Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026
- - Rebuttal: Parry cooldown reduced from -2s to -1.75s
Deadlock / Balance intelligence
Deadlock Rebuttal
Item performance and patch changes. Expensive does not automatically mean overpowered.
Observed win rate
47.70%
Wins ÷ purchase observations
Purchase observations
732,123
API matches field
Players in sample
303,469
API players field
Average buy time
10.6m
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
Rebuttal 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.