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Deadlock has 54 Vitality items as of Oct 26, 2026: 8 at Tier 1 (800 souls), 15 at Tier 2 (1,600), 14 at Tier 3 (3,200) and 17 at Tier 4 (6,400). Extra Regen is the most bought, in 36.1% of hero-matches from Oct 15 to Oct 26, 2026.
Deadlock has 54 Vitality items as of Oct 26, 2026, the largest of the three categories: 8 in Tier 1 at 800 souls, 15 in Tier 2 at 1,600, 14 in Tier 3 at 3,200 and 17 in Tier 4 at 6,400, as the game files list them. Vitality items keep a hero alive and moving: health, regeneration, lifesteal, bullet and spirit resist, barriers, sprint and stamina, and the cleanses and crowd-control immunity that answer enemy abilities. Eighteen of them are actives. Spending souls on them raises your Vitality investment bonus, a percentage of base health (see Items and Shop). Deadlock is an invite-only playtest, and the numbers below are dated because Valve changes them often.
Quick facts
| Vitality items | 54 (8 / 15 / 14 / 17 by tier) |
| Actives | 18, among them Healing Rite, Grit, Warp Stone, Metal Skin, Dispel Magic and Unstoppable |
| Investment bonus | +38% base health at 4,800 souls spent, +66% at 28,800 |
| Most bought | Extra Regen, 36.1% of hero-matches |
| Newest item | Grit, added May 22, 2026 |
| Highest measured win rate | Siphon Bullets 58.6% (Oct 12 to Oct 26, 2026) |
Source: game files via deadlock-api, read Oct 26, 2026; Valve, May 22, 2026; deadlock-api's measured item stats, Oct 15 to Oct 26, 2026 and Oct 12 to Oct 26, 2026.
Tier 1 Vitality items (800 souls)
Tier 1 Vitality items are the sustain and mobility buys of the lane, and nearly all of them build into something bigger.
| Item | Cost | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Extra Health | 800 | +210 health (from 185, Mar 6, 2026) |
| Extra Regen | 800 | +2.5 health regen, +1.5 out-of-combat regen |
| Extra Stamina | 800 | +1 stamina, +12% stamina recovery |
| Grit (active) | 800 | A 200 barrier for 4s, 60s cooldown; +1 out-of-combat regen (added May 22, 2026) |
| Healing Rite (active) | 800 | Heal a target 300 over 20s and +2 m sprint, broken by damage from enemy players or objectives, 70s cooldown |
| Melee Lifesteal | 800 | Next melee heals 100, 8s cooldown; +12% melee damage |
| Rebuttal | 800 | A successful parry on a hero heals you for the damage parried, returns it and gives +30% damage for 6s; parry cooldown -1.75s; +75 health |
| Sprint Boots | 800 | +2 m sprint, +2 out-of-combat regen |
Source: the game files, read Oct 26, 2026; changes from Valve's Mar 6, 2026 and May 22, 2026 notes.
Tier 2 Vitality items (1,600 souls)
Tier 2 holds the lifesteal items, the first resist items, Healbane (the cheapest anti-heal) and the four upgrades of Grit.
