Baba counters and synergy
How to counter Baba
To counter Baba, play Rat King, Paige and Graves: Baba wins only 45.9% against Rat King. Overall Baba wins 53.0% of 833k matches in the last 30 days. Baba does best with Solomon on the team.
- Win rate
- 53.0%
- Pick rate
- 31.4%
- Matches
- 833k
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
Each number is compared with what Baba'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
Solomon 162k matches
+3.0 vs expected
51.9% win rate
Nurse Harrow 46k matches
+1.9 vs expected
56.3% win rate
Rem 130k matches
+1.3 vs expected
50.5% win rate
Kelvin 40k matches
+1.2 vs expected
58.2% win rate
Mina 122k matches
+1.2 vs expected
50.0% win rate
The Doorman 74k matches
+1.2 vs expected
50.0% win rate
Dynamo 54k matches
+1.1 vs expected
56.1% win rate
Ivy 63k matches
+1.0 vs expected
56.9% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
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Solomon 37k matches
+2.7 vs expected
51.5% win rate
Paige 24k matches
+1.6 vs expected
60.7% win rate
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Kelvin 7,745 matches
+1.5 vs expected
58.5% win rate
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Rem 26k matches
+1.5 vs expected
50.7% win rate
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Nurse Harrow 10k matches
+1.5 vs expected
56.0% win rate
Vyper 9,235 matches
+1.5 vs expected
51.4% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
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Solomon 170k matches
+3.2 vs expected
60.2% win rate
Deadman Danny 139k matches
+2.6 vs expected
57.6% win rate
Violet 102k matches
+1.8 vs expected
53.8% win rate
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Nurse Harrow 51k matches
+1.7 vs expected
53.2% win rate
Victor 123k matches
+1.7 vs expected
50.3% win rate
Mo & Krill 86k matches
+1.5 vs expected
54.3% win rate
Lady Geist 90k matches
+1.4 vs expected
53.4% win rate
Apollo 115k matches
+1.1 vs expected
54.7% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
Vindicta 129k matches
−2.4 vs expected
51.1% win rate
Haze 202k matches
−1.5 vs expected
47.6% win rate
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Vyper 61k matches
−1.4 vs expected
54.6% win rate
Wraith 139k matches
−1.4 vs expected
50.8% win rate
Venator 180k matches
−1.1 vs expected
54.7% win rate
Grey Talon 64k matches
−1.0 vs expected
54.9% win rate
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Rem 139k matches
−0.9 vs expected
55.9% win rate
Infernus 172k matches
−0.9 vs expected
53.0% win rate
Win rate against each hero
Baba against every hero
The plain win rate: how often Baba 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 | Baba wins | Matches | Against expected |
|---|---|---|---|
 Rat King | 45.9% | 327k | As expected |
| Paige | 46.5% | 143k | As expected |
 Graves | 46.6% | 171k | +0.8 points |
| Haze | 47.6% | 202k | −1.5 points |
 Seven | 47.8% | 139k | −0.3 points |
| Kelvin | 49.4% | 68k | +0.4 points |
| Ivy | 49.4% | 97k | −0.6 points |
| Dynamo | 50.3% | 108k | −0.6 points |
| Victor | 50.3% | 123k | +1.7 points |
| Wraith | 50.8% | 139k | −1.4 points |
| Vindicta | 51.1% | 129k | −2.4 points |
 Lash | 51.4% | 146k | −0.6 points |
 Abrams | 51.9% | 115k | As expected |
 Drifter | 52.8% | 160k | As expected |
| Infernus | 53.0% | 172k | −0.9 points |
| Nurse Harrow | 53.2% | 51k | +1.7 points |
| Lady Geist | 53.4% | 90k | +1.4 points |
| Violet | 53.8% | 102k | +1.8 points |
| Mo & Krill | 54.3% | 86k | +1.5 points |
 McGinnis | 54.6% | 50k | As expected |
| Vyper | 54.6% | 61k | −1.4 points |
| Apollo | 54.7% | 115k | +1.1 points |
| Venator | 54.7% | 180k | −1.1 points |
 Celeste | 54.8% | 139k | +0.5 points |
| Grey Talon | 54.9% | 64k | −1.0 points |
 Calico | 55.0% | 66k | +0.4 points |
 Bebop | 55.0% | 147k | As expected |
 Holliday | 55.1% | 81k | −0.5 points |
 Billy | 55.2% | 123k | As expected |
 Yamato | 55.5% | 106k | As expected |
| Rem | 55.9% | 139k | −0.9 points |
 Paradox | 56.4% | 99k | −0.7 points |
 Warden | 56.4% | 41k | As expected |
| Mina | 56.4% | 186k | −0.7 points |
 Viscous | 57.0% | 57k | As expected |
 Silver | 57.0% | 116k | As expected |
| The Doorman | 57.2% | 67k | As expected |
 Pocket | 57.4% | 85k | −0.7 points |
| Deadman Danny | 57.6% | 139k | +2.6 points |
 Sinclair | 57.9% | 46k | +0.7 points |
 Shiv | 58.3% | 109k | As expected |
 Mirage | 58.3% | 57k | As expected |
| Solomon | 60.2% | 170k | +3.2 points |
Quick answers
Questions
- How do you counter Baba in Deadlock?
- Pick a hero Baba struggles against. Baba has the lowest win rate against Rat King, Paige and Graves (45.9% against Rat King). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Vindicta, Haze and Vyper do better against Baba than expected.
- Who is Baba good against?
- Baba has the highest win rate against Solomon, Mirage and Shiv (60.2% against Solomon). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Baba does better than expected against Solomon, Deadman Danny and Violet.
- Who is the best teammate for Baba?
- Solomon: together they win 51.9%, 3.0 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Baba lane with?
- Solomon, Paige and Kelvin make the best lane partners for Baba, measured against what each pair is expected to win.