Minor Update - 09-16-2026
- - Leech: Bullet and Spirit Lifesteal increased from 25% to 28%
Deadlock / Balance intelligence
Deadlock Leech
Item performance and patch changes. Expensive does not automatically mean overpowered.
Observed win rate
54.50%
Wins ÷ purchase observations
Purchase observations
1,527,425
API matches field
Players in sample
562,219
API players field
Average buy time
32.1m
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
Leech 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
- - Leech: Updated bonus HP to match the components
Gameplay Update - 04-30-2026
- - Leech: Bonus Health increased from 120 to 160 (the sum of the two components)
- - Leech: Lifesteal reduced from 30% to 25%
12-06-2024 Update
- - Leech: No longer provides +12% Cooldown Reduction.
- - Leech: Now upgrades from Healbane. Provides +60% Anti Healing for 8s on Spirit Damage dealt.