Graves counters and synergy
How to counter Graves
To counter Graves, play Rat King, Paige and Kelvin: Graves wins only 48.7% against Rat King. Overall Graves wins 55.5% of 48k matches in the last 30 days at Ritualist to Oracle. Graves does best with Apollo on the team.
- Win rate
- 55.5%
- Pick rate
- 27.9%
- Matches
- 48k
- 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
McGinnis 524 matches
As expected
56.5% win rate
Apollo 3,486 matches
+2.2 vs expected
59.7% win rate
Mina 5,904 matches
+1.6 vs expected
55.2% win rate
Lash 9,225 matches
+1.4 vs expected
57.8% win rate
Warden 1,988 matches
As expected
50.0% win rate
The Doorman 2,354 matches
As expected
52.3% win rate
Nurse Harrow 5,204 matches
As expected
56.6% win rate
Baba 5,999 matches
As expected
58.6% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
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The Doorman 488 matches
+5.5 vs expected
56.8% win rate
Dynamo 1,119 matches
+3.8 vs expected
62.2% win rate
Violet 1,333 matches
As expected
56.7% win rate
Viscous 531 matches
As expected
54.0% win rate
Bebop 1,695 matches
As expected
54.9% win rate
Grey Talon 607 matches
As expected
52.4% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
Shiv 7,621 matches
+2.0 vs expected
61.9% win rate
Silver 3,999 matches
+1.9 vs expected
59.0% win rate
Rem 5,389 matches
As expected
59.7% win rate
Venator 9,123 matches
+1.2 vs expected
58.7% win rate
Abrams 7,180 matches
+1.2 vs expected
54.7% win rate
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Apollo 4,468 matches
As expected
54.5% win rate
Yamato 6,156 matches
As expected
56.5% win rate
Paradox 6,643 matches
As expected
60.8% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
Wraith 9,620 matches
−2.0 vs expected
50.3% win rate
-
McGinnis 3,751 matches
−1.8 vs expected
55.8% win rate
Lady Geist 4,149 matches
−1.7 vs expected
55.6% win rate
-
Grey Talon 3,878 matches
−1.6 vs expected
59.2% win rate
Paige 8,796 matches
−1.4 vs expected
49.1% win rate
-
Baba 6,642 matches
−1.3 vs expected
51.9% win rate
Seven 6,590 matches
As expected
51.2% win rate
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Bebop 12k matches
−0.9 vs expected
57.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Rat King | 48.7% | 16k | −0.8 points |
| Paige | 49.1% | 8,796 | −1.4 points |
 Kelvin | 50.1% | 4,342 | As expected |
| Wraith | 50.3% | 9,620 | −2.0 points |
| Seven | 51.2% | 6,590 | As expected |
 Haze | 51.8% | 16k | As expected |
| Baba | 51.9% | 6,642 | −1.3 points |
 Ivy | 52.0% | 5,700 | As expected |
| Dynamo | 52.4% | 5,501 | As expected |
 Victor | 52.5% | 5,771 | As expected |
| Lash | 54.0% | 12k | As expected |
| Apollo | 54.5% | 4,468 | As expected |
 Celeste | 54.7% | 4,916 | As expected |
 Vyper | 54.7% | 2,860 | As expected |
| Abrams | 54.7% | 7,180 | +1.2 points |
 Vindicta | 54.8% | 7,534 | As expected |
| Nurse Harrow | 55.3% | 6,495 | As expected |
 Mo & Krill | 55.4% | 8,528 | As expected |
 Drifter | 55.6% | 9,391 | As expected |
| Lady Geist | 55.6% | 4,149 | −1.7 points |
| McGinnis | 55.8% | 3,751 | −1.8 points |
 Calico | 55.9% | 5,950 | As expected |
| Yamato | 56.5% | 6,156 | As expected |
 Holliday | 56.8% | 5,821 | As expected |
 Sinclair | 56.9% | 3,209 | As expected |
| Violet | 57.1% | 8,888 | As expected |
| Bebop | 57.5% | 12k | −0.9 points |
| Mina | 57.5% | 8,771 | As expected |
 Billy | 57.7% | 5,401 | As expected |
 Infernus | 58.5% | 10k | As expected |
| Viscous | 58.6% | 3,054 | As expected |
| Venator | 58.7% | 9,123 | +1.2 points |
 Pocket | 58.7% | 5,576 | As expected |
| Silver | 59.0% | 3,999 | +1.9 points |
| The Doorman | 59.1% | 3,255 | As expected |
| Grey Talon | 59.2% | 3,878 | −1.6 points |
| Rem | 59.7% | 5,389 | As expected |
| Paradox | 60.8% | 6,643 | As expected |
 Solomon | 61.1% | 6,221 | As expected |
 Deadman Danny | 61.4% | 9,601 | As expected |
| Shiv | 61.9% | 7,621 | +2.0 points |
| Warden | 62.5% | 1,814 | As expected |
 Mirage | 62.6% | 2,257 | 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 Rat King, Paige and Kelvin (48.7% against Rat King). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Wraith, McGinnis and Lady Geist do better against Graves than expected.
- Who is Graves good against?
- Graves has the highest win rate against Mirage, Warden and Shiv (62.6% against Mirage). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Graves does better than expected against Shiv, Silver and Rem.
- Who is the best teammate for Graves?
- McGinnis: together they win 56.5%, 3.2 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Graves lane with?
- The Doorman, Dynamo and Violet make the best lane partners for Graves, measured against what each pair is expected to win.