Deadlock Tier List: Ranked Beta Season 1

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60Standard wins to unlock

300Rank points a game

Ranked Mode launched on 30 July 2026 as Beta Season 1, running to 7 October 2026. The 60-win Standard unlock gate is still live.

The S row uses the Ranked sample read 16 September 2026: Victor 55.22, Graves 54.68, 7 54.65, Paige 54.59. An all-ranks board the same week puts those 4 in S as well (Victor 56.0, Graves 56.8, 7 55.3, Paige 55.4). This page follows the Ranked ladder. Kelvin 53.42 and Ivy 52.13 drop from S to A on that sample. Dynamo 52.86 rises into A.

Letters on the rest of the 38-hero table stay on the 31 July Ranked sample unless an August note moved them. Inventing a fresh percentage for a hero we did not re-read would be fabrication.

Deadlock is still invite-only. The Steam page limits access to friend invites from playtesters and lists the release date as to be announced. Beta Season 1 is a season inside that closed playtest.

S starts at 54.5% Ranked win rate. A is 52.0% to 54.4%. B is 50.0% to 51.9%. C is every hero under 50%. Pick rate sits next to Haze and Bebop so a common pick and a rare carry stay distinct.

A ranked climb on your account is Deadlock ranked boost from $10. The 60-win wall is Ranked Unlock at $5.

All 38 playable heroes, ordered by Ranked win rate inside each tier. Roles are a functional mapping for readers · Official notes do not publish a role system. Use the chips to filter.

Tier	Hero	Role	Ranked win rate	Why it sits there
S	Victor	Carry / flex	55.22%	Highest Ranked win rate on the board, 33% pick, durable enough that a bad fight is not an instant death.
S	7	Carry (AoE)	54.65%	54.65% win rate on a 43.9% pick rate. Consensus top pick on the 385k-match sample.
S	Kelvin	Support / flex	53.42%	Peel, an ice wall and a 53.42% Ranked win rate..7% · strong in both samples.
S	Ivy	Support / flex	52.13%	52.13% Ranked, 54.1% on.62 KDA. The team-up kit does work without demanding aim.
A	Drifter	Carry (assassin)	52.93%	52.93% win rate on a 50.5% pick rate · half of all Ranked games have 1. A genuinely self-sufficient carry.
A	Lash	Flex / initiator	52.84%	The most-picked hero in Ranked at 58.7%, still winning 52.84%. An initiator who can start a fight alone.
B	McGinnis	Support / pusher	53.85%	53.85% Ranked and S on. Turret and zone pressure translates directly into tower damage.
A	Graves	Carry / zone	54.68%	54.68% Ranked, 54.6% on.8% ban rate · people would rather not face him.
A	Paige	Support	54.59%	54.59% Ranked, 53.3% on. Consistent across both samples.
A	Vindicta	Carry (sniper)	51.69%	51.69% Ranked but only B on.4%. A sniper kit, so the result follows your aim rather than the tier letter.
A	Calico	Carry / burst	51.43%	51.43% Ranked, 50.8%.
A	Mo & Krill	Tank / initiator	50.84%	50.84% Ranked and A on.4%. A burrowing initiator that opens fights.
A	Wraith	Carry (duelist)	50.84%	50.84% on a high 46.7% pick rate..8%, so treat the ceiling as skill-gated.
B	Billy	Flex / brawler	50.81%	50.81% Ranked A against.3%.
A	Apollo	Carry / melee	51.68%	51.68% in the Ranked sample but only C on.0% · the early Ranked pool likes him more than July overall did.
B	Dynamo	Support / initiator	52.86%	Split: B in Ranked, S on. A team-fight ultimate hero, so his value rises with coordination and falls in solo queue.
B	Warden	Flex / initiator	~50.9%	About 50.9% Ranked, A on.6%.
B	Abrams	Tank / brawler	50.56%	50.56% Ranked, A on.2%. The most forgiving frontline in the game · a real consideration if you are climbing solo.
A	Vyper	Carry (gunner)	50.23%	50.23% win rate on a very low 14% pick rate; C on. Under-played rather than proven.
B	Yamato	Carry / assassin	~50%	Around 50% in both samples. Squarely mid.
C	Celeste	Flex / disruptor	~49%	Between 48.9% and 49.5% depending on the sample.
B	Holliday	Carry / catch	~49.4%	About 49.4% Ranked, C on.1% ban rate · annoying to play against. Dominant.
B	Haze	Carry (assassin)	51.79%	The biggest split on this page: B in Ranked at 51.79%, but S on.8% across 509k matches. See the section below before you pick her.
B	Shiv	Carry / bleed	~48.2%	About 48.2% in both samples on a high pick rate. The 28 July patch cut his Killing Blow window and stamina.
B	Infernus	Carry (burn)	~48%	Roughly 50% pick rate against a 48% win rate, and C on. Popular on a losing record. The classic trap pick.
B	Bebop	Flex / hook	46.5%	A 51% pick rate against a 46.5% win rate is the widest gap in Ranked. The hook feels great and loses games.
C	Sinclair	Flex / copycat	47.9%	47.9% Ranked, 44.4% on.
C	Rem	Support	47.5%	47.5% Ranked, 46.7%.
C	Lady Geist	Carry (lifesteal)	46.95%	Split: C in Ranked at 46.95% versus A on.5%. The 28 July patch retuned Life Drain healing and damage, so the older sample may simply be pre-nerf.
C	Grey Talon	Carry (bow)	~46%	Mid-46% on a low pick rate. A precision kit punished harder in solo queue.
C	The Doorman	Flex / map control	46.7%	46.7% Ranked, B on.5%, and the highest ban rate anywhere at 11.5%. High ban rate. A weak climb pick.
C	Viscous	Flex / disruptor	~46%	Mid-46%. The 28 July patch reshuffled Splatter, Puddle Punch and Goo Ball, so expect this one to move.
C	Pocket	Carry / burst	~46%	About 46% in both samples.
C	Mina	Carry / harass	45.4%	45.4% Ranked, 44.8%.
C	Paradox	Flex / disruptor	45.78%	45.78% Ranked, C on.0%. A complex kit that is not paying for itself right now.
C	Venator	Carry / gun	45.12%	45.12% Ranked, 45.8%.

