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Viscous

Abilities

ViscousDeadlock Build, Stats & Counters

C★★☆ Complexitymystic

EvasiveDisruptorGooey

Rolls around deflecting bullets

Viscous vexes his opponents through clever evasion and strategic uses of healing, enabling him to withstand the most brutal of enemy attacks.

Abilities

Max Health

Popular Itemsby pick rate

Mystic Expansionspirit

8:5546.6%223.3K

Mystic Burstspirit

3:2746.8%210.6K

Greater Expansionspirit

23:0247.7%181.0K

Superior Cooldownspirit

21:5347.7%169.1K

Compress Cooldownspirit

13:3347.4%165.8K

Improved Spiritspirit

12:1647.5%161.6K

Tankbusterspirit

21:3847.7%155.1K

Extra Spiritspirit

9:2447.3%130.6K

Highest WR Itemsby win rate

Escalating Exposure

Skill Path

Most popular skill leveling order63.9%· 4,489 matches

Splatter

◆

1

3

5

The Cube

◆

1

3

5

Puddle Punch

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1

3

5

Goo Ball

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1

3

5

Build Path Timeline

Average buy time for the most popular items, sorted by game phase

Early Game

0 – 8 min

Mystic Burstspirit

Melee Lifestealvitality

Extra Staminavitality

Healing Ritevitality

Mid Game

8 – 16 min

Mystic Expansionspirit

Extra Spiritspirit

Improved Spiritspirit

Compress Cooldownspirit

Late Game

16+ min

Tankbusterspirit

Superior Cooldownspirit

Greater Expansionspirit

Boundless Spiritspirit

What If?Item Optimizer

Build your loadout, then click any item to compare alternatives. Viscous avg: 46.0%

Weapon

0 items

Vitality

0 items

Spirit

0 items

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Best Matchups

WRWin rate in this matchupvs ExpDifference to expected win rateGamesMatches analyzed

43.1%+1.0%22.0K

45.8%+1.0%16.8K

45.7%+0.8%17.4K

41.4%+0.6%24.7K

45.8%+0.5%17.7K

47.3%+0.5%10.8K

44.5%+0.5%12.9K

Worst Matchups

WRWin rate in this matchupvs ExpDifference to expected win rateGamesMatches analyzed

47.7%-1.1%11.4K

48.9%-0.7%23.4K

42.9%-0.7%14.3K

45.1%-0.5%12.7K

47.3%-0.4%20.6K

47.1%-0.4%12.5K

Best Synergies

WRWin rate when paired togethervs ExpDifference to expected win rateGamesMatches analyzed

50.4%+0.3%11.4K

50.9%+0.2%10.6K

49.4%-0.3%12.3K

Worst Synergies

WRWin rate when paired togethervs ExpDifference to expected win rateGamesMatches analyzed

42.4%-4.1%10.6K

42.7%-3.5%11.2K

Win Rate Trend

46.0%-0.1%

13.4K matches this week

790

Move Speed

7.2

Sprint Speed

1.6

Light Melee

63

Heavy Melee

116

Stamina

3

Abilities

More Viscous analytics

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

Top players Community builds Hero counters Hero duos Meta evolution All heroes

All Heroes

Win Rate

46.0%

Pick Rate

1.4%

KDA Ratio

3.01

Avg Damage

35.1K

Matches

265.3K

Avg KDA

4.2 / 5.6 / 12.6

Viscous Meta SnapshotTier C

Viscous is a situational C tier pick in the current Deadlock meta, running a 46.0% win rate and a 1.4% pick rate across 265,277 tracked matches this patch. Viscous's role leans rolls around deflecting bullets, which shapes every item choice, ability upgrade and lane partner on this page. Viscous vexes his opponents through clever evasion and strategic uses of healing, enabling him to withstand the most brutal of enemy attacks. Viscous averages 4.2 kills, 5.6 deaths and 12.6 assists per match, so every stat, counter and item build below is pulled directly from ranked matches and refreshed every 15 minutes.

Win Rate

46.0%

Pick Rate

1.4%

Viscous Deep Dive

Refreshed every 15 minutes

Ability Priority

How to level Viscous's abilities

The highest win rate Viscous players open with Splatter, Splatter, and The Cube, and that ability priority wins 63.9% of 4,489 tracked games. Early points into that path front load Viscous's strongest spike and lets you snowball through the laning phase instead of stalling into mid game.

Power Spikes & Economy

When Viscous actually spikes

Across tracked games Viscous finishes on an average 39,695 net worth with a 3.01 KDA. That number tells you when Viscous actually spikes: every item tier and ability upgrade on this page is ordered so the strongest win rate path lines up with that economy. Viscous deals around 35,140 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 Viscous build path

The highest win rate build path on Viscous right now runs Extra Spirit (tier 1, 47.3% WR), Mystic Vulnerability (tier 2, 50.2% WR), Shadow Weave (tier 3, 55.6% WR), and Mystic Reverb (tier 4, 56.6% 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

Viscous in the current Deadlock patch

Viscous is holding a 46.0% win rate this patch and ranks in the C tier across the full hero pool. Over the last few weeks that number has stayed flat, so Viscous is neither rising nor fading right now. Viscous is currently below the ranked average, so picking Viscous demands a team comp that covers the weaknesses listed in the matchups tab.

Worst Matchups

Who counters Viscous

Viscous loses lane weight against Calico (-1.2% win rate delta), Paradox (-1.1% win rate delta), and Vyper (-0.7% 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 Viscous

Viscous pairs strongest with Kelvin (+2.5% win rate delta) and Dynamo (+0.8% win rate delta). Both partners cover holes in Viscous'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 Viscous.

Patch History

Viscous's Journey

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

Buffs

0

Nerfs

1

Net WR

-5.7 pp

04-30-2026 Update

Goo Ball lockout period from being affected again reduced from 1.35 to 1.2 (a previous bug with increased debuff resistance for subsequent CC not working correctly on this ability was fixed recently) · +1 more

REWORKED·+3−4

03-21-2026 Update

Puddle Punch scaling reduced from 0.8 to 0.6 · +6 more

REWORKED·+11−17

03-06-2026 Update

Splatter bounces once by default · +37 more

REWORKED·+1−3

01-30-2026 Update

Spirit per boon increased from 1.1 to 1.3 · +3 more

REWORKED·+3−2

11-21-2025 Update

Splatter cooldown increased from 21s to 30s · +6 more

REWORKED·+1−1

09-04-2025 Update

Alt Fire base damage reduced from 63 to 48 · +1 more

REWORKED·+1−1

07-29-2025 Update

Puddle Punch cooldown reduced from 30s to 24s · +1 more