Updates, patch analyses, and insights from the Deadlock API team
Duo players win 50.9% of ranked games, solo players 50.0%. Pairs with no game together before ranked win 54%, pairs with 500+ shared games win 49%. Data through 6 September 2026.
The Urn became a King of the Hill point, then split into a solo courier job and the Unstable Rift. The souls it pays out barely moved. Who collects them, and what losing it costs, changed completely.
Five patches between January and April 2026 reshuffled the roster, stretched match length, and quietly killed the bullet carry build. The data shows what actually moved.
The story of how a community analytics platform grew from one developer's frustration with endless planning meetings into an open API serving half a million users.
