The deadlock hero tier list for October 2026 has a clear headline: Graves is winning more than any other hero in Valve’s invite-only shooter, and the gap at the top is not small. In public Standard matches played from October 15 to October 29, 2026, Graves won 57.5% of games, ahead of Rat King at 56.2% and Paige at 55.4%. Those numbers come from a count of 2,214,147 matches, so this is not a guess based on a few streamed games. It is the largest, most recent win-rate snapshot available as October ends.
That does not mean you should only ever play three heroes. The deadlock hero tier list below ranks all 44 heroes, and the spread from top to bottom is wide, but every tier is still playable. The average hero wins about 50% of games, and even the lowest-ranked hero, Pocket at 44.6%, wins nearly 45 games in every 100. What a tier list really tells you is where the easy wins are, which heroes reward practice at high ranks, and which picks need a good team around them to work.
This guide is built the honest way. The main ranking is a win-rate ranking, not one writer’s opinion, and it is dated so you know exactly what it covers. Where other reputable trackers disagree, this guide says so, instead of pretending every source agrees. It also flags one important warning up front: a reported balance update on October 30, 2026, landed after the data window used here, so some placements — especially Graves, Rat King, Nurse Harrow, Solomon, and Yamato — may already be moving. Read the October 30 section before you treat any single tier as final.
Table of Contents
SUMMARY: This table of contents lists every section in this deadlock hero tier list guide, from how the ranking was built to the S, A, B, C, and D tiers, the rank split, the role picks, and the questions players ask most.
- Deadlock Hero Tier List: How This Ranking Was Built
- S Tier Heroes in the Deadlock Hero Tier List
- A Tier Heroes in the Deadlock Hero Tier List
- B Tier Heroes in the Deadlock Hero Tier List
- C Tier Heroes in the Deadlock Hero Tier List
- D Tier Heroes in the Deadlock Hero Tier List
- Deadlock Hero Tier List by Rank: Oracle vs Everyone Else
- Best Picks by Role in the Deadlock Hero Tier List
- The October 30 Update Warning and the City Never Sleeps Heroes
- Best Plan for the Deadlock Hero Tier List
- Frequently Asked Questions
Deadlock Hero Tier List: How This Ranking Was Built
SUMMARY: This section explains how this deadlock hero tier list was built: win rates from October 15 to 29, 2026, the tier bands used, and why win rate is the fairest starting point.
Deadlock is Valve’s third-person MOBA shooter, still in an invite-only playtest with no announced release date and no public store purchase. That status matters for a tier list, because the player base is large but still a test population, and Valve patches the game several times a month. Any tier list that does not state its date is already out of date, so this one starts with its date: the main table below uses Standard matches played from October 15 to October 29, 2026, counted by Deadlock Handbook from public match data supplied by deadlock-api.com.
The sample is big. It covers 2,214,147 Standard matches at all ranks, plus 81,597 matches at Oracle rank and above. Oracle is roughly the top 14% of ranked players, so the Oracle split later in this guide shows what changes when the players are much stronger. The tier bands used here are the same bands Deadlock Handbook uses, and they are fixed, so a letter always means the same thing: S is 54% and above, A is 52% to 54%, B is 50% to 52%, C is 47.5% to 50%, and D is below 47.5%.
Win rate is the fairest starting point for a tier list, but it is not the whole story. A hero can win a lot because it is strong, because it is easy to play, because it fits the current map, or because only experienced players pick it. A hero can also lose a lot while still being strong in the right hands, especially if it is hard to play or newly released. That is why this deadlock hero tier list pairs the win-rate table with three extra lenses: the Oracle split, the best picks by role, and a clear list of where sources disagree. Use all four together, and you will get a much better answer than any single letter grade can give.
