligence
Deadlock Grey Talon
Grey Talon stats, build items and patch history. Balance changes have receipts here.
Win rate
47.43%
Wins ÷ observed selections
Pick share
1.37%
Share of all hero selections
Observed selections
323,580
30 complete UTC days
Next nerf odds · estimate
5%
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
Grey Talon win-rate trend
0–100%09-17 → 10-16
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- 09-17: 48.14% · 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-18: 47.92% · 2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-19: 47.69% · 2026-09-19T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-20: 47.10% · 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-21: 47.81% · 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-22: 47.21% · 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-23: 49.26% · 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-24: 47.51% · 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-25: 48.32% · 2026-09-25T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-26: 48.25% · 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-27: 47.98% · 2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-28: 47.13% · 2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-29: 48.37% · 2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-30: 48.67% · 2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-01: 48.12% · 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-02: 47.85% · 2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-03: 45.71% · 2026-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-04: 45.91% · 2026-10-04T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-05: 46.15% · 2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-06: 46.71% · 2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-07: 47.03% · 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-08: 46.52% · 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-09: 47.24% · 2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-10: 47.60% · 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-11: 46.96% · 2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-12: 47.66% · 2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-13: 47.82% · 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-14: 49.02% · 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-15: 47.52% · 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-16: 46.97% · 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
Source: Deadlock API · hero-stats, UTC day
Estimate, not insider information
Will Grey Talon 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 47.43%, pick share 1.37%. Minimum 1,000 observations; otherwise no reading. Patch history below is evidence, not an input to the estimate.
Build research
Grey Talon build items
Most observed item purchases on Grey Talon, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mystic Burst | 47.28% | 290,040 |
| Extra Charge | 47.31% | 287,941 |
| Improved Spirit | 47.44% | 280,292 |
| Tankbuster | 47.60% | 279,878 |
| Rapid Recharge | 47.79% | 274,190 |
| Extra Spirit | 47.31% | 241,426 |
| Compress Cooldown | 47.53% | 237,099 |
| Boundless Spirit | 49.78% | 235,335 |
The paper trail
Grey Talon 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 - 06-11-2026
- - Grey Talon: Gun cycle time increased from 0.5775 to 0.6 (~4% DPS nerf)
- - Grey Talon: Bullet damage growth reduced from +1.0 to +0.85
- - Grey Talon: Rain of Arrows cooldown increased from 22s to 23s
- - Grey Talon: Rain of Arrows T2 reduced from -13s Cooldown to -12s
Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026
- - Grey Talon: Rain of Arrows cooldown reduced from 30s to 22s
- - Grey Talon: Rain of Arrows cast delay reduced from 0.5s to 0.2s
- - Grey Talon: Rain of Arrows duration reduced from 7s to 4s
- - Grey Talon: Rain of Arrows moving ability in air improved
- - Grey Talon: Rain of Arrow stamina distance changed from being -9% to +25%
- - Grey Talon: Rain of Arrows Weapon Damage bonus reduced from +4 to +3
- - Grey Talon: Rain of Arrows T1 changed from "-14s Cooldown" to "+3 Weapon Damage and +30% Slow for 1.5s"
- - Grey Talon: Rain of Arrows T2 changed from "+5 Weapon Damage and +40% Slow for 1.5s" to "-13s Cooldown" (Total CD from 16s to 9s)
Shop Rework Update
- - Base Bullet Damage spirit power scaling reduced from 0.09 to 0.07.
- - Spirit Snare: Added physical elements to the AoE visuals.
- - Charged Shot T3 Spirit Power scaling reduced from 1.3 to 1.2.
Map Rework Update
- - Guided Owl accelerate has been updated from M1 to 'W' by default.
- - Better visual feedback for Spirit Snare when triggered.
- - Fixed Spirit power bonus from Guided Owl always being visible in the active player stats.
- - Fixed a bug that caused Grey Talon's Owl explosion sound to not be heard by the caster if they detonated it early with a keypress.
- - Updated vo - largely remastering pass, but some new content.
12-06-2024 Update
- - Grey Talon: Immobilizing Trap renamed to Spirit Snare.
- - Grey Talon: Spirit Snare now applies a Curse debuff for 1.75s to all enemies in the radius when it triggers instead of a tether.
- - Grey Talon: Spirit Snare T2 no longer increases slow by 1s.
- - Grey Talon: Spirit Snare T2 now increases Curse debuff by 0.5s.
- - Grey Talon: You can now shoot Charged Shot onto Spirit Snare center to trigger it to detonate immediately in a 30% increased radius.
- - Grey Talon: Charged Shot can now secure orbs.
11-07-2024 Update
- - Grey Talon: Base bullet damage reduced from 27 to 24.
- - Grey Talon: Bullet damage growth per boon increased from 1.41 to 1.62 (same total damage later on).
- - Grey Talon: Falloff range rescaled from 22m->58m to 18m->54m.
- - Grey Talon: Rain of Arrows strafe distance with stamina reduced by 30%.
- - Grey Talon: Charged Shot hitbox size reduced by 20%.