How many characters are in Deadlock?

Deadlock currently has 38 playable characters. More heroes exist in the game files but are flagged as in development, and dldb does not list unreleased content.

Which Deadlock character is best for beginners?

Heroes the game itself rates as low complexity are the usual starting point — the complexity column on this page is read directly from each hero’s game file entry.

How often do hero stats change?

Frequently. Deadlock is in playtest and Valve re-tunes heroes most weeks. Every hero page carries a per-patch history showing exactly which numbers moved and when.

What are the hero types in Deadlock?

The game classifies its roster as Brawlers, Assassins and Mystics. Brawlers hold ground and carry the largest health pools, Assassins trade health for burst and mobility, and Mystics scale their damage with Spirit rather than with their weapon.

Which Deadlock character has the most health?

Base health is listed for every hero in the table on this page, read straight from the game files. It is one of the numbers Valve re-tunes most often, so it is worth checking against the patch history on a hero’s own page.

Do all Deadlock heroes have the same abilities?

Every hero has four signature abilities unique to them, plus a universal kit shared across the roster: dash, slide, zip line, mantle and melee parry. Only the four signature abilities differ between characters.

All Deadlock characters

The full Deadlock hero roster — all 41 playable characters

Deadlock has 41 playable characters. Every Deadlock hero has four signature abilities plus the universal kit (dash, slide, zip line, mantle, parry). The hero list below covers the full roster with base health, the game's own complexity rating, and current win and pick rates from ranked matches.

