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Meta report · week of 20–26 Jul 2026

Deadlock meta report: 20–26 July 2026

299,544 matches from Monday 20 Jul to Sunday 26 Jul (UTC), all of them finished. Written the Monday after and never changed. Graves won most often, at 55.3%. Pick a rank to see the same report where you play.

Every match, including the 0% with no average badge (mostly unranked). The rank groups use only the 100% that have one.

Matches

299,544

+4.3% on last week

Match length

38:28

+0:06 on last week

Kills per player

6.9

+0.0 on last week

Highest win rate

Graves 55.3%

54.9%–55.5% over 112,195 matches

Most played

Haze 57%

of games

Most banned

The Doorman 23%

of 19,343 matches with bans

Biggest riser

Wraith +0.8

points: 48.9% → 49.7%

Biggest faller

Bebop −0.4

points: 47.5% → 47.0%

Meta map, All ranks

45%50%55%0%20%40%60%Pick rate →↑ Win rateGrey Talon: 46.6% won, picked in 15.2%Vyper: 47.6% won, picked in 15.4%Sinclair: 44.4% won, picked in 16.9%Kelvin: 54.0% won, picked in 17.6%McGinnis: 53.3% won, picked in 19.6%Holliday: 47.6% won, picked in 21.4%Warden: 50.4% won, picked in 22.3%The Doorman: 49.4% won, picked in 22.5%Pocket: 46.7% won, picked in 23.8%Apollo: 48.9% won, picked in 24.4%Mo & Krill: 51.2% won, picked in 25.5%Mirage: 48.0% won, picked in 25.8%Calico: 50.9% won, picked in 26.0%Viscous: 47.0% won, picked in 26.6%Silver: 45.9% won, picked in 26.7%Yamato: 50.1% won, picked in 29.5%Paradox: 46.8% won, picked in 30.7%Ivy: 54.2% won, picked in 30.8%Vindicta: 49.9% won, picked in 31.1%Dynamo: 52.5% won, picked in 31.4%Abrams: 51.0% won, picked in 32.3%Paige: 53.2% won, picked in 32.3%Victor: 55.2% won, picked in 32.7%Celeste: 48.8% won, picked in 33.0%Mina: 44.6% won, picked in 33.3%Lady Geist: 51.6% won, picked in 34.3%Rem: 46.8% won, picked in 36.0%Wraith: 49.7% won, picked in 37.0%Graves: 55.3% won, picked in 37.5%Shiv: 47.5% won, picked in 37.8%Seven: 54.4% won, picked in 38.0%Billy: 50.6% won, picked in 41.0%Venator: 45.6% won, picked in 41.5%Lash: 52.2% won, picked in 44.4%Infernus: 48.7% won, picked in 46.0%Drifter: 51.0% won, picked in 51.1%Bebop: 47.0% won, picked in 52.0%Haze: 53.8% won, picked in 56.7%

Each hero by pick rate (across) and win rate (up). Heroes above the dashed line won more than they lost. Twelve heroes play each match, so pick rates add up to well over 100%.

Tier board, All ranks

S52% and up
A50.5–52%
B49–50.5%
C47.5–49%
Dunder 47.5%

30 of 38 heroes have a sure tier. A dashed ring and two letters mean the hero's 95% range crosses a cut-off, so the tier could be either.

Risers and fallers, All ranks

Since last week

Win rate in the week of 20–26 Jul 2026 against 13–19 Jul 2026.

Risers

  1. Wraith48.9% → 49.7%+0.8 ±0.4

Fallers

  1. Bebop47.5% → 47.0%−0.4 ±0.4
  2. Drifter51.4% → 51.0%−0.4 ±0.49 Jul patch

35 of 38 heroes with 500+ matches in both windows changed by less than their samples' noise.

Since the 9 Jul patch

Win rate in this week against the week before the patch (2 Jul to 9 Jul).

