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DeadlockDeadlock Apollo Guide and Overview

In this Deadlock Apollo guide, you’ll learn the fundamentals of their abilities, unique play styles, and fundamental tips.

Apollo's hero tags are: Finesse, Mobility, and A Cut Above

Voice Actor: Chester Rushing

Overview

Apollo was added to Deadlock's roster as part of the Old Gods, New Blood update.

He's a high skill cap duelist with a ton of outplay potential. While he does have some range, he excels in close quarters and baiting enemies into poor trades.

During teamfights and skirmishes, he can isolate targets and deal high AoE damage, but is reliant on precise Riposte timing.

Lore

A land of beauty, tradition and conflict; North Ixia is no stranger to brutal political violence. So when Apollo was told that it was for his own safety he was being sent to New York for school, he knew the situation was serious.

Adjusting to life at Blackmore Academy didn't come easy to Apollo. His school was supposed to be filled with The Cursed Apple's best and brightest but all he saw, with few exceptions, was a sea of aggressive mediocrity. Electing not to waste his time with frivolous things like parties and dances, he instead put his energy on the piste, where he rigorously trains as captain of the Blackmore fencing team.

However, at the end of the day Apollo does not fret too much on the tedium of life in New York. He knows that eventually the time will come when his father will call on him to come home and he will get to show that he is worthy of wielding his family's ancestral blade.

Strengths And Weaknesses Summary

  • High spirit damage
  • High skill ceiling
  • High mobility and escape tools
  • Can isolate priority targets
  • Difficult to pick up and hard to master in team fights
  • Reliant on Riposte
  • Long Cooldowns
  • Low range

Deadlock Apollo Strength and Weaknesses

Strengths

  • Extremely high spirit damage.
  • Very high skill ceiling and excels in duels.
  • All of his abilities help with movement, leading to high survivability.
  • His ult can isolate a target, which can lead to a win in team fights.

Weaknesses

  • Reliant on Riposte, so a whiff can easily lead to a quick demise.
  • Very reliant on Cooldowns and has a very mediocre weapon.
  • Low Range and spacing required in order to survive in fights.
  • Requires high precision during team fights

Deadlock Apollo Abilities

Underlined = Scales with Spirit

Disengaging Sigil (1)

Disengaging Sigil

Draw a sigil sphere in front of you and then leap backwards as it explodes, damaging and slowing enemies caught in it.

12s Cooldown

85 Damage

-24% Move Speed

4s Slow Duration

6.5m Radius


Disengaging Sigil Upgrades

1 AP

2 AP

5 AP

Gain +25% Fire Rate and Bullet Speed for 8s

On Player Hit: +1 Stamina restored and resets Air Jump/Dash limit

Recast within 4s

Tips for Disengaging Sigil

  • Disengaging Sigil can be used as a launch pad when used directly towards the floor if Apollo needs some verticality.
  • Can be used as a disengage tool.

Riposte (2)

Riposte

Prepare to deflect the next incoming attack. On a successful deflection, briefly become invulnerable, before performing a dash forward that stuns an enemy and reduces their Bullet Resist.

22s Cooldown

0.3s Invulnerability Duration

On Pommel Hit: 0.8s Stun Duration, -25% Melee Resist

3s Debuff Duration

Riposte Upgrades

1 AP

2 AP

5 AP

-8s Cooldown

25% Melee Resist and +0.4s Stun Duration

 75% Lifesteal for 13s

Tips for Riposte

  • Riposte can be used from Creep Waves, Jungle Camps or even Guardians and Walkers!
  • It can defend against any form of damage from any direction including from behind Apollo, as well as Walker Stomps!

Flawless Advance (3)

Flawless Advance

Perform a series of lunges in any direction, delivering piercing stabs ahead of you. Hold your ability key to time your attacks, dealing more damage the longer it's held. Releasing your attack during the perfect window deals maximum damage. Press 3 to re-cast.

30 Base Hold Damage, 40 Max Hold Damage

26s Cooldown, 3 Max Lunges

On Perfect Hold: 65 Perfect Damage

Flawless Advance Upgrades

1 AP

2 AP

5 AP

Perfect Hit on Hero: Heal 35

-12s Cooldown increased lunge speed

+65 Perfect Damage and increased spirit scaling. Increased lunge attacking dash distance.

Tips for Flawless Advance

  • Flawless Advance can be stalled to cast any Active Items like Cold Front or different spells such as Riposte or Itani Lo Sahn.

Itani Lo Sahn (4)

Itani Lo Sahn

Charge up and perform a long-range slash. Struck enemies are cursed and stuck in slow motion. When this effect expires, they suffer devastating damage, dealing bonus damage against half-health enemies.

While in slow motion, Apollo is invulnerable, and enemies take reduced damage. Hold 4 or Left-Click to delay the cast.

200 Delayed Damage

+60% Bonus Damage

125s Cooldown

70% Time Slow Damage Reduction, 50% Low Health Threshold

Itani Lo Sahn Upgrades

1 AP

2 AP

5 AP

+8m Dash Range

-40s Cooldown

+50% Bonus Damage

Tips for Itani Lo Sahn

  • Itani Lo Sahn can be used as a last defense to run away as well.
  • Apollo is invulnerable during Itani Lo Sahn, so you can use it to bait enemies and use Riposte after.

Apollo Build Guide

Check out best starter build for Apollo

Deadlock Apollo Weapon Stats

DPS

44

Bullet Damage

18.5

Ammo

15

Bullets per Second

2.63

Light Melee

63

Heavy Melee

116

Deadlock Apollo Vitality Stats

Max Health

740

Health Regen

1

Bullet Resist

0%

Spirit Resist

0%

Move Speed

7.2 m/s

Sprint Speed

1.6 m/s

Stamina

3

How to Counter Apollo

  • Apollo struggles in large teamfights, so force objectives often, such as the Urn or Mid-Boss.
  • Apollo has a fairly low range as well, so long range trades like Grey Talon's Charged Shot or attacking from high ground is a great idea as well!
  • Since Apollo relies on his Cooldowns for most of his damage, an early Silence Wave is a great idea to stop any retaliation from his Disengaging Sigil or Riposte.
  • Counterspell can protect you from Apollo's ultimate, Itani Lo Sahn.
  • Build items to shut down Apollo, like Slowing Hex, Cursed Relic or Focus Lens.