Drifter

Deadlock hero Drifter: win rate, tier, counters, synergies, builds and every buff and nerf received. Current win rate 50.4% across all ranks, tier B in our live tier list.

Strong against

• Mirage — 56.6% win rate
• Sinclair — 56.2% win rate
• The Doorman — 55.2% win rate
• Baba — 54.9% win rate
• Paradox — 54.8% win rate

Struggles against

• Rat King — 40.1% win rate
• Graves — 43.8% win rate
• Paige — 44.7% win rate
• Seven — 45.3% win rate
• Victor — 45.6% win rate

Best teammates

• Rat King — 62.2% win rate
• Victor — 57.1% win rate
• Graves — 57.0% win rate
• Paige — 56.7% win rate
• Seven — 56.4% win rate

Recent changes

• Rend spirit scaling reduced from 1.7 to 1.4 (nerf, Minor Update - 08-12-2026)
• Stalker's Mark cooldown increased from 24s to 26s (nerf, Minor Update - 08-12-2026)
• Stalker's Mark T2 reduced from -12s Cooldown to -10s (nerf, Minor Update - 08-12-2026)
• Rend spirit scaling reduced from 1.8 to 1.7 (nerf, Minor Update - 07-28-2026)
• Rend T3 silence duration reduced from 2.3s to 2s (nerf, Minor Update - 07-28-2026)
• Bullet damage per boon reduced from +0.616 to +0.49 (nerf, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Bloodscent T3 reduced from +12% to +11% (nerf, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Stalker's Mark cooldown increased from 20s to 24s (nerf, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Stalker's Mark T2 increased from -8s Cooldown to -12s (buff, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Stalker's Mark T3 reduced from +2% Bleed to +1.5% (nerf, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Health per boon increased from 41 to 43 (global hp boon reduction is after this) (buff, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
• Rend cast time reduced from 0.5s to 0.4s (buff, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
• Rend post cast time reduced from 0.5s to 0.4s (buff, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
• Rend T2 increased from -7s Cooldown to -8s (buff, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
• Bloodscent T1 increased from +2m/s while near an isolated enemy to +3m/s (buff, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
• Bloodscent T2 increased from 18% missing health heal to +24% (buff, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
• Rend T3 no longer increases scaling by 0.4 (nerf, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Rend T3 now also deals Heavy Melee Damage (0.55 scale) (buff, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Rend T3 now also increases melee scaling (1.2 to 1.6) (buff, Gameplay Update - 04-30-2026)
• Bloodscent T3 increased from +10% Amplified Damage to +12% (buff, Gameplay Update - 04-30-2026)
• Fixed Quicksilver Reload dealing bonus multiple times with Rend (bugfix, Small Update - 03-10-2026)
• Rend damage range reduced from 18m to 16m (nerf, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Rend cooldown increased from 13s to 16s (nerf, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Rend damage spirit scaling increased from 1.4 to 1.8 (buff, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Rend "bonus" damage is now the melee range at close range (so you only do melee damage at close range and spirit is the default) (buff, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Rend T1 bonus damage increased from +32 to +40 (buff, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Rend T3 changed from "Gain 45% Bullet Lifesteal against affected enemies for 4s" to "Close range attack now silences enemies for 2.3s" (rework, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Stalker's Mark duration reduced from 6s to 5s (nerf, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Stalker's Mark T1 changed from "+1% Bleed" to "-8% Bullet Resist" (rework, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Stalker's Mark T2 changed from "+22% Fire Rate for 6s after ambush" to "+3s Duration and -8s Cooldown" (rework, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Stalker's Mark T3 changed from "Enables 2 Charges and +2s Duration" to "+2% Bleed and -40% Healing" (rework, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Bloodscent now grants Drifter the same amount of permanent bonus weapon damage when an isolated hero dies nearby, whether Drifter gets the assist or the kill (buff, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Bloodscent permanent bonus weapon damage gained per isolated hero death reduced from 4% to 3% (buff, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Bloodscent T2 changed from "Isolated kill reduces cooldowns by 15s and restores 3 stamina" to "Isolated death restores 18% Missing Health and restores 2 stamina" (rework, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Eternal Night now makes the targets be considered as isolated (change, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Eternal Night Sprint reduced from +3m to +2m (nerf, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Eternal Night no longer has 7 spirit damage proc (nerf, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Eternal Night cooldown increased from 120s to 125s (nerf, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Eternal Night duration reduced from 7s to 6.5s (nerf, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)
• Eternal Night T1 changed from "+6.3 Spirit Damage Proc" to "+10m Sprint" (kicks in immediately) (rework, Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026)