Feed The Birds
Feed The Birds is Baba's ultimate in Deadlock (slot 4), an active ability with a 150 second cooldown. Cover targets in front of you with bread, adding a stacking slow .
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The 4 items bought most in each phase of 54,944 Baba matches, October 30 to November 1, 2026, measured by deadlock-api.com.
Feed The Birds in matches
Baba players unlocked Feed The Birds last (fourth) in 99.3% of matches (54,812 of 55,201), 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 Baba matches in which Feed The Birds was the first, second, third or fourth ability unlocked, out of every Baba 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.
Feed The Birds stats
Feed The Birds
- Cooldown 150s
- Range 18m
Cover targets in front of you with bread, adding a stacking slow .
When the channel ends a flock of pigeons bombard the targets, dealing spirit damage and hexing each target into a pigeon, increasing in both damage and duration based on bread count.
- 3.5s Time To Max Stacks
- 32% Max Slow
Upgrades
| Tier | Bonuses | In game |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | +32% Max Slow +4m Cast Range | +4m Cast Range +32% Max Slow |
| 2 | -55s Cooldown | |
| 3 | +125 Max Damage +0.5s Max Pigeon Duration +1.5 Max Damage Spirit scaling | +125 Max Damage +1.5 Spirit Scaling +0.5s Max Duration |
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.
Feed The Birds change history
| Patch | Change | State |
|---|---|---|
| November 5, 2026build 6860from build 6763 | No player-facing change in 30 builds (October 7 to November 5, 2026). | Unchanged |
| October 7, 2026build 6762 | Feed The Birds' description was reworded. Feed The Birds' description now reads: "Cover targets in front of you with bread, adding a stacking slow . When the channel ends a flock of pigeons bombard the targets, dealing spirit damage and hexing each target into a pigeon, increasing in both damage and duration based on bread count." | Changed |
| October 6, 2026build 6757 | Added to Deadlock. | Added |
Feed The Birds FAQ
What does Feed The Birds do?
Cover targets in front of you with bread, adding a stacking slow . When the channel ends a flock of pigeons bombard the targets, dealing spirit damage and hexing each target into a pigeon, increasing in both damage and duration based on bread count. Its tooltip lists 450 Max Damage (+1.6 x Spirit), 2.75s Max Pigeon Duration, 3.5s Time To Max Stacks and 32% Max Slow.
What is Feed The Birds' cooldown in Deadlock?
Feed The Birds has a 150 second cooldown. The tier 2 upgrade changes it by -55s.
How does Feed The Birds scale with spirit power?
Max Damage starts at 450 and gains 1.6 per point of Spirit, the coefficient the game file writes on the value. The tier 3 upgrade adds 1.5 to the Max Damage scaling.
What do Feed The Birds' upgrades do?
Tier 1: +4m Cast Range, +32% Max Slow. Tier 2: -55s Cooldown. Tier 3: +125 Max Damage, +1.5 Spirit Scaling, +0.5s Max Duration.
When was Feed The Birds added to Deadlock?
Feed The Birds was added to Deadlock in the October 6, 2026 patch (build 6757).
Was Feed The Birds changed in the latest patch?
No. Feed The Birds is unchanged in the latest build of Deadlock on file (the November 5, 2026 patch, build 6860). It last changed in the October 7, 2026 patch (build 6762).