Lockle

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Name Deadlock heroes from the items they bought in a real match.

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on lockle.app

Today's Lockle Ascendant+ board, round 1 of 4 at 6:00: twelve players with soul counts, three Deadlock item icons in the build, five empty guess slots and a purple Select button

Lockle is a daily guessing game for Valve's Deadlock. Each day it takes a real match, one from Ascendant and above and one from all ranks, and shows you a player's item build; you work out which hero bought it over four rounds, with the option to play on through the rest of the match. An archive keeps every past day.

About Lockle

Lockle is a fan-made daily guessing game for Deadlock, Valve's hero shooter. Instead of showing a hero, it shows the items a player bought in a real match, and you have to work out which hero they were playing.

There are two puzzles a day, the same for everyone: Ascendant+, taken from a high-rank match (Eternus rank on the day we looked), and All Ranks, which can come from any skill level (Initiate on the same day). Each puzzle shows the twelve players in the match along a bar at the top with their souls, and a board of item slots for the player you are guessing. A time menu lets you see the build at different points in the match, starting early (6:00) when only a few items have been bought.

Each puzzle runs over four rounds, and each round gives you five guesses. You press Select, pick a hero from the full roster, and a wrong pick is crossed out. Then the clock moves on, from 6:00 to 12:00 after our first miss, and more of the build appears in the empty slots. That is the hint. A small info button gives the date the match was played, two days before the puzzle on the day we looked. An archive keeps every earlier day's puzzles, and a countdown on the home page shows when the next pair releases.

Lockle suits Deadlock players who follow item builds closely, since a single early purchase can give away a hero's usual play style. It is a free community project and is not affiliated with Valve.

How to play Lockle

Open Lockle and choose Ascendant+ or All Ranks.
Look at the items in the build. The time menu shows what was bought at each point in the match.
Press Select and pick the hero you think bought them from the roster.
A wrong pick is crossed out and the clock jumps forward, so check the new items before your next guess. You have five guesses a round.
Play the other puzzle, or go to the archive for earlier days.

Screenshots

Lockle after one wrong guess: Abrams crossed out in the first guess slot, the clock moved to 12:00 and six item icons now showing in the build

Tips

Early items are the strongest hint: they usually match a hero's main damage type.
Spirit-heavy and weapon-heavy builds split the hero pool quickly.
Check the build at later times in the match to see the full item set before guessing.
Compare the high-rank and all-ranks puzzles: high-rank builds tend to follow common hero guides.