Aura of Suffering
Aura of Suffering is Victor's third ability in Deadlock (slot 3), a toggled ability with a 2 second cooldown. Unleash pain, dealing spirit damage over time to both enemies and yourself. The damage continues to increase the longer the ability is channeled, up to a maximum amount.
Open the most-bought Victor build
The 4 items bought most in each phase of 137,104 Victor matches, October 30 to November 1, 2026, measured by deadlock-api.com.
Aura of Suffering in matches
Victor players unlocked Aura of Suffering third in 91.0% of matches (125,478 of 137,836), second in 7.5% of matches (10,274 of 137,836), first in 1.1% of matches (1,452 of 137,836) and last (fourth) in 0.4% of matches (577 of 137,836), 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 Victor matches in which Aura of Suffering was the first, second, third or fourth ability unlocked, out of every Victor 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.
Aura of Suffering stats
Aura of Suffering
- Cooldown 2s
- Duration 8s
Unleash pain, dealing spirit damage over time to both enemies and yourself.
The damage continues to increase the longer the ability is channeled, up to a maximum amount.
- 70% Self Damage
Upgrades
| Tier | Bonuses | In game |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | -20% Move Speed -22 Enemy Dash Slow Percent +0.5s Debuff Duration | Enemies receive 20% Move and Dash Slow |
| 2 | +6 Minimum DPS +34 Max DPS | +6 Min DPS and +34 Max DPS |
| 3 | +16% Damage Taken +1m Radius | +1m Radius Enemies take +16% Damage |
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.
Aura of Suffering change history
| Patch | Change | State |
|---|---|---|
| November 5, 2026build 6860from build 6835 | No player-facing change in 9 builds (October 30 to November 5, 2026). | Unchanged |
| October 30, 2026build 6833 | Aura of Suffering's tier 3 upgrade changed from +15% Damage Taken and +1m Radius to +16% Damage Taken and +1m Radius. | Changed |
| October 26, 2026build 6821from build 6701 | No player-facing change in 33 builds (September 25 to October 26, 2026). | Unchanged |
| September 17, 2026build 6698 | Aura of Suffering's tier 1 upgrade changed from -25% Move Speed, -25 Enemy Dash Slow Percent and +0.5s Debuff Duration to -20% Move Speed, -22 Enemy Dash Slow Percent and +0.5s Debuff 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 |
Aura of Suffering FAQ
What does Aura of Suffering do?
Unleash pain, dealing spirit damage over time to both enemies and yourself. The damage continues to increase the longer the ability is channeled, up to a maximum amount. Its tooltip lists 13 Minimum DPS (+0.15 x Spirit), 58 Max DPS (+0.72 x Spirit) and 70% Self Damage.
What is Aura of Suffering's cooldown in Deadlock?
Aura of Suffering has a 2 second cooldown.
How does Aura of Suffering scale with spirit power?
Minimum DPS starts at 13 and gains 0.15 per point of Spirit and Max DPS starts at 58 and gains 0.72 per point of Spirit, the coefficients the game file writes on the values.
What do Aura of Suffering's upgrades do?
Tier 1: Enemies receive 20% Move and Dash Slow. Tier 2: +6 Min DPS and +34 Max DPS. Tier 3: +1m Radius, Enemies take +16% Damage.
Was Aura of Suffering changed in the latest patch?
No. Aura of Suffering is unchanged in the latest build of Deadlock on file (the November 5, 2026 patch, build 6860). It last changed in the October 30, 2026 patch (build 6833).