Tier list
Heroes ranked by the strength of their best simulated builds: damage per second × effective health against an even enemy, from the game files alone.
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B
C
How the simulated tiers work
- For every hero, archetype and checkpoint (5k, 12k, 20k, 32k, 45k souls), the optimiser finds the best items and ability upgrades (see a hero's Builds).
- Each build's score is DPS × (effective health ÷ 1000)^0.6 against the reference enemy at those souls, averaged over 5 s, 10 s, 20 s fights at 10 m, 20 m, 30 m (so damage falloff and close- and long-range items count), each both fresh and 60 s after a previous fight (long cooldowns still recovering). Situational counter items (Return Fire, cleanses, Healbane…) are left out: they depend on the matchup, which the simulator's Counters section covers.
- A hero's rating is its score relative to the median hero at each checkpoint, averaged (geometric mean) over the phase. Tiers are bands by rank: S top 12% of heroes; A the next 20%; B the middle 36%; C the next 20%; D the bottom 12%.
- It measures fighting power from the game files: damage, survivability, scaling. It doesn't see crowd control, mobility, team utility, wave clear or how hard a hero is to play — that's what the win-rate view captures.
How the win-rate tiers work
- Win rate of every hero over the last 30 days of matches the deadlock-api.com project has collected, by the match's average rank.
- Tiers by points above or below the bracket's average: S 3+ points above the average win rate; A 1.5–3 above; B 0.5 below to 1.5 above; C 0.5–2 below; D more than 2 below.
- Win rates mix hero strength with who plays them and how. Where the two lists disagree is the interesting part: utility the simulator can't score, or a hero players haven't figured out.
Table view
| Hero | Simulated | vs median | Best as | Win-rate tier | Win rate | Pick rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graves | S | 220% | spirit | S | 57% | 42.5% | 1,134,220 |
| Haze | S | 198% | hybrid | S | 54% | 48.1% | 1,284,365 |
| Bebop | S | 147% | spirit | D | 47.7% | 38% | 1,015,442 |
| Celeste | S | 146% | spirit | C | 48.9% | 31.8% | 849,040 |
| Wraith | S | 143% | hybrid | B | 50.7% | 32.2% | 860,167 |
| Venator | A | 143% | gun | D | 47.2% | 41.9% | 1,119,547 |
| Violet | A | 140% | hybrid | B | 50.5% | 19.4% | 519,022 |
| Sinclair | A | 133% | hybrid | D | 45.9% | 13.8% | 368,953 |
| Lady Geist | A | 128% | hybrid | B | 51.1% | 24.7% | 659,678 |
| Victor | A | 126% | spirit | S | 54.5% | 29.6% | 791,362 |
| McGinnis | A | 126% | spirit | C | 48.2% | 12.9% | 343,992 |
| Deadman Danny | A | 125% | spirit | D | 46.7% | 27.4% | 732,946 |
| Solomon | A | 125% | spirit | D | 45.9% | 24.9% | 663,954 |
| Shiv | A | 118% | hybrid | D | 44.5% | 26.7% | 714,168 |
| Vindicta | B | 118% | hybrid | B | 49.7% | 32.2% | 860,036 |
| Rat King | B | 112% | gun | S | 57.3% | 59.8% | 1,598,143 |
| Yamato | B | 111% | hybrid | C | 48% | 26.8% | 715,074 |
| Vyper | B | 110% | spirit | D | 47.4% | 15.5% | 414,538 |
| Kelvin | B | 109% | spirit | S | 54.2% | 15% | 400,614 |
| Apollo | B | 109% | spirit | B | 49.6% | 27.4% | 731,025 |
| Infernus | B | 103% | hybrid | C | 49% | 38.9% | 1,038,147 |
| Seven | B | 100% | spirit | S | 55% | 33.9% | 904,503 |
| Viscous | B | 100% | hybrid | D | 45.8% | 14.2% | 380,060 |
| Grey Talon | B | 99% | spirit | D | 47.2% | 16.1% | 428,929 |
| Ivy | B | 97% | spirit | S | 53% | 22.9% | 611,368 |
| Holliday | B | 96% | gun | D | 47.6% | 21.1% | 564,545 |
| Calico | B | 93% | hybrid | C | 49% | 18% | 480,537 |
| Warden | B | 92% | hybrid | D | 46.4% | 11.5% | 306,236 |
| Silver | B | 90% | gun | D | 45.9% | 29.8% | 795,407 |
| The Doorman | B | 90% | gun | D | 45.9% | 17.9% | 478,399 |
| Paige | C | 89% | hybrid | S | 56.4% | 35.1% | 937,541 |
| C | 89% | hybrid | D | 45.1% | 20.4% | 545,510 | |
| Dynamo | C | 89% | hybrid | A | 52.1% | 24.1% | 644,002 |
| Mirage | C | 88% | hybrid | D | 44.7% | 12.8% | 340,853 |
| Mo & Krill | C | 87% | hybrid | B | 50.4% | 23.2% | 618,530 |
| Mina | C | 86% | hybrid | D | 46.2% | 41.3% | 1,102,677 |
| Billy | C | 82% | hybrid | D | 47.4% | 30.3% | 808,988 |
| Nurse Harrow | C | 77% | hybrid | B | 51.1% | 6.3% | 167,402 |
| Lash | C | 77% | gun | B | 51% | 36.7% | 981,600 |
| Paradox | D | 76% | gun | D | 46% | 26.3% | 702,602 |
| Abrams | D | 73% | hybrid | B | 51.1% | 28.1% | 751,748 |
| Drifter | D | 70% | hybrid | B | 50.1% | 38.7% | 1,034,095 |
| Baba | D | 61% | spirit | A | 52.9% | 25.3% | 676,887 |
| Rem | D | 60% | gun | D | 46.6% | 36.7% | 981,293 |