Win Rate
W:L 1.0049.9%
1.4MW / 1.4ML
Pick Rate
1.0%
of weapon purchases
Matches
2.7M
tracked sample
Slot Rank
#34
of 53 weapon items
Unique Players
478.1K
distinct buyers
Buildup Per Shot
0.7%
Dash Distance
-22%
Slow Duration
3.5s
Weapon Damage
15%
When this item is typically bought
Avg Buy
12:20min
Game Progress
35%
Avg Sell
22:15min
Held For
~9:55min
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.
Pick share & win rate by purchase minute
Net worth at purchase · pick share & win rate
Performance across skill brackets
Patch-to-patch performance
Two-week win rate before vs after each patch
05-22-2026
Jun 12 · 1.5M matches
Minor Update - 06-11-2026
Jun 11 · 1.5M matches
Minor Update - 06-04-2026
Jun 4 · 2.3M matches
Minor Update - 05-31-2026
May 31 · 2.3M matches
Minor Update - 05-28-2026
May 28 · 2.4M matches
Eternus mains of heroes that build this item
Most-favorited published builds featuring this item
TOP 1 PRIEST NA - SHMUCK
Venator build · v93
SMELLS LIKE WOLF GIRL IN HERE [ANNOTATED!]
Silver build · v141
Drifter - Gun-Initiator [60% WR] [tracklock.gg]
Drifter build · v1179
ftFades Chudator (Updated June 5th)
Venator build · v68
Parzelion's Silver Build
Silver build · v42
Parzelion's Venator Build
Venator build · v25
Data-driven analysis
Slowing Bullets delivers 15% weapon damage, -22% dash distance, and 3.5s slow duration. 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.
Slowing Bullets performs strongest on Seven (55.9% WR across 13,373 games), Victor (55.6% WR across 44,626 games), and Graves (55.0% WR across 40,297 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.
In terms of raw pickup volume, Slowing Bullets shows up most on Silver (409,007 games), Venator (396,030 games), and Drifter (341,253 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.
Slowing Bullets is a base tier purchase with no prerequisites, so you can buy it directly from the shop without stacking components first. Slowing Bullets upgrades into Weighted Shots, so picking it early sets up a direct path into a late game power spike instead of locking in a dead end purchase.
Slowing Bullets sits at a 49.9% 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.
Slowing Bullets performs roughly the same across every ranked bracket, so the build advice on this page holds from Initiate all the way up to Eternus.