McGinnis
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| Weapon: "Services Rendered" | |
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BASE STATS | |
| Weapon Stats | |
| Damage Per Second: |  80
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| Bullet Damage: |  6.72+0.198
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| Ammo: |  66
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| Bullets per sec: |  11.9
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| Reload Time: |  3.29s
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| Bullet Velocity: |  650m/s
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| Light Melee: |  50+1.58
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| Heavy Melee: | 116+3.67
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| Falloff Range: | 20m → 58m |
| Vitality Stats | |
| Health: |  750+52
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| Health Regen: |  2
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| Spirit Resist: |  0+0.625%
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| Move Speed: |  6.7m/s
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| Sprint Speed: | 1.6m/s
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| Dash Speed: |  0.7s
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| Stamina: | 2
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| Stamina Cooldown: |  4.5s
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| Spirit Stats | |
| Spirit Power: |  0+1.1
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| Information | |
| Voice Actor: | Bennett Abara |
| Release Date: | April 24, 2024 |
| Codenames: | Forge; Engineer |
“Inventor - Support - Disruption
McGinnis is a Hero in Deadlock. She wields a machine gun and her abilities revolve around the usage of structures like turrets and walls, which she can create to support allies and hold down positions to the benefit of her team. If the situation goes awry, she can launch a powerful barrage of rockets at her enemies.
A talented engineer who started her career from a young age, McGinnis isn't fond of theoretical work, thus spending most of her time working in a mechanics shop, often meddling with the supernatural. While the ethics of brainstorming the occult war machine are grey at best, McGinnis isn't that fussed so long as she gets her paycheck.
Abilities[edit | edit source]
Mini Turret
20m
1
3s
18s
Deploy a turret that shoots enemies, dealing 
spirit damage over time. The turret expires after a limited lifetime.
Turrets gain 10HP per Boon. They deal reduced damage to troopers and objectives.
spirit damage over time. The turret expires after a limited lifetime.Turrets gain 10HP per Boon. They deal reduced damage to troopers and objectives.
24s
Lifetime
1Turrets apply +25% Movement Slow
2+10m Attack Range and +10% turret fire rate
5+37.8 Turret DPS and +14s Turret Lifetime
Notes
- Turret targeting works as follows:
- It will initially target the nearest enemy hero in line of sight when it is placed. If no hero is in sight, it will target the nearest enemy unit.
- It will only switch targets once its initial target dies or leaves sight, or when McGinnis starts shooting a hero in sight, in which case all turrets will attempt to aim at the hero being shot.
- Shooting a unit or hitting an enemy hero with melee attacks, abilities or items will not change the turret's target.
- T1 Movement Slow lasts for 1.3s.
- Turrets are not affected by weapon damage falloff/ramp up, thus normal falloff and the damage bonuses from
Close Quarters, 
Point Blank and their upgrades do not apply.
Medicinal Specter
15m
6s
x0.05
48s
1+35% Fire Rate on units being healed by Medicinal Specter
2-17s Cooldown
5+2.5% Max Health regen per second
Notes
- The healing and fire rate bonuses do not stack when multiple Specters cover the same area.
- All of Specter's buffs (including augments from items like
Healing Tempo) will linger for 1 second after stepping outside of it's AoE. The linger effect will extinguish alongside Specter if the latter's duration ends before 1 second.
Spectral Wall
50m
4.5s
50s
Creates a wall that divides the terrain in half. On creation, the wall deals damage and applies slow to enemies nearby.
After casting, press Fire button or Ability 3 button to erupt the wall early.
After casting, press Fire button or Ability 3 button to erupt the wall early.
6m
Minimum Range
5m
Impact Range
2.5s
Slow Duration
1Removes 1 stamina and amplifies McGinnis's damage by 15% on hit enemies for 7s
2-20s Cooldown
5Adds a 0.75s Stun to enemies hit by Spectral Wall
Notes
- Spectral wall has a set time of 1.8 seconds to reach it's max range, with its base speed being 27.77...m/s. Thus, the speed of the wall increases proportionally to an increase of its range with items like
Mystic Expansion or 
Arcane Surge.
Heavy Barrage
50m
13s
165s
Unleashes a volley of rockets that home in on a targeted location.
McGinnis is slowed and is still able to use stamina.
McGinnis is slowed and is still able to use stamina.
9m
Min Range
13s
Duration
-35%
Dash Distance
1Applies 40% movement slow
2-45s Cooldown
5+20.7 Damage per Rocket and Improved damage scaling
Notes
- Deals 50% damage to objectives.
