Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026
- - Silence Wave: Damage spirit scaling increased from 0.6 to 1.0
- - Silence Wave: Cooldown reduced from 35s to 30s
Deadlock / Balance intelligence
Deadlock Silence Wave
Item performance and patch changes. Expensive does not automatically mean overpowered.
Observed win rate
45.95%
Wins ÷ purchase observations
Purchase observations
199,745
API matches field
Players in sample
114,725
API players field
Average buy time
26.6m
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
Silence Wave 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.
11-21-2025 Update
- - Silence Wave: No longer upgrades from Spirit Sap
- - Silence Wave: No longer reduces Spirit Resistance or Spirit Power
- - Silence Wave: Now deals 100 Impact Damage (0.3 spirit power growth)