The Bear Pit - Deadlock

Welcome to The Bear Pit, the new Deadlock focused podcast brought to you by Deathy and rkryptic. In this episode we talk about the Valve and IceFrog balance philosophy of "If everything is op, nothing is op." We also discuss recent balance changes and which heroes are stronger or weaker. In the Curiosity Corner we talk about Holy Locket.Lastly, don't forget to check out the Deathy Slam Content Creator Tournament happening soon! Link here: https://deadlockdeathslam.com/tournaments/deathy-slamTimestamps

0:00 Intro

1:50 Balance Philosophy

19:50 Patch Changes and OP Heroes

45:50 Curiosity Corner

53:25 Deathy Slam Creator Tournament

1:02:00 Outro

Welcome to The Bear Pit, the new Deadlock focused podcast brought to you by Deathy and rkryptic. In this episode we talk about Time to Kill in Deadlock and how the recent patches have tried to address it. We also talk about the most OP heroes of the patch and return to the curiosity corner to discuss Vindicta and the EggTimestamps

0:00 Intro

2:00 Time To Kill

15:25 OP Heroes

48:10 Curiosity Corner

1:03:20 Outro

Welcome to The Bear Pit, the new Deadlock focused podcast brought to you by Deathy and rkryptic. In this episode we talk about the largest balance patch to hit Deadlock. We cover some of the major changes to the game. We also cover some of the major hero reworks and more!

Timestamps

0:00 Intro

1:45 Why Patch SO BIG?

8:30 Power Scaling

11:20 Structures and Game Time

20:30 New Hero Power Identity

28:50 End of Bruiser Meta

42:50 Hero Reworks

1:03:30 Outro

Welcome to The Bear Pit, the new Deadlock focused podcast brought to you by Deathy and rkryptic. In this episode we talk about the upcoming balance patch, announced by Yoshi. Our major discussion this week is about Deadlock's problem with long games and how to end the game. Our Reddit Complaints this week are about Hero Balance and Matchmaking. The Curiosity Corner focuses on Mirage and Echo Shard

Timestamps

0:00 Intro

2:30 Update Announcement

13:20 Ending The Game

34:15 Balance Complaints

49:25 Matchmaking Complaints

59:40 Mirage

1:03:00 Echo Shard

1:07:20 Outro

Welcome to The Bear Pit, the new Deadlock focused podcast brought to you by Deathy and rkryptic. In this episode we are joined by Zerggy! We get to have a discussion about him, his past gaming experience, and how he got into Deadlock. We also discuss the current meta of Deadlock, what it's like to play competitively, and what we hope to see in the future!Find Zerggy Live on Twitch here:https://www.twitch.tv/zerggyyyy

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

1:00 About Zerggy

19:55 Big Floppa

22:00 Competitive Deadlock

32:40 Recent Updates

37:35 Meta Discussion

45:15 What’s Next for Deadlock

52:30 Why do you play Deadlock

57:50 Closing

Welcome to The Bear Pit, the new Deadlock focused podcast brought to you by Deathy and rkryptic. In this episode we talk about the new hero release of Apollo. We rank all the new heroes in power and discuss what is next for Deadlock!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

2:05 - Apollo

18:20 - Voting Stats

21:55 - 6 Hero Power Ranking

35:50 - What’s next for Deadlock?

53:00 - Death Slam Events

1:01:25 - Closing

Welcome to The Bear Pit, the new Deadlock focused podcast brought to you by Deathy and rkryptic. In this episode we talk about the 4 recently released Deadlock heroes: Graves, Celeste, Silver, and Venator. Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

3:45 Celeste

27:00 Venator

40:05 Graves

52:50 Silver

1:05:30 Announcements

1:10:03 Closing

Welcome to The Bear Pit, the new Deadlock focused podcast brought to you by Deathy and rkryptic. In this episode we talk about the recent Old Gods, New Blood Major Update. We discuss the new hero Rem, the new patrons, the map rework, new items, and more!Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

2:25 Rem

16:45 Street Brawl

36:10 New Patrons and Bases

46:10 New Items

52:00 Map Changes

54:30 2026 Predictions

57:45 Outro

Welcome to The Bear Pit, the new Deadlock focused podcast brought to you by Deathy and rkryptic. In this episode we have our first ever guest, Wander, talk a bit about himself, his past gaming experience, and how he got into Deadlock. We also discuss the future of Deadlock and what we believe is needed for it's success.

Find Wander Live on Twitch here:https://www.twitch.tv/wanderdl0:00 Intro

1:00 Who is Wander

11:25 What does Deadlock need to succeed

52:25 Shadow Weave

1:00:00 Mina

1:08:10 Outro

Welcome to The Bear Pit, the new Deadlock focused podcast brought to you by Deathy and rkryptic. In this episode we talk about the Urn and why it it may feel a bit unfun to engage with. We also talk about Reddit's obsession with the patch release and what we think could be expected.

This week's Curiosity Corner segment includes discussion of Abrams and Kinetic Dash.0:00 Intro

0:50 The Urn

31:15 Patch and Reddit

43:30 Abrams

52:50 Kinetic Dash

1:01:30 Outro