Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026
- - Express Shot: Ammo consumed changed from -30% to 2 Ammo
Deadlock / Balance intelligence
Deadlock Express Shot
Item performance and patch changes. Expensive does not automatically mean overpowered.
Observed win rate
46.70%
Wins ÷ purchase observations
Purchase observations
1,182,144
API matches field
Players in sample
404,275
API players field
Average buy time
19.2m
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
Express Shot 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
- - Express Shot: Weapon Damage now scales with boons (+2)
- - Express Shot: Weapon Damage reduced from 185% to 170%
- - Express Shot: Secondary Fire Weapon Damage now scales with boons (+1)
- - Express Shot: Secondary Fire Weapon Damage reduced from 75% to 45%
- - Express Shot: Ammo consumed increased from 30% to 40%