Holliday, a Deadlock hero

June 11, 2026 Patch NotesMinor Update

Balance

  • 19Heroes changed
  • 2Items changed
  • 4Gameplay changes

We haven’t reviewed this update yet, so changes are listed as published, grouped by hero and item, without Buffed / Nerfed / Tweaked labels.

Hero Changes

Needs review19 heroes

Needs review

Apollo

7 changes
  • Increased: Disengaging Sigil velocity increased by 50%
  • Decreased: Disengaging Sigil velocity's vertical:horizontal ratio 1.5:1→1:1
  • Disengaging Sigil now allows input to alter the direction apollo launches himself (A/D biases to the left/right and W/S affect how much backwards motion is applied
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  • Disengaging Sigil T1 "+30 Damage"→"Gain +25% Fire Rate and Bullet Speed for 8s"
  • Disengaging Sigil T2 changed from "Gain +30% Fire Rate and +50% Bullet Speed for 10s" to "On Player Hit: +1 Stamina restored and resets Air Jump/Dash limit"
  • Disengaging Sigil T3 changed from "On Player Hit: +2 stamina restored and reset Air Jump/Dash limit" to "Recast within 4s"
  • Flawless Advance now allows Apollo to parry during it

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Needs review

Bebop

3 changes
  • Increased: Exploding Uppercut T3 +17% Missing Health→+18%
  • Fixed Sticky Bomb T3 duration ending once the bomb went off rather than the 5s duration
  • Sticky Bomb T3 changed from "On Cast: +5m Move Speed and +20% Fire Rate for 5s" to "On Cast: +5m Move Speed and +25% Debuff Resistance for 6s" (applies retroactively)

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Needs review

Calico

6 changes
  • Gloom Bombs melee resist debuff now stacks additively
  • Gloom Bombs T2 -5% Melee Resist for 5s→-6% for 6s
  • Gloom Bombs melee resist now applies on impact rather than explosion
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  • Increased: Return to Shadows damage 140→150
  • Increased: Return to Shadows T2 damage +65→+75
  • Increased: Return to Shadows T3 heal 350→450

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Needs review

Graves

4 changes
  • Decreased: Jar of Dead collection rate reduced by 20% (takes longer to gain a charge)
  • Decreased: Jar of Dead damage 17+0.27→16+0.25
  • Increased: Jar of Dead bounty 5+0.25/boon→7+0.5/boon
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  • Decreased: Grasping Hands T3 Immobilize duration +1s→+0.75s

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Needs review

Grey Talon

4 changes
  • Increased: Gun cycle time 0.5775→0.6 (~4% DPS nerf)
  • Decreased: Bullet damage growth +1.0→+0.85
  • Increased: Rain of Arrows cooldown 22s→23s
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  • Decreased: Rain of Arrows T2 -13s Cooldown→-12s

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Needs review

Holliday

10 changes
  • Powder Keg now has an alt cast behavior to place the barrel at her feet
  • Powder Keg various improvements to the launch angles, velocities and feel of casting
  • Powder Keg now starts with 2 charges
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  • Increased: Powder Keg Charge Time 3.5s→7s
  • Decreased: Powder Keg spirit scaling 1.6→1.4
  • Powder Keg T2 "+58 Damage"→"+1 Charge"
  • Powder Keg T3 "+2 Charges and +0.4s Displacement"→"+100 Damage, +0.5 Spirit Scaling and -5s Charge Time"
  • Fixed various issues with placing bounce pad on elevated areas
  • Decreased: Bounce Pad landing radius 12m→9m
  • Bounce Pad T3 changed from "+68 Stomp Damage and Improved Spirit Scaling" to "+0.7s Stomp Stun" (only triggers from Holliday)

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Needs review

Infernus

2 changes
  • Fixed Afterburn Max duration refreshing not properly accounting for both Debuff Resist and +Ability Duration
  • Fixed Concussive Combustion cooldown not updating when getting the T2 or other CD reducing items when the ability is on cooldown

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Needs review

McGinnis

4 changes
  • Decreased: Mini Turret DPS rescaled 30+0.39→24+0.42 (break even at 200 spirit power)
  • Decreased: Mini Turrets T3 Fire Rate +30%→+25%
  • Fixed some rare cases where Heavy Barrage would stop working
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  • Decreased: Heavy Barrage DPS 22.5→21

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Needs review

Paige

4 changes
  • Decreased: Rallying Charge distance for max amp 350m→250m
  • Increased: Rallying Charge T2 -30s Cooldown→-50s
  • Increased: Plot Armor barrier spirit scaling 1.3→1.5
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  • Increased: Plot Armor T3 barrier spirit scaling +0.3→+0.5

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Needs review

Pocket

3 changes
  • Decreased: Bullet damage growth +0.2→+0.16
  • Decreased: Flying Cloak T3 -13s Cooldown→-12s
  • Affliction now does half damage on objectives

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Needs review

Seven

3 changes
  • Decreased: Bullet damage growth 0.337→0.24
  • Decreased: Power Surge T3 +12s Duration→+10s
  • Storm Cloud now hits breakables

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Needs review

The Doorman

2 changes
  • Decreased: Call Bell explosion damage spirit scaling 1.3→1.2
  • Decreased: Call Bell T3 spirit scaling 0.4→0.35

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Needs review

Victor

6 changes
  • Decreased: Aura of Suffering radius 9m→8m
  • Aura of Suffering T3 now also increases radius by +1m
  • Fixed some client performance issues when using Aura of Suffering
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  • Increased: Shocking Reanimation cooldown 230s→240s
  • Decreased: Shocking Reanimation T3 -120s Cooldown→-110s
  • Increased: Shocking Reanimation T3 +150 Damage→+175

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Needs review

Viscous

2 changes
  • Increased: Puddle Punch T2 +40% Lifesteal→+60%
  • Goo Ball T2 now also increases Bullet and Spirit Resist by +10%

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Needs review

Warden

9 changes
  • Decreased: Bullet falloff 20m->58m→18m->47m
  • Decreased: Alchemical Flask spirit scaling 0.73→0.63
  • Decreased: Alchemical Flask T2 +40 Damage→+35
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  • Increased: Alchemical Flask T2 -20% Weapon Damage→-25%
  • Increased: Willpower spirit scaling +0.5→+0.8
  • Decreased: Binding Word T3 -18s Cooldown→-14s
  • Increased: Last Stand lifesteal 65%→75%
  • Increased: Last Stand T2 -30s Cooldown→-35s
  • Increased: Last Stand T3 +3s Duration→+4s

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Item Changes

Needs review2 items

Needs review

Arcane Surge

Spirit1 change
  • Fixed various cases with the bonuses not working

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Needs review

Opening Rounds

Weapon2 changes
  • Decreased: Conditional Weapon Damage bonus 30%→25%
  • Increased: Spirit Power +4→+7

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Gameplay Changes

General changes

  • Decreased: Urn give up time 75s→60s
  • Decreased: Urn bounty reduced by 10% (unreduced for trailing team)
  • Breakables health permanent bonus 15/25/35→15/20/30 for level 1/2/3
  • Increased: Kill comeback bounty values increased by 8%

Street Brawl only

1 changes that apply to this mode
  • Decreased: All ability and item range/radius values are reduced by 10%

Official Sources

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