Deadlock Is Actually Good, You Just Play Her Wrong...

if deadlock so good as you saying why no pro player have not picked her in any tournaments in the VCT

Oh wow, someone who actually put in the time to really create a playstyle for her that sounds good. Yeah I can get behind this.

Another way I like to use the sonic sensor if you are on attack is to put it where if they tap the spike it activates

I will have to agree that with right condition, she’s very good. Still, she’s a bad agent overall for me in design and gameplay perspective.

Her kits is a mixture of weakened abilities of other agents. She have high skill floor. Her coordination is limited. And she get less reward from high risk compared to other Sentinel.

Actually, I only care that her character design is very linear. I learn a little character design and you won’t make her like Soldier 76. It’s the most painful part for me, when they could iterate her ability around her ult, making her more unique unlike what she had been.

But the problem is every other sentinel is better

She is the worst agent right now. She is the new yoru: her wall is worse than sage because it doesnt block bullets or sight so you still need a smoke, her sensors dont hold flanks and can get some kills maybe but a cypher trip or alarmbot is way more consistent, the net is just bad it does nothing it gives a literal accuracy boost to the person hit and the can remove it when they want to. It doesnt have the kill potential of a faide seize or the combo plays because of its removeability. And the ultimate gets 0.5 kills on average on an agent that isnt even preffered to funnel ult orbs into. I dont mind you maining her, hell i even enjoy most of your videos but saying that deadlock is better than yoru is just spreading misinformation.

I was convinced Deadlock is utter trash. After watching the vid, maybe she isn't that bad, but I would still very much love to see her getting one more slow nade, her sound traps being recallable mid round and both utilities not affecting allies with the slow/stun. What do you think?

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Nah Deadlock is weak, the community isn’t wrong.

ngl im a KJ main. Playin dedlock for some reason i feel refreshed.
with KJ u need to wait for your Setup to activate and peek. with Dedlok? you can run around more freely.

.......oh and the Deadlock nade, you throw and Kill, and just Com All "Sit is ok" for the sake of it🤣

What i think is also quite useful is sound sensor opposite of spike because it triggers on defuse noise.

Recently played using Deadlock on Haven. She was so good at mixing up and making people second guess where the stun is going to be.

Valorant players always say new agents are bad when they just lack the creativity to work with them.

i like her a lot but her grav net sucks

Deadlock is strong in all the wrong ways, it’s like when you go to fight a boss, would you rather have him have cool lore, unique attack patterns and maybe even some secret weaknesses to exploit or just have a normal mob but with 10,000 hp. Deadlock is that bloated mob, why does it need to take nearly 2 people spraying their entire vandal clip to break a wall that costs ZERO CREDITS AND IS RECHARGEABLE. Her ultimate also isn’t fun, while I do think the wall bounce is cool, it is not fun being stuck unable to see or do anything while stuck in the cocoon and needing to have two guys with rifles hyper focused on you in order to be saved. Her gameplay sucks, playing against her sucks, her lore sucks, her personality sucks, her character design is kind of ok but it’s riot they can do much better. She is a really big step down from other fun agents in the game and I hope newer agents don’t continue on this downward trend.



Forgot to mention, her grav net is kind of lame and her trip is good

On attack I like using her wall on the spike to stall a defuse. It depends on where it’s planted tho, because some spots can be left open but if you ha a good corner like dice on bind you can get full coverage. Gravnet is stronger paired with her wall. Sometimes I use the sound sensor like a tripwire.
She’s a great agent, but doesn’t fit everyone’s play style and that’s why people complain.

Fr I hard carry my team with deadlock 😅

Me at the end who just got deadlock and is trying to figure out how to play her: Finally, I can actually play decently!

Amazing video! Definitely gonna try some of this out.
So glad to see someone actually understand she's not bad. That it's the way people are playing right now.

honestly bro keep up the good work man im sure you will get far

Yeah bro this agent got me back into Val and you, boni, right here made me play her so well and carry ❤❤ truly. Thank you. 😊

The issue is that killjoy is extremely strong so why pick deadlock over her.

this is what im saying. all of my friends say shes bad because her trips are bad at watching flank but even though shes a sentinel thats not really what her kit is good for. her trips are more for punishing the enemies for pushing onto site instead of watching flank

The people saying deadlock are weak are the same people that said Harbor was weak. They’re not weak, you just haven’t figured out that Deadlock != KJ, just like Harbor != Viper

