Violet

Deadlock hero Violet: win rate, tier, counters, synergies, builds and every buff and nerf received. Current win rate 50.9% across all ranks, tier B in our live tier list.

Strong against

• The Doorman — 56.8% win rate
• Mirage — 56.4% win rate
• Rem — 56.2% win rate
• Pocket — 55.9% win rate
• Mina — 55.8% win rate

Struggles against

• Rat King — 44.4% win rate
• Graves — 44.4% win rate
• Paige — 45.4% win rate
• Victor — 45.7% win rate
• Kelvin — 45.9% win rate

Best teammates

• Graves — 58.8% win rate
• Paige — 56.5% win rate
• Rat King — 56.3% win rate
• Victor — 55.4% win rate
• Seven — 55.3% win rate

Our articles about Violet

• City Never Sleeps is complete: Nurse Harrow, Violet and the first days of all six new heroes
• Deadlock’s six new heroes: release dates, times, and how to get notified
• City Never Sleeps: a rebuilt city, six new heroes and the Broker

Recent changes

• Some moderate performance improvements (still more to do here) (change, Halloween 2026 + Gameplay Update)
• Still Life - Stun duration reduced from 1.0s to 0.9s (nerf, Halloween 2026 + Gameplay Update)
• Still Life - Line of sight is now required when the channel ends, even during the grace period (change, Halloween 2026 + Gameplay Update)
• Still Life - Now shows a text bar to the victim (change, Halloween 2026 + Gameplay Update)
• Still Life - Sketches now grant +2% healing amp from Nurse Harrow, Kelvin, Ivy, Dynamo, Paige, and Rem instead (change, Halloween 2026 + Gameplay Update)
• Still Life - Sketches changed to give Spirit Power instead of Weapon Damage for Grey Talon, Infernus and Mina (change, Halloween 2026 + Gameplay Update)
• Still Life - T1 health regen is now only granted while drawing (still refreshes for 4s on pickup) (change, Halloween 2026 + Gameplay Update)
• Still Life - T1 health regen scaling reduced from 0.25 to 0.15 (nerf, Halloween 2026 + Gameplay Update)
• Still Life - T3 stun duration increased from +0.35s to +0.45s (buff, Halloween 2026 + Gameplay Update)
• Abstract Landscape - Cooldown increased from 165s to 180s (nerf, Halloween 2026 + Gameplay Update)
• Abstract Landscape - Duration spirit scaling reduced from 0.04 to 0.01 (nerf, Halloween 2026 + Gameplay Update)
• Abstract Landscape - Now ends early if Violet dies (change, Halloween 2026 + Gameplay Update)
• Abstract Landscape - Cooldown between times you can be affected by it increased from 0.5s to 0.75s (nerf, Halloween 2026 + Gameplay Update)
• Abstract Landscape - T3 no longer has "Ink is no longer destroyed" (nerf, Halloween 2026 + Gameplay Update)
• Street Brawl: Abstract Landscape - Duration reduced from 6s to 5s (nerf, Halloween 2026 + Gameplay Update)
• Street Brawl: Abstract Landscape - T3 reduced from +4s to +3s (nerf, Halloween 2026 + Gameplay Update)
• New hero: Violet is now playable (Living Ink, Flow State, Still Life, Abstract Landscape) (change, Paint the Town)