Getting Started
Everything a new player needs before (and during) their first matches.
- 1.1 What is Deadlock?
Deadlock is Valve's 6v6 mix of a third-person hero shooter and a lane-pushing MOBA. Here's how a match works, how you win, and what makes it different.
- 1.2 How to get access to Deadlock
Deadlock is still invite-only. Here's exactly how the Steam invite system works, where to find an invite, and why your invite might not be arriving.
- 1.3 Best settings and performance
How to tune Deadlock's graphics for high, stable FPS without losing the visual clarity you need in fights, plus what to know about system requirements.
- 1.4 Controls and keybinds
Every important default keybind in Deadlock, plus the rebinds that make fights easier, from melee and parry to item actives and quick ability upgrades.
- 1.5 Deadlock glossary
A plain-English dictionary of Deadlock terms, from souls, boons and flex slots to the Patron, the Rejuvenator, haunted souls and the Unstable Rift.
- 1.6 Your first 10 matches
A match-by-match plan for new Deadlock players. Learn one skill at a time, from last-hitting souls to buying items and pushing objectives, without getting overwhelmed.
- 1.7 20 common beginner mistakes
The mistakes that keep new Deadlock players losing, from missed soul orbs and banked souls to bad parries and lone wandering, and the quick fix for each.