Infernus

Arsonist

Explosive

Burn Rubber

Weapon Stats
Damage Per Second:	52.4
Bullet Damage:	5.5+0.088
Ammo:	27
Bullets per sec:	9.52
Reload Time:	2.25s
Bullet Velocity:	660m/s
Light Melee:	50+1.58
Heavy Melee:	116+3.67

Information

Voice Actor:	Phil Morris^[1]^[2]
Release Date:	April 24, 2024
Codenames:	Inferno

“

They'll be nothin' but ash when I'm through.

Infernus is a Hero in Deadlock. He is an Ixian with a powerful control of flame that he uses to enhance his speed and ignite his enemies. Combining his Flame Dash with the ability to spew a Napalm catalyst, Infernus can chase down and ignite his foes with a deadly Afterburn. Any targets left standing will be subject to his explosive Concussive Combustion, knocking them out and leaving them vulnerable to further immolation.

As a creature from Ixia, Infernus had a troubled and intense youth while he was raised in the United States. Despite a rash of deadly crime as a teenager, he found himself tending a bar in his adulthood and learning to calm his intense emotions. With quality music and interesting people to talk to, Infernus rarely has a need these days to call up his dangerous supernatural abilities.

Weapon

Incendiary Remarks

Rapid Fire

Medium Range

52 Damage Per Second

Falloff Range

18m ➞ 55m

Abilities

Napalm

Spew an incendiary mixture, dealing

spirit damage, applying

slow, and coating targets in napalm.

x0.6

40

Damage

On Hit:

-35%

Move Speed

On Hit:

4s

Slow Duration

Napalm Effects:

16%

Damage Taken

8s Debuff Duration

1

1 Charges

2

Napalm Effect: +15% Lifesteal

5

Napalm Effect: +17% Damage Taken and -33% Healing

Flame Dash

Dash forward, gaining

slow resistance while leaving a flaming trail that deals

spirit damage over time.

Hold Move forward while active to dash farther.

20m

Max Dash Speed

x0.7

30

Damage Per Second

4s Trail Duration

4.5m Trail Width

50% Slow Resistance

1

-12s Cooldown

2

+1s Trail Duration and +20 DPS

5

Enable 2 Ability Charges with 14s Recharge time

Does 50% damage to objectives.
Enemies who step off the trail will continue to receive damage for 1s due to lingering mechanic.
- The duration cannot be shortened with Debuff Resist ( Debuff Reducer etc).
- This can be dispelled e.g. via Dispel Magic.
The player can hold "Move forward" (W) to move faster or "Move Left" / "Move Right" (A / D) to strafe while dashing. Moving back, dashing, sliding or jumping is disabled during the cast.
The player is not silenced and can cast other abilities (e.g. Napalm) or items (e.g. Warp Stone) without breaking Flame Dash.
- Activating Majestic Leap, Ethereal Shift or Refresher interrupts Flame Dash.

Afterburn

Weapon hits build up a burning effect, dealing

spirit damage over time.

Abilities refresh the base burn duration.

Burn Effect:

x0.66

14

Damage Per Second

Burn Effect:

3s

Base Burn Duration

Burn Effect:

3s

Burn Duration

8.1% Buildup Per Bullet

15.4% Buildup Per Headshot

1

16 Damage Per Second

2

Burn Effect: -35% Spirit Damage

5

+3s Max Burn Duration

Duration is refreshed by 0.5s for body shots and 1s for headshots.
Afterburn's Build-Up is affected by distance falloff. For example: if you are at a distance where you would do 50% damage due to distance falloff, a body shot will build up half as much afterburn as normal. Refreshing the ongoing burn, however, is not affected by distance falloff.
A light melee has 20% Afterburn build-up. A heavy melee has 35% build-up.
Afterburn ticks every half-second, for half its DPS each tick.
Debuff Resist interactions:
- Does not affect the build-up in any way.
- Does reduce the duration of Afterburn when it triggers.
- Does not reduce the refresh duration when Infernus reapplies ongoing afterburn.

Concussive Combustion

Become a living bomb, dealing

spirit damage and applying

stun to all nearby enemies after a delay.

Once cast, Concussive Combustion cannot be interrupted.

3.25s

Explosion Delay

x0.975

125

Damage

On Hit:

Stun

1.25s

Stun Duration

12m Radius

1

100 Damage

2

-75s Cooldown and +100% Explosion Lifesteal

5

+0.9s Stun Duration and +10m Radius

A burning ring surrounds Infernus during the delay part of cast. It shows ability's range and is visible to both allies and enemies.
- It does not require line of sight on Infernus to be seen.
- Being invisible (e.g. Shadow Weave) hides the ring from enemies. Being revealed (by stepping too close or being damaged) reveals the ring too.

Backstory

See Infernus/Lore for more story content.

“

Like most teenagers; Infernus was wild, rebellious, and impetuous. Unlike most teenagers, Infernus was a creature from another plane and had a supernatural mastery over fire. Needless to say: his youth was filled with no small amount of arson, murder, and evidence disposal. But that was then. Now an adult, Infernus has mellowed out considerably. He’s happy working at a bar with good live music, and talking to interesting people. That being said when someone at the bar gets belligerent or violent, he’s not afraid to dust off the skills he once honed.

Update history

View the full update history: Infernus/Update history

Update

Changes

May 22, 2026

Bullet size increased from 3 to 4.
Concussive Combustion T3 increased from +0.75s Stun Duration to +0.9s.

April 30, 2026

Flame Dash DPS spirit scaling reduced from 1.0 to 0.7.
Flame Dash DPS now does half damage to objective.

Street Brawl:

Flame Dash range reduced by 15%.

March 25, 2026

Afterburn DPS increased from 12 to 14.
Afterburn T1 DPS increased from +14 to +16.
Concussive Combustion T2 increased from +85% Explosion Lifesteal to +100%.
Concussive Combustion T2 increased from -65s Cooldown to -75s.

Gallery

Infernus portrait
Infernus icon
Infernus in-game render
Infernus select background
Infernus reference sheet
Infernus name typography
Infernus weapon - Incendiary Remarks
Previous Infernus portrait
Infernus art
Leaked unfinished Infernus portrait
Previous Infernus icon
Infernus 2024 Winter skin
Infernus visual novel art
Old Infernus model with tail
Infernus concept art
Inferno (Neon Prime)
Inferno (Neon Prime)
Inferno in Neon Prime training menu art
Gloat portrait for Infernus.
Critical health portrait for Infernus.

Trivia

Infernus was named Inferno in Neon Prime.
Infernus has the Hero ID 1, indicating that he was the first hero created for Neon Prime. He is also the default hero in tutorial videos and test maps.
Infernus had a tail in The Binding of Oathkeeper artwork and in one of his old models.
"Mixing Drinks in the Hideout" is displayed as one's status in the in-game Friends List when playing as Infernus in the Hideout.