Deadlock patch Matchmaking Update, released 2026-07-30T19:14:37Z: 0 heroes and 0 items changed.
General changes
This update includes a revamp to how the matchmaking system works, as well as the introduction of a new matchmaking mode. You can now choose to play in Standard Mode (unranked), or the new Ranked Mode introduced in this update.
STANDARD MODE
Standard mode provides a lower-stakes way to play Deadlock with friends, without worrying about adjustments your Rank. There are no restrictions on party size or skill spread. You can also play in this mode to practice heroes you are less familiar with, as the matchmaker will adjust the game it puts you in to account for your experience with that hero.
RANKED MODE
Ranked mode gives players a way to queue up for more competitive games against similarly-skilled players with higher stakes. Each season you'll be able to climb the Ranks and see how far you can go.
UPDATED RANKS & BADGES:
Each Rank has 6 Subranks within (I - VI).
Obscurus (uncalibrated)
Initiate
Seeker
Acolyte
Sentinel
Mystic
Ritualist
Emissary
Oracle
Phantom
Ascendant
Eternus
ELIGIBILITY AND SEASONS:
To be eligible to queue for Ranked Mode, you must have at least 60 wins in the Standard Mode. To ensure higher quality games, Ranked Mode expects that you have a solid understanding of the heroes you play in it, so the mode only allows you to pick heroes that you have won at least 15 games with in Standard Mode. You must have at least 3 heroes unlocked for Ranked to be able to have a valid sized roster to queue with.
Ranked Mode has seasons, with the first season starting today and ending on October 7th, after which the following season will begin. At the conclusion of a season, the highest Rank you achieved will be permanently saved in your Rank history page. Future Rank seasons will likely have longer durations with splits in between (breaks within the season where Rank adjustments are made) as well as recency requirements on the heroes played.
As the season starts, everyone will enter a calibration phase for 8 games. All players will have a soft reset of their prior Rank, maintaining some history of your previous performance relative to other players to help seed you initially into the calibration games. Players can only exit calibration at a max Rank of Oracle VI. You cannot be in a party during calibration matches.
Source: HUBLOCK (hublockgg.com) — free Deadlock statistics site, English and Russian. Hero win rates are computed over a rolling 14-day window from public match data (deadlock-api.com); patch notes are mirrored from Valve's official Deadlock changelog and translated to Russian. Deadlock is a game by Valve Corporation; HUBLOCK is an independent fan project and is not affiliated with Valve.