Graves counters and synergy
How to counter Graves
To counter Graves, play Paige, Rat King and Seven: Graves wins only 48.5% against Paige. Overall Graves wins 55.3% of 138k matches in the last 30 days at Initiate to Mystic. Graves does best with Lash on the team.
- Win rate
- 55.3%
- Pick rate
- 42.8%
- Matches
- 138k
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Each number is compared with what Graves'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
Lash 21k matches
+1.3 vs expected
57.8% win rate
The Doorman 7,817 matches
+1.2 vs expected
52.3% win rate
Viscous 7,502 matches
As expected
52.1% win rate
Kelvin 11k matches
As expected
60.2% win rate
Sinclair 4,688 matches
As expected
52.6% win rate
Apollo 12k matches
As expected
58.3% win rate
Mina 19k matches
As expected
52.3% win rate
Deadman Danny 19k matches
As expected
52.2% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
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The Doorman 1,542 matches
+3.4 vs expected
54.5% win rate
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Kelvin 2,069 matches
+2.5 vs expected
61.9% win rate
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Sinclair 976 matches
As expected
54.0% win rate
Ivy 2,981 matches
As expected
59.9% win rate
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Viscous 1,350 matches
As expected
52.7% win rate
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Apollo 2,679 matches
As expected
59.0% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
Silver 12k matches
+1.6 vs expected
59.6% win rate
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Apollo 14k matches
+1.4 vs expected
54.2% win rate
Shiv 17k matches
+1.3 vs expected
61.8% win rate
Paradox 16k matches
+1.1 vs expected
61.0% win rate
Billy 19k matches
+0.7 vs expected
57.7% win rate
Yamato 16k matches
As expected
57.7% win rate
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The Doorman 10k matches
As expected
60.0% win rate
Warden 7,229 matches
As expected
61.3% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
McGinnis 16k matches
−1.5 vs expected
56.5% win rate
Paige 31k matches
−1.4 vs expected
48.5% win rate
Seven 26k matches
−1.4 vs expected
50.2% win rate
Bebop 29k matches
−1.0 vs expected
57.8% win rate
Lady Geist 19k matches
−0.9 vs expected
54.6% win rate
Baba 19k matches
−0.9 vs expected
51.8% win rate
Pocket 12k matches
As expected
59.2% win rate
Dynamo 18k matches
As expected
53.1% win rate
Win rate against each hero
Graves against every hero
The plain win rate: how often Graves 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 | Graves wins | Matches | Against expected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paige | 48.5% | 31k | −1.4 points |
 Rat King | 48.8% | 45k | −0.5 points |
| Seven | 50.2% | 26k | −1.4 points |
 Victor | 50.9% | 20k | As expected |
| Kelvin | 51.3% | 11k | As expected |
| Baba | 51.8% | 19k | −0.9 points |
 Haze | 51.8% | 41k | As expected |
| Ivy | 52.3% | 15k | As expected |
 Wraith | 53.0% | 24k | As expected |
| Dynamo | 53.1% | 18k | As expected |
| Lash | 54.0% | 29k | As expected |
 Vindicta | 54.1% | 21k | As expected |
| Apollo | 54.2% | 14k | +1.4 points |
 Abrams | 54.3% | 19k | As expected |
 Mo & Krill | 54.6% | 22k | −0.7 points |
| Lady Geist | 54.6% | 19k | −0.9 points |
 Vyper | 55.1% | 8,381 | As expected |
 Calico | 55.2% | 12k | As expected |
 Drifter | 55.4% | 27k | As expected |
 Violet | 55.5% | 23k | As expected |
 Nurse Harrow | 55.9% | 15k | As expected |
 Celeste | 56.4% | 18k | As expected |
| McGinnis | 56.5% | 16k | −1.5 points |
 Infernus | 57.1% | 36k | As expected |
| Billy | 57.7% | 19k | +0.7 points |
 Holliday | 57.7% | 14k | As expected |
| Yamato | 57.7% | 16k | As expected |
| Bebop | 57.8% | 29k | −1.0 points |
 Venator | 58.1% | 22k | As expected |
| Sinclair | 58.3% | 8,024 | As expected |
 Rem | 58.7% | 23k | As expected |
| Deadman Danny | 58.7% | 26k | As expected |
| Mina | 58.7% | 27k | As expected |
| Viscous | 59.1% | 7,800 | As expected |
| Pocket | 59.2% | 12k | As expected |
 Grey Talon | 59.5% | 10k | As expected |
| Silver | 59.6% | 12k | +1.6 points |
| The Doorman | 60.0% | 10k | As expected |
 Solomon | 60.3% | 17k | As expected |
| Paradox | 61.0% | 16k | +1.1 points |
| Warden | 61.3% | 7,229 | As expected |
| Shiv | 61.8% | 17k | +1.3 points |
 Mirage | 61.8% | 6,333 | As expected |
Quick answers
Questions
- How do you counter Graves in Deadlock?
- Pick a hero Graves struggles against. Graves has the lowest win rate against Paige, Rat King and Seven (48.5% against Paige). Taking each hero's own strength into account, McGinnis, Paige and Seven do better against Graves than expected.
- Who is Graves good against?
- Graves has the highest win rate against Mirage, Shiv and Warden (61.8% against Mirage). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Graves does better than expected against Silver, Apollo and Shiv.
- Who is the best teammate for Graves?
- Lash: together they win 57.8%, 1.3 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Graves lane with?
- The Doorman, Kelvin and Sinclair make the best lane partners for Graves, measured against what each pair is expected to win.