How to counter Deadman Danny in Deadlock

Hybrid hero. Counter items for lane, mid and late game, and tips for the hero you play.

Updated for patch 10-05-2026. Counter profile from 2026-11-06.

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Threat profile

Flying rocket skirmisher. Strix Salvo marks you, his jetpack overheats into a dive, Jettison Fuel burns and shreds bullet resist, and Close The Deal grabs you into the air.

Key principle

Slow him while he flies, stay off the Strix Salvo line, and spread out when his jetpack overheats, a dive that hits nobody stuns him. Stay above half health when his ult is ready. Cold items like Cold Front and Arctic Blast cool his jetpack and let him fly longer.

Lane phase items≈ 0-10 min

Slowing Hex the best counter. Slows work on him in the air, and it stops his early dive so he explodes where he is when the overheat ends.
Enchanter's Emblem most of his burst is spirit damage.
Reactive Barrier triggers when Close The Deal grabs you, and later upgrades into Indomitable.
Debuff Reducer shortens the Strix Salvo mark and the Jettison Fuel bullet resist shred.

Mid game items≈ 10-25 min

Counterspell How to use: parry the moment Close The Deal reaches you. It should block the grab and the crash, wasting his ult. You can also parry as Strix Salvo missiles explode on you to skip the damage and the mark. Don't spend it on Jettison Fuel, that's a 2 second spray you can step out of.
Knockdown he's in the air most of the time, so the stun lasts longer.
Spirit Resilience core spirit armor against Strix Salvo and his ult.
Dispel Magic removes the Strix Salvo mark and the Jettison Fuel bullet resist shred.
Bullet Resilience Jettison Fuel deals weapon damage. Metal Skin won't stop it, so armor is the better answer.

Late game items≈ 25 min +

Cursed Relic since 10-30 his jetpack can't be used while cursed, so it grounds him and stops his ult.
Phantom Strike teleport to him and pull him to the ground. Pull to ground effects work more reliably on him since 10-30.
Indomitable automatically cleanses the Close The Deal grab.
Unstoppable ignore his crowd control, including the grab, for 5.5 seconds.
Capacitor slows him hard and silences his movement abilities, including the jetpack.
Spellbreaker cuts his big spirit hits, like a marked Strix Salvo or the ult crash, by 65%.
Witchmail heavy spirit resist.

Patch note

11-04-2026: Close The Deal bonus damage against targets under half health cut from +75% to +55%, Strix Salvo spirit scaling down 8%, and the T2 jetpack heal cut to 125. On 10-30 his jetpack stopped working while cursed, and pull to ground effects now work more reliably on him.