Silver counters and synergy
How to counter Silver
To counter Silver, play Rat King, Celeste and Dynamo: Silver wins only 43.5% against Rat King. Overall Silver wins 48.6% of 16k matches in the last 30 days at Phantom to Eternus. Silver does best with Rat King on the team.
- Win rate
- 48.6%
- Pick rate
- 17.5%
- Matches
- 16k
- Updated
- 27 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 3,901 matches
+3.9 vs expected
56.9% win rate
Sinclair 1,060 matches
As expected
50.6% win rate
Nurse Harrow 1,461 matches
As expected
50.8% win rate
Grey Talon 1,337 matches
As expected
45.6% win rate
Vyper 1,009 matches
As expected
52.9% win rate
Paige 2,526 matches
As expected
53.0% win rate
Ivy 1,978 matches
As expected
53.2% win rate
Vindicta 1,972 matches
As expected
49.4% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
Drifter 3,296 matches
+2.2 vs expected
51.1% win rate
Bebop 3,581 matches
+1.8 vs expected
51.7% win rate
Mirage 770 matches
As expected
56.2% win rate
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Grey Talon 1,519 matches
As expected
54.2% win rate
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Vindicta 2,348 matches
As expected
49.8% win rate
Wraith 3,716 matches
As expected
46.0% win rate
Lady Geist 1,008 matches
As expected
51.8% win rate
Victor 2,034 matches
As expected
48.7% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
The Doorman 981 matches
As expected
49.0% win rate
Warden 435 matches
As expected
52.4% win rate
Dynamo 1,556 matches
As expected
44.6% win rate
Graves 1,697 matches
As expected
44.6% win rate
Seven 1,778 matches
As expected
44.9% win rate
Celeste 1,755 matches
As expected
44.4% win rate
Mina 3,105 matches
As expected
49.3% win rate
Apollo 1,580 matches
As expected
46.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rat King | 43.5% | 6,523 | As expected |
| Celeste | 44.4% | 1,755 | As expected |
| Dynamo | 44.6% | 1,556 | As expected |
| Graves | 44.6% | 1,697 | As expected |
| Seven | 44.9% | 1,778 | As expected |
 Kelvin | 45.0% | 1,479 | As expected |
| Vyper | 45.3% | 1,226 | As expected |
 Baba | 45.5% | 2,568 | As expected |
| Ivy | 45.7% | 2,139 | As expected |
| Wraith | 46.0% | 3,716 | As expected |
| Paige | 46.1% | 2,572 | As expected |
 Haze | 46.3% | 5,270 | As expected |
| Apollo | 46.9% | 1,580 | As expected |
 Abrams | 47.0% | 2,328 | As expected |
| Nurse Harrow | 47.4% | 1,566 | As expected |
 Yamato | 47.6% | 2,546 | As expected |
 Holliday | 47.9% | 1,967 | As expected |
 Lash | 48.2% | 3,530 | As expected |
| Victor | 48.7% | 2,034 | As expected |
| Sinclair | 48.8% | 1,066 | As expected |
 McGinnis | 48.9% | 927 | As expected |
| The Doorman | 49.0% | 981 | As expected |
 Mo & Krill | 49.3% | 2,883 | As expected |
| Mina | 49.3% | 3,105 | As expected |
 Billy | 49.6% | 1,827 | As expected |
 Infernus | 49.7% | 2,490 | As expected |
| Vindicta | 49.8% | 2,348 | As expected |
 Calico | 50.1% | 2,139 | As expected |
 Viscous | 50.4% | 943 | As expected |
 Violet | 50.5% | 2,277 | As expected |
 Rem | 51.1% | 1,498 | As expected |
 Venator | 51.1% | 3,467 | As expected |
| Drifter | 51.1% | 3,296 | +2.2 points |
| Bebop | 51.7% | 3,581 | +1.8 points |
 Shiv | 51.7% | 3,087 | As expected |
| Lady Geist | 51.8% | 1,008 | As expected |
 Paradox | 52.1% | 2,279 | As expected |
| Warden | 52.4% | 435 | As expected |
 Pocket | 52.6% | 2,001 | As expected |
 Solomon | 53.2% | 1,964 | As expected |
| Grey Talon | 54.2% | 1,519 | As expected |
 Deadman Danny | 55.7% | 2,468 | As expected |
| Mirage | 56.2% | 770 | As expected |
Quick answers
Questions
- How do you counter Silver in Deadlock?
- Pick a hero Silver struggles against. Silver has the lowest win rate against Rat King, Celeste and Dynamo (43.5% against Rat King). Taking each hero's own strength into account, The Doorman, Warden and Dynamo do better against Silver than expected.
- Who is Silver good against?
- Silver has the highest win rate against Mirage, Deadman Danny and Grey Talon (56.2% against Mirage). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Silver does better than expected against Drifter, Bebop and Mirage.
- Who is the best teammate for Silver?
- Rat King: together they win 56.9%, 3.9 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Silver lane with?
- Rat King, Apollo and Celeste make the best lane partners for Silver, measured against what each pair is expected to win.