Air Drop
Air Drop is Ivy's ultimate in Deadlock (slot 4), an active ability with a 100 second cooldown. Grab an ally and take flight with them. Drop your ally to cause an explosion, dealing spirit damage. You and your ally gain increased Outgoing Damage when flying ends. Cooldown reduced by 30% when used on allies.
Open the most-bought Ivy build
The 4 items bought most in each phase of 81,934 Ivy matches, October 30 to November 1, 2026, measured by deadlock-api.com.
Air Drop in matches
Ivy players unlocked Air Drop last (fourth) in 99.3% of matches (81,724 of 82,337) and third in 0.6% of matches (510 of 82,337), in all-rank matches from October 30 to November 1, 2026, from patch 6833's release day.
Measured from matches at all ranks from October 30 to November 1, 2026, starting on the day patch 6833 was released (October 30, 2026), by deadlock-api.com. These are match results, not numbers from the game files, and not a recommendation. Each share is the Ivy matches in which Air Drop was the first, second, third or fourth ability unlocked, out of every Ivy match counted; a step under 500 matches is not listed.
Match data: deadlock-api.com. deadlock-api.com is not endorsed by Valve and does not reflect the views or opinions of Valve or anyone officially involved in producing or managing Valve properties. How a share is computed: methodology.
Air Drop stats
Air Drop
- Cooldown 100s
- Duration 21s
- Range 22m
Grab an ally and take flight with them. Drop your ally to cause an explosion, dealing spirit damage. You and your ally gain increased Outgoing Damage when flying ends.
Cooldown reduced by 30% when used on allies.
Taking damage briefly disables using the ability.
While lifted, your ally cannot attack and deals -20% damage.
- 20m Explode Radius
- 8s Buff Duration
Upgrades
| Tier | Bonuses | In game |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | +300 Barrier +0.7 Barrier Spirit scaling | On Fly End : 300 Barrier to Ivy and ally that scales with Spirit |
| 2 | -32% Move Speed +3s Slow Duration | +32% Slow for 3s on enemies hit |
| 3 | +3s Silence Duration +1.5 Explode Damage Spirit scaling +1 Barrier Spirit scaling | Silence for 3s on enemies hit. Increases damage and barrier scaling. |
Each tier is bought with ability points; how many points a tier costs is not in the game files this site reads, so it is not shown. Learning the ability takes 1 ability unlock.
Air Drop change history
| Patch | Change | State |
|---|---|---|
| November 5, 2026build 6860from build 6782 | No player-facing change in 24 builds (October 14 to November 5, 2026). | Unchanged |
| October 13, 2026build 6779 | Air Drop's Ability Cast Range is now called Grab Range. | Changed |
| October 9, 2026build 6774from build 6701 | No player-facing change in 18 builds (September 25 to October 9, 2026). | Unchanged |
| September 17, 2026build 6698 | Air Drop's tier 2 upgrade changed from -40% Move Speed and +3s Slow Duration to -32% Move Speed and +3s Slow Duration. | Changed |
| August 22, 2026build 6684from build 6642 | No player-facing change in 11 builds (July 28 to August 22, 2026). | Unchanged |
| July 25, 2026build 6640 | First recorded in Deadlock. | Baseline |
Air Drop FAQ
What does Air Drop do?
Grab an ally and take flight with them. Drop your ally to cause an explosion, dealing spirit damage. You and your ally gain increased Outgoing Damage when flying ends. Cooldown reduced by 30% when used on allies. Taking damage briefly disables using the ability. While lifted, your ally cannot attack and deals -20% damage. Its tooltip lists 115 Explode Damage (+0.7 x Spirit), 20% Outgoing Damage Bonus, 20m Explode Radius and 8s Buff Duration.
What is Air Drop's cooldown in Deadlock?
Air Drop has a 100 second cooldown.
How does Air Drop scale with spirit power?
Explode Damage starts at 115 and gains 0.7 per point of Spirit, the coefficient the game file writes on the value. The tier 3 upgrade adds 1.5 to the Explode Damage scaling.
What do Air Drop's upgrades do?
Tier 1: On Fly End : 300 Barrier to Ivy and ally that scales with Spirit. Tier 2: +32% Slow for 3s on enemies hit. Tier 3: Silence for 3s on enemies hit. Increases damage and barrier scaling.
Was Air Drop changed in the latest patch?
No. Air Drop is unchanged in the latest build of Deadlock on file (the November 5, 2026 patch, build 6860). It last changed in the October 13, 2026 patch.