Viscous counters and synergy
How to counter Viscous
To counter Viscous, play Rat King, Graves and Kelvin: Viscous wins only 40.1% against Rat King. Overall Viscous wins 46.0% of 21k matches in the last 30 days at Ritualist to Oracle. Viscous does best with Kelvin on the team.
- Win rate
- 46.0%
- Pick rate
- 12.8%
- Matches
- 21k
- 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
Kelvin 795 matches
+4.0 vs expected
54.6% win rate
Nurse Harrow 663 matches
+3.9 vs expected
49.8% win rate
Vyper 1,470 matches
+3.3 vs expected
50.7% win rate
Rat King 5,410 matches
+3.0 vs expected
55.1% win rate
Ivy 1,204 matches
As expected
52.3% win rate
McGinnis 660 matches
As expected
45.8% win rate
Celeste 2,040 matches
As expected
48.8% win rate
Violet 2,272 matches
As expected
46.1% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
Grey Talon 302 matches
As expected
46.0% win rate
Paradox 612 matches
As expected
44.9% win rate
Vindicta 598 matches
As expected
49.2% win rate
Graves 516 matches
As expected
53.9% win rate
Deadman Danny 602 matches
As expected
42.4% win rate
Baba 414 matches
As expected
50.0% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
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Grey Talon 1,652 matches
As expected
53.4% win rate
Calico 2,769 matches
As expected
47.7% win rate
Bebop 5,086 matches
+1.4 vs expected
50.3% win rate
Apollo 1,905 matches
As expected
45.1% win rate
Paige 4,186 matches
As expected
42.0% win rate
Infernus 4,803 matches
As expected
49.7% win rate
Yamato 2,724 matches
As expected
47.0% win rate
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Graves 2,941 matches
As expected
41.4% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
-
Vyper 1,417 matches
As expected
42.1% win rate
Rem 2,571 matches
−2.1 vs expected
46.8% win rate
Pocket 2,758 matches
As expected
48.8% win rate
Holliday 2,525 matches
As expected
45.3% win rate
Solomon 2,988 matches
As expected
50.7% win rate
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Vindicta 3,568 matches
As expected
44.7% win rate
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Celeste 1,933 matches
As expected
44.1% win rate
-
Paradox 3,279 matches
As expected
49.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rat King | 40.1% | 8,082 | As expected |
| Graves | 41.4% | 2,941 | As expected |
| Kelvin | 41.9% | 2,241 | As expected |
| Paige | 42.0% | 4,186 | As expected |
| Vyper | 42.1% | 1,417 | As expected |
| Ivy | 42.2% | 3,056 | As expected |
 Dynamo | 42.5% | 2,891 | As expected |
 Haze | 42.5% | 5,763 | As expected |
 Seven | 43.4% | 2,953 | As expected |
 Wraith | 43.4% | 4,087 | As expected |
 Abrams | 43.5% | 2,826 | As expected |
 Victor | 43.9% | 2,436 | As expected |
| Baba | 44.1% | 3,056 | As expected |
| Celeste | 44.1% | 1,933 | As expected |
 Lash | 44.3% | 5,183 | As expected |
| Vindicta | 44.7% | 3,568 | As expected |
| Apollo | 45.1% | 1,905 | As expected |
| Holliday | 45.3% | 2,525 | As expected |
 Drifter | 46.1% | 4,453 | As expected |
 Mo & Krill | 46.2% | 3,175 | As expected |
| Nurse Harrow | 46.4% | 2,306 | As expected |
| Rem | 46.8% | 2,571 | −2.1 points |
 Silver | 47.0% | 1,908 | As expected |
| Yamato | 47.0% | 2,724 | As expected |
 Billy | 47.2% | 2,144 | As expected |
| Calico | 47.7% | 2,769 | As expected |
 Venator | 47.7% | 3,835 | As expected |
 Mina | 47.8% | 3,162 | As expected |
| Violet | 47.9% | 2,676 | As expected |
 Lady Geist | 48.4% | 1,969 | As expected |
| McGinnis | 48.7% | 1,182 | As expected |
 Sinclair | 48.7% | 1,451 | As expected |
| Pocket | 48.8% | 2,758 | As expected |
| Infernus | 49.7% | 4,803 | As expected |
| Paradox | 49.8% | 3,279 | As expected |
| Bebop | 50.3% | 5,086 | +1.4 points |
 Shiv | 50.5% | 3,435 | As expected |
 The Doorman | 50.5% | 1,652 | As expected |
| Solomon | 50.7% | 2,988 | As expected |
 Warden | 52.2% | 851 | As expected |
 Mirage | 52.2% | 1,128 | As expected |
| Deadman Danny | 52.3% | 3,215 | As expected |
| Grey Talon | 53.4% | 1,652 | 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 Rat King, Graves and Kelvin (40.1% against Rat King). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Vyper, Rem and Pocket do better against Viscous than expected.
- Who is Viscous good against?
- Viscous has the highest win rate against Grey Talon, Deadman Danny and Mirage (53.4% against Grey Talon). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Viscous does better than expected against Grey Talon, Calico and Bebop.
- Who is the best teammate for Viscous?
- Kelvin: together they win 54.6%, 4.0 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Viscous lane with?
- Grey Talon, Paradox and Vindicta make the best lane partners for Viscous, measured against what each pair is expected to win.