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i think i have to agree
with sage heal she is a good agent for players like cryo, yay, etc
very good stall
meanwhile deadlock is neither here nor there
not as good as vyse/chamber and not as good as cypher/kj
jack of all trades king of none

I know that sounds weird but she has 58.5% NMWR over 300 game in T1+T2 T.T (And Before her small up)
Nobody will pick her for understable reason but even if nobody pick her, they are a chance she has a hidden broken pick (Especially if the postplan meta continues, when team gonna realize how strong she hardcounter some postplant meta like the broken think on Sunset, she could see a revival).

But also I really dislike Deadlock, to me she bring nothing to a teamcomp, in modern val every team have 1 duel, 1 reveal, 1 smoke, and the 2 last spot are usually for a sentinel, a 2nd ctrl or a 2nd init.
I value smoke a lot, and I saw that double init is meta. So either you have to remove your 2nd smoker AND your second init for her OR you have to pick her as a solo sentinel (Wish devalute her strength, because her strength is to deathtrap 2 site to have a really strong defense and sacrificing your atk for it). I dont see any team good with her beside the infamous "Win 10-2 Ascent your defense phase or loose the game 100%", her orb synergise with Tejo ? Yeah same than Astra and Sage

In comparison, you have Sage, if you judge it as a sentinel, yeah she is shit, but if you stop to think about her as a sentinel, and more as weird agent with unique advantage, strong when you play retake, wall that can allow you to take space aggressively (Kinda using it like a supersmoke), her orb that can stall and combo more long than DL and do the same combo.

so tldr ; they are no good compo with DL (Having to play her either solo Senti OR sacrificing both 2nd init and 2nd smoke is both bad comp), but you can imagine good compo with Sage if you have a specific gameplan.

ill think about it, really cool idea and im glad you're really trying to do something fun with it