Deadlock Minor Update patch notes (Jul 9, 2026)

Every change in Deadlock's Minor Update of Jul 9, 2026: 13 heroes changed (3 buffed, 8 nerfed), 1 item (0 buffed, 1 nerfed) and 12 general changes, with before and after numbers. Official patch notes on Steam.

General changes

Urn

• Change: Urn Runner sprint bonus reduced from +2m to 0 (trailing bonus reduced from +7m to +5m)
• Change: Urn Runner move speed bonus reduced from +3.5m to +2m
• Change: Urn Runner Stamina Recovery increased from +15% to +25%
• Change: Urn talking frequency increased from every 8s to every 6s
• Change: Urn talking sound distance increased (easier to hear a nearby Urn Runner)

Unstable Rift

• Change: Unstable Rift warning time reduced from 25s to 20s
• Change: Rift Troopers now have Spirit Resist (30/35/40/45%)
• Change: Rift Troopers now have Melee Resistance (25%)
• Change: Rift Troopers spawn interval increased from every 0.3s to 0.5s (spawns slightly more staggered)
• Change: Unstable Rift comeback resist aura radius increased from 20m to 35m
• Change: Rift Troopers max comeback count increased from 12 to 14

Bounties

• Change: Objectives bounty split for nearby heroes reduced from 40% to 30% (this means slightly more portion of the bounty is split team wide rather than towards an individual player)

Hero changes

Billy (Nerfed)

• Nerf: Rising Ram: T3 spirit scaling reduced from 0.035 to 0.03

Drifter (Nerfed)

• Nerf: Bullet damage per boon reduced from +0.616 to +0.49
• Nerf: Bloodscent: T3 reduced from +12% to +11%
• Nerf: Stalker's Mark: Cooldown increased from 20s to 24s
• Buff: Stalker's Mark: T2 increased from -8s Cooldown to -12s
• Nerf: Stalker's Mark: T3 reduced from +2% Bleed to +1.5%

Graves (Mixed)

• Buff: Jar of Dead: T1 heal spirit scaling increased from 0.1 to 0.16
• Buff: Jar of Dead: Now build up faster from neutral creeps
• Nerf: Grasping Hands: Immobilize duration reduced from 1.25s to 1s
• Nerf: Grasping Hands: T3 cooldown increased from -10s to -14s
• Buff: Essence Theft: Now procs from melee hits
• Added: Essence Theft: T3 now also increases Max Steal Targets from 3 to 4
• Change: Borrowed Decree: T1 changed from "-15s Cooldown" to "-15s Cooldown and +25% Ghoul Speed"
• Change: Borrowed Decree: T2 changed from "+25% Ghoul Speed and +10s Duration" to "-0.3s Time to Spawn and +10s Duration"

Haze (Nerfed)

• Added: Sleep Dagger: T2 now also applies 15 Fixation Stacks
• Nerf: Sleep Dagger: T2 reduced from -18s Cooldown to -17s

Holliday (Nerfed)

• Nerf: Powder Keg: Spirit scaling reduced from 1.2 to 1.05

Mirage (Mixed)

• Nerf: Fire Scarabs: T3 spirit scaling reduced from +0.17 to +0.13
• Nerf: Dust Devil: T3 spirit scaling reduced from +1 to +0.6
• Buff: Djinn's Mark: Cooldown reduced from 3s to 2.75
• Buff: Djinn's Mark: T3 cooldown reduced from -1s Cooldown to -0.75s
• Buff: Traveler: T3 increased from -70s Cooldown to -90s

Pocket (Nerfed)

• Nerf: Affliction: Duration reduced from 11s to 10s

Shiv (Nerfed)

• Nerf: Serrated Knives: T3 spirit scaling reduced from +0.09 to +0.07
• Nerf: Slice and Dice: Spirit scaling reduced from 1.44 to 1.2
• Nerf: Slice and Dice: T2 reduced from -6% Spirit Resist to -4%
• Nerf: Bloodletting: Cooldown increased from 20s to 25s
• Buff: Bloodletting: T1 increased from -10s Cooldown to -15s
• Nerf: Bloodletting: Damage Cleared reduced from 35% to 30%
• Buff: Bloodletting: T2 Damage Cleared increased from 35% to 40%
• Nerf: Killing Blow: Health Threshold reduced from 20% to 18%
• Buff: Killing Blow: T3 Health Threshold increased from +8% to +10%

Silver (Buffed)

• Buff: Lycan Curse: Cooldown reduced from 80s to 60s

The Doorman (Buffed)

• Change: Bullet damage rescaled from 29.26 + 1.1/boon to 26 + 1.19
• Buff: Crit scaling reduced from -25% to -30%
• Buff: Hotel Guest: T3 increased from 13s Cooldown on Failure to Check Out to 15s

Victor (Buffed)

• Buff: Shocking Reanimation: Cooldown reduced from 275s to 240s

Viscous (Nerfed)

• Nerf: Splatter: T3 spirit scaling reduced from +1.0 to +0.9

Yamato (Nerfed)

• Nerf: Flying Slash: Range reduced from 28m to 26m
• Nerf: Flying Slash: T3 Charge Delay increased from 3s to 4s
• Change: Flying Slash: T3 Ally Targeting now requires alt cast input

Item changes

Scourge (Nerfed, Spirit tier 4)

• Nerf: Max Health Per Second reduced from 2.6% to 2.5%

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