Daily Briefing

Deadlock's Latest Update Zeroes In on Celeste With Early Game and Ult Nerfs

Valve has rolled out a tightly scoped Deadlock balance update focused almost entirely on reining in Celeste, one of the game's most disruptive heroes in teamfight scenarios. The patch targets her early game power, trimming back the advantages she brings in the laning phase that have allowed her to snowball into a near-unstoppable force before most matches even hit their midpoint. The adjustments signal that Valve is paying close attention to hero-specific dominance rather than issuing sweeping balance changes across the board.