McGinnis, a Deadlock hero

August 12, 2026 Patch NotesMinor Update

Balance

  • 13Heroes changed

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 review13 heroes

Needs review

Apollo

4 changes
  • Increased: Riposte melee resist reduction -22%→-25%
  • Riposte T2 "-30% Melee Resist"→"-25% Melee Resist and +0.4s Stun Duration"
  • Riposte T3 60% Lifesteal for 7s→75% Lifesteal for 13s
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  • Fixed Itani Lo Sahn being canceled with movement abilities

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Needs review

Billy

3 changes
  • Decreased: Base health regen 2.5→2.0
  • Rising Ram T3 changed from "On Impact: Deal 7% max health as spirit damage" to "On hero hit: +10% Max HP for 16s"
  • Decreased: Chain Gang spirit scaling 1→0.7

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Needs review

Drifter

3 changes
  • Decreased: Rend spirit scaling 1.7→1.4
  • Increased: Stalker's Mark cooldown 24s→26s
  • Decreased: Stalker's Mark T2 -12s Cooldown→-10s

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Needs review

Holliday

1 change
  • Powder Keg now does half its damage immediately and half over 3s as a damage over time burn (same overall damage, multiple instances stack)

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Needs review

McGinnis

8 changes
  • Decreased: Bullet damage base and growth values reduced by 5%
  • Decreased: Spirit Resist per boon +0.625%→+0.35%
  • Mini Turrets no longer shoots heroes on ziplines
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  • Mini Turrets no longer have 80% decaying resist for the first 6s
  • Increased: Mini Turrets health 90 + 7.8/boon→100 + 9/boon
  • Medicinal Specter T1 "Provides +40% Spirit Resist"→"+1.5s Duration"
  • Medicinal Specter T3 no longer increases duration by +1.5s
  • Medicinal Specter T3 now also increases spirit resistance by +40%

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Needs review

The Doorman

3 changes
  • Decreased: Doorway range 70m→65m
  • Walker will no longer consider Luggage Cart dragged enemies as valid targets to trigger the stomp on until soon after they are dropped off
  • Similar to the Walker change above, the turrets in the healing area in base now also wait on considering valid targets

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Needs review

Wraith

2 changes
  • Decreased: Card Trick Heart heal spirit scaling 1→0.75
  • Decreased: Full Auto T3 spirit scaling +0.06→+0.045

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Official Sources

Steam announcementOfficial forum changelog
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