Silver counters and synergy
How to counter Silver
To counter Silver, play Graves, Paige and Rat King: Silver wins only 40.3% against Graves. Overall Silver wins 47.2% of 59k matches in the last 30 days at Initiate to Mystic. Silver does best with Rat King on the team.
- Win rate
- 47.2%
- Pick rate
- 18.6%
- Matches
- 59k
- 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 14k matches
+2.1 vs expected
55.4% win rate
Mirage 2,255 matches
As expected
42.2% win rate
Seven 9,943 matches
+1.4 vs expected
52.3% win rate
Sinclair 2,997 matches
As expected
45.1% win rate
Paige 12k matches
+1.3 vs expected
53.9% win rate
Grey Talon 3,685 matches
As expected
44.1% win rate
Solomon 6,633 matches
As expected
43.1% win rate
Mina 9,494 matches
As expected
44.6% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
Kelvin 802 matches
+4.2 vs expected
55.6% win rate
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Grey Talon 701 matches
+4.1 vs expected
47.2% win rate
-
Seven 1,827 matches
+3.6 vs expected
54.5% win rate
-
Mirage 475 matches
As expected
43.4% win rate
-
Solomon 1,417 matches
+2.8 vs expected
44.8% win rate
-
Sinclair 691 matches
As expected
46.3% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
Victor 10k matches
+1.0 vs expected
44.4% win rate
Infernus 15k matches
+0.9 vs expected
50.2% win rate
Wraith 11k matches
As expected
46.4% win rate
Lady Geist 7,576 matches
As expected
48.4% win rate
-
Mirage 2,796 matches
As expected
55.1% win rate
Bebop 11k matches
As expected
51.7% win rate
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Kelvin 4,791 matches
As expected
43.9% win rate
Yamato 6,145 matches
As expected
49.6% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
Pocket 5,195 matches
−2.5 vs expected
49.5% win rate
Graves 12k matches
−1.7 vs expected
40.3% win rate
-
Mina 12k matches
−1.2 vs expected
49.6% win rate
-
Seven 11k matches
As expected
43.0% win rate
-
Solomon 7,214 matches
As expected
51.9% win rate
Lash 11k matches
As expected
45.5% win rate
Warden 2,866 matches
As expected
52.7% win rate
Holliday 5,658 matches
As expected
49.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graves | 40.3% | 12k | −1.7 points |
| Paige | 41.6% | 12k | As expected |
| Rat King | 41.6% | 24k | As expected |
| Seven | 43.0% | 11k | As expected |
| Kelvin | 43.9% | 4,791 | As expected |
| Victor | 44.4% | 10k | +1.0 points |
 Ivy | 44.5% | 6,963 | As expected |
 Baba | 44.6% | 8,022 | As expected |
 Haze | 44.7% | 18k | As expected |
 Apollo | 44.7% | 5,671 | As expected |
| Lash | 45.5% | 11k | As expected |
 Dynamo | 45.7% | 7,648 | As expected |
 Abrams | 46.2% | 8,233 | As expected |
| Wraith | 46.4% | 11k | As expected |
 Vindicta | 47.0% | 8,969 | As expected |
 Mo & Krill | 47.2% | 9,016 | As expected |
 Calico | 47.4% | 5,032 | As expected |
 Drifter | 47.6% | 12k | As expected |
 Vyper | 47.7% | 3,769 | As expected |
 Violet | 47.8% | 8,684 | As expected |
 Nurse Harrow | 48.0% | 5,434 | As expected |
| Lady Geist | 48.4% | 7,576 | As expected |
| Holliday | 49.1% | 5,658 | As expected |
 Billy | 49.2% | 8,792 | As expected |
 Celeste | 49.5% | 6,795 | As expected |
| Pocket | 49.5% | 5,195 | −2.5 points |
| Yamato | 49.6% | 6,145 | As expected |
| Mina | 49.6% | 12k | −1.2 points |
 Venator | 49.9% | 9,727 | As expected |
 McGinnis | 50.1% | 4,032 | As expected |
| Infernus | 50.2% | 15k | +0.9 points |
 Deadman Danny | 50.5% | 9,794 | As expected |
| Sinclair | 50.8% | 3,130 | As expected |
 Rem | 51.0% | 9,821 | As expected |
 Viscous | 51.5% | 3,386 | As expected |
| Bebop | 51.7% | 11k | As expected |
| Grey Talon | 51.9% | 3,997 | As expected |
| Solomon | 51.9% | 7,214 | As expected |
 Paradox | 52.1% | 6,378 | As expected |
 The Doorman | 52.1% | 4,583 | As expected |
 Shiv | 52.2% | 8,101 | As expected |
| Warden | 52.7% | 2,866 | As expected |
| Mirage | 55.1% | 2,796 | 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 Graves, Paige and Rat King (40.3% against Graves). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Pocket, Graves and Mina do better against Silver than expected.
- Who is Silver good against?
- Silver has the highest win rate against Mirage, Warden and Shiv (55.1% against Mirage). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Silver does better than expected against Victor, Infernus and Wraith.
- Who is the best teammate for Silver?
- Rat King: together they win 55.4%, 2.1 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Silver lane with?
- Kelvin, Grey Talon and Seven make the best lane partners for Silver, measured against what each pair is expected to win.