Silver counters and synergy
How to counter Silver
To counter Silver, play Graves, Rat King and Paige: Silver wins only 37.2% against Graves. Overall Silver wins 45.8% of 988k matches in the last 30 days. Silver does best with Rat King on the team.
- Win rate
- 45.8%
- Pick rate
- 29.7%
- Matches
- 988k
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
Each number is compared with what Silver'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
Rat King 214k matches
+1.7 vs expected
54.5% win rate
Seven 162k matches
+1.1 vs expected
51.7% win rate
Paige 163k matches
+1.0 vs expected
53.0% win rate
Solomon 111k matches
+0.8 vs expected
42.6% win rate
Nurse Harrow 77k matches
+0.8 vs expected
48.0% win rate
Deadman Danny 144k matches
+0.8 vs expected
44.5% win rate
Grey Talon 69k matches
+0.6 vs expected
43.4% win rate
Victor 101k matches
+0.5 vs expected
50.6% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
Rat King 43k matches
+1.9 vs expected
54.7% win rate
Kelvin 11k matches
+1.7 vs expected
51.5% win rate
Seven 31k matches
+1.5 vs expected
52.1% win rate
Paige 35k matches
+1.3 vs expected
53.3% win rate
Grey Talon 13k matches
+1.2 vs expected
44.1% win rate
Nurse Harrow 16k matches
+1.1 vs expected
48.4% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
Calico 80k matches
+1.4 vs expected
48.8% win rate
Kelvin 67k matches
+1.2 vs expected
43.0% win rate
Wraith 161k matches
+1.0 vs expected
46.0% win rate
Victor 172k matches
+0.7 vs expected
42.3% win rate
Holliday 103k matches
+0.7 vs expected
49.1% win rate
Haze 242k matches
+0.6 vs expected
42.7% win rate
Mo & Krill 112k matches
+0.6 vs expected
46.3% win rate
Vindicta 173k matches
+0.6 vs expected
47.0% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
Graves 222k matches
−1.6 vs expected
37.2% win rate
Deadman Danny 159k matches
−1.1 vs expected
46.7% win rate
Seven 176k matches
−0.6 vs expected
40.4% win rate
The Doorman 90k matches
−0.6 vs expected
49.4% win rate
Dynamo 113k matches
−0.5 vs expected
43.2% win rate
Warden 53k matches
−0.5 vs expected
48.8% win rate
Grey Talon 78k matches
−0.4 vs expected
48.4% win rate
Solomon 120k matches
−0.3 vs expected
49.6% win rate
Win rate against each hero
Silver against every hero
The plain win rate: how often Silver 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 | Silver wins | Matches | Against expected |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37.2% | 222k | −1.6 points | |
| 39.4% | 368k | +0.4 points | |
| 39.6% | 168k | As expected | |
| 40.4% | 176k | −0.6 points | |
| 42.3% | 172k | +0.7 points | |
| 42.7% | 242k | +0.6 points | |
| 43.0% | 67k | +1.2 points | |
| 43.0% | 116k | As expected | |
| 43.1% | 108k | As expected | |
| 43.2% | 113k | −0.5 points | |
| 44.7% | 84k | As expected | |
| 45.0% | 130k | As expected | |
| 45.0% | 161k | As expected | |
| 45.2% | 111k | +0.4 points | |
| 45.2% | 150k | +0.6 points | |
| 46.0% | 161k | +1.0 points | |
| 46.1% | 196k | +0.4 points | |
| 46.3% | 112k | +0.6 points | |
| 46.5% | 141k | As expected | |
| 46.7% | 159k | −1.1 points | |
| 46.8% | 176k | −0.3 points | |
| 47.0% | 173k | +0.6 points | |
| 47.1% | 194k | +0.4 points | |
| 47.7% | 67k | As expected | |
| 48.0% | 177k | As expected | |
| 48.4% | 78k | −0.4 points | |
| 48.5% | 224k | As expected | |
| 48.7% | 124k | +0.5 points | |
| 48.8% | 80k | +1.4 points | |
| 48.8% | 179k | +0.5 points | |
| 48.8% | 53k | −0.5 points | |
| 49.1% | 103k | +0.7 points | |
| 49.4% | 90k | −0.6 points | |
| 49.4% | 81k | +0.5 points | |
| 49.6% | 120k | −0.3 points | |
| 49.6% | 233k | −0.3 points | |
| 49.9% | 192k | +0.3 points | |
| 49.9% | 69k | As expected | |
| 49.9% | 122k | As expected | |
| 50.3% | 65k | As expected | |
| 50.7% | 95k | −0.3 points | |
| 51.4% | 61k | As expected | |
| 51.5% | 130k | +0.3 points |
Quick answers
Questions
- How do you counter Silver in Deadlock?
- Pick a hero Silver struggles against. Silver has the lowest win rate against Graves, Rat King and Paige (37.2% against Graves). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Graves, Deadman Danny and Seven do better against Silver than expected.
- Who is Silver good against?
- Silver has the highest win rate against Shiv, Mirage and Pocket (51.5% against Shiv). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Silver does better than expected against Calico, Kelvin and Wraith.
- Who is the best teammate for Silver?
- Rat King: together they win 54.5%, 1.7 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Silver lane with?
- Rat King, Kelvin and Seven make the best lane partners for Silver, measured against what each pair is expected to win.