Looks sick! Can’t wait to play it on my Steam Machine

Too bad Valve do not support their own operating system and even Proton isn't tested:

Deadlock in VR would be pretty sickening. I know I would lose my lunch after 5 minutes

The other two didn't mention it, but you can play against bots with other real players. (If others are in the queue)

It's not 100% representative of real matches, but the bots have above average AI, and you can take it easy without stressing about playing "optimally" right off the bat.

Streey Brawl is good, but it does get VERY hectic. If you don't mind that, it's a very fun mode that'll drip feed you the items in the game.

I've played a bit of 'normal' Deadlock before and I have to say that the new Brawl mode is even more chaotic than the regular mode. So I guess your best bet is just to hop into the game and play a couple of rounds, watch a random video on YT and then just jump into brawl, if that's your jam. Probably best to learn just by playing.

There's also some playground ingame where you can just toy around with different heroes and try them out.

It's essentially a MOBA with first person hero shooter elements. The MOBA part didn't speak to me, but I really really want to like this game.

I've been playing since the minute the patch dropped and its been working fine

Anecdotal: but it plays just fine for me. FPS dips down when holding Tab mid match, but that's it. Could be a Proton thing, though.

But, I have seen a team mate first land on the ground for match start and they were hard stuck in the ground, and had to ask enemies to kill them. And another couldn't use the zipline for a minute or 2, but that might have been a keybind issue.

The new base Patrons, music, voice acting for base Patrons, and further adding more detail to the map are fantastic, though! This game's sense of style is becoming really, really good.