Pocket counters and synergy
How to counter Pocket
To counter Pocket, play Rat King, Paige and Victor: Pocket wins only 39.1% against Rat King. Overall Pocket wins 45.2% of 56k matches in the last 30 days at Initiate to Mystic. Pocket does best with Billy on the team.
- Win rate
- 45.2%
- Pick rate
- 17.3%
- Matches
- 56k
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Each number is compared with what Pocket'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
Billy 8,473 matches
+1.6 vs expected
45.0% win rate
McGinnis 3,457 matches
As expected
43.9% win rate
Yamato 5,793 matches
As expected
44.5% win rate
Mina 7,011 matches
As expected
42.6% win rate
Shiv 6,150 matches
As expected
40.8% win rate
Sinclair 2,522 matches
As expected
42.5% win rate
Haze 12k matches
As expected
49.0% win rate
Ivy 5,407 matches
As expected
49.0% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
Silver 5,195 matches
+2.5 vs expected
50.4% win rate
Infernus 15k matches
+0.9 vs expected
48.0% win rate
Mirage 2,741 matches
As expected
53.0% win rate
Graves 12k matches
As expected
40.8% win rate
Baba 8,425 matches
As expected
43.3% win rate
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Shiv 7,554 matches
As expected
51.3% win rate
Rem 9,014 matches
As expected
49.5% win rate
Deadman Danny 8,961 matches
As expected
49.4% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
Victor 8,732 matches
−1.2 vs expected
40.2% win rate
-
Sinclair 2,989 matches
As expected
47.6% win rate
Dynamo 7,432 matches
As expected
43.0% win rate
-
McGinnis 3,429 matches
As expected
47.2% win rate
Venator 8,540 matches
As expected
47.1% win rate
Vindicta 7,938 matches
As expected
43.7% win rate
Mo & Krill 6,855 matches
As expected
44.5% win rate
The Doorman 4,161 matches
As expected
48.8% win rate
Win rate against each hero
Pocket against every hero
The plain win rate: how often Pocket 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 | Pocket wins | Matches | Against expected |
|---|---|---|---|
 Rat King | 39.1% | 20k | As expected |
 Paige | 40.0% | 12k | As expected |
| Victor | 40.2% | 8,732 | −1.2 points |
 Kelvin | 40.5% | 4,799 | As expected |
| Graves | 40.8% | 12k | As expected |
 Seven | 41.1% | 10k | As expected |
| Haze | 41.9% | 17k | As expected |
| Ivy | 42.0% | 6,531 | As expected |
 Apollo | 42.6% | 5,622 | As expected |
| Dynamo | 43.0% | 7,432 | As expected |
| Baba | 43.3% | 8,425 | As expected |
| Vindicta | 43.7% | 7,938 | As expected |
 Wraith | 43.8% | 9,664 | As expected |
 Lash | 44.2% | 11k | As expected |
 Abrams | 44.2% | 6,955 | As expected |
| Mo & Krill | 44.5% | 6,855 | As expected |
 Vyper | 45.2% | 3,329 | As expected |
 Calico | 45.3% | 5,019 | As expected |
 Drifter | 45.4% | 11k | As expected |
 Lady Geist | 45.7% | 7,892 | As expected |
 Violet | 45.9% | 7,927 | As expected |
 Nurse Harrow | 45.9% | 5,216 | As expected |
| Yamato | 46.4% | 6,743 | As expected |
 Celeste | 46.9% | 6,490 | As expected |
| Venator | 47.1% | 8,540 | As expected |
| McGinnis | 47.2% | 3,429 | As expected |
| Billy | 47.3% | 6,668 | As expected |
 Holliday | 47.5% | 5,505 | As expected |
| Sinclair | 47.6% | 2,989 | As expected |
| Infernus | 48.0% | 15k | +0.9 points |
 Bebop | 48.4% | 11k | As expected |
| The Doorman | 48.8% | 4,161 | As expected |
| Mina | 48.9% | 11k | As expected |
 Viscous | 49.3% | 3,445 | As expected |
| Deadman Danny | 49.4% | 8,961 | As expected |
 Grey Talon | 49.5% | 3,874 | As expected |
| Rem | 49.5% | 9,014 | As expected |
 Solomon | 49.9% | 6,408 | As expected |
 Paradox | 50.1% | 6,469 | As expected |
| Silver | 50.4% | 5,195 | +2.5 points |
| Shiv | 51.3% | 7,554 | As expected |
 Warden | 51.5% | 3,019 | As expected |
| Mirage | 53.0% | 2,741 | As expected |
Quick answers
Questions
- How do you counter Pocket in Deadlock?
- Pick a hero Pocket struggles against. Pocket has the lowest win rate against Rat King, Paige and Victor (39.1% against Rat King). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Victor, Sinclair and Dynamo do better against Pocket than expected.
- Who is Pocket good against?
- Pocket has the highest win rate against Mirage, Warden and Shiv (53.0% against Mirage). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Pocket does better than expected against Silver, Infernus and Mirage.
- Who is the best teammate for Pocket?
- Billy: together they win 45.0%, 1.6 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Pocket lane with?
- Vyper, Yamato and Kelvin make the best lane partners for Pocket, measured against what each pair is expected to win.