Deadlock September 26 patch notes: Mirage added, anti-cheat implemented, map changes & more

Deadlock’s bi-weekly patch has arrived, and we’re getting a new hero this time around: Mirage. Along with his addition, we’re getting a number of bug fixes, item and hero balance changes, and some big map changes.

Additionally, Valve is finally adding a cheat detection system in response to the massive influx of cheaters. It’s got a number of options including ending the game immediately, along with some quality of life stuff to get ahead of when match results matter like a loss not counting on your record.

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Here are the full September 26 Deadlock patch notes, including a full description of Mirage’s kit:

Deadlock September 26 patch notes

Mirage ability rundown

Mirage is a bruiser with some drain tank abilities, great mobility, and a slow-firing primary. He feels like he’ll have a hard time in lane but excel at roaming and taking over the map later on. Accuracy is essential on him considering how slow his primary is and the limited window to land shots that stack his 3.

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Ability	Description	Upgrades
Tornado	Transform yourself into a tornado that travels forward, damaging enemies and lifting them into the air. After emerging from the tornado you gain bullet evasion.	+1: +0.5 lift duration+2: -14 second cooldown+5: +20% bullet evasion (the base is 30%, this brings it up to 50% total)
Fire Scarabs	Start launching fire scarabs. Each scarab can be launched separately, stealing max health from enemies and applying bullet resist reduction. Cannot apply multiple scarabs to the same enemy. Health gain from heroes is 3x more effective than against non-heroes.	+1: -15 second cooldown+2: -15% bullet resist+5: +70 max health steal
Djinn’s Mark	Passive: Your shots apply an increasing multiplier on a target. When the multiplier on a target expires or you reach its max, it’s consumed. The target suffers Spirit damage and is briefly revealed on the map. The final damage is the base times the multiplier.Active: Consume multiplier of Djinn’s Mark to deal damage now.	+1: Apply 80% slow for 0.5 seconds whenever you increase the multiplier.+2: +4 second Multiplier duration and +10 base damage.+5: +4 max multiplier (the base is 8, this brings it up to 12)
Traveler	Channeled. Target an ally or visible enemy hero on the minimap, then teleport to where they were when your channel started. After teleporting, gain movement speed as well as fire rate until your next reload.	+1: -20 second cooldown+2: +2 m/s movespeed+5: +20% fire rate

Hero changes

Abrams

Infernal Resilience reduced from 16% to 15%
Infernal Resilience T3 reduced from 9% to 8%
Siphon Life spirit scaling increased from 0.2 to 0.3
Fixed Cases where Shoulder Charge was unexpectedly ‘slamming’ in to walls and stairs

Bebop

Hook range reduced from 30m to 25m
Hyper Beam duration spirit scaling reduced from 0.08 to 0.06

Dynamo

Singularity radius reduced from 8m to 7m

Grey Talon

Arrow cycle time reduced from 0.4s to 0.45s (overall dps unchanged)
Rain of Arrows can be alternate-casted to remain near the ground
Fixed air dash during Rain of Arrows going half the distance
Guided Owl bonus spirit on death now has a 3s buffer window
Guided Owl: very slight turn rate improvements
Guided Owl radius increased from 12m to 13m

Haze

Sleep dagger hitbox reduced by 10%
Fixed refresher not working properly with Smoke Bomb
Fixed some items that didn’t proc before: Tesla Bullets, Lucky Shot, Mystic Shot
Bullet Dance now more accurately shows who it is shooting
Fixed Bullet Dance sometimes not obeying line of sight accurately
Bullet Dance bullets are now affected by Time Wall
Bullet Dance evasion reduced from 50% to 25%
Bullet Dance fire rate reduced from 25% to 15%

Ivy

Stone Form now works against airborne targets
Kudzu Bomb T3 now also grants +2m Radius
Kudzu Bomb spirit power scaling increased from 0.6 to 0.7
Fixed clicking noise when flying while disarmed
Fixed being able to Stone Form during the Take Flight animation to circumvent the vulnerable cast period

Kelvin

Headshot bonus damage reduced by 20%
Bullet damage growth reduced from 1.2 to 0.9
Arctic Beam movement slow reduced from 70% to 50%
Moving through breakables while on Ice Path now destroys them

Lady Geist

Life Drain cooldown reduced from 42s to 30s
Malice cooldown reduced from 6.25s to 6s
Malice T1 improved from -2.75s Cooldown to -3s
Fixed Life Drain not healing extra based on amplifications (like Soul Shredder and Malice stacks)
Sprint increased from 1 to 1.5