One more thing to know before the tiers: Deadlock’s current map and roster come from the City Never Sleeps update, which went live on September 29, 2026, with a rebuilt New York City map, new neutral enemies now called Haunts, and six new heroes released one at a time in an order players voted for. Those six heroes — Rat King, Baba, Solomon, Deadman Danny, Violet, and Nurse Harrow — are now all in the game, and they are spread across every tier, which tells you the new heroes did not simply take over the meta.
The full all-ranks table for this deadlock hero tier list, best first within each tier, is below. Win rates are from Standard matches, October 15 to 29, 2026.
| Tier | Hero | Role | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| S | Graves | Spirit carry | 57.5% |
| S | Rat King | Tank | 56.2% |
| S | Paige | Support | 55.4% |
| S | Victor | Tank | 54.7% |
| S | Seven | Spirit carry | 54.3% |
| S | Kelvin | Support | 54.1% |
| A | Baba | Disruptor | 53.4% |
| A | Haze | Gun carry | 53.0% |
| A | Ivy | Support | 52.8% |
| B | Abrams | Tank | 51.8% |
| B | Dynamo | Initiator | 51.8% |
| B | Nurse Harrow | Support | 51.7% |
| B | Lady Geist | Spirit carry | 51.4% |
| B | Violet | Spirit carry | 51.2% |
| B | Mo & Krill | Tank | 51.0% |
| B | Wraith | Gun carry | 50.8% |
| B | Lash | Initiator | 50.6% |
| B | Drifter | Assassin | 50.4% |
| C | Deadman Danny | Initiator | 49.6% |
| C | Apollo | Assassin | 49.3% |
| C | Infernus | Initiator | 49.2% |
| C | Vindicta | Gun carry | 48.8% |
| C | Celeste | Spirit carry | 48.6% |
| C | McGinnis | Support | 48.5% |
| C | Bebop | Initiator | 48.4% |
| C | Billy | Initiator | 48.2% |
| C | Calico | Assassin | 48.1% |
| C | Yamato | Assassin | 47.6% |
| D | Venator | Gun carry | 47.2% |
| D | Warden | Tank | 47.1% |
| D | Grey Talon | Spirit carry | 46.7% |
| D | Holliday | Gun carry | 46.4% |
| D | Solomon | Disruptor | 46.3% |
| D | Vyper | Gun carry | 46.2% |
| D | Silver | Assassin | 45.9% |
| D | Paradox | Disruptor | 45.7% |
| D | Viscous | Support | 45.7% |
| D | The Doorman | Disruptor | 45.5% |
| D | Rem | Support | 45.3% |
| D | Shiv | Assassin | 45.1% |
| D | Mina | Spirit carry | 45.0% |
| D | Mirage | Gun carry | 44.8% |
| D | Sinclair | Disruptor | 44.7% |
| D | Assassin | 44.6% |
S Tier Heroes in the Deadlock Hero Tier List
SUMMARY: This section covers the six S tier heroes in this deadlock hero tier list, led by Graves at 57.5%, and explains why each one sits at the top.
Six heroes clear the 54% line in this deadlock hero tier list, and they cover almost every role a team needs. Graves leads the whole roster at 57.5%, and the size of that lead is worth pausing on: the next hero, Rat King, sits at 56.2%, more than a full point behind, and the average hero wins about 50%. Graves is listed as a Spirit carry, and it appears in about 44 of every 100 matches in the data, so this is not a rare pick inflating a small sample. It is a popular hero that is also winning far more than it loses.
Rat King, at 56.2%, is the most-played hero in the data, appearing in about 59 of every 100 matches. That combination — the second-highest win rate and the highest presence — makes Rat King the defining hero of the current meta. Rat King is listed as a Tank, and coverage describes it as a strong, easy-to-play frontline pick with a valuable initiation ultimate and an on-demand barrier, which helps explain why so many teams build around it. Its ultimate was already nerfed on October 5, 2026, with a longer cooldown and a smaller radius, and Rat King still sits near the top, which says a lot about how strong the rest of the kit remains.
