What type of hero is Deadman Danny?

Deadman Danny is a marksman. Gun-focused heroes who deal steady damage from range. Complexity: moderate.

What are Deadman Danny's abilities?

Strix Salvo, Chimera Mk1 and Jettison Fuel, plus the ultimate Close The Deal. Each one has three upgrades that cost 1, 2 and 5 ability points.

How much health does Deadman Danny have?

Deadman Danny starts with 730 health and gains 39 more with every boon (each level from 2 onward).

Is Deadman Danny good for beginners?

Deadman Danny is rated moderate. If you're new, Graves, Haze and Infernus are easier places to start.

What should I buy first on Deadman Danny?

Most Deadman Danny players open with High-Velocity Rounds, Opening Rounds and Extra Regen. See the full Deadman Danny build for mid and late game items.

Marksman hero · Moderate

RecklessHigh-flyingExplosive

Deadman Danny starts with 730 health and a gun that deals 60 damage per second. Their abilities are Strix Salvo, Chimera Mk1 and Jettison Fuel, with Close The Deal as the ultimate.

Deadman Danny build Compare Deadman Danny

Health: 730
Regen: 3.25/s
Move speed: 6.4m/s
Sprint: +1.6m/s
Stamina: 3
Gun DPS: 60

Win rate 47.9% Pick rate 59.4% 1.1M matches in the last 30 days Counters and synergy

The kit

Deadman Danny abilities

Ability 1

Strix Salvo

Cooldown: 25s
Range: 35m

Launch a salvo of spirit missiles that lodge into the ground along a line. The missiles explode after a delay or upon detecting an enemy, dealing Spirit Damage and marking the target.

Shooting a marked enemy with a charged shot consumes a mark to deal Spirit Damage and apply a fading Slow.

Hold and drag to select the angle.

Damage: 27 ×0.74 Spirit
Marked Damage: 45 ×1.1 Spirit
Fading Slow: 40%
Mark Duration: 10s
Slow Duration: 1.5s
Explode Delay: 6s

I
-12s Cooldown
1 AP
II
+30 Damage
+45 Marked Damage
2 AP
III
+2 Missiles, Longer Range, and Improved Spirit Scaling
5 AP

Ability 2

Chimera Mk1

Cooldown: 21s

Hold Mantle to fly, building up heat. When max heat is reached, your jetpack will begin to overheat.

Overheating: After a short delay, dive to the ground. Upon impact, create an explosion that deals damage and launches you and nearby enemies. If no hero is hit, you stun yourself. Press Ability2 to dive early.

Cooling Down: After overheating, the jetpack cannot be used until it fully cools down.

Slows affect you while airborne. You always explode on death.

Explosion Damage: 70 ×1.5 Spirit
Explosion Damage: 70 ×1.4 Weapon
Self Stun: 1.3s
Self Damage: 10% Max Health

I
Heat vents faster while grounded
1 AP
II
On Hero Hit: Heal and take no self damage
2 AP
III
On Hero Hit: -50% Cooldown and +120 Spirit Damage
5 AP

Ability 3

Jettison Fuel

Cooldown: 22s
Range: 22m
Duration: 2s

Spray fuel dealing Weapon DPS and shredding Bullet Resist, building up to a huge backblast that deals Spirit Damage and knocks you backwards.

Vents the jetpack when dealing damage.

Damage Per Second: 30 ×0.8 Weapon
Burst Damage: 35 ×0.95 Spirit
Bullet Resist: -15%
Debuff Duration: 7s

I
-8s Cooldown
1 AP
II
+60 Burst Damage
On Backblast Hit: +18% Fire Rate for 7s
2 AP
III
-10% Bullet Resist Shred
On Backblast Hit: Apply a Mark
5 AP

Ultimate

Close The Deal

Cooldown: 135s
Range: 10m

Grab an enemy and give them a hands-on demonstration, flying high into the air before crashing back to the ground.

You and the participant take Spirit DPS while falling and Spirit Damage upon impact. Damage is increased to enemies under 50% health.

Damage: 70 ×1 Spirit
Falling Damage: 3 / meter ×0.09 Spirit
Self Damage: 25%
Bonus Damage: +75%

I
+90 Damage
1 AP
II
-35s Cooldown
2 AP
III
+0.5s Stun
+8 Damage / Meter
5 AP

What players buy

Deadman Danny build

Full build

The items Deadman Danny players pick most often in the early game, and how often they buy each one.

I

High-Velocity Rounds 800
Picked in 86% of games
II

Opening Rounds 1,600
Picked in 55% of games
I

Extra Regen 800
Picked in 41% of games
II Active

Cold Front 1,600
Picked in 34% of games

From recent matches

Teammates and counters

All matchups

Deadman Danny wins 47.9% of 1.1M matches in the last 30 days. Here's who Deadman Danny does best with, the heroes Deadman Danny struggles against most, and the ones Deadman Danny beats most often.