- The 30% slow from upgrade 1 lasts for 2 seconds.
- McGinnis is slowed by while using her ult, this slow is reduced by "Movement Slow Resist" from items like Enduring Speed and can also be cleansed for the duration of Unstoppable.
- The files state that her ult slows her by 54%, but this appears to vary depending on her current move speed.
- Her base speed (6.8m/s) is reduced by 38.2% to 4.2m/s, at 10m/s her speed will be reduced by 43% to 5.7m/s.
Weapon[edit | edit source]
| Weapon Stats | 
80 Damage Per Second | |||
| Services Rendered | ||||
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Increases fire rate as the guns spins up
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Notes[edit | edit source]
- Services Rendered takes 2 seconds to spin up, increasing McGinnis' fire rate and bullet spread, and slowly winds down at 25% per second (4 seconds total at max spin) as indicated by the grey indicator around the crosshair.
- The DPS and Bullets per second stats listed in game use the max spin up values.
- Services Rendered's base fire rate starts at 5 bullets per second (Cycle time: 0.2) and spins up to 12.5 bullets per second (Cycle time: 0.08), averaging around 11 Bullets per second per clip at the beginning of a match.
Update history[edit | edit source]
- Main article: Update history
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Background[edit | edit source]
“Maggie McGinnis always had a knack for building things. At 4 she was using Lincoln Logs to recreate architectural marvels. At 10 she built and rewired a custom light fixture for her parent's anniversary. At 15 she designed a machine that refined the souls of the dead...that last one got a little more attention than the Lincoln Logs.
Now the head of Fairfax Industries Military R&D department, McGinnis spends her time in the machine shop, not in a lab. She's not interested in theory, to her science is magic you can touch.
Lore[edit | edit source]
McGinnis' wish is unknown, although it's implied that she's using the ritual as a chance to test some weaponry.[1][2] In The Binding of Oathkeeper, McGinnis helps Lady Geist due to the chance to "harness the power of a God".[3]
McGinnis' first name is Margaret, but she goes by Maggie.[4]
Maximilian Fairfax "paraded McGinnis incessantly" to the New York elite when he first discovered her as a genius teenage inventor.[5] McGinnis was famously known as a "kid genius".[6][7]
As the head engineer of Fairfax Industries Military R&D department, McGinnis brainstorms the occult war machines.[8][9] While it's unknown where McGinnis' inventions have been used, it's said that she may be resposible for millions of deaths.[10][11] As a "notorious misanthrope", McGinnis doesn't really care about the deaths she's caused or the sins of Fairfax Industries.[12][13][14]
While McGinnis doesn't love working for Fairfax Industries, she's content with being a "wage slave" since she gets paid a fortune.[13][15] McGinnis was worried that she would lose her job when Fairfax lost the sovereignty of the Island of Cadenza to the US Government.[16][17]
McGinnis is aware and makes it known that Spectral Wall usually backfires on her team.[18][19][20]
McGinnis' equipment and weaponry is powered by souls.[21][22]
McGinnis likes to drink beer.[5]
Character interactions[edit | edit source]
- In The Binding of Oathkeeper, one possible storyline includes McGinnis building a new ward for
Lady Geist. - McGinnis consistently mistakes
Kelvin's name for "Kevin".[23][24] All of McGinnis' pings for Kelvin include a variant where she calls him "Kevin". - McGinnis accuses
Calico of stealing her ideas.[25]
- It's possible this is referring to Calico's old lore as a weapons dealer, as Calico used to use turrets while she was in Hero Labs.
