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Meta report · week of 31 Aug – 6 Sep 2026

Deadlock meta report: 31 August – 6 September 2026

352,862 matches from Monday 31 Aug to Sunday 6 Sep (UTC), all of them finished. Written the Monday after and never changed. Graves won most often, at 56.8%. Pick a rank to see the same report where you play.

Every match, including the 68% with no average badge (mostly unranked). The rank groups use only the 32% that have one.

Matches

352,862

−2.2% on last week

Match length

38:19

−0:05 on last week

Kills per player

6.9

+0.0 on last week

Highest win rate

Graves 56.8%

56.6%–57.1% over 140,000 matches

Most played

Bebop 49%

of games

Most banned

Celeste 26%

of 14,153 matches with bans

Biggest riser

Warden +1.7

points: 51.8% → 53.5%

Biggest faller

Viscous −0.9

points: 48.9% → 48.0%

Meta map, All ranks

45%50%55%0%20%40%60%Pick rate →↑ Win rateMirage: 43.8% won, picked in 16.9%Sinclair: 45.3% won, picked in 17.2%McGinnis: 49.7% won, picked in 17.7%Grey Talon: 47.6% won, picked in 17.9%Kelvin: 54.4% won, picked in 19.0%Holliday: 47.0% won, picked in 19.7%The Doorman: 46.1% won, picked in 20.1%Vyper: 50.3% won, picked in 20.3%Silver: 44.7% won, picked in 22.1%Yamato: 48.3% won, picked in 24.9%Lady Geist: 49.8% won, picked in 25.0%Viscous: 48.0% won, picked in 25.5%Pocket: 45.6% won, picked in 26.9%Calico: 50.9% won, picked in 27.5%Apollo: 50.4% won, picked in 28.2%Dynamo: 51.8% won, picked in 29.8%Shiv: 47.7% won, picked in 29.9%Ivy: 54.0% won, picked in 30.7%Mo & Krill: 52.6% won, picked in 32.7%Paige: 54.3% won, picked in 33.8%Vindicta: 51.1% won, picked in 34.2%Victor: 56.4% won, picked in 34.4%Abrams: 50.2% won, picked in 35.1%Seven: 54.7% won, picked in 35.7%Billy: 47.9% won, picked in 35.8%Celeste: 52.1% won, picked in 38.4%Paradox: 47.2% won, picked in 38.5%Wraith: 50.7% won, picked in 38.5%Graves: 56.8% won, picked in 39.7%Rem: 47.8% won, picked in 39.8%Venator: 44.9% won, picked in 39.8%Haze: 50.6% won, picked in 39.9%Warden: 53.5% won, picked in 40.0%Mina: 45.4% won, picked in 42.4%Lash: 51.8% won, picked in 43.5%Infernus: 49.2% won, picked in 44.3%Drifter: 50.7% won, picked in 46.2%Bebop: 47.0% won, picked in 48.6%

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%

26 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 31 Aug – 6 Sep 2026 against 24–30 Aug 2026.

Risers

  1. Warden51.8% → 53.5%+1.7 ±0.4
  2. Paige53.8% → 54.3%+0.5 ±0.4
  3. Shiv47.3% → 47.7%+0.4 ±0.4
  4. Drifter50.3% → 50.7%+0.4 ±0.3

Fallers

  1. Viscous48.9% → 48.0%−0.9 ±0.5
  2. Abrams50.9% → 50.2%−0.7 ±0.4
  3. McGinnis50.3% → 49.7%−0.6 ±0.5
  4. Venator45.5% → 44.9%−0.6 ±0.4
  5. Mirage44.4% → 43.8%−0.6 ±0.5

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

Since the 22 Aug patch

Win rate in this week against the week before the patch (15 Aug to 22 Aug).

Risers

  1. Warden50.7% → 53.5%+2.8 ±0.4
  2. Paradox46.7% → 47.2%+0.5 ±0.4
  3. Rem47.3% → 47.8%+0.5 ±0.4
  4. Mina44.9% → 45.4%+0.4 ±0.4
  5. Drifter50.3% → 50.7%+0.4 ±0.3

Fallers

  1. Viscous49.1% → 48.0%−1.1 ±0.5
  2. Abrams51.2% → 50.2%−1.0 ±0.4
  3. Venator45.6% → 44.9%−0.7 ±0.4
  4. Silver45.3% → 44.7%−0.6 ±0.5
  5. Celeste52.6% → 52.1%−0.6 ±0.422 Aug patch

26 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. Warden29.3% → 40.0%+10.7
  2. Rem38.0% → 39.8%+1.8
  3. Viscous24.4% → 25.5%+1.1
  4. The Doorman19.1% → 20.1%+1.0
  5. Paradox37.7% → 38.5%+0.8

Picked less

  1. Celeste39.8% → 38.4%−1.522 Aug patch
  2. Lash44.8% → 43.5%−1.4
  3. Lady Geist26.3% → 25.0%−1.3
  4. Seven37.0% → 35.7%−1.3
  5. Yamato26.2% → 24.9%−1.3

Bans

Share of 14,153 matches with ban data in which the hero was banned.

