These 6 Unreleased Deadlock Items Might Reshape the Meta

he Blix team is excited to share an in-depth analysis of a recent data mining discovery that has the community buzzing. Six unreleased items have surfaced, set to transform Deadlock’s meta with fresh mechanics, powerful stats, and game-changing passives.

As a professional squad with countless hours invested in the game, we’ve analyzed every detail of these items to give you the edge you need to dominate once they hit the live servers.

Unreleased Deadlock Items

Patron’s Healing: The Early Game Sustain King

• Category: Vitality
• Cost: 500 Souls
• Stats: +2 Passive Health Regen
• Passive: Heal for 210 health each time you receive a boon from your patron (i.e., when you level up).

Deadlock: Patron’s Healing

Patron’s Healing is an affordable vitality item designed to keep you in the fight, particularly during the laning phase. For just 500 souls, it provides a reliable sustain option that rivals staples like **Healing Rite** and even competes with Extra Regen’s +3 health regeneration. 

The item’s passive is simple yet effective: each level-up triggers a 210-health burst that cannot be interrupted by enemy pressure, unlike the channeled effect of Healing Rite. This makes it an excellent choice for aggressive laners who want to trade hits without the fear of being interrupted.

From the Blix team’s perspective, Patron’s Healing is most effective in the early game. Since boon intervals (level-ups) occur more frequently during this phase, you will often trigger the 210 heal when it’s most needed—before your maximum health scales up and reduces its effectiveness. We recommend purchasing this item as your first buy, especially if you are facing a poke-heavy lane or struggling to maintain your health.

Pair it with heroes who can dominate opponents early on, such as Grey Talon or Warden, and you’ll outlast anyone trying to wear you down. However, in the late game, its fixed heal loses effectiveness, so consider selling it for higher-tier vitality items as the match progresses.

Pro Tip

Time your level-ups wisely—aim for that boon before a crucial trade to catch the enemy off guard with a surprise heal.

Soul Explosion: Snowballing Made Explosive

• Category: Spirit
• Cost: 3000 Souls
• Stats: +160 Bonus Health, +3 Health Regen, +6 Spirit, +1 m/s Sprint Speed
  Passive: On kill/assist, trigger an explosion at the victim’s location dealing 143 spirit damage in a 4m radius. Hero kills amplify this to 150% damage and range. Damage scales with spirit power.

Deadlock: Soul Explosion

Soul Explosion is a mid-game monster designed for playmakers who thrive on chaos. Priced at 3,000 souls, it’s a significant investment, but the rewards are well worth it. This item passively turns every takedown into an area-of-effect (AOE) punishment. Creep kills trigger a moderate blast that delivers 143 spirit damage, but hero kills are where the real power lies. With a 150% multiplier, it becomes a terrifying force in team fights, scaling with your spirit power to shred grouped enemies.

Deadlock: Soul Explosion

The Blix team views Soul Explosion as the ultimate snowball tool. Heroes like Raven or Dynamo, who excel at diving in and securing kills, can use this item to amplify their impact, leaving a path of destruction in the wake of each pick. The AOE damage makes it particularly lethal in tight lanes or around objectives like the Rejuvenator, where enemies tend to cluster. However, its effectiveness relies heavily on your ability to accumulate kills—falling behind could leave you with merely an expensive stat stick. 

To maximize the potential of Soul Explosion, stack spirit power early with items like Mystic Reach, and watch as your enemies scatter in panic.

Pro Tip

Position yourself near low–health creeps during a skirmish; last-hit them to trigger mini-blasts and weaken your actual target.

Hexafil Ward: The Anti-Spirit Shield

• Category: Vitality
• Cost: 3000 Souls
  Stats: +25 Bonus Health, +15 Spirit Resist
• Passive: Blocks the next spirit damage or debuff every 12 seconds (recharges out of combat).

Deadlock: Hexafil Ward

Hexafil Ward is a powerful option for players facing teams that rely heavily on spirit damage or heroes who spam debuffs, such as Lash or Kelvin. For 3000 souls, this item provides a passive ability that automatically blocks one instance of spirit damage or a status effect every 12 seconds. Think of it as a mini-cleanse that operates without requiring an active command. The downside is that it only refreshes when you are out of combat, so strategic play is essential to maximize its effectiveness.

Deadlock: Hexafil Ward

Additionally, Hexafil Ward grants +15 spirit resistance and 25 bonus health, enhancing your durability against ability-focused opponents. In our experience, it is invaluable against teams that stack spirit damage or depend on debilitating effects like slows and stuns. It’s less about boosting raw stats and more about denying pivotal enemy plays—imagine avoiding Lash’s Ground Strike or Kelvin’s Frost Grenade at a critical moment. 

We recommend using this item in builds for tanky frontline heroes like Yamato or Bruisers who need to stay close to spirit-reliant carries. However, don’t expect it to protect you from sustained physical damage; it’s a specialized tool, not a panacea.

Pro Tip

Bait out a large spirit ability immediately after the ward triggers, then re-engage once you are safe from the next hit.

