Rem, Deadlock hero

Deadlock hero · Mystic

Rem

Build, abilities and counters

Updated Current patch, since October 15, 2026

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Tier
#39
Win rate
45.4%
Pick rate
31.9%
Matches
526k

Who is Rem?

Rem is a mystic in Deadlock, released the week of January 25, 2026.

In recent matches Rem averages 3.5 / 5.7 / 14.6 kills, deaths and assists and ends games with 40k souls.

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Abilities

Rem item build

Early game

0 to 9 min

74% Extra Charge Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought74% Win45.9% At4:25 51% Extra Spirit Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought51% Win46.2% At4:25 40% Grit Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought40% Win45.4% At4:35 Gain a Barrier for a short duration. 30% Mystic Burst Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought30% Win46.8% At5:44 Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 80 damage to deal additional damage. 27% Mystic Expansion Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought27% Win47.2% At6:25 Imbue an ability to increase its range and effect radius. 24% High-Velocity Rounds Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought24% Win45.0% At2:31

Mid game

9 to 20 min

42% Improved Spirit Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought42% Win45.0% At13:09 38% Healing Booster Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought38% Win44.7% At13:04 Increases the effectiveness of your healing. 38% Rapid Recharge Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought38% Win47.7% At15:10 36% Compress Cooldown Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought36% Win45.5% At14:16 Imbue an ability to reduce its Cooldown. 31% Guardian Ward Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought31% Win44.6% At12:24 Provide the target with a Barrier and temporary Move Speed. Can be self-cast. Cooldown is reduced by half when cast on someone else. 22% Tankbuster Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought22% Win48.9% At15:58 Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 165 damage to deal additional damage. Ignores Spirit Resistance.

Late game

20 min and later

40% Boundless Spirit Spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought40% Win50.6% At31:11 34% Superior Cooldown Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought34% Win46.1% At26:45 Reduces the Cooldown of your abilities. 32% Healing Tempo Vitality · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought32% Win51.9% At31:45 Applying heal to yourself or an ally grants the target bonus fire rate and bonus move speed. Does not apply on innate Regen or passive Bullet/Spiri... 32% Transcendent Cooldown Spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought32% Win49.1% At31:31 Reduces the Cooldown of your abilities and items. 31% Greater Expansion Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought31% Win47.3% At28:19 Increases the range and effect radius of your abilities and items. 27% Superior Duration Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought27% Win48.3% At28:42 Increases the duration of your abilities and items.

Core items

Most bought overall

74% Improved Spirit Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought74% Win45.6% At13:55 68% Rapid Recharge Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought68% Win46.4% At19:52 65% Healing Booster Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought65% Win45.5% At13:35 Increases the effectiveness of your healing. 55% Guardian Ward Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought55% Win45.4% At12:04 Provide the target with a Barrier and temporary Move Speed. Can be self-cast. Cooldown is reduced by half when cast on someone else. 53% Compress Cooldown Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought53% Win45.6% At16:59 Imbue an ability to reduce its Cooldown. 50% Superior Cooldown Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought50% Win47.0% At23:26 Reduces the Cooldown of your abilities.

Percent = share of Rem players who bought the item in that phase. Hover or tap an item for its win rate and buy time. Late items win more partly because winning players can afford them.

Rem abilities

Ability 1

Pillow Toss

Throw your trusty pillow inflicting spirit damage and heavy knockback. Landing hits reduces the cooldown of your other abilities.

  1. 1-7s Cooldown
  2. 2+2m Radius and applies -35% Fire Rate
  3. 3+100 Damage and +1 Charge

Ability 2

Tag Along

Jump to an ally and nap alongside them. Both you and the ally receive a burst heal based on missing health followed by lingering regeneration. Hop between allies with Ability 2 to apply the heal, once per ally. You are knocked off if stunned by an ultimate ability. You can use items and all self-casts target your ally instead.

  1. 1-8s Cooldown
  2. 235% Bonus Item Range, Duration, and Barrier Effectiveness while napping
  3. 3+15% Spirit Power and +35 Spirit Power while napping and for 10s after napping Improved Spirit Scaling

Ability 3

Lil Helpers

Signal a Helper to lend a hand. They can collect boxes, do Sinner's Sacrifices, or be sent to support allies and troopers. Follow a hero: Provides a short burst of spirit resist and fading move speed. Follow a trooper: Provides healing, damage, resists, and allows tagging along. When no hero is around, souls from trooper kills are split amongst the team. Can be cast during Tag Along. Helpers will take a nap for 15.1s after following someone.

  1. 1+1 Helper +1.5m/s Move Speed
  2. 2+1 Helper +15% Trooper Damage and Resist
  3. 3+1 Helper +15% Spirit Resist

Ability 4 · Ultimate

Naptime

Cast your gaze forward, piercing walls and floors. Enemies in the gaze are slowed, have reduced dash distance, and cannot use movement abilities. When the channel ends they fall asleep before waking up to a splitting headache that deals heavy spirit damage.

