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Deadlock: Guide to Maximizing Soul Acquisition and Mastering the Game
This guide explains how to get more souls in Deadlock, prioritizing trooper waves, stealing enemy camps, and optimizing farming between objectives. It highlights the importance of adapting the strategy according to the hero's role (carry or non-carry) and taking advantage of opportunities to steal the sinner's sacrifice.
1. 💡 Introduction: Solving the Soul Generation Problem
- ✅ The problem of obtaining souls in Deadlock is simpler than it seems.
- ✅ The key is to understand the most important source of souls.
- ✅ Even with an initial disadvantage, it is possible to recover and dominate the late game by obtaining enough souls.
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1. 💡 Introduction: Solving the Soul Generation Problem
- ✅ The problem of obtaining souls in Deadlock is simpler than it seems.
- ✅ The key is to understand the most important source of souls.
- ✅ Even with an initial disadvantage, it is possible to recover and dominate the late game by obtaining enough souls.
00:27 - 01:53
2. 🥇 Prioritizing Soul Sources: Trooper Waves, Sacrifices, and Jungle
- ✅ The main source of souls are the trooper waves.
- ✅ Souls are divided among the players in the same lane, reducing individual gain.
- ✅ Soul source priorities:
- 1. Trooper waves
- 2. Central sacrifice
- 3. Jungle camps
- 4. Crates
- 5. Golden statues
- 6. Objectives (walkers)
- 7. Kills (less reliable)
01:54 - 04:21
3. 🔄 The Soul Rhythm: Strategy for Continuous Soul Generation
- ✅ Push the wave and then take a jungle camp, retreating towards your side of the map.
- ✅ Take the enemy jungle camp first to deny them farming.
- ✅ Farm the crates between points.
- ✅ Don't get involved in unnecessary fights at the beginning of the game.
- ✅ Don't shoot the tower unless you can do significant damage.
04:22 - 04:56
4. 😈 The Sinner's Sacrifice: A Crucial Checkpoint at 8 Minutes
- ✅ The sinner's sacrifice appears at 8 minutes and grants as many souls as a full wave.
- ✅ Stealing the first sacrifice is a high priority, as it is relatively easy and denies the enemy.
- ✅ Obtaining both sacrifices provides a great soul advantage at the beginning of the game.
04:57 - 06:06
5. 🛡️ Adapting to Enemy Pressure: Securing Your Jungle and Maintaining the Rhythm
- ✅ If the enemy constantly pressures you, secure your jungle to prevent them from stealing.
- ✅ Don't allow the enemy to prevent you from farming and obtaining souls.
- ✅ The process repeats after the destruction of a guardian, with the walker as the objective.
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6. 🦸♂️ Role-Specific Soul Strategies: Carries vs. Non-Carries
- ✅ If you play a non-carry hero (Mowen, Krill, Rem, etc.), help your team take guardians or steal enemy sacrifices.
- ✅ With non-carry heroes, it is important to be up to date with the soul count, but not necessarily be far ahead.
- ✅ If you play a carry hero (Wraith, Infernace, etc.), stay alone in a lane to obtain 100% of the soul value.
- ✅ Non-carry heroes can share souls, generating more souls in total for the team.
07:13 - 08:44
7. 🎯 The Soul Rhythm in Detail: Priorities and Constant Adaptation
- ✅ Capture every wave you can to obtain souls.
- ✅ Push the wave, take the hubs in the jungle as you retreat, and farm the crates between points.
- ✅ If you have a good opportunity, take the walker.
- ✅ Push until you are in danger and then retreat to farm.
- ✅ Forcing an enemy to defend the wave gives you the opportunity to take their jungle.
08:45 - 09:03
8. 👋 Farewell and Additional Resources
- ✅ Thanks to YouTube members for their support.
- ✅ Invitation to join the Discord and follow on Twitter.
- ✅ Announcement of an upcoming stream.