- McGinnis wants to talk to
Shiv and "fix him".[26][27] - McGinnis is "not a fan" of
Cadence.[28] - McGinnis wants to sample
Viscous' goo.[29] - McGinnis doesn't frequent
Infernus' bar, Jezebel's, because she finds it "too fancy". She does, however, want to go when infernus offers her a free drink.[30] - McGinnis is impressed by the craftsmanship used to create
Bebop and shows interest in hiring his creator, Ms. Shelly.[31] - McGinnis offers help to remove
Seven's headgear.[32] - McGinnis offers to upgrade
Dynamo's body.[33] - McGinnis appreciates what
Ivy has done for New York.[34][35] - McGinnis makes fun of
Grey Talon and 
Infernus for not using guns.[36][37] 
Pocket loathes McGinnis due to her work for Fairfax Industries.[38][39][40]
Seven criticizes McGinnis for her lack of creativity.[41]
The Doorman calls McGinnis "the brightest mind humanity has to offer".[42]
Mina and 
Wraith call McGinnis "Fairfax's pet genius".[43][44]
Paradox is interested in McGinnis' research and the secrets she holds for Fairfax.[45][46] McGinnis has been trying to keep Paradox out of her lab.[47]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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McGinnis portrait -
McGinnis icon -
McGinnis in-game render -
McGinnis reference sheet -
McGinnis name typography -
Previous McGinnis portrait -
Original McGinnis portrait -
McGinnis model before the 2025-05-08 Update -
McGinnis 2024 Winter skin -
McGinnis visual novel art -
McGinnis visual novel art - Dress -
McGinnis weapon - Services Rendered -
Temporary McGinnis icon (2024-09-12 update) -
Forge portrait (Neon Prime)
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- In Neon Prime, McGinnis was named Forge. She had a relationship with Astro (Holliday).[48][49] She trained fighting with Lash in his dojo.[50][51]
- McGinnis' design is similar to popular depictions of the American World War II cultural icon Rosie the Riveter - notably the red headband, blue shirt, jeans overalls, red socks and bulky physique.
- McGinnis and Bebop are currently tied for the highest base ammo count at 66.
- In The Binding of Oathkeeper artwork, McGinnis has a mermaid tattoo in her left shoulder.
- McGinnis' Heavy Barrage sound effects were changed to sound less like a real air raid siren.
- "Tinkering in the Hideout" is displayed as one's status in the in-game Friends List when playing as McGinnis in the Hideout.
References[edit | edit source]
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McGinnis' in-game voice line (Select): "Ready to do some field testing."
- ↑ McGinnis' in-game voice line (Upgrade Heavy Barrage): "Been waiting to test this for a while."
- ↑ The Binding of Oathkeeper - Chapter 4A - McGinnis: "Give me a reason to help you. Something interesting." -
Lady Geist: "It will likely be 50 years before there's another maelstrom. Do you really want to wait that long before you try to harness the power of a God?" - McGinnis: "Now we're talking."
- ↑ 2025-01-28 - Kaori; Deadlock Discord - "Maggie is short for Margaret, but she goes by Maggie"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Binding of Oathkeeper - Chapter 3A
- ↑ McGinnis and Holliday Conversation 2 -
Holliday: "You were that kid genius, right?"
- ↑ McGinnis and Lash Conversation 1 -
Lash: "Ahh, so The Lash is working with the kid genius."
- ↑ McGinnis' in-game voice line (Killed Yamato): "Yamato, you run a street gang. I drive the occult industrial complex. You never had a chance."
- ↑ McGinnis and Holliday Conversation 2 -
McGinnis: "I'm the lead engineer for the occult industrial complex."
- ↑ The Binding of Oathkeeper - Chapter 4A - Lady Geist: "Your mind is the engine that drives the occult war machine. Within a decade your inventions will claim millions of lives, if they haven't already."
- ↑ The Doorman's in-game voice line (Taunt McGinnis): "Your creations are responsible for the deaths of millions, McGinnis, you’re a monster.
- ↑ Newscaster's in-game voice line - "Presumably walking home drunk after a Fairfax Industries holiday party, notorious misanthrope Maggie McGinnis has been seen looking festive!"
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 McGinnis' in-game voice line (Select): "Do I love working for Fairfax Industries? No. Does it pay a small fortune? Yes. How do I sleep at night? Like a baby."
- ↑ McGinnis and Ivy Conversation 1 -
Ivy: "Carlos says Fairfax Industries is bad for the country." - McGinnis: "And if Carlos paid my mortgage, I might care what he had to say."
- ↑ McGinnis and Seven Conversation 1
- ↑ McGinnis and Haze conversation - McGinnis: "I was just a kid freaking out 'cause I thought I was going to lose my job but, Fairfax was surprisingly calm. I don't think he expected Cadenza to last forever. He just wanted to make the most out of an opportunity before legislation caught up. Plus, the guy gets to say he created one of the United States!"
- ↑ Newscaster's in-game voice line - "The Supreme Court is poised to rule on the Fairfax Fair Tax bill next session. Will our 50th state remain in the union? Or will Fairfax Industries successfully regain its sovereignty over the island of Cadenza? Only time will tell!"