I recently unlocked deadlock and played a game with her on lotus, in my opinion I honestly think her sonic sensors are much better used to counter flanks on attack over the barrier mesh simply the fact after some time the barrier mesh gets taken down even if the enemy doesn’t destroy it, what I learned with deadlock’s sonic sensors is place the sensors where the enemies least likely expect them an example on lotus there are two spots flankers can come from and I use her sound sensors on walls where the enemies can’t see them or else they’ll destroy it and it proven to work against flankers, that’s with me at least, I hope you can maybe give her sound sensors another shot against flankers on attack by simply placing them where enemies will least likely to see them

Using wall as a flank watch is like putting up a sage wall behind you. It’s terrible use of util + if you need to leave asap or do a quick rotate, you just screwed your team over. Please don’t ever do this. The wall is 10x better to slow enemy retake

Ah so im not crazy in thinking Deadlock is strong in other ways. Been playing her alot since her release and knew already

I've been maining her since I got her, I'm a gecko/raze main before, and now that I'm using deadlock, she's very versatile that's the perfect word to describe her!

I have never used slow or the grenade because it is kinda too op

The first deadlock guide that seems to be written by someone who actually play deadlock and sentinels.

I might add Deadlock are extremely good for deep trap play. Just make sure to tell your smoker to delay their smoke or smoke slightly forward.

What I meant by deep trap is that you can actually put a trap right on the chokepoint most of the time like A or B main in ascent. The problem is your smoker often smoke off that place so you won't get the kill which is why it's necessary for them to delay smoke or, even better, smoke a bit deeper for ez pick.

I tried to run this with pocket smoker duo and it basically win me 1-2 free round every match. My friend play brim and even get an ace with his ult once using this strat.

the tip of placing your wall to hold flank isn't that good, because it force you to commit to the hit and you cant rotate, and deadlock is like half initiator half sentinel

Ive been maining her since she came out. At first i thought she was weak. Now i fucking love her

On defence: I can stop the team from pushing down a main corridor and pick them off up to 3 at a time because they all are distracted by shooting the barrier down instead of rotating sites. The sensors i either place on site where bomb would be places (noise) or at the end of flank where they would shoot, so gives me an idea of where they are going. I always place them in a position where the enemies are most likely to make noise (common spike plant spot, end of flank where they shoot, etc)

On offence: ive blocked off a certain side of site so i can either pick them off when they try to shoot the barrier down, or make them push a different way giving me an easy kill


And her ultimate?? Pshhhh. Its insane. Its fairly easy to dodge but i think most people panic. I ended a 1v4 very easily with her: trapped someone in bath with my barrier, then caught someone in my net and killed them, then got my ult and reeled someone in. Then killed the guy trapped and the last guy trying to free the person in my ult

Its VERY easy to distract the enemies with her abilities. I rely less on her abilities actually forcing a rotate or trapping them but more on the enemy team being more focused my abilities when they come out. Shes great

I love playing deadlock she is like everything chamber is not, since my frd is a chamber main since chamber was released due to his awp skills I was looking for a character to fit my play style it's not like deadlock is the agent for me I am not sure of it but since me and my frd queue together is a lot easier to play deadlock and chamber together and since I used to play sage a lot deadlock has just given me more option to play

I still think she needs a buff. Raze, Jett, Omen, Sage and any other character are able to get around the wall without it alerting on defense. A chamber trip, KJ sentry, or well placed cypher trip will always give me info about enemies trying to flank. Many enemies are still able to dash out of sonic sensors. Sage gets access to two slow orbs which is way better than deadlock's gravnet as she only gets 1 and the enemies can pull it off easily. Deadlock does get her wall for free but a sage wall is better because it does the same thing while allowing her to keep a recharging signature ability. The wall also allows her to gain height advantage or completely deny enemies from pushing a place if it is placed in a tunnel.

I think deadlock's problem still remains that she has a ton of agent's that counter her ability. The video shows great tips but most of these tips get stomped on due to a ton of agents countering her. She really still needs a buff and provide some sort of unique value that other agents can't bring to the table.

You deserve more subscribers brother. And I'm a breach main, after deadlock release I decided to play her coz she looks cool. Your guide is so good to learn deadlock and I'll try to play her better.

Yo big bro Thanks for this and I love ur vids

Deadlock is perfect for punishing enemy to entering to site. Nobody shiftwalks when if they shoot the wall or enter to the site while two defender try to kill you.

best long form video i think you've ever put out :D really hope this one does well

Bro wtf? Nobody left a comment on this masterpiece???