Valve shipped a large Deadlock gameplay update on May 22. The headline general changes:

  • Base HP reduced by 10 for all heroes, and HP per boon reduced by 3.
  • Objectives are tougher: Base Guardian and Shrine bullet resistance up from 10% to 20%, Tier 2 Guardian bullet resistance up from 25% to 35%, and Shrines are now invulnerable until one pair of Base Guardians falls. Guardians take more damage early (scaling resistance changed from +75% to +50% at the start).
  • Midboss now starts spawned at the beginning of the game, and medium neutral camps spawn at 5 minutes instead of 6.
  • Movement tuning: sliding no longer resets sprint speed, and stamina regeneration is reduced by 25% for 5 seconds after a wall jump (not triggered out of combat or when mantling right after).
  • Bullet Velocity now stacks additively rather than diminishingly.
  • Investment bonuses reworked: Weapon, Vitality, and Spirit investment tracks all gain a 6.4k souls line, moving from 4.8k/7.2k/9.6k/16k to 4.8k/6.4k/8k/11.2k/16k with rebalanced per-tier bonuses.

The patch also adjusts Medic Trooper healing (regen over 4 seconds instead of 2, 13% of missing HP), makes total damage reduction debuffs stack diminishingly, and carries a long list of hero and item changes; the full notes run thousands of words, so read the source announcement for your main.

To see how these numbers land on specific heroes and items, check our Deadlock heroes hub, the items database, and the mechanics explainers for systems like objectives, souls, and stamina.