Best with

Nurse Harrow 51.6% won together, 2.2 pts above expected

Billy 46.9% won together, 1.5 pts above expected

Victor 53.4% won together, 1.2 pts above expected

Counters Deadman Danny

Graves Deadman Danny wins 41.1%

Rat King Deadman Danny wins 41.6%

Kelvin Deadman Danny wins 41.9%

Deadman Danny counters

Mirage Deadman Danny wins 53.3%

Silver Deadman Danny wins 53.2%

Shiv Deadman Danny wins 53.0%

From recent matches

Items Deadman Danny players buy

Full build

How often Deadman Danny players buy each item and how often they win with it, over 1.1M matches in the last 30 days. Expensive items bought late often show high win rates because the game was already going well.

Item	Bought in	Win rate	Usually bought at
High-Velocity Rounds	93.4%	47.9%	2 min
Improved Spirit	89.8%	48.3%	13 min
Tankbuster	78.3%	49.2%	21 min
Extra Spirit	75.4%	48.0%	8 min
Greater Expansion	73.7%	49.7%	24 min
Opening Rounds	71.0%	48.4%	6 min
Mystic Expansion	69.3%	48.1%	13 min
Reactive Barrier	68.1%	48.9%	14 min
Boundless Spirit	65.0%	51.7%	29 min
Mystic Burst	64.8%	48.6%	11 min

Highest win rates (bought in 5% of matches or more)

Mystic Reverb 57.9% won · bought in 8.9%
Diviner's Kevlar 57.6% won · bought in 9.3%
Spirit Burn 56.7% won · bought in 23.9%
Escalating Exposure 56.2% won · bought in 5.9%
Spiritual Overflow 54.7% won · bought in 16.0%
Glass Cannon 54.5% won · bought in 5.1%

Gun

Weapon

DPS: 60; While firing
Sustained DPS: 31; Including reloads
Bullet damage: 15
Fire rate: 4/s
Magazine: 14; Empties in 3.5s
Reload: 3.2s

Damage over distance

Full damage to 18m Drops to 10% by 47m

Headshots deal ×1.65 damage. Bullets travel at 178 m/s and drop over long distances.

Initiate to Eternus

Deadman Danny win rate by rank

How often Deadman Danny wins at each rank (by the average rank of the match) over the last 30 days. The middle line is 50%.

Initiate 46.8% · 12k
Seeker 47.1% · 27k
Acolyte 46.3% · 26k
Sentinel 45.9% · 22k
Mystic 45.1% · 20k
Ritualist 44.7% · 19k
Emissary 44.5% · 19k
Oracle 43.6% · 20k
Phantom 42.4% · 19k
Ascendant 41.9% · 7,543
Eternus 41.7% · 3,259

Every boon

Growth per level

Collecting souls levels you up. Each level from 2 onward is a boon, and every boon permanently adds:

Health: +39
Bullet damage: +0.42
Melee damage: +1.58
Spirit power: +1.1

Quick answers

Deadman Danny questions

What type of hero is Deadman Danny?: Deadman Danny is a marksman. Gun-focused heroes who deal steady damage from range. Complexity: moderate.
What are Deadman Danny's abilities?: Strix Salvo, Chimera Mk1 and Jettison Fuel, plus the ultimate Close The Deal. Each one has three upgrades that cost 1, 2 and 5 ability points.
How much health does Deadman Danny have?: Deadman Danny starts with 730 health and gains 39 more with every boon (each level from 2 onward).
Is Deadman Danny good for beginners?: Deadman Danny is rated moderate. If you're new, Graves, Haze and Infernus are easier places to start.
What should I buy first on Deadman Danny?: Most Deadman Danny players open with High-Velocity Rounds, Opening Rounds and Extra Regen. See the full Deadman Danny build for mid and late game items.

Case history

Deadman Danny lore

"Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm going to tell you a shocking secret: at Fairfax Industries we know nothing about safety. Now let me tell you something even MORE shocking... that's a good thing! Now in my tenure here I have been shot, stabbed, impaled, defenestrated, blown up, atomized, and decapitated-not once. not twice. not thrice. but quice. That's right, my head has been cut off enough times that I had to use a made up word to quantify it.

But I put myself through figurative and sometimes literal hell because it's not enough to THINK about how things go wrong, we need to KNOW how things go wrong.

Now the demonstration you are about to witness is extremely dangerous. So sit back. Put on your safety googles. And bear witness to the miracle of flight courtesy of Fairfax Industries, and the Chimera Mark 1."

- This transcription of Danny's opening remarks at The Military Technology Expo has been provided by Fairfax Industries