Minor Update - 09-16-2026
- - Focus Lens: Damage increased from 30% to 35%
- - Focus Lens: Cast range increased from 20m to 25m
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Deadlock / Balance intelligence
Deadlock Focus Lens
Item performance and patch changes. Expensive does not automatically mean overpowered.
Observed win rate
53.39%
Wins ÷ purchase observations
Purchase observations
273,569
API matches field
Players in sample
131,835
API players field
Average buy time
33.7m
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
Focus Lens 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
- - Focus Lens: Duration increased from 4s to 4.5s
11-21-2025 Update
- - Focus Lens: Now builds from Spirit Sap
- - Focus Lens: Now reduces Spirit Resistance by 12% and reduces Spirit Power by 30 for 12s
- - Focus Lens: Fire Rate reduced from +16 to +13
- - Curse: Now dispels buffs
- - Curse: Cooldown increased from 45s to 55s
- - Curse: Weapon Damage reduced from 20% to 15%