| Item | Cost | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Battle Vest | 1,600 | Above 65% health, +18% weapon damage and +7% fire rate; +18% bullet resist |
| Bullet Lifesteal | 1,600 | +13% bullet lifesteal, +6% weapon damage, +90 health |
| Debuff Reducer | 1,600 | +25% debuff resist, +90 health |
| Enchanter's Emblem | 1,600 | Above 65% health, +15 Spirit Power and +5% cooldown reduction; +18% spirit resist |
| Enduring Speed | 1,600 | Builds from Sprint Boots; +2 m move speed, +25% slow resist |
| Guardian Ward (active) | 1,600 | Builds from Grit; a 250 barrier and +2.75 m move speed for 6s on a target, 60s cooldown, halved on an ally |
| Healbane | 1,600 | Your spirit damage applies -35% incoming healing for 8s; heal 275 if the enemy dies under it; +7 Spirit Power |
| Healing Booster | 1,600 | Builds from Extra Regen; +20% outgoing healing, +3 health regen |
| Reactive Barrier | 1,600 | Builds from Grit; a 325 barrier when stunned, chained, immobilized, slept or silenced, 55s cooldown |
| Restorative Locket (active) | 1,600 | Stores a stack when an enemy casts within 32 m (max 25); heal 16 per stack and restore up to 3 stamina, 20s cooldown |
| Return Fire (active) | 1,600 | For 6.5s, fire back at attackers, returning 65% of bullet and 25% of spirit damage, 23s cooldown |
| Spirit Lifesteal | 1,600 | +13% spirit lifesteal, +6 Spirit Power, +90 health |
| Spirit Shielding | 1,600 | Builds from Grit; taking 225 spirit damage within 3.5s gives a 300 barrier and +18% spirit resist, 45s cooldown |
| Trophy Collector | 1,600 | Builds from Sprint Boots; each kill or assist adds a stack (max 16) of sprint, range and passive souls (16 per minute since Sep 16, 2026) |
| Weapon Shielding | 1,600 | Builds from Grit; taking 250 weapon damage within 4s gives a 300 barrier and +18% bullet resist, 35s cooldown |
Source: the game files, read Oct 26, 2026; Valve's Sep 16, 2026 notes for Trophy Collector and Restorative Locket's range.
Tier 3 Vitality items (3,200 souls)
Tier 3 Vitality is where the defensive actives live: Warp Stone, Metal Skin, Dispel Magic, Majestic Leap and the group heals.
| Item | Cost | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Bullet Resilience | 3,200 | +30% bullet resist, +15% more below 50% health |
| Counterspell | 3,200 | Your next parry also blocks enemy abilities and items for 0.8s; a successful spell parry heals 150 and gives +20 Spirit Power, 23s cooldown |
| Dispel Magic (active) | 3,200 | Purge all non-ultimate debuffs; if any were removed, heal 250 and gain +2 m move speed; 45s cooldown; +10% spirit resist |
| Fortitude | 3,200 | Builds from Extra Health; after 10s without damage, regenerate 2.25% max health per second; +375 health |
| Fury Trance (active) | 3,200 | Builds from Bullet Lifesteal; +32% fire rate, +40% spirit resist and +1 m move speed for 6.5s, but silenced and without stamina; 18s cooldown |
| Healing Nova (active) | 3,200 | Builds from Healing Rite; heal yourself and allies within 18 m for 325 over 2s, 60s cooldown |
| Lifestrike | 3,200 | Builds from Melee Lifesteal; melee heals 120 plus 35% of melee damage and slows 48% for 2.5s, 4s cooldown |
| Majestic Leap (active) | 3,200 | Launch high with a 200 barrier for 8s, reuse to slam down, 45s cooldown |
| Metal Skin (active) | 3,200 | Immune to bullets for 5s, 24s cooldown; +12% bullet resist |
| Rescue Beam (active) | 3,200 | Builds from Healing Rite; channel 2.5s to heal an ally and yourself 20% of max health and pull the ally to you, 60s cooldown |
| Spirit Resilience | 3,200 | +30% spirit resist, +15% more below 50% health |
| Stamina Mastery | 3,200 | Builds from Extra Stamina; one extra air jump or air dash, +2 stamina |
| Veil Walker | 3,200 | Walking through a cosmic veil gives 8s of stealth, an 85 heal and +3.5 m move speed, 15s cooldown; +125 health |
| Warp Stone (active) | 3,200 | Teleport 11 m ahead and gain +30% bullet resist for 6s, 16s cooldown |
Source: the game files, read Oct 26, 2026; Dispel Magic's 45s cooldown from Valve's May 22, 2026 notes; Fortitude and Veil Walker from Valve's Sep 16, 2026 notes.
