Lash

Lash
Initial Stats
Weapon
"Tale of The Tape"
DPS	61
Bullet Damage	10
Ammo	29
Bullets per sec	6.12
Light Melee	63
Heavy Melee	116
Falloff Range	22m → 58m
Vitality
Health	550
Health Regen	2
Bullet Resist	0%
Spirit Resist	15%
Move Speed	7 m/s
Sprint Speed	1 m/s
Stamina	3
Power Increases
+0.9 Base Bullet Damage
+3.4 Base Melee Damage
+42 Base Health

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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.

Jacob 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 to damage multiple targets. If the enemy team groups up, Lash can pick them all up at once and Death Slam them into the ground.

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

Abilities

Ground Strike

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.

Radius:

11m

Cooldown:

19s

Stomp Damage: 90 (x0.8)

Damage Per Meter: 6 (x0.05)

1 • Cooldown: -9.5s

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

5 • Damage Per Meter +110% and improved scaling

Grapple

Pull yourself through the air toward a target.

Range:

30m

Cooldown:

42s

Jump Velocity: 20m/s

1 • -20 Cooldown

2 • +20m Cast Range and gain +6 Weapon Damage for 10s

5 • 20% Fire Rate to Weapons Bonus Buff

Flog

Strike enemies with your whip, stealing life from them.

Range:

25m

Cooldown:

26s

Damage: 65 (x1.2)

Heal vs heroes: 80%

Attack Angle: 30° (x0.5)

Heal vs non-heroes: 30%

1 • Apply 35% Movement Slow for 3s

2 • -14s Cooldown

5 • +105 Damage and applies 35% Fire Rate Slow

Death Slam

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 [Fire] 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.

Radius:

18m

Cooldown:

138s

Damage: 115 (x1)

Max Throw Distance: 12m (x0.3)

Movement Slow: 50%

Slow Duration: 4s

Charge Time: 0.3s

1 • +100 Damage

2 • +8m Max Throw Distance

5 • -56 Cooldown

Background

“

A FATE'S TALE:

Jacob Lash is an asshole.

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. Lash also taunts Kali, a former Bear Pit competitor, for coming out of retirement only to go back to a 2 decade hiatus after losing to Bebop.

Despite a rambunctious persona, Lash states he donates 3% of his income to his own charity Lash-Back for children who suck.

Update history

Patch	Changes
Update: September 12, 2024	- Death Slam Death Slam Now allows you to turn during the descent. - Bullet growth Reduced: 1.15 → 0.9. - Ground Strike Ground Strike Damage spirit scaling Increased: (x0.78) → (x0.85). - Ground Strike Ground Strike Damage per meter spirit scaling Increased: (x0.045) → (x0.05).
Update: August 29, 2024	- Improved firing arm position to be a little bit more out of the way from the reticle. - Grapple Grapple No longer recharges stamina on use.
Update: August 15, 2024	- Fixed some cases where Lash's Ground Strike Ground Strike Would cause your hero to be stuck. - Health per boon Increased:37 → 42. - Base spirit resist Increased: 8% → 15%. - Flog Flog cooldown Reduced: 30s → 25s. - Flog Flog T3 Now also Reduces fire rate by 35%. - Kinetic Carbine No longer affects channels, cast times or things like Lash's Death Slam Death Slam.
Update: August 1, 2024	- Fixed Ground Strike Ground Strike Sometimes causing the hero to be stuck for the rest of the match. - Added new visual effects for Lash's Ground Strike Ground Strike. - Base sprint Reduced: 3 → 1. - Ground Strike Ground Strike Damage per meter Reduced: 6.3 → 6.0.
Update: July 18, 2024	- Grapple Grapple Weapon damage is now added into the T2 instead of in the base. - Ground Strike Ground Strike Radius Reduced: 13m → 11m. - Death Slam Death Slam Grab time Reduced: 0.8s → 0.6s. - Death Slam Death Slam Cast range Increased:14m → 18m. - Death Slam Death Slam Throw distance Reduced: 20m → 12m. - Death Slam Death Slam T1 Changed: +4m Cast Range → +8m Throw Distance.
Update: July 11, 2024	- Base bullet damage Reduced: 11.5 → 10. - Bullet damage growth Increased: 1 → 1.15. - Now has +8% spirit resist - Ground Strike Ground Strike Damage per meter Reduced 6.75 → 6.3. - Ground Strike Ground Strike Damage per meter spirit power scaling Increased: (x0.04) → (x0.05). - Death Slam Death Slam Range is now defined as the horizontal distance to the units rather than the distance from his position in the air (so being high up doesn't work against you). - Death Slam Death Slam Range Reduced: 19m → 14m. - Death Slam Death Slam T1 Reduced: +5m → +4m. - Death Slam Death Slam Cone Increased: 60 degrees → 75 degrees. - Death Slam Death Slam Grab time Reduced: 0.9 → 0.8.
Update: June 27, 2024	- Ground Strike Ground Strike Radius Reduced: 14m → 13m. - Death Slam Death Slam Radius Reduced: 20m → 19m.
Update: June 20, 2024	- Fixed it being possible to lose your full lock on with Death Slam Death Slam sometimes if you look away.
Update: June 13, 2024	- Various fixes to Lash's Ground Strike Ground Strike Visual effects. - Fixed Lash's Ground Strike Ground Strike T3 Not being accurate in the tooltip. - Ground Strike Ground Strike Base damage Reduced: 110 → 90. - Ground Strike Ground Strike Damage per meter Increased: 6 → 6.75. - Ground Strike Ground Strike Now scaling Reduced after 25m height → 4.5.
Update: May 30, 2024	- Various fixes to Lash's Ground Strike Ground Strike Visual effects.
Update: May 23, 2024	- Added some additional visual tells for the receiving end of Lash’s Death Slam Death Slam. - Base stamina Increased: 2 → 3. - Ground Strike Ground Strike Base damage per meter Reduced: 8 → 6. - Fixed some cases with Ground Strike Ground Strike Not hitting units positioned just below the impact zone. - Flog Flog Angle Increased: 20 degrees → 30 degrees. - Flog Flog Cooldown Reduced: 35s → 30s.
Update: May 16, 2024	- Updated Death Slam Death Slam Sound effects. - Ground Strike Ground Strike Stomp damage Reduced: 125 → 110. - Death Slam Death Slam Cooldown Increased: 110s → 130s. - Grapple Grapple Bullet damage bonus Increased: +4 → +6. - Grapple Grapple Cooldown Decreased: 45s → 40s.
Update: May 10, 2024	- Ground Strike Ground Strike Now additionally damages enemies within 2m of Lash on impact. - Ground Strike Ground Strike Radius Reduced: 16m → 14m. - Ground Strike Ground Strike's Ground preview now lines up under Lash when cast on the ground. - Ground Strike Ground Strike T3 Reduced: +100% → +85%. - Bullet Damage growth Increased: 0.76 → 1.0. - Death Slam Death Slam Tether visuals now improved to communicate the different phases its in.
Update: May 3, 2024	- Grapple Grapple Cooldown Reduced: 55 → 45. - Flog Flog Damage Increased: 55 → 65. - Flog Flog Lifesteal from heroes Increased: 70% → 80%. - Flog Flog Lifesteal from non-heroes Reduced: 35% → 30%. - Death Slam Death Slam T1 Increased: +3m → +5m. - Fixed Death Slam Death Slam's Targeting cone not finding enemies near the edges. - Fixed Death Slam Death Slam To only target enemies who stay in the targeting cone.

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 is voiced by Andrew Bowen, who also voices Johnny Cage in the Mortal Kombat franchise.