- ↑ McGinnis' in-game voice line (pre-game ping): "Just wanna get ahead of this: I will probably misuse the wall at some point, and I'm sorry in advance."
- ↑ McGinnis' in-game voice line (upgrade Spectral Wall): "If this misfires, my team won't let me hear the end of it."
- ↑ McGinnis and Abrams Conversation 1 - McGinnis: "Just wanna get this out of the way. I'm gonna be doing my best to support you but, shit happens and if you end up on the wrong side of a spectral wall... I'm sorry." -
Abrams: "That was... very specific." - McGinnis: "It happens a lot."
- ↑ McGinnis and Abrams Conversation 2 - Abrams: "How do you not throw out your back carrying all that stuff?" - McGinnis: "It's lighter than it looks. Souls don't weigh a whole lot."
- ↑ McGinnis' in-game voice line (Unselect): "Great. I thought of a new way to weaponize souls in the shower, I need to go to the lab."
- ↑ McGinnis' in-game voice line (Killed Kelvin): "Took out Kevin – Kelvin. His name is Kelvin. I'm gonna get that right next time."
- ↑ McGinnis and Kelvin Conversation 2
- ↑ McGinnis' in-game voice line - "Tell you what, you stop stealing my ideas and I'll stop shootin' ya."
- ↑ McGinnis' in-game voice line (killed Shiv) - "When this is all over Shiv, we should talk."
- ↑ McGinnis' in-game voice line (killed Shiv) - "I can fix him!"
- ↑ McGinnis' in-game voice line - "Not a fan!"
- ↑ McGinnis' in-game voice line - "Dibs on Viscous' goo!"
- ↑ McGinnis and Infernus Conversation 1
- ↑ McGinnis and Bebop Conversation 1
- ↑ McGinnis and Seven Conversation 2
- ↑ McGinnis and Dynamo Conversation 1 - McGinnis: "How's that body working out for ya? (...) Well, if you ever want an upgrade or something, you may call!"
- ↑ McGinnis and Ivy Conversation 3 - McGinnis: "I read about you in the paper. Thanks for making New York a little better."
- ↑ McGinnis' in-game voice line (Killed Ivy): "Appreciate what you did for Spanish Harlem, but I gotta do what I gotta do."
- ↑ McGinnis and Grey Talon Conversation 1 - McGinnis: "You know they make things like "guns", if you ever wanna step into the 20th century." -
Grey Talon: "I see charm is not one of your talents." - McGinnis: "Charm doesn't win fights. You know what does? Guns. Which you don't have."
- ↑ McGinnis and Infernus Conversation 3 - McGinnis: "Where's your gun?" - Infernus: "I don't need one." - McGinnis: "No one "needs" a gun, it just makes surviving a firefight significantly more likely!"
- ↑
Pocket's in-game voice line (killed McGinnis): "You could've made the world a better place. Instead, you chose to do this."
- ↑ Pocket's in-game voice line (pass McGinnis on zipline): "Karma's coming for you, Maggie."
- ↑ Pocket's in-game voice line (killed McGinnis): "You're complicit, McGinnis."
- ↑ McGinnis and Seven Conversation 3 - Seven: "Now I think it's safe to say you plateau'd." - McGinnis: "I'm sorry, what did you say?" - Seven: "You are a woman who executes pedestrian ideas at the highest level. That makes you a master craftsman, but far from a visionary."
- ↑ The Doorman's in-game voice line (Pass McGinnis on Zipline): "So that's the brightest mind humanity has to offer..."
- ↑ Mina's in-game voice line (Destroy Turrets): "I'm gonna kill Fairfax's little pet genius!"
- ↑ McGinnis and Wraith Conversation 1 -
Wraith: "You're Fairfax's pet genius, right?"
- ↑ Paradox's in-game voice line (Killed McGinnis): "I want your research, McGinnis."
- ↑ Paradox's in-game voice line (Killed McGinnis): "What secrets are you hiding for Fairfax, McGinnis?"
- ↑ McGinnis' in-game voice line (Killed Paradox): "Maybe Paradox will stop tryin'a raid my lab."
- ↑
Lash's in-game voice line - "Astro is a lucky lady to be with someone like Forge."
- ↑ Lash's in-game voice line - "I see her at the Bear Pit every Thursday with Astro, that lady is a student of the game."
- ↑ Forge's in-game voice line (melee kill) - "Training with Lash is paying off!"
- ↑ Forge's in-game voice line (killed Lash) - "I tried to warn you dude, I'm a fast learner."
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