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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

+3.1 ppMirage
44.0% vs usual 44.2% · 932

+2.8 ppViscous
47.7% vs usual 48.3% · 1.1k

+2.0 ppHaze
50.8% vs usual 52.1% · 5.2k

+1.8 ppApollo
48.8% vs usual 50.5% · 1.8k

+1.4 ppGrey Talon
43.1% vs usual 45.2% · 1.8k

+1.3 ppMcGinnis
46.1% vs usual 48.6% · 1.0k

+1.1 ppCeleste
50.1% vs usual 52.5% · 2.0k

+0.8 ppPaige
50.4% vs usual 53.0% · 3.4k

Best in lane against Kelvin

Mirage+2.9 pp · 44.7% vs usual 44.2% · 273
Holliday+2.4 pp · 50.7% vs usual 51.1% · 728
Rem+1.9 pp · 45.9% vs usual 47.1% · 527
Lady Geist+1.9 pp · 45.8% vs usual 47.3% · 332
Solomon+1.7 pp · 43.9% vs usual 45.1% · 946
Viscous+1.6 pp · 46.4% vs usual 48.3% · 420
Vyper+1.4 pp · 50.8% vs usual 53.0% · 457
Haze+1.3 pp · 50.5% vs usual 52.1% · 1.8k
Shiv+1.3 pp · 45.4% vs usual 47.3% · 1.1k
Abrams+1.3 pp · 49.5% vs usual 51.4% · 847

Items that beat Kelvin

Item	Win rate vs Kelvin	Usual win rate	Lift	Games
Inhibitor	52.7%	55.4%	+1.2	100k
Frenzy	55.0%	58.0%	+1.0	63k
Diviner's Kevlar	55.1%	58.1%	+1.0	96k
Silencer	55.5%	58.5%	+1.0	184k
Cheat Death	52.8%	55.9%	+0.9	51k
Fury Trance	45.7%	48.8%	+0.9	26k
Lucky Shot	55.3%	58.5%	+0.8	115k
Active Reload	49.5%	52.6%	+0.8	155k
Armor Piercer	51.7%	55.0%	+0.7	40k
Capacitor	51.7%	55.0%	+0.7	152k
Colossus	54.5%	57.9%	+0.6	90k
Crippling Headshot	52.2%	55.5%	+0.6	122k
Cursed Relic	46.6%	50.0%	+0.6	83k
Decay	43.4%	46.8%	+0.6	44k
Ricochet	51.2%	54.7%	+0.5	383k