Deadlock, Valve's worst-kept secret, often receives massive updates that change or alter just about every part of the game. Since it's a project still in active development, huge pivotal patches are nothing surprising, but this latest one is huge, no matter which way you cut it.By introducing over 800 changes, Deadlock's March 6 patch is certainly one of its biggest, targeting every hero in the game. A few dozen alterations were made to the general systems of the game, such as how much money is earned for destroying towers, how much HP towers have, and so on. Every aspect of regular play has been touched up at least somewhat, but items and heroes were primary targets for this latest patch. About a hundred or so tweaks were made to the game's many items. A new item, Golden Goose Egg, was added to the game, while some, like the Backstabber, were renamed for the sake of making them fit with the game's theme and aesthetic more. That item is now called Stalker, which is a minor change but also one that'll help make the item stand out more. Renames were particularly present among heroes, however. Abilities, like Paige's "Conjure Dragon," were given more lore- and character-appropriate titles, i.e., "Bookwyrm," reflecting Paige's nature as an avid reader of fantasy stories. Likewise, her "Defend and Fight" spell was renamed to "Plot Armor," again playing into her characteristics. Other heroes received similar changes, but I found these to be the most quirky and interesting of them all. It's not even been that long since Deadlock's last major overhaul. Image via ValveValve loves a good wordplay (just open any Dota 2 hero's voice lines and look at their appearance, and all will be made clear), and its introduction to Deadlock at this level indicates to me that the bulk of the Dota 2 development team has been switched to this title.The massive update, which not only dealt with superficial changes like names and flair but also fundamentally rebalanced the entire roster, implies that development of Deadlock is slowly but surely picking up pace. The game is still far off in my opinion, and we probably won't be seeing it before 2027, but the size of this update proves many people are working on it, and man, are they putting in the effort. It hasn't even been a few months since Deadlock received its last major overhaul, the one that saw the entire map changed, alongside most of the game's aesthetics and art style. Valve isn't playing around when it comes to making this thing and perfecting its formula that stands to revolutionize the world of competitive multiplayer titles. You can read the entire, exhaustive patch notes here, as there were simply too many tweaks for us to put into the article itself. The post Deadlock revamps its whole hero pool as new patch introduces over 800 changes appeared first on Destructoid.