Paige, at 55.4%, is the best-performing support in the all-ranks data and the third hero overall. Paige appears in about 29 of every 100 matches, a healthy but not overwhelming presence, and coverage consistently describes Paige as a top support pick whose kit provides value to teammates across a match. Victor, at 54.7%, is the second Tank in S tier, appearing in about 31 of every 100 matches. Seven, at 54.3%, is the second Spirit carry in S tier, appearing in about 33 of every 100 matches. Kelvin, at 54.1%, is the second Support in S tier, but with a much lower presence — only about 13 of every 100 matches — which makes Kelvin the quietest S tier pick in the game.
If you only learn one lesson from S tier, make it this: the top of this deadlock hero tier list is not one role. It is two Spirit carries, two Tanks, and two Supports. Teams that win right now are not winning with damage alone. They are winning with a strong frontline and strong support behind it, and that balance shows up again in the role section later in this guide.
A Tier Heroes in the Deadlock Hero Tier List
SUMMARY: This section covers the three A tier heroes in this deadlock hero tier list, including Baba, the new hero who tops the ranked-only lists.
Only three heroes sit in A tier, from 52% to 54%, and the most interesting of them is Baba, at 53.4%. Baba is one of the six City Never Sleeps heroes, listed as a Disruptor, and coverage describes her as a hero who drains enemies’ spirit to power herself up while fighting from a bench she can run, jump, and kick with. Baba is also the single biggest disagreement in this deadlock hero tier list: in ranked-only data from October 21 to 25, 2026, Baba tops the whole roster at 55.77%, and at Oracle rank and above she sits at 55.6% to 55.7%, the best Oracle number of any hero. In the all-ranks Standard data used for the main table, she is A tier, not S tier. That gap does not mean one source is wrong. It means Baba rewards stronger players and ranked team play more than the average Standard match does, and it is exactly the kind of split this guide flags rather than hides.
Haze, at 53.0%, is a Gun carry who appears in about 44 of every 100 matches, making Haze one of the most-played heroes in the game as well as one of the strongest. Haze is a good example of a hero that is both popular and successful, which is rarer than it sounds: many popular heroes sit in the middle of the table because everyone plays them, including players still learning them. Ivy, at 52.8%, is a Support who appears in about 19 of every 100 matches, and Ivy becomes even more important at high ranks, where Ivy reaches S tier at Oracle and above, as the rank section below explains.
A tier is short, and that shortness is useful. If S tier heroes are banned or taken in your draft, A tier gives you three proven fallbacks that lose almost nothing in win rate. Baba, Haze, and Ivy are also three different roles — Disruptor, Gun carry, and Support — so a team can usually find an A tier answer for whatever slot is still open.
B Tier Heroes in the Deadlock Hero Tier List
SUMMARY: This section covers the nine B tier heroes in this deadlock hero tier list, the solid above-average picks that include two of the newest heroes.
B tier, from 50% to 52%, holds nine heroes, and it is the most useful tier for most players. These heroes win more than they lose, they are not banned as often as S tier picks, and they include options for every role. Abrams, a Tank, and Dynamo, an Initiator, both sit at 51.8%, and both are long-standing, forgiving picks that newer players can learn without fighting the hero as well as the enemy team.
Two of the six City Never Sleeps heroes sit in B tier at all ranks, and both are worth watching because new-hero numbers move a lot in their first weeks. Nurse Harrow, a Support, sits at 51.7% and appears in about 39 of every 100 matches, a very high presence for a hero released on October 20, 2026. Coverage describes Nurse Harrow as a hero who drains enemies with leeches that return to feed her, heals teammates with syringes she charges by fighting, and whose ultimate fears anyone looking at her. Violet, a Spirit carry, sits at 51.2% and appears in about 50 of every 100 matches, the second-highest presence in the data. Violet is a painter whose ink steers her bullets, paints walls that block heroes and projectiles, and whose ultimate traps a team in a ring of ink. Both heroes are strong, popular, and still being learned, so their numbers could move in either direction as players master them.
