Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026
- - Capacitor: Proc cooldown reduced from 0.25s to 0.2s
Deadlock / Balance intelligence
Deadlock Capacitor
Item performance and patch changes. Expensive does not automatically mean overpowered.
Observed win rate
54.11%
Wins ÷ purchase observations
Purchase observations
996,594
API matches field
Players in sample
369,548
API players field
Average buy time
26.4m
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
Capacitor 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.
11-21-2025 Update
- - Capacitor: Shock damage reduced from 50 to 43
- - Capacitor: Shock damage spirit power growth increased from 0.14 to 0.19
- - Capacitor: No longer dispels buffs (moved to Curse)
- - Capacitor: Cooldown reduced from 60s to 50s
- - Capacitor: Slow duration reduced from 5s to 4s (75%->0%)
- - Capacitor: Slow debuff now prevents stamina usage and silences movement abilities