Mirage counters and synergy
How to counter Mirage
To counter Mirage, play Rat King, Baba and Graves: Mirage wins only 38.8% against Rat King. Overall Mirage wins 44.1% of 9,411 matches in the last 30 days at Phantom to Eternus. Mirage does best with Vyper on the team.
- Win rate
- 44.1%
- Pick rate
- 10.4%
- Matches
- 9,411
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
Each number is compared with what Mirage'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
Vyper 506 matches
+5.0 vs expected
51.8% win rate
Celeste 825 matches
As expected
49.9% win rate
Violet 672 matches
As expected
44.9% win rate
Viscous 511 matches
As expected
44.0% win rate
Holliday 1,277 matches
As expected
46.4% win rate
The Doorman 598 matches
As expected
42.8% win rate
Wraith 1,571 matches
As expected
48.7% win rate
Rat King 3,143 matches
As expected
49.7% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
Infernus 1,662 matches
+3.6 vs expected
49.3% win rate
Ivy 1,354 matches
+3.5 vs expected
44.1% win rate
Kelvin 980 matches
As expected
43.3% win rate
Lady Geist 669 matches
As expected
48.1% win rate
Dynamo 1,050 matches
As expected
43.3% win rate
Warden 255 matches
As expected
51.0% win rate
Seven 1,094 matches
As expected
43.2% win rate
Victor 1,084 matches
As expected
44.5% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
Sinclair 660 matches
−4.3 vs expected
40.5% win rate
Billy 992 matches
As expected
43.0% win rate
McGinnis 528 matches
As expected
43.0% win rate
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Violet 1,180 matches
As expected
43.6% win rate
Solomon 1,009 matches
As expected
46.9% win rate
Silver 795 matches
As expected
43.8% win rate
Graves 979 matches
As expected
39.9% win rate
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The Doorman 546 matches
As expected
45.1% win rate
Win rate against each hero
Mirage against every hero
The plain win rate: how often Mirage 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 | Mirage wins | Matches | Against expected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rat King | 38.8% | 2,820 | As expected |
 Baba | 39.2% | 1,545 | As expected |
| Graves | 39.9% | 979 | As expected |
| Wraith | 40.4% | 2,375 | As expected |
| Sinclair | 40.5% | 660 | −4.3 points |
 Paige | 40.5% | 1,614 | As expected |
| Celeste | 40.9% | 1,093 | As expected |
| Vyper | 41.9% | 700 | As expected |
 Haze | 42.5% | 3,313 | As expected |
 Nurse Harrow | 43.0% | 645 | As expected |
| McGinnis | 43.0% | 528 | As expected |
| Billy | 43.0% | 992 | As expected |
 Yamato | 43.2% | 1,749 | As expected |
| Holliday | 43.2% | 1,113 | As expected |
| Seven | 43.2% | 1,094 | As expected |
| Kelvin | 43.3% | 980 | As expected |
| Dynamo | 43.3% | 1,050 | As expected |
| Violet | 43.6% | 1,180 | As expected |
 Drifter | 43.7% | 1,988 | As expected |
| Silver | 43.8% | 795 | As expected |
 Mo & Krill | 43.9% | 1,490 | As expected |
 Apollo | 43.9% | 977 | As expected |
 Abrams | 44.0% | 1,398 | As expected |
 Lash | 44.1% | 2,115 | As expected |
| Ivy | 44.1% | 1,354 | +3.5 points |
| Victor | 44.5% | 1,084 | As expected |
| Viscous | 44.5% | 578 | As expected |
 Vindicta | 44.7% | 1,365 | As expected |
| The Doorman | 45.1% | 546 | As expected |
 Calico | 45.8% | 1,310 | As expected |
 Rem | 46.1% | 879 | As expected |
 Bebop | 46.1% | 2,041 | As expected |
 Shiv | 46.2% | 1,689 | As expected |
 Venator | 46.3% | 2,033 | As expected |
 Mina | 46.7% | 1,981 | As expected |
| Solomon | 46.9% | 1,009 | As expected |
 Pocket | 46.9% | 1,276 | As expected |
 Grey Talon | 47.9% | 861 | As expected |
| Lady Geist | 48.1% | 669 | As expected |
 Paradox | 48.6% | 1,433 | As expected |
| Infernus | 49.3% | 1,662 | +3.6 points |
| Warden | 51.0% | 255 | As expected |
 Deadman Danny | 51.7% | 1,200 | As expected |
Quick answers
Questions
- How do you counter Mirage in Deadlock?
- Pick a hero Mirage struggles against. Mirage has the lowest win rate against Rat King, Baba and Graves (38.8% against Rat King). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Sinclair, Billy and McGinnis do better against Mirage than expected.
- Who is Mirage good against?
- Mirage has the highest win rate against Deadman Danny, Warden and Infernus (51.7% against Deadman Danny). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Mirage does better than expected against Infernus, Ivy and Kelvin.
- Who is the best teammate for Mirage?
- Vyper: together they win 51.8%, 5.0 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Mirage lane with?
- Wraith, Venator and Rat King make the best lane partners for Mirage, measured against what each pair is expected to win.