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Solomon · Ability 3 · 33s cooldown

Rook BatteryRook Battery

Release a pair of rooks that travel forward, dealing spirit damage and applying immobilize. If the rooks hit a wall, they reflect back in the opposite direction. Re-Activate: Split the rooks perpendicularly.

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What does Rook Battery do in Deadlock?

Rook Battery is Solomon's ability 3 on a 33-second cooldown with 0.25s cast delay, 50 damage, 1s duration. Release a pair of rooks that travel forward, dealing spirit damage and applying immobilize. If the rooks hit a wall, they reflect back in the opposite direction. Re-Activate: Split the rooks perpendicularly.

Upgrades: 1 AP — On Hit: Reduce 25% Fire Rate for 5s; 2 AP — On Hit: 5% Current Health as Damage; 5 AP — +1 Wall Reflects -12s Cooldown +0.5s Immobilize Duration.

In the most played Solomon skill order (47.4% win rate over 22K games), Rook Battery takes its first point at step 4 and gets 4 of the first 12 points, making it the third ability players max.

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

Base values, before items

Rook Battery stats

Cooldown

33s

Cast Delay

0.25s

Damage

50

Duration

1s

Summon Health

100

Aura Linger Duration

0.5s

Slide Distance

100%

Immobilize Duration

1s

Barrier

100

Wall Reflects

1

Ability points

Rook Battery upgrades

  1. 1 AP

    On Hit: Reduce 25% Fire Rate for 5s

    +25% Fire Rate · +5s Debuff Duration

  2. 2 AP

    On Hit: 5% Current Health as Damage

    +5% Current Health

  3. 5 AP

    +1 Wall Reflects -12s Cooldown +0.5s Immobilize Duration

    -12s Cooldown · +0.5s Immobilize Duration · +1 Wall Reflects

Most played Solomon skill order

When to level Rook Battery

1Setup Bishop
2Setup Bishop
3Kingside Knight
4Rook Battery
5Setup Bishop
6Develop Queen
7Develop Queen
8Kingside Knight
9Kingside Knight
10Rook Battery
11Rook Battery
12Rook Battery

In the most played Solomon skill order (47.4% win rate over 22K games), Rook Battery takes its first point at step 4 and gets 4 of the first 12 points, making it the third ability players max.

Other Solomon abilities

Immobilize · Heal · Barrier

Abilities like Rook Battery

FAQ

What is the cooldown of Rook Battery?+

Rook Battery has a 33-second base cooldown before cooldown items or upgrades. One of its upgrades lowers it further — see the upgrade list above.

What are the Rook Battery upgrades?+

1 AP: On Hit: Reduce 25% Fire Rate for 5s 2 AP: On Hit: 5% Current Health as Damage 5 AP: +1 Wall Reflects -12s Cooldown +0.5s Immobilize Duration

When should you level Rook Battery?+

In the most played Solomon skill order (47.4% win rate over 22K games), Rook Battery takes its first point at step 4 and gets 4 of the first 12 points, making it the third ability players max.

Which hero has Rook Battery?+

Rook Battery is Solomon's ability 3. Solomon is a mystic whose other abilities are Setup Bishop, Kingside Knight, Develop Queen.