Silver

0:26 Silver is a Deadlock brawler and bounty hunter who catches a hero with Entangling Bola, closes in with Boot Kick, bursts them with Slam Fire and, when her bloodlust fills, turns into a werewolf with the Lycan Curse, as Valve's reveal post of Feb 2, 2026 describes her. She joined Deadlock that day as the third of six heroes released by player vote in the Old Gods New Blood Update, after Rem and Graves (Valve, Feb 12, 2026). Valve called her New York's "misanthrope lycanthrope". The whole roster is on Heroes, and the vote is explained on Hero Voting.

Quick facts

Source: the game files as of Oct 26, 2026 (heroes, abilities), current with Valve's Oct 14, 2026 update; win rate from deadlock-api's measured hero stats, 1,566,344 normal-mode matches.

Abilities

Source: the game files as of Oct 26, 2026.

1:18 Slam Fire is her burst. It reloads her rifle at once, and her next 3 shots get 300% more fire rate and bonus damage equal to 2.5% of the target's current health, at the cost of 30% accuracy, per the game files. Since Jul 28, 2026 it also deals 100% bonus weapon damage to troopers and neutrals, which speeds up her farming. T1 adds 15% weapon damage, T2 cuts 10 s of cooldown, and T3 adds 7% current health damage if all three shots hit.

5:31 Boot Kick is her gap closer. She leaps up to 10.6 m into a hero or objective, dealing 25 bonus damage (spirit scaling 2.0) and marking the target for 3 seconds; since Sep 16, 2026 it can target only heroes and objectives. T1 takes 6 s off the cooldown, T2 restores 2 stamina on a hero hit, and T3 adds 80 damage and makes kicked enemies deal 35% less damage for 5 seconds.

8:03 Entangling Bola is her catch. It hits heroes only, dealing 40 damage (spirit scaling 1.6), slowing 16% and blocking movement abilities and stamina for 1.5 seconds; it also raises the target's gravity and interrupts flying abilities, per the game files and Valve's Sep 16, 2026 notes. T1 adds 20% slow, T2 cuts 8 s of cooldown, and T3 adds 0.75 s and bounces to 2 more targets within 15 m.

8:50 Lycan Curse is her ultimate and a passive. Damage builds bloodlust, faster at low health, and full bloodlust casts the curse on its own. Transformed for 15 seconds, she gains 125 maximum health (+15 per boon), 1.5 m/s of speed and up to 15 stacks of fire rate from hero hits (60% in total, spirit scaling 0.45), and her abilities change to werewolf ones that Valve's notes name Mauling Leap, Tail Whack and Go For The Throat (game files; Valve, Mar 6, 2026). T1 adds 15% bullet and spirit resist, T2 adds 4 m/s and 200 health, and T3 makes hero kills refresh her abilities and the duration.

How to play

Silver is a close-range fighter with two forms. Mobalytics' Silver guide lists her strengths as skill-expressive combos in both forms, high burst and recovery, and carrying on-hit items such as Toxic Bullets and Inhibitor well, and her weaknesses as high execution demands, slow jungling and a weak lane. The Laning Guide covers how to last-hit safely.

10:02 Her combo follows Valve's description: Bola first so the target cannot dash away, Boot Kick to close the distance, then Slam Fire at point-blank range. When the Lycan Curse triggers, either by her choice or automatically from bloodlust, she has 15 seconds of extra health and fire rate, and a kill with the T3 upgrade resets her abilities and the timer.

Her power spike is the upgraded Slam Fire. Dexerto's Silver build (Mar 4, 2026) takes Slam Fire first and puts 5 AP into it early; see Ability Points and Leveling.

Builds

12:44 Silver players build mostly Weapon Items with lifesteal from Vitality Items. What they bought between Oct 15 and Oct 25, 2026, as deadlock-api measured it:

Source: deadlock-api, measured item stats for Silver, Oct 15 to Oct 25, 2026.

Dexerto's build (Mar 4, 2026) is similar: Restorative Shot, Battle Vest, Melee Lifesteal, Close Quarters and Express Shot early; Hunter's Aura, Lifestrike, Spirit Resilience, Unstoppable and Lucky Shot in the middle; Frenzy, Colossus, Spellbreaker, Weighted Shots and Juggernaut late. Item tiers and prices are on Items and Shop and Spirit Items; Builds and Itemization explains how to choose.

Counters and matchups

Range and denial are the usual answers to Silver. Mobalytics advises denying and harassing her in lane, kiting her short range, dodging Boot Kick or the Bola with Warp Stone, and using Cursed Relic on her while she is still in human form. Mobalytics' Street Brawl guide (Aug 27, 2026) names Disarming Hex as the item against her; see Counter Items.

Measured matchups are hard for her. Between Oct 15 and Oct 25, 2026, deadlock-api measured her lowest win rates against Graves (36.4%), Paige (40.0%) and Rat King (40.3%), and her highest against Sinclair (51.7%), Mina (51.2%) and Pocket (51.2%).