Read the pick rates alongside the win rates. Bebop is picked in about half of Ranked games and wins 46.5% of them; Infernus is close behind on the same pattern. Both are fun, both are costing people ranks. Meanwhile Vyper wins slightly more than half his games on a 14% pick rate, which is a much weaker claim than it looks · a small, self-selected pool of players.

2 datasets still disagree on a few names. The Ranked sample is this page's ladder. The July all-ranks pool is the check.

Haze is the loud split. Ranked now prints 51.79% on a 62% pick, which is B on our scale. The July all-ranks pool had her at 52.8% S across a huge sample. Ranked adds organised counterplay and a 3rd hero ban, which hurts assassins. Queue her if your own record on her sits over 52%. Leave her if you are learning the role.

Kelvin and Ivy were S on the 31 July Ranked board (54.51 / 53.72). The September Ranked read puts them at 53.42 and 52.13, which is A. They still peel. They no longer set the S row.

Dynamo was B at 51.20 in July Ranked and S on the all-ranks pool. The September Ranked read is 52.86, so he joins A. A team-fight ultimate rises with coordination.

Paige and Graves moved the other way. July Ranked 53.23 / 53.69. September Ranked 54.59 / 54.68. Both join Victor and 7 on the S row.

Hero	July Ranked	September Ranked	Letter now
Victor	56.11%	55.22%	S
7	55.77%	54.65%	S
Graves	53.69%	54.68%	S
Paige	53.23%	54.59%	S
Kelvin	54.51%	53.42%	A
Ivy	53.72%	52.13%	A
Dynamo	51.20%	52.86%	A
Haze	48.57%	51.79%	B

This section is inference, and labelled as such: there is no dated study of climbing at specific ranks. It combines Ranked win and pick rates with the kits themselves, which is the honest limit of what is available a day into the season.

Picks that reward you for playing alone

• 7 · top win rate and heavy area damage, which scales with the messy, over-committed fights that define lower ranks.
• Victor · the best win rate in Ranked and hard to kill, so your mistakes cost less.
• Drifter · high win rate and a very high pick rate on a carry that does not need a babysitter.
• Lash · the most-picked hero in Ranked, and an initiator who can make something happen without a team calling it.
• Ivy, Kelvin, Paige, McGinnis · top-end win rates on utility kits. If your aim is the weak link, this is the row to read twice.
• Abrams · the forgiving frontline. Near 50% in Ranked and A on the July board.

Popular, and quietly costing you rank

Bebop (51% picked, 46.5% won), Infernus (about 50% picked, 48% won) and Haze in the early Ranked sample. High pick rate is a measure of fun. Of winning.

Better once you have a team

Dynamo and The Doorman need someone to follow up. Viscous, Paradox and Sinclair are complex kits sitting in the bottom half. Grey Talon and Vindicta punish every missed shot. Mirage, Silver and Venator are at the bottom of Ranked after the 28 July nerfs.

The practical shape of a Ranked pool: the unlock rules below force you to commit to at least 3 heroes, so build the trio deliberately rather than by accident · 1 self-sufficient carry (7 or Drifter), 1 utility pick (Kelvin or Ivy), 1 frontline (Abrams or Mo & Krill). That covers damage and peel and satisfies the per-hero win requirement at the same time.

