Lash

“

Dives down to stomp his foes

Lash gives his enemies little room to breathe, either by flying in from long distances to initiate combat with unsuspecting enemies, or pursuing said enemies when they try to run.

Lash
Weapon: "Tale of The Tape" BASE STATS
Weapon Stats
DPS:	55
Bullet Damage:	9+0.70
Ammo:	29
Bullets per sec:	4
Reload Time:	2.35s
Bullet Velocity:	635m/s
Light Melee:	63+2.67
Heavy Melee:	116+4.91
Falloff Range:	20m → 58m
Vitality Stats
Health:	550+42
Health Regen:	2
Spirit Resist:	15%
Move Speed:	7.3m/s
Sprint Speed:	1m/s
Stamina:	3

Lash is a brutal bruiser of a Hero, eagerly initiating fights and chasing down fleeing opponents. He leaps into combat with his Grappling hook, Flogging his foes with a life-stealing whip and stomping the ground with a Ground Strike that damages multiple targets. If the enemy team groups up, Lash can pick them all up at once and Death Slam them into the ground.

A champion of an underground fighting arena, Lash has built a reputation as a tough and unsavoury character.

Abilities

Ground Strike

11m

19s

Stomp the ground beneath you, damaging enemies in front of you. If you perform Ground Strike while airborne, you quickly dive towards the ground. Damage grows slower after 25m.

x0.85

90

Stomp Damage

x0.05

6

Damage Per Meter

1

-9.5s Cooldown

2

Struck enemies are popped into the air and slowed by 50% for 3s

5

Damage Per Meter +110% and improved scaling

x0.00875

Grapple

30m

1

2s

42s

Pull yourself through the air toward a target. Using Grapple also resets your limit of air jumps and dashes.

20m/s

Jump Velocity

1

-19s Cooldown

2

+20m Cast Range and gain +6 Weapon Damage for 10s

5

+20% Fire Rate to Weapon Bonus Buff

Flog

25m

26s

Strike enemies with your whip, stealing life from them.

x1.18

65

Damage

65%

Heal vs heroes

x0.459

30º

Attack Angle

20%  Heal vs non-heroes

1

Apply 35% Movement Slow for 3s

2

-14s Cooldown

5

+105 Damage and applies 35% Fire Rate Slow

Death Slam

18m

138s

Focus on enemies to connect whips to them. After channeling, connected enemies are lifted and stunned then slammed into the ground. Your victims and any enemies in the landing zone will be damaged and slowed.
Press to throw connected enemies early. Enemies that are not in line of sight or go out of range during the latch time will not be grabbed.

x1.05

115

Damage

x0.328

12m

Max Throw Distance

50%  Movement Slow

4s  Slow Duration

0.3s  Cast Delay

1

+8m Max Throw Distance

2

+100 Damage

5

-56s Cooldown

Weapon

Weapon Stats	Falloff Range 20m - 58m 55 DPS
Tale of The Tape
Burst Fire Medium Range

Background

“

Jacob Lash is an asshole.

— A FATE'S TALE

Lore

Lash is speculated to have a sailor background given the various ornaments and ship’s anchor that he wears. However, it is most likely not a traditional nautical sailor, but an aeronaut, a sailor of the skies. Statements from Deadlock developer Yoshi indicate that no airplanes exist in the Deadlock world. Instead, airships use zephyrs, or wind spirits, for air travel. On Lash’s left arm, he adorns a ship’s anchor tattoo surrounded by a cloud-like emblem, or possibly a zephyr. Additionally, Lash’s aptitude of air mobility and the ship’s horn sound on his ultimate ability “Death Slam” further imply an aeronaut background. Voice lines from Mo & Krill call Lash a “stevedore”, a person that helps unloads cargo from ships, which suggest that Lash could be a dockworker or a ship rigger that helps in the smuggling business.

Past the shipping background, Lash is a champion of the Bear Pit, an underground arena of blood sport where spectators can gamble on matches. Bebop is another known pit fighter who is often referred to as Lash’s titular rival. Lash makes a few remarks to Wraith, leader of New York’s gambling syndicate, mocking her for betting on Bebop. A conversation between the two was shared by Deadlock developer Kaori, providing additional context on the two's history: According to Wraith, the Mendoza Syndicate said that Lash was going to "take a fall" in a fight with Bebop. Instead, Lash won the fight, resulting in Wraith losing "a lot" of money in the process.

Neon Prime

In Neon Prime, an earlier development version of Deadlock, Lash owned a dojo. He taunted Kali, a former Bear Pit competitor, for coming out of retirement only to go back to a 2 decade hiatus after losing to Bebop.

In this version, Lash also used to date the character Ballista, and wanted to get them back after a break-up.

Update history

Main article: Update history

Update	Changes
November 21, 2024	Flog heal vs heroes reduced from 70% to 65% Flog heal vs creeps reduced from 25% to 20% Ground Strike drag down collision improved a bit
November 7, 2024	Ground Strike can now be cast while on the zipline Fixed interaction between Mirage's Tornado and Death Slam Ground Strike now pulls enemies to the ground with you (similar to Stone Form recently)
October 10, 2024	Base bullet damage reduced from 10 to 9. Flog Heal vs heroes reduced from 80% to 70%. Flog Heal vs creeps reduced from 30% to 25%.

Trivia

• Lash often references Bebop in his dialogue, hinting at a rivalry between the two.
• Lash used to fight with uppercuts, but he stopped when Bebop started doing the move.
• Lash donates 3% of his earning to his charity called "Lash-Back" dedicated to children "that kind of suck".
• Lash is voiced by Andrew Bowen, who also voices Johnny Cage in the Mortal Kombat franchise.
• The Shopkeeper calls Lash "the poster boy for the Celtics". This suggests that Lash may be Bostonian.

Gallery

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  Portrait
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  Minimap icon
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  In-game render
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  Model sheet
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  Weapon - The Tale of the Tape
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  Temporary minimap icon (2024-09-12 update)
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  Lash's tattoo compared to a Zephyr art
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  Neon Prime Lash

References

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