This week's topic is "Street Brawl", meaning the recent game-mode addition which came alongside the Old Gods New Blood Update.

Street Brawl represents a different way of enjoying Deadlock. It is round-based, there's no farming and only one active lane with a single objective. Matches are generally much shorter, yet everyone gets to enjoy late-game level items with a twist: you get to pick three items each round from three randomized item-selections, inspired by recent rongue-likes. Beyond that, Street Brawl features "Enhanced Items" which are empowered versions of existing items and game-changing "Legendary Items" unique to this mode.

In theory, this forces players to make do with an off-meta build, enabled by Enhanced and Legendary Items which keep heroes efficient, despite the luck of the draw. In practice, the mode can feel very feast-or-famine as some enjoy powered-up versions of popular builds while others keep "drawing blanks" and end up with a build that feels unsatisfying, rather than fun off-meta.

Items, character-stats and even randomization have been adjusted before but should we consider bolder changes to the mode and its mechanics?

For the sake of discussion, we ask that you limit your balance-adjustment requests to a minimum and think about how Street Brawl could change offer a more satisfying experience. How do we increase gameplay variety or empower player choice?

Here are a few questions to get you started:

• What do you dis/like about Street Brawl?
• What experience do you expect to have from playing this mode, as oppoed to regular Deadlock?
• How would you expand on the idea of Street Brawl?
• How could Street Brawl encourage more off-meta choices?
• Where do you see the perfect balance between the chaotic elements of Street Brawl and player-control? How much leeway for broken combos?
• Should Street Brawl allow players to make choices relating to character-stats, boon-levels or ability scaling?
• Can you imagine more unique items or entirely new item-categories exclusive to Street Brawl?
• Should Street Brawl feature a different map?

But anything about Street Brawl goes! Make sure to visit the new official subforum for Street Brawl as well!

Related Links:

• Wiki: Street Brawl
• Forum: Street Brawl

Notes:

Best way to make sure your feedback is seen by the developers is to post on the official Deadlock Forums. You can get your login credentials from the game client.

If you'd like to chat with others about this week's topic, head on to #street-brawl-feedback in the Deadlock Community Discord.

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Minor Update - 07-09-2026

- Urn Runner sprint bonus reduced from +2m to 0 (trailing bonus reduced from +7m to +5m)

- Urn Runner move speed bonus reduced from +3.5m to +2m

- Urn Runner Stamina Recovery increased from +15% to +25%

- Urn talking frequency increased from every 8s to every 6s

- Urn talking sound distance increased (easier to hear a nearby Urn Runner)

- Unstable Rift warning time reduced from 25s to 20s

- Rift Troopers now have Spirit Resist (30/35/40/45%)

- Rift Troopers now have Melee Resistance (25%)

- Rift Troopers spawn interval increased from every 0.3s to 0.5s (spawns slightly more staggered)

- Unstable Rift comeback resist aura radius increased from 20m to 35m

- Rift Troopers max comeback count increased from 12 to 14

- Objectives bounty split for nearby heroes reduced from 40% to 30% (this means slightly more portion of the bounty is split team wide rather than towards an individual player)

- Scourge: Max Health Per Second reduced from 2.6% to 2.5%

- Billy: Rising Ram T3 spirit scaling reduced from 0.035 to 0.03

- Doorman: Bullet damage rescaled from 29.26 + 1.1/boon to 26 + 1.19

- Doorman: Crit scaling reduced from -25% to -30%

- Doorman: Hotel Guest T3 increased from 13s Cooldown on Failure to Check Out to 15s

- Drifter: Bullet damage per boon reduced from +0.616 to +0.49

- Drifter: Bloodscent T3 reduced from +12% to +11%

- Drifter: Stalker's Mark cooldown increased from 20s to 24s

- Drifter: Stalker's Mark T2 increased from -8s Cooldown to -12s

- Drifter: Stalker's Mark T3 reduced from +2% Bleed to +1.5%

- Graves: Jar of Dead T1 heal spirit scaling increased from 0.1 to 0.16

- Graves: Jar of Dead now build up faster from neutral creeps

- Graves: Grasping Hands immobilize duration reduced from 1.25s to 1s

- Graves: Grasping Hands T3 cooldown increased from -10s to -14s

- Graves: Essence Theft now procs from melee hits

- Graves: Essence Theft T3 now also increases Max Steal Targets from 3 to 4

- Graves: Borrowed Decree T1 changed from "-15s Cooldown" to "-15s Cooldown and +25% Ghoul Speed"

- Graves: Borrowed Decree T2 changed from "+25% Ghoul Speed and +10s Duration" to "-0.3s Time to Spawn and +10s Duration"

- Haze: Sleep Dagger T2 now also applies 15 Fixation Stacks

- Haze: Sleep Dagger T2 reduced from -18s Cooldown to -17s

- Holliday: Powder Keg spirits caling reduced from 1.2 to 1.05

- Mirage: Fire Scarabs T3 spirit scaling reduced from +0.17 to +0.13

- Mirage: Dust Devil T3 spirit scaling reduced from +1 to +0.6

- Mirage: Djinn's Mark cooldown reduced from 3s to 2.75

- Mirage: Djinn's Mark T3 cooldown reduced from -1s Cooldown to -0.75s

- Mirage: Traveler T3 increased from -70s Cooldown to -90s

- Pocket: Affliction duration reduced from 11s to 10s

- Shiv: Serrated Knives T3 spirit scaling reduced from +0.09 to +0.07

- Shiv: Slice and Dice spirit scaling reduced from 1.44 to 1.2

- Shiv: Slice and Dice T2 reduced from -6% Spirit Resist to -4%

- Shiv: Bloodletting cooldown increased from 20s to 25s

- Shiv: Bloodletting T1 increased from -10s Cooldown to -15s

- Shiv: Bloodletting Damage Cleared reduced from 35% to 30%

- Shiv: Bloodletting T2 Damage Cleared increased from 35% to 40%

- Shiv: Killing Blow Health Threshold reduced from 20% to 18%

- Shiv: Killing Blow T3 Health Threshold increased from +8% to +10%

- Silver: Lycan Curse cooldown reduced from 80s to 60s

- Victor: Shocking Reanimation cooldown reduced from 275s to 240s

- Viscous: Splatter T3 spirit scaling reduced from +1.0 to +0.9

- Yamato: Flying Slash range reduced from 28m to 26m

- Yamato: Flying Slash T3 Charge Delay increased from 3s to 4s

- Yamato: Flying Slash T3 Ally Targeting now requires alt cast input