The Doorman
He's proper, he's polite, but the humble Doorman of The Baroness Hotel is more than meets the eye. While he had only planned to experience life on this plane for a few weeks, The Doorman quickly discovered that the New York service industry was a great way to see the strange demands that please humans.
- Tier
- C
- Win rate
- 45.8%
- Change
- -0.4
- Pick rate
- 19.1%
- Ban rate
- 14.1%
- measured matches
- 108.6K
How to play The Doorman in Deadlock: abilities and upgrades, skill order, items by phase and matchups, from the games of the last two weeks.
BalancedUtilityOffensiveDefensiveStrong against
Who this hero answers, and why.
- Mirage51.9%win rate in the matchup
The Doorman wins 51.9% of the 8,272 games measured against Mirage in the last two weeks.
- Sinclair51.8%win rate in the matchup
The Doorman wins 51.8% of the 10,031 games measured against Sinclair in the last two weeks.
- Venator50.2%win rate in the matchup
The Doorman wins 50.2% of the 22,600 games measured against Venator in the last two weeks.
Abilities
1Call Bell18sThrow out a call bell that deals spirit damage on impact. After a short delay it explodes, dealing additional spirit damage and causing affected enemies to suffer reduced weapon accuracy and movement slow. Can be shot to detonate early.- Impact Damage
- 40
- Explosion Damage
- 55
- Weapon Accuracy
- -40%
- Move Speed
- -28%
- Bell Lifetime
- 3s
2Doorway45sRange 50mPlace two connected doors in the world. Players and most projectiles entering one door will exit out through the other. The doors will close at the end of the duration. The two doors must be placed within the doorway distance of each other.- Doorway Distance
- 65m
3Luggage Cart30sRange 20mSend out a luggage Cart that deals spirit damage and pulls enemy heroes along its path. Can be alt cast with to target friendly heroes instead.- Cart Damage
- 60
4Hotel GuestUltimate140sRange 7mSend the target's physical body to be a guest at the Baroness Hotel. The guest is to promptly make their way to the exit elevator, where they'll be sent back to their original position. A stay at the Baroness Hotel is paid for in spirit damage. Failure to check-out on time costs additional spirit damage.- Damage
- 75
- Damage
- 125
- Check-Out Time
- 6.5s
Skill order
The most played order in 3.2K games of the last two weeks (49.3% win rate). Each ability takes four steps: the unlock and its three upgrades; 4 is the ultimate.
Max order:1›3›2
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2 | · | · | · | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| 3 | · | · | 3 | · | · | · | · | · | 3 | · | 3 | 3 | · | · | · |
| 4 | · | · | · | · | · | 4 | 4 | · | · | · | · | · | 4 | 4 | · |
Highest win rate order: 61.0% in 733 games
Max order:2›3›1
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | · |
| 2 | · | · | 2 | 2 | · | 2 | · | · | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 3 | · | · | · | · | 3 | · | · | · | · | 3 | 3 | 3 | · | · | · | · |
| 4 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 4 | 4 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 4 | 4 |
Ability upgrades
All upgrades →Each ability unlocks with one point and has three upgrades, bought with ability points: T1 costs 1, T2 costs 2 and T3 costs 5.
- 1Call BellT11 point+1 ChargeT22 points+30 Impact Damage +40 Explosion DamageT35 points+4.5m Radius +26s Bell Lifetime Improved Scaling
- 2DoorwayT11 point+20s DurationT22 pointsGrants a Barrier first time traveling through doorsT35 points+30m Cast Range. +40m Doorway Distance and scales with Spirit Power.
- 3Luggage CartT11 point+80 Cart DamageT22 points+25m Cast Range +75 Damage on wall impactT35 points-15s Cooldown and 1.25s stun on wall impact
- 4Hotel GuestT11 point1 Stamina Drain and -20 CooldownT22 points+150 Damage +1.5s Stun on Failure to Check OutT35 pointsUnstoppable while the Baroness is occupied. 15s Cooldown on Failure to Check Out.
Items by phase
Shop →What The Doorman players buy most in each phase of the game, with the share that buys it and their win rate.
