New Deadlock tool uncovers meta builds based on real player stats

While some will spend their holiday season cozied up on the sofa with a mug of eggnog and a Steam Deck, I can tell you now that I’ll be at the PC grinding Deadlock. As a long-time League of Legends fan, Valve’s new MOBA shooter hybrid certainly has my attention, with its 1920s art deco occult style simply the icing on an already good-looking cake. If, like me, you’re hyper-competitive and looking to make a real dent in the leaderboard, our shiny new sister site, Deadlock Rank, is perfect for you.

As someone who spends hours on end fine-tuning her League of Legends builds to squeeze every ounce of utility out of them, Deadlock Rank is an absolute dream. While it’s still in beta (much like the MOBA itself), it gives you all the information you’d ever need, from win rates and pick rates to which teleporter to use.

It also ranks the Deadlock characters from best to worst, with full guides for each one in the works. So if you’re a Pocket main, you can see the recommended items for them at a glance based on their win rate.

Speaking of items, Deadlock Rank has a complete shop list, meaning you can easily hover over items and see how much they cost and what perks they grant you. This is perfect for theorycrafting and tracking synergies and will be updated as the game progresses.

There’s also a leaderboard that, of course, I want to be on top of. Split across Deadlock’s primary regions, you can see top-tier players’ ranks, win rates, and KDAs, as well as who they’re playing and how often. As someone who constantly checks what support players like Martin ‘Rekkles’ Larsson are building in League of Legends, I can tell you now that this is an absolute godsend.

Deadlock Rank is the perfect analytics tool, and it’ll continue to expand as the game blossoms. Whether you’re looking to climb the competitive ladder and kick ‘Cat’ off of the top spot or simply want to hone your skills, I’d recommend checking it out.

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