Deadlock is 100% complicated but I think the best thing to do for the moment is this
1 trick a character and learn how it works, how the map works and how the shop items work. There will always be some really ‘minute’ macro play for some characters but on the whole you will usually either be going
A mix of hp, gun, spirit. / full gun / full spirit. I don’t think you would ever go full hp buff build.
Also no I’m not a paid Deadlock streamer, I’ve had loads of accounts for Overwatch and genuinely loved the game. However I feel that the current devs are useless and have genuinely killed Overwatch. If you go into the actual Discord/Forum for Deadlock….the devs respond.
For example Shiv was too strong…they nerf him in a few days….in Beta! It took Overwatch devs a month to nerf Mauga.
The game genuinely does appeal to Overwatch players. Calvin has come back to streaming like 10 hours a day….he left streaming because Overwatch went really south. Buds, Babybay, Surefour, Flats, Ster, Apply, Iddqd, Seagull and plenty more are genuinely enjoying the game. They aren’t being paid by valve to play it…they are queuing into games with pretty much entire teams in vc at the top tier.
My post was about the fact that if you like me have become jaded with logging into Overwatch and that you constantly find someone counterpicking against your tank/dps/support…this doesn’t happen in Deadlock. It is refreshing
Ive been playing Seven and have been stomped by an Abrams in lane….but we still won because I farmed hard and my team won their lanes. I had my ultimate that can apply pressure to multiple targets and then team finishes them off and we win.
In Overwatch that situation would be that I’m basically useless. Or the other one is that I go back to spawn and swap to a Tank character to try and counter.
The way you counter is Deadlock is communication with your team and build your character to counter the abilities that you are finding difficult to deal with. It feels fair and you get to play a character you want.