Laning phase
Mystic Burst55% buy it45.8%
Extra Charge52% buy it45.9%
High-Velocity Rounds44% buy it44.6%
Mystic Expansion40% buy it46.7%
Opening Rounds40% buy it45.1%
Sprint Boots29% buy it46.2%
Grit24% buy it45.0%
Trophy Collector17% buy it48.1%
Mid game
Rapid Recharge45% buy it46.2%- Mystic Expansion38% buy it44.2%
Slowing Hex31% buy it45.0%- Trophy Collector30% buy it45.5%
Improved Spirit29% buy it46.3%
Tankbuster26% buy it48.4%
Compress Cooldown26% buy it45.4%
Greater Expansion24% buy it48.2%
Late game
Boundless Spirit50% buy it49.9%- Greater Expansion49% buy it45.5%
- Tankbuster44% buy it45.5%
Superior Cooldown39% buy it47.5%
Transcendent Cooldown36% buy it49.3%
Cheat Death35% buy it49.8%
Spirit Burn29% buy it54.4%
Vortex Web26% buy it43.8%
Items that win most
Highest win rate items bought with this hero (with enough games) and when they are bought on average. Late items win more partly because they are bought in games that were already going well.
Mystic Reverbbought at 34:55 · 25.3K games55.8%- Spirit Burnbought at 35:15 · 36.4K games54.8%
Witchmailbought at 41:58 · 5.4K games54.4%
Escalating Exposurebought at 40:04 · 3.3K games54.0%
Phantom Strikebought at 28:06 · 4.1K games51.6%
Divine Barrierbought at 35:07 · 8.4K games51.4%
Indomitablebought at 38:19 · 10.7K games51.3%
Infuserbought at 36:23 · 4.7K games51.3%- Cheat Deathbought at 29:37 · 48.7K games50.9%
Juggernautbought at 40:14 · 4.1K games50.8%
In-game builds
The most favorited The Doorman builds of the patch published in the game. Copy the ID and search it in the game's Hero Builds browser.
Piggy`s Doorman (twitch.tv/piggyxdd)
36.9K favorites · updated 2026-09-23
All items explained. MAX DOOR FIRST IF UR NOT GOOD AT KNOWING RANGES IM A NERD I KNOW THEM
291314The Doorman - Tank-Crowd Control [50% WR] [tracklock.gg]
31.5K favorites · updated 2026-09-28
Top The Doorman build generated by comparing every build path in 499 The Doorman matches over the past 3 days from Phantom+. Items are ordered by actual buy time. +2% win rate over The Doorman's average. Updated daily.
317852annoying slippery bell throwing prick
25.7K favorites · updated 2026-08-30
sometimes you want to get gun invest first lean and opinionated spirit doorman but also get all the investments. you can put the point into cart or ult depending find me in the deadlock discord if you have questions / feedback
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Matchups and teammates
Weak against
Best teammates
Wins the lane against
Loses the lane against
- Victor5.4K games38.9%
- Graves7.7K games39.4%
- Kelvin3.7K games40.2%
- Seven5.9K games41.2%
- Mo & Krill6.5K games41.5%
Measured over the last two weeks, with at least 200 games per pair (100 in lane). Lane matchups only count games where both heroes started in the same lane.
The Doorman builds
View all builds →From the guide «The Doorman guide»
The items The Doorman players buy most in each phase of the game over the last two weeks (108,587 games measured), with how many buy them and how they do. Skill points in the most played order (3,156 games, 49.3% win rate).
The Doorman · Mystic
The Doorman: “Piggy`s Doorman (twitch.tv/piggyxdd)” (in-game build)
The most favorited The Doorman build published in the game this patch: saved 36,868 times, last updated on 2026-09-23. Find it in-game in the Hero Builds browser by its ID: 291314. Its own categories are kept as notes on each item.
Items with the highest win rate when bought on The Doorman, among those bought in a meaningful share of games, placed by when they are bought on average. Win rate on items bought late is inflated by games that were already going well: read it as “what winning The Doormans end up buying”.
The vitality items The Doorman players buy most, for games where you get focused or need to survive fights longer. Cheapest first.
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