Most popular skill leveling order69.7%· 3,618 matches
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Win Rate
51.8%
Pick Rate
1.7%
KDA Ratio
2.91
Avg Damage
40.5K
Matches
308.9K
Avg KDA
5.0 / 5.8 / 11.9
McGinnis is a reliable A tier pick in the current Deadlock meta, running a 51.8% win rate and a 1.7% pick rate across 308,947 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 5.0 kills, 5.8 deaths and 11.9 assists per match, so every stat, counter and item build below is pulled directly from ranked matches and refreshed every 15 minutes.
The highest win rate McGinnis players open with Spectral Wall, Spectral Wall, and Medicinal Specter, and that ability priority wins 69.7% of 3,618 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.
Across tracked games McGinnis finishes on an average 40,548 net worth with a 2.91 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 40,491 hero damage per match, so the build path below prioritises items that scale into that damage profile rather than pure survivability.
The highest win rate build path on McGinnis right now runs Mystic Expansion (tier 1, 53.8% WR), Debuff Reducer (tier 2, 58.2% WR), Shadow Weave (tier 3, 59.0% WR), and Unstoppable (tier 4, 61.1% 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.
McGinnis is holding a 51.8% win rate this patch and ranks in the A 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. That makes McGinnis a safe ranked pick right now without being the first choice in draft.
McGinnis loses lane weight against Viscous (-1.2% win rate delta), Infernus (-1.2% win rate delta), and Abrams (-0.9% 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.
McGinnis pairs strongest with Dynamo (+4.5% win rate delta) and Graves (+4.1% 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.
Every patch that touched McGinnis, with the real win rate shift afterward.
Mini Turrets bounty from 80 + 2/minute to 40 + 4/minute · +2 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
Stamina speed bucket 3 to 2 · +52 more
Mini Turret cooldown increased from 18s to 26s · +1 more
Medicinal Specter radius spirit scaling reduced from 0.0456 to 0.03 · +4 more
Mini Turrets health per boon increased from 10 to 13 · +1 more
Showing the 8 most recent patches. 2 older patches affected McGinnis before this window.