Deadlock The Ultimate Guide to Heroes and Their Abilities in Valves FPS MOBA Alpha

Deadlock is a MOBA FPS often compared to SMITE and Overwatch. The game is shaping up and is now accessible in alpha version for some players throughout mid-2024.

Deadlock currently offers twenty-one heroes (Occultists) in its alpha version. In this guide, we provide a comprehensive overview of each hero, their abilities, ultimates, and a skill evolution guide in Deadlock. This guide complements our rookie’s guide to Deadlock to help you get familiar with the game in your first matches.

We also suggest checking out the first Deadlock hero tier-list to find out which hero suits your favorite playstyle best.

Discover the Heroes and Their Abilities in Deadlock

The heroes in Deadlock each have three main abilities and an ultimate ability. You can unlock and upgrade these abilities by spending skill points earned throughout the game. These abilities can later be enhanced by items you purchase from shops scattered across the map using souls collected from killing enemy troops, jungle monsters, and enemy heroes.

Each hero in Deadlock offers a unique playstyle, and understanding how to develop their skills is crucial to dominating your opponents. In the sections below, we will explore in detail the best strategies for each hero, helping you master their abilities.

Abrams

Siphoning

Drains health from enemies in front of you within a radius.

• One SP: Reduced cooldown.
• Two SPs: Increased duration.
• Five SPs: Increased health drain.

Bull Charge

Charge, collide with enemies, and drag them with you. Hitting a wall stuns caught enemies.

• One SP: Reduced cooldown.
• Two SPs: Increased duration.
• Five SPs: Increased weapon damage for a short duration after hitting an enemy.

Infernal Resilience

Passive. Regenerates a portion of damage taken over time.

• One SP: Increased regeneration.
• Two SPs: Bonus maximum health.
• Five SPs: Increased percentage of damage regenerated.

Seismic Impact

Ultimate. Jump into the air and select a ground location. Abrams crashes onto the target area, dealing damage and stunning all enemies in the radius.

• One SP: Massive cooldown reduction.
• Two SPs: Gain health and increased fire rate per hero hit for 25 seconds.
• Five SPs: Becomes immune to status effects (stun, sleep, root, silence, etc.) for three seconds upon landing.

Bebop

Explosive Uppercut

Deals light melee damage to nearby units and knocks them back, causing damage where they land.

• One SP: Reduced cooldown.
• Two SPs: Hitting an enemy hero grants rapid spin time, doubles the range, and provides a 60% weapon damage bonus for a short duration.
• Five SPs: Hitting an enemy hero resets the Grappling Hook’s cooldown to zero and adds a full clip to your weapon.

Sticky Bomb

Attach a bomb to an enemy target that deals explosive damage after a short delay. Gain a damage bonus per hero hit.

• One SP: Reduced cooldown.
• Two SPs: Increased damage.
• Five SPs: Attaching the bomb silences the enemy for 3.5 seconds.

Hook

Fire a hook that grabs and pulls an enemy or ally hero.

• One SP: Bebop deals additional bullet damage to hooked enemies for a duration.
• Two SPs: Increased hook range.
• Five SPs: Massive cooldown reduction.

Hyperlaser

Ultimate. Charge a laser and fire it, dealing incredible damage and slowing enemies. Bebop hovers if the beam is fired from the air.

• One SP: Massive cooldown reduction.
• Two SPs: Increased beam damage.
• Five SPs: Bebop heals for the damage dealt by the beam.

Lady Geist

Quintessence Bomb

Sacrifices health to throw a bomb that deals damage.

• One SP: Increased explosion radius.
• Two SPs: Increased damage.
• Five SPs: The bomb leaves a toxic mark on the ground, dealing additional damage over a short duration.

Vital Transfer

Creates a link with an enemy, draining their health over time and healing you. Your movement speed is halved.

• One SP: Increased damage per second.
• Two SPs: Extended duration.
• Five SPs: Affected enemies are silenced (as long as they are in line of sight).

Malice

Sacrifices health to throw blood shards that apply a stack of malevolence. Each stack slows and reduces damage resistance.