  1. 1-1 Stamina On Wake and no Stamina Regen while sleeping
  2. 2+3m Radius and +0.75s Sleep Duration
  3. 3-55s cooldown Reduced damage and unstoppable while channeling

Ability order

13% of players · 45.1% win rate · 24,553 matches

Max first Tag Along Lil Helpers Pillow Toss Naptime
Ability 123456789101112
Pillow Toss U1
Tag Along U123
Lil Helpers U123
Naptime U1

U = unlock, numbers = upgrade tier. Most common first 12 points.

Rem counters and matchups

Counters

Rem wins least against

Graves Graves Win rate38.0% Pick rate– Matches128k −7.3 pts vs Rem's average −7.3
Victor Victor Win rate39.8% Pick rate– Matches76k −5.5 pts vs Rem's average −5.5
New Rat King Rat King Win rate39.9% Pick rate– Matches169k −5.5 pts vs Rem's average −5.5
Seven Seven Win rate40.2% Pick rate– Matches88k −5.2 pts vs Rem's average −5.2
Paige Paige Win rate41.2% Pick rate– Matches99k −4.1 pts vs Rem's average −4.1
Kelvin Kelvin Win rate41.8% Pick rate– Matches35k −3.5 pts vs Rem's average −3.5

Good matchups

Rem wins most against

Sinclair Sinclair Win rate51.1% Pick rate– Matches26k +5.8 pts vs Rem's average +5.8
Mina Mina Win rate51.1% Pick rate– Matches98k +5.7 pts vs Rem's average +5.7
Shiv Shiv Win rate50.9% Pick rate– Matches58k +5.5 pts vs Rem's average +5.5
Mirage Mirage Win rate50.5% Pick rate– Matches27k +5.1 pts vs Rem's average +5.1
Pocket Pocket Win rate50.3% Pick rate– Matches44k +4.9 pts vs Rem's average +4.9
Viscous Viscous Win rate50.1% Pick rate– Matches36k +4.8 pts vs Rem's average +4.8

Best teammates

Lift Rem's win rate most

Graves Graves Win rate52.9% Pick rate– Matches102k +7.6 pts vs Rem's average +7.6
New Rat King Rat King Win rate52.3% Pick rate– Matches125k +7.0 pts vs Rem's average +7.0
Victor Victor Win rate50.8% Pick rate– Matches95k +5.5 pts vs Rem's average +5.5
Paige Paige Win rate50.7% Pick rate– Matches25k +5.3 pts vs Rem's average +5.3
Kelvin Kelvin Win rate50.1% Pick rate– Matches13k +4.8 pts vs Rem's average +4.8
Seven Seven Win rate49.6% Pick rate– Matches96k +4.3 pts vs Rem's average +4.3

Points = Rem's win rate with or against that hero minus Rem's overall win rate. At least 500 matches per pair.

Base stats

Level 1 values from the game files.

Health
680
Health regen
2/s
Move speed
7.20 m/s
Sprint speed
+4 m/s
Stamina
3
Light melee
58
Heavy melee
116
Bullet damage
16
Bullets per shot
1
Fire rate
3.85/s
Clip size
13
Reload time
2 s
Gun DPS
61.5

Win rate by rank

Average badge of both teams. Ranks under 200 matches show a dash.

RankWin ratePick rate
Initiate 46.9% 33.5%
Seeker 45.9% 28.5%
Acolyte 45.0% 24.9%
Sentinel 45.4% 21.6%
Mystic 46.1% 20.0%
Ritualist 46.6% 18.4%
Emissary 46.0% 17.0%
Oracle 45.8% 13.9%
Phantom 48.4% 13.8%
Ascendant 47.7% 10.8%
Eternus 49.9% 13.8%

Top Rem community builds

In game: Heroes, Rem, Builds, then search the build ID.

Rem FAQ

Who is Rem in Deadlock?

Rem is a mystic hero, released the week of January 25, 2026.

What is the best Rem build?

The items Rem players buy most are Improved Spirit, Rapid Recharge, Healing Booster. Early on most start with Extra Charge, Extra Spirit, Grit.

Who counters Rem?

Rem wins least often against Graves, Victor, Rat King in recent matches.

Is Rem good right now?

Rem is D tier on our tier list with a 45.4% win rate and 31.9% pick rate (current patch).

Rem's story

An accidental stowaway from the world of dreams, Rem has found himself stranded in the city that never sleeps. Driven by his curious nature, Rem and his helpful friends have been seen wandering across the five boroughs in search of a way back home. So if you ever find yourself dozing off while taking the Blue line home from work, maybe you've just had an encounter with one of the Cursed Apple's newest denizens.

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