Crackshot
Crackshot is Holliday's third ability in Deadlock (slot 3), a passive ability with a 20 second cooldown. Headshots deal bonus Damage and applies a Fading Move Speed penalty. This effect can only occur when off cooldown. Cooldown is reduced by 50% on NPC hits. Crackshot ignores range damage fall-off and does not apply to objectives.
Open the most-bought Holliday build
The 4 items bought most in each phase of 87,349 Holliday matches, October 30 to November 1, 2026, measured by deadlock-api.com.
Crackshot in matches
Holliday players unlocked Crackshot second in 61.4% of matches (53,948 of 87,792), first in 32.5% of matches (28,565 of 87,792) and third in 5.4% of matches (4,755 of 87,792), 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 Holliday matches in which Crackshot was the first, second, third or fourth ability unlocked, out of every Holliday 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.
Crackshot stats
Crackshot
- Cooldown 20s
Headshots deal bonus Damage and applies a Fading Move Speed penalty. This effect can only occur when off cooldown.
Cooldown is reduced by 50% on NPC hits.
Crackshot ignores range damage fall-off and does not apply to objectives.
Upgrades
| Tier | Bonuses | In game |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | -20% Fading Move Speed | -20% Fading Move Speed |
| 2 | +49.5 Damage -6% Bullet Resist +5 Bullet Resist Reduction Duration | +49.5 Damage and -6% Bullet Resist for 5s |
| 3 | -6s Cooldown Per Headshot -3s Cooldown Per Headshot NPC | -6s Cooldown on Hero Headshots. -3s on NPC Headshots |
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.
Crackshot change history
| Patch | Change | State |
|---|---|---|
| November 5, 2026build 6860from build 6701 | No player-facing change in 43 builds (September 25 to November 5, 2026). | Unchanged |
| September 17, 2026build 6698 | Crackshot's Fading Move Speed changed from -50% to -40% and Bullet Resist Reduction Duration scaling from no scaling to scales with Ability Duration. Crackshot's tooltip layout was reworded. Crackshot's tier 1 upgrade changed from -25% Fading Move Speed to -20% Fading Move Speed; the tier 2 upgrade changed from +49.5 Damage to +49.5 Damage, -6% Bullet Resist and +5 Bullet Resist Reduction 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 |
Crackshot FAQ
What does Crackshot do?
Headshots deal bonus Damage and applies a Fading Move Speed penalty. This effect can only occur when off cooldown. Cooldown is reduced by 50% on NPC hits. Crackshot ignores range damage fall-off and does not apply to objectives. Its tooltip lists 55 Damage (+1.116 x Spirit), -40% Fading Move Speed and 2s Debuff Duration.
What is Crackshot's cooldown in Deadlock?
Crackshot has a 20 second cooldown.
How does Crackshot scale with spirit power?
Damage starts at 55 and gains 1.116 per point of Spirit, the coefficient the game file writes on the value.
What do Crackshot's upgrades do?
Tier 1: -20% Fading Move Speed. Tier 2: +49.5 Damage and -6% Bullet Resist for 5s. Tier 3: -6s Cooldown on Hero Headshots. -3s on NPC Headshots.
Was Crackshot changed in the latest patch?
No. Crackshot is unchanged in the latest build of Deadlock on file (the November 5, 2026 patch, build 6860). It last changed in the September 17, 2026 patch.