# Deadlock Minor Update - 08-12-2026

- Product: Deadlock (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/deadlock)
- Vendor: Valve
- Date: 2026-08-12
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1422450/view/708906085669405228
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/deadlock/releases/2026-08-12-minor-update-08-12-2026

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- **changed** — Apollo: Riposte melee resist reduction increased from -22% to -25%
- **changed** — Apollo: Riposte T2 changed from -30% Melee Resist to -25% Melee Resist and +0.4s Stun Duration
- **changed** — Apollo: Riposte T3 increased from 60% Lifesteal for 7s to 75% Lifesteal for 13s
- **fixed** — Apollo: Fixed Itani Lo Sahn being canceled with movement abilities
- **changed** — Billy: Base health regen reduced from 2.5 to 2.0
- **changed** — Billy: Rising Ram T3 changed from On Impact: Deal 7% max health as spirit damage to On hero hit: +10% Max HP for 16s
- **changed** — Billy: Chain Gang spirit scaling reduced from 1 to 0.7
- **changed** — Doorman: Doorway range reduced from 70m to 65m
- **changed** — Doorman: Walker will no longer consider Luggage Cart dragged enemies as valid targets to trigger the stomp on until soon after they are dropped off
- **changed** — Doorman: Turrets in the healing area in base now also wait on considering valid targets similar to Walker
- **changed** — Drifter: Rend spirit scaling reduced from 1.7 to 1.4
- **changed** — Drifter: Stalker's Mark cooldown increased from 24s to 26s
- **changed** — Drifter: Stalker's Mark T2 reduced from -12s Cooldown to -10s
- **changed** — Holliday: Powder Keg now does half its damage immediately and half over 3s as a damage over time burn with stacking instances
- **changed** — Ivy: Stone Form T3 stun duration reduced from +1s to +0.75s
- **changed** — Lash: Falloff range reduced from 20m->58m to 18m->54m
- **changed** — McGinnis: Bullet damage base and growth values reduced by 5%
- **changed** — McGinnis: Spirit Resist per boon reduced from +0.625% to +0.35%
- **changed** — McGinnis: Mini Turrets no longer shoot heroes on ziplines
- **changed** — McGinnis: Mini Turrets no longer have 80% decaying resist for the first 6s

- Apollo: Riposte melee resist reduction increased from -22% to -25%
- Apollo: Riposte T2 changed from "-30% Melee Resist" to "-25% Melee Resist and +0.4s Stun Duration"
- Apollo: Riposte T3 increased from 60% Lifesteal for 7s to 75% Lifesteal for 13s
- Apollo: Fixed Itani Lo Sahn being canceled with movement abilities
- Billy: Base health regen reduced from 2.5 to 2.0
- Billy: Rising Ram T3 changed from "On Impact: Deal 7% max health as spirit damage" to "On hero hit: +10% Max HP for 16s"
- Billy: Chain Gang spirit scaling reduced from 1 to 0.7
- Doorman: Doorway range reduced from 70m to 65m
- Doorman: Walker will no longer consider Luggage Cart dragged enemies as valid targets to trigger the stomp on until soon after they are dropped off
- Doorman: Similar to the Walker change above, the turrets in the healing area in base now also wait on considering valid targets
- Drifter: Rend spirit scaling reduced from 1.7 to 1.4
- Drifter: Stalker's Mark cooldown increased from 24s to 26s
- Drifter: Stalker's Mark T2 reduced from -12s Cooldown to -10s
- Holliday: Powder Keg now does half its damage immediately and half over 3s as a damage over time burn (same overall damage, multiple instances stack)
- Ivy: Stone Form T3 stun duration reduced from +1s to +0.75s
- Lash: Falloff range reduced from 20m->58m to 18m->54m
- McGinnis: Bullet damage base and growth values reduced by 5%
- McGinnis: Spirit Resist per boon reduced from +0.625% to +0.35%
- McGinnis: Mini Turrets no longer shoots heroes on ziplines
- McGinnis: Mini Turrets no longer have 80% decaying resist for the first 6s
- McGinnis: Mini Turrets health increased from 90 + 7.8/boon to 100 + 9/boon
- McGinnis: Medicinal Specter T1 changed from "Provides +40% Spirit Resist" to "+1.5s Duration"
- McGinnis: Medicinal Specter T3 no longer increases duration by +1.5s
- McGinnis: Medicinal Specter T3 now also increases spirit resistance by +40%
- Paige: Plot Armor weapon damage scaling increased from 0.2 to 0.3
- Seven: Lightning Ball T3 radius increased from +1.5m to +1.75m
- Vindicta: Stake T1 reduced from +65 Damage to +45
- Vyper: Petrifying Bola radius increased from 8m to 12m
- Vyper: Petrifying Bola petrify duration increased from 2s to 2.2s
- Wraith: Card Trick Heart heal spirit scaling reduced from 1 to 0.75
- Wraith: Full Auto T3 spirit scaling reduced from +0.06 to +0.045