Apollo - Deadlock Guru

Hero Stats

Effective Range19 → 19 m

DPS: 48.7
Bullet Damage: 18.5
Bullets per Second: 2.6
Ammo: 15
Reload Time: 2.5s
Bullet Velocity: 95.3 m/s
Light Melee: 63
Heavy Melee: 116
Weapon Damage: 0%
Fire Rate: 0%
Ammo Bonus: 0%
Reload Time Reduction: 0%
Bullet Velocity Increase: 0%
Bullet Lifesteal: 0%
Crit Damage Bonus: 0%

Abilities

Disengaging Sigil Draw a sigil sphere in front of you and then leap backwards as it explodes, damaging and slowing enemies caught in it. Details

Draw a sigil sphere in front of you and then leap backwards as it explodes, damaging and slowing enemies caught in it.

Ability 1SignatureNo TargetMovement

Properties

Damage: 85
Move Speed: -24%
Fire Rate: -0%
Slow Duration: 4s
Radius: 6.5m

Upgrades

Tier 1Gain +25% Fire Rate and +25% Bullet Speed for 8s

Tier 2On Player Hit: +1 stamina restored and resets Air Jump/Dash limit

Tier 3Can be Recast within 4s

Riposte Prepare to deflect the next incoming attack. On a successful deflection, briefly become invulnerable and target an enemy hero to dash towards them, immobilizing and disarming… Details

Prepare to deflect the next incoming attack. On a successful deflection, briefly become invulnerable and target an enemy hero to dash towards them, immobilizing and disarming them, preventing them from parrying, and reducing their Melee Resist.

Press Ability 2 to select a target.
Does not trigger against trooper or neutral damage.

Ability 2SignatureChannelledNo Target

Properties

Invulnerability Duration: 0.3s
Immobilize Duration: 1.5s
Melee Resist: -25%
Melee Resist Reduction Duration: 3.0s

Upgrades

Tier 1-8s Cooldown

Tier 2-25% Melee Resist and +0.7s Immobilize Duration

Tier 3Gain 75% Bullet, Spirit & Melee Lifesteal against the Riposte target for 13s

Flawless Advance Perform a series of lunges in any direction, delivering piercing stabs ahead of you. Hold your ability key to time your attacks, dealing more damage the… Details

Perform a series of lunges in any direction, delivering piercing stabs ahead of you. Hold your ability key to time your attacks, dealing more damage the longer it's held. Releasing your attack during the perfect window deals maximum damage.

Press Ability 3 to re-cast.

Ability 3SignatureMovement

Properties

Strike Range: 13m
Base Hold Damage: 25
Max Hold Damage: 40
Max Lunges: 3
Bullet Resist: 0%
Perfect Damage: 65
Heal on hero hit: 0

Upgrades

Tier 1Perfect Hit on Hero: Heal 35

Tier 2-12s Cooldown. Gain +60% Bullet Resist during lunge

Tier 3+65 Perfect Damage with improved Spirit scaling.
Increased lunge speed & distance.

Itani Lo Sahn Charge up and perform a long range slash. Struck enemies cannot take action or heal and are stuck in slow motion. When this effect expires, they… Details

Charge up and perform a long range slash. Struck enemies cannot take action or heal and are stuck in slow motion. When this effect expires, they suffer devastating damage, dealing bonus damage against half-health enemies.

While in slow motion, Apollo is invulnerable and enemies take reduced damage.

Hold Ability 4 or to delay the cast.

UltimateChannelledNo TargetMovement

Properties

Cast Delay: 1.5s
Dash Range: 27m
Delayed Damage: 200
Bonus Damage: +60%
Time Slow Damage Reduction: 70%
Low Health Threshold: 50%
Debuff Duration: 1.8s
Cooldown Reduced on Hero Hit: 0s

Upgrades

Tier 18m Dash Range

Tier 2-35s Cooldown

Tier 3+60% Bonus Damage

Recommended Skill Order

Most played ability leveling order from match data

Skill order #156.0% WR9,830 matches4.6% pick

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Ability OrderPoint investment order from the most common match sequenceUnlockUpgrade 1 · 2 · 5

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Disengaging SigilAbility 1

RiposteAbility 2

Flawless AdvanceAbility 3

Itani Lo SahnUltimate

Skill order #255.2% WR9,085 matches4.3% pick

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Disengaging SigilAbility 1

RiposteAbility 2

Flawless AdvanceAbility 3

Itani Lo SahnUltimate

Skill order #357.6% WR8,222 matches3.9% pick

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Disengaging SigilAbility 1

RiposteAbility 2

Flawless AdvanceAbility 3

Itani Lo SahnUltimate

Statistical Builds

Top build IDs by match volume, with win rate and player counts from match analytics.

