Holliday counters and synergy
How to counter Holliday
To counter Holliday, play Graves, Paige and Rat King: Holliday wins only 43.2% against Graves. Overall Holliday wins 49.4% of 38k matches in the last 30 days at Ritualist to Oracle. Holliday does best with Seven on the team.
- Win rate
- 49.4%
- Pick rate
- 22.7%
- Matches
- 38k
- 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
Seven 5,093 matches
+1.7 vs expected
54.5% win rate
Victor 6,638 matches
+1.7 vs expected
53.5% win rate
McGinnis 1,863 matches
As expected
48.8% win rate
Lady Geist 3,934 matches
As expected
48.9% win rate
Dynamo 5,559 matches
As expected
53.6% win rate
Ivy 4,967 matches
As expected
54.5% win rate
Silver 3,351 matches
As expected
48.5% win rate
Yamato 4,260 matches
As expected
50.0% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
Shiv 5,817 matches
+1.5 vs expected
55.4% win rate
Baba 4,898 matches
As expected
48.5% win rate
Viscous 2,530 matches
As expected
54.6% win rate
Vyper 2,372 matches
As expected
49.0% win rate
Calico 5,437 matches
As expected
50.4% win rate
Wraith 7,579 matches
As expected
47.2% win rate
Drifter 7,718 matches
As expected
50.3% win rate
Mo & Krill 7,027 matches
As expected
50.8% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
-
Lady Geist 3,067 matches
−2.7 vs expected
48.6% win rate
Sinclair 2,463 matches
−2.5 vs expected
49.4% win rate
Pocket 4,687 matches
−2.1 vs expected
51.6% win rate
The Doorman 2,683 matches
−2.0 vs expected
51.5% win rate
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Dynamo 3,791 matches
−1.7 vs expected
44.8% win rate
-
Yamato 5,186 matches
As expected
48.4% win rate
-
Silver 3,521 matches
As expected
50.0% win rate
Violet 4,618 matches
As expected
50.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Graves | 43.2% | 5,615 | As expected |
 Paige | 43.8% | 6,977 | As expected |
 Rat King | 43.9% | 14k | As expected |
| Dynamo | 44.8% | 3,791 | −1.7 points |
 Kelvin | 45.0% | 3,275 | As expected |
| Seven | 45.8% | 5,127 | As expected |
| Ivy | 46.1% | 4,380 | As expected |
| Victor | 46.5% | 3,525 | As expected |
| Wraith | 47.2% | 7,579 | As expected |
 Haze | 47.2% | 11k | As expected |
 Abrams | 47.3% | 5,717 | As expected |
 Apollo | 47.9% | 3,697 | As expected |
 Celeste | 48.2% | 4,045 | As expected |
 Lash | 48.4% | 11k | As expected |
| Yamato | 48.4% | 5,186 | As expected |
 Vindicta | 48.4% | 6,112 | As expected |
| Baba | 48.5% | 4,898 | As expected |
| Lady Geist | 48.6% | 3,067 | −2.7 points |
| Vyper | 49.0% | 2,372 | As expected |
| Sinclair | 49.4% | 2,463 | −2.5 points |
 Nurse Harrow | 49.6% | 3,438 | As expected |
| Silver | 50.0% | 3,521 | As expected |
| Violet | 50.1% | 4,618 | As expected |
| Drifter | 50.3% | 7,718 | As expected |
| Calico | 50.4% | 5,437 | As expected |
| Mo & Krill | 50.8% | 7,027 | As expected |
 Billy | 51.4% | 4,167 | As expected |
 Venator | 51.4% | 6,952 | As expected |
| The Doorman | 51.5% | 2,683 | −2.0 points |
| Pocket | 51.6% | 4,687 | −2.1 points |
| McGinnis | 51.6% | 1,849 | As expected |
 Bebop | 51.7% | 11k | As expected |
 Mina | 51.9% | 6,592 | As expected |
 Infernus | 51.9% | 7,520 | As expected |
 Rem | 52.5% | 4,259 | As expected |
 Paradox | 54.3% | 6,270 | As expected |
 Deadman Danny | 54.4% | 6,798 | As expected |
| Viscous | 54.6% | 2,530 | As expected |
 Grey Talon | 55.1% | 3,057 | As expected |
| Shiv | 55.4% | 5,817 | +1.5 points |
 Warden | 55.7% | 1,290 | As expected |
 Mirage | 55.8% | 1,661 | As expected |
 Solomon | 55.9% | 5,344 | 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 Graves, Paige and Rat King (43.2% against Graves). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Lady Geist, Sinclair and Pocket do better against Holliday than expected.
- Who is Holliday good against?
- Holliday has the highest win rate against Solomon, Mirage and Warden (55.9% against Solomon). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Holliday does better than expected against Shiv, Baba and Viscous.
- Who is the best teammate for Holliday?
- Seven: together they win 54.5%, 1.7 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Holliday lane with?
- Silver, Seven and Dynamo make the best lane partners for Holliday, measured against what each pair is expected to win.