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DeadlockDeadlock Violet Guide and Overview

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

Violet's hero tags are: Ambitious, Nimble, Creative

Violet Is the Fifth Hero in the City Never Sleeps Update

Violet is among the six new Deadlock heroes that are joining the roster with the City Never Sleeps Update.

Violet was the fifth hero to be voted for and was released on October 16th, 2026.

Brush in hand, Violet approaches the ritual with the same precision she does her art, wielding Living Ink that both empowers her bullets, and draws mere inspiration into reality. When entering Flow State, her ink glides easily, weaving towards danger to deal damage, or away from it to make a quick getaway. By creating a Still Life Violet can truly capture her enemies' likeness to stunning results. And with Abstract Landscape she surrounds herself and those nearby with her biggest and most ambitious piece yet, leaving onlookers completely speechless. - "I worked too hard to get here, I can't stop now."

You can explore the other new heroes below:

Deadlock Violet Abilities

Underlined = Scales with Spirit

Living Ink (1)

Empower (1): Your next 3 bullets come to life, allowing you to steer them as they travel. The bullets deal increased bullet damage and splash spirit damage in a small area.

Each successful hit against a hero reduces all ability cooldowns, and half for all item cooldowns.

35 Damage

1.5s Cooldown Reduction per Hit

120% Bullet Damage

Draw (Right Mouse): Paint a solid stroke of ink instead that blocks projectiles and characters from passing through.

The stroke can be destroyed with a heavy melee, but deals spirit damage to the attacker.

25m Max Drawing Size

10s Duration

20s Drawing Duration

2 Charges

22s Cooldown

2.5m Radius

Living Ink Upgrades

1 AP

2 AP

5 AP

-4s Cooldown , 15m Max Draw Distance

On Empower: Gain +10% Fire Rate for 10s, stacking 5 times

+1s Cooldown Reduction Per Hit Improve scaling

Tips for Living Ink

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Flow State (2)

Drag a brush that continues to travel forward, leaving a trail that grants bonus slide distance for allies and a fading slow and spirit damage to enemies it passes through, increased the further it travels.

Re-activate the ability to flick the brush forward, ending the ability early but dealing spirit damage in a larger area.

23s Cooldown

15m Radius

6s Duration

50 Minimum Damage

100 Max Damage

+100% Slide Duration

2s Time for Max Damage | -60% Fading Move Speed | 2s Slow Duration

Flow State Upgrades

1 AP

2 AP

5 AP

On Slide: +150% Stamina Regeneration

-6s Cooldown, +8m Flick Range, +4s Trail Duration

On Slide: Gain Damage Amp over time, up to 20% for 6s

Tips for Flow State

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Still Life (3)

Choose a hero to be your subject, dealing spirit damage over time as long as you are looking at them.

If the sketch is completed they take additional spirit damage, suffer from stun, and drop a sketch that can be picked up.

For each collected sketch, you permanently gain stats based on the hero.

35s Cooldown

25m Range

30 Damage per Second

60 Damage (on Proc)

1s Stun Duration

Still Life Upgrades

1 AP

2 AP

5 AP

On Cast: Gain 15 Health Regen for 4s, refreshed on pickup

While Drawing: Subjects deal -35% Damage

+20% Move Speed, -11s Cooldown, +0.35s Stun Duration

Tips for Still Life

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Abstract Landscape (4)

Create a circular display of ink that blocks vision and grants allies Spirit.

Enemies inside are revealed, and leaving causes them to take spirit damage and suffer from Silence and slow, destroying the ink in the process.

165s Cooldown

6s Duration

18m Radius

On Buff: +25 Spirit Power

On Enemy Hit: 100 Damage | -30% Move Speed | 2s Silence Duration

Abstract Landscape Upgrades

1 AP

2 AP

5 AP

-20s Cooldown

On Buff: +25% Spirit Lifesteal +15 Spirit Power

+1.25s Silence Duration, +4s Ability Duration, Ink is no longer destroyed

Tips for Abstract Landscape

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Violet Build Guide

Check out best starter build for Violet

Deadlock Violet Weapon Stats

DPS

46

Bullet Damage

30

Ammo

15

Bullets per Second

1.54

Light Melee

50

Heavy Melee

116

Deadlock Violet Vitality Stats

Max Health

710

Health Regen

2

Bullet Resist

0%

Spirit Resist

0%

Move Speed

6.9 m/s

Sprint Speed

2.5 m/s

Stamina

3