Souls are tempo
Every skirmish is a bet on whether winning the fight accelerates your item timings faster than the enemy recovers.
When to fight
- You have level advantage or power spike
- Enemy overextended without backup
- Objective timer forces their hand (urn, walker)
When to farm
- Lost trade badly and need safe souls to reach next item
- Enemy jungler missing — punish waves, not ego fights
- Lane matchup is unwinnable until one item completes
Track it
Connect Steam on UpForge to see match and hero trends on your dashboard (Deadlock is in beta — stats tracking is live; replay coaching uses Deadlock-specific plans). Use trends to see if you lose lanes before mid game or throw leads fighting on cooldown.
Put This Into Practice
Get coaching tailored to your gameplay
Review a match with free AI coaching, then auto-record on desktop when you are ready.
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