Baba counters and synergy
How to counter Baba
To counter Baba, play Rat King, Paige and Haze: Baba wins only 46.7% against Rat King. Overall Baba wins 52.8% of 92k matches in the last 30 days at Initiate to Mystic. Baba does best with Nurse Harrow on the team.
- Win rate
- 52.8%
- Pick rate
- 35.7%
- Matches
- 92k
- Updated
- 27 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
Nurse Harrow 7,048 matches
+3.3 vs expected
55.8% win rate
Solomon 17k matches
+2.4 vs expected
49.9% win rate
Rem 13k matches
+1.5 vs expected
50.5% win rate
The Doorman 7,349 matches
+1.5 vs expected
50.0% win rate
Mirage 2,700 matches
As expected
47.1% win rate
Mina 13k matches
+1.3 vs expected
50.5% win rate
Kelvin 5,111 matches
As expected
58.0% win rate
Vyper 4,358 matches
As expected
54.0% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
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Kelvin 929 matches
+3.9 vs expected
60.8% win rate
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Vyper 832 matches
+3.7 vs expected
56.6% win rate
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Solomon 3,828 matches
+2.9 vs expected
50.4% win rate
Holliday 1,779 matches
+2.5 vs expected
53.1% win rate
Violet 1,806 matches
As expected
54.2% win rate
Paige 3,431 matches
As expected
59.6% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
Deadman Danny 17k matches
+3.4 vs expected
59.6% win rate
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Solomon 17k matches
+3.4 vs expected
61.4% win rate
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Nurse Harrow 7,420 matches
+2.9 vs expected
56.0% win rate
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Violet 14k matches
+2.7 vs expected
55.9% win rate
Apollo 9,727 matches
+2.0 vs expected
52.3% win rate
Mo & Krill 12k matches
+1.7 vs expected
54.3% win rate
Graves 20k matches
+0.9 vs expected
48.4% win rate
Victor 15k matches
+0.8 vs expected
49.8% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
Grey Talon 6,130 matches
−2.9 vs expected
54.1% win rate
Vindicta 13k matches
−2.3 vs expected
49.8% win rate
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Rem 13k matches
−1.7 vs expected
54.8% win rate
Haze 26k matches
−1.6 vs expected
48.1% win rate
Paradox 9,884 matches
−1.5 vs expected
55.9% win rate
Venator 15k matches
−1.4 vs expected
54.1% win rate
Lash 18k matches
−1.2 vs expected
50.4% win rate
Wraith 17k matches
−1.1 vs expected
49.9% 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 | 46.7% | 37k | As expected |
| Paige | 47.4% | 19k | As expected |
| Haze | 48.1% | 26k | −1.6 points |
| Graves | 48.4% | 20k | +0.9 points |
 Seven | 48.5% | 18k | As expected |
| Kelvin | 48.7% | 8,826 | As expected |
 Ivy | 49.2% | 11k | As expected |
| Victor | 49.8% | 15k | +0.8 points |
| Vindicta | 49.8% | 13k | −2.3 points |
| Wraith | 49.9% | 17k | −1.1 points |
| Lash | 50.4% | 18k | −1.2 points |
 Dynamo | 50.9% | 14k | As expected |
 Abrams | 51.7% | 12k | As expected |
| Apollo | 52.3% | 9,727 | +2.0 points |
 Drifter | 52.5% | 18k | As expected |
| Vyper | 52.9% | 5,662 | As expected |
 Calico | 52.9% | 7,269 | As expected |
 Lady Geist | 53.5% | 12k | As expected |
 Infernus | 53.9% | 25k | −0.9 points |
| Venator | 54.1% | 15k | −1.4 points |
| Grey Talon | 54.1% | 6,130 | −2.9 points |
| Mo & Krill | 54.3% | 12k | +1.7 points |
 Celeste | 54.4% | 11k | As expected |
| Holliday | 54.5% | 7,925 | As expected |
 Billy | 54.6% | 12k | As expected |
 Yamato | 54.6% | 11k | As expected |
| Rem | 54.8% | 13k | −1.7 points |
 McGinnis | 55.3% | 5,831 | As expected |
 Silver | 55.6% | 8,263 | As expected |
| Paradox | 55.9% | 9,884 | −1.5 points |
| Violet | 55.9% | 14k | +2.7 points |
| Nurse Harrow | 56.0% | 7,420 | +2.9 points |
 Viscous | 56.1% | 5,454 | As expected |
| Mina | 56.2% | 18k | As expected |
 Sinclair | 56.7% | 4,155 | As expected |
 Pocket | 56.7% | 8,667 | As expected |
 Bebop | 56.8% | 17k | As expected |
| The Doorman | 57.6% | 5,908 | As expected |
 Warden | 57.8% | 4,483 | As expected |
 Shiv | 57.8% | 12k | As expected |
| Mirage | 59.6% | 4,744 | As expected |
| Deadman Danny | 59.6% | 17k | +3.4 points |
| Solomon | 61.4% | 17k | +3.4 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 Haze (46.7% against Rat King). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Grey Talon, Vindicta and Rem do better against Baba than expected.
- Who is Baba good against?
- Baba has the highest win rate against Solomon, Deadman Danny and Mirage (61.4% against Solomon). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Baba does better than expected against Deadman Danny, Solomon and Nurse Harrow.
- Who is the best teammate for Baba?
- Nurse Harrow: together they win 55.8%, 3.3 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Baba lane with?
- Kelvin, Vyper and Solomon make the best lane partners for Baba, measured against what each pair is expected to win.