What is Armor Piercing Rounds in Deadlock?

Armor Piercing Rounds is a Tier IIII weapon item in the Deadlock shop. It costs 6400 souls.

Is Armor Piercing Rounds good in Deadlock?

Armor Piercing Rounds posts a 57.7% win rate over 255,093 tracked matches, which puts it at #6 among weapon items. Numbers refresh every 15 minutes.

What does Armor Piercing Rounds build from?

Buy High-Velocity Rounds first, then upgrade into Armor Piercing Rounds at the shop.

Armor Piercing RoundsDeadlock Item Stats & Best Heroes

WeaponTier IIII

6400Souls

#6 of 53 Weapon items by win rate

Armor Piercing Rounds is a Deadlock tier 4 weapon item. At a 6400 souls cost, it sits in the late game power spike bracket of the shop. Armor Piercing Rounds currently posts a 57.7% win rate in 255,093 matches, picked in 0.1% of games where it was an option. Across tracked matches this patch it ranks #6 of 53 weapon items by win rate. Your Bullets have a chance to become unavoidable, piercing through enemies and ignoring their Bullet Resistance.

Win Rate

57.7%

Pick Rate

0.1%

Matches

255.1K

W / L

147.1K/108.0K

Unique Players

128.2K

Purchase Timing

When this item is typically bought during a match

Late Game

36:00Buy

38:30Sell

33:0036:0039:0042:00

Avg Buy

36:00 min

Game Progress

82%

Avg Sell

38:30 min

Held For

~2:30 min

Item Stats

Bullet Velocity60%

Weapon Damage8%

Components

High-Velocity Rounds49.4%800

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Armor Piercing RoundsDeadlock Item Stats & Best Heroes

WeaponTier IIII

6400Souls

#6 of 53 Weapon items by win rate

Win Rate

57.7%

Pick Rate

0.1%

Matches

255.1K

W / L

147.1K/108.0K

Unique Players

128.2K

Purchase Timing

When this item is typically bought during a match

Late Game

36:00Buy

38:30Sell

33:0036:0039:0042:00

Avg Buy

36:00 min

Game Progress

82%

Avg Sell

38:30 min

Held For

~2:30 min

Item Stats

Bullet Velocity60%

Weapon Damage8%

Components

High-Velocity Rounds49.4%800

Win Rate by Rank

Best Eternus 59.6%Worst Initiate 57.7%

Win Rate Trend

56.4%-1.4%

9.4K matches this week

Armor Piercing Rounds Deep Dive

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Stat Impact

What Armor Piercing Rounds actually gives you

Armor Piercing Rounds delivers 60% bullet velocity and 8% weapon damage. These bonuses determine which heroes and builds below actually benefit from the slot, and why the win rates on certain heroes skew so far above or below the item's average.

Best Heroes

Who wins most with Armor Piercing Rounds

Armor Piercing Rounds performs strongest on Haze (61.9% WR across 45,918 games), Drifter (60.6% WR across 15,131 games), and Vyper (60.0% WR across 48,924 games). These heroes convert the item's stat bonuses into real win rate gains, usually because their kit scales linearly with the stats the item provides. If you play one of these heroes, this item belongs in your core build.

Most Picked By

Who buys Armor Piercing Rounds the most

In terms of raw pickup volume, Armor Piercing Rounds shows up most on Vyper (48,924 games), Haze (45,918 games), and Warden (22,590 games). High pickup does not always mean high performance, so cross reference this list with the best heroes card above before blindly copying a build.

Build Context

Armor Piercing Rounds build path

Armor Piercing Rounds requires High-Velocity Rounds as components, with a combined component cost of 800 souls before you factor in the upgrade fee.

Meta Trend

Armor Piercing Rounds this patch

Armor Piercing Rounds sits at a 57.7% win rate and has barely moved over the last few weeks, which means the item is at its steady state pick rate in the current patch.

Rank Performance

Armor Piercing Rounds across the rank ladder

Armor Piercing Rounds peaks in the Eternus bracket at 59.6% and drops to 57.7% in Initiate. The 1.9 percentage point gap suggests the item rewards coordination or mechanical execution that only higher ranks consistently deliver.

More on Armor Piercing Rounds

Keep digging with the rest of the Deadlock meta: full item tier list, in-game shop layout, community builds, hero tier list and the patch behind this win rate.

All Items Item Shop Community Builds Hero Tier List Current Patch

Other Weapon Tier IIII Items

Frenzy

Glass Cannon

Capacitor

Crushing Fists

Silencer

Lucky Shot

Spellslinger

Spiritual Overflow

Armor Piercing Rounds Deep Dive

Refreshed every 15 minutes

Stat Impact

What Armor Piercing Rounds actually gives you

Best Heroes

Who wins most with Armor Piercing Rounds

Most Picked By

Who buys Armor Piercing Rounds the most

Build Context

Armor Piercing Rounds build path

Armor Piercing Rounds requires High-Velocity Rounds as components, with a combined component cost of 800 souls before you factor in the upgrade fee.

Meta Trend

Armor Piercing Rounds this patch

Armor Piercing Rounds sits at a 57.7% win rate and has barely moved over the last few weeks, which means the item is at its steady state pick rate in the current patch.

Rank Performance

Armor Piercing RoundsDeadlock Item Stats & Best Heroes

Purchase Timing

Item Stats

Components

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Highest Win Rate Heroes

Most Played By

Win Rate by Rank

Win Rate Trend

Armor Piercing Rounds Deep Dive

What Armor Piercing Rounds actually gives you

Who wins most with Armor Piercing Rounds

Who buys Armor Piercing Rounds the most

Armor Piercing Rounds build path

Armor Piercing Rounds this patch

Armor Piercing Rounds across the rank ladder

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Armor Piercing Rounds Deep Dive

What Armor Piercing Rounds actually gives you

Who wins most with Armor Piercing Rounds

Who buys Armor Piercing Rounds the most

Armor Piercing Rounds build path

Armor Piercing Rounds this patch

Armor Piercing Rounds across the rank ladder