The rest of B tier is Lady Geist, a Spirit carry at 51.4%; Mo & Krill, a Tank at 51.0%; Wraith, a Gun carry at 50.8%; Lash, an Initiator at 50.6%; and Drifter, an Assassin at 50.4%. Wraith is the one to note for ranked climbing: at Oracle and above, Wraith jumps to S tier at 54.1%, one of the biggest rank-based rises in the game. If you plan to play ranked seriously, Wraith is a B tier pick at all ranks and an S tier pick where it matters most.
C Tier Heroes in the Deadlock Hero Tier List
SUMMARY: This section covers the ten C tier heroes in this deadlock hero tier list, the below-average group where several picks improve sharply at high ranks.
C tier, from 47.5% to 50%, holds ten heroes, and it is the tier where reading only the headline number will mislead you most. Deadman Danny, an Initiator and another City Never Sleeps hero, leads C tier at 49.6% and appears in about 56 of every 100 matches. That high presence with a below-average win rate is the classic new-hero pattern: everyone is trying the hero, including players who have not learned it yet, and the win rate reflects learning as much as power. Deadman Danny was also buffed on October 14, 2026, with more health, a stronger gun, and better abilities, so its C tier place already includes that buff.
The rest of C tier is Apollo, an Assassin at 49.3%; Infernus, an Initiator at 49.2%; Vindicta, a Gun carry at 48.8%; Celeste, a Spirit carry at 48.6%; McGinnis, a Support at 48.5%; Bebop, an Initiator at 48.4%; Billy, an Initiator at 48.2%; Calico, an Assassin at 48.1%; and Yamato, an Assassin at 47.6%. Three of these heroes deserve a second look before you dismiss them. Celeste rises to B tier at Oracle and above, at 52.0%, and the rank data names Celeste as one of the heroes that gets much better as ranks go up. Yamato rises to B tier at Oracle too, at 51.1%, and Holliday, who sits in D tier below, also rises to B tier at Oracle. C tier, in other words, contains several heroes that are average for everyone and strong for experienced players.
C tier is also where team fit matters most. A C tier hero in a team built around its strengths can easily outperform a B tier hero picked without a plan. Do not treat C tier as a ban list. Treat it as a list of heroes that need a reason — a composition, a matchup, or a player who mains them — rather than heroes you pick blindly.
D Tier Heroes in the Deadlock Hero Tier List
SUMMARY: This section covers the sixteen D tier heroes in this deadlock hero tier list, explains why low win rate does not mean unplayable, and names the bottom of the table.
D tier, below 47.5%, is the largest tier in this deadlock hero tier list, with sixteen heroes. That size is not a sign that a third of the roster is broken. It is a sign that win rates cluster near 50%, so a hero only a few points below average lands in D tier, and the gap between the top of D tier and the bottom of C tier is less than one percentage point in several cases. Venator, a Gun carry, leads D tier at 47.2%, followed by Warden, a Tank, at 47.1%, and Grey Talon, a Spirit carry, at 46.7%.
The rest of D tier is Holliday, a Gun carry at 46.4%; Solomon, a Disruptor at 46.3%; Vyper, a Gun carry at 46.2%; Silver, an Assassin at 45.9%; Paradox, a Disruptor at 45.7%; Viscous, a Support at 45.7%; The Doorman, a Disruptor at 45.5%; Rem, a Support at 45.3%; Shiv, an Assassin at 45.1%; Mina, a Spirit carry at 45.0%; Mirage, a Gun carry at 44.8%; Sinclair, a Disruptor at 44.7%; and Pocket, an Assassin at 44.6%, the lowest win rate in the game at all ranks.
