Patch notes · 21 changes
Deadlock patch notes: 31 May 2026
Valve's “Minor Update - 05-31-2026”: 21 changes, to 7 heroes. 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 (24 May to 31 May, 392.5k matches) against the 7 days after (to 7 Jun, 361.4k matches). Dates are in UTC. The line runs from 40% to 60%, with 50% marked.
Heroes in the notes
| Hero | Win rate | Change | Before and after | Pick rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Apollo | 46.0% → 48.2% | +2.2 | 15.6% → 22.6% | |
 Pocket | 47.5% → 47.7% | +0.2 | 26.0% → 26.3% | |
 Silver | 47.5% → 47.4% | −0.0 | 37.1% → 39.2% | |
 Victor | 56.9% → 56.4% | −0.4 | 39.5% → 42.2% | |
 Yamato | 50.7% → 50.1% | −0.6 | 46.5% → 34.8% | |
 McGinnis | 55.6% → 53.7% | −1.9 | 28.2% → 23.8% | |
 Graves | 59.8% → 56.2% | −3.6 | 57.2% → 45.0% |
Moved most without a change
| Hero | Win rate | Change | Before and after | Pick rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Calico | 49.9% → 51.2% | +1.3 | 16.8% → 17.4% | |
 Rem | 47.7% → 48.8% | +1.0 | 42.3% → 42.5% | |
 Holliday | 44.6% → 45.6% | +1.0 | 17.6% → 17.2% | |
 Viscous | 46.7% → 47.7% | +0.9 | 19.1% → 20.0% | |
 Lady Geist | 51.6% → 50.8% | −0.8 | 30.0% → 30.9% | |
 Paige | 51.3% → 52.1% | +0.8 | 28.8% → 30.4% |
Other patches landed within a week of this one (4 June 2026, 28 May 2026, 25 May 2026), so some of these changes are theirs.
The notes
Apollobuild
- Disengaging Sigil T2 increased from +20% Fire Rate to +30%
- Flawless Advance T1 heal from 30+0.75 to 35+1.0
- Flawless Advance T2 increased from -10s Cooldown to -12s
- Itani Lo Sahn damage increased from 190 to 200
- Itani Lo Sahn spirit scaling increased from 2.3 to 2.6
Gravesbuild
- Jar of Dead damage reduced from 20 + 0.31/spirit to 17 + 0.27/spirit
- Ghouls damage reduced by 15%
- Ghouls bounty increased from 25+1/min to 35+2/min
McGinnisbuild
- Heavy Barrage range reduced from 50m to 36m
- Heavy Barrage T1 Dash Slow reduced from 30% to 18% (regular slow still 30%)
- Heavy Barrage T3 Damage Per Rocket reduced from +18 to +15
Pocketbuild
- Flying Cloak T3 reduced from -14s Cooldown to -13s
- Affliction T3 reduced from +18 DPS to +14
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.