McGinnis

Fixed looking up circumventing the min range on Wall and Barrage
Can now cast parry to cancel your ult
Fixed various issues with Spectral Wall indoors and near walls spawning the wrong number of segments

Mo & Krill

Combo duration reduced from 2.75s to 2.5s
Combo damage spirit scaling increased from 0.8 to 1.1
Combo kill trigger now has a 3s buffer window to get credit
Sand Blast T1 reduced from +1.5s to +1s
Sand Blast range increased from 30m to 35m
Burrow base speed increased from 3 to 4
Burrow T3 speed reduced from +3 to +2

Paradox

Pulse Grenade T3 now also grants +2% Damage Amp
Fixed being unable to be damaged by multiple Time Walls

Pocket

Affliction no longer goes through walls, now respects line of sight
Barrage T3 reduced from +5% to +4%

Seven

Static Charge stun duration reduced from 1.1 to 0.9
Static Charge T3 reduced from 1.1 to 0.9
Static Charge radius reduced from 6m to 5m
Static Charge can now be alternate-casted on self (does not stun you)
Static Charge now respects line of sight
Lightning Ball T3 now also gives +1m Radius

Shiv

Slice and Dice T2 reduced from +85 to +75
Killing Blow Rage buildup per spirit damage reduced from 0.02 to 0.013
Killing Blow Rage drain rate increased from 0.3 to 0.35
Killing Blow Full Rage Bonus Damage reduced from 20% to 15%
Killing Blow T2 increased from 5% to 10%

Vindicta

Gun cycle time increased from 0.19s to 0.22s (same overall dps)
Stake: distance enemies are allowed to move increased from 6m to 8m
Max Falloff reduced from 58m to 45m
Fixed Flight ending if you touch the ground
Low HP indication now also shows up while unscoped
Assassinate Base damage reduced from 160 to 140
Assassinate zoom level reduced a little bit
Flight duration spirit scaling reduced from 0.2 to 0.15

Viscous

The Cube cleanse is now part of the T2
Puddle Punch enemy warning time increased from 0.35s to 0.45s
Bullet Damage reduced from 13 to 12
Can now use down dash during Goo Ball
Fixed Phantom Strike not positioning you correctly when using it with your Goo Ball
Splatter post cast delay reduced from 0.5s to 0.2s

Warden

Binding Word escape range and escape time increased by 15%
Last Stand spirit scaling increased from 0.9 to 1.2

Yamato

Bullet damage growth reduced from 0.5 to 0.45
Crimson Slash fire rate slow reduced from 30% to 20%
Fixed various issues with Flying Strike pathing
Shadow Transformation duration reduced from 5s to 4.5s
Shadow Transformation T3 duration increased from +1.5s to +2s
Shadow Transformation no longer provides unlimited ammo

Item Changes

Vitality Items

Melee Lifesteal:
- Melee Damage reduced from 13% to 12%
- Heal vs non-heroes reduced from 40% to 30%
Extra Stamina:
- Stamina Recovery increased from 10% to 14%
Restorative Locket:
- No longer requires max stacks to restore a stamina point
Divine Barrier:
- Bonus Health reduced from 75 to 50
Combat Barrier:
- Fire Rate while shielded reduced from 8% to 6%
- Weapon Damage while shielded reduced from 28% to 25%
- Bullet Shield increased from +300 to +325
Health Nova:
- Weapon Damage increased from 10% to 12%
Return Fire:
- While active grants +25% Bullet Resistance
- Bullet Damage Returned reduced from 70% to 60%
- No longer grants +7% Fire Rate
- Spirit Power increased from +7 to +9
- Fixed Ricochet’d bullets not returning the right amount of damage
Bullet Armor:
- Bullet Resist increased from 20% to 25%
Veil Walker:
- No longer grants +20% Fire Rate
Improved Bullet Armor:
- Bullet Resist increased from 45% to 50%
Fortitude:
- Bonus Health increased from 275 to 300
Lifestrike:
- Cooldown reduced from 5.25s to 5s
- Fixed proccing heal more than once when hitting multiple targets
Shadow Weave:
- Moved to T4 Weapon
Siphon Bullets:
- Now a T4 Vitality Item
- No longer grants +28% Weapon Damage
- Now grants +18% Bullet Resistance
Colossus:
- Slow radius increased from 12m to 14m
Soul Rebirth:
- Increases base respawn rate by +15s
Unstoppable:
- Can no longer be cast during channels

