Best Deadlock Setups On Haven

Written by: Wei

25/02/2025

Deadlock has been growing in playrate in both ranked and high level professional scene, this is due to her ability to create unique plays that are defensive yet aggressive if needed. This room for creativity allowed for the great Deadlock plays we will teach you about, her best setups and how to utilize her best. So, read on to find the best Deadlock Setups on Haven:

Defending Side

A Site

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Deadlock’s best site on Haven will always be A, and here’s how:

Place your wall on A long as it is the main choke point enemies will use to push through

Use both of your sound sensors on A short and A long choke points, you can easily play off these trips.

C Site

Now on C you’re nothing short of a beast, you can lock down site as long as one of your teammates keeps garage in control for you.

Throw your wall down C long, prioritize having it deeper as this will delay enemies further

Place your sound sensors on and around default so you can play from back site and get kills off it.

Attacking Side

A Site

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Deadlock is one of the best aggressive sentinels in the game if not the absolute best, to achieve that title here’s how to setup your attack:

Throw your gravnet on back site as this is where enemies play most commonly

After you’ve taken site, throw your wall on CT to block the retake

Lastly use your sound sensors on spike and under heaven to catch the drop and earn a kill off it.

C Site

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If you want to execute C, here’s how you could do that from C long as a deadlock:

Throw your gravnet on back site or platform

After you’ve taken site, make sure to wall CT as this is the main choke point enemies use to retake

Lastly use your sound sensors on Default and logs, this allows you to delay enemies and play a good post plant scenario.

Pro Tips

Remember that using your wall ability, each section can be broken separately and it can be done in less time than breaking it all at once. This means enemies can break one section quickly to pass through, being aware of this helps you predict upcoming danger.
The audio sensor activates whenever a player produces an audio cue, this means if you place it for flank and enemies shift or slowly walk through it they will be completely undetected. Deadlock is weak when it comes to setting traps for flank as it can get dodged.
GravNet (C) which is the ability that allows you to force crouch enemies can be canceled in some circumstances like an Omen teleporting or such. Don’t expect enemies to stay crouched after casting a certain ability.
Enemies can easily dodge the sound sensors when they know where it is placed on site, meaning you should always re-arrange your setups and add your touch to the given setups in order to maximize the agent’s efficiency.
Deadlock’s ultimate can bounce off walls to get to a desired position, so in case you had an enemy running away from you make sure to try and hunt them down with an ultimate trick shot!
A common use for Deadlock’s ultimate in post plant one versus one is to enable it and not shoot it until you see the enemy.Usually with the range of the ability you can secure the kill even after being vulnerable for a few seconds after launching it.
To properly secure holding sites, make sure you are buying the correct loadout for the purpose you are aiming for in a certain round. If you are going for kills, then place your sound sensors in cheeky spots and peek off them.
The sound sensor can be tricked just like the killjoy turret and chamber trip, if you hear it alerted that doesn’t mean it launched or caught an enemy as they can simply retreat and hold your peek.