Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026
- - Infuser: Duration increased from 6s to 7s
- - Infuser: Gains +6 Spirit Power (from components)
Deadlock / Balance intelligence
Deadlock Infuser
Item performance and patch changes. Expensive does not automatically mean overpowered.
Observed win rate
56.61%
Wins ÷ purchase observations
Purchase observations
1,098,014
API matches field
Players in sample
409,388
API players field
Average buy time
29.8m
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
Infuser 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
- - Infuser: Lifesteal reduced from 16% to 13%
- - Infuser: Active Lifesteal reduced from 80% to 70%
Shop Rework Update
- - New sounds added.
12-06-2024 Update
- - Infuser: Duration increased from 6s to 8s.
- - Infuser: No longer grants +50 Health.
- - Infuser: Now grants +70 Spirit Shield.
- - Withering Whip: Duration increased from 4.5s to 5s.
- - Withering Whip: Bullet Resist reduced from -11% to -12%.