Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026
- - Dispel Magic: Cooldown increased from 40s to 45s
Deadlock / Balance intelligence
Deadlock Dispel Magic
Item performance and patch changes. Expensive does not automatically mean overpowered.
Observed win rate
49.06%
Wins ÷ purchase observations
Purchase observations
3,272,566
API matches field
Players in sample
631,076
API players field
Average buy time
22.6m
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
Dispel Magic 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 - 04-30-2026
- - Dispel Magic: Spirit Resistance reduced from 16% to 10%
Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026
- - Dispel Magic: Cooldown reduced from 50s to 40s