Tier 4 Vitality items (6,400 souls)
Tier 4 Vitality mixes late tank items with some of the strongest counters in the game: Unstoppable, Divine Barrier, Inhibitor and Spellbreaker.
| Item | Cost | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Cheat Death | 6,400 | Lethal damage instead gives 4.5s of death immunity (dealing 60% less damage), 90s cooldown; +15% bullet resist, +200 health |
| Colossus (active) | 6,400 | Builds from Extra Health; grow for 7s with +35% bullet and spirit resist, slowing enemies within 14 m, 37s cooldown; +25% base health |
| Divine Barrier (active) | 6,400 | Builds from Guardian Ward; remove a target's non-stun debuffs and give a 600 barrier and +2.75 m move speed for 6s, 45s cooldown, halved on allies |
| Diviner's Kevlar | 6,400 | Casting your ultimate gives a 1,000 barrier and +40 Spirit Power for 20s, 40s cooldown; +10% ultimate cooldown reduction (Sep 16, 2026) |
| Healing Tempo | 6,400 | Builds from Healing Booster; healing gives the target +35% fire rate and +1.25 m move speed for 7s; +25% outgoing healing |
| Indomitable | 6,400 | Builds from Reactive Barrier; removes the next stun, chain, immobilize, sleep or silence, then gives a barrier and cuts ability cooldowns 20%, 55s cooldown (added Apr 30, 2026) |
| Infuser (active) | 6,400 | Builds from Spirit Lifesteal; +70% spirit lifesteal and +30 Spirit Power for 7s, 30s cooldown |
| Inhibitor | 6,400 | Bullets build a 5s debuff of -30% outgoing damage and -40% incoming healing; +10% weapon damage, +150 health |
| Juggernaut | 6,400 | Builds from Enduring Speed; +50% slow resist, +25% melee resist, +8 health regen, +2.5 m move speed, and a 40% fire rate reduction (May 22, 2026) |
| Leech | 6,400 | Builds from both lifesteal items; +28% bullet and spirit lifesteal (from 25%, Sep 16, 2026), resists anti-heal on you; +180 health |
| Phantom Strike (active) | 6,400 | Teleport to an enemy, pull them down, deal 75 damage, disarm and slow them 40% for 3s, 35s cooldown |
| Plated Armor | 6,400 | Bullets have a 30% chance to be deflected or a 50% chance to have on-hit effects blocked; +130 health |
| Siphon Bullets | 6,400 | Each bullet steals 2.5% of the enemy's max health for 17s; +15% weapon damage, +10% bullet resist |
| Spellbreaker | 6,400 | Builds from Debuff Reducer; the next 175+ spirit damage hit is cut 65%, 9s cooldown; +18% spirit resist |
| Unstoppable (active) | 6,400 | Builds from Debuff Reducer; 5.5s of immunity to stun, silence, sleep, root and disarm, 60s cooldown (from 65s, May 22, 2026) |
| Vampiric Burst (active) | 6,400 | Builds from Bullet Lifesteal; +70% bullet lifesteal, +34% fire rate and bonus ammo for 5s, 30s cooldown |
| Witchmail | 6,400 | Taking a 75+ spirit damage hit cuts a random ability cooldown by 4s; +22% spirit resist, +14 Spirit Power |
Source: the game files, read Oct 26, 2026; changes from Valve's Apr 30, 2026, May 22, 2026 and Sep 16, 2026 notes. The game files give Juggernaut no description, so who its fire rate reduction applies to is not stated there.
Most bought Vitality items
Extra Regen is the most bought Vitality item, in 36.1% of hero-matches from Oct 15 to Oct 26, 2026, and it is bought on average at 5.0 minutes, deadlock-api's measured item stats show. Next came Extra Stamina (27.3%), Sprint Boots (25.9%), Healing Booster (24.5%), Enduring Speed (23.0%) and Extra Health (22.9%), then Healbane, Spirit Lifesteal and Spirit Resilience (20.4% each), Fortitude (19.1%) and Grit (18.9%).
The list shows what players value: sustain in lane, then movement across the map. Three of the top five are mobility items (Extra Stamina, Sprint Boots, Enduring Speed), which matches the advice of Mobalytics' expert tier list (Oct 22, 2026) that the City Never Sleeps map makes Sprint Boots and Fortitude near-mandatory for map presence.
Siphon Bullets has the highest measured win rate of any item bought over 200,000 times, 58.6% from Oct 12 to Oct 26, 2026, by deadlock-api's measurement. Metal Skin was among the lowest, 41.8%. Late items look stronger partly because teams already ahead reach them, so these numbers describe matches, not item strength alone.