Hex-Sealed Knuckles: Punching with Spirit Flair

• Category: Spirit
  Cost: 3000 Souls
• Stats: +100 Spirit Shield Health, +1 Health Regen, +30 Melee Damage
• Passive: After dealing 212 spirit damage, your next heavy melee attack deals that 212 as bonus spirit damage (3s cooldown). Scales linearly with spirit power.

Deadlock: Hex-Sealed Knuckles

Hex-Sealed Knuckles is a brawler’s dream, seamlessly combining spirit damage with raw melee power. Priced at 3,000 souls, it rewards players for incorporating abilities into their combos: deal 212 spirit damage (visually represented by a glowing purple fist), and then follow up with an empowered heavy melee attack. The damage scales with your spirit power, and the 3-second cooldown allows it to remain effective in extended fights. Additionally, it provides a +100 spirit shield, +1 regeneration, and a robust +30 melee damage, making it an ideal hybrid item for close-range combatants.

Deadlock: Hex-Sealed Knuckles

The Blix team particularly loves this item on heroes like Haze or Seven, who can rapidly stack spirit damage through abilities or enhanced auto attacks before delivering a powerful punch. It emphasizes burst damage over sustained DPS—timing that glowing fist for a finishing blow or to deal significant damage to adversaries mid-fight is key. The spirit shield enhances your durability, enabling you to survive long enough to land critical hits. Focus on building spirit power early on to increase the passive damage, and watch as your enemies fall before your knuckles.

Pro Tip

Combine movement speed items with your abilities to quickly close gaps and ensure that your empowered melee attacks land successfully.

Spirit Burn: The DOT Dominator

• Category: Spirit
• Cost: 6000 Souls
• Stats: +15% Spirit Resist, +125 Bonus Health
• Passive: Spirit damage applies a burn stacking up to 20 times (4s duration, refreshes per stack). 1 stack = 18.2 DPS, 20 stacks = 124 DPS. Stacks every 0.7s.

Deadlock: Spirit Burn

Spirit Burn is a formidable late-game option for heroes who excel at dealing spirit damage. At 6000 souls, it’s a premium choice, and its passive ability makes it worth the investment: every hit that deals spirit damage applies a stacking burn. This burn starts at 18.2 DPS with one stack and ramps up to an impressive 124 DPS at twenty stacks. With a stacking interval of 0.7 seconds and a duration refresh with each hit, enemies who cannot escape will be quickly overwhelmed.

Deadlock: Spirit Burn

We consider Spirit Burn a must-have for ability-spammers like Wraith or Vindicta, especially when paired with items such as Mystic Shot or Toxic Bullets, which enhance auto attacks with spirit damage. The focus here is not on burst damage but rather on relentless pressure—ideal for prolonged fights or sieges. The key is to maintain your targets; more mobile heroes may evade you before you max out your burn stacks. Prioritize building cooldown reduction and spirit power to sustain pressure, and you’ll turn any battle into a fiery contest.

Pro Tip

Prioritize targeting squishier characters first; high-health tanks can withstand damage longer, minimizing the overall impact.

Lightning Scroll: Ultimate Power Unleashed

• Category: Spirit
• Cost: 6000 Souls
• Stats: +40 Spirit Power (to ultimate only), +15% Ability Range
• Passive: Ultimate damage triggers a lightning strike (12% max health as spirit damage + 1s stun, once per target per ult).

Deadlock: Lightning Scroll

Lightning Scroll is the ultimate luxury item for ability-centric heroes. Priced at 6,000 souls, it permanently enhances your ultimate ability with an additional +40 spirit power and extends its range by 15%. The standout feature? Each time you hit with your ultimate, a lightning strike is called down, dealing 12% of the target’s maximum health as spirit damage and stunning them for 1 second (this effect occurs once per target per cast). It’s a game-changer, especially for ultimates that lack crowd control or require an extra punch.

Deadlock: Lightning Scroll

The Blix team envisions this item being used by heroes like Ivy or Paradox, whose ultimates can hit multiple targets for devastating chain stuns. The extended range allows you to attack from a safer distance, while the stun can lock down elusive enemies or interrupt abilities like Warden’s Alchemical Flask. Given its high cost, it’s best to save it for late-game, when your ultimate can turn the tide of battles. Additionally, stacking spirit power will further amplify the base damage, making you a formidable force on the battlefield.

Pro Tip

Leverage the increased range to surprise your enemies—successful positioning is crucial with this item.

Final Thoughts

These six datamined items cater to various playstyles—sustain with Patron’s Healing, snowballing with Soul Explosion, defense with Hexafil Ward, brawling with Hex-Sealed Knuckles, damage over time with Spirit Burn, and ultimate dominance with the Lightning Scroll. While the numbers and effects may change before the official release, their potential to reshape the Deadlock meta is undeniable. 

Deadlock: Art

As the Blix team, we are already brainstorming builds and strategies to take advantage of these items as soon as they become available. Stay ahead of the curve by experimenting with these concepts in your next match, and let us know how they work for you. Keep following the Blix team. See you in the lanes! For more content related to Deadlock, we recommend visiting the Reddit thread.