Deadlock patch notes for 2026-10-07: 2 fixes,
classified change by change. Heroes changed: Baba.
Measured impact 14 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 39 heroes this patch did not touch, is 1.83 points.
Baba (change): 45.93% → 54.24% win rate, +8.31 points, beyond the noise
Every change in this update
Baba — Feed The Birds: the pigeon hex now takes priority over other appearance changes (bugfix)
Baba — Feed The Birds: the description now says every target covered in bread is bombarded and hexed into a pigeon, not just one (bugfix)
Baba — Feed The Birds: the lock-on marker is fainter, and brighter once a stack is locked (change)
Baba — Threadsap: stack tracking moved out of the ability itself (technical change) (change)