Bebop →The hook combo keeps deciding fights
Use Indomitable for the first hard-control event or Unstoppable proactively.
Breaking the hook control prevents the bomb and uppercut follow-up from becoming a full combo.
IndomitableIndomitable Counter Guide
Indomitable provides an automatic response to the next qualifying control effect, then adds a barrier and cooldown relief. It is valuable against catches that leave little time to press a defensive active, provided its protection is ready for the important event.
How to Use Indomitable
Who should buy Indomitable?
Players facing a sudden hard-control event that is difficult to answer manually.
When to activate or apply it
Keep its automatic protection available for the important catch. Use the barrier and freed action window to escape or respond before the rest of the sequence arrives.
Against Bebop: Use Indomitable for the first hard-control event or Unstoppable proactively. Breaking the hook control prevents the bomb and uppercut follow-up from becoming a full combo.
Watch out for
The item answers the next qualifying control event. Repeated control can exhaust its protection, and it does not guarantee an escape from every combo or protected channel.
When to Buy Indomitable in Deadlock
Consider it when sudden hard control repeatedly starts a lethal follow-up and manual reactions are unreliable. Check which effect will trigger it: a lesser catch can spend the protection before the decisive engage.
Average purchase: 33.6 minutes
Game-stage ranges are approximate, and average purchase times are a guide rather than a deadline. Buy sooner when this item would change your next fight.
Purchase timing data & context
| Stage | Average purchase |
|---|---|
| Early game · 0–10 min | Not available |
| Mid game · 10–20 min | Not available |
| Late game · 20+ min | 33.6 min |
Best Against
Unexpected single-event control setups, such as Haze's Sleep Dagger follow-up.
Bebop →
Haze →Haze Sleep Dagger into burst keeps killing you from stealth
Use Indomitable as the passive combo breaker.
Haze can start the sequence unexpectedly, so an automatic answer is more reliable than a reaction-only defensive item.
Holliday →Holliday Lasso keeps kidnapping you out of position
Use Indomitable if you cannot reliably react, or Counterspell/Unstoppable if you can.
Lasso is the fight-defining control and must be denied before the displacement converts into a kill.
Mo & Krill →Their ultimate grab is isolating you for a kill
Use Indomitable or Unstoppable; Counterspell is possible but harder to time.
The grab is the fight-ending event, so a dedicated hard-control answer is worth the slot.
Paradox →Paradoxical Swap keeps catching you before you can use Warp Stone
Use Indomitable when you need an automatic answer to the swap control.
The ultimate is the hard-control event that consumes the proc, giving you protection when reaction-based repositioning is not reliable enough.
Vyper →Her fast hard-control setup is catching you before you can react
Use Indomitable for the automatic hard-control cleanse.
The stun can be too fast for consistent proactive Unstoppable timing, but Indomitable must be triggered by the control itself.
All 7 recommended hero matchups
These hero guides recommend Indomitable. Check the individual matchup for the build, situation, and timing.
New matchup: How to counter Baba — see when Indomitable fits her threats.
Alternatives & Comparisons
Unstoppable
Unstoppable protects a planned commitment from crowd control. Activate it before the dangerous control sequence begins, especially when repeated disables would stop you from completing an engage or dealing damage. You still need a position that survives the incoming damage.
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Reactive Barrier
Reactive Barrier adds an automatic shield after a hard-control catch. It helps absorb the follow-up damage that often turns a stun into a kill, giving you a chance to reach cover or receive help once you can act again.
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Counterspell
Counterspell rewards reading an enemy's commitment. By upgrading your parry to block ability damage and effects during its protection window, it lets you turn a predictable burst or control attempt into a missed opportunity for the opponent.
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