Deadlock – What Affects the Reload Time

Quick Guide to Reloading

By Poisenbery.

I labbed all of the character’s abilities and game mechanics to figure out which interactions affect reload times. Here is what I learned:

  1. Light Melee attack will pause your current reload cycle while you melee.
  2. Heavy Melee attack will pause your current reload cycle AFTER the punch (you still reload while charging).
  3. Dodge will pause your current reload cycle until you regain control of you character again.
  4. Bebop uppercut is the only ability in the game to pause your current reload cycle. (Same as light melee attack)
  5. Dynamo, Seven, and Haze ults will cancel your reload.
  6. Yamato ult gives her a full clip after duration ends.

This means that certain characters should (usually) always be using reload before using certain abilities with long duration. Notable examples are:

  1. Abrams Charge
  2. Bebop Hyper Beam
  3. Grey Talon Guided Owl (usually)
  4. Infernus Flame Dash
  5. Ivy Stone Form (seems to be same duration as reload)
  6. Kelvin Arctic Beam
  7. Lash Death Slam
  8. McGinnis Heavy Barrage
  9. Mo and Krill Burrow and Combo.
  10. Paradox Kinetic Carbine (The charge time is the exact same time as a reload).
  11. Pocket Barrage and Enchanter’s Satchel
  12. Viscous Cube and Goo Ball

Honorable Mention: Yamato Power Slash

Basically, your abilities don’t interrupt your reloads. The ONLY exceptions are Bebop uppercut pausing, and Dynamo/Seven/Haze ults outright canceling.

A couple more interesting notes:

  • Grey Talon can fire Charge Shot while reloading
  • Vindicta can fire Assassinate while reloading
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