Latest Deadlock Patch Nerfs McGinnis and Doorman

Deadlock just got its first round of patch notes since the matchmaking update. While these changes are small, they do still impact a handful of characters like McGinnis, Doorman, and others.

08-12-2026 Patch Notes

There aren’t many changes this time around, but there are some major nerfs, mainly for McGinnis, and some that nerf some Doorman playstyles, Gun Lash, and more.

– 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

To highlight some of the biggest Deadlock nerfs, one of the biggest is to Doorman. Walkers now wait for the Luggage Cart animation to finish to stomp. This is severely going to nerf the kidnapping playstyle Doorman players have come to commonly adopt.

There are also a ton of nerfs for McGinnis, nerfing her turrets, gun scaling, and changing around her Medicinal Specter. Other notable changes are Apollo now lifesteals more, Vipers: Petrifying Bola has a larger AoE, and nerfs to gun Lash.