Audience Participation
Audience Participation is Sinclair's ultimate in Deadlock (slot 4), an active ability with an 85 second cooldown. Copy the Ultimate of an enemy hero for a limited time. Reactivating the ability will use the Copied Ultimate instead. Copies will inherit this ability's upgrade points. Audience Participation will also copy the cooldown.
Open the most-bought Sinclair build
The 4 items bought most in each phase of 40,927 Sinclair matches, October 30 to November 1, 2026, measured by deadlock-api.com.
Audience Participation in matches
Sinclair players unlocked Audience Participation last (fourth) in 98.9% of matches (40,703 of 41,140), 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 Sinclair matches in which Audience Participation was the first, second, third or fourth ability unlocked, out of every Sinclair 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.
Audience Participation stats
Audience Participation
- Cooldown 85s
- Range 20m
Copy the Ultimate of an enemy hero for a limited time. Reactivating the ability will use the Copied Ultimate instead.
Copies will inherit this ability's upgrade points.
Audience Participation will also copy the cooldown.
Upgrades
| Tier | Bonuses | In game |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upgrade the Copy. | |
| 2 | Upgrade the Copy AGAIN! | |
| 3 | Upgrade the Copy ONCE AGAIN! |
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.
Audience Participation change history
| Patch | Change | State |
|---|---|---|
| November 5, 2026build 6860from build 6757 | No player-facing change in 33 builds (October 6 to November 5, 2026). | Unchanged |
| October 5, 2026build 6753 | Audience Participation's Copy Duration changed from 12s to 9s and Copied Cooldown from 40% to 60%. | Changed |
| October 4, 2026build 6746from build 6642 | No player-facing change in 21 builds (July 28 to October 4, 2026). | Unchanged |
| July 25, 2026build 6640 | First recorded in Deadlock. | Baseline |
Audience Participation FAQ
What does Audience Participation do?
Copy the Ultimate of an enemy hero for a limited time. Reactivating the ability will use the Copied Ultimate instead. Copies will inherit this ability's upgrade points. Audience Participation will also copy the cooldown. Its tooltip lists 9s Copy Duration and 60% Copied Cooldown.
What is Audience Participation's cooldown in Deadlock?
Audience Participation has an 85 second cooldown.
What do Audience Participation's upgrades do?
Tier 1: Upgrade the Copy. Tier 2: Upgrade the Copy AGAIN! Tier 3: Upgrade the Copy ONCE AGAIN!
Which hero has Audience Participation?
Audience Participation is Sinclair's ultimate (slot 4).
Was Audience Participation changed in the latest patch?
No. Audience Participation is unchanged in the latest build of Deadlock on file (the November 5, 2026 patch, build 6860). It last changed in the October 5, 2026 patch.