Deadlock counter items: choose the response your hero can use
Match healing, bullet damage, disables and mobility to a useful item without breaking your hero path.
Field manual
Deadlock strategy guides
Understand the purchase before you commit the souls. These guides explain the reviewed planner rules, with examples and their limits.
Start with the decision you need to make
Learning the shop? Start with item upgrades and inventory slots. Facing a difficult enemy? Read counter items and anti-heal. Changing your hero path? Check ability imbues. Already full on items? Use the late-game continuation guide.
Reference: Build 6839, reviewed 1 November 2026. Use the live planner for current-definition checks.
Deadlock anti-heal: Healbane, Toxic Bullets or Decay?
Compare spirit, bullet and targeted anti-heal delivery, active slots and the situations that make each choice useful.
Deadlock ability imbues: single target, automatic and global upgrades
Understand which ability gets an imbue and why upgrading an item can change its target label.
Deadlock item upgrades, soul payments and inventory slots
Separate full price from upgrade payment, keep refunds visible and understand Low → High purchase ordering.
Deadlock late-game builds: what to buy when your inventory is full
Continue an existing build using owned items, available souls, unlocked slots and explicit sell-and-replace decisions.