Powder Keg
Holliday · Ability 1
Throw a barrel that explodes when shot
Throw a barrel that explodes after a delay, dealing Spirit Damage, setting enemies on fire and applying Knock Up.
The barrel can be detonated early by being shot, melee'd, or detonated by another barrel.
The burn stacks, so overlapping barrels burn for their combined damage.
Can be Alt-Cast to place the barrel in front of Holliday.
Powder Keg has a 28 second cooldown and 2 charges.
Every upgrade
Powder Keg numbers
Each column includes every upgrade before it. Highlighted values are the ones that tier changes.
| Stat | Base | + Tier I | + Tier II | + Tier III |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooldown | 28s | 18s | 18s | 18s |
| Charges | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Impact Damage spirit | 40 | 40 | 40 | 80 |
| Damage Per Second spirit | 13.33 | 13.33 | 13.33 | 26.67 |
| Burn Duration | 3s | 3s | 3s | 3s |
| Arm Time | 0.1s | 0.1s | 0.1s | 0.1s |
| Charge Delay | 7.5s | 7.5s | 7.5s | 2.5s |
Scaling
Powder Keg at each spirit level
Spirit power raises these values. Each point adds the listed amount, so here is what they reach as your spirit power grows (base upgrades). How spirit power works
| Stat | Per point | 0 spirit | 25 spirit | 50 spirit | 75 spirit | 100 spirit | 150 spirit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damage Per Second | +0.18 | 13.33 | 17.71 | 22.08 | 26.46 | 30.83 | 39.58 |
| Impact Damage | +0.53 | 40 | 53.13 | 66.25 | 79.38 | 92.5 | 118.75 |
Ability points
Powder Keg upgrades
Tier I · 1 AP
-10s Cooldown
Tier II · 2 AP
+1 Charges
Tier III · 5 AP
+0.25 Impact Damage
+0.08 Burn Damage per Second
-5s Charge Time
Improved Spirit Scaling
The rest of the kit
Other Holliday abilities
Quick answers
Powder Keg questions
- What does Powder Keg do in Deadlock?
- Powder Keg is Holliday's ability 1. Throw a barrel that explodes after a delay, dealing Spirit Damage, setting enemies on fire and applying Knock Up. The barrel can be detonated early by being shot, melee'd, or detonated by another barrel. The burn stacks, so overlapping barrels burn for their combined damage.Can be Alt-Cast to place the barrel in front of Holliday.
- What is the cooldown of Powder Keg?
- 28 seconds before upgrades, and 18 seconds with every upgrade. Cooldown reduction items shorten it further.
- What do Powder Keg's upgrades do?
- Tier 1 (1 AP): -10s Cooldown Tier 2 (2 AP): +1 Charges Tier 3 (5 AP): +0.25 Impact Damage+0.08 Burn Damage per Second-5s Charge TimeImproved Spirit Scaling