Still Life
Still Life is Violet's third ability in Deadlock (slot 3), an active ability with a 35 second cooldown. Choose a hero to be your subject, dealing spirit damage over time as long as you are looking at them. If the sketch is completed they take additional spirit damage, suffer from stun, and drop a sketch that can be picked up.
Open the most-bought Violet build
The 4 items bought most in each phase of 123,032 Violet matches, October 30 to November 1, 2026, measured by deadlock-api.com.
Still Life in matches
Violet players unlocked Still Life first in 64.4% of matches (79,573 of 123,597), second in 32.4% of matches (40,040 of 123,597) and third in 3.1% of matches (3,882 of 123,597), 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 Violet matches in which Still Life was the first, second, third or fourth ability unlocked, out of every Violet 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.
Still Life stats
Still Life
- Cooldown 35s
- Range 25m
Choose a hero to be your subject, dealing spirit damage over time as long as you are looking at them.
If the sketch is completed they take additional spirit damage, suffer from stun, and drop a sketch that can be picked up.
For each collected sketch, you permanently gain stats based on the hero.
On Proc:
Upgrades
| Tier | Bonuses | In game |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | +4s Buff Duration +15 Health Regen +0.15 Health Regen Spirit scaling | While Drawing: Gain 15 Health Regen, refreshed for 4s on pickup |
| 2 | -35% Damage | While Drawing: Subjects deal -35% Damage |
| 3 | -11s Cooldown +0.45s Stun Duration +20% Move Speed | +20% Move Speed -11s Cooldown +0.45s Stun 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.
Still Life 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 | Still Life's Stun Duration changed from 1s to 0.9s. Still Life's tier 1 upgrade changed from +4s Buff Duration, +15 Health Regen and +0.25 Health Regen Spirit scaling to +4s Buff Duration, +15 Health Regen and +0.15 Health Regen Spirit scaling; the tier 3 upgrade changed from -11s Cooldown, +0.35s Stun Duration and +20% Move Speed to -11s Cooldown, +0.45s Stun Duration and +20% Move Speed. | Changed |
| October 26, 2026build 6821from build 6793 | No player-facing change in 11 builds (October 16 to October 26, 2026). | Unchanged |
| October 16, 2026build 6790 | Added to Deadlock. | Added |
Still Life FAQ
What does Still Life do?
Choose a hero to be your subject, dealing spirit damage over time as long as you are looking at them. If the sketch is completed they take additional spirit damage, suffer from stun, and drop a sketch that can be picked up. For each collected sketch, you permanently gain stats based on the hero. Its tooltip lists 30 Damage Per Second (+0.7 x Spirit), 60 Damage (+1.4 x Spirit) and 0.9s Stun Duration.
What is Still Life's cooldown in Deadlock?
Still Life has a 35 second cooldown. The tier 3 upgrade changes it by -11s.
How does Still Life scale with spirit power?
Damage Per Second starts at 30 and gains 0.7 per point of Spirit and Damage starts at 60 and gains 1.4 per point of Spirit, the coefficients the game file writes on the values.
What do Still Life's upgrades do?
Tier 1: While Drawing: Gain 15 Health Regen, refreshed for 4s on pickup. Tier 2: While Drawing: Subjects deal -35% Damage. Tier 3: +20% Move Speed, -11s Cooldown, +0.45s Stun Duration.
When was Still Life added to Deadlock?
Still Life was added to Deadlock in the October 16, 2026 patch (build 6790).
Was Still Life changed in the latest patch?
No. Still Life 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).