Minor Update - 09-16-2026
- - Ballistic Enchantment: Duration increased from 14s to 20s
Deadlock / Balance intelligence
Deadlock Ballistic Enchantment
Item performance and patch changes. Expensive does not automatically mean overpowered.
Observed win rate
53.30%
Wins ÷ purchase observations
Purchase observations
1,447,404
API matches field
Players in sample
520,440
API players field
Average buy time
22.7m
Minutes into a match
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.
Item statistics are observational. Winning players buy different items, and later purchases select for longer matches. Do not interpret purchase win rate as the causal effect of buying this item.
The paper trail
Ballistic Enchantment 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.
Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026
- - Ballistic Enchantment: Weapon damage per stack increased from 18% to 20%
- - Ballistic Enchantment: Range reduced from 30% to 25%
- - Ballistic Enchantment: Non-hero weapon damage increased from 4% to 5%
- - Ballistic Enchantment: Ability Range reduced from 25% to 20%