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Rem · Ability 1 · 25s cooldown

Pillow TossPillow Toss

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

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What does Pillow Toss do in Deadlock?

Pillow Toss is Rem's ability 1 on a 25-second cooldown with 0.3s cast delay, 1 charges, 8s charge delay. Throw your trusty pillow inflicting spirit damage and heavy knockback. Landing hits reduces the cooldown of your other abilities.

Upgrades: 1 AP — -7s Cooldown; 2 AP — +2m Radius and applies -35% Fire Rate; 5 AP — +100 Damage and +1 Charge.

In the most played Rem skill order (57.6% win rate over 6.2K games), Pillow Toss takes its first point at step 1 and gets 4 of the first 12 points, making it the first ability players max.

Full numbers below; for items and lane matchups see the Rem build, or compare cooldowns on the all-abilities table.

Base values, before items

Pillow Toss stats

Cooldown

25s

Cast Delay

0.3s

Charges

1

Charge Delay

8s

Damage

75

Debuff Duration

3.0s

Fading Move Speed

36%

Duration

0.4s

Cooldown On Pillow Hit

5s

Ability points

Pillow Toss upgrades

  1. 1 AP

    -7s Cooldown

  2. 2 AP

    +2m Radius and applies -35% Fire Rate

    +35% Fire Rate · +2m Radius

  3. 5 AP

    +100 Damage and +1 Charge

    +100 Damage · +1 Charges

Most played Rem skill order

When to level Pillow Toss

1Pillow Toss
2Pillow Toss
3Tag Along
4Tag Along
5Lil Helpers
6Pillow Toss
7Naptime
8Lil Helpers
9Pillow Toss
10Tag Along
11Naptime
12Lil Helpers

In the most played Rem skill order (57.6% win rate over 6.2K games), Pillow Toss takes its first point at step 1 and gets 4 of the first 12 points, making it the first ability players max.

Pillow Toss patch history

Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026 · May 22, 2026

  • – Pillow Toss charge time reduced from 9s to 8s
  • – Pillow Toss T3 increased from +90 to +100 Damage

Gameplay Update - 04-30-2026 · April 30, 2026

  • – Pillow Toss recharge timer reduced from 10s to 9s

Other Rem abilities

Mobility

Abilities like Pillow Toss

FAQ

What is the cooldown of Pillow Toss?+

Pillow Toss has a 25-second base cooldown before cooldown items or upgrades. One of its upgrades lowers it further — see the upgrade list above.

What are the Pillow Toss upgrades?+

1 AP: -7s Cooldown 2 AP: +2m Radius and applies -35% Fire Rate 5 AP: +100 Damage and +1 Charge

When should you level Pillow Toss?+

In the most played Rem skill order (57.6% win rate over 6.2K games), Pillow Toss takes its first point at step 1 and gets 4 of the first 12 points, making it the first ability players max.

Which hero has Pillow Toss?+

Pillow Toss is Rem's ability 1. Rem is a mystic whose other abilities are Tag Along, Lil Helpers, Naptime.