Deadlock hero Apollo: win rate, tier, counters, synergies,
builds and every buff and nerf received. Current win rate 50.5% across all ranks, tier B in our live tier list.
Strong against
Mirage — 56.1% win rate
Paradox — 55.1% win rate
Pocket — 54.5% win rate
The Doorman — 54.5% win rate
Silver — 54.5% win rate
Struggles against
Rat King — 40.7% win rate
Graves — 43.1% win rate
Paige — 43.8% win rate
Victor — 43.9% win rate
Seven — 46.6% win rate
Best teammates
Rat King — 60.8% win rate
Graves — 58.1% win rate
Paige — 56.2% win rate
Victor — 56.1% win rate
Seven — 55.0% win rate
Recent changes
Riposte melee resist reduction increased from -22% to -25% (buff, Minor Update - 08-12-2026)
Riposte T2 changed from "-30% Melee Resist" to "-25% Melee Resist and +0.4s Stun Duration" (rework, Minor Update - 08-12-2026)
Riposte T3 increased from 60% Lifesteal for 7s to 75% Lifesteal for 13s (buff, Minor Update - 08-12-2026)
Fixed Itani Lo Sahn being canceled with movement abilities (bugfix, Minor Update - 08-12-2026)
Riposte base stun duration increased from 0.6s to 0.8s (buff, Minor Update - 07-28-2026)
Riposte T3 changed from +1.6s Stun Duration to +60% Bullet, Spirit and Melee Lifesteal against the target for 7s (rework, Minor Update - 07-28-2026)
Riposte T1 increased from -7s Cooldown to -8s (buff, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
Riposte grace window to target after channel increased from +1s to +1.3s (buff, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
Riposte cast range increased from 25m to 35m (buff, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
Riposte targeting angle increased from 70 to 90 (buff, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
Flawless Advance Heal on hero hit spirit scaling increased from 1 to 1.3 (buff, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
Itani Lo Sahn T3 increased from +40% Bonus Damage to +50% (buff, Minor Update - 06-30-2026)
Disengaging Sigil velocity increased by 50% (buff, Minor Update - 06-11-2026)
Disengaging Sigil velocity's vertical:horizontal ratio changed from 1.5:1 to 1:1 (rework, Minor Update - 06-11-2026)
Disengaging Sigil now allows input to alter the direction apollo launches himself (A/D biases to the left/right and W/S affect how much backwards motion is applied (change, Minor Update - 06-11-2026)
Disengaging Sigil T1 changed from "+30 Damage" to "Gain +25% Fire Rate and Bullet Speed for 8s" (rework, Minor Update - 06-11-2026)
Disengaging Sigil T2 changed from "Gain +30% Fire Rate and +50% Bullet Speed for 10s" to "On Player Hit: +1 Stamina restored and resets Air Jump/Dash limit" (rework, Minor Update - 06-11-2026)
Disengaging Sigil T3 changed from "On Player Hit: +2 stamina restored and reset Air Jump/Dash limit" to "Recast within 4s" (rework, Minor Update - 06-11-2026)
Flawless Advance now allows Apollo to parry during it (buff, Minor Update - 06-11-2026)
Disengaging Sigil T2 increased from +20% Fire Rate to +30% (buff, Minor Update - 05-31-2026)
Flawless Advance T1 heal from 30+0.75 to 35+1.0 (buff, Minor Update - 05-31-2026)
Flawless Advance T2 increased from -10s Cooldown to -12s (buff, Minor Update - 05-31-2026)
Itani Lo Sahn damage increased from 190 to 200 (buff, Minor Update - 05-31-2026)
Itani Lo Sahn spirit scaling increased from 2.3 to 2.6 (buff, Minor Update - 05-31-2026)
Improved the hero's hitboxes (easier to hit) (buff, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
Base regen reduced from 2 to 1 (nerf, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
Riposte no longer automatically dashes. It now grants you a sub ability immediately to target the hero you want to jump to for a brief duration (can target the enemy before the parry to buffer it). Cast range is 25m. (nerf, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
Riposte no longer triggers on damage auras (things like Flame Dash) (nerf, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
Riposte no longer triggers off of objective damage (nerf, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)