Ivy · Ultimate · 100s cooldown
Air Drop
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HeroIvy →What does Air Drop do in Deadlock?
Air Drop is Ivy's ultimate on a 100-second cooldown with 21.0s duration, 0.1s cast delay, 3.5s interrupt cooldown. Grab an ally and take flight with them. Drop your ally to cause an explosion, dealing spirit damage. You and your ally gain increased Outgoing Damage when flying ends. Cooldown reduced by 30% when used on allies. Taking damage briefly disables using the ability. While lifted, your ally cannot attack and deals -20% damage.
Upgrades: 1 AP — On Fly End : 300 Barrier to Ivy and ally that scales with Spirit; 2 AP — +32% Slow for 3s on enemies hit; 5 AP — Silence for 3s on enemies hit. Increases damage and barrier scaling..
In the most played Ivy skill order (61.3% win rate over 3.1K games), Air Drop takes its first point at step 7 and gets 3 of the first 12 points, making it the third ability players max.
Full numbers below; for items and lane matchups see the Ivy build, or compare cooldowns on the all-abilities table.
Base values, before items
Air Drop stats
Cooldown
100s
Duration
21.0s
Cast Delay
0.1s
Interrupt Cooldown
3.5s
Explode Damage
115
Buff Duration
8s
Outgoing Damage Bonus
20%
Ability points
Air Drop upgrades
- 1 AP
On Fly End : 300 Barrier to Ivy and ally that scales with Spirit
+300 Barrier · +0.7 Barrier
- 2 AP
+32% Slow for 3s on enemies hit
+32% Move Speed · +3s Slow Duration
- 5 AP
Silence for 3s on enemies hit. Increases damage and barrier scaling.
+3s Silence Duration · +1.5 Explode Damage · +1.0 Barrier
Most played Ivy skill order
When to level Air Drop
In the most played Ivy skill order (61.3% win rate over 3.1K games), Air Drop takes its first point at step 7 and gets 3 of the first 12 points, making it the third ability players max.
Air Drop patch history
Minor Update - 06-30-2026 · June 30, 2026
- – Air Drop cooldown reduction when used on allies increased from -25% to -30%
Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026 · March 6, 2026
- – Air Drop cast time removed. Instead, if you take damage the ability will be unable to be used for 3.5s
- – Air Drop spirit damage scaling reduced from 2.3 to 1.0
- – Air Drop Cooldown reduced from 100s to 65s
- – Air Drop duration increased from 16s to 21s
- – Air Drop base/max speed increased from 11/18m to 10/22m
- – Air Drop bomb radius increased from 14m to 20m
- – Air Drop buff duration reduced from 12s to 8s
- – Air Drop ally cast range increased from 14m to 18m
- – Air Drop now grants you and your ally +20% Outgoing Damage after dropping
- – Air Drop bomb no longer has a fast explode expanding behavior
- – Air Drop bomb no longer causes a knockup
- – Air Drop bomb no longer slows on explode by default
- – Air Drop bomb no longer provides barrier by default
- – Air Drop T1 changed from "-20% Bullet Resist on enemies hit for 8s" to "Grants you and ally 300 Barrier (+1.0 Spirit Scaling)" Lasts 12s.
- – Air Drop T2 changed from "+200 Barrier and +5m Explode Radius" to "Explode applies 50% Slow for 3s"
- – Air Drop T3 now also increases damage scaling by +1.5 and barrier scaling by +1.0
- – Air Drop damage spirit scaling reduced from 1 to 0.7
- – Air Drop T1 barrier spirit scaling reduced from 1 to 0.7
- – Air Drop T2 slow reduced from 50% to 40%
- – Air Drop ally cast range increased from 18m to 22m
- – Air Drop is no longer disabled by damage over time abilities (same as zipline rules)
- – Air Drop cooldown increased from 65s to 85s
- – Air Drop cooldown is reduced by 25% when used on allies
11-21-2025 Update · November 21, 2025
- – Air Drop damage penalty for ally you are carrying reduced from -50% to -30%
- – Air Drop cast range increased from 12m to 14m
12-06-2024 Update · December 6, 2024
- – Air Drop damage reduced from 150 to 125.
- – Fixed Phantom Strike not grounding Ivy when using Air Drop.
- – Air Drop now lets you choose to significantly reduce your initial upward momentum by holding the fly key down while casting the ability.
Other Ivy abilities
FAQ
What is the cooldown of Air Drop?＋
Air Drop has a 100-second base cooldown before cooldown items or upgrades.
What are the Air Drop upgrades?＋
1 AP: On Fly End : 300 Barrier to Ivy and ally that scales with Spirit 2 AP: +32% Slow for 3s on enemies hit 5 AP: Silence for 3s on enemies hit. Increases damage and barrier scaling.
When should you level Air Drop?＋
In the most played Ivy skill order (61.3% win rate over 3.1K games), Air Drop takes its first point at step 7 and gets 3 of the first 12 points, making it the third ability players max.
Which hero has Air Drop?＋
Air Drop is Ivy's ultimate. Ivy is a marksman whose other abilities are Entangling Thorns, Kudzu Connection, Stone Form.