https://x.com/MTFOX9/status/2115513022043316311

Just started playing Deadlock and it blown me away with it artstyle. I couldnt resist but draw a character in this style.
Streets call him the Ghoul.
His broken staff summons a ghostly Thompson gun.
Hope you like it!

I don't know if this was intentional on Valve's part, but Rat King (and a lot of the rats he carries around) have traits that only domestic rats exhibit, very specifically the colors and patterns of his coat and the large sideways ears.

Rat King also gets defensive when called a 'domestic threat' by Seven. I'm fairly certain Rat King is smart enough to know what a 'domestic threat' is and the fact his mind immediately jumped to 'domestic rat' and felt the need to clarify (lie) that he is NOT domesticated is interesting.

I bet part of him thinks hes a sham because hes not a tough and survivable wild rat, but one that was bred for a gentle temperament and soft coat. It adds another layer to his hatred towards humans imo.

https://x.com/hunny__pp/status/2115444085268033848

Special shoutout to the Rabies Ronnie and Mango cameos.

I needed to get this stupid idea out of my head so I drew it
Yes grey talon's bow is wrong, I'm not drawing that weird shit
Also haha get it? Ivy? plant? yeah ok

https://x.com/snowby_ox/status/2115431642592575872/photo/1

Shiv has been a huge balance problem for a while now- so I think it's time for a full rework.

This is my idea for it. In my opinion Shivs identity is as a defensive Frontline bruiser that can do great damage if you play his very technical style right- with some burst mobility added in there for extra swagger. This rework seeks to enhance those aspects of his kit- making his close range AoE and creep clear a lot better with a multi targeting short ranged electricity cannon (I thought that some kind of taser or shock ability made sense for a monster hunter) his dash a lot more versatile with some good vertical mobility and CC added in, and making him play into his identity as a big monkey or almost gorilla type character design a lot more with bringing his transformation from neon prime back in his ult.

I'm really proud of this, and I hope you guys also enjoy it :> I won't be posting this to the forums because I don't actually have a PC and wouldn't wanna play this fucking game even if I did.

da artist and da author...

all done by @meowsacre

May start engagin with reddit more, Mothman was my most recent but will upload sum other stuff too such as my Viscous redesign!
Def tried to lean more into his Ocean origins. It will be in the notes above on the canvas, but one thing I always found interestin was that his weapon is called 'Deep sea interpreter', so I turned it into an old naval radio that he has dredged up and now carries on his back which connects to a little barrel hand gun!
Viscous is one of my fav characters and I can't wait for his proper remodel :)

Art Source: https://x.com/4mulaic/status/2111988961757516266

Slitherbell

Breaking the illusion for those curious: The only actual mod here are the camera position and replacement of icons. The actual animations shown are on a completely seperate overlay not tied to Deadlock at all; consisting of transparent videos simply bound to play when a certain key or mousebutton is pressed/held down. Essentially just Hotkey shortcuts but it plays a video when pressed. This is also why it's on top of the UI.

The whole EU/RU merge has caused a lot of talk and while I dont mean this to be any sort of anti Russian post its not like the issue isnt real. Theres a ton of Russians who want to or can only speak Russian while majority on non Russian EU does not understand Russian.

The language barrier is just a fact and forcing people who dont share a language in the same team in a game that requires communication just isnt gonna magically fix that. I have no issues if some people want to communicate in Russian but why do I have to be forced into that as someone who does not understand or speak Russian and vice versa. Especially since atleast from my experience with the merge the queue time improvements have been marginal at best. Yet Dota 2 allready has a option to choose what language you wanna be matched with.

This will just improve matches for both Russians and non Russians. The people who want to speak English get teammates that speak English instead of ones that speak a language that they dont understand. And the Russian speakers get to match with other Russian speakers since I would assume that if one doesnt want to speak English to begin with theyd rather prefer teammates that speak and understand Russian.

Please share all the variations I beg