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Deadlock Sharpshooter

Item performance and patch changes. Expensive does not automatically mean overpowered.

Observed win rate

48.06%

Wins ÷ purchase observations

Purchase observations

1,594,771

API matches field

Players in sample

494,630

API players field

Average buy time

17.4m

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

Sharpshooter 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

  • - Sharpshooter: Now upgrades from High-Velocity Rounds (in addition to Long Range). Grants +60% Bullet Velocity.
  • - Sharpshooter: Long range weapon damage reduced from 70% to 60%
  • - Sharpshooter: Now has innate 10% Weapon Damage (from components)
Original patch source ↗

12-06-2024 Update

  • - Sharpshooter: Now reduces your Fire Rate by 10% and movespeed by 0.5.
  • - Sharpshooter: Weapon Damage increased from 20% to 30%.
  • - Sharpshooter: Far range Weapon Damage increased from +50% to +70%.
Original patch source ↗
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