Most banned

  1. Celeste26.3%+3.0
  2. The Doorman20.0%−0.2
  3. Wraith12.9%−0.7
  4. Bebop12.9%−0.1
  5. McGinnis11.9%−2.0

Banned more

  1. Warden1.8% → 6.0%+4.2
  2. Celeste23.3% → 26.3%+3.022 Aug patch
  3. Paradox2.3% → 2.9%+0.6

Banned less

  1. McGinnis13.9% → 11.9%−2.0
  2. Haze8.8% → 7.9%−0.9
  3. Wraith13.6% → 12.9%−0.7
  4. Seven2.2% → 1.6%−0.6
  5. Drifter6.4% → 5.8%−0.6

Item risers and fallers, All ranks

Bought more

  1. Veil Walker9.3% → 11.9%+2.6won 50.3% +0.5
  2. Sprint Boots32.3% → 34.4%+2.1won 50.8% +0.1
  3. Swift Striker18.0% → 19.8%+1.8won 49.7% +0.4
  4. Titanic Magazine13.0% → 14.6%+1.7won 50.5% +0.2
  5. Spiritual Overflow15.3% → 16.7%+1.5won 56.4% −0.1
  6. Mercurial Magnum12.8% → 14.1%+1.2won 54.1% 0.0

Bought less

  1. Recharging Rush10.6% → 9.3%−1.3won 49.8% +0.3
  2. Kinetic Dash7.1% → 6.0%−1.1won 48.0% −0.7
  3. Fortitude10.1% → 9.0%−1.1won 50.6% +0.2
  4. Surge of Power14.3% → 13.3%−1.0won 50.7% −0.1
  5. Extra Stamina27.7% → 26.8%−0.9won 50.0% 0.0
  6. Weighted Shots6.8% → 5.9%−0.9won 49.3% +0.1

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 22 Aug patch.

    Every hero, All ranks

    #HeroTierWin rate95% rangevs last weekPick rateBan rateMatches
    1GravesS56.8%56.6%–57.1%+0.239.7%11.3%140,000
    2VictorS56.4%56.1%–56.7%−0.534.4%10.5%121,193
    3SevenS54.7%54.4%–55.0%−0.435.7%1.6%125,886
    4KelvinS54.4%54.0%–54.8%+0.319.0%5.0%67,019
    5PaigeS54.3%54.0%–54.6%+0.533.8%1.2%119,177
    6IvyS54.0%53.7%–54.3%−0.130.7%2.5%108,184
    7WardenS53.5%53.3%–53.8%+1.740.0%6.0%141,098
    8Mo & KrillS52.6%52.4%–52.9%+0.232.7%9.6%115,334
    9CelesteS52.1%51.8%–52.3%0.038.4%26.3%135,323
    10LashA51.8%51.6%–52.1%−0.243.5%9.9%153,348
    11DynamoA51.8%51.5%–52.1%−0.129.8%5.5%105,037
    12VindictaA51.1%50.8%–51.4%0.034.2%11.2%120,710
    13CalicoA50.9%50.6%–51.2%−0.227.5%5.7%96,901
    14WraithA50.7%50.5%–51.0%−0.338.5%12.9%135,754
    15DrifterA50.7%50.5%–51.0%+0.446.2%5.8%162,867
    16HazeA50.6%50.3%–50.8%+0.139.9%7.9%140,749
    17ApolloB50.4%50.1%–50.7%+0.428.2%10.8%99,420
    18VyperB50.3%50.0%–50.7%0.020.3%4.1%71,439
    19AbramsB50.2%49.9%–50.5%−0.735.1%1.9%123,801
    20Lady GeistB49.8%49.5%–50.1%0.025.0%1.8%88,085
    21McGinnisB49.7%49.3%–50.1%−0.617.7%11.9%62,495
    22InfernusB49.2%48.9%–49.4%−0.344.3%4.6%156,196
    23YamatoC48.3%48.0%–48.6%−0.424.9%3.2%87,821
    24ViscousC48.0%47.7%–48.4%−0.925.5%6.2%89,859
    25BillyC47.9%47.6%–48.1%−0.235.8%2.9%126,296
    26RemC47.8%47.5%–48.0%+0.239.8%3.2%140,363
    27ShivC47.7%47.4%–48.0%+0.429.9%4.9%105,559
    28Grey TalonC47.6%47.2%–48.0%−0.117.9%1.0%63,048
    29ParadoxD47.2%47.0%–47.5%+0.438.5%2.9%135,714
    30BebopD47.0%46.8%–47.2%+0.248.6%12.9%171,661
    31HollidayD47.0%46.6%–47.3%−0.319.7%2.8%69,623
    32The DoormanD46.1%45.8%–46.5%−0.120.1%20.0%70,737
    33PocketD45.6%45.3%–45.9%−0.226.9%2.9%94,863
    34MinaD45.4%45.1%–45.6%0.042.4%3.1%149,577
    35SinclairD45.3%44.9%–45.7%+0.617.2%2.6%60,797
    36VenatorD44.9%44.6%–45.1%−0.639.8%0.7%140,422
    37SilverD44.7%44.4%–45.1%0.022.1%1.7%78,064
    38MirageD43.8%43.4%–44.2%−0.616.9%2.7%59,632

    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.