Patch history

Recent Valve changes to Silver, newest first:

• Sep 16, 2026: health per boon from 28 to 31; sprint from 1.5 to 2.5 m/s; dashes and light melee no longer pause her gun's cycle; Boot Kick targets only heroes and objectives and the Bola only heroes; the Bola now raises gravity and interrupts flight.
• Jul 28, 2026: gun falloff from 20 to 46 m down to 17 to 42 m; Slam Fire deals 100% bonus damage to troopers and neutrals; Lycan Curse T1 resists from 20% to 15%.
• Jul 9, 2026: Lycan Curse cooldown from 80 s to 60 s.
• Jun 30, 2026: every ultimate's cooldown raised by 15%.
• Jun 11, 2026: Lycan Curse cooldown from 40 s to 70 s; its T3 no longer heals.
• May 31, 2026: Slam Fire current-health damage from 3% to 2.5%; Bola cooldown from 20 s to 23 s; Lycan Curse fire rate from 65% to 60%.
• May 22, 2026: gun cycle from 0.9 s to 0.85 s with the same overall DPS; Lycan Curse fire rate from 80% to 65% with more spirit scaling; the Bola no longer stops jumping and mantling.
• Mar 6, 2026: Lycan Curse reworked several times in the update and its follow-up patches, ending with +125 base health, 1.5 m/s of speed and a T2 of +200 health.

All of Valve's updates are listed on Patches and Updates.

Lore

Silver is Lilah Silver, a bounty hunter who drinks and smokes too much but is good at her job, helped by being a werewolf, according to her biography in the game files. In Valve's reveal she plans to summon a god, and the Lycan Curse "comes calling whether she likes it or not". The wider setting is on Lore and Setting.

Frequently asked questions

When was Silver added to Deadlock? Valve added Silver to Deadlock on Feb 2, 2026, the third hero of the Old Gods, New Blood update, chosen by player vote (Valve).

Is Silver good in Deadlock? In Deadlock, Silver had a 45.93% win rate between Oct 15 and Oct 25, 2026, 36th of 44 heroes in deadlock-api's measurement, and 49.11% at Phantom 1 and above. Dexerto ranked her C (Oct 9, 2026) and Dot Esports D (Aug 25, 2026).

What is the best Silver build in Deadlock? Deadlock's Silver players most often buy Melee Lifesteal, Restorative Shot and Close Quarters in lane, Hunter's Aura and Lifestrike mid game, and Berserker or Frenzy late, as deadlock-api measured for Oct 15 to Oct 25, 2026.

How does Silver's werewolf form work in Deadlock? Lycan Curse lasts 15 seconds and gives Silver extra health, speed and stacking fire rate with new werewolf abilities; it also triggers on its own when her bloodlust bar fills, per Deadlock's game files on Oct 26, 2026.

How do you counter Silver in Deadlock? Harass her in lane, keep your distance from her short-range gun, dodge her Bola and Boot Kick, and curse or disarm her before she transforms, as Mobalytics advises for Deadlock.

Sources

• The Curse Beckons for Silver, Valve, Feb 2, 2026
• Apollo - A Cut Above, Valve, Feb 12, 2026
• Heroes (data read from the game files), deadlock-api, read Oct 26, 2026
• Items and abilities (data read from the game files), deadlock-api, read Oct 26, 2026
• Hero stats, normal-mode matches Oct 15 to Oct 25, 2026 (measured), deadlock-api, read Oct 26, 2026
• Hero stats, Phantom 1+ average badge, Oct 15 to Oct 25, 2026 (measured), deadlock-api, read Oct 26, 2026
• Hero counter stats, Oct 15 to Oct 25, 2026 (measured), deadlock-api, read Oct 26, 2026
• Item stats for Silver, Oct 15 to Oct 25, 2026 (measured), deadlock-api, read Oct 26, 2026
• Minor Update - 10-14-2026, Valve, Oct 15, 2026
• Minor Update - 09-16-2026, Valve, Sep 16, 2026
• Minor Update - 07-28-2026, Valve, Jul 28, 2026
• Minor Update - 07-09-2026, Valve, Jul 9, 2026
• Minor Update - 06-30-2026, Valve, Jun 30, 2026
• Minor Update - 06-11-2026, Valve, Jun 12, 2026
• Minor Update - 05-31-2026, Valve, May 31, 2026
• Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026, Valve, May 22, 2026
• Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026, Valve, Mar 6, 2026
• Deadlock Silver Guide, Mobalytics, undated, read Oct 26, 2026
• Deadlock Street Brawl Mode Explained, Mobalytics (dxvis), Aug 27, 2026
• Best Silver build in Deadlock, Dexerto (Cande Maldonado), Mar 4, 2026
• Deadlock Tier List: Best characters to pick in the 2026 meta, Dexerto, Oct 9, 2026
• Deadlock tier list: Best characters and heroes ranked, Dot Esports (Elizbar Ramazashvili), Aug 25, 2026
• How To Play Silver in Deadlock, The Gwen Gaming Experience, Sep 16, 2026 (video)