Three D tier notes matter more than the rest. First, Solomon is a City Never Sleeps hero, a chess-themed Disruptor released on October 9, 2026, and its low early win rate may partly reflect a complex kit that players are still learning. Second, Sinclair sits near the bottom after heavy nerfs on October 5, 2026, which cut its base health regeneration, gun damage, and several ability ranges — a clear case where a patch, not just player skill, pushed a hero down. Third, Vyper and Holliday both rise sharply at Oracle and above, to A tier and B tier respectively, which means their D tier place is an all-ranks average hiding a high-rank strength. Pocket, by contrast, stays low at Oracle too, at 46.3%, which makes Pocket the most consistent bottom pick in the data.
- D tier does not mean unplayable: the gap from 47.2% to 50% is small, and team fit can close it.
- D tier does mean you need a plan: pick these heroes for a matchup, a composition, or because you main them, not blindly.
- New and complex heroes in D tier, like Solomon, deserve a second look after players have had more time to learn them.
Deadlock Hero Tier List by Rank: Oracle vs Everyone Else
SUMMARY: This section compares this deadlock hero tier list at Oracle rank and above with the all-ranks table, and names the heroes that rise or fall most.
The Oracle split is the most useful part of this deadlock hero tier list for anyone who plays ranked, because the order changes in ways that matter. At Oracle and above, using adjusted win rates from the same October 15 to 29 window, the S tier is completely different: Baba at 55.6%, Graves at 54.5%, Wraith at 54.1%, and Ivy at 54.1%. Rat King falls to A tier at 53.7%, Paige falls to A tier at 52.5%, and Seven falls to A tier at 52.4%. Victor, an S tier hero at all ranks, falls to B tier at Oracle, at 51.3%. Kelvin stays strong at A tier, at 53.7%.
The heroes that get much better as ranks go up, according to the rank data, are Celeste, Yamato, and Holliday. Celeste moves from C tier at all ranks to B tier at Oracle. Yamato moves from C tier to B tier. Holliday moves from D tier to B tier. Vyper moves from D tier to A tier at Oracle, at 52.7%, one of the largest jumps in the whole list. The heroes that do best at low ranks and fall off at high ranks, according to the same data, are Deadman Danny, Victor, and Paige. Deadman Danny is the extreme case: C tier at all ranks at 49.6%, but D tier at Oracle at 44.8%, the second-lowest Oracle number in the game, behind only Mirage at 44.0%.
What should you do with this? If you are climbing through lower ranks, the all-ranks table is your guide, and heroes like Paige, Victor, and Deadman Danny will serve you well. If you are already at Oracle or aiming for it, weight the Oracle table more heavily, and give serious practice time to Baba, Wraith, Ivy, Vyper, Celeste, and Yamato. A tier list that ignores rank will tell both groups of players the same thing, and it will be wrong for at least one of them.
Best Picks by Role in the Deadlock Hero Tier List
SUMMARY: This section gives the best pick for each role in this deadlock hero tier list, so you can find a strong hero whatever slot your team still needs.
A full 44-hero table is useful, but most players draft by role: what does my team still need? The table below answers that question from the all-ranks data, with the Oracle alternative noted where it changes the answer. Roles here are the roles listed in the win-rate data, not a community invention, so a hero appears under exactly one role.
| Role | Best all-ranks pick | Win rate | Oracle alternative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spirit carry | Graves | 57.5% | Graves at 54.5%, still strong |
| Tank | Rat King | 56.2% | Rat King at 53.7%, still A tier |
| Support | Paige | 55.4% | Ivy at 54.1%, the Oracle S tier support |
| Gun carry | Haze | 53.0% | Wraith at 54.1%, the Oracle S tier gun carry |
| Disruptor | Baba | 53.4% | Baba at 55.6%, the best Oracle hero overall |
| Initiator | Dynamo | 51.8% | Dynamo at 51.5%, steady across ranks |
| Assassin | Drifter | 50.4% | Apollo at 51.2% or Yamato at 51.1% at Oracle |
Two patterns stand out. First, no role is carried by a single hero: even the weakest role at the top, Assassin, has Drifter above 50% at all ranks and two Oracle alternatives above 51%. Second, the Oracle column rewards practice heroes. Wraith, Ivy, Baba, Apollo, and Yamato all look better at Oracle than their all-ranks place suggests, which is the signature of heroes with higher skill ceilings. If you want one hero to main for the long term, pick from the Oracle column, not just the all-ranks column, because that is where your ceiling will matter.