Risers

  1. Victor52.0% → 55.2%+3.2 ±0.49 Jul patch
  2. Graves52.9% → 55.3%+2.4 ±0.49 Jul patch
  3. Haze51.8% → 53.8%+2.0 ±0.49 Jul patch
  4. Silver43.9% → 45.9%+1.9 ±0.59 Jul patch
  5. Kelvin53.1% → 54.0%+0.9 ±0.6

Fallers

  1. Drifter54.7% → 51.0%−3.7 ±0.49 Jul patch
  2. Shiv49.7% → 47.5%−2.2 ±0.49 Jul patch
  3. The Doorman50.7% → 49.4%−1.3 ±0.59 Jul patch
  4. Holliday48.5% → 47.6%−0.9 ±0.59 Jul patch
  5. Mirage48.8% → 48.0%−0.8 ±0.59 Jul patch

21 of 38 heroes with 500+ matches in both windows changed by less than their samples' noise.

A hero is listed only if its win rate changed by more than the 95% range of the difference (the number after ±, in points) between the two windows. A change inside that range is noise.

Pick and ban movers, All ranks

Pick rate

Share of matches the hero was in, against last week.

Picked more

  1. Drifter45.8% → 51.1%+5.39 Jul patch
  2. Lady Geist32.4% → 34.3%+1.9
  3. Paradox29.0% → 30.7%+1.8
  4. Viscous25.5% → 26.6%+1.19 Jul patch
  5. Sinclair15.9% → 16.9%+1.0

Picked less

  1. Haze59.7% → 56.7%−3.09 Jul patch
  2. Venator43.7% → 41.5%−2.2
  3. Shiv39.4% → 37.8%−1.59 Jul patch
  4. Bebop53.1% → 52.0%−1.1
  5. Rem37.0% → 36.0%−1.1

Bans

Share of 19,343 matches with ban data in which the hero was banned.

Most banned

  1. The Doorman23.0%+0.1
  2. Haze21.4%+7.4
  3. Graves11.5%−0.6
  4. Shiv10.7%−1.5
  5. Bebop9.8%+0.9

Banned more

  1. Haze14.1% → 21.4%+7.49 Jul patch
  2. Mirage4.3% → 5.7%+1.49 Jul patch
  3. Bebop8.9% → 9.8%+0.9
  4. Vindicta6.7% → 7.2%+0.5

Banned less

  1. Holliday10.0% → 7.3%−2.79 Jul patch
  2. Shiv12.2% → 10.7%−1.59 Jul patch
  3. Drifter7.8% → 6.9%−1.09 Jul patch
  4. Rem4.3% → 3.6%−0.7
  5. Dynamo4.0% → 3.5%−0.6

Item risers and fallers, All ranks

Bought more

  1. Mystic Burst33.2% → 34.8%+1.6won 49.2% +0.1
  2. Tankbuster28.2% → 29.8%+1.6won 50.0% +0.1
  3. Veil Walker4.5% → 6.0%+1.5won 50.4% +0.3
  4. Mystic Shot16.6% → 18.1%+1.4won 49.9% 0.0
  5. Spirit Burn18.1% → 19.4%+1.3won 56.3% −0.2
  6. Trophy Collector24.5% → 25.5%+1.0won 51.0% −0.1

Bought less

  1. Enduring Speed24.1% → 22.6%−1.5won 51.4% 0.0
  2. Bullet Lifesteal13.7% → 12.5%−1.2won 51.3% 0.0
  3. Extra Stamina29.8% → 28.9%−0.9won 49.9% −0.1
  4. Vampiric Burst7.2% → 6.5%−0.7won 53.8% −0.2
  5. Spirit Shredder5.8% → 5.1%−0.7won 50.0% +0.4
  6. Toxic Bullets11.4% → 10.8%−0.6won 50.6% −0.2

Buy rate is the share of player-matches the item was bought in, this week against last, for 156 items with 500+ buys in both. The win rate beside it is descriptive: players who are ahead buy more items, so it doesn't say the item wins games.

Patches around this week

No patch landed in this week or the week before. The last was the 9 Jul patch.

