Guided Owl
Guided Owl is Grey Talon's ultimate in Deadlock (slot 4), an active ability with a 125 second cooldown. After 1.5s cast time, launch a spirit owl that you control and which explodes on impact, damaging and stunning enemies. Hold Move forward to accelerate the owl. Press Jump / mantle to release control.
Open the most-bought Grey Talon build
The 4 items bought most in each phase of 82,489 Grey Talon matches, October 30 to November 1, 2026, measured by deadlock-api.com.
Guided Owl in matches
Grey Talon players unlocked Guided Owl last (fourth) in 98.5% of matches (81,633 of 82,896) and third in 1.4% of matches (1,136 of 82,896), 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 Grey Talon matches in which Guided Owl was the first, second, third or fourth ability unlocked, out of every Grey Talon 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.
Guided Owl stats
Guided Owl
- Cooldown 125s
After 1.5s cast time, launch a spirit owl that you control and which explodes on impact, damaging and stunning enemies. Hold Move forward to accelerate the owl.
Press Jump / mantle to release control. Gain permanent Spirit Power for each enemy hero killed with Guided Owl.
- 8 Spirit Power Per Kill
Upgrades
| Tier | Bonuses | In game |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | +85 Damage | |
| 2 | -40s Cooldown | |
| 3 | +22% Low Health Threshold | After hit, kills enemies that are below 22% Health |
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.
Guided Owl change history
| Patch | Change | State |
|---|---|---|
| November 5, 2026build 6860from build 6642 | No player-facing change in 55 builds (July 28 to November 5, 2026). | Unchanged |
| July 25, 2026build 6640 | First recorded in Deadlock. | Baseline |
Guided Owl FAQ
What does Guided Owl do?
After 1.5s cast time, launch a spirit owl that you control and which explodes on impact, damaging and stunning enemies. Hold Move forward to accelerate the owl. Press Jump / mantle to release control. Gain permanent Spirit Power for each enemy hero killed with Guided Owl. Its tooltip lists 230 Damage (+0.93744 x Spirit), 12m Explosion Radius, 0.75s Stun Duration and 8 Spirit Power Per Kill.
What is Guided Owl's cooldown in Deadlock?
Guided Owl has a 125 second cooldown. The tier 2 upgrade changes it by -40s.
How does Guided Owl scale with spirit power?
Damage starts at 230 and gains 0.93744 per point of Spirit, the coefficient the game file writes on the value.
What do Guided Owl's upgrades do?
Tier 1: +85 Damage. Tier 2: -40s Cooldown. Tier 3: After hit, kills enemies that are below 22% Health.
Was Guided Owl changed in the latest patch?
No. Guided Owl is unchanged in the latest build of Deadlock on file.