Summary
Deadlock’s October 10 patch brings significant updates to the game, adding Ranked Mode and implementing extensive hero and item rebalances. Alongside these changes, the update includes general gameplay improvements and map adjustments, aiming to enhance the overallDeadlockexperience.
Valve officially revealedDeadlockin August, and currently, only players with an invitation from existing participants can access the closed beta. Despite the title being far from officially released, it has already gained massive player counts on Steam and continues to grow in popularity. This success can be attributed to regular updates that enhance the game, including a key September 29Deadlockpatch that fixed major bugs.
Building onpreviousDeadlockupdates, Valve has now released the October 10 patch notes, introducing the new Ranked Mode alongside significant changes. To access Ranked Mode, players must have completed at least 50 games and must not have any behavior-related restrictions, such as voice or text bans. The Ranked queue will initially be solo-only, available daily from 1 PM to 4 PM and 7 PM to 10 PM in players' time zones. Players will be matched based on one of 11 medals, each with six levels, which will be displayed during matches. Medals will update weekly every Tuesday at 8 PM GMT, requiring players to complete a minimum of seven games in the previous week to receive a rank. The Ranked queue opens on October 15, with the first medals awarded on October 22, and players will have access to a panel showing their medal history.
Balance Changes for Heroes in Deadlock’s Latest Update
The latest patch forDeadlockbrings substantial changes to various heroes.Deadlock’s Abramsexperiences a reduction in base health from 600 to 570, along with a slight increase in health per boon. Bebop has improvements to Sticky Bomb growth and an extended hook range. Dynamo’s cooldown time for Quantum Entanglement has increased, while Lady Geist can now alternate cast Life Drain on allies. Additionally, Warden sees reduced cooldowns and increased damage for his Alchemical Flask. Along with changes to other heroes, these updates aim to refine gameplay dynamics and maintain competitive integrity.
Additionally, the patch notes bring significant item changes across various categories. ForDeadlock’s weaponitems, the damage of Monster Rounds against NPCs has been reduced, and several weapons have seen adjustments to cooldowns and damage outputs, along with improvements in ammo capacity and damage scaling for certain items. Gameplay and map changes include modifications to troop attack ranges, Guardian damage scaling, spawn times for various camps, and enhancements to teleporter functionality. General changes introduce a new casting mode, improvements in UI responsiveness, and numerous bug fixes.
Deadlock October 10 Patch Notes
Added Ranked mode
We are experimenting with a different approach to Ranked during early development, we expect to iterate on it in the future. The focus of this mode will be on concentrating players into specific time windows where they can opt into games where the primary focus is on game quality.
You must have 50 games played in order to enter this mode. If you have any behavior related restrictions (voice/text bans, report misuse, etc), you will be unable to queue into this mode.
The queue will be solo only at the moment and will be open from 1pm-4pm and 7pm-10pm in the respective time zones every day. Each region will have multiple time zones you can select from to find what best fits your schedule (you can only change your selection once per week). Players will be automatically assigned the server in that region that provides the best ping for the players in the match.
When in this mode, you will only be matched with players that have the same medal as you. There are 11 medals in total with 6 levels in each. Everyone’s medal and levels will be displayed in these ranked games.
Every Tuesday at 8PM GMT we will run an algorithm that calculates everyone’s performance together at the same time based on the games you’ve played, how the opponents you played against ended up faring in subsequent games, etc. As such, medals will only be updated once per week, to allow for analysis of a wide set of match data together at once for a more accurate review of your skill (rather than a fixed numerical addition/subtraction on a per game basis).
In order to make sure there are enough data to cross reference with other players, you must play at least 7 games in order to be eligible to receive a rank for that week. If at any time you didn’t have 7 games played in the previous week, your medal will be marked as undefined until you play enough and earn a new medal the following Tuesday.
The ranked queue will first open next Tuesday, October 15th at 8PM GMT. The first medals will be granted globally the following Tuesday, October 22nd 8PM GMT. You’ll have a panel that shows you the history of your previous medals.
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Deadlock is an upcoming game from Valve which seemingly combines elements of the MOBA and hero shooter genres. As it is still in early development, gameplay and assets may be incomplete. Access is granted via friend invites.