    Every hero, All ranks

    #HeroTierWin rate95% rangevs last weekPick rateBan rateMatches
    1GravesS55.3%54.9%–55.5%−0.137.5%11.5%112,195
    2VictorS55.2%54.9%–55.5%−0.132.7%8.3%98,006
    3SevenS54.4%54.1%–54.7%−0.138.0%2.2%113,661
    4IvyS54.2%53.9%–54.6%+0.130.8%1.3%92,177
    5KelvinS54.0%53.6%–54.4%+0.217.6%4.0%52,646
    6HazeS53.8%53.6%–54.1%0.056.7%21.4%169,733
    7McGinnisS53.3%52.9%–53.7%+0.219.6%9.3%58,587
    8PaigeS53.2%52.9%–53.5%0.032.3%1.0%96,674
    9DynamoS52.5%52.2%–52.8%+0.431.4%3.5%93,950
    10LashS52.2%52.0%–52.5%+0.144.4%5.2%133,033
    11Lady GeistA51.6%51.3%–51.9%−0.134.3%2.8%102,773
    12Mo & KrillA51.2%50.8%–51.5%−0.225.5%3.6%76,440
    13AbramsA51.0%50.7%–51.3%−0.232.3%1.6%96,653
    14DrifterA51.0%50.8%–51.3%−0.451.1%6.9%153,051
    15CalicoA50.9%50.5%–51.2%0.026.0%4.8%77,836
    16BillyA50.6%50.3%–50.9%+0.241.0%2.6%122,883
    17WardenB50.4%50.0%–50.8%−0.522.3%1.2%66,753
    18YamatoB50.1%49.8%–50.4%+0.329.5%5.6%88,366
    19VindictaB49.9%49.6%–50.3%0.031.1%7.2%93,201
    20WraithB49.7%49.4%–50.0%+0.837.0%4.9%110,701
    21The DoormanB49.4%49.0%–49.8%0.022.5%23.0%67,285
    22ApolloC48.9%48.6%–49.3%−0.224.4%5.9%73,023
    23CelesteC48.8%48.5%–49.1%+0.333.0%1.6%98,772
    24InfernusC48.7%48.4%–49.0%−0.146.0%3.9%137,777
    25MirageC48.0%47.6%–48.4%−0.525.8%5.7%77,213
    26VyperC47.6%47.2%–48.1%+0.215.4%2.1%46,025
    27HollidayC47.6%47.2%–48.0%+0.121.4%7.3%64,234
    28ShivC47.5%47.2%–47.8%0.037.8%10.7%113,271
    29BebopD47.0%46.8%–47.3%−0.452.0%9.8%155,824
    30ViscousD47.0%46.7%–47.4%−0.126.6%2.5%79,760
    31ParadoxD46.8%46.5%–47.1%−0.230.7%0.9%92,065
    32RemD46.8%46.5%–47.0%+0.136.0%3.6%107,722
    33PocketD46.7%46.4%–47.1%+0.323.8%2.7%71,112
    34Grey TalonD46.6%46.2%–47.1%+0.515.2%2.4%45,622
    35SilverD45.9%45.5%–46.2%+0.326.7%3.6%79,907
    36VenatorD45.6%45.3%–45.9%0.041.5%0.7%124,309
    37MinaD44.6%44.3%–44.9%+0.133.3%2.9%99,830
    38SinclairD44.4%43.9%–44.8%+0.316.9%2.1%50,454

    How this report is made

    Every number is from deadlock-api's ranked and unranked standard matches that started between Monday 00:00 and Sunday 23:59 UTC, as counted on the Monday after at 12:00 UTC. Matches it takes in later aren't added: the report is written once. Rank is the match's average badge, grouped as on the tier list.

    Tiers use the tier list's cut-offs but also the sample: each win rate has a 95% range (Wilson), and a hero whose range crosses a cut-off is marked with the tiers it could be. A hero with under 500 matches isn't placed. Ban rates cover only the matches deadlock-api could read bans from. Movers are compared with the same rank the week before, and with the week before the latest patch.

    More: the live tier list, patch notes and ranks. The earlier reports are in the archive.