What are the best items for McGinnis in Deadlock?

The highest win rate items for McGinnis right now are Diviner's Kevlar (59.3%), Spirit Burn (58.1%), Magic Carpet (57.2%). These are calculated from tracked Deadlock matches and update every 15 minutes.

Who counters McGinnis in Deadlock?

McGinnis struggles most against Victor, Seven, Paige. These matchups are based on head to head win rate data from ranked Deadlock matches.

What is McGinnis's win rate in Deadlock?

McGinnis has a 49.9% win rate across 235,396 tracked matches, and currently sits in B-tier.

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McGinnis

Q: Is McGinnis good in Deadlock?

McGinnis is currently a B-tier Deadlock character with a 49.9% win rate. Precise placement is everything for McGinnis, whether she's creating a killzone or splitting the enemy team. She can help keep her team running making them hard to dislodge when entrenched.

mystic★☆☆ ComplexityInventorSupportDisruption

Controls the battle with combat turrets

Win Rate49.9%#20 / 38

Pick Rate1.5%of all picks

KDA Ratio

McGinnis Build Path

In the order it actually gets bought.

4 builds - pick one

Laning0 - 10 min

Mid game10 - 22 min

Late game22+ min

Skill orderWhere each ability point goes, level 1 upward

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Mini Turret

Medicinal Specter

Spectral Wall

Heavy Barrage

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Worst Matchups

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Best Matchups

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Best Synergies

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Worst Synergies

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Popular Itemsby pick rate

Extra Chargespirit

6:1550.6%163.5K

Mystic Vulnerabilityspirit

17:2552.0%137.0K

Rapid Rechargespirit

22:0451.0%135.5K

Intensifying Magazineweapon

6:1550.4%131.9K

Mystic Expansionspirit

12:2351.5%131.6K

Escalating Exposurespirit

26:5054.1%127.8K

Compress Cooldownspirit

16:0151.5%115.0K

Mystic Slowspirit

15:5752.0%112.2K

Highest WR Itemsby win rate

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Win Rate Trend

49.8%-0.3%

26.9K matches this week

Patch History

McGinnis's Journey

Every patch that touched McGinnis, with the real win rate shift afterward.

Buffs

Nerfs

Net WR

-2.3 pp

JUN

2026

NERFED·−2

Minor Update - 06-11-2026

Mini Turret DPS rescaled from 30+0.39 to 24+0.42 (break even at 200 spirit power) · +3 more

Bullet damage increased from 6.2 + 0.16/boon to 6.4 + 0.17/boon · +2 more

Medicinal Specter T3 duration increased from +1s to +1.5s · +1 more

Bullet damage increased from 6.0+0.15/boon to 6.2+0.16/boon · +7 more

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pp win rate

More McGinnis analytics

Go deeper on McGinnis with related Deadlock data: top ranked players of this hero, community builds, the full counter matrix, pair synergies and meta shifts across recent patches.

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McGinnis Meta SnapshotTier B

McGinnis is a balanced B tier pick in the current Deadlock meta, running a 49.9% win rate and a 1.5% pick rate across 235,396 tracked matches this patch. McGinnis's role leans controls the battle with combat turrets, which shapes every item choice, ability upgrade and lane partner on this page. Precise placement is everything for McGinnis, whether she's creating a killzone or splitting the enemy team. She can help keep her team running making them hard to dislodge when entrenched. McGinnis averages 4.9 kills, 6.5 deaths and 13.5 assists per match, so every stat, counter and item build below is pulled directly from ranked matches and refreshed every 15 minutes.

Win Rate

49.9%

Pick Rate

1.5%

McGinnis Deep Dive

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Ability Priority

How to level McGinnis's abilities

The highest win rate McGinnis players open with Spectral Wall, Medicinal Specter, and Mini Turret, and that ability priority wins 61.8% of 3,614 tracked games. Early points into that path front load McGinnis's strongest spike and lets you snowball through the laning phase instead of stalling into mid game.

Power Spikes & Economy

When McGinnis actually spikes

Across tracked games McGinnis finishes on an average 42,608 net worth with a 2.83 KDA. That number tells you when McGinnis actually spikes: every item tier and ability upgrade on this page is ordered so the strongest win rate path lines up with that economy. McGinnis deals around 38,292 hero damage per match, so the build path below prioritises items that scale into that damage profile rather than pure survivability.

Item Build Priority

Strongest McGinnis build path

The highest win rate build path on McGinnis right now runs Extra Spirit (tier 1, 52.6% WR), Duration Extender (tier 2, 54.4% WR), Superior Duration (tier 3, 55.0% WR), and Diviner's Kevlar (tier 4, 59.3% WR). These picks carry the strongest individual win rates in their tier bracket across ranked matches, so stacking them in order gives you the cleanest data backed route. If your early game snowballs you can flex into offensive tier 3 and tier 4 items, otherwise the defensive options listed in the items tab hold the lead instead of forcing it.

Meta Position

McGinnis in the current Deadlock patch

McGinnis is holding a 49.9% win rate this patch and ranks in the B tier across the full hero pool. Over the last few weeks that number has stayed flat, so McGinnis is neither rising nor fading right now. McGinnis sits in the middle of the pack, which means match ups and draft context decide the game more than the raw pick does.

Worst Matchups

Who counters McGinnis

McGinnis loses lane weight against Seven (-1.7% win rate delta), Infernus (-1.4% win rate delta), and Mo & Krill (-1.2% win rate delta). These aren't feelings, they are negative win rate deltas drawn from ranked matches with at least 50 head to head samples. When any of these show up on the enemy team, lean on the synergy picks listed below and delay your power spike items so you can survive the bad matchup into mid game.

Best Synergies

Who to duo with McGinnis

McGinnis pairs strongest with Graves (+5.9% win rate delta) and Paige (+5.0% win rate delta). Both partners cover holes in McGinnis's kit that the worst matchups above exploit, which is why the duo win rates stay well above the hero's solo baseline. If you're queueing with a friend, these are the safest picks to lock alongside McGinnis.