Hero	Abilities	Complexity	Base health	Win rate	Pick rate	Matches
Abrams	Siphon Life · Shoulder Charge · Infernal Resilience · Seismic Impact	Low	800	51.2%	30.7%	527k
Apollo	Disengaging Sigil · Riposte · Flawless Advance · Itani Lo Sahn	Moderate	770	49.9%	27.9%	479k
Bebop	Exploding Uppercut · Sticky Bomb · Grapple Arm · Hyper Beam	Moderate	880	47.2%	43.1%	741k
Billy	Bashdown · Rising Ram · Blasted · Chain Gang	High	820	47.7%	32.3%	556k
Calico	Gloom Bombs · Leaping Slash · Ava · Return to Shadows	Moderate	730	49.8%	22.7%	390k
Celeste	Light Eater · Dazzling Trick · Radiant Daggers · Shining Wonder	Moderate	690	49.1%	31.3%	538k
Deadman Danny	Strix Salvo · Chimera Mk1 · Jettison Fuel · Close The Deal	Moderate	680	36.0%	0.9%	16k
Drifter	Rend · Stalker's Mark · Bloodscent · Eternal Night	High	755	50.1%	43.4%	746k
Dynamo	Kinetic Pulse · Quantum Entanglement · Rejuvenating Aurora · Singularity	Moderate	880	52.5%	27.9%	479k
Graves	Jar of Dead · Grasping Hands · Essence Theft · Borrowed Decree	Moderate	730	56.5%	41.9%	721k
Grey Talon	Charged Shot · Rain of Arrows · Spirit Snare · Guided Owl	Moderate	780	47.3%	16.9%	291k
Haze	Sleep Dagger · Smoke Bomb · Fixation · Bullet Dance	Low	730	54.1%	52.7%	905k
Holliday	Powder Keg · Bounce Pad · Crackshot · Spirit Lasso	High	780	48.0%	22.9%	394k
Infernus	Napalm · Flame Dash · Afterburn · Concussive Combustion	Low	830	48.9%	43.1%	741k
Ivy	Entangling Thorns · Kudzu Connection · Stone Form · Air Drop	High	755	52.9%	26.4%	454k
Kelvin	Frost Grenade · Ice Path · Arctic Beam · Frozen Shelter	Moderate	880	53.9%	17.3%	298k
Lady Geist	Essence Bomb · Life Drain · Malice · Soul Exchange	Moderate	880	50.9%	28.0%	481k
Lash	Ground Strike · Grapple · Flog · Death Slam	High	780	51.1%	43.0%	740k
McGinnis	Mini Turret · Medicinal Specter · Spectral Wall · Heavy Barrage	Low	780	48.2%	14.5%	249k
Mina	Rake · Sanguine Retreat · Love Bites · Nox Nostra	High	660	46.5%	42.3%	726k
Mirage	Fire Scarabs · Dust Devil · Djinn's Mark · Traveler	Moderate	730	44.4%	15.0%	257k
Mo & Krill	Scorn · Burrow · Sand Blast · Combo	High	930	51.1%	28.3%	486k
Paige	Bookwyrm · Plot Armor · Captivating Read · Rallying Charge	Low	680	56.4%	38.3%	659k
Paradox	Pulse Grenade · Time Wall · Kinetic Carbine · Paradoxical Swap	High	730	46.0%	30.2%	519k
Pocket	Barrage · Flying Cloak · Enchanter's Satchel · Affliction	Moderate	780	45.4%	23.8%	409k
Rat King	Scrap Grenade · Rat Swarm · Royal Pestments · Rule, Ratannia!	High	800	57.8%	45.1%	774k
Rem	Pillow Toss · Tag Along · Lil Helpers · Naptime	High	680	47.1%	39.9%	687k
Seven	Lightning Ball · Static Charge · Power Surge · Storm Cloud	Low	730	55.1%	35.1%	603k
Shiv	Serrated Knives · Slice and Dice · Bloodletting · Killing Blow	High	830	45.0%	32.1%	552k
Silver	Slam Fire · Boot Kick · Entangling Bola · Lycan Curse	Low	830	46.1%	30.9%	531k
Sinclair	Vexing Bolt · Spectral Assistant · Rabbit Hex · Audience Participation	—	730	45.8%	17.5%	300k
Solomon	Setup Bishop · Kingside Knight · Rook Battery · Develop Queen	Low	780	44.6%	14.1%	242k
The Doorman	Call Bell · Doorway · Luggage Cart · Hotel Guest	Low	755	45.9%	19.7%	338k
Venator	Consecrating Grenade · Gutshot · Hex-Lined Snap Trap · Ira Domini	Moderate	820	46.6%	45.3%	778k
Victor	Pain Battery · Jumpstart · Aura of Suffering · Shocking Reanimation	Moderate	800	54.6%	31.1%	534k
Vindicta	Stake · Flight · Crow Familiar · Assassinate	Low	755	50.3%	32.7%	563k
Viscous	Splatter · The Cube · Puddle Punch · Goo Ball	Moderate	780	46.0%	17.0%	292k
Vyper	Screwjab Dagger · Lethal Venom · Slither · Petrifying Bola	Low	780	48.5%	17.6%	303k
Warden	Alchemical Flask · Willpower · Binding Word · Last Stand	Moderate	805	47.7%	15.8%	272k
Wraith	Card Trick · Project Mind · Full Auto · Telekinesis	Low	730	50.3%	33.4%	574k
Yamato	Power Slash · Flying Slash · Crimson Slash · Shadow Transformation	High	730	48.4%	27.8%	478k

Health and complexity are read from the Deadlock game files. Win and pick rates are computed from ranked matches over the last 30 days. Deadlock is in invite-only playtest. Numbers change frequently; every stat on this site is stamped with the patch it came from.

Deadlock heroes by type

Classification comes from the game's own data, not from our judgement.

Brawlers (10)

Front-line heroes built to hold ground and absorb damage. They tend to have the largest health pools on the roster and win fights by staying in them longer than the other side can.

Abrams, Bebop, Billy, Kelvin, Mo & Krill, Rat King, Shiv, Silver, Victor, Warden

Assassins (9)

Heroes that convert positioning into damage. Lower health, higher burst, and usually a mobility ability that decides whether a fight happens on their terms.