#1b3 | NEW META’S APPOLO (SPIRIT) (t.tv/qtarsis)50.1% WR18,843 matches4.6% share9,962 players

9,436W / 9,407L #2data | Absolute Demon47.9% WR18,308 matches4.4% share8,867 players

8,776W / 9,532L #3zxc | Vote for Apollo spirit (t.tv/qtarsis)50.8% WR7,129 matches1.7% share3,731 players

3,621W / 3,508L View all hero builds

Item Flow Stats

Popular Items By Stage

Opening

800Mystic Burst

49.6% WR923,379 matches82.7% pick

800Mystic Expansion

49.9% WR765,016 matches68.5% pick

800Extra Spirit

49.0% WR695,600 matches62.3% pick

800Extra Regen

49.6% WR516,685 matches46.3% pick

1.600Improved Spirit

50.0% WR476,869 matches42.7% pick

800Mystic Regeneration

50.4% WR425,859 matches38.1% pick

Early Game

1.600Healbane

50.6% WR407,518 matches36.6% pick

1.600Healing Booster

49.7% WR370,318 matches33.3% pick

3.200Tankbuster

49.2% WR337,516 matches30.3% pick

1.600Improved Spirit

49.7% WR318,426 matches28.6% pick

3.200Spirit Snatch

49.5% WR309,924 matches27.9% pick

1.600Compress Cooldown

49.9% WR292,716 matches26.3% pick

Mid Game

3.200Tankbuster

50.2% WR443,204 matches41.7% pick

3.200Superior Cooldown

51.1% WR438,487 matches41.3% pick

6.400Boundless Spirit

52.2% WR438,450 matches41.2% pick

3.200Greater Expansion

50.7% WR324,398 matches30.5% pick

3.200Stamina Mastery

51.2% WR209,573 matches19.7% pick

1.600Compress Cooldown

51.3% WR204,773 matches19.3% pick

Late Game

6.400Spirit Burn

54.0% WR258,985 matches34.7% pick

6.400Transcendent Cooldown

49.8% WR209,430 matches28.1% pick

3.200Greater Expansion

51.2% WR184,504 matches24.7% pick

6.400Boundless Spirit

51.8% WR182,121 matches24.4% pick

6.400Escalating Exposure

52.6% WR145,364 matches19.5% pick

3.200Superior Cooldown

50.5% WR139,619 matches18.7% pick

Popular Items by pick rate

1

Mystic Burst49.6%WR923,379matches82.7%pick

2

Mystic Expansion49.9%WR765,016matches68.5%pick

3

Extra Spirit49.0%WR695,600matches62.3%pick

4

Extra Regen49.6%WR516,685matches46.3%pick

5

Improved Spirit50.0%WR476,869matches42.7%pick

6

Tankbuster50.2%WR443,204matches41.7%pick

7

Superior Cooldown51.1%WR438,487matches41.3%pick

8

Boundless Spirit52.2%WR438,450matches41.2%pick

Highest WR Items by win rate

1

Torment Pulse59.9%WR3,542matches0.3%pick

2

Colossus58.7%WR2,064matches0.2%pick

3

Spirit Snatch58.4%WR12,514matches1.1%pick

4

Diviner’s Kevlar57.9%WR3,689matches0.5%pick

5

Witchmail57.8%WR29,795matches2.8%pick

6

Spirit Burn57.2%WR112,704matches10.6%pick

7

Lifestrike56.8%WR5,778matches0.5%pick

8

Greater Expansion56.7%WR2,770matches0.2%pick

Matchups

Win rate against each hero from match data.

Best Against

Mirage21,698 matches54.4%win rate

Pocket37,066 matches54.4%win rate

Shiv42,332 matches54.1%win rate

Silver56,336 matches53.8%win rate

Paradox53,125 matches53.6%win rate

Struggles Against

Graves90,239 matches41.2%win rate

Paige55,252 matches42.5%win rate

Rat King126,342 matches43.3%win rate

Victor49,828 matches44.5%win rate

Baba44,891 matches44.6%win rate

Best Teammates

Highest win rate when paired with this hero.

#TeammateSynergy WRKDAMatches

1

Graves57.8%2.5745,043 2

Rat King57.3%2.8759,700 3

Paige56.3%2.9939,614 4

Seven53.8%2.4938,532 5

Kelvin53.1%2.9713,132 6

Haze53.1%2.7951,015

Best Team Compositions

Full team lineups including this hero, ranked by win rate.

