Drifter counters and synergy
How to counter Drifter
To counter Drifter, play Rat King, Graves and Paige: Drifter wins only 44.4% against Rat King. Overall Drifter wins 50.0% of 65k matches in the last 30 days at Ritualist to Oracle. Drifter does best with Rat King on the team.
- Win rate
- 50.0%
- Pick rate
- 39.0%
- Matches
- 65k
- 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 16k matches
+1.8 vs expected
58.0% win rate
Vindicta 7,591 matches
+1.2 vs expected
51.6% win rate
Seven 7,933 matches
+1.2 vs expected
54.6% win rate
Celeste 4,803 matches
As expected
52.1% win rate
Kelvin 5,972 matches
As expected
55.3% win rate
Rem 6,683 matches
As expected
47.6% win rate
Lady Geist 4,103 matches
As expected
48.6% win rate
Paradox 9,298 matches
As expected
45.9% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
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Celeste 963 matches
As expected
54.2% win rate
-
Lady Geist 889 matches
As expected
51.0% win rate
Warden 440 matches
As expected
45.7% win rate
Wraith 2,231 matches
+2.3 vs expected
55.5% win rate
Mirage 504 matches
As expected
45.2% win rate
Deadman Danny 1,566 matches
As expected
46.2% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
Sinclair 4,034 matches
As expected
53.6% win rate
Vyper 4,344 matches
As expected
49.6% win rate
Solomon 8,109 matches
As expected
56.8% win rate
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Celeste 6,682 matches
As expected
49.8% win rate
Violet 8,441 matches
As expected
52.2% win rate
Haze 22k matches
+0.7 vs expected
47.7% win rate
Abrams 8,487 matches
As expected
48.8% win rate
-
Mirage 3,254 matches
As expected
57.6% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
-
Warden 2,611 matches
As expected
55.5% win rate
Mo & Krill 7,123 matches
−1.3 vs expected
49.2% win rate
Holliday 7,700 matches
As expected
49.7% win rate
Silver 5,933 matches
As expected
50.7% win rate
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Kelvin 6,277 matches
As expected
44.5% win rate
Venator 13k matches
As expected
51.3% win rate
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Rem 7,317 matches
As expected
52.4% win rate
The Doorman 4,286 matches
As expected
53.5% 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 | 44.4% | 26k | As expected |
 Graves | 44.5% | 9,014 | As expected |
 Paige | 44.5% | 10k | As expected |
| Kelvin | 44.5% | 6,277 | As expected |
| Seven | 46.5% | 9,510 | As expected |
| Wraith | 46.5% | 14k | As expected |
 Dynamo | 46.5% | 7,798 | As expected |
 Ivy | 46.6% | 8,379 | As expected |
 Victor | 47.4% | 7,786 | As expected |
| Haze | 47.7% | 22k | +0.7 points |
 Baba | 47.8% | 9,637 | As expected |
 Lash | 48.5% | 16k | As expected |
 Apollo | 48.5% | 6,545 | As expected |
| Abrams | 48.8% | 8,487 | As expected |
| Mo & Krill | 49.2% | 7,123 | −1.3 points |
| Vyper | 49.6% | 4,344 | As expected |
| Holliday | 49.7% | 7,700 | As expected |
| Celeste | 49.8% | 6,682 | As expected |
| Vindicta | 50.0% | 11k | As expected |
 Calico | 50.4% | 9,612 | As expected |
 Yamato | 50.5% | 9,938 | As expected |
 Nurse Harrow | 50.5% | 6,074 | As expected |
| Silver | 50.7% | 5,933 | As expected |
| Venator | 51.3% | 13k | As expected |
 Mina | 51.4% | 12k | As expected |
 Billy | 51.8% | 5,828 | As expected |
| Lady Geist | 52.0% | 6,764 | As expected |
| Violet | 52.2% | 8,441 | As expected |
 McGinnis | 52.4% | 3,567 | As expected |
| Rem | 52.4% | 7,317 | As expected |
 Infernus | 52.8% | 15k | As expected |
 Bebop | 53.5% | 16k | As expected |
| The Doorman | 53.5% | 4,286 | As expected |
| Sinclair | 53.6% | 4,034 | As expected |
 Viscous | 53.9% | 4,453 | As expected |
 Shiv | 54.3% | 12k | As expected |
 Pocket | 54.5% | 8,115 | As expected |
 Grey Talon | 55.0% | 5,619 | As expected |
| Paradox | 55.2% | 9,289 | As expected |
| Deadman Danny | 55.4% | 12k | As expected |
| Warden | 55.5% | 2,611 | As expected |
| Solomon | 56.8% | 8,109 | As expected |
| Mirage | 57.6% | 3,254 | 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, Graves and Paige (44.4% against Rat King). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Warden, Mo & Krill and Holliday do better against Drifter than expected.
- Who is Drifter good against?
- Drifter has the highest win rate against Mirage, Solomon and Warden (57.6% against Mirage). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Drifter does better than expected against Sinclair, Vyper and Solomon.
- Who is the best teammate for Drifter?
- Rat King: together they win 58.0%, 1.8 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Drifter lane with?
- Celeste, Lady Geist and Warden make the best lane partners for Drifter, measured against what each pair is expected to win.