Patch notes · 11 changes
Deadlock patch notes: 25 May 2026
Valve's “Minor Update - 05-25-2026”: 11 changes. The notes in full below, with each hero's win rate in the week before and after.
What it did
Win and pick rates in the 7 days before the patch (18 May to 25 May, 379.6k matches) against the 7 days after (to 1 Jun, 388.0k matches). Dates are in UTC. The line runs from 40% to 60%, with 50% marked.
No hero in these notes had enough matches either side to compare.
Moved most without a change
| Hero | Win rate | Change | Before and after | Pick rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Graves | 55.7% → 59.7% | +4.0 | 44.3% → 56.9% | |
 Mina | 47.9% → 44.4% | −3.5 | 47.0% → 37.1% | |
 Apollo | 49.1% → 46.1% | −3.0 | 28.8% → 15.9% | |
 Dynamo | 53.0% → 50.5% | −2.4 | 34.2% → 31.0% | |
 Warden | 51.2% → 49.0% | −2.2 | 32.6% → 24.4% | |
 The Doorman | 52.7% → 50.6% | −2.1 | 25.4% → 21.1% |
Other patches landed within a week of this one (31 May 2026, 28 May 2026, 22 May 2026), so some of these changes are theirs.
The notes
- Urn drop off point is moved from the above bridge in the mid lane to under the bridge in the side lane
- Urn timer extension when contested increased from 1.25s to 3s
- Urn deposit timers for favored/neutral/unfavored increased from 3/5/10s to 5/10/15s
- Urn comeback bullet and spirit resist auras reduced from 50% to 35%
- Urn pickup spot is now where the old comeback drop off spots were for when your team is behind
- Urn runner no longer has sprint disabled
- Urn runner now has max sprint acceleration
- Urn runner now gains +2m Sprint, +1 Stamina, +10% Dash Distance and +15% Stamina Regen
- Urn runner for the team that is behind now gains an extra +4m Sprint
- Urn collision radius increased by 20%
- Various smaller urn holding timers and variables adjusted to account for the new location
Please continue to give feedback on the Urn as we work through iterations on it.
How the numbers are worked out
The notes are Valve's, from their post on Steam, with each hero and item linked where its name leads a line. The numbers compare every recorded match in the 7 days before Valve posted the patch with the 7 days after, from the community deadlock-api. If Valve posted it days after the date in its title, the weeks run from the start of that date instead. A hero needs 500 matches in each window to be compared.
A change in win rate after a patch isn't all down to the patch: players try new things, other heroes change too, and a week is a short time. Heroes that moved without being named are listed so you can see how much of that there was.