Celeste counters and synergy
How to counter Celeste
To counter Celeste, play Rat King, Paige and Graves: Celeste wins only 42.9% against Rat King. Overall Celeste wins 48.3% of 75k matches in the last 30 days at Initiate to Mystic. Celeste does best with Drifter on the team.
- Win rate
- 48.3%
- Pick rate
- 23.2%
- Matches
- 75k
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
Each number is compared with what Celeste'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
Drifter 11k matches
+1.1 vs expected
49.4% win rate
Baba 8,012 matches
As expected
51.8% win rate
Shiv 8,106 matches
As expected
43.8% win rate
Yamato 6,578 matches
As expected
47.5% win rate
Haze 19k matches
+0.8 vs expected
52.2% win rate
Kelvin 5,734 matches
As expected
53.2% win rate
Mirage 2,819 matches
As expected
41.9% win rate
Vindicta 10k matches
As expected
49.4% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
Paradox 1,273 matches
As expected
46.1% win rate
Holliday 1,001 matches
As expected
48.0% win rate
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Vindicta 1,851 matches
As expected
51.0% win rate
Wraith 2,129 matches
As expected
51.7% win rate
Nurse Harrow 1,362 matches
As expected
49.2% win rate
Rat King 4,808 matches
As expected
55.7% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
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Yamato 9,698 matches
+1.2 vs expected
51.1% win rate
Apollo 8,419 matches
As expected
46.4% win rate
Lady Geist 11k matches
As expected
49.0% win rate
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Paradox 8,895 matches
As expected
53.5% win rate
Dynamo 11k matches
As expected
47.5% win rate
Graves 18k matches
As expected
43.6% win rate
-
Rat King 25k matches
As expected
42.9% win rate
Mina 16k matches
As expected
52.3% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
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Nurse Harrow 6,765 matches
−1.8 vs expected
47.0% win rate
-
Shiv 9,180 matches
As expected
52.7% win rate
-
Haze 21k matches
−1.0 vs expected
44.2% win rate
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Mirage 3,691 matches
As expected
54.4% win rate
Vyper 4,718 matches
As expected
47.3% win rate
Silver 6,959 matches
As expected
50.3% win rate
Infernus 19k matches
As expected
49.7% win rate
Solomon 8,986 matches
As expected
53.0% win rate
Win rate against each hero
Celeste against every hero
The plain win rate: how often Celeste 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 | Celeste wins | Matches | Against expected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rat King | 42.9% | 25k | As expected |
 Paige | 43.2% | 14k | As expected |
| Graves | 43.6% | 18k | As expected |
 Victor | 43.9% | 11k | As expected |
| Haze | 44.2% | 21k | −1.0 points |
| Kelvin | 44.3% | 6,540 | As expected |
 Seven | 44.8% | 14k | As expected |
 Ivy | 45.6% | 8,644 | As expected |
| Baba | 45.8% | 11k | As expected |
| Apollo | 46.4% | 8,419 | As expected |
 Abrams | 46.6% | 9,524 | As expected |
| Wraith | 46.6% | 14k | As expected |
| Nurse Harrow | 47.0% | 6,765 | −1.8 points |
| Vindicta | 47.1% | 10k | As expected |
| Vyper | 47.3% | 4,718 | As expected |
| Dynamo | 47.5% | 11k | As expected |
 Lash | 47.6% | 17k | As expected |
 Calico | 47.6% | 6,995 | As expected |
 Mo & Krill | 48.0% | 10k | As expected |
 Violet | 48.5% | 11k | As expected |
| Drifter | 48.6% | 15k | As expected |
| Lady Geist | 49.0% | 11k | As expected |
| Infernus | 49.7% | 19k | As expected |
 Billy | 50.1% | 9,376 | As expected |
| Holliday | 50.2% | 7,642 | As expected |
| Silver | 50.3% | 6,959 | As expected |
| Yamato | 51.1% | 9,698 | +1.2 points |
 McGinnis | 51.2% | 4,895 | As expected |
 Venator | 51.3% | 12k | As expected |
 Sinclair | 51.7% | 4,000 | As expected |
 Deadman Danny | 51.8% | 13k | As expected |
 Bebop | 51.8% | 16k | As expected |
 Viscous | 51.8% | 4,397 | As expected |
| Mina | 52.3% | 16k | As expected |
 Rem | 52.4% | 12k | As expected |
 The Doorman | 52.4% | 5,347 | As expected |
 Grey Talon | 52.6% | 5,474 | As expected |
| Shiv | 52.7% | 9,180 | As expected |
 Pocket | 52.8% | 6,713 | As expected |
| Solomon | 53.0% | 8,986 | As expected |
| Paradox | 53.5% | 8,895 | As expected |
 Warden | 53.8% | 4,019 | As expected |
| Mirage | 54.4% | 3,691 | As expected |
Quick answers
Questions
- How do you counter Celeste in Deadlock?
- Pick a hero Celeste struggles against. Celeste has the lowest win rate against Rat King, Paige and Graves (42.9% against Rat King). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Nurse Harrow, Shiv and Haze do better against Celeste than expected.
- Who is Celeste good against?
- Celeste has the highest win rate against Mirage, Warden and Paradox (54.4% against Mirage). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Celeste does better than expected against Yamato, Apollo and Lady Geist.
- Who is the best teammate for Celeste?
- Drifter: together they win 49.4%, 1.1 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Celeste lane with?
- Paradox, Holliday and Vindicta make the best lane partners for Celeste, measured against what each pair is expected to win.