Calico counters and synergy
How to counter Calico
To counter Calico, play Graves, Paige and Rat King: Calico wins only 41.4% against Graves. Overall Calico wins 48.5% of 549k matches in the last 30 days. Calico does best with Rat King on the team.
- Win rate
- 48.5%
- Pick rate
- 16.5%
- Matches
- 549k
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
Each number is compared with what Calico'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 105k matches
+1.2 vs expected
56.7% win rate
Vindicta 65k matches
+1.0 vs expected
48.8% win rate
Mo & Krill 63k matches
+0.6 vs expected
49.3% win rate
Vyper 36k matches
As expected
45.9% win rate
McGinnis 32k matches
As expected
46.9% win rate
Kelvin 42k matches
As expected
52.8% win rate
Lady Geist 47k matches
As expected
49.7% win rate
Shiv 48k matches
As expected
43.4% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
Venator 21k matches
+1.3 vs expected
47.0% win rate
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Shiv 11k matches
+1.2 vs expected
44.3% win rate
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Vindicta 12k matches
+1.1 vs expected
49.0% win rate
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Rat King 20k matches
+1.1 vs expected
56.6% win rate
Seven 20k matches
+0.9 vs expected
54.3% win rate
Wraith 19k matches
+0.9 vs expected
50.1% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
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Rat King 201k matches
+1.2 vs expected
42.7% win rate
Infernus 102k matches
+1.0 vs expected
50.4% win rate
Grey Talon 47k matches
+0.8 vs expected
52.2% win rate
Haze 128k matches
+0.8 vs expected
45.4% win rate
Paradox 77k matches
+0.5 vs expected
53.0% win rate
Bebop 118k matches
+0.5 vs expected
51.0% win rate
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Shiv 73k matches
+0.5 vs expected
54.4% win rate
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Lady Geist 67k matches
+0.5 vs expected
47.9% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
Silver 79k matches
−1.4 vs expected
51.2% win rate
Billy 65k matches
−0.9 vs expected
50.0% win rate
Apollo 83k matches
−0.7 vs expected
48.3% win rate
Mina 119k matches
−0.7 vs expected
52.0% win rate
Holliday 64k matches
−0.6 vs expected
50.5% win rate
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Kelvin 40k matches
−0.6 vs expected
43.8% win rate
Pocket 57k matches
−0.6 vs expected
53.0% win rate
Victor 70k matches
−0.6 vs expected
43.6% win rate
Win rate against each hero
Calico against every hero
The plain win rate: how often Calico 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 | Calico wins | Matches | Against expected |
|---|---|---|---|
 Graves | 41.4% | 121k | As expected |
 Paige | 42.6% | 84k | As expected |
| Rat King | 42.7% | 201k | +1.2 points |
| Victor | 43.6% | 70k | −0.6 points |
| Kelvin | 43.8% | 40k | −0.6 points |
| Seven | 44.0% | 85k | +0.4 points |
 Baba | 45.0% | 66k | −0.5 points |
 Ivy | 45.3% | 58k | As expected |
| Haze | 45.4% | 128k | +0.8 points |
 Dynamo | 45.9% | 58k | −0.6 points |
 Abrams | 47.1% | 70k | As expected |
 Violet | 47.4% | 61k | As expected |
 Nurse Harrow | 47.5% | 46k | +0.5 points |
 Lash | 47.9% | 108k | +0.4 points |
| Lady Geist | 47.9% | 67k | +0.5 points |
| Mo & Krill | 48.0% | 56k | As expected |
| Wraith | 48.1% | 90k | +0.5 points |
| Apollo | 48.3% | 83k | −0.7 points |
 Drifter | 48.4% | 119k | As expected |
| Vindicta | 48.7% | 91k | −0.4 points |
 Celeste | 49.3% | 92k | −0.4 points |
| Billy | 50.0% | 65k | −0.9 points |
 Deadman Danny | 50.1% | 91k | −0.5 points |
| Infernus | 50.4% | 102k | +1.0 points |
| Holliday | 50.5% | 64k | −0.6 points |
| McGinnis | 50.6% | 32k | As expected |
 Yamato | 50.7% | 79k | As expected |
| Venator | 50.9% | 114k | −0.3 points |
| Vyper | 51.0% | 43k | −0.6 points |
| Bebop | 51.0% | 118k | +0.5 points |
| Silver | 51.2% | 79k | −1.4 points |
 Warden | 51.4% | 28k | As expected |
 Rem | 51.7% | 100k | −0.5 points |
| Mina | 52.0% | 119k | −0.7 points |
 Viscous | 52.2% | 38k | As expected |
| Grey Talon | 52.2% | 47k | +0.8 points |
 The Doorman | 52.3% | 46k | As expected |
 Solomon | 52.4% | 61k | As expected |
 Sinclair | 52.5% | 38k | As expected |
| Pocket | 53.0% | 57k | −0.6 points |
| Paradox | 53.0% | 77k | +0.5 points |
 Mirage | 54.2% | 33k | As expected |
| Shiv | 54.4% | 73k | +0.5 points |
Quick answers
Questions
- How do you counter Calico in Deadlock?
- Pick a hero Calico struggles against. Calico has the lowest win rate against Graves, Paige and Rat King (41.4% against Graves). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Silver, Billy and Apollo do better against Calico than expected.
- Who is Calico good against?
- Calico has the highest win rate against Shiv, Mirage and Paradox (54.4% against Shiv). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Calico does better than expected against Rat King, Infernus and Grey Talon.
- Who is the best teammate for Calico?
- Rat King: together they win 56.7%, 1.2 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Calico lane with?
- Venator, Shiv and Vindicta make the best lane partners for Calico, measured against what each pair is expected to win.