When to buy Vitality
Every hero needs some Vitality, whatever its build: Game Rant puts it plainly, writing that gun builds suit heroes with a reliable weapon while Vitality items are needed by every hero. The investment bonus rewards it too: Valve's May 22, 2026 table gives +20% base health at 3,200 souls spent on Vitality and +38% at 4,800.
Buy sustain early when the lane goes badly. PC Gamer's beginner tips (Sep 4, 2024) recommend Healing Rite or Extra Regen in a hard lane, sold later when slots run short. Extra Regen's measured average buy time of 5.0 minutes shows how many players follow that.
Buy resists against what is killing you. Spirit Resilience, Spellbreaker and Witchmail answer ability damage, and Bullet Resilience, Metal Skin and Plated Armor answer guns, by the effects the game files list. Dexerto's Abrams guide calls Spirit Resilience "a major defensive spike against ability-heavy heroes." The full list by threat is on Counter Items, and build theory on Builds and Itemization.
Recent Vitality item changes
Vitality items changed in most 2026 patches; the latest are below, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2026: Valve raised Leech's lifesteal from 25% to 28% and Fortitude's regeneration from 2% to 2.25%, gave Diviner's Kevlar +10% ultimate cooldown reduction, cut Trophy Collector from 18 to 16 souls per minute, and stopped Veil Walker building from Sprint Boots.
- Jul 28, 2026: Valve gave Fury Trance's active +1 m move speed and no move penalty while shooting, and raised Diviner's Kevlar's Spirit Power from +35 to +40.
- May 22, 2026: Valve added Grit, cut Unstoppable's cooldown from 65s to 60s and raised Dispel Magic's from 40s to 45s.
- Apr 30, 2026: Valve added Indomitable, moved Trophy Collector from Tier 3 to Tier 2 and raised Counterspell's cooldown from 20s to 23s.
- Mar 6, 2026: Valve raised Extra Health from 185 to 210 and cut Metal Skin's bullet resist from 15% to 12%.
- Jan 30, 2026: Valve's developer Yoshi renamed Debuff Remover to Dispel Magic.
Frequently asked questions
How many Vitality items are in Deadlock? Deadlock has 54 Vitality items as of Oct 26, 2026, by the game files: 8 at Tier 1, 15 at Tier 2, 14 at Tier 3 and 17 at Tier 4. It is the largest of Deadlock's three item categories.
What is the best Vitality item in Deadlock? Deadlock has no single best Vitality item; the most bought was Extra Regen, in 36.1% of hero-matches from Oct 15 to Oct 26, 2026, as deadlock-api measured. Mobalytics' expert calls Sprint Boots and Fortitude near-mandatory on the current map.
What are the best tank items in Deadlock? Deadlock's tank items are Vitality's health and resist items: Extra Health into Fortitude or Colossus, Bullet Resilience and Spirit Resilience (+30% resist each), Plated Armor, Spellbreaker and Cheat Death, as the game files describe them. Which to buy depends on whether guns or abilities are killing you.
What happened to Debuff Remover in Deadlock? Deadlock's Debuff Remover was renamed Dispel Magic on Jan 30, 2026. It is a Tier 3 Vitality active that purges non-ultimate debuffs, with a 45s cooldown since May 22, 2026.
What does Unstoppable do in Deadlock? Unstoppable is a Tier 4 Vitality active in Deadlock that makes you immune to stun, silence, sleep, root and disarm for 5.5s, by the game files read Oct 26, 2026. Its cooldown is 60s since Valve's May 22, 2026 update.
When should I buy Vitality items in Deadlock? In Deadlock, buy sustain such as Extra Regen or Healing Rite when a lane goes badly, as PC Gamer advises, and resists later against the damage type killing you. Vitality investment gives +38% base health once 4,800 souls are spent on it, by Valve's May 22, 2026 table.
