Holliday counters and synergy
How to counter Holliday
To counter Holliday, play Rat King, Graves and Dynamo: Holliday wins only 46.7% against Rat King. Overall Holliday wins 50.8% of 22k matches in the last 30 days at Phantom to Eternus.
- Win rate
- 50.8%
- Pick rate
- 24.4%
- Matches
- 22k
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Each number is compared with what Holliday'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
Viscous 1,041 matches
As expected
51.4% win rate
Warden 650 matches
As expected
47.4% win rate
Billy 2,307 matches
As expected
50.9% win rate
Mirage 1,253 matches
As expected
46.2% win rate
Celeste 1,827 matches
As expected
55.0% win rate
Lady Geist 1,675 matches
As expected
49.7% win rate
Baba 4,010 matches
As expected
55.2% win rate
Shiv 4,229 matches
As expected
48.9% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
Sinclair 1,531 matches
As expected
54.1% win rate
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Lady Geist 1,302 matches
As expected
54.8% win rate
-
Baba 3,203 matches
As expected
49.0% win rate
Apollo 2,453 matches
As expected
51.7% win rate
Solomon 3,053 matches
As expected
57.0% win rate
Abrams 3,023 matches
As expected
50.6% win rate
Vyper 1,494 matches
As expected
48.8% win rate
Haze 6,587 matches
As expected
49.4% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
The Doorman 1,324 matches
−2.8 vs expected
50.5% win rate
Victor 2,000 matches
−2.3 vs expected
47.6% win rate
Nurse Harrow 2,287 matches
−2.2 vs expected
48.2% win rate
Violet 2,837 matches
−1.9 vs expected
50.3% win rate
Paradox 3,931 matches
As expected
53.2% win rate
Lash 5,944 matches
−1.4 vs expected
48.7% win rate
Dynamo 1,826 matches
As expected
47.4% win rate
Graves 2,599 matches
As expected
47.4% win rate
Win rate against each hero
Holliday against every hero
The plain win rate: how often Holliday 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 | Holliday wins | Matches | Against expected |
|---|---|---|---|
 Rat King | 46.7% | 8,279 | As expected |
| Graves | 47.4% | 2,599 | As expected |
| Dynamo | 47.4% | 1,826 | As expected |
 Kelvin | 47.5% | 1,990 | As expected |
| Victor | 47.6% | 2,000 | −2.3 points |
 Wraith | 47.7% | 5,246 | As expected |
 Ivy | 48.0% | 2,742 | As expected |
| Celeste | 48.1% | 2,640 | As expected |
 Seven | 48.2% | 2,230 | As expected |
| Nurse Harrow | 48.2% | 2,287 | −2.2 points |
 Paige | 48.3% | 3,780 | As expected |
| Lash | 48.7% | 5,944 | −1.4 points |
| Vyper | 48.8% | 1,494 | As expected |
| Baba | 49.0% | 3,203 | As expected |
| Haze | 49.4% | 6,587 | As expected |
 Yamato | 49.4% | 4,067 | As expected |
| Violet | 50.3% | 2,837 | −1.9 points |
 Vindicta | 50.4% | 3,234 | As expected |
 Mo & Krill | 50.4% | 4,111 | As expected |
| The Doorman | 50.5% | 1,324 | −2.8 points |
| Abrams | 50.6% | 3,023 | As expected |
 McGinnis | 51.2% | 1,076 | As expected |
 Drifter | 51.7% | 4,638 | As expected |
| Apollo | 51.7% | 2,453 | As expected |
 Bebop | 51.8% | 5,962 | As expected |
 Calico | 51.8% | 3,401 | As expected |
 Mina | 51.9% | 4,176 | As expected |
 Silver | 51.9% | 1,950 | As expected |
| Viscous | 52.1% | 1,343 | As expected |
| Billy | 52.3% | 2,194 | As expected |
 Venator | 52.4% | 4,538 | As expected |
 Rem | 52.9% | 1,985 | As expected |
 Infernus | 53.0% | 3,130 | As expected |
| Paradox | 53.2% | 3,931 | As expected |
| Shiv | 53.4% | 3,585 | As expected |
| Sinclair | 54.1% | 1,531 | As expected |
 Pocket | 54.7% | 2,816 | As expected |
| Lady Geist | 54.8% | 1,302 | As expected |
 Grey Talon | 55.5% | 2,352 | As expected |
| Warden | 55.9% | 524 | As expected |
| Mirage | 56.9% | 1,095 | As expected |
| Solomon | 57.0% | 3,053 | As expected |
 Deadman Danny | 57.9% | 3,891 | As expected |
Quick answers
Questions
- How do you counter Holliday in Deadlock?
- Pick a hero Holliday struggles against. Holliday has the lowest win rate against Rat King, Graves and Dynamo (46.7% against Rat King). Taking each hero's own strength into account, The Doorman, Victor and Nurse Harrow do better against Holliday than expected.
- Who is Holliday good against?
- Holliday has the highest win rate against Deadman Danny, Solomon and Mirage (57.9% against Deadman Danny). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Holliday does better than expected against Sinclair, Lady Geist and Baba.
- Who is the best teammate for Holliday?
- Viscous: together they win 51.4%, 2.3 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Holliday lane with?
- Paradox, Celeste and Billy make the best lane partners for Holliday, measured against what each pair is expected to win.