Deadlock (valve) - Abrams - Highest MMR gameplay (Top 1% player)

Hero: Abrams
New Valve game Deadlock gameplay
Map: street_test
Player: Yonder i Wander

Keep in mind that playbase is very limited at the moment + replays dont show everything (shop browsing, mouse movements smoothed out, different team colors etc).

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[juhbuhguh]

Ah yes, the game valve refuses to admit it exists that already has over 10k concurrent players

[SpingotGoomer]

just randomly got an invite to the playtest and had to figure out what the hell this game was lol

[NukeOverlord]

Watching and analyzing this one video has changed my Abrams game drastically. I'm a top 1% league player and love how this guy plays. Here's some things to note:

Fun: Trust me, this game is SUPER FUN especially if you enjoy mobas. It reminds me of a really old game some people might remember called Monday Night Combat. It just looks boring but plays fun (like most mobas).

Mechanics: The way he uses melee in both PVP and clearing is the key. Wall pin into charged melee into ulti into charged melee into active slow + fleetfoot + chasing with shotgun is a crazy combo for 1v1ing basically anyone. Use the dash slide trick he does often. It shrinks your otherwise large hitbox and makes you fast and hard to hit.

Items: Copying his purchase pattern of 3 early game items into tier 2 item (1250 souls) spam keeps you strong. You can always sell items for tier 3 and tier 4 items later.
I like to take health regen instead of extra health as my first item - you get back the 160 hp that extra health would've given you in a matter of 1 minute which gives great lane sustain. I take bullet resistance after healing booster instead of debuff reducer, but most of everything else is the same. Experiment to figure out what works for you.

Early game: Hug a pillar or obstacle to get close to minions and focus on them. Peek in and out of corners in pace with your shotgun's fire rate to minimize damage from enemy players. Secure souls if the enemy starts denying them. Be sure to deny souls too. Anyone who tries to push your angle will get into life sap range which means you just out trade them. All it takes is one over extension from the enemy and a few close range shots from your shotgun to send anyone running away with low hp while you lose hardly any. Go for the charged melee if they get too close as long as it doesn't leave you standing in between a ton of minions. TEMPO IS IMPORTANT HERE. Any time you're not taking peek shots at an enemy player, you should be either reloading or shooting minions. A great situation is if 3-5 minions get close enough to be in sap range while you're still behind cover. Take advantage of that for a free heal.

When you're first few levels and don't have a combo, charged melee into two shots into charged melee is your highest DPS. Take your 1 then your 3 ASAP and then upgrade them each once asap. Take your tackle third. Once you have tackle, look for wall pin into charged melee into 2 shots into charged melee or more shooting. You get health regen item ASAP and have too much sustain to get pushed out of lane. Try not to trade too much once you're at half hp. Give your passive sustain and your 1 ability a chance to do their thing. If you're down to 200 hp or less, it's okay to zipline back to base for a heal and come back if your teammate can hold it down for you. It's a tempo loss but better than dying. Take out guardian ASAP. Spend souls as often as possible. After taking out your own lane's guardian, gank an adjacent lane and take that guardian. Go back to your own lane and push the wave to enemy walker then gank another lane with guardian still up and take a third guardian for the team. You instantly win early game for your team through that. Purchase items as often as possible while doing this to stay ahead of everyone and snowball. It's better to gank losing lanes because it's easy to flank, and it prevents the enemy from getting souls from your own guardians.

Mid game: Soul urn is huge. Try to drop whatever you're doing for it because the first urn gives 9000 souls spread through your team. Hold alt and click the minimap to ping it for your team to come help. Take camps while moving between lanes. Try to flank enemies who are pushing in your struggling teammates. It's fine to use your ultimate to kill one person.

Late game: After taking out all of the walkers and some of the double guardians in a few lanes, look to pick off 2 or 3 of the enemy then gather your team with pings to collect mid boss. You DPS the boss with charged melee, double shot, charged melee, double shot, repeat. Once out of ammo, just spam charged melee. Remember, when boss dies, a crystal drops down that you must charged melee in order to actually collect the reward. Abrams has low damage at this point but can still kill squishies. Your primary purpose is using your active slows and your kit's cc to lock people down for your teammates. Your charged melees however do a lot of damage at this stage. You can still turn on anyone 1v1 with your full combo. If you ever get caught and outnumbered, blow your 2 and your dash slides to get out. Ulti if needed. Superior stamina should be purchased by now to make you surprisingly nimble.


Hope these tips help you go undefeated like I've been since watching this vid!

[appledr]

People have been saying that this game will be dead on arrival and I couldn't disagree more. Having played it, it's honestly a really good moba that just needs extra polishing and maybe some character redesigns.

[UnrankedPlayer]

If this is top 1% I'm ready to join Cloud 9

[barghest]

i mean, at this point why not just do open beta valve

[Djayjons]

Feels like the next evolution of a Smite style Moba with the 3rd person view mixed with elements from other games. Doesnt look it plays similar to Overwatch moreso Moba with the early mid and late game stages

[coolerpeon]

Thanks for always hovering over the items you buy when you buy them, helpful in following your build. Think others would also really appreciate if you could drop them in the description.

[Shinedown]

First fun MOBA game. Valve can really hit big with this if they play their cards right post launch.

[ZALYVES]

That double melee parry at 8:40. Well played man.

[SolarisKane]

I honestly have no idea what's going on.

[Outerspacepugyt]

didn't valve also said don't leak/post anything? about the game.

[mohammadhussien]

man hud is all over the place in this game.

[nicoleuswhite]

I've been watching and reading the comments since 2 months ago I got access. Before, it was toxic people trashing on the game saying it's Dead on Arrival lol. Glad to see people are starting to experience the game! It's fun!

[donkeykong]

Do you have an autobuy bind or something for items?

[jimjamsam]

this is more like gotham city imposters than overwatch

[Nokiya]

valve really fucked up with the name
there's already multiple "deadlock" games plus valorant has a character named deadlock which occupies all top results

[nicoleuswhite]

You notice that the the biggest haters are the ones without an invite? Lol.

[boody]

No, but really, how does he stun two enemies with no active items or abilities at 8:35?

[tnish]

1. This game definitely looks like an alpha build, so I'm excited for them to improve on the little things that will make this game really fun to play
2. The middle element toward the top of the screen (under the clock) is confusing. What's happening there, or, what is it supposed to show us that the map on the bottom right side of the screen couldn't? It seems redundant
3. Is this guy using a tank character? He doesn't seem to lose health in a consistent way and it's not clear where the healing is coming from
4. The abilities are everywhere
5. Does the player see this in first person? I understand this video is from a spectator

overall this shit looks really fun