Abrams counters and synergy
How to counter Abrams
To counter Abrams, play Graves, Kelvin and Paige: Abrams wins only 45.8% against Graves. Overall Abrams wins 51.2% of 87k matches in the last 30 days at Initiate to Mystic. Abrams does best with Rat King on the team.
- Win rate
- 51.2%
- Pick rate
- 26.1%
- Matches
- 87k
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Each number is compared with what Abrams's win rate and the other hero's predict, so a strong hero doesn't top every list. Green bars beat that expectation, red fall short, grey are within chance.
Same team
Best teammates
Rat King 16k matches
+2.5 vs expected
59.7% win rate
Mo & Krill 3,096 matches
+1.9 vs expected
53.2% win rate
Vindicta 16k matches
+1.2 vs expected
53.2% win rate
Grey Talon 6,267 matches
As expected
48.2% win rate
Vyper 5,543 matches
As expected
52.5% win rate
Victor 8,188 matches
As expected
56.1% win rate
Nurse Harrow 10k matches
As expected
51.8% win rate
The Doorman 5,616 matches
As expected
47.6% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
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Vyper 1,286 matches
+4.1 vs expected
55.4% win rate
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Grey Talon 1,205 matches
+3.1 vs expected
50.0% win rate
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Mo & Krill 699 matches
As expected
54.2% win rate
Shiv 1,504 matches
+2.9 vs expected
48.7% win rate
Seven 3,420 matches
+2.4 vs expected
57.3% win rate
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Nurse Harrow 2,369 matches
As expected
52.5% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
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Rat King 39k matches
+1.5 vs expected
46.8% win rate
Viscous 4,448 matches
As expected
56.2% win rate
Calico 6,367 matches
As expected
51.8% win rate
Lady Geist 12k matches
As expected
52.1% win rate
Wraith 15k matches
As expected
50.1% win rate
Infernus 21k matches
As expected
53.7% win rate
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Nurse Harrow 7,662 matches
As expected
52.0% win rate
Paige 18k matches
As expected
46.4% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
Mina 16k matches
−1.3 vs expected
53.5% win rate
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Grey Talon 5,734 matches
As expected
54.1% win rate
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Shiv 12k matches
−1.1 vs expected
55.4% win rate
Deadman Danny 14k matches
−1.0 vs expected
53.6% win rate
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The Doorman 6,888 matches
As expected
54.5% win rate
McGinnis 5,141 matches
As expected
53.0% win rate
Kelvin 6,651 matches
As expected
46.3% win rate
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Mo & Krill 15k matches
As expected
50.4% win rate
Win rate against each hero
Abrams against every hero
The plain win rate: how often Abrams wins with each hero on the enemy team, lowest first. Strong heroes are hard for everyone, so the last column says how this compares with what the two heroes' win rates predict.
| Enemy hero | Abrams wins | Matches | Against expected |
|---|---|---|---|
 Graves | 45.8% | 19k | As expected |
| Kelvin | 46.3% | 6,651 | As expected |
| Paige | 46.4% | 18k | As expected |
| Rat King | 46.8% | 39k | +1.5 points |
| Victor | 47.1% | 15k | As expected |
| Seven | 47.6% | 16k | As expected |
 Ivy | 48.1% | 9,783 | As expected |
 Haze | 48.3% | 23k | As expected |
 Baba | 48.3% | 12k | As expected |
 Apollo | 49.2% | 8,466 | As expected |
 Dynamo | 49.9% | 12k | As expected |
| Vindicta | 50.0% | 11k | As expected |
| Wraith | 50.1% | 15k | As expected |
 Lash | 50.2% | 20k | As expected |
| Mo & Krill | 50.4% | 15k | As expected |
| Vyper | 50.9% | 4,883 | As expected |
 Violet | 51.5% | 12k | As expected |
 Drifter | 51.6% | 14k | As expected |
| Calico | 51.8% | 6,367 | As expected |
| Nurse Harrow | 52.0% | 7,662 | As expected |
| Lady Geist | 52.1% | 12k | As expected |
 Yamato | 52.6% | 10k | As expected |
| McGinnis | 53.0% | 5,141 | As expected |
 Billy | 53.3% | 14k | As expected |
 Celeste | 53.4% | 9,637 | As expected |
| Mina | 53.5% | 16k | −1.3 points |
 Holliday | 53.5% | 8,836 | As expected |
 Silver | 53.6% | 8,528 | As expected |
| Deadman Danny | 53.6% | 14k | −1.0 points |
| Infernus | 53.7% | 21k | As expected |
| Grey Talon | 54.1% | 5,734 | As expected |
 Sinclair | 54.1% | 4,671 | As expected |
 Venator | 54.2% | 13k | As expected |
| The Doorman | 54.5% | 6,888 | As expected |
 Bebop | 54.8% | 19k | As expected |
 Rem | 55.3% | 12k | As expected |
| Shiv | 55.4% | 12k | −1.1 points |
 Pocket | 55.7% | 7,205 | As expected |
 Solomon | 56.0% | 11k | As expected |
 Paradox | 56.1% | 11k | As expected |
| Viscous | 56.2% | 4,448 | As expected |
 Warden | 56.5% | 5,071 | As expected |
 Mirage | 58.6% | 3,900 | As expected |
Quick answers
Questions
- How do you counter Abrams in Deadlock?
- Pick a hero Abrams struggles against. Abrams has the lowest win rate against Graves, Kelvin and Paige (45.8% against Graves). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Mina, Grey Talon and Shiv do better against Abrams than expected.
- Who is Abrams good against?
- Abrams has the highest win rate against Mirage, Warden and Viscous (58.6% against Mirage). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Abrams does better than expected against Rat King, Viscous and Calico.
- Who is the best teammate for Abrams?
- Rat King: together they win 59.7%, 2.5 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Abrams lane with?
- Vyper, Grey Talon and Mo & Krill make the best lane partners for Abrams, measured against what each pair is expected to win.