Deadlock April 10, 2026 Update Tweaked Dynamo But Stopped Short of a Full Balance Reset
Valve's April 10, 2026 update adjusted several hero and item values, including a visible cooldown increase on Dynamo's Quantum Entanglement, but it did not satisfy players looking for a bigger balance correction.
"Quantum Entanglement cooldown increased from 16s to 19s."
Valve’s April 10, 2026 Deadlock update was the kind of patch that looks meaningful on paper and immediately gets judged by whether it actually changes how the game feels in live queues.
The headline touch for community balance watchers was Dynamo. Quantum Entanglement took a cooldown increase, which signaled that Valve clearly recognized how much of the discussion had started orbiting his rescue, cleanse, and teamfight control utility.
The patch quickly became part of the evidence file in later balance arguments. Instead of closing the case, it gave frustrated players a new reason to say Valve was nudging at the edges of the problem rather than solving it.