Ivy counters and synergy
How to counter Ivy
To counter Ivy, play Graves, Rat King and Paige: Ivy wins only 45.6% against Graves. Overall Ivy wins 52.9% of 720k matches in the last 30 days. Ivy does best with Viscous on the team.
- Win rate
- 52.9%
- Pick rate
- 21.5%
- Matches
- 720k
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
Each number is compared with what Ivy'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 22k matches
+1.5 vs expected
50.2% win rate
Dynamo 36k matches
+1.3 vs expected
56.3% win rate
McGinnis 29k matches
+1.3 vs expected
52.2% win rate
Mirage 31k matches
+1.0 vs expected
48.6% win rate
Baba 63k matches
+1.0 vs expected
56.9% win rate
Violet 66k matches
+0.8 vs expected
54.7% win rate
Kelvin 23k matches
+0.8 vs expected
57.7% win rate
Rem 55k matches
+0.7 vs expected
49.9% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
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Mirage 5,823 matches
+1.9 vs expected
49.5% win rate
Paige 8,017 matches
+1.3 vs expected
60.4% win rate
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Baba 12k matches
+1.3 vs expected
57.1% win rate
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McGinnis 5,521 matches
As expected
52.2% win rate
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Viscous 4,639 matches
As expected
49.9% win rate
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Dynamo 6,839 matches
As expected
56.1% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
Bebop 129k matches
+0.7 vs expected
55.6% win rate
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Baba 97k matches
+0.7 vs expected
50.6% win rate
Lash 127k matches
+0.6 vs expected
52.6% win rate
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Paige 139k matches
+0.5 vs expected
47.2% win rate
Pocket 72k matches
+0.5 vs expected
58.5% win rate
Deadman Danny 112k matches
+0.5 vs expected
55.4% win rate
Haze 175k matches
+0.3 vs expected
49.4% win rate
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Violet 95k matches
As expected
52.3% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
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Rem 150k matches
−1.2 vs expected
55.4% win rate
Vyper 58k matches
−0.9 vs expected
55.0% win rate
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Mirage 47k matches
−0.7 vs expected
57.4% win rate
Solomon 98k matches
−0.7 vs expected
56.3% win rate
Infernus 147k matches
−0.5 vs expected
53.3% win rate
Mina 147k matches
−0.4 vs expected
56.6% win rate
The Doorman 66k matches
−0.4 vs expected
56.6% win rate
Celeste 112k matches
−0.4 vs expected
53.8% win rate
Win rate against each hero
Ivy against every hero
The plain win rate: how often Ivy 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 | Ivy wins | Matches | Against expected |
|---|---|---|---|
 Graves | 45.6% | 149k | As expected |
 Rat King | 45.9% | 217k | As expected |
| Paige | 47.2% | 139k | +0.5 points |
 Seven | 47.9% | 121k | As expected |
 Victor | 48.5% | 108k | As expected |
| Kelvin | 48.9% | 55k | As expected |
| Haze | 49.4% | 175k | +0.3 points |
| Baba | 50.6% | 97k | +0.7 points |
| Dynamo | 51.1% | 91k | As expected |
 Nurse Harrow | 51.2% | 70k | As expected |
 Abrams | 51.8% | 101k | As expected |
 Lady Geist | 51.9% | 85k | As expected |
 Wraith | 52.0% | 117k | As expected |
| Violet | 52.3% | 95k | As expected |
 Mo & Krill | 52.5% | 81k | As expected |
| Lash | 52.6% | 127k | +0.6 points |
 Drifter | 52.8% | 138k | As expected |
 Apollo | 53.2% | 96k | As expected |
| Infernus | 53.3% | 147k | −0.5 points |
 Vindicta | 53.3% | 114k | As expected |
| Celeste | 53.8% | 112k | −0.4 points |
| McGinnis | 54.5% | 47k | As expected |
 Calico | 54.7% | 58k | As expected |
| Vyper | 55.0% | 58k | −0.9 points |
 Billy | 55.1% | 110k | −0.3 points |
| Deadman Danny | 55.4% | 112k | +0.5 points |
| Rem | 55.4% | 150k | −1.2 points |
 Yamato | 55.4% | 91k | As expected |
 Venator | 55.5% | 150k | As expected |
 Holliday | 55.5% | 69k | As expected |
| Bebop | 55.6% | 129k | +0.7 points |
 Grey Talon | 56.1% | 56k | As expected |
 Warden | 56.1% | 41k | As expected |
| Solomon | 56.3% | 98k | −0.7 points |
| The Doorman | 56.6% | 66k | −0.4 points |
| Mina | 56.6% | 147k | −0.4 points |
| Viscous | 56.8% | 53k | As expected |
 Silver | 56.9% | 107k | As expected |
 Paradox | 57.0% | 92k | As expected |
 Sinclair | 57.1% | 48k | As expected |
| Mirage | 57.4% | 47k | −0.7 points |
 Shiv | 57.9% | 93k | As expected |
| Pocket | 58.5% | 72k | +0.5 points |
Quick answers
Questions
- How do you counter Ivy in Deadlock?
- Pick a hero Ivy struggles against. Ivy has the lowest win rate against Graves, Rat King and Paige (45.6% against Graves). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Rem, Vyper and Mirage do better against Ivy than expected.
- Who is Ivy good against?
- Ivy has the highest win rate against Pocket, Shiv and Mirage (58.5% against Pocket). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Ivy does better than expected against Bebop, Baba and Lash.
- Who is the best teammate for Ivy?
- Viscous: together they win 50.2%, 1.5 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Ivy lane with?
- Mirage, Paige and Baba make the best lane partners for Ivy, measured against what each pair is expected to win.