Meta report · week of 12–18 Oct 2026
Deadlock meta report: 12–18 October 2026
958,744 matches from Monday 12 Oct to Sunday 18 Oct (UTC), all of them finished. Written the Monday after and never changed. Graves won most often, at 57.7%. Pick a rank to see the same report where you play.
Every match, including the 85% with no average badge (mostly unranked). The rank groups use only the 15% that have one.
Meta map, All ranks
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
38 of 43 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 12–18 Oct 2026 against 5–11 Oct 2026.
Risers
Baba50.9% → 55.5%+4.6 ±0.214 Oct patch
Solomon44.3% → 46.7%+2.4 ±0.3
Lady Geist49.4% → 51.7%+2.3 ±0.3
Victor52.7% → 54.4%+1.7 ±0.3
McGinnis47.3% → 48.5%+1.2 ±0.4
Fallers
6 of 41 heroes with 500+ matches in both windows changed by less than their samples' noise.
Since the 14 Oct patch
Win rate in the 3.9 days since the patch against the week before it.
Risers
Deadman Danny38.9% → 47.9%+9.1 ±0.314 Oct patch- Victor53.1% → 54.9%+1.8 ±0.3
Mo & Krill48.5% → 50.2%+1.7 ±0.4
Billy46.1% → 47.7%+1.6 ±0.3- Lady Geist50.4% → 51.9%+1.5 ±0.4
Fallers
- Baba55.2% → 52.4%−2.7 ±0.314 Oct patch
Holliday48.7% → 46.5%−2.2 ±0.4
Haze54.9% → 53.3%−1.7 ±0.3
Rem47.5% → 45.9%−1.6 ±0.3
The Doorman47.2% → 46.0%−1.2 ±0.4
8 of 42 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
Picked less
- Baba55.0% → 29.9%−25.114 Oct patch
Rat King88.4% → 69.1%−19.35 Oct patch- Haze49.5% → 44.0%−5.5
Sinclair14.9% → 10.0%−4.95 Oct patch
Lash35.8% → 31.5%−4.3
Bans
Share of 459,053 matches with ban data in which the hero was banned.
Most banned
Graves16.0%+2.1- Haze14.9%+2.5
- The Doorman14.4%−1.3
Bebop12.2%−0.1- Victor11.1%+0.2
Banned more
Banned less
- Sinclair6.3% → 4.2%−2.15 Oct patch
Shiv8.1% → 6.2%−1.9
Celeste9.6% → 8.1%−1.6- The Doorman15.7% → 14.4%−1.3
- Mo & Krill9.9% → 8.9%−1.1
Item risers and fallers, All ranks
Bought more
Improved Spirit44.8% → 49.5%+4.7won 50.0% −0.1
Tankbuster29.3% → 33.6%+4.2won 49.2% +0.2
Boundless Spirit30.7% → 34.5%+3.8won 53.5% −0.3
High-Velocity Rounds26.1% → 29.4%+3.3won 49.7% −0.9
Reactive Barrier9.0% → 12.2%+3.2won 49.8% −0.5
Extra Spirit47.5% → 50.7%+3.2won 50.2% −0.2
Bought less
Sprint Boots30.4% → 27.1%−3.3won 51.8% +0.1
Enduring Speed26.5% → 24.0%−2.5won 52.3% +0.2
Rapid Rounds22.4% → 20.1%−2.3won 49.8% −0.3
Trophy Collector18.8% → 16.7%−2.1won 51.2% +0.2
Titanic Magazine17.1% → 15.0%−2.1won 50.5% −0.5
Monster Rounds21.1% → 19.2%−1.8won 50.3% −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
- 14 Oct patch: Minor Update - 10-14-2026
Landed during this week (Thursday 15 October). 27 changes, 2 heroes, 1 item.
Heroes changed: Baba, Deadman Danny.
Changed by this patch and moving here: Baba −2.7, Deadman Danny +9.1.
- 5 Oct patch: Minor Update - 10-05-2026
Landed the week before (Monday 5 October). 25 changes, 2 heroes.
Heroes changed: Rat King, Sinclair.
Changed by this patch and moving here: Sinclair −1.2.
