Deadlock's Apollo hit with multiple nerfs after dominating matches

Apollo, the latest hero to arrive in Deadlock's Cursed Apple and the final member of the Old Gods, New Blood sextuplet, has been hit with a slew of nerfs in the game's official changelog. Players had flagged Apollo as a duelist whose mobility and relative tankiness made him a dominant presence in matches; his third ability, Flawless Advance, let him kip into the air, hover briefly, then strike forward—and when upgraded it healed him on hitting an enemy.

The patch trims many of Flawless Advance's strengths: hit radius down about 10%; base hold damage cut from 30 to 25 with spirit scaling lowered from 0.7 to 0.55; max hold damage reduced from 45 to 40 with spirit scaling from 1.1 to 0.9; perfect damage reduced from 75 to 65 and its spirit scaling from 1.65 to 1.55; T3 perfect damage bonus lowered from +75 to +65 and its spirit scaling indirectly reduced; and the T1 heal on hit drops from 35 to 30.

Riposte on Pummel hit now changes from -15% Bullet Resist to -22% Melee Resist (affecting T2).

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