Deadlock Tier List Maker

Deadlock is Valve's 6v6 hero shooter with MOBA-style lanes, souls and item shops. With 44 heroes after the City Never Sleeps update, a tier list is the quickest way to show which picks you trust. This maker starts with the full roster so you can drag heroes into tiers right away, rename the list and download it as an image.

Pick one question before you start, because a hero can be great at one job and weak at another. Lane phase: who wins trades, secures last hits and denies souls early? Late game: who scales hardest once items are bought, and who takes over fights at the Patron? Team value: who brings stuns, healing, mobility or pick potential the lineup needs? Ease of play also matters – a mechanically demanding hero may belong higher for experienced players than for newcomers. If two questions matter to you, make two lists instead of mixing them.

Before City Never Sleeps the roster had 38 heroes, including the six that arrived in the Old Gods, New Blood rollout earlier in 2026: Rem, Graves, Silver, Venator, Celeste and Apollo. City Never Sleeps (September 29, 2026) adds six more: Rat King, Baba, Deadman Danny, Nurse Harrow, Solomon and Violet. Rat King was unlocked first on October 2. Players vote on the order of the rest in the pre-game lobby, with two heroes unlocking each week until October 20. All 44 are loaded in the maker, so you can rank the new heroes as they arrive.

Valve updates Deadlock often, and one patch can move a hero two tiers. Ability and item number changes are the obvious ones, but map changes matter too: City Never Sleeps overhauled the map, renamed the lanes and added Corrupted items from the Broker, which can favour different heroes than before. New heroes also tend to be over- or underrated in their first weeks while players learn them. Date your list, rebuild it after big updates, and treat placements for brand-new heroes as provisional.

Put the date and update name in the title so readers know which version you ranked. Say what the list measures – overall strength, solo queue, lane phase or beginner-friendliness – and roughly the skill level it reflects. Add one-line reasons for surprising placements, such as an S-tier support or a D-tier fan favourite, when you post it. The downloaded PNG of the board works well on Reddit, Discord and X. Separate lists for different questions start more useful discussions than one list that tries to cover everything.