Deadlock Season 2: start time and best heroes
Ranked Season 2 · Countdown and what to play
Ranked Season 1 ends on Thursday, November 5, 2026 at 22:00 UTC (2:00 PM Pacific, 5:00 PM Eastern, 11:00 PM in Central Europe). The game's own season data starts Season 2 at that same moment, with no break between them.
Season 1 ends, Season 2 starts
Best heroes to place with
The top of the tier list at each end of the ladder, last 30 days, by win rate discounted for small samples.
Best heroes, all ranks
Last 30 days. A rank reset doesn't move these: every game counts, whatever rank it was played at.
Graves57.3%2,046,538 games
Rat King56.4%2,996,924 games
Paige56.0%1,435,585 games
Seven54.8%1,553,334 games
Victor54.1%1,429,652 games
Kelvin54.1%628,296 games
What we know about the reset
- Season 1 ends Nov 5 at 22:00 UTC. That time is from the game's own season data, not a guess.
- Valve hasn't published how big the reset is, how many placement matches there are, or whether Season 1 gives rewards. Community guides expect a soft reset: your rank is re-placed over a few matches, with your Season 1 history counted.
- If Valve ships a patch with the new season, it shows up on the patches page the day it lands.
How LockMeta handles the switch
- All-ranks numbers (the main tier list, hero pages on All ranks) carry on as normal: a reset changes who plays at each rank, not how heroes play.
- Rank-filtered numbers (low elo, high elo, any rank you pick) stay on Season 1's final 30 days, with a note saying so, right after the reset. Right after a reset a "Phantom" game is full of players still being placed, so mixing them in would make those numbers wrong.
- Each rank switches to Season 2 numbers on its own, once half the heroes have 10,000 Season 2 games there. Busy ranks get there first; Phantom and above takes longest.
Questions
When does Deadlock Season 2 start?
Season 1 ends on Thursday, November 5, 2026 at 22:00 UTC, which is 2:00 PM Pacific, 5:00 PM Eastern, 11:00 PM in Central Europe. Season 2 starts at the same moment.
Do ranks reset in Deadlock Season 2?
Ranks are re-placed for the new season, but Valve hasn't published how big the reset is or how many placement matches there are. Community guides expect a soft reset, where your Season 1 history still counts.
What are the best heroes for Season 2 placements?
In low elo (Obscurus to Acolyte) the heroes winning most in the last 30 days are Rat King (55.3% over 180,856 games), Graves (55.1% over 118,946 games) and Paige (54.7% over 102,122 games). In high elo (Phantom to Eternus) they are Baba (54.5% over 34,701 games), Rat King (53.8% over 70,526 games) and Wraith (53.7% over 49,681 games) in the last 30 days.
When will Season 2 tier lists be accurate?
All-ranks tier lists are accurate the whole time. Rank-filtered ones need Season 2 games at that rank: LockMeta switches each rank over once half the heroes have 10,000 Season 2 games there, and shows Season 1's final numbers with a note until then.