• One SP: Reduced cooldown.
• Two SPs: Increased damage based on health.
• Five SPs: Increased damage dealt.

Soul Exchange

Ultimate. Swap health with a targeted enemy hero.

• One SP: Massive cooldown reduction.
• Two SPs: Reduces the enemy’s minimum health after cast.
• Five SPs: Upon casting, Lady Geist gains increased fire rate and spirit resistance for a short duration.

Dynamo

Kinetic Pulse

Releases an energy pulse that knocks enemies into the air.

• One SP: Enemies hit by the pulse have reduced movement speed and fire rate for a short duration.
• Two SPs: Dynamo deals additional weapon damage to hit enemies for a short duration.
• Five SPs: Increased damage.

Quantum Entanglement

Dynamo disappears into the void and reappears at a distance, bringing allies with him.

• One SP: Increased cast range.
• Two SPs: Increased fire rate buff upon reappearance (includes allies).
• Five SPs: Upon reappearing, current ammo is increased by 120%.

Healing Aura

While channeling, Dynamo creates an area of effect (AoE) that restores health over time to himself and nearby allies.

• One SP: Gains a movement speed bonus for a short duration if the Aura is fully charged. This bonus is applied immediately once the five SP upgrade is purchased.
• Two SPs: Significant cooldown reduction.
• Five SPs: Allows Dynamo to move and use abilities while charging the Aura. The healing bonus is increased based on the maximum health of himself/allies.

Singularity

Ultimate. Creates a black hole that pulls in and damages nearby enemies. When finished, enemies are thrown into the air.

• One SP: Increased radius.
• Two SPs: Increased channeling duration.
• Five SPs: Singularity deals an additional 3.8% of maximum health damage per second.

Fortuna (Wraith)

Card Trick

Dealing damage with a weapon grants Wraith a card. The card can be thrown at a target to deal extra damage.

• One SP: An extra card charge.
• Two SPs: Increased damage.
• Five SPs: Cards are summoned faster.

Mental Projection

Wraith teleports to a targeted location.

• One SP: Increased teleport range.
• Two SPs: Grants Wraith a 300-point bullet shield upon teleportation.
• Five SPs: Massive cooldown reduction.

Rapid Fire

Temporarily increases Wraith’s fire rate. Nearby allies receive half the bonus.

• One SP: Reduced cooldown.
• Two SPs: Increased fire rate.
• Five SPs: Increased life steal per bullet during the effect.

Telekinesis

Ultimate. Wraith lifts an enemy hero, interrupting and preventing them from using items or abilities. After the lift, the target takes additional damage.

• One SP: Reduced cooldown.
• Two SPs: Increased duration.
• Five SPs: Telekinesis targets enemies in an area around Wraith.

Haze

Sleeping Dagger

Throw a dagger that deals damage and puts a target to sleep. Throwing the dagger does not break invisibility.

• One SP: Removes one stamina unit upon impact.
• Two SPs: Reduced cooldown.
• Five SPs: Applies reduced bullet resistance for a short duration after the target wakes up.

Smoke Bomb

Disappear from sight and become invisible. Increases sprint speed.

• One SP: Reduced cooldown.
• Two SPs: Increased sprint speed while invisible.
• Five SPs: After leaving invisibility, gain life steal on bullets for eight seconds.

Pin Down

Passive. Shooting a target increases bullet damage on that target. Gain additional bonuses for headshots.

• One SP: 60 spiritual damage and 15% slow for two seconds on a target for every 20 stacks.
• Two SPs: Increased maximum stack count and extended duration to six seconds.
• Five SPs: Additional 0.25 bullet damage per stack.

Bullet Dance

Ultimate. Enter a frenzy, firing your weapons at nearby enemies with perfect accuracy. Increases fire rate and grant 50% evasion.

• One SP: Increased weapon damage during the skill’s effect.
• Two SPs: Massive cooldown reduction.
• Five SPs: An additional target is hit per shot.

Infernus

Catalyst

Throws napalm, slowing enemy movement and amplifying damage dealt by Infernus.

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