Weapon Items

Monster Rounds:
- Bullet Resist vs NPCs reduced from 35% to 30%
High-Velocity Mag:
- Bullet Velocity reduced from +30% to +25%
Restorative Shot:
- Cooldown reduced from 6.2s to 5.5s
Hollow Point Ward:
- Spirit Shield increased from +85 to +95
Headshot Booster:
- Fire Rate reduced from +5% to +4%
Kinetic Dash:
- Fire Rate reduced from 25% to 20%
- Fire Rate max duration reduced from 8s to 7s
Berserker:
- Damage required per stack reduced from 110 to 100
Mystic Shot:
- Damage spirit scaling increased from 0.6 to 0.8
Melee Charge:
- Impact now increases your ammo for that mag instead of reloading (so if your ammo is 2/8, it becomes 10/8). Reloads you instantly if in the middle of a reload.
- Cooldown increased from 8.5s to 10s
Intensifying Magazine:
- Max Weapon Damage reduced from 75% to 60%
Escalating Resilience:
- Fire Rate reduced from 14% to 12%
Headhunter:
- Now requires Headshot Booster
- No longer grants +50% Bullet Velocity
- Now grants +5% Fire Rate
- Fixed not being affected by cooldown reduction
Pristine Emblem:
- Now requires High-Velocity Mag
- Now grants +35% Bullet Velocity
Titanic Magazine:
- Ammo increased from 100% to 120%
Sharpshooter:
- Fixed falloff reduction not working properly
Frenzy:
- Low HP Spirit Resist changed to Bullet Resist
Spiritual Overflow:
- Now grants +250 Bullet Shield
Silencer:
- Now grants +12 Spirit
Ricochet:
- Fire Rate reduced from 12% to 10%
Vampiric Burst:
- Fixed casting it interrupting sliding
Siphon Bullets:
- Moved to T4 Vitality
Shadow Weave:
- Now a T4 Weapon Item

Spirit Items

Ammo Scavenger:
- Ammo reduced from 15% to 10%
- Health reduced from 60 to 40
- Duration reduced from 35s to 30s
- Max stacks reduced from 12 to 10
Spirit Strike:
- No longer grants +0.8 Health Regen
Mystic Reach:
- Ability Range increased from 16% to 18%
- Now provides 6% Bullet Resist instead of 6% Spirit Resist
Withering Whip:
- No longer grants +8% Fire Rate
- Spirit Power increased from +4 to +6
- Now grants +1 Sprint
- Cast range increased from 24m to 30m
- Fire Rate slow increased from 40% to 45%
Quicksilver Reload:
- No longer triggers if your ammo is at max value already
Decay:
- Cooldown increased from 32s to 45s
- Cast range scaling reduced from 0.2 to 0.16
Improved Reach:
- Now provides 12% Bullet Resist instead of 12% Spirit Resist
Improved Spirit:
- Spirit Power increased from +21 to +23
Knockdown:
- Now causes enemies to fall down faster
Torment Pulse:
- Health Bonus increased from 140 to 160
- Spirit Power damage scaling increased from 0.25 to 0.33
Rapid Recharge:
- Faster Time Between Charges increased from +55% to +65%
- Cooldown Reduction For Charged Abilities increased from +25% to 30%
Magic Carpet:
- Fixed it consuming stamina when jumping off
Escalating Exposure:
- Fixed the bonus damage being reduced twice by resistance
Refresher:
- Bullet Resist increased from 8% to 16%
- Spirit Resist reduced from 16% to 8%
Echo Shard:
- Now has a 0.3s cast delay (like Refresher)

Map changes

Outer lanes at the middle of the map pushed further away from the inner lanes
Added connection from canal near the urn platforms through the Radio Station and Apartment buildings
Reworked interior corridors of Fish Market/Nursery to exit to the buildings sooner
Added interior room partition from the Fish Market/Nursery to the Shops
Moved rope to the Fish Market/Nursery rooftop to the back of the building
Removed upper interior hallway from rope to the Fish Market/Nursery rooftops
Moved truck from in front of archway with cosmic veil to the back of the Fish Market/Nursery
Redesigned outer lane path (ziplines and trooper nodes) from Walker to Guardian on Amber Yellow and Sapphire Purple
Added interior passage beside Subway Entrance to the outer lanes
Side lanes are now a little further apart from the middle lanes
Lane setup is now always 1-2-2-1

Anti-cheat

Added an initial Anti-Cheat detection system. When a user is detected as cheating, during the game session the opponents will be given a choice between banning the user immediately and ending the match or turning the cheater into a frog for the rest of the game and then banning them afterwards. The system is set to conservative detection levels as we work on a v2 anti-cheat system that is more extensive. We will turn on the banning of users in a couple of days after the update is out. When a match is ended this way, the results will not count for other players.