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Meta report · week of 21–27 Sep 2026

Deadlock meta report: 21–27 September 2026

330,250 matches from Monday 21 Sep to Sunday 27 Sep (UTC), all of them finished. Written the Monday after and never changed. Graves won most often, at 56.9%. 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

330,250

+3.5% on last week

Match length

38:39

−0:05 on last week

Kills per player

7.0

+0.0 on last week

Highest win rate

Graves 56.9%

56.6%–57.1% over 137,993 matches

Most played

Haze 55%

of games

Most banned

The Doorman 18%

of 7,367 matches with bans

Biggest riser

Yamato +1.5

points: 49.0% → 50.5%

Biggest faller

Warden −3.0

points: 50.9% → 47.9%

Meta map, All ranks

45%50%55%0%20%40%60%Pick rate →↑ Win rateMirage: 44.3% won, picked in 16.0%McGinnis: 49.3% won, picked in 16.3%Grey Talon: 48.0% won, picked in 16.9%Warden: 47.9% won, picked in 17.5%Sinclair: 43.9% won, picked in 18.5%Vyper: 48.6% won, picked in 18.9%The Doorman: 45.8% won, picked in 19.0%Viscous: 46.0% won, picked in 19.3%Kelvin: 54.3% won, picked in 19.3%Holliday: 47.6% won, picked in 23.3%Pocket: 46.2% won, picked in 25.0%Calico: 51.9% won, picked in 26.8%Apollo: 50.7% won, picked in 26.9%Ivy: 52.6% won, picked in 28.8%Celeste: 49.4% won, picked in 28.8%Yamato: 50.5% won, picked in 29.8%Vindicta: 50.1% won, picked in 31.0%Dynamo: 52.3% won, picked in 31.4%Silver: 47.3% won, picked in 31.6%Lady Geist: 53.0% won, picked in 31.8%Paradox: 46.1% won, picked in 32.5%Mo & Krill: 53.5% won, picked in 32.5%Abrams: 52.3% won, picked in 32.6%Victor: 56.6% won, picked in 32.7%Wraith: 48.5% won, picked in 32.9%Billy: 49.1% won, picked in 34.7%Seven: 54.9% won, picked in 35.1%Rem: 47.6% won, picked in 39.2%Mina: 45.9% won, picked in 39.5%Paige: 55.9% won, picked in 39.7%Graves: 56.9% won, picked in 41.8%Venator: 46.3% won, picked in 44.5%Shiv: 45.2% won, picked in 44.8%Infernus: 49.1% won, picked in 45.3%Drifter: 51.0% won, picked in 45.6%Lash: 50.7% won, picked in 46.7%Bebop: 46.6% won, picked in 47.7%Haze: 53.0% won, picked in 55.2%

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%

27 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 21–27 Sep 2026 against 14–20 Sep 2026.

Risers

  1. Yamato49.0% → 50.5%+1.5 ±0.516 Sep patch
  2. Lady Geist51.5% → 53.0%+1.5 ±0.416 Sep patch
  3. Venator45.2% → 46.3%+1.2 ±0.416 Sep patch
  4. Silver46.2% → 47.3%+1.1 ±0.416 Sep patch
  5. Mo & Krill52.7% → 53.5%+0.9 ±0.4

Fallers

  1. Warden50.9% → 47.9%−3.0 ±0.516 Sep patch
  2. Shiv47.4% → 45.2%−2.2 ±0.416 Sep patch
  3. Wraith49.7% → 48.5%−1.2 ±0.416 Sep patch
  4. Vyper49.8% → 48.6%−1.2 ±0.616 Sep patch
  5. Lash51.5% → 50.7%−0.8 ±0.416 Sep patch

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

Since the 16 Sep patch

Win rate in this week against the week before the patch (9 Sep to 16 Sep).

Risers

  1. Lady Geist50.0% → 53.0%+3.0 ±0.516 Sep patch
  2. Silver44.5% → 47.3%+2.8 ±0.516 Sep patch
  3. Yamato48.3% → 50.5%+2.2 ±0.516 Sep patch
  4. Venator44.7% → 46.3%+1.7 ±0.416 Sep patch
  5. Abrams50.7% → 52.3%+1.6 ±0.416 Sep patch

Fallers

  1. Warden53.4% → 47.9%−5.4 ±0.516 Sep patch
  2. Viscous48.4% → 46.0%−2.4 ±0.516 Sep patch
  3. Vyper50.9% → 48.6%−2.4 ±0.516 Sep patch
  4. Celeste51.5% → 49.4%−2.1 ±0.416 Sep patch
  5. Shiv47.3% → 45.2%−2.1 ±0.416 Sep patch

10 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. Shiv37.5% → 44.8%+7.316 Sep patch
  2. Yamato26.3% → 29.8%+3.516 Sep patch
  3. Haze51.9% → 55.2%+3.316 Sep patch
  4. Paige37.6% → 39.7%+2.116 Sep patch
  5. Lady Geist29.8% → 31.8%+1.916 Sep patch

Picked less

  1. Warden27.5% → 17.5%−10.016 Sep patch
  2. Paradox34.7% → 32.5%−2.316 Sep patch
  3. Celeste31.1% → 28.8%−2.316 Sep patch
  4. Viscous21.5% → 19.3%−2.216 Sep patch
  5. Venator46.3% → 44.5%−1.916 Sep patch

Bans

Share of 7,367 matches with ban data in which the hero was banned.

