Minor Update - 09-16-2026
- - Decay: DPS reduced by 25%
- - Decay: Duration increased by 20%
Deadlock / Balance intelligence
Deadlock Decay
Item performance and patch changes. Expensive does not automatically mean overpowered.
Observed win rate
47.03%
Wins ÷ purchase observations
Purchase observations
374,023
API matches field
Players in sample
159,959
API players field
Average buy time
21.0m
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
Decay 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 - 05-22-2026
- - Decay: Cooldown reduced from 32s to 30s
Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026
- - Decay: Healing Reduction increased from -45% to -50%
11-21-2025 Update
- - Decay: Healing Reduction increased from -40% to -45%
Shop Rework Update
- - New sounds added.
12-06-2024 Update
- - Decay: Bleed damage increased from 1.4% to 1.5%.
11-07-2024 Update
- - Decay: Now grants +1.5 HP Regen.
- - Decay: Now grants +8% Ability Duration.
- - Decay: Healing reduction increased from -50% to -70%.
- - Decay: Bleed Damage reduced from 3.1% to 1%.
- - Decay: Cooldown reduced from 45s to 33s.
- - Improved Cooldown: Cooldown Reduction reduced from 16% to 14%.
- - Improved Cooldown: Spirit Shield improved from 75 to 100.
- - Improved Cooldown: Now grants +10% Ammo.