Viscous counters and synergy
How to counter Viscous
To counter Viscous, play Celeste, Rat King and Vyper: Viscous wins only 44.0% against Celeste. Overall Viscous wins 48.2% of 10k matches in the last 30 days at Phantom to Eternus. Viscous does best with Ivy on the team.
- Win rate
- 48.2%
- Pick rate
- 11.7%
- Matches
- 10k
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Each number is compared with what Viscous'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 606 matches
+5.5 vs expected
57.3% win rate
McGinnis 364 matches
As expected
51.6% win rate
Paige 559 matches
As expected
54.7% win rate
Warden 251 matches
As expected
45.0% win rate
Holliday 1,029 matches
As expected
51.3% win rate
Nurse Harrow 372 matches
As expected
50.8% win rate
Sinclair 435 matches
As expected
49.7% win rate
Mirage 476 matches
As expected
44.3% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
Kelvin 1,102 matches
As expected
47.3% win rate
The Doorman 716 matches
As expected
53.1% win rate
Mina 1,630 matches
As expected
52.4% win rate
Graves 1,089 matches
As expected
47.9% win rate
Infernus 1,681 matches
As expected
51.8% win rate
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Mirage 536 matches
As expected
56.0% win rate
Grey Talon 1,043 matches
As expected
54.3% win rate
Shiv 1,739 matches
As expected
52.3% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
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Warden 285 matches
−8.9 vs expected
44.9% win rate
Apollo 1,087 matches
−3.2 vs expected
44.3% win rate
Rem 960 matches
As expected
47.5% win rate
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McGinnis 622 matches
As expected
46.8% win rate
Abrams 1,300 matches
As expected
45.2% win rate
Drifter 2,257 matches
As expected
46.7% win rate
Pocket 1,421 matches
As expected
50.7% win rate
Venator 2,009 matches
As expected
49.0% win rate
Win rate against each hero
Viscous against every hero
The plain win rate: how often Viscous 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 | Viscous wins | Matches | Against expected |
|---|---|---|---|
 Celeste | 44.0% | 1,099 | As expected |
 Rat King | 44.2% | 3,834 | As expected |
 Vyper | 44.3% | 758 | As expected |
| Apollo | 44.3% | 1,087 | −3.2 points |
| Paige | 44.5% | 1,884 | As expected |
 Baba | 44.6% | 1,629 | As expected |
| Warden | 44.9% | 285 | −8.9 points |
| Abrams | 45.2% | 1,300 | As expected |
| Ivy | 45.3% | 1,579 | As expected |
 Haze | 45.5% | 2,878 | As expected |
 Wraith | 45.9% | 2,366 | As expected |
 Seven | 46.1% | 1,075 | As expected |
 Victor | 46.5% | 1,156 | As expected |
 Lash | 46.6% | 2,389 | As expected |
 Dynamo | 46.7% | 1,157 | As expected |
| Drifter | 46.7% | 2,257 | As expected |
| McGinnis | 46.8% | 622 | As expected |
| Kelvin | 47.3% | 1,102 | As expected |
| Rem | 47.5% | 960 | As expected |
 Yamato | 47.8% | 1,751 | As expected |
| Graves | 47.9% | 1,089 | As expected |
| Nurse Harrow | 48.1% | 1,186 | As expected |
| Holliday | 48.1% | 1,329 | As expected |
 Mo & Krill | 48.2% | 1,563 | As expected |
 Calico | 48.6% | 1,470 | As expected |
 Violet | 48.7% | 1,313 | As expected |
| Venator | 49.0% | 2,009 | As expected |
 Billy | 49.5% | 956 | As expected |
 Vindicta | 49.5% | 1,613 | As expected |
 Silver | 49.7% | 928 | As expected |
 Bebop | 49.7% | 2,385 | As expected |
| Sinclair | 49.8% | 751 | As expected |
| Pocket | 50.7% | 1,421 | As expected |
 Lady Geist | 50.9% | 757 | As expected |
| Infernus | 51.8% | 1,681 | As expected |
| Shiv | 52.3% | 1,739 | As expected |
| Mina | 52.4% | 1,630 | As expected |
 Paradox | 52.4% | 1,732 | As expected |
| The Doorman | 53.1% | 716 | As expected |
| Grey Talon | 54.3% | 1,043 | As expected |
 Solomon | 54.3% | 1,465 | As expected |
| Mirage | 56.0% | 536 | As expected |
 Deadman Danny | 56.9% | 1,620 | As expected |
Quick answers
Questions
- How do you counter Viscous in Deadlock?
- Pick a hero Viscous struggles against. Viscous has the lowest win rate against Celeste, Rat King and Vyper (44.0% against Celeste). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Warden, Apollo and Rem do better against Viscous than expected.
- Who is Viscous good against?
- Viscous has the highest win rate against Deadman Danny, Mirage and Solomon (56.9% against Deadman Danny). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Viscous does better than expected against Kelvin, The Doorman and Mina.
- Who is the best teammate for Viscous?
- Ivy: together they win 57.3%, 5.5 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Viscous lane with?
- Drifter, Celeste and Shiv make the best lane partners for Viscous, measured against what each pair is expected to win.