Violet counters and synergy
How to counter Violet
To counter Violet, play Baba, Rat King and Kelvin: Violet wins only 44.0% against Baba. Overall Violet wins 49.5% of 100k matches in the last 30 days at Initiate to Mystic. Violet does best with McGinnis on the team.
- Win rate
- 49.5%
- Pick rate
- 66.4%
- Matches
- 100k
- 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
McGinnis 5,483 matches
+1.6 vs expected
48.4% win rate
Deadman Danny 28k matches
+1.5 vs expected
47.5% win rate
Billy 12k matches
+1.4 vs expected
49.2% win rate
Viscous 4,179 matches
As expected
46.8% win rate
Ivy 7,877 matches
As expected
53.7% win rate
Kelvin 6,858 matches
As expected
54.5% win rate
Mo & Krill 14k matches
+0.8 vs expected
50.4% win rate
Baba 8,254 matches
As expected
53.1% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
Apollo 10k matches
+1.5 vs expected
48.5% win rate
Calico 6,751 matches
+1.4 vs expected
50.7% win rate
Yamato 12k matches
+1.2 vs expected
52.5% win rate
Paige 20k matches
+1.2 vs expected
45.4% win rate
Nurse Harrow 25k matches
+1.2 vs expected
51.0% win rate
Rem 13k matches
+1.0 vs expected
54.3% win rate
Haze 28k matches
+1.0 vs expected
47.4% win rate
Seven 18k matches
+0.9 vs expected
46.7% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
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Baba 13k matches
−2.7 vs expected
44.0% win rate
-
Deadman Danny 37k matches
−2.2 vs expected
50.7% win rate
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Mo & Krill 11k matches
−1.2 vs expected
48.3% win rate
Solomon 14k matches
−1.1 vs expected
53.6% win rate
The Doorman 5,841 matches
As expected
52.8% win rate
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Kelvin 7,922 matches
As expected
44.3% win rate
Shiv 14k matches
−0.9 vs expected
53.9% win rate
Infernus 27k matches
−0.9 vs expected
50.6% 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 | 44.0% | 13k | −2.7 points |
 Rat King | 44.1% | 34k | As expected |
| Kelvin | 44.3% | 7,922 | As expected |
 Graves | 44.6% | 24k | As expected |
 Victor | 45.1% | 15k | As expected |
| Paige | 45.4% | 20k | +1.2 points |
| Ivy | 46.0% | 11k | As expected |
| Seven | 46.7% | 18k | +0.9 points |
| Haze | 47.4% | 28k | +1.0 points |
 Wraith | 47.4% | 20k | As expected |
 Dynamo | 48.2% | 13k | As expected |
| Mo & Krill | 48.3% | 11k | −1.2 points |
 Abrams | 48.4% | 12k | As expected |
| Apollo | 48.5% | 10k | +1.5 points |
 Lash | 48.8% | 19k | As expected |
 Drifter | 48.9% | 17k | As expected |
 Vyper | 49.3% | 5,578 | As expected |
 Vindicta | 49.5% | 13k | As expected |
 Lady Geist | 49.8% | 14k | As expected |
| Infernus | 50.6% | 27k | −0.9 points |
| Billy | 50.6% | 12k | As expected |
| Calico | 50.7% | 6,751 | +1.4 points |
| Deadman Danny | 50.7% | 37k | −2.2 points |
| Nurse Harrow | 51.0% | 25k | +1.2 points |
 Celeste | 51.8% | 12k | As expected |
 Holliday | 52.0% | 8,072 | As expected |
 Sinclair | 52.0% | 3,962 | As expected |
 Silver | 52.1% | 9,253 | As expected |
 Venator | 52.3% | 15k | As expected |
 Bebop | 52.4% | 17k | As expected |
| Yamato | 52.5% | 12k | +1.2 points |
| McGinnis | 52.6% | 5,324 | As expected |
| The Doorman | 52.8% | 5,841 | As expected |
| Solomon | 53.6% | 14k | −1.1 points |
| Viscous | 53.6% | 4,886 | As expected |
 Mina | 53.8% | 18k | As expected |
 Grey Talon | 53.9% | 6,620 | As expected |
| Shiv | 53.9% | 14k | −0.9 points |
 Pocket | 54.2% | 8,378 | As expected |
| Rem | 54.3% | 13k | +1.0 points |
 Paradox | 54.5% | 11k | As expected |
 Warden | 55.6% | 4,601 | As expected |
 Mirage | 56.2% | 4,652 | 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, Rat King and Kelvin (44.0% against Baba). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Baba, Deadman Danny and Mo & Krill do better against Violet than expected.
- Who is Violet good against?
- Violet has the highest win rate against Mirage, Warden and Paradox (56.2% against Mirage). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Violet does better than expected against Apollo, Calico and Yamato.
- Who is the best teammate for Violet?
- McGinnis: together they win 48.4%, 1.6 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Violet lane with?
- Solomon, Warden and Ivy make the best lane partners for Violet, measured against what each pair is expected to win.