Deadman Danny
Reckless · High-flying · Explosive
Lore
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm going to tell you a shocking secret: at Fairfax Industries we know nothing about safety. Now let me tell you something even MORE shocking... that's a good thing! Now in my tenure here I have been shot, stabbed, impaled, defenestrated, blown up, atomized, and decapitated-not once. not twice. not thrice. but quice. That's right, my head has been cut off enough times that I had to use a made up word to quantify it.
But I put myself through figurative and sometimes literal hell because it's not enough to THINK about how things go wrong, we need to KNOW how things go wrong.
Now the demonstration you are about to witness is extremely dangerous. So sit back. Put on your safety googles. And bear witness to the miracle of flight courtesy of Fairfax Industries, and the Chimera Mark 1."
- This transcription of Danny's opening remarks at The Military Technology Expo has been provided by Fairfax Industries
Versatile to learn · Chimera Peace Bringer
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Deadman Danny’s abilities
Strix Salvo
Launch a salvo of spirit missiles that lodge into the ground along a line. The missiles explode after a delay or upon detecting an enemy, dealing spirit damage and marking the target. Shooting a marked enemy with a charged shot consumes a mark to deal bonus spirit damage and apply a fading slow. Hold and drag to select the angle.
- Damage
- 27 + 0.74 × Spirit
- Marked Damage
- 45 + 1.1 × Spirit
- Fading Slow
- 40%
- Mark Duration
- 10s
- Slow Duration
- 1.5s
- Explode Delay
- 6s
Upgrades
- 1 AP
-12s Cooldown
- 2 AP
+30 Damage +45 Marked Damage
- 5 AP
+2 Missiles, Longer Range, and Improved Spirit Scaling
Base values with no items, from the Deadlock API, November 2, 2026. Patches change them.
The file on Deadman Danny
Everything confirmed. Pick a box, then open any source to see the proof.
Origins
How Deadman Danny got here.
Danny demonstrates Fairfax Industries weapons by surviving them. He says he's been shot, stabbed, blown up, atomized and decapitated.
SourceDeadman Danny’s biography
In the game“shot, stabbed, impaled, defenestrated, blown up, atomized, and decapitated”
Deadman Danny’s biography His head has come off so often he invented the word “quice” to count it.
SourceDeadman Danny’s biography
In the game“but quice.”
Deadman Danny’s biography What he is, no one will say. His biography is a company transcript, and his contract covers the question.
SourceDeadman Danny’s biography, Deadman Danny
In the game“has been provided by Fairfax Industries”
Deadman Danny’s biography “And I'm afraid my non-disclosure agreement is quite comprehensive and covers questions about my very existence.”
Deadman Danny, to Victor, before a match
Why Deadman Danny is in the ritual
Their own words first. The Patrons want something, so read theirs as offers.
For Maximilian Fairfax. The Hidden King says only Danny can save him from the serpents around him.
SourceThe Hidden King
In the game“Only you can save Maximilian Fairfax from the serpents that surround him. Summon the Hidden King, and ensure his survival.”
The Hidden King, to Deadman Danny, as a match begins “Danny, long have you yearned to know your benefactor's mind. Complete the Ritual, and the Hidden King will make your connection to him immediate and eternal.”
The Hidden King, to Deadman Danny, as a match begins The Archmother says something else: that he wants the credit, and a promotion, and that nobody will steal his glory again.
SourceThe Archmother
In the game“Daniel, your promotion is at hand. Summon the Archmother and take her Patronage.”
The Archmother, to Deadman Danny, as a match begins “No one will steal your glory again, Daniel, once you summon the Archmother...Fairfax and the entire world will know what you've accomplished.”
The Archmother, to Deadman Danny, as a match begins “Beyond your service, beyond your loyalty - the Archmother sees the desire you suppress. Summon her, and let it be fulfilled.”
The Archmother, to Deadman Danny, as a match begins
Factions and organizations
Who they work with, fight and answer to.
Fairfax Industries
He loves it, and calls Maximilian Fairfax a genius and his only father figure. Seven says Fairfax will drop him.
SourceDeadman Danny, Seven
In the game“There's only room for one father figure in my life and his name is Maximillian Fairfax!”
Deadman Danny, on killing Solomon “Maximillian Fairfax is a gentlemen, a genius, and the hero of our century.”
Deadman Danny, to Baba, before a match “He'll cast you aside the second you become an inconvenience, or worse: dare to have a vision of your own.”
Seven, to Deadman Danny, before a match The OSIC
Fairfax has OSIC contracts, he says, and an understanding.
SourceDeadman Danny
In the game“I hope this doesn't affect our OSIC contracts...”
Deadman Danny, on killing Haze “I thought the OSIC and Fairfax Industries had an understanding.”
Deadman Danny, on killing Haze Ixia
He notices that killing the Ixian prince will complicate contract talks.
SourceDeadman Danny
In the game“Well that is going to make contract negotiations in Ixia more complicated”
Deadman Danny, on killing Apollo “The Ixian prince is dead”
Deadman Danny, on killing Apollo Lost Whisper
He says Seven wouldn't be alive if Fairfax had won that contract.
SourceDeadman Danny
In the game“Seven wouldn't even be alive if Fairfax Industries won that Lost Whisper contract.”
Deadman Danny, on killing Seven
Cool facts
The small things worth knowing.
Asked if Fairfax created him, Danny says the question is covered by his non-disclosure agreement.
SourceVictor, Deadman Danny
In the game“So did that Fairfax guy create you?”
Victor, to Deadman Danny, before a match “And I'm afraid my non-disclosure agreement is quite comprehensive and covers questions about my very existence.”
Deadman Danny, to Victor, before a match Haze has friends who are alive thanks to Danny's rules for handling a vorpal grenade.
SourceHaze
In the game“Hey Danny, I know a lot of people think that you're a joke, but I have a lot of friends who would've died if you hadn't defined best practices for handling a vorpal grenade.”
Haze, to Deadman Danny, before a match Rat King blames Danny for 31 rats killed by Vermicide.
SourceRat King, Deadman Danny
In the game“31 of my people died screaming thanks to you.”
Rat King, to Deadman Danny, before a match “Thanks to science. I didn’t develop Vermicide; I just presented it.”
Deadman Danny, to Rat King, before a match Danny tries to sell Rat King artillery for holding Long Island.
SourceDeadman Danny
In the game“Have you given any thought on how you're going to protect it? Because Fairfax Industries has many reasonable artillery solutions in the event that people don't take kindly to your occupation.”
Deadman Danny, to Rat King, before a match
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