Sources
- Items (upgrades), deadlock-api's copy of the game files, read Oct 26, 2026
- Item stats since Oct 15, 2026 and since Oct 12, 2026, deadlock-api (measured), read Oct 26, 2026
- 01-30-2026 Update, Valve (Yoshi) on the Deadlock forums, Jan 30, 2026
- Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026, Valve, Mar 6, 2026
- Gameplay Update - 04-30-2026, Valve, Apr 30, 2026
- Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026, Valve, May 22, 2026
- Minor Update - 07-28-2026, Valve, Jul 28, 2026
- Minor Update - 09-16-2026, Valve, Sep 16, 2026
- Expert Deadlock Tier List, Mobalytics (RinaVX), Oct 22, 2026
- Deadlock: 10 Best Vitality Items, Ranked, Game Rant, 2025
- If Deadlock is your first MOBA, here are 6 tips to suck less at it, PC Gamer (Harvey Randall), Sep 4, 2024
- Best Abrams build in Deadlock, Dexerto, undated, read Oct 26, 2026
- The Only Beginner’s Guide You Need for Deadlock (Updated), Metro Deadlock, Oct 1, 2026 (video)
- Complete Deadlock Beginner Guide in 2026, Gart, Oct 3, 2026 (video)
- You're Building Wrong: Every COUNTER Item EXPLAINED - Deadlock Guide, Ansonex, Mar 25, 2026 (video)
- The Deadlock Item Guide: What’s Actually Worth Buying, Metro Deadlock, Oct 17, 2026 (video)
Moments
The Only Beginner’s Guide You Need for Deadlock (Updated)
Metro Deadlock
Complete Deadlock Beginner Guide in 2026
Gart
You're Building Wrong: Every COUNTER Item EXPLAINED - Deadlock Guide
Ansonex
The Deadlock Item Guide: What’s Actually Worth Buying
Metro Deadlock
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Game ModesDeadlock has three matchmaking modes on Oct 26, 2026 (Standard, Ranked and the 4v4 Street Brawl) plus bot matches, Custom Matches, Explore NYC, the Sandbox and the Hideout for practice. Hero Labs, an experimental mode for unfinished heroes, has been paused since Aug 2025.
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Mid-Boss and RejuvenatorDeadlock's Mid-Boss sits in the Pit at the center of the map from the first second of a match, with 13,000 base health; the team that kills it gets 3,000 souls, 2 permanent buffs each and a Rejuvenator crystal whose buff lasts 3 minutes, and it respawns 7 minutes later.
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Movement and CombatDeadlock heroes move with stamina-based dashes and air jumps, free slides, wall jumps, mantles and out-of-combat sprint, and fight with guns, abilities, light and heavy melee and a parry that stuns an attacking meleer. Most heroes have 3 stamina, a ground dash covers 10 meters and a dash jump 19, and headshots deal 1.65 times damage (Valve's notes and the game files, as of Oct 26, 2026).
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Counter ItemsDeadlock's counter items answer specific threats: Healbane, Toxic Bullets, Decay, Inhibitor, Crippling Headshot and Spirit Burn cut enemy healing; Dispel Magic, Divine Barrier, Unstoppable and Indomitable answer stuns and debuffs; Knockdown, Silencer, Cursed Relic and Disarming Hex shut heroes down.
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Builds and ItemizationA Deadlock build is the order of items a hero buys with souls: gun builds stack Weapon items, spirit builds stack Spirit items, and every hero adds Vitality. Investment bonuses jump once 4,800 souls are spent in a category, and builds change to counter the enemy team.
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Spirit ItemsDeadlock has 49 Spirit items as of Oct 26, 2026: 8 at Tier 1 (800 souls), 12 at Tier 2 (1,600), 13 at Tier 3 (3,200) and 16 at Tier 4 (6,400). Extra Spirit is the most bought item in the game, in 52.6% of hero-matches from Oct 15 to Oct 26, 2026.
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Weapon ItemsDeadlock has 53 Weapon items as of Oct 26, 2026: 7 at Tier 1 (800 souls), 16 at Tier 2 (1,600), 19 at Tier 3 (3,200) and 11 at Tier 4 (6,400). High-Velocity Rounds is the most bought, in 27.7% of hero-matches from Oct 15 to Oct 26, 2026.