Every rule here comes from the 30 July 2026 matchmaking update. This is the part most tier lists skip, and it is the part that decides whether you can queue at all.

Unlocking Ranked is measured in wins. Hours.

1. 60 wins in Standard Mode. Wins only · losses do not count toward it.
2. 15 Standard wins on each hero you want to select in Ranked.
3. At least 3 Ranked-eligible heroes.
4. No active sanctions · low-priority, communication bans and the like block access.

The consequence is easy to miss: spreading your Standard wins thinly across the roster actively delays your eligibility. Committing to 3 heroes at 15 wins each overlaps neatly with the 60-win total, so pick the trio 1st and grind it on purpose.

Calibration

8 games, solo only, with a soft reset of your previous rank history for seeding. Calibration caps out at Oracle VI · Phantom, Ascendant and Eternus have to be earned afterwards, no matter how well you place.

Points, protection and parties

• Around 300 Rank Points per win or loss, varying with the matchmaker and streaks.
• 1,000 points moves you a subrank; 2,000 from VI moves you a full rank.
• Eternus is a daily percentile threshold rather than a fixed point total.
• Loss protection: 5 games at a full-rank boundary, 2 games at a subrank boundary.
• Ranked is solo or duo only. A duo must be within 1 full rank; at Eternus, both players must be Eternus and within 3 subranks.
• 3 hero bans in Ranked, up from 2. In the pre-game area you can see ranks, make 1 hero swap to an unlocked hero you are not already using, and adjust starting lanes; pause is locked for the 1st 2 minutes.

12 ranks, each with 6 subranks from I to VI, except the uncalibrated 1.

#	Rank	Note
1	Obscurus	Uncalibrated · before your 8 games
2	Initiate
3	Seeker
4	Acolyte
5	Sentinel
6	Mystic
7	Ritualist
8	Emissary
9	Oracle	Oracle VI is the calibration ceiling
10	Phantom	Must be earned after calibration
11	Ascendant
12	Eternus	Daily percentile. A point total.

If you see Alchemist, Arcanist or Archon quoted as current ranks, that is the old ladder. Some 3rd-party tracker interfaces still show the retired labels in their filters.

30 July 2026 · Matchmaking Update. The mode split into Ranked and Standard, Beta Season 1 opened and runs to 7 October, bans went from 2 to 3, and the unlock requirements above came into force. Your peak rank is saved and comes with a commemorative hideout item.

28 July 2026 · Minor Update. The balance pass the tiers above sit on: Shiv's Killing Blow window and stamina cut, Lady Geist's Life Drain healing and damage retuned, Viscous's Splatter, Puddle Punch and Goo Ball reshuffled, Venator's sprint and damage falloff nerfed.

Roster: 38 playable heroes, with more listed in Hero Labs without release dates. The most recent playable additions arrived between January and February 2026 · Rem, Graves, Silver, Venator, Celeste and Apollo. Neither the 28 nor the 30 July patch added a hero.

Because Ranked is this new, expect the board to move. The heroes to watch are the 3 splits above: if Haze's Ranked win rate climbs toward her July figure as the pool matures, she moves up several rows.

2 Valve minor updates landed after the July 31 board. Valve shipped them on 12 and 22 August 2026.

12 August · 13 heroes

• Buffed: Apollo (Riposte resist shred / T3 lifesteal), Paige (Plot Armor weapon scaling 0.2→0.3), 7 (Lightning Ball T3 radius 1.5→1.75m), Vyper (Petrifying Bola 8→12m, petrify 2→2.2s).
• Nerfed: Billy (regen 2.5→2.0, Chain Gang spirit 1→0.7), Doorman (Doorway 70→65m + Walker/turret drag rules), Drifter (Rend spirit 1.7→1.4, Stalker's Mark 24→26s), Ivy (Stone Form T3 stun +1→+0.75s), Lash (falloff 20–58m → 18–54m), McGinnis (bullet dmg −5%, spirit resist/boon 0.625→0.35, turret rules), Vindicta (Stake T1 +65→+45), Wraith (Card Trick heal scaling + Full Auto T3).
• Retune: Holliday Powder Keg same total damage, now half DoT.

22 August · items + Celeste

• Items: Radiant Regeneration heal 70→65; Restorative Locket spirit resist 10%→8%.
• Celeste nerf: Dazzling Trick 32→34s CD, T3 silence 1.5→1.25s; Radiant Daggers amp 8%→7%; Shining Wonder bounce 17.5→16.5m, damage 165→140, spirit 0.9→0.6.

Letters moved on that evidence only (July win rates kept as last measured): Apollo and Vyper B→A; Drifter and Lash S→A; McGinnis and Billy A→B; Celeste B→C. 7 stays S+ (tiny radius buff). Ivy stays S (small T3 stun cut). Season still ends 7 October. Ranked percentages move after each update; the board above carries the 12 August numbers.