For beginners, the safest first picks from this deadlock hero tier list are different again. Coverage of the current meta points to Dynamo as a simple, high-impact kit, Kelvin as an elite-numbers support, and Abrams as a very forgiving Tank. Those three are all B tier or better at all ranks, they are not hard to execute, and they teach you the game’s lanes, objectives, and teamfights without demanding perfect mechanics. Start there, then move toward the Oracle picks as your mechanics catch up.
The October 30 Update Warning and the City Never Sleeps Heroes
SUMMARY: This section warns that a reported October 30, 2026, balance update landed after this deadlock hero tier list data window, and explains which heroes it touches.
This is the section that keeps this deadlock hero tier list honest. The win-rate table above uses matches from October 15 to 29, 2026. A patch tracker reports a Halloween 2026 and gameplay update on October 30, 2026, described as the biggest balance pass since September, and it lists changes that directly touch several heroes in the tiers above. Because that update landed after the data window, the tiers above are a snapshot of the pre-October 30 meta, not a measurement of the post-October 30 meta, and readers should expect movement.
The reported October 30 changes most relevant to this tier list are: Graves slowed, with move speed cut from 7 to 6.7 and bullet damage per boon reduced by 4%; Rat King’s Scrap Grenade and ultimate tuned down; Solomon’s Setup Bishop and Develop Queen reworked, with a gun headshot damage nerf of 20%; Nurse Harrow’s gun weakened by 10% and her Healing Needles weakened; Yamato’s Flying Slash range cut from 26 metres to 23 metres; and Mirage’s Traveler reworked. The same report notes that the six City Never Sleeps heroes are no longer flagged as new, so they now face normal ranked unlock requirements and can be banned. Item changes were also reported, including lifesteal buffs across the board and a Shadow Weave rework, plus a mid-boss rework with a bigger pit, more health, and a new Rejuvenator crystal system.
None of that means the table above is useless. It means you should read it as a baseline and watch the next win-rate refresh before locking in a main. Graves, Rat King, Nurse Harrow, and Solomon were all tuned down in the reported update, so their win rates are the most likely to fall. Yamato was also tuned down, which may slow its Oracle rise. Heroes untouched by the reported update, like Paige, Kelvin, Baba, and Haze, are the safer short-term picks while the new numbers settle. If a hero you love drops a tier after October 30, that is the patch working as intended, not proof the old data was wrong.
The City Never Sleeps heroes themselves deserve a final summary, because they are the reason this meta feels new. In release order, voted by players two per week on Tuesdays and Fridays at 2:00 p.m. PT, they are: Rat King on October 2, Baba on October 6, Solomon on October 9, Deadman Danny on October 13, Violet on October 16, and Nurse Harrow on October 20, 2026. Their all-ranks tiers now are: Rat King S, Baba A, Nurse Harrow B, Violet B, Deadman Danny C, and Solomon D. That spread — one in nearly every tier — is the best evidence in this guide that a hero being new does not make it strong, and a hero being old does not make it weak.
Best Plan for the Deadlock Hero Tier List
SUMMARY: This section gives a practical plan for using this deadlock hero tier list, from your first three picks to checking the next patch before ranked.
