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How to counter KelvinHow to counter

Counter heroes, counter items and the window to fight

Heroes that do best against Kelvin, the items that do best when Kelvin is on the enemy team, and the window to fight. Each number compares a hero's (or item's) result against Kelvin with its usual result, relative to how everyone does against Kelvin, so neither a strong counter-pick nor a strong Kelvin skews the list.

Their combo: Kelvin drops Frozen Shelter, a 5s dome that heals his team and slows you, while Frost Grenade slows divers and heals allies.

When to fight: Wait outside the dome; when it ends after 5s he’s exposed.

Beware: Bring anti-heal. His healing wins long fights, and long-range poke outranges his grenades.

Best heroes against Kelvin

+2.5 ppShiv
43.1% vs usual 44.7% · 3.6k

+1.6 ppBilly
45.7% vs usual 48.2% · 4.4k

+1.4 ppSilver
44.4% vs usual 47.1% · 3.0k

+1.3 ppVenator
44.1% vs usual 46.9% · 5.1k

+1.2 ppMcGinnis
44.1% vs usual 47.2% · 2.4k

+1.1 ppInfernus
45.3% vs usual 48.3% · 9.1k

+0.9 ppWarden
40.5% vs usual 44.1% · 1.7k

+0.8 ppRem
42.9% vs usual 46.2% · 5.8k

Best in lane against Kelvin

Shiv+2.8 pp · 43.8% vs usual 44.7% · 1.2k
McGinnis+2.4 pp · 45.7% vs usual 47.3% · 785
Calico+2.1 pp · 47.7% vs usual 49.5% · 747
Billy+1.7 pp · 46.0% vs usual 48.2% · 1.4k
Apollo+1.7 pp · 50.1% vs usual 52.4% · 1.1k
Venator+1.6 pp · 44.6% vs usual 46.9% · 1.7k
Graves+1.5 pp · 52.9% vs usual 55.1% · 2.4k
Silver+1.3 pp · 44.3% vs usual 47.1% · 989
Warden+1.2 pp · 40.7% vs usual 44.1% · 551
Infernus+1.0 pp · 45.6% vs usual 48.3% · 3.2k

Items that beat Kelvin

Item	Win rate vs Kelvin	Usual win rate	Lift	Games
Inhibitor	52.6%	55.4%	+1.2	94k
Frenzy	55.2%	58.1%	+1.1	58k
Fury Trance	45.9%	49.1%	+1.0	24k
Diviner's Kevlar	55.1%	58.2%	+0.9	90k
Silencer	55.4%	58.5%	+0.9	170k
Armor Piercer	51.8%	55.0%	+0.9	37k
Cheat Death	52.6%	55.8%	+0.8	48k
Lucky Shot	55.2%	58.5%	+0.8	105k
Active Reload	49.4%	52.7%	+0.8	141k
Capacitor	51.6%	54.9%	+0.7	135k
Colossus	54.5%	57.9%	+0.7	82k
Crippling Headshot	52.1%	55.5%	+0.7	114k
Decay	43.5%	47.0%	+0.6	41k
Rusted Barrel	41.3%	44.8%	+0.6	50k
Ricochet	51.1%	54.6%	+0.5	347k