Victor counters and synergy
How to counter Victor
To counter Victor, play Kelvin, Paige and Rat King: Victor wins only 46.3% against Kelvin. Overall Victor wins 52.4% of 41k matches in the last 30 days at Ritualist to Oracle. Victor does best with Rat King on the team.
- Win rate
- 52.4%
- Pick rate
- 24.1%
- Matches
- 41k
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Each number is compared with what Victor'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 6,908 matches
+3.1 vs expected
61.5% win rate
Sinclair 3,343 matches
+2.1 vs expected
52.0% win rate
The Doorman 3,406 matches
+1.8 vs expected
50.0% win rate
Holliday 6,657 matches
+1.7 vs expected
53.5% win rate
Vindicta 5,475 matches
+1.5 vs expected
54.2% win rate
Abrams 3,462 matches
As expected
55.8% win rate
Seven 3,930 matches
As expected
57.1% win rate
Wraith 5,681 matches
As expected
56.7% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
Silver 534 matches
As expected
54.3% win rate
Nurse Harrow 1,339 matches
+3.0 vs expected
55.3% win rate
Paige 1,655 matches
+2.9 vs expected
60.3% win rate
Paradox 1,273 matches
As expected
50.3% win rate
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Vindicta 1,121 matches
As expected
54.8% win rate
-
Rat King 1,444 matches
As expected
60.5% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
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The Doorman 2,779 matches
+2.1 vs expected
58.5% win rate
Dynamo 5,006 matches
+1.7 vs expected
51.1% win rate
-
Rat King 20k matches
+1.1 vs expected
47.3% win rate
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Abrams 6,337 matches
As expected
51.5% win rate
Graves 5,546 matches
As expected
47.5% win rate
Violet 5,670 matches
As expected
54.5% win rate
Warden 1,724 matches
As expected
59.7% win rate
Vyper 2,684 matches
As expected
51.6% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
Baba 6,206 matches
−1.6 vs expected
48.6% win rate
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Vindicta 6,275 matches
−1.4 vs expected
50.6% win rate
Kelvin 3,759 matches
As expected
46.3% win rate
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Silver 3,952 matches
As expected
52.9% win rate
Solomon 5,177 matches
As expected
57.3% win rate
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Seven 6,616 matches
As expected
48.3% win rate
Deadman Danny 6,524 matches
As expected
57.4% win rate
Rem 4,224 matches
As expected
54.9% win rate
Win rate against each hero
Victor against every hero
The plain win rate: how often Victor 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 | Victor wins | Matches | Against expected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelvin | 46.3% | 3,759 | As expected |
| Paige | 47.2% | 6,595 | As expected |
| Rat King | 47.3% | 20k | +1.1 points |
| Graves | 47.5% | 5,546 | As expected |
| Seven | 48.3% | 6,616 | As expected |
| Baba | 48.6% | 6,206 | −1.6 points |
 Ivy | 48.7% | 5,095 | As expected |
| Wraith | 49.4% | 9,221 | As expected |
 Haze | 49.7% | 14k | As expected |
 Apollo | 50.3% | 3,138 | As expected |
| Vindicta | 50.6% | 6,275 | −1.4 points |
| Dynamo | 51.1% | 5,006 | +1.7 points |
 Celeste | 51.4% | 3,487 | As expected |
| Abrams | 51.5% | 6,337 | As expected |
 Lash | 51.5% | 9,170 | As expected |
| Vyper | 51.6% | 2,684 | As expected |
 Yamato | 52.5% | 5,275 | As expected |
 Drifter | 52.5% | 7,841 | As expected |
 Mo & Krill | 52.5% | 7,054 | As expected |
| Silver | 52.9% | 3,952 | As expected |
 Calico | 52.9% | 4,133 | As expected |
| Nurse Harrow | 53.0% | 3,296 | As expected |
| Holliday | 53.5% | 3,536 | As expected |
| Violet | 54.5% | 5,670 | As expected |
 Venator | 54.7% | 7,792 | As expected |
 Billy | 54.8% | 5,162 | As expected |
 Mina | 54.8% | 6,567 | As expected |
 Infernus | 54.8% | 8,849 | As expected |
| Rem | 54.9% | 4,224 | As expected |
 Bebop | 55.0% | 7,729 | As expected |
 Lady Geist | 55.0% | 3,904 | As expected |
| Sinclair | 55.1% | 2,243 | As expected |
 McGinnis | 55.1% | 1,994 | As expected |
 Viscous | 56.1% | 2,460 | As expected |
 Shiv | 56.9% | 7,037 | As expected |
 Pocket | 57.0% | 5,043 | As expected |
| Solomon | 57.3% | 5,177 | As expected |
| Deadman Danny | 57.4% | 6,524 | As expected |
| Paradox | 57.6% | 5,231 | As expected |
 Grey Talon | 57.7% | 2,969 | As expected |
| The Doorman | 58.5% | 2,779 | +2.1 points |
 Mirage | 59.0% | 1,987 | As expected |
| Warden | 59.7% | 1,724 | As expected |
Quick answers
Questions
- How do you counter Victor in Deadlock?
- Pick a hero Victor struggles against. Victor has the lowest win rate against Kelvin, Paige and Rat King (46.3% against Kelvin). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Baba, Vindicta and Kelvin do better against Victor than expected.
- Who is Victor good against?
- Victor has the highest win rate against Warden, Mirage and The Doorman (59.7% against Warden). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Victor does better than expected against The Doorman, Dynamo and Rat King.
- Who is the best teammate for Victor?
- Rat King: together they win 61.5%, 3.1 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Victor lane with?
- Silver, Nurse Harrow and Paige make the best lane partners for Victor, measured against what each pair is expected to win.