Drifter counters and synergy
How to counter Drifter
To counter Drifter, play Rat King, Dynamo and Seven: Drifter wins only 44.6% against Rat King. Overall Drifter wins 49.7% of 36k matches in the last 30 days at Phantom to Eternus. Drifter does best with Rat King on the team.
- Win rate
- 49.7%
- Pick rate
- 40.8%
- Matches
- 36k
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Each number is compared with what Drifter'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 9,586 matches
+2.0 vs expected
56.2% win rate
Celeste 3,171 matches
As expected
53.8% win rate
Paradox 5,425 matches
As expected
46.9% win rate
Grey Talon 2,895 matches
As expected
46.4% win rate
Vindicta 4,072 matches
As expected
50.6% win rate
McGinnis 1,640 matches
As expected
49.5% win rate
Ivy 4,527 matches
As expected
54.1% win rate
Lash 8,090 matches
As expected
51.3% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
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Vindicta 5,768 matches
+2.0 vs expected
51.8% win rate
Violet 4,892 matches
+1.9 vs expected
53.3% win rate
Viscous 2,261 matches
As expected
53.3% win rate
Victor 4,086 matches
As expected
50.0% win rate
Solomon 4,417 matches
As expected
55.7% win rate
Nurse Harrow 3,434 matches
As expected
50.5% win rate
Yamato 7,455 matches
As expected
49.3% win rate
Baba 5,732 matches
As expected
47.2% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
Warden 927 matches
As expected
52.6% win rate
Dynamo 3,577 matches
−2.5 vs expected
44.8% win rate
Silver 3,234 matches
−2.2 vs expected
49.0% win rate
Rem 3,377 matches
−1.8 vs expected
49.9% win rate
Seven 3,930 matches
−1.7 vs expected
45.6% win rate
Billy 3,250 matches
As expected
50.1% win rate
Mo & Krill 4,149 matches
As expected
48.9% win rate
Vyper 2,723 matches
As expected
45.9% win rate
Win rate against each hero
Drifter against every hero
The plain win rate: how often Drifter 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 | Drifter wins | Matches | Against expected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rat King | 44.6% | 14k | As expected |
| Dynamo | 44.8% | 3,577 | −2.5 points |
| Seven | 45.6% | 3,930 | −1.7 points |
 Kelvin | 45.8% | 3,481 | As expected |
| Vyper | 45.9% | 2,723 | As expected |
| Ivy | 46.4% | 5,026 | As expected |
 Wraith | 46.5% | 9,253 | As expected |
 Paige | 46.6% | 5,498 | As expected |
 Graves | 47.0% | 4,217 | As expected |
| Baba | 47.2% | 5,732 | As expected |
| Celeste | 47.2% | 4,415 | As expected |
 Haze | 47.9% | 12k | As expected |
 Abrams | 48.0% | 4,695 | As expected |
 Holliday | 48.2% | 4,579 | As expected |
| Lash | 48.6% | 8,353 | As expected |
| Mo & Krill | 48.9% | 4,149 | As expected |
| Silver | 49.0% | 3,234 | −2.2 points |
| Yamato | 49.3% | 7,455 | As expected |
 Apollo | 49.5% | 4,309 | As expected |
 Sinclair | 49.9% | 2,336 | As expected |
| Rem | 49.9% | 3,377 | −1.8 points |
| Victor | 50.0% | 4,086 | As expected |
| Billy | 50.1% | 3,250 | As expected |
| Nurse Harrow | 50.5% | 3,434 | As expected |
 Calico | 50.7% | 6,183 | As expected |
 Bebop | 50.8% | 8,282 | As expected |
 Lady Geist | 51.0% | 2,746 | As expected |
 Infernus | 51.2% | 5,848 | As expected |
 Mina | 51.3% | 7,283 | As expected |
| McGinnis | 51.4% | 2,034 | As expected |
| Vindicta | 51.8% | 5,768 | +2.0 points |
 Venator | 52.3% | 7,987 | As expected |
 The Doorman | 52.4% | 2,098 | As expected |
 Shiv | 52.4% | 7,228 | As expected |
| Warden | 52.6% | 927 | As expected |
 Pocket | 53.2% | 4,874 | As expected |
| Violet | 53.3% | 4,892 | +1.9 points |
| Viscous | 53.3% | 2,261 | As expected |
| Paradox | 54.2% | 5,448 | As expected |
| Grey Talon | 54.6% | 3,881 | As expected |
| Solomon | 55.7% | 4,417 | As expected |
 Mirage | 56.5% | 1,888 | As expected |
 Deadman Danny | 57.6% | 6,128 | As expected |
Quick answers
Questions
- How do you counter Drifter in Deadlock?
- Pick a hero Drifter struggles against. Drifter has the lowest win rate against Rat King, Dynamo and Seven (44.6% against Rat King). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Warden, Dynamo and Silver do better against Drifter than expected.
- Who is Drifter good against?
- Drifter has the highest win rate against Deadman Danny, Mirage and Solomon (57.6% against Deadman Danny). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Drifter does better than expected against Vindicta, Violet and Viscous.
- Who is the best teammate for Drifter?
- Rat King: together they win 56.2%, 2.0 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Drifter lane with?
- Viscous, Lady Geist and Rat King make the best lane partners for Drifter, measured against what each pair is expected to win.