Fathom

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Fathom
Weapon: "Riptide"
BASE STATS
Weapon Stats
DPS:	56
Bullet Damage:	3.6 +0.315
Ammo:	13
Bullets per sec:	2.22
Reload Time:	0.3s
Bullet Velocity:	559m/s
Light Melee:	63 +2.67
Heavy Melee:	116 +4.92
Falloff Range:	16m → 46m
Vitality Stats
Health:	550 +36
Health Regen:	2
Move Speed:	7.3m/s
Stamina:	3
Information
Release Date:	October 24, 2024
Voice Lines:	Fathom/Quotes
Codenames:	Slork

“

Slips into combat and then hides to recover

A short-ranged assassin, Fathom can slip in and out of combat and win long engagements.

Fathom is a Hero in Deadlock, currently available in the Hero Labs gamemode.

Fathom was added to Hero Labs on October 24, 2024.

Abilities

• (1) Scalding Spray
• (2) Breach
• (3) Reefdweller Harpoon
• (4) Lurker's Ambush

Scalding Spray

12m

3s

1

8s

40s

Spray scalding water in a cone ahead of you. You build up bonus weapon damage as the spray damages an enemy hero.

x0.4

40

DPS

x0.04

5%

Weapon Damage Gain Per Sec

12s

Bonus Duration

1

-15s Cooldown

2

+2s Duration

5

+55 DPS

Breach

20m

22s

Launch forward, damaging all enemies near where you land and knocking them into the air.

x0.7

80

Damage

1

+3m Explosion Radius

2

-8s Cooldown

5

+120 Damage

Reefdweller Harpoon

30m

2

2s

30s

Throw a harpoon that latches to a wall or ceiling, and pulls you in. Activates Lurker's Ambush's invisibility while being pulled in. Once hanging attached to the harpoon surface, gain additional charges.

Casting Reefdweller Harpoon does not break invisibility.

1

-5s Cooldown

2

+5m Cast Range

5

After detaching, gain 30% Fire Rate for 7s or until you reload

Lurker's Ambush

9999s

30m

50s

Passive: While out of combat and not seen by enemies, heal a portion of your max health every second. If you stand still, you also become invisible, so long as you stay still or crouched and don't perform any actions. While completely invisible, you are invulnerable.

3%

Max Health Regen

1.5s

Fade Time

Hold 4 to charge up a mouthful of sticky spit that damages and slows enemies. Damage and slow duration increase the longer you hold the spit.
Duration is halved if you are not latched to a wall.

x0.7

60

DPS

60%

Enemy Movement Slow

3.5s

Max Slow Duration

1

-15s Cooldown

2

+1s Max Slow Duration

5

+2% Max Health Regen

Weapon

Weapon Stats	Falloff Range 16m - 46m 56 DPS
Riptide
Spreadshot Close Range
Spews a short range toxic cloud that deals double damage to non-hero targets. When aimed, shoots a long range dart that poisons enemies.

Update History

Main article: Update history

Update	Changes
February 25, 2025	Added missing unique death vo sounds. Lurker's Ambush: The spit debuff is now a heavy slow rather than an immobilize, and its damage is dealt over the effect's duration rather than all on initial impact. Added unique footstep sfx. Lurker's Ambush: the active's duration and damage are halved if Fathom is not latched to a wall while casting. Lurker's Ambush: shortened the channel time required for max duration/damage. Reefdweller Harpoon: fixed it failing to cast if you were sliding while casting. Scalding Spray now has new vfx. Scalding Spray now has a new animation. Remastered sounds for Scalding Spray and Breach abilities for better feedback. Fixed a bug that caused Scalding Spray sound to be too quiet for the victim in certain situations.
December 17, 2024	Default item build added Updated and improved SFX for all abilities
December 6, 2024	Scalding Spray: Updated particles Lurker's Ambush: Added an aquatic screen effect for enemies that get immobilized Lurker's Ambush: The active's projectile now has a 2.5m radius

Background

“

A notorious monster of The Deep, Fathom enjoyed cultivating an aura of mystery and fear around him. He was content feasting on wayward sailors and demanding tithes from selkies, but then The Adversary came and ruined everything. After all, when it came to sowing terror, how could he compete with a genocidal force of nature? It wasn't fair. Something had to be done to save himself from fading into obscurity...and so he seeks to summon the Patrons to ensure that he will always be the apex predator of The Deep.

— A FATE'S TALE

Lore

The denizens of the Deep know Fathom's true name.

Character Interactions

• Holliday calls Fathom an "ugly son of a bitch".
• Calico says the Baxter Society would eventually come after Fathom.

Gallery

• 
  Portrait
• 
  Minimap icon
• 
  In-game render
• 
  Model sheet

Trivia

• Fathom was named Slork in Neon Prime.
  • "Slork" has been adopted as a nickname for Fathom by some players in the Deadlock community. This is alluded to in-game in the voice line where Fathom mentions his "true name". The dev Kaori has also acknowledged "Slork" on Discord, and adopted a profile picture with the caption "Team Slork".
• Fathom's weapon used to be called Poison Sprayer.
• Fathom is the only hero who has an idle animation in the hero selection screen.
• Fathom has a mention of Hudson Bay. However, judging from the context, it was likely intended to be the Hudson River.

See also

• Fathom/Quotes

References

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Hero Labs

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