Deadlock Active Items Guide: The Buttons That Win Fights (2026)

Last updated: June 3, 2026

Most of your build is passive stats, but the items that actually win fights are the active ones — the clickable buttons that blink you onto a target, shrug off a stun, or interrupt a game-ending ultimate. Knowing which actives to own and when to press them is a bigger skill jump than most players realize. The shop in the Deadlock game has a clean set of them, and they map almost perfectly onto Dota's classics.

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Quick answer: Active items are your clickable game-changers, bound to the Z/X/C/V slots. Every player should own three: a save (Unstoppable), an escape (Warp Stone), and an interrupt (Knockdown).

The key active items

Item	What it does	Dota 2 analogue
Unstoppable	Immunity to stun, silence, sleep, root, disarm	Black King Bar
Phantom Strike	Teleport to an enemy ( slow/disarm)	Blink Dagger (offensive)
Warp Stone	Teleport a short distance ahead	Blink Dagger (escape)
Ethereal Shift	Go untargetable & invulnerable briefly	Eul's / Ghost Scepter
Metal Skin	Immune to bullets for a few seconds	BKB (vs right-clicks)
Divine Barrier	Cleanse shield an ally	Glimmer / Force Staff save
Knockdown	Delayed targeted stun (great anti-air)	Sheepstick-lite / bash
Refresher	Reset all your ability cooldowns	Refresher Orb

How to bind & use them

When you buy an active, the game asks you to assign it to a slot — the default keys are the Z, X, C, V row, rebindable in Settings. Put your most important panic button on the key you can hit fastest (many players use mouse side-buttons for a save).

Own one of each

1. A save (anti-CC): Unstoppable — your get-out-of-a-stun button. (Dispel Magic on a budget.)
2. An escape/mobility: Warp Stone — cheap, low cooldown, almost always good.
3. An interrupt: Knockdown — cancel a channeled ultimate like Seven's Storm Cloud or Haze's Bullet Dance.

⚠ Name change note: a 2026 patch renamed several actives — "Curse" is now Cursed Relic, "Debuff Remover" is Dispel Magic, and "Silence Glyph" is Silence Wave. Old guides will use the old names.

Passive stats keep you alive; actives win the actual fight. Always leave souls for at least one.