Deadlock Patch 09-16 Is Here With Major Changes

Deadlock

By EncampedWeevilPublished September 17, 2026|Updated September 17, 2026

Deadlock just dropped their latest balance patch, and it’s going to be the last one before the massive new update, which should be arriving at the end of the month. Still, there are a ton of overarching changes and tweaks arriving with this patch, so let’s get to some of the biggest highlights.

Patch 09-16 Highlights

Firstly, the Unstable Rift is changing again, mainly on the economic front; meanwhile, Guardians and Walkers are getting a slight buff to their bounties.

Unstable Rift comeback resist max values now scale over the course of the game. Previously the max values were 35%. Now it is 10% + 1% per minute (around ~20% for the first one), with an upper limit of 40% at 30 minutes.

Removed a fixed amount of extra bonus souls you would get for being behind even a very slightly amount in net worth for both hero kill bounties as well as Unstable Rift bounties (this had a larger impact on the early to mid game)

Slightly reduced comeback bounties in general (this is in addition to the above change)

A portion of the comeback souls earned by players above enemy teams average net worth is instead distributed via the tick gold system that is given to the lowest 2 players (70% of the extra comeback value goes to them)Guardian bounty increased by 10%

Walker bounty increased by 5%

Share for objectives bounty to nearby heroes reduced from 30% to 25% (the remaining gets split between all 6 players)

Also, there have been some changes made to parrying and reloading.

Using parry now pauses reloading

Parrying while doing a regular dash will now cancel the dash (and momentum) and parry on the spot

Getting stunned now pauses your reload rather than restarting it

Dashes and light melee’s no longer pause your gun’s cycle time (this is a general change that affects high-cycle time weapons the most like Silver or Abrams)

This also means that parrying while dashing on top of an air vent will now send you straight up, rather than shoot you outward.

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— Deadlock UA (@deadlockua) September 16, 2026

Now for items, here are some of the more notable changes:

Shadow Weave: Now builds from Sprint Boots

Spiritual Overflow: Buildup is 35% slower

Spiritual Overflow: Spirit Power on proc reduced from 40 to 30

Spiritual Overflow: Fire Rate reduced from 30% to 25%

Veil Walker: No longer builds from Sprint Boots

Veil Walker: Movement speed bonus is now removed when the invisibility is removed

Diviner’s Kevlar: Now grants +10% Ultimate Ability Cooldown Reduction

Golden Goose Egg: Damage Penalty increased from -10% to -15%

Golden Goose Egg: Stored souls now count towards net worth (affects comeback reward calculations)

Now onto heroes. A lot of folks are getting some minor tweaks, but easily the biggest standouts are: Celeste, Silver, Venator,

Celeste: Stamina cooldown increased from 5 to 5.3

Celeste: Light Eater spirit lifesteal reduced from 20% to 18%

Celeste: Light Eater T3 decreased from +25 to +22

Celeste: Dazzling Trick cooldown increased from 34s to 38s

Celeste: Radiant Daggers T2 reduced from +80 to +70

Celeste: Shining Wonder radius reduced from 16.5m to 15.5m

Celeste: Shining Wonder T3 Max Bounces reduced from +8 to +6

Lash: Gun falloff range reduced from 18m->54m to 16m->48m

Shiv: Serrated Knives while rage is full now deals 3.5% current HP damage on impact instead of ricocheting (0.01 spirit scaling)

Silver: Dashes and light melee’s no longer pause your gun’s cycle time

Silver: Boot Kick can only target heroes and objectives now

Silver: Entangling Bola can only target heroes now

Silver: Weighted Bola now increases gravity during the debuff duration, and interrupts flying abilities (same rules as Phantom Strike)

Venator: Ira Domini now works with Ricochet, all the shots will bounce

Venator: Ira Domini can now split shot (releases 1 extra bolt on each side, 3 total)

Viscous: The Cube cast range reduced from 26m to 20m

Viscous: Puddle Punch cooldown increased from 21s to 24s