Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026
- - Reactive Barrier: Now grants +1 Out of Combat Regen (from components)
Deadlock / Balance intelligence
Deadlock Reactive Barrier
Item performance and patch changes. Expensive does not automatically mean overpowered.
Observed win rate
50.12%
Wins ÷ purchase observations
Purchase observations
2,213,610
API matches field
Players in sample
639,162
API players field
Average buy time
21.4m
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
Reactive Barrier 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
- - Reactive Barrier: No longer restores 1 stamina on trigger
- - Reactive Barrier: No longer grants +6% Spirit Resist
- - Reactive Barrier: Now triggers off of Silence (same trigger set as Indomitable)
- - Reactive Barrier: Cooldown increased from 40s to 55s
- - Reactive Barrier: Barrier spirit scaling reduced from 2.1 to 1.8
11-21-2025 Update
- - Reactive Barrier: Cooldown increased from 26s to 40s
- - Reactive Barrier: Duration reduced from 12s to 10s
11-07-2024 Update
- - Reactive Barrier: Restores 1 stamina on proc.
- - Spirit Armor: Spirit Resist increased from 20% to 22%.