Start with the top of this deadlock hero tier list, but start smart. If you are new, pick Graves, Rat King, or Paige only if you enjoy their roles, because a hero you hate will not stay in your pool long enough to climb with. If you want the easiest path to winning, Dynamo, Kelvin, and Abrams are the forgiving, high-value picks that coverage highlights for beginners, and all three sit at B tier or better. If you are climbing ranked, build toward Baba, Wraith, and Ivy, the Oracle S tier core, and keep an eye on Vyper and Celeste as high-ceiling alternatives.
Then check the patch before you commit. The reported October 30 update is the reason this guide dates its data so clearly, and Valve patches Deadlock several times a month. Before a ranked session, check whether a new balance patch has landed, and whether the heroes you main were touched. A tier list is a snapshot, not a permanent ranking, and the players who climb fastest are usually the ones who adapt fastest when a patch moves their hero.
Finally, remember what win rate cannot tell you. It cannot tell you which hero fits your team, which hero counters the enemy draft, or which hero you personally play best. Use this deadlock hero tier list to narrow your pool to ten or so heroes, then let your own results decide your main. The best hero in Deadlock is the strong hero you actually enjoy playing, because that is the hero you will practice enough to play at Oracle level.
For the full numbers behind this guide, see the Deadlock Handbook tier list, the MetaBot tier list, and the Deadlock Handbook patch summary. For the player-count records behind the current surge, see the Deadlock Steam peak coverage. For more guides, visit GameCresta.
Frequently Asked Questions
SUMMARY: This section answers the six questions players ask most about the deadlock hero tier list, using only the dated win-rate data and patch facts from this guide.
Who is the best hero in the deadlock hero tier list right now?
At all ranks, Graves leads this deadlock hero tier list at 57.5% in Standard matches from October 15 to 29, 2026, followed by Rat King at 56.2% and Paige at 55.4%. At Oracle rank and above, Baba leads at 55.6%, followed by Graves at 54.5%. In ranked-only data from October 21 to 25, Baba also tops the list at 55.77%. The honest answer therefore depends on rank: Graves for all ranks, Baba for high ranks and ranked play.
How many heroes are in Deadlock in October 2026?
There are 44 heroes in this deadlock hero tier list, covering the full roster after the City Never Sleeps update. The six newest heroes are Rat King, Baba, Solomon, Deadman Danny, Violet, and Nurse Harrow, released between October 2 and October 20, 2026, in an order players voted for. Valve has not announced a next hero as of October 31, 2026.
What patch is this deadlock hero tier list based on?
This deadlock hero tier list is based on Standard matches played from October 15 to 29, 2026, after the last balance changes on October 14, 2026, when Deadman Danny was buffed and Baba was nerfed, and after Nurse Harrow’s release on October 20, 2026. A balance update reported on October 30, 2026, landed after this data window, so the tiers here are a pre-October 30 snapshot, and heroes touched by that update may move when new data arrives.
Is Deadlock free to play, and how do I get access?
Deadlock is still an invite-only playtest on Steam, with no announced release date and no public store purchase as of October 2026. Access comes through a friend invite from an existing playtester. The game reached a Steam peak of 303,347 concurrent players on October 16, 2026, the day Violet released, which shows how large the test population already is despite the invite-only status.
Which deadlock hero tier list picks are best for beginners?
For beginners, Dynamo, Kelvin, and Abrams are the safest picks from this deadlock hero tier list. Dynamo is described as a simple, high-impact kit, Kelvin posts elite support numbers, and Abrams is a very forgiving Tank. All three sit at B tier or better at all ranks, so beginners do not have to choose between an easy hero and a winning hero.
Does a D tier hero mean I should never pick it?
No. D tier in this deadlock hero tier list means a below-average win rate at all ranks, below 47.5%, not that the hero cannot win. Several D tier heroes rise sharply at Oracle rank and above: Vyper to A tier and Holliday to B tier, while Yamato rises from C tier to B tier. Pick a D tier hero for a matchup, a team composition, or because you main it, and check the next patch refresh, because balance updates move heroes between tiers regularly.
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