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Silver · Ability 1 · 25s cooldown

Slam FireSlam Fire

Instantly reload your gun. You gain bonus fire rate and deal bonus weapon damage based on the target's health for a limited number of shots, but suffer from reduced accuracy. Deals bonus Weapon Damage against troopers and neutrals.

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What does Slam Fire do in Deadlock?

Slam Fire is Silver's ability 1 on a 25-second cooldown with 5s duration, 1m cast range, 0.45s cast delay. Instantly reload your gun. You gain bonus fire rate and deal bonus weapon damage based on the target's health for a limited number of shots, but suffer from reduced accuracy. Deals bonus Weapon Damage against troopers and neutrals.

Upgrades: 1 AP — +15% Weapon Damage; 2 AP — -10s Cooldown; 5 AP — If you hit all shots, deal +7% current health as damage.

In the most played Silver skill order (57.2% win rate over 9.7K games), Slam Fire 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 Silver build, or compare cooldowns on the all-abilities table.

Base values, before items

Slam Fire stats

Cooldown

25s

Duration

5s

Cast Range

1m

Cast Delay

0.45s

Damage

40

Debuff Duration

3s

Max Shots

3

Fire Rate

300%

Current Health as Damage

2.5%

Proc Chance

100%

Ability points

Slam Fire upgrades

  1. 1 AP

    +15% Weapon Damage

  2. 2 AP

    -10s Cooldown

  3. 5 AP

    If you hit all shots, deal +7% current health as damage

    +3s Stack Duration · +3 Max Stacks · +7% Bonus Current Health as Damage

Most played Silver skill order

When to level Slam Fire

1Slam Fire
2Slam Fire
3Boot Kick
4Entangling Bola
5Slam Fire
6Boot Kick
7Lycan Curse
8Lycan Curse
9Boot Kick
10Lycan Curse
11Lycan Curse
12Slam Fire

In the most played Silver skill order (57.2% win rate over 9.7K games), Slam Fire takes its first point at step 1 and gets 4 of the first 12 points, making it the first ability players max.

Slam Fire patch history

Minor Update - 07-28-2026 · July 28, 2026

  • – Slam Fire now does 100% bonus damage against NPCs (troopers and neutrals, not objectives)

Minor Update - 05-31-2026 · May 31, 2026

  • – Slam Fire Current Health as Damage reduced from 3% to 2.5%
  • – Slam Fire T3 reduced from 8% Current Health as Damage to 7%

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

  • – Slam Fire Current Health As Damage reduced from 4% to 3%

Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026 · March 6, 2026

  • – Slam Fire Weapon Accuracy reduced from -25% to -30%

Other Silver abilities

Heal

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FAQ

What is the cooldown of Slam Fire?+

Slam Fire 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 Slam Fire upgrades?+

1 AP: +15% Weapon Damage 2 AP: -10s Cooldown 5 AP: If you hit all shots, deal +7% current health as damage

When should you level Slam Fire?+

In the most played Silver skill order (57.2% win rate over 9.7K games), Slam Fire 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 Slam Fire?+

Slam Fire is Silver's ability 1. Silver is a brawler whose other abilities are Boot Kick, Entangling Bola, Lycan Curse.