Kelvin counters and synergy
How to counter Kelvin
To counter Kelvin, play Paige, Rat King and Graves: Kelvin wins only 48.4% against Paige. Overall Kelvin wins 54.2% of 53k matches in the last 30 days at Initiate to Mystic. Kelvin does best with Vindicta on the team.
- Win rate
- 54.2%
- Pick rate
- 16.6%
- Matches
- 53k
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Each number is compared with what Kelvin'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
Vindicta 7,347 matches
+1.2 vs expected
56.2% win rate
Vyper 3,146 matches
As expected
55.5% win rate
Baba 4,945 matches
As expected
57.8% win rate
Violet 6,495 matches
As expected
54.5% win rate
Wraith 10k matches
As expected
56.8% win rate
Graves 11k matches
As expected
60.2% win rate
Mo & Krill 5,040 matches
As expected
55.0% win rate
Deadman Danny 8,754 matches
As expected
51.3% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
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Deadman Danny 8,313 matches
+2.2 vs expected
60.0% win rate
Victor 8,075 matches
+2.1 vs expected
52.4% win rate
Grey Talon 3,665 matches
As expected
59.9% win rate
-
Violet 7,502 matches
+1.3 vs expected
56.1% win rate
The Doorman 4,303 matches
As expected
59.4% win rate
Mina 8,366 matches
As expected
58.7% win rate
Mirage 2,694 matches
As expected
61.8% win rate
-
Vyper 3,435 matches
As expected
54.9% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
Shiv 6,387 matches
−2.1 vs expected
57.4% win rate
McGinnis 3,683 matches
−1.7 vs expected
55.2% win rate
Billy 7,133 matches
−1.6 vs expected
54.3% win rate
Warden 2,862 matches
As expected
58.7% win rate
Infernus 15k matches
−0.9 vs expected
55.4% win rate
Viscous 3,366 matches
As expected
57.3% win rate
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Wraith 9,636 matches
As expected
51.7% win rate
Silver 4,791 matches
As expected
56.1% win rate
Win rate against each hero
Kelvin against every hero
The plain win rate: how often Kelvin 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 | Kelvin wins | Matches | Against expected |
|---|---|---|---|
 Paige | 48.4% | 13k | As expected |
 Rat King | 48.5% | 19k | As expected |
| Graves | 48.6% | 11k | As expected |
 Seven | 50.2% | 9,827 | As expected |
 Haze | 50.4% | 14k | As expected |
 Ivy | 50.9% | 6,570 | As expected |
 Apollo | 51.4% | 5,386 | As expected |
| Baba | 51.4% | 8,549 | As expected |
| Wraith | 51.7% | 9,636 | As expected |
| Victor | 52.4% | 8,075 | +2.1 points |
 Dynamo | 52.6% | 7,927 | As expected |
 Lash | 53.4% | 10k | As expected |
| Mo & Krill | 53.5% | 7,266 | As expected |
| Vindicta | 53.6% | 7,834 | As expected |
 Abrams | 53.7% | 6,417 | As expected |
 Calico | 53.8% | 4,587 | As expected |
| Billy | 54.3% | 7,133 | −1.6 points |
 Lady Geist | 54.4% | 7,411 | As expected |
 Drifter | 54.7% | 10k | As expected |
 Nurse Harrow | 54.8% | 6,235 | As expected |
| Vyper | 54.9% | 3,435 | As expected |
| McGinnis | 55.2% | 3,683 | −1.7 points |
| Infernus | 55.4% | 15k | −0.9 points |
 Celeste | 55.7% | 6,332 | As expected |
 Yamato | 55.7% | 5,944 | As expected |
| Violet | 56.1% | 7,502 | +1.3 points |
| Silver | 56.1% | 4,791 | As expected |
 Venator | 56.6% | 8,748 | As expected |
 Holliday | 57.1% | 4,693 | As expected |
 Rem | 57.1% | 9,174 | As expected |
| Viscous | 57.3% | 3,366 | As expected |
 Sinclair | 57.4% | 2,776 | As expected |
| Shiv | 57.4% | 6,387 | −2.1 points |
 Bebop | 58.3% | 11k | As expected |
| Mina | 58.7% | 8,366 | As expected |
| Warden | 58.7% | 2,862 | As expected |
 Paradox | 59.0% | 6,166 | As expected |
 Solomon | 59.3% | 7,176 | As expected |
| The Doorman | 59.4% | 4,303 | As expected |
 Pocket | 59.5% | 4,799 | As expected |
| Grey Talon | 59.9% | 3,665 | As expected |
| Deadman Danny | 60.0% | 8,313 | +2.2 points |
| Mirage | 61.8% | 2,694 | As expected |
Quick answers
Questions
- How do you counter Kelvin in Deadlock?
- Pick a hero Kelvin struggles against. Kelvin has the lowest win rate against Paige, Rat King and Graves (48.4% against Paige). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Shiv, McGinnis and Billy do better against Kelvin than expected.
- Who is Kelvin good against?
- Kelvin has the highest win rate against Mirage, Deadman Danny and Grey Talon (61.8% against Mirage). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Kelvin does better than expected against Deadman Danny, Victor and Grey Talon.
- Who is the best teammate for Kelvin?
- Vindicta: together they win 56.2%, 1.2 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Kelvin lane with?
- Silver, Baba and Rem make the best lane partners for Kelvin, measured against what each pair is expected to win.