r/DeadlockTheGame • u/Axis251 • Feb 24 '26

Discussion A tweet that has me thinking.

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I don’t know if Riot can copy what valve has created with Deadlock. The atmosphere and setting so what I think makes deadlock so enjoyable. Yes the gameplay is amazing and the moba aspects are great but I just don’t think riot will even try to copy valve and make a deadlock clone. What is all y’all’s thoughts.

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u/8Lith8 Seven Feb 24 '26

You think they can‘t but they will find a way, Riot would never skip out on copying a popular Game.

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u/timmytissue Feb 24 '26

Idk what twist they would put on it though. It's not like counter strike where they can add the hero shooter thing. It's already a hero shooter. Idk if riot can really run 2 hero shooters at the same time as well. Seems insane and like it would canabalize their own game.

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u/renan2012bra Feb 25 '26

The twist is making it more accessible. Deadlock will suffer the same fate as Dota: a hard game that keeps casuals from trying it. And I believe Riot will see the opportunity and create an accessible version of Deadlock. Maybe even in the Valorant universe.

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u/timmytissue Feb 25 '26

I'm not sure what they could change to make it more accessible but still a moba shooter. It's just inherently inaccessible. League is inaccessible as well it's just been around a long time.

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u/renan2012bra Feb 25 '26

Just look at Dota and League and do the same with Deadlock.

Simplify items and remove all active ones (maybe leave one or two but put a 140 seconds cooldown), make lanes and roles hard defined so it's more predictable and easier to understand, remove denies, add melee characters for people that don't know how to aim, make rotation way harder to decrease macro play and add a jungler to compensate the lack of roaming, make the map smaller and simpler and maybe reduce the range of everything so it's easier to follow what is going on and who is hitting you.

There you go, you got a fun sized easier Deadlock clone. There are other changes you can do as well such as making towers stronger so it's harder to be owned in lane and maybe change the rail system for a back channel to make the gameplay closer to what League players are used to.

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u/timmytissue Feb 25 '26

That's interesting. I honestly never really saw Dota is less accessible than league, it just has a lot more depth as you get into it. Both are pretty difficult to just play without knowing anything first.

But you make some good points and I suppose with league you can kinda see the light at the end of the tunnel when learning. And it asks a lot less of you in terms of actual strategy.