How To Counter EVERY New Hero in Deadlock!

Summary

In this video, Andrew Chicken breaks down counter strategies for the six new heroes added to Deadlock, offering in-depth tips on items, abilities, and positioning. He covers Mina's fragility and dash reliance, Billy's melee patterns, Doorman's mobility tricks, Paige's supportive buffs, Drifter's isolation-based damage, and Victor's tanky, aura-driven threat. The guide emphasizes using slowing hacks, spirit damage reduction, crowd control, silences, and strategic positioning to neutralize each hero. Whether dealing with telegraphed attacks, healing mechanics, or high burst damage, Andrew provides actionable insights to help players effectively counter these heroes and adapt to challenging matchups.

Takeaways

• 🛡️ Mina is a glass cannon hero who relies heavily on mobility; slowing hacks and spirit resilience are key to countering her.
• ⚔️ Billy is a melee bruiser; using rebuttal, counter spell, silences, and breaking line of sight can help mitigate his melee damage.
• 🚪 Doorman is highly mobile with displacement tools; avoid chasing through portals, silence him before engagement, and use debuff resist for stuns.
• 💖 Paige is a support hero; movement abilities, debuff removal, and focusing burst damage on heroes with her barrier are effective counters.
• 🩸 Drifter excels at isolating targets; stick with teammates, use spirit resilience, counter spell, and maintain distance to reduce his effectiveness.
• 🔥 Victor is a tanky spirit damage dealer; stay away from his aura, use anti-heal, spirit reduction steal, and focus on gun damage to counter him.
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• 🎯 Predicting enemy abilities and telegraphs is essential for countering heroes like Mina, Billy, and Drifter effectively.
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• 💨 Movement, stamina, and mobility-enhancing items are universally helpful across multiple heroes for escaping damage and crowd control.
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• 🛠️ Crowd control, silences, and debuff resist items are highly effective against heroes who rely on powerful abilities, like Doorman and Victor.
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• 💡 Understanding each hero’s build and damage type (spirit, gun, melee) allows for more tailored and effective counter strategies.

Q & A

What is Mina's main vulnerability and how can it be countered?

Mina is a glass cannon with very low health and relies heavily on her movement ability, Sanguine Retreat, to avoid attacks. She can be countered using slowing hacks to prevent her from dodging, spirit damage reduction to survive her spirit-based attacks, and fire rate reduction to limit her burst damage.

How can players effectively counter Billy in Deadlock?

Billy is a melee hero, so using rebuttal to consistently parry his attacks is effective. Counter spell can block his telegraphed abilities like Rising Ram and Bash Down. Breaking line of sight and using crowd control or movement abilities also help mitigate his close-range threat.

What strategies help in countering Doorman's unique abilities?

Doorman has high mobility and displacement abilities, making chasing him risky. Effective counters include silencing him before engagement, using debuff resistance against his stuns, avoiding greedy pursuits through portals, and using abilities like Counter Spell or Cube to escape his ultimate safely.

How should players deal with Paige's support abilities?

Paige's abilities can be countered by using movement skills to escape roots and vortex webs, debuff removers to mitigate crowd control, and focusing burst damage to remove her barrier from allies quickly. Anti-heal items are also useful against her healing abilities.

What is the key strategy to counter Drifter in one-on-one situations?

Drifter is highly dangerous in isolated fights due to his Blood passive. Players should stick in pairs or groups to avoid the damage amplification from his passive. Spirit damage reduction counters his primary damage, and counter spell can block his telegraphed Rend attack.

Why is Victor considered one of the most challenging heroes to counter?

Victor has an aura of suffering that deals massive damage and self-heals him, combined with high spirit damage reduction. He can cleanse debuffs like Healbane or Spirit Burn, making standard anti-heal less effective. Social distancing, crowd control, and bullet damage-focused builds are key to countering him.

Which items are particularly useful against Mina's attacks?

Slowing hacks prevent her from dodging, spirit resilience reduces her burst spirit damage, fire rate reduction limits her attack speed, and stamina or mobility items help survive her ultimate and mitigate the effects of her Love Bites ability.

How can players reduce Drifter’s effectiveness in team fights?

Players should avoid letting him isolate targets, use spirit damage reduction to mitigate his attacks, and apply crowd control when possible. Slowing hex can sometimes prevent him from teleporting, and distance management is crucial to reduce his damage impact.

What is the best way to counter Victor's aura of suffering with a gun-based build?

Focusing on bullet damage and using anti-bullet reduction items like Crippling Headshot, Hollow Point, or Shredder can exploit Victor’s neglect of bullet damage reduction. This allows gun-based heroes to deal more consistent damage despite his high spirit resistance.

Why is it important to use crowd control against Victor, and which types are most effective?

Victor can cleanse some debuffs, so using hard crowd control that can't be removed by Jump Start is crucial. Silences and displacement abilities like Lash or Dynamo ultimates are particularly effective at disrupting him, keeping him away from objectives, and preventing his sustained damage output.

What common counterplay strategies are shared across multiple new heroes?

Across heroes like Mina, Billy, Doorman, Drifter, and Victor, common counterplay strategies include using spirit damage reduction, crowd control, silences, movement abilities for positioning, and items that mitigate specific abilities or damage types to reduce their effectiveness in fights.