Deadlock hero Graves: win rate, tier, counters, synergies,
builds and every buff and nerf received.
Strong against
Silver — 63.0% win rate
Mirage — 62.5% win rate
Mina — 61.5% win rate
Venator — 61.4% win rate
Paradox — 60.9% win rate
Struggles against
Victor — 48.7% win rate
Seven — 50.4% win rate
Paige — 50.6% win rate
Kelvin — 51.3% win rate
Ivy — 52.4% win rate
Best teammates
Victor — 62.6% win rate
Kelvin — 61.5% win rate
Paige — 61.2% win rate
Seven — 61.0% win rate
Ivy — 60.5% win rate
Recent changes
Jar of Dead T1 heal spirit scaling increased from 0.1 to 0.16 (buff, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
Jar of Dead now build up faster from neutral creeps (buff, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
Grasping Hands immobilize duration reduced from 1.25s to 1s (nerf, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
Grasping Hands T3 cooldown increased from -10s to -14s (buff, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
Essence Theft now procs from melee hits (buff, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
Essence Theft T3 now also increases Max Steal Targets from 3 to 4 (buff, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
Borrowed Decree T1 changed from "-15s Cooldown" to "-15s Cooldown and +25% Ghoul Speed" (rework, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
Borrowed Decree T2 changed from "+25% Ghoul Speed and +10s Duration" to "-0.3s Time to Spawn and +10s Duration" (rework, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
Jar of Dead collection rate reduced by 20% (takes longer to gain a charge) (nerf, Minor Update - 06-11-2026)
Jar of Dead damage reduced from 17+0.27 to 16+0.25 (nerf, Minor Update - 06-11-2026)
Jar of Dead bounty increased from 5+0.25/boon to 7+0.5/boon (nerf, Minor Update - 06-11-2026)
Grasping Hands T3 Immobilize duration reduced from +1s to +0.75s (nerf, Minor Update - 06-11-2026)
Jar of Dead damage reduced from 20 + 0.31/spirit to 17 + 0.27/spirit (nerf, Minor Update - 05-31-2026)
Ghouls damage reduced by 15% (nerf, Minor Update - 05-31-2026)
Ghouls bounty increased from 25+1/min to 35+2/min (nerf, Minor Update - 05-31-2026)
Sprint speed increased from 1.6 to 2.2 (buff, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
Grasping Hands now spawns a ghoul in the base ability (T3 still increases it by 1) (change, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
Updated dash ranges for Deadheads to be calculated from the center of Graves when they are following her (change, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
Fixed Fire Rate buffs for Deadheads not being applied to their next attack, but only on subsequent attacks (bugfix, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
Fixed Deadheads being unable to dash through veils (bugfix, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
Fixed Deadheads being unable to dash to targets at the very end of your attack range when they are in follow mode (bugfix, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
Fixed Deadhead's damage taken from bullets being unaffected by fall-off (bugfix, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
Added 0.1s buffer duration for Deadheads losing line-of-sight before they stop following an enemy (buff, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
Fixed Deadheads becoming inactive if Graves dies while they are following her (bugfix, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
Jar of Dead spirit scaling reduced from 0.35 to 0.31 (they are better at dealing damage now) (nerf, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
Increased speed & acceleration of Deadheads only when they are following Graves - doesn't affect in-combat (buff, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
Fixed certain projectiles (i.e Gray Talon's Bird) colliding with Deadheads (bugfix, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
Update Grave's melee to also set the dash target for Deadheads (change, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
Bullet damage and growth reduced by -10% (nerf, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
Grasping Hands spirit damage scaling reduced from 1.9 to 1.6 (nerf, Small Update - 03-25-2026)
Grasping Hands T3 reduced from 2 Ghouls Summoned to 1 (nerf, Small Update - 03-25-2026)
Grasping Hands T3 now also reduces cooldown by 10s (buff, Small Update - 03-25-2026)
Borrowed Decree Ghoul HP reduced from 200 + 12/boon to 180 + 8/boon (nerf, Small Update - 03-25-2026)
Borrowed Decree Ghouls damage reduced from 150 to 135 (nerf, Small Update - 03-25-2026)
Jar of Dead spirit scaling increased from 0.25 to 0.35 (buff, Small Update - 03-21-2026)
Jar of Dead health per boon increased from 1 to 1.3 (buff, Small Update - 03-21-2026)
Jar of Dead fixed colliding with the world sometimes (bugfix, Small Update - 03-21-2026)
Jar of Dead T2 now increases duration by +4s (change, Small Update - 03-21-2026)
Grasping Hands deploy time reduced from 0.7s to 0.6s (nerf, Small Update - 03-21-2026)
Grasping Hands T3 changed from "+1s Immobilize and -12s Cooldown" to "+1s Immobilize and +2 Ghouls Summoned" (rework, Small Update - 03-21-2026)