DeadlockDeadlock Seven Guide and Overview

Seven is an easy-to-use hero, but still has a lot of depth as the timing and positioning of his abilities are key.

He can output incredible damage and has some of the best area-of-effect capabilities in the game. If you love lightning, thunder, and big numbers, welcome to the Seven show!

Strengths

• Massive AOE damage scaling.

• Great farm and push capabilities early on along with neutral clear.

• Has a stun for protection or ganks.

Weaknesses

• No innate mobility so can be vulnerable to ganks or bad positioning.

• Can function at long range but champs that specialize will be hard to deal with.

• Vulnerable to CC especially as his ultimate requires channeling.

Underlined = Scales with Spirit

Lightning Ball (1)
Shoot a ball of lightning that travels in a straight line. Does damage to all targets in its radius. Slows down when damaging enemies and stops if it hits the world.
1 Charge	8s between charges	23s CD
80 DPS	4m Radius	5s Lifetime

Maxing this skill gives you more charges, slows enemies caught in it, and increases the damage. It’s a great tool for push and wave clear, as well as creating opportunities to be less reliant on aim.

Tips for Lightning Ball

• Almost every build will take 1 point into this skill ASAP so you get 2 charges for easy farm.

• It’s a very powerful early game skill and if you get 2 points, you can combine this with your Static Charge (2) stun to lock down enemies and do some real damage.

Static Charge (2)
Apply a charge to a target enemy hero. After a short duration, the static charge stuns and damages enemies within the radius.
16m Range	6m Radius	42s CD
1.1s Stun Duration	3.5s Delay	40 Damage

Maxing this lets you get more chances to stun, from farther away, and for a whole second longer. Since it’s not aim-reliant as a point-and-click the increased range can make opponents think twice about getting close to you.

Tips for Static Charge

• It’s almost always worth it to put 1 point so you have more opportunities during laning to catch opponents off guard and counterengage.

• This is your one defensive tool as Seven, so use wisely. If you use offensively and fail, play cautious until it’s up again.

Power Surge (3)
Power up your weapon with a shock effect, making your bullets proc shock damage on your target. This shock damage bounces to enemies near your target. Occurs once per burst shot.
10s Duration	10m Jump Radius	48s CD
10 Shock Damage	3 Max Jumps

Maxing Power Surge is the best way to unlock Seven’s monster DPS potential. More damage, more AOE, more frequently. If opponents leave you alone and you unload a full clip with this up, you will probably win the fight.

Tips for Power Surge

• Make sure you reload before using this skill. Items that increase magazine size like Titanic Magazine can make using it more forgiving if you aren’t confident in your aim.

• This rocks for clearing neutral camps when combined with Lightning Ball, so make it a priority as you travel the map.

Storm Cloud (4)
Channel an expanding storm cloud around you that damages all enemies within its radius. Enemies do not take damage when they are out of line-of-sight. You have increased Bullet Resist during the channel.
7s Channel Time	25m Radius	148s CD
110 DPS	12m Initial Radius	+20% Bullet Resist

• Maxing Stormcloud makes you more resilient while casting while increasing the range, damage, and channel time. Real lightning god vibes to this skill as the range is massive.

Tips for Storm Cloud

• This ability is a noob stomper but as you play against better players, you’ll need to use it cautiously as they can buy items like Curse, Knockdown, and Silencer to prevent or interrupt your usage.

• Ideally you’ll want to wait until after they expend the resources that can stop you and cast it from high elevation to maximize your lines of sight.