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: -30%
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, stunning them and… Details

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

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

Ability 2SignatureChannelledNo Target

Properties

Deflect Duration: 0.8s
Invulnerability Duration: 0.3s
Stun Duration: 0.6s
Melee Resist: -22%
Melee Resist Reduction Duration: 3.0s

Upgrades

Tier 1-8s Cooldown

Tier 2-30% Melee Resist

Tier 3+1.6s Stun Duration

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

Ability demonstration

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

Ability demonstration

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+50% Bonus Damage

Recommended Skill Order

Most played ability leveling order from match data

Skill order #155.0% WR9,184 matches3.8% 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 #253.7% WR8,921 matches3.7% pick

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Disengaging SigilAbility 1

RiposteAbility 2

Flawless AdvanceAbility 3

Itani Lo SahnUltimate

Skill order #353.2% WR8,703 matches3.6% 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)43.5% WR193 matches1.9% share177 players

84W / 109L #2zxc | Vote for Apollo spirit (t.tv/qtarsis)44.2% WR138 matches1.3% share130 players

61W / 77L #3data | Absolute Demon46.4% WR69 matches0.7% share60 players

32W / 37L View all hero builds

Item Flow Stats

Popular Items By Stage

Opening

800Mystic Burst

49.7% WR331,898 matches83.9% pick

800Mystic Expansion

51.0% WR269,174 matches68.0% pick

800Extra Spirit

50.5% WR268,205 matches67.8% pick

800Extra Regen

50.0% WR235,039 matches59.4% pick

1.600Improved Spirit

51.7% WR210,820 matches53.3% pick

800Mystic Regeneration

50.4% WR107,508 matches27.2% pick

Early Game

1.600Healbane

50.9% WR213,742 matches54.1% pick

1.600Healing Booster

50.3% WR147,225 matches37.2% pick

1.600Restorative Locket

50.3% WR109,575 matches27.7% pick

1.600Compress Cooldown

50.8% WR105,421 matches26.7% pick

1.600Improved Spirit

50.7% WR94,248 matches23.8% pick

800Extra Stamina

51.1% WR94,237 matches23.8% pick

Mid Game

3.200Tankbuster

51.2% WR179,755 matches46.4% pick

6.400Boundless Spirit

52.6% WR170,398 matches44.0% pick

3.200Superior Cooldown

52.4% WR160,156 matches41.3% pick

3.200Greater Expansion

51.7% WR117,206 matches30.2% pick

3.200Stamina Mastery

51.4% WR85,098 matches22.0% pick

1.600Compress Cooldown

52.6% WR73,630 matches19.0% pick

Late Game

6.400Spirit Burn

54.6% WR103,223 matches34.0% pick

6.400Transcendent Cooldown

50.0% WR83,674 matches27.6% pick

3.200Greater Expansion

52.3% WR81,752 matches26.9% pick

3.200Superior Cooldown

52.1% WR63,353 matches20.9% pick

6.400Mystic Reverb

56.6% WR57,308 matches18.9% pick

6.400Boundless Spirit

52.4% WR56,552 matches18.6% pick

Popular Items by pick rate

1

Mystic Burst49.7%WR331,898matches83.9%pick

2

Mystic Expansion51.0%WR269,174matches68.0%pick

3

Extra Spirit50.5%WR268,205matches67.8%pick

4

Extra Regen50.0%WR235,039matches59.4%pick

5

Healbane50.9%WR213,742matches54.1%pick

6

Improved Spirit51.7%WR210,820matches53.3%pick

7

Tankbuster51.2%WR179,755matches46.4%pick

8

Boundless Spirit52.6%WR170,398matches44.0%pick

Highest WR Items by win rate

1

Mystic Reverb58.8%WR23,078matches6.0%pick

2

Torment Pulse58.3%WR1,199matches0.3%pick

3

Mystic Reverb58.2%WR2,496matches0.6%pick

4

Spirit Burn58.0%WR43,263matches11.2%pick

5

Scourge57.6%WR3,116matches0.8%pick

6

Berserker57.5%WR5,360matches1.4%pick

7

Witchmail57.4%WR12,166matches3.1%pick

8

Escalating Exposure57.3%WR12,097matches3.1%pick

Matchups

Win rate against each hero from match data.

Best Against

Mirage11,752 matches56.2%win rate

Silver15,462 matches56.1%win rate

Mina27,812 matches54.9%win rate

The Doorman12,339 matches54.5%win rate

Venator28,166 matches54.2%win rate

Struggles Against

Graves27,737 matches43.1%win rate

Victor19,785 matches43.3%win rate

Paige19,947 matches45.6%win rate

Seven23,224 matches46.3%win rate

Ivy19,581 matches46.6%win rate

Best Teammates

Highest win rate when paired with this hero.

#TeammateSynergy WRKDAMatches

1

Graves58.1%2.6813,970 2

Victor57.1%2.8912,392 3

Paige55.1%3.1514,063 4

Seven54.9%2.7313,127 5

Ivy54.5%3.0412,009 6

Kelvin53.9%3.196,409

Best Team Compositions

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

90.0%20 matches

88.2%34 matches

87.5%32 matches

87.0%23 matches

85.7%21 matches

Top Players

#117
#2Crow
#3knyykj
#4Aku
#5Nosakaa

Recent Patch Changes

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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