Deadlock patch notes for 2026-10-04: 3 changes,
classified change by change. Heroes changed: Rat King.
Measured impact 7 days after the patch
Win rate of each changed hero before and after the update, on every match played. The noise threshold, the largest swing among the 38 heroes this patch did not touch, is 3.42 points.
Rat King (change): 61.9% → 58.28% win rate, -3.62 points, beyond the noise
Every change in this update
Street Brawl: the corrupted item offered after the round 5 item draft is removed, now that the Broker has left (change)
Rat King — Scrap Grenade: new distance check (2,000 units) when picking a target for its bounces (change)
Troopers (all types): they can now strafe (strafe speed 0 to 150) and accelerate five times faster (200 to 1,000) (change)