Most banned

  1. The Doorman18.4%−0.9
  2. Celeste17.1%−5.0
  3. Bebop13.3%+0.7
  4. Graves13.0%+1.9
  5. Shiv12.5%+7.2

Banned more

  1. Shiv5.3% → 12.5%+7.216 Sep patch
  2. Haze9.6% → 11.8%+2.216 Sep patch
  3. Graves11.1% → 13.0%+1.916 Sep patch
  4. Yamato2.1% → 3.2%+1.116 Sep patch
  5. Paige1.1% → 1.9%+0.816 Sep patch

Banned less

  1. Warden14.1% → 8.6%−5.516 Sep patch
  2. Celeste22.1% → 17.1%−5.016 Sep patch
  3. Wraith9.5% → 7.8%−1.716 Sep patch
  4. Drifter5.8% → 4.6%−1.2
  5. Vyper5.0% → 4.1%−0.916 Sep patch

Item risers and fallers, All ranks

Bought more

  1. Close Quarters14.9% → 17.3%+2.4won 48.8% −0.1
  2. Hunter's Aura8.1% → 10.4%+2.3won 51.1% −0.7
  3. Lifestrike7.7% → 10.0%+2.3won 50.6% +0.516 Sep patch
  4. Restorative Shot13.6% → 15.7%+2.2won 48.9% 0.0
  5. Express Shot3.7% → 5.8%+2.1won 46.8% −0.7
  6. Bullet Resist Shredder10.0% → 11.6%+1.6won 50.7% −0.7

Bought less

  1. Golden Goose Egg7.4% → 2.9%−4.5won 47.9% −2.516 Sep patch
  2. Spiritual Overflow16.5% → 12.4%−4.1won 55.6% 0.016 Sep patch
  3. Mercurial Magnum14.3% → 10.9%−3.3won 53.0% −0.316 Sep patch
  4. Veil Walker9.4% → 6.3%−3.1won 48.8% −1.116 Sep patch
  5. Quicksilver Reload22.8% → 19.9%−3.0won 49.7% −0.5
  6. Spirit Lifesteal25.7% → 23.0%−2.7won 53.0% +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

Every hero, All ranks

#HeroTierWin rate95% rangevs last weekPick rateBan rateMatches
1GravesS56.9%56.6%–57.1%+0.141.8%13.0%137,993
2VictorS56.6%56.3%–56.9%+0.532.7%10.2%108,115
3PaigeS55.9%55.6%–56.1%+0.639.7%1.9%131,026
4SevenS54.9%54.6%–55.2%+0.135.1%1.4%116,053
5KelvinS54.3%53.9%–54.6%+0.419.3%5.1%63,805
6Mo & KrillS53.5%53.3%–53.8%+0.932.5%10.2%107,452
7HazeS53.0%52.8%–53.3%+0.155.2%11.8%182,245
8Lady GeistS53.0%52.7%–53.3%+1.531.8%2.4%104,861
9IvyS52.6%52.3%–53.0%−0.428.8%1.6%94,996
10AbramsS52.3%52.0%–52.6%+0.632.6%1.6%107,795
11DynamoS52.3%52.0%–52.6%−0.431.4%5.7%103,534
12CalicoA51.9%51.6%–52.3%+0.526.8%5.4%88,478
13DrifterA51.0%50.8%–51.3%+0.145.6%4.6%150,764
14ApolloA50.7%50.4%–51.1%0.026.9%11.1%88,775
15LashA50.7%50.5%–51.0%−0.846.7%8.3%154,286
16YamatoA50.5%50.2%–50.9%+1.529.8%3.2%98,320
17VindictaB50.1%49.8%–50.5%−0.731.0%9.8%102,396
18CelesteB49.4%49.0%–49.7%−0.828.8%17.1%95,190
19McGinnisB49.3%48.8%–49.7%−0.116.3%8.9%53,925
20InfernusB49.1%48.9%–49.4%−0.145.3%5.1%149,718
21BillyB49.1%48.8%–49.4%+0.434.7%2.3%114,480
22VyperC48.6%48.2%–49.0%−1.218.9%4.1%62,480
23WraithC48.5%48.2%–48.8%−1.232.9%7.8%108,763
24Grey TalonC48.0%47.6%–48.4%+0.416.9%1.1%55,811
25WardenC47.9%47.5%–48.4%−3.017.5%8.6%57,823
26HollidayC47.6%47.2%–47.9%0.023.3%2.6%76,904
27RemC47.6%47.3%–47.9%+0.339.2%3.9%129,527
28SilverD47.3%47.0%–47.6%+1.131.6%3.2%104,413
29BebopD46.6%46.3%–46.8%−0.447.7%13.3%157,557
30VenatorD46.3%46.1%–46.6%+1.244.5%1.7%146,902
31PocketD46.2%45.8%–46.5%−0.125.0%1.7%82,482
32ParadoxD46.1%45.8%–46.4%0.032.5%2.3%107,193
33ViscousD46.0%45.6%–46.4%−0.819.3%4.6%63,558
34MinaD45.9%45.6%–46.1%+0.639.5%2.9%130,488
35The DoormanD45.8%45.5%–46.2%−0.419.0%18.4%62,755
36ShivD45.2%45.0%–45.5%−2.244.8%12.5%147,952
37MirageD44.3%43.9%–44.7%+0.516.0%2.2%52,892
38SinclairD43.9%43.5%–44.3%−0.418.5%2.8%61,137

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.