Dadlock — A Deadlock Podcast for the Rest of Us

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Rat King and Baba have officially arrived in Deadlock, and we're digging into how both heroes feel, how they fit into the game, and what their arrival says about where Valve is taking Deadlock next. Join the Dadlock Discord ! Come argue about Deadlock, share builds, submit ideas for the show, and tell us what we got wrong. LINKTREE Dadlock: A Deadlock Podcast is a weekly podcast about Valve's Deadlock—patches, heroes, gameplay, lore, strategy, builds, and whatever else distracts us along the way. Dadlock is an unofficial fan podcast and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Valve. Explicit language and adult humor.

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Deadlock’s City Never Sleeps update is enormous, and join your dads as we attempt to process all of it. Omni and Yarn dive into the new map, redesigned jungle camps, Times Square, the deeply menacing Statue of Liberty, the strange new fog zone, steam vents, environmental details, and whether Valve has finally made Deadlock feel even more like a proper MOBA. Then they get into the Broker and corrupted-item system, the performance hit from the new update, the redesigned health bars and UI, the new item shop, accessibility features, auto-move, keybind customization, and the increasingly urgent question of whether Yarn needs a new computer. And there are six new heroes . We talk Rat King, Solomon, Nurse Harrow, Baba, Violet, and Deadman Danny, speculate wildly about how they might play, and determine the proper voting order completely scientifically. Topics include: Deadlock: City Never Sleeps The completely redesigned map New jungle camps and environmental details The Broker and corrupted items Performance and optimization problems Rat King, Solomon, Nurse Harrow, Baba, Violet & Deadman Danny New health bars, HUD and item shop Accessibility and control changes Deadlock Lore: Dynamo Dead or Locked: Haze vs. Rem Magic: The Gathering Lanterns, Watchmen & President Curtis Dadlock: A Deadlock Podcast is a weekly podcast about Valve’s Deadlock—patches, heroes, gameplay, lore, strategy, and whatever else distracts us along the way. Explicit language and adult humor. Dadlock is an unofficial fan podcast and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Valve.

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Dadlock Episode One Deadlock’s September 16 update is here, and you dads have opinions. Omni and Yarn dig into Valve’s latest Deadlock patch, including movement changes, how they feel about ranked matchmaking, the soul economy, jungle farming, and changes to items like Spiritual Overflow, Golden Goose Egg, Trophy Collector, Lifestrike, and Cultist Sacrifice. We also get into why low-ELO Deadlock sometimes feels like everyone is playing a completely different game, whether Deadlock needs a more defined jungler role, the current state of Warden and, and why you should probably stop playing every match like you’re already in Eternus. Yarn guesses McGinnis lore and the deeply questionable source of all that green soul goo, and the dads check in on what we’ve been playing outside Deadlock—including Subnautica, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and Crimson Desert . Topics include: Deadlock September 16, 2026 patch Movement and gun-cycle changes Ranked matchmaking and rank shields Low-ELO vs. high-ELO Deadlock Abrams, Warden, Wraith, Silver, and more Spiritual Overflow, Lifestrike, Golden Goose Egg, Trophy Collector, and Cultist Sacrifice Deadlock’s soul economy and farming changes Jungle camps and whether Deadlock needs a true jungler role McGinnis lore Dead or Locked: Paradox vs. Mo & Krill What are you playin'? The usual deeply unnecessary dad behavior Chapters 00:00 – Welcome to Deadlock Dads 02:49 – The September 16 Deadlock patch 03:18 – Movement changes 04:31 – Ranked matchmaking and the low-ELO experience 07:44 – Slows, Warden, and item changes 10:31 – Valve turns down the soul economy 11:39 – Does Deadlock need a real jungler role? 16:41 – Mid Boss, Doorman, and annoying strategies 21:12 – Deadlock Lore: What the hell is McGinnis doing? 32:47 – Dead or Locked: Paradox vs. Mo & Krill 36:07 – Dad life 37:46 – What else we’ve been watching and playing We are not professional Deadlock players so we might be wrong from time to time. If you want to correct us or share your thoughts on Deadlock, the Dads, or life itself. Email Dadlock at dadlock.podcast@gmail.com Your Dads love you... Explicit language and adult humor.