Deadlock hero Viscous: win rate, tier, counters, synergies,
builds and every buff and nerf received.
Strong against
Mirage — 54.2% win rate
Sinclair — 53.6% win rate
Mina — 53.6% win rate
Silver — 53.3% win rate
The Doorman — 53.0% win rate
Struggles against
Victor — 41.5% win rate
Graves — 42.6% win rate
Seven — 43.6% win rate
Mo & Krill — 45.0% win rate
Ivy — 45.1% win rate
Best teammates
Graves — 56.8% win rate
Kelvin — 55.7% win rate
Victor — 55.4% win rate
Paige — 55.2% win rate
Ivy — 54.7% win rate
Recent changes
Splatter damage reduced from 70 to 55 (nerf, Minor Update - 07-28-2026)
Splatter spirit ratio reduced from 0.8 to 0.7 (nerf, Minor Update - 07-28-2026)
Splatter base bounce count increased from 1 to 2 (buff, Minor Update - 07-28-2026)
Splatter T3 bounce count reduced from +2 to +1 (nerf, Minor Update - 07-28-2026)
The Cube T3 reduced from -25s Cooldown to -20s (nerf, Minor Update - 07-28-2026)
Puddle Punch slow duration reduced from 4s to 3s (nerf, Minor Update - 07-28-2026)
Puddle Punch slow increased from -20% to -30% (buff, Minor Update - 07-28-2026)
Puddle Punch cooldown reduced from 24s to 21s (buff, Minor Update - 07-28-2026)
Goo Ball T2 increased from +10% Resists to +20% (buff, Minor Update - 07-28-2026)
Splatter T3 spirit scaling reduced from +1.0 to +0.9 (nerf, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
Splatter T3 spirit scaling reduced from +1.1 to +1.0 (nerf, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
Puddle Punch T3 increased from -12s Cooldown to -14s (buff, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
Goo Ball T3 increased from +6s Duration to +7s (buff, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
Puddle Punch T2 increased from +40% Lifesteal to +60% (buff, Minor Update - 06-11-2026)
Goo Ball T2 now also increases Bullet and Spirit Resist by +10% (buff, Minor Update - 06-11-2026)
Puddle Punch T1 now also increases damage by +20 (buff, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
Puddle Punch T2 no longer increases damage by +30 (nerf, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
Puddle Punch T2 now also grants +40% Lifesteal (1/4th against non-heroes) (buff, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
Fixed Alt Fire scaling for Yamato and Viscous not working recently (bugfix, Gameplay Update - 04-30-2026)
Goo Ball lockout period from being affected again reduced from 1.35 to 1.2 (a previous bug with increased debuff resistance for subsequent CC not working correctly on this ability was fixed recently) (bugfix, Gameplay Update - 04-30-2026)
Fixed various locations where Splatter didn't bounce properly (bugfix, Gameplay Update - 04-30-2026)
Puddle Punch scaling reduced from 0.8 to 0.6 (nerf, Small Update - 03-21-2026)
Puddle Punch now has +20 bonus damage (buff, Small Update - 03-21-2026)
Puddle Punch wind up time increased from 0.15s to 0.2s (nerf, Small Update - 03-21-2026)
Puddle Punch displacement duration reduced from 0.8s to 0.6s (nerf, Small Update - 03-21-2026)
Goo Ball stun duration reduced from 0.7s to 0.5s (nerf, Small Update - 03-21-2026)
Goo Ball lockout period from being affected again increased from 1.25s to 1.35s (nerf, Small Update - 03-21-2026)
Goo Ball duration increased from 10s to 11s (buff, Small Update - 03-21-2026)
Fixed Puddle Punch T3 giving an extra +60 melee damage (released a couple days ago) (bugfix, Small Update - 03-10-2026)
Puddle Punch scaling reduced from 1 to 0.8 (nerf, Small Update - 03-10-2026)
Splatter T3 spirit scaling reduced from 1.3 to 1.1 (nerf, Small Update - 03-07-2026)
Puddle Punch scaling reduced from 1.1 to 1.0 (nerf, Small Update - 03-07-2026)
Splatter bounces once by default (change, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
Splatter cooldown reduced from 30s to 26 (buff, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
Splatter spirit scaling reduced from 1.77 to 0.8 (nerf, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
Splatter ground effect now increases slide distance by 60% for you and your allies (change, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
Splatter multiple hit damage value reduced from 50% to 50/38/26% (nerf, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
Splatter T1 radius increased from +1m to +2m (buff, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
Splatter T2 cooldown increased from -12s to -14s (buff, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
Splatter T3 spirit scaling increased from +0.4 to +1.3 (buff, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)