Deadlock — VALORANT's Hard-Stop Sentinel

• CBarrier Meshwall

  EQUIP a Barrier Mesh disc. FIRE to throw forward. Upon landing, the disc generates barriers from the origin point that block character movement.

• QSonic Sensortrap

  EQUIP a Sonic Sensor. FIRE to deploy. The sensor monitors an area for enemies making sound. It concusses that area if footsteps, weapons fire, or significant noise are detected. This ability can be picked up to be REDEPLOYED.

• EGravNettrap

  EQUIP a GravNet grenade. FIRE to throw. ALT FIRE to lob. The GravNet detonates upon landing, forcing any characters caught within to crouch and move slowly.

• XAnnihilationdamage

  EQUIP a Nanowire Accelerator. FIRE to unleash a pulse of nanowires that captures the first enemy contacted. The cocooned enemy is pulled along a nanowire path and will die unless they are freed. The nanowire cocoon is destructible.

Riot's notes from patch 1.01 to 13.06 change Deadlock in 4 patches. The latest is patch 13.00, published 2026-06-23.

1. Patch 13.002026-06-23

   GravNet

   • Cooldown reduced from 60s to 50s.
   Why, in Riot's words

   Sentinels serve an important role in the VALORANT tactical loop by punishing attackers who ignore macro strategy and instead opt for repeated, low information 5-player site hits. We believe VALORANT is best when strategy is mixed. These changes are aimed at improving overall Sentinel power so they can better serve their purpose in keeping disrespectful attackers honest, as well as improve their kill potential when anchoring sites alone.

2. Patch 11.082025-10-14

   GravNet

   • Cooldown increased from40s→to60s

   Barrier Mesh

   • Cost reduced from 400 to 300
   • Health of smaller nodes decreased from 570 to 480

   Sonic Sensor

   • Concuss duration reduced 3.5s to 2.5s
   Why, in Riot's words

   We're increasing the counterplay around Killjoy's range restricted utilities, giving enemies more tells to maneuver around unattended utilities and asking KJ to make a sharper call on when to keep her utility active and when to reposition away from them.

3. Patch 10.042025-03-04

   Barrier Mesh

   • Changed to a non-signature ability
   • CostFree→to400 credits

   GravNet

   • Changed to a signature ability with 40s cooldown
   • Total Size decreased from16m→to13m
   • Gravnet’s Projectile audio loop has been updated to increase its gameplay clarity.
   Why, in Riot's words

   To account for GravNet swapping to a signature, we’ll be shrinking the size and increasing some of its counterplay. Since the skill will be cast more frequently, we’d like to encourage plays to be more intentional and precise about placement.

4. Patch 7.102023-11-14

   • Anyone caught by GravNet will now be debuffed indefinitely until they remove it
   • GravNet removal time increased0.85s→to1.5s
   • GravNet radius increased6m→to8m
   Why, in Riot's words

   GravNet (C) now requires anyone captured by it to manually remove the net in order to remove the effect. Before this, if you or the enemy were captured, you were able to remove it by moving out of the net radius or waiting for the effect to expire. We think this unlocks a unique power profile while making it a more interesting interaction on both sides, as enemies must put down their weapon and make a noise to deal with the debuff. In addition, we’ve made the ability more reliable for Deadlock to execute by increasing its radius while also ensuring that Agents like Jett and Raze can’t trivialize getting caught in it with their mobility.

   Anyone caught by GravNet will now be affected by increased gravity and a reduction in mobility (example: GravNet now reduces Jett’s Tailwind (E) distance)

What role is Deadlock?

Sentinel. Riot describes the role: “Sentinels are defensive experts who can lock down areas and watch flanks, both on attacker and defender rounds.”

What are Deadlock’s abilities?

C — Barrier Mesh, Q — Sonic Sensor, E — GravNet and X — Annihilation, the last being the ultimate.

What does Deadlock’s ultimate do?

Annihilation, in Riot’s words: “EQUIP a Nanowire Accelerator. FIRE to unleash a pulse of nanowires that captures the first enemy contacted. The cocooned enemy is pulled along a nanowire path and will die unless they are freed. The nanowire cocoon is destructible.”

When did Riot last change Deadlock?

Patch 13.00, published 2026-06-23 — the latest of 4 patches that change Deadlock in Riot’s notes from 1.01 to 13.06.

Is Deadlock changed in patch 13.06?

No. Nothing in Riot’s patch 13.06 notes names Deadlock.

Which other Sentinels are there?

6 more in Riot’s current roster: Chamber, Cypher, Killjoy, Sage, Veto and Vyse.