How to counter DrifterHow to counter
Counter heroes, counter items and the window to fight
Heroes that do best against Drifter, the items that do best when Drifter is on the enemy team, and the window to fight. Each number compares a hero's (or item's) result against Drifter with its usual result, relative to how everyone does against Drifter, so neither a strong counter-pick nor a strong Drifter skews the list.
Their combo: Drifter casts Eternal Night to cut your vision and make everyone count as isolated for his bonus damage, then bleeds a target with Stalker’s Mark and recasts it to appear behind them.
Beware: During Eternal Night staying near teammates doesn’t remove his isolation bonus, but stick together anyway so they can help. Slowing Hex stops his Stalker’s Mark teleport.
Best heroes against Drifter
+2.5 ppDynamo55.2% vs usual 52.1% · 3.4k
+1.9 ppSilver50.9% vs usual 48.5% · 3.1k
+1.7 ppWarden46.8% vs usual 44.2% · 885
+1.6 ppSinclair51.3% vs usual 49.1% · 2.2k
+1.3 ppBilly49.8% vs usual 48.1% · 2.9k
+1.2 ppSeven53.8% vs usual 52.2% · 3.8k
+1.0 ppRem48.9% vs usual 47.5% · 3.2k
+0.9 ppLady Geist48.7% vs usual 47.4% · 2.5k
Best in lane against Drifter
Dynamo+4.1 pp · 57.4% vs usual 52.1% · 1.4k
Vyper+2.8 pp · 57.2% vs usual 53.2% · 942
Holliday+2.4 pp · 54.2% vs usual 51.0% · 1.3k
Sinclair+1.9 pp · 52.2% vs usual 49.1% · 717
Lady Geist+1.8 pp · 50.1% vs usual 47.4% · 856
Kelvin+1.4 pp · 55.8% vs usual 53.7% · 1.0k
Mo & Krill+1.4 pp · 51.7% vs usual 49.7% · 1.3k
Silver+1.1 pp · 50.2% vs usual 48.5% · 1.0k
Shiv+0.9 pp · 48.6% vs usual 47.4% · 2.5k
Rem+0.7 pp · 48.7% vs usual 47.5% · 1.1k
Items that beat Drifter
| Item | Win rate vs Drifter | Usual win rate | Lift | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Decay | 47.5% | 46.9% | +0.7 | 104k |
 Rebuttal | 47.7% | 47.2% | +0.7 | 265k |
 Scourge | 58.4% | 58.0% | +0.5 | 197k |
 Heroic Aura | 55.8% | 55.5% | +0.5 | 343k |
 Phantom Strike | 56.9% | 56.6% | +0.5 | 137k |
 Diviner's Kevlar | 58.4% | 58.2% | +0.5 | 265k |
 Return Fire | 49.0% | 48.8% | +0.4 | 122k |
 Cheat Death | 56.0% | 55.8% | +0.3 | 136k |
 Debuff Reducer | 51.7% | 51.5% | +0.3 | 562k |
 Unstoppable | 54.9% | 54.7% | +0.3 | 462k |
 Healbane | 49.8% | 49.6% | +0.3 | 1.7M |
 Silence Wave | 45.6% | 45.4% | +0.3 | 54k |
 Healing Nova | 50.4% | 50.2% | +0.3 | 150k |
 Spirit Shielding | 49.7% | 49.5% | +0.3 | 797k |
 Warp Stone | 51.7% | 51.6% | +0.3 | 514k |
Updated 2026-10-30 02:03 UTC · all ranks, last 30 days