Deadlock silences items
Switches an enemy’s abilities off for a window.
6 items on patch 09-16-2026. Pick a tier, then an item, for what it does and when to buy it.
Weapon
1 item6,400 souls each
Silencer Silencer +12% Spirit Resist -25% Spirit Damage Reduction +2.5s Silence Duration +6s Debuff Duration +10s Immunity Duration Documented Bullets build toward a Silence and, in the meantime, cut the target's outgoing Spirit Damage. It is the single most reliable gun-based answer to an ability carry.
Buy when: Buy when an enemy spellcaster is the main damage threat and you can land sustained bullets on them.
+12% Spirit Resist; -25% enemy Spirit Damage for 6s; 2.5s Silence at full build-up, then 10s immunity on that target
Watch out: Silence does not apply to a target with Unstoppable active
Spirit
5 items1,600 souls each
Slowing Hex Slowing Hex +29s Cooldown +3.5s Duration +0.1s Cast Delay +16% Move Speed -26% Dash Distance Documented A point-and-click debuff that slows the target, increases their gravity and — critically — silences their movement abilities and movement items, so they cannot dash, blink or fly away.
Buy when: The community-standard answer to escape artists: buy it when an enemy repeatedly dashes, blinks or flies out of your kill window.
-20% Move Speed, -30% Dash Distance, 120% gravity for 3.5s; 25m cast range, 27s cooldown; +0.5m Sprint Speed
Watch out: Silences movement-based abilities AND movement items — it disables Warp Stone, Phantom Strike, Vindicta's Flight, Infernus's Flame Dash and similar
3,200 souls each
Silence Wave Silence Wave +42s Cooldown +3s Duration +0.1s Cast Delay +50 Bonus Health Documented Fires an expanding projectile that silences every enemy it passes through and deals impact damage. It is the only area Silence available before tier 4.
Buy when: Buy to cut off enemy ability combos or to interrupt a channelled ultimate from range — it is the go-to counter to ability-reliant teams.
3s Silence, 75 spirit damage (0.7 scaling), 40m cast range, 42s cooldown; +50 Bonus Health
Watch out: Damage spirit scaling raised 0.6 -> 1.0 and cooldown cut 35s -> 30s on 6 Mar 2026; the wiki currently lists 42s base cooldown
6,400 souls each
Cursed Relic Cursed Relic +55s Cooldown +3.25s Duration +0.1s Cast Delay -25% Damage Penalty Documented Curses a single enemy: it interrupts them, silences them, disarms them, blocks item use and strips all their non-ultimate buffs. Nothing else in the game removes an enemy from a fight so completely — but holding it costs you damage.
Buy when: Buy to shut down one enemy carry or to cancel a game-deciding ultimate outright.
3.25s curse (interrupt, Silence, Disarm, item lockout, removes non-ultimate buffs) plus a 0.3s stun and heavy slow; 20m cast range, 55s cooldown; -25% of your own damage while the curse runs
Watch out: Since 30 Jan 2026 it no longer grants weapon damage and instead applies an 8% total damage penalty while held; it also lost its spirit resist and health bonuses
Focus Lens Focus Lens +45s Cooldown +4.5s Duration +0.1s Cast Delay +35% Damage On Expire +10% Fire Rate -9% Spirit Resist -30 Spirit Power +12s Resist Reduction Duration Documented Silences a single enemy at range and banks a share of all damage dealt to them during the Silence, dumping it on them when the Silence ends. It is the hardest single-target lockout in the game.
Buy when: Buy to delete one enemy caster from the fight entirely — it stops every ability and item they have for four and a half seconds.
4.5s Silence, 30% of damage dealt applied on expiry, -9% Spirit Resist, 20m cast range, 45s cooldown; +10% Fire Rate
Vortex Web Vortex Web +42s Cooldown +4s Duration +0.2s Cast Delay +0.5s Tether Duration +28% Move Speed -36% Dash Distance +8% Ability Range +8% Radius Documented A vacuum grenade that drags every enemy in a wide radius into one spot and applies Slowing Hex Slowing Hex +29s Cooldown +3.5s Duration +0.1s Cast Delay +16% Move Speed -26% Dash Distance to all of them, silencing their movement abilities.
Buy when: Buy to set up team wipes against scattered, mobile enemies — it groups them and takes away their escapes at once.
12m capture radius, -28% Move Speed, -36% Dash Distance for 4s plus Slowing Hex, 42s cooldown; +8% Ability Range, +0.75m Sprint Speed
Watch out: Applies the full Slowing Hex effect, so it silences enemy movement items such as Warp Stone and Phantom Strike
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