Kelvin

Deadlock hero Kelvin: win rate, tier, counters, synergies, builds and every buff and nerf received. Current win rate 53.9% across all ranks, tier A in our live tier list.

Strong against

• Mirage — 59.9% win rate
• Pocket — 59.4% win rate
• The Doorman — 59.2% win rate
• Mina — 58.8% win rate
• Sinclair — 58.1% win rate

Struggles against

• Rat King — 43.1% win rate
• Graves — 47.7% win rate
• Seven — 48.2% win rate
• Paige — 48.4% win rate
• Victor — 49.4% win rate

Best teammates

• Rat King — 65.3% win rate
• Graves — 60.6% win rate
• Paige — 60.0% win rate
• Seven — 59.6% win rate
• Victor — 58.8% win rate

Recent changes

• Frozen Shelter base ability health regen now scales with spirit power (0.2) (buff, Minor Update - 09-16-2026)
• Frozen Shelter cooldown reduced from 195s to 185s (buff, Minor Update - 07-28-2026)
• Frost Grenade damage spirit scaling reduced from 0.7 to 0.6 (nerf, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• When interrupted on Ice Path, it no longer creates an ice path below him and instead lets him fall to the ground (nerf, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Arctic Beam DPS spirit scaling reduced from 0.5 to 0.38 (nerf, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Frost Grenade healing spirit scaling reduced from 0.9 to 0.8 (nerf, Small Update - 04-10-2026)
• Frost Grenade T3 healing spirit scaling reduced from +1.0 to +0.9 (nerf, Small Update - 04-10-2026)
• Frost Grenade damage spirit scaling reduced from 0.8 to 0.7 (nerf, Small Update - 03-25-2026)
• Frost Grenade T3 damage spirit scaling reduced from 0.9 to 0.8 (nerf, Small Update - 03-25-2026)
• Frost Grenade radius increased from 6m to 6.5m (buff, Small Update - 03-21-2026)
• Frost Grenade damage spirit scaling reduced from 0.914 to 0.8 (nerf, Small Update - 03-21-2026)
• Frost Grenade T3 damage spirit scaling reduced from 1.0 to 0.9 (nerf, Small Update - 03-21-2026)
• Ice Path T2 increased from -20s Cooldown to -25s (buff, Small Update - 03-21-2026)
• Ice Path T3 now also grants +20 Spirit Power (buff, Small Update - 03-21-2026)
• Frozen Shelter T3 increased from 50 Health Regen to 65 (buff, Small Update - 03-21-2026)
• Frost Grenade now impacts on Ice Path (change, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Frost Grenade radius reduced from 6.5m to 6m (nerf, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Frost Grenade cooldown increased from 20s to 30s (nerf, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Frost Grenade now comes with 2 charges (change, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Frost Grenade now heals in the base ability (60 + 0.9 Spirit Scaling) (change, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Frost Grenade no longer has -40% Stamina regen reduction (buff, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Frost Grenade T1 changed from "+1 Charge" to "Increases damage and heal by +30" (rework, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Frost Grenade T2 changed from "Provides healing 80+1.5" to "Freezes stamina regen and -10s Cooldown" (rework, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Frost Grenade T3 changed from "+144 Damage and -30% Stamina Regen" to "Increases damage and heal spirit scaling by 1.0 and Radius by +2m" (rework, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Ice Path is now cancelled on Ability Button Press instead of Space (change, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Ice Path cooldown increased from 46s to 50s (nerf, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Ice Path incline/decline speed increased (buff, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Ice Path T1 changed from "+4 Sprint" to "+2 Move Speed and +35% Bullet Resistance on Ice Path" (rework, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Ice Path T2 increased from -17s Cooldown to -20s (buff, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Ice Path T3 now grants you +35% Spirit Power while on Ice Path (buff, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Arctic Beam visual clarity on VFX improved (buff, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Arctic Beam now lets you cast Frost Grenade and items while using it (change, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Arctic Beam Max Fire Rate Reduction reduced from -35% to -20% (nerf, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Arctic Beam Max Slow reduced from -40% to -20% (nerf, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Arctic Beam spirit scaling reduced from 0.8 to 0.5 (nerf, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Arctic Beam cooldown increased from 25s to 28s (nerf, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Arctic Beam T1 changed from "-7s Cooldown" to "Increases Move Slow and Fire Rate Reduction by -25%" (rework, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Arctic Beam T2 changed from "+33 DPS" to "+20 DPS and +0.6 Spirit Scaling" (rework, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Arctic Beam T3 now also reduces cooldown by 13s (buff, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Frozen Shelter can now be canceled first without canceling Ice Beam (change, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)