Every hero, All ranks
| # | Hero | Tier | Win rate | 95% range | vs last week | Pick rate | Ban rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graves | S | 57.7% | 57.5%–57.8% | +1.1 | 42.5% | 16.0% | 407,346 |
| 2 | Rat King | S | 56.7% | 56.6%–56.9% | −0.2 | 69.1% | 0.0% | 662,377 |
| 3 |  Paige | S | 56.3% | 56.1%–56.4% | −0.8 | 32.9% | 3.1% | 315,083 |
| 4 | Baba | S | 55.5% | 55.3%–55.7% | +4.6 | 29.9% | 0.0% | 286,669 |
| 5 |  Seven | S | 55.0% | 54.9%–55.2% | −0.4 | 33.0% | 2.5% | 316,425 |
| 6 |  Kelvin | S | 54.5% | 54.3%–54.8% | +0.7 | 13.5% | 4.8% | 128,904 |
| 7 | Victor | S | 54.4% | 54.2%–54.6% | +1.7 | 28.8% | 11.1% | 275,955 |
| 8 | Haze | S | 53.9% | 53.7%–54.0% | −1.2 | 44.0% | 14.9% | 422,190 |
| 9 |  Ivy | S | 53.2% | 53.0%–53.4% | +0.1 | 20.4% | 1.1% | 195,977 |
| 10 | Lady Geist | A | 51.7% | 51.5%–51.9% | +2.3 | 22.1% | 3.0% | 212,280 |
| 11 |  Dynamo | A | 51.5% | 51.3%–51.7% | −1.1 | 21.6% | 3.9% | 206,695 |
| 12 | Lash | A | 51.4% | 51.2%–51.6% | +0.2 | 31.5% | 7.7% | 301,658 |
| 13 |  Wraith | A | 50.9% | 50.8%–51.1% | −0.4 | 31.4% | 5.6% | 301,283 |
| 14 |  Drifter | A | 50.7% | 50.5%–50.9% | +1.2 | 35.2% | 5.8% | 337,043 |
| 15 |  Abrams | A | 50.6% | 50.4%–50.8% | +0.4 | 26.5% | 3.2% | 254,348 |
| 16 |  Violet | B | 49.8% | 49.6%–50.0% | new | 31.4% | 0.0% | 300,963 |
| 17 | Mo & Krill | B | 49.5% | 49.3%–49.7% | +0.8 | 19.1% | 8.9% | 183,399 |
| 18 |  Vindicta | B | 49.5% | 49.3%–49.7% | −0.4 | 33.1% | 10.6% | 317,447 |
| 19 |  Apollo | B | 49.4% | 49.2%–49.6% | +0.4 | 27.5% | 10.7% | 263,563 |
| 20 |  Infernus | B | 49.2% | 49.0%–49.4% | −0.1 | 36.2% | 4.5% | 346,937 |
| 21 | Celeste | B | 49.0% | 48.8%–49.2% | +0.3 | 33.1% | 8.1% | 317,694 |
| 22 | McGinnis | C | 48.5% | 48.2%–48.8% | +1.2 | 12.2% | 7.1% | 116,630 |
| 23 | Bebop | C | 48.4% | 48.3%–48.6% | +1.0 | 34.5% | 12.2% | 330,372 |
| 24 |  Calico | C | 48.4% | 48.2%–48.7% | +0.7 | 14.4% | 3.4% | 138,527 |
| 25 |  Yamato | C | 47.8% | 47.5%–47.9% | +0.9 | 26.1% | 4.6% | 250,481 |
| 26 |  Venator | C | 47.6% | 47.4%–47.8% | +0.3 | 39.5% | 1.4% | 378,617 |
| 27 | Holliday | C | 47.5% | 47.3%–47.7% | −0.8 | 20.2% | 2.5% | 193,553 |
| 28 |  Grey Talon | D | 47.5% | 47.2%–47.7% | +0.5 | 15.4% | 1.7% | 147,523 |
| 29 | Billy | D | 47.1% | 46.9%–47.3% | +0.8 | 29.6% | 2.5% | 283,905 |
| 30 | Solomon | D | 46.7% | 46.5%–46.8% | +2.4 | 44.1% | 0.0% | 422,713 |
| 31 |  Warden | D | 46.6% | 46.3%–46.9% | +0.9 | 9.4% | 2.4% | 90,533 |
| 32 | Rem | D | 46.5% | 46.4%–46.7% | −0.4 | 34.3% | 4.7% | 329,223 |
| 33 |  Paradox | D | 46.5% | 46.3%–46.7% | +0.4 | 23.6% | 1.7% | 225,855 |
| 34 | The Doorman | D | 46.4% | 46.1%–46.6% | 0.0 | 16.6% | 14.4% | 159,223 |
| 35 |  Vyper | D | 46.4% | 46.1%–46.6% | −1.0 | 13.9% | 2.6% | 133,102 |
| 36 |  Mina | D | 46.1% | 46.0%–46.3% | −0.6 | 40.6% | 4.2% | 389,600 |
| 37 |  Viscous | D | 46.1% | 45.8%–46.3% | +0.7 | 13.0% | 3.1% | 124,149 |
| 38 |  Silver | D | 45.8% | 45.6%–46.0% | +0.5 | 29.8% | 3.1% | 286,111 |
| 39 | Deadman Danny | D | 45.5% | 45.4%–45.6% | new | 59.0% | 0.0% | 565,623 |
| 40 | Sinclair | D | 44.9% | 44.6%–45.2% | −1.2 | 10.0% | 4.2% | 96,027 |
| 41 |  Pocket | D | 44.8% | 44.6%–45.1% | +0.1 | 17.4% | 1.5% | 166,862 |
| 42 |  Mirage | D | 44.8% | 44.5%–45.1% | 0.0 | 10.9% | 1.6% | 104,623 |
| 43 | Shiv | D | 44.6% | 44.4%–44.9% | +1.1 | 22.5% | 6.2% | 215,695 |
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.