Apollo, Calico, Drifter, Haze, Lash, Mirage, Pocket, Vyper, Yamato

Mystics (12)

Ability-focused heroes whose damage scales with Spirit rather than with their gun. They reward item builds that push ability power over weapon stats.

Celeste, Dynamo, Graves, Lady Geist, McGinnis, Paige, Rem, Seven, Sinclair, Solomon, The Doorman, Viscous

Which Deadlock character should you start with?

Complexity is the game's own rating, in the hero's file entry — not ours.

Low complexity · 12 heroes

Straightforward kits. The usual recommendation for a first hero.

Abrams, Haze, Infernus, McGinnis, Paige, Seven, Silver, Solomon, The Doorman, Vindicta, Vyper, Wraith

Moderate complexity · 16 heroes

A kit with one thing to manage — a resource, a stance, or a positioning tool.

Apollo, Bebop, Calico, Celeste, Deadman Danny, Dynamo, Graves, Grey Talon, Kelvin, Lady Geist, Mirage, Pocket, Venator, Victor, Viscous, Warden

High complexity · 12 heroes

Multiple systems interacting. Rewarding once the fundamentals are there.

Billy, Drifter, Holliday, Ivy, Lash, Mina, Mo & Krill, Paradox, Rat King, Rem, Shiv, Yamato

— complexity · 1 heroes

The most demanding kit in the game.

Sinclair

The abilities every Deadlock hero shares

The four abilities listed per hero above are their signature abilities — the ones unique to that character. On top of those, every hero on the roster carries the same universal kit, which is why it is not repeated 38 times in the table:

Dash and air dash — a short burst of movement on the ground or mid-air, and the reason positioning in Deadlock is a moment-to-moment decision rather than a walk.
Sprint — out-of-combat movement speed, which is what makes the map traversable between fights.
Slide — carries momentum out of a sprint and is the main way to close or break distance without spending an ability.
Mantle — climbing onto ledges, which opens the vertical routes the map is built around.
Zip line and zip-line boost — the lane rails used to rotate, and the main reason a gank can arrive from off-screen.
Melee parry — counters an incoming heavy melee, the one universal defensive option every character has.

Because these are identical across the roster, the differences between characters come down to the four signature abilities and their base stats — both of which are in the table above and on each hero's own page.

What the columns mean

Complexity: The game's own difficulty rating for the hero's kit, taken from its file entry rather than assigned by us.
Base health: Starting health before any items. Deadlock heroes buy health through the Vitality category, so this is a floor rather than what you will have in a late-game fight.
Win rate: How often the hero's team wins, across all ranks, over the last 30 days of ranked matches. Deadlock win rates cluster tightly around 50%, so a hero two points either side of that is a long way from average.
Pick rate: Share of matches the hero appears in. A low pick rate usually inflates win rate, because the people playing that hero chose to specialise in them — which is why the tier list adjusts for sample size rather than sorting on win rate alone.

Common questions

How many characters are in Deadlock?: Deadlock currently has 38 playable characters. More heroes exist in the game files but are flagged as in development, and dldb does not list unreleased content.
Which Deadlock character is best for beginners?: Heroes the game itself rates as low complexity are the usual starting point — the complexity column on this page is read directly from each hero’s game file entry.
How often do hero stats change?: Frequently. Deadlock is in playtest and Valve re-tunes heroes most weeks. Every hero page carries a per-patch history showing exactly which numbers moved and when.
What are the hero types in Deadlock?: The game classifies its roster as Brawlers, Assassins and Mystics. Brawlers hold ground and carry the largest health pools, Assassins trade health for burst and mobility, and Mystics scale their damage with Spirit rather than with their weapon.
Which Deadlock character has the most health?: Base health is listed for every hero in the table on this page, read straight from the game files. It is one of the numbers Valve re-tunes most often, so it is worth checking against the patch history on a hero’s own page.
Do all Deadlock heroes have the same abilities?: Every hero has four signature abilities unique to them, plus a universal kit shared across the roster: dash, slide, zip line, mantle and melee parry. Only the four signature abilities differ between characters.