Violet counters and synergy
How to counter Violet
To counter Violet, play Baba, Wraith and Rat King: Violet wins only 42.8% against Baba. Overall Violet wins 48.4% of 27k matches in the last 30 days at Phantom to Eternus. Violet does best with Ivy on the team.
- Win rate
- 48.4%
- Pick rate
- 70.5%
- Matches
- 27k
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Each number is compared with what Violet'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
Ivy 2,540 matches
+3.2 vs expected
55.1% win rate
Mirage 682 matches
As expected
45.0% win rate
Vyper 1,355 matches
As expected
53.4% win rate
Baba 2,661 matches
As expected
53.5% win rate
Viscous 1,177 matches
As expected
48.3% win rate
Wraith 5,762 matches
+1.7 vs expected
53.6% win rate
Mo & Krill 4,277 matches
As expected
49.6% win rate
Lady Geist 1,305 matches
As expected
47.5% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
Billy 2,220 matches
+2.2 vs expected
52.2% win rate
Holliday 2,731 matches
+2.0 vs expected
49.6% win rate
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Mirage 1,198 matches
As expected
56.3% win rate
Nurse Harrow 7,085 matches
+1.8 vs expected
49.7% win rate
Pocket 2,989 matches
As expected
54.1% win rate
Vindicta 3,311 matches
As expected
50.1% win rate
Paige 4,151 matches
+1.6 vs expected
46.6% win rate
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Vyper 1,730 matches
As expected
46.9% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
Deadman Danny 10k matches
−3.0 vs expected
53.0% win rate
Solomon 4,139 matches
−2.7 vs expected
50.5% win rate
McGinnis 1,010 matches
As expected
47.2% win rate
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Baba 4,629 matches
−2.2 vs expected
42.8% win rate
Warden 592 matches
As expected
51.9% win rate
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Lady Geist 1,494 matches
As expected
48.5% win rate
Drifter 4,892 matches
−1.9 vs expected
46.7% win rate
Rem 1,794 matches
As expected
48.5% win rate
Win rate against each hero
Violet against every hero
The plain win rate: how often Violet 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 | Violet wins | Matches | Against expected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baba | 42.8% | 4,629 | −2.2 points |
| Wraith | 44.0% | 7,298 | As expected |
 Rat King | 44.4% | 8,988 | As expected |
 Kelvin | 45.0% | 2,502 | As expected |
 Graves | 45.0% | 3,659 | As expected |
| Ivy | 45.1% | 3,802 | As expected |
 Celeste | 46.0% | 3,327 | As expected |
 Dynamo | 46.5% | 2,587 | As expected |
| Paige | 46.6% | 4,151 | +1.6 points |
 Apollo | 46.7% | 2,611 | As expected |
| Drifter | 46.7% | 4,892 | −1.9 points |
| Vyper | 46.9% | 1,730 | As expected |
 Haze | 46.9% | 8,185 | As expected |
 Yamato | 47.0% | 4,427 | As expected |
 Victor | 47.1% | 2,852 | As expected |
 Abrams | 47.1% | 3,498 | As expected |
 Seven | 47.2% | 2,487 | As expected |
| McGinnis | 47.2% | 1,010 | As expected |
| Mo & Krill | 47.5% | 3,422 | As expected |
 Lash | 47.9% | 5,481 | As expected |
 Calico | 48.3% | 2,549 | As expected |
 Bebop | 48.4% | 5,790 | As expected |
| Lady Geist | 48.5% | 1,494 | As expected |
| Rem | 48.5% | 1,794 | As expected |
 Sinclair | 49.0% | 1,259 | As expected |
 Infernus | 49.0% | 4,060 | As expected |
 Silver | 49.2% | 2,156 | As expected |
| Holliday | 49.6% | 2,731 | +2.0 points |
| Nurse Harrow | 49.7% | 7,085 | +1.8 points |
| Vindicta | 50.1% | 3,311 | As expected |
| Solomon | 50.5% | 4,139 | −2.7 points |
 Shiv | 50.5% | 5,713 | As expected |
 Venator | 50.7% | 5,284 | As expected |
| Viscous | 51.2% | 1,321 | As expected |
 Mina | 51.3% | 5,270 | As expected |
 The Doorman | 51.4% | 1,178 | As expected |
| Warden | 51.9% | 592 | As expected |
| Billy | 52.2% | 2,220 | +2.2 points |
 Paradox | 52.3% | 3,997 | As expected |
 Grey Talon | 52.8% | 2,904 | As expected |
| Deadman Danny | 53.0% | 10k | −3.0 points |
| Pocket | 54.1% | 2,989 | As expected |
| Mirage | 56.3% | 1,198 | As expected |
Quick answers
Questions
- How do you counter Violet in Deadlock?
- Pick a hero Violet struggles against. Violet has the lowest win rate against Baba, Wraith and Rat King (42.8% against Baba). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Deadman Danny, Solomon and McGinnis do better against Violet than expected.
- Who is Violet good against?
- Violet has the highest win rate against Mirage, Pocket and Deadman Danny (56.3% against Mirage). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Violet does better than expected against Billy, Holliday and Mirage.
- Who is the best teammate for Violet?
- Ivy: together they win 55.1%, 3.2 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Violet lane with?
- Baba, Apollo and Abrams make the best lane partners for Violet, measured against what each pair is expected to win.