Apollo counters and synergy
How to counter Apollo
To counter Apollo, play Graves, Rat King and Paige: Apollo wins only 45.8% against Graves. Overall Apollo wins 52.4% of 65k matches in the last 30 days at Initiate to Mystic. Apollo does best with Holliday on the team.
- Win rate
- 52.4%
- Pick rate
- 20.2%
- Matches
- 65k
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Each number is compared with what Apollo'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
Holliday 3,556 matches
+2.6 vs expected
52.8% win rate
Mirage 2,575 matches
+2.1 vs expected
47.6% win rate
Vyper 3,638 matches
As expected
54.0% win rate
Wraith 12k matches
+1.3 vs expected
55.5% win rate
Grey Talon 3,128 matches
As expected
49.3% win rate
Lady Geist 8,607 matches
As expected
52.8% win rate
Graves 12k matches
As expected
58.3% win rate
Violet 8,643 matches
As expected
52.4% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
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Vyper 666 matches
+6.1 vs expected
58.7% win rate
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Mirage 514 matches
+5.3 vs expected
50.8% win rate
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Holliday 730 matches
+4.4 vs expected
54.7% win rate
Sinclair 572 matches
As expected
52.1% win rate
Bebop 1,534 matches
+2.9 vs expected
51.8% win rate
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Grey Talon 577 matches
As expected
50.6% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
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Vyper 3,987 matches
+1.9 vs expected
54.2% win rate
Seven 12k matches
+1.0 vs expected
49.7% win rate
Vindicta 9,405 matches
As expected
52.7% win rate
Paradox 7,780 matches
As expected
57.9% win rate
Haze 17k matches
As expected
50.1% win rate
Rat King 24k matches
As expected
47.0% win rate
Lash 15k matches
As expected
51.7% win rate
McGinnis 4,197 matches
As expected
55.7% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
Baba 9,435 matches
−2.0 vs expected
47.8% win rate
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Violet 9,511 matches
−1.4 vs expected
51.6% win rate
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Graves 14k matches
−1.4 vs expected
45.8% win rate
Solomon 7,895 matches
−1.3 vs expected
56.3% win rate
Shiv 7,967 matches
As expected
56.7% win rate
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Sinclair 3,375 matches
As expected
54.8% win rate
Rem 9,742 matches
As expected
55.1% win rate
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Wraith 12k matches
As expected
50.0% win rate
Win rate against each hero
Apollo against every hero
The plain win rate: how often Apollo 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 | Apollo wins | Matches | Against expected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graves | 45.8% | 14k | −1.4 points |
| Rat King | 47.0% | 24k | As expected |
 Paige | 47.6% | 11k | As expected |
| Baba | 47.8% | 9,435 | −2.0 points |
 Victor | 48.5% | 8,362 | As expected |
 Kelvin | 48.6% | 5,408 | As expected |
 Ivy | 49.1% | 7,319 | As expected |
| Seven | 49.7% | 12k | +1.0 points |
| Wraith | 50.0% | 12k | As expected |
| Haze | 50.1% | 17k | As expected |
 Dynamo | 50.4% | 8,756 | As expected |
 Abrams | 50.7% | 8,215 | As expected |
| Violet | 51.6% | 9,511 | −1.4 points |
| Lash | 51.7% | 15k | As expected |
| Lady Geist | 52.3% | 8,971 | As expected |
 Drifter | 52.4% | 14k | As expected |
 Mo & Krill | 52.4% | 9,224 | As expected |
 Calico | 52.6% | 6,307 | As expected |
| Vindicta | 52.7% | 9,405 | As expected |
 Nurse Harrow | 53.4% | 6,665 | As expected |
 Celeste | 53.5% | 8,289 | As expected |
 Billy | 53.8% | 8,042 | As expected |
| Vyper | 54.2% | 3,987 | +1.9 points |
 Yamato | 54.4% | 7,956 | As expected |
 Venator | 54.4% | 10k | As expected |
 Infernus | 54.8% | 17k | As expected |
| Sinclair | 54.8% | 3,375 | As expected |
| Holliday | 54.9% | 6,777 | As expected |
| Rem | 55.1% | 9,742 | As expected |
 Silver | 55.3% | 5,705 | As expected |
 Deadman Danny | 55.5% | 12k | As expected |
| McGinnis | 55.7% | 4,197 | As expected |
 Mina | 55.8% | 13k | As expected |
 Viscous | 55.9% | 3,933 | As expected |
 The Doorman | 56.2% | 4,956 | As expected |
| Bebop | 56.3% | 15k | As expected |
| Solomon | 56.3% | 7,895 | −1.3 points |
| Shiv | 56.7% | 7,967 | As expected |
| Grey Talon | 56.8% | 4,849 | As expected |
 Pocket | 57.3% | 5,641 | As expected |
| Paradox | 57.9% | 7,780 | As expected |
 Warden | 58.2% | 3,126 | As expected |
| Mirage | 59.8% | 3,041 | As expected |
Quick answers
Questions
- How do you counter Apollo in Deadlock?
- Pick a hero Apollo struggles against. Apollo has the lowest win rate against Graves, Rat King and Paige (45.8% against Graves). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Baba, Violet and Graves do better against Apollo than expected.
- Who is Apollo good against?
- Apollo has the highest win rate against Mirage, Warden and Paradox (59.8% against Mirage). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Apollo does better than expected against Vyper, Seven and Vindicta.
- Who is the best teammate for Apollo?
- Holliday: together they win 52.8%, 2.6 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Apollo lane with?
- Vyper, Mirage and Holliday make the best lane partners for Apollo, measured against what each pair is expected to win.