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Updates, patch analyses, and insights from the Deadlock API team
September 7, 2026|Manuel Raimann|6 min read
Solo vs duo queue win rates in Deadlock ranked
Deadlock duos win 50.9% of ranked games, solos 50.0%. New duo pairs win 54%, pairs with 500+ games together 49%. 641k ranked matches through 6 Sep 2026.
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Read moreJuly 23, 2026|Manuel Raimann|6 min read
Valve rebuilt Deadlock's Urn three times in six weeks
Deadlock's Urn became a King of the Hill point, then a courier job and the Unstable Rift. Its souls barely moved; who collects them changed completely.
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Read moreApril 18, 2026|Manuel Raimann|7 min read
Four months of Valve balancing Deadlock, told in 2.9 million matches
Five Deadlock patches from January to April 2026 reshuffled heroes, stretched matches and killed the bullet carry build. 2.9M matches show what moved.
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Read moreMarch 16, 2026|Manuel Raimann|5 min read
How Deadlock API started: from frustrated meetings to 20 million daily requests
How Deadlock API grew from one developer's frustration with endless meetings into an open API serving 20 million requests a day to half a million users.
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