Deadlock patch — 12 February 2026

Build 6283, 6284, 6290

The Deadlock patch of 12 February 2026 changed 5 heroes and 0 items, with 12 individual stat changes in total — 3 buffs and 0 nerfs where the direction is unambiguous.

Valve did not publish notes for this build. Everything below is computed from the game files.

Hero changes

Ordered by number of changes.

Apollo

Stat	Before	After	Change
Added to the game	—	—	changed
Lore	A land of beauty, tradition and conflict; North Ixia is no stranger to brutal political violence. So when Apollo was told that it was for his own safety he was being sent to New York for school, he knew the situation was serious. Adjusting to life at Blackmore Academy didn’t come easy to Apollo. His school was supposed to be filled with The Cursed Apple’s best and brightest but all he saw, with few exceptions, was a sea of aggressive mediocrity. Electing not to waste his time with frivolous things like parties and dances, he instead put his energy on the piste, where he rigorously trains as captain of the Blackmore fencing team. However, at the end of the day Apollo does not fret too much on the tedium of life in New York. He knows that eventually the time will come when his father will call on him to come home and he will get to show the he is worthy of wielding his family's ancestral blade.	A land of beauty, tradition and conflict; North Ixia is no stranger to brutal political violence. So when Apollo was told that it was for his own safety he was being sent to New York for school, he knew the situation was serious. Adjusting to life at Blackmore Academy didn’t come easy to Apollo. His school was supposed to be filled with The Cursed Apple’s best and brightest but all he saw, with few exceptions, was a sea of aggressive mediocrity. Electing not to waste his time with frivolous things like parties and dances, he instead put his energy on the piste, where he rigorously trains as captain of the Blackmore fencing team. However, at the end of the day Apollo does not fret too much on the tedium of life in New York. He knows that eventually the time will come when his father will call on him to come home and he will get to show that he is worthy of wielding his family's ancestral blade.	changed

Celeste

Stat	Before	After	Change
Bullet Armor Damage Reduction	—	—	changed

Rem

Stat	Before	After	Change
Light Melee Damage	50	58	+16.0%

Silver

Stat	Before	After	Change
Max Health	725	800	+10.3%

Venator

Stat	Before	After	Change
Max Health	720	750	+4.2%

Changes are computed by diffing the game files between builds 6283 and 6284 and 6290. A change is only labelled a buff or a nerf where the stat has an unambiguous direction — a longer duration, for example, can be either, so it is reported as a change without a judgement.