91.3%23 matches

90.5%21 matches

90.5%21 matches

89.3%28 matches

89.1%46 matches

Top Players

#1Crow
#2VolkXPRO
#3Ecclesiast
#4Hegener
#5LD Organics

Recent Patch Changes

Minor Update – 11-04-2026November 5, 2026

Apollo: Riposte - Pommel Hit now also disarms the enemy
Apollo: Riposte - Pummel hit now ends any preexisting parry on the target
Apollo: Riposte - T2 increased from +0.6s duration to +0.7s
Apollo: Itani Lo Sahn - T3 bonus damage increased from +50% to +60%

Halloween 2026 + Gameplay UpdateOctober 30, 2026

Apollo: Riposte - Pommel Hit changed from a stun to an immobilize and parry disable
Apollo: Riposte - Pommel Hit disable duration increased from 0.8s to 1.5s
Apollo: Riposte - T2 disable duration increased from +0.4s to +0.6s
Apollo: Riposte - Fixed the counterattack dash sometimes missing its target or launching Apollo away when the target moves, rounds a corner, or is displaced

Minor Update – 08-12-2026August 12, 2026

Apollo: Riposte melee resist reduction increased from -22% to -25%
Apollo: Riposte T2 changed from "-30% Melee Resist" to "-25% Melee Resist and +0.4s Stun Duration"
Apollo: Riposte T3 increased from 60% Lifesteal for 7s to 75% Lifesteal for 13s
Apollo: Fixed Itani Lo Sahn being canceled with movement abilities

Minor Update – 07-28-2026July 28, 2026

Apollo: Riposte base stun duration increased from 0.6s to 0.8s
Apollo: Riposte T3 changed from +1.6s Stun Duration to +60% Bullet, Spirit and Melee Lifesteal against the target for 7s

Minor Update – 06-30-2026June 30, 2026

Apollo: Riposte T1 increased from -7s Cooldown to -8s
Apollo: Riposte grace window to target after channel increased from +1s to +1.3s
Apollo: Riposte cast range increased from 25m to 35m
Apollo: Riposte targeting angle increased from 70 to 90

Minor Update – 06-11-2026June 11, 2026

Apollo: Disengaging Sigil velocity increased by 50%
Apollo: Disengaging Sigil velocity's vertical:horizontal ratio changed from 1.5:1 to 1:1
Apollo: Disengaging Sigil now allows input to alter the direction apollo launches himself (A/D biases to the left/right and W/S affect how much backwards motion is applied
Apollo: Disengaging Sigil T1 changed from "+30 Damage" to "Gain +25% Fire Rate and Bullet Speed for 8s"

Minor Update – 05-31-2026May 31, 2026

Apollo: Disengaging Sigil T2 increased from +20% Fire Rate to +30%
Apollo: Flawless Advance T1 heal from 30+0.75 to 35+1.0
Apollo: Flawless Advance T2 increased from -10s Cooldown to -12s
Apollo: Itani Lo Sahn damage increased from 190 to 200

Gameplay Update – 05-22-2026May 22, 2026

Apollo: Improved the hero's hitboxes (easier to hit)
Apollo: Base regen reduced from 2 to 1
Apollo: Riposte no longer automatically dashes. It now grants you a sub ability immediately to target the hero you want to jump to for a brief duration (can target the enemy before the parry to buffer it). Cast range is 25m.
Apollo: Riposte no longer triggers on damage auras (things like Flame Dash)

Gameplay Update – 04-30-2026April 30, 2026

Apollo: Disengaging Sigil base damage reduced from 100 to 85

03 21 2026 UpdateMarch 21, 2026

Apollo: Bullet damage increased from 17 to 18.5
Apollo: Riposte T2 melee resist reduction increased from -22% to -30%
Apollo: Riposte T3 increased from +1.2s Stun to +1.6s

Gameplay Update – 03-06-2026March 6, 2026

Apollo: Fixed Riposte not leaving the ground when started on the ground
Apollo: Riposte no longer triggers from trooper or neutral damage
Apollo: Flawless Advance T2 no longer increases Apollo's lunge speed
Apollo: Flawless Advance now gets interrupted by stun and sleep

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Lore

A land of beauty, tradition and conflict; North Ixia is no stranger to brutal political violence. So when Apollo was told that it was for his own safety he was being sent to New York for school, he knew the situation was serious.Adjusting to life at Blackmore Academy didn't come easy to Apollo. His school was supposed to be filled with The Cursed Apple's best and brightest but all he saw, with few exceptions, was a sea of aggressive mediocrity. Electing not to waste his time with frivolous things like parties and dances, he instead put his energy on the piste, where he rigorously trains as captain of the Blackmore fencing team.However, at the end of the day Apollo does not fret too much on the tedium of life in New York. He knows that eventually the time will come when his father will call on him to come home and he will get to show that he is worthy of wielding his family's ancestral blade.

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