How to counter VioletHow to counter
Counter heroes, counter items and the window to fight
Heroes that do best against Violet, the items that do best when Violet is on the enemy team, and the window to fight. Each number compares a hero's (or item's) result against Violet with its usual result, relative to how everyone does against Violet, so neither a strong counter-pick nor a strong Violet skews the list.
Their combo: Violet sketches you with Still Life (it damages you while she keeps looking at you, and stuns if she finishes), then steers Living Ink’s 3 empowered shots into you.
When to fight: Still Life only stuns if she finishes the sketch while watching you. Break her line of sight to stop it, or dive her while she’s locked on.
Beware: If you’re caught in Abstract Landscape, leaving it silences and slows you. Living Ink hits on heroes reduce all her cooldowns.
Best heroes against Violet
+2.7 ppBaba56.4% vs usual 52.4% · 6.2k
+2.1 ppSolomon47.9% vs usual 44.5% · 6.2k
+1.9 ppDeadman Danny48.5% vs usual 45.4% · 17k
+1.0 ppAbrams54.1% vs usual 51.9% · 6.1k
+0.8 ppWarden46.6% vs usual 44.3% · 1.6k
+0.8 ppSinclair49.5% vs usual 47.3% · 2.1k
+0.8 ppSilver50.5% vs usual 48.5% · 3.7k
+0.7 ppVictor53.8% vs usual 51.8% · 5.2k
Best in lane against Violet
Baba+2.7 pp · 56.6% vs usual 52.4% · 2.1k
McGinnis+2.4 pp · 52.9% vs usual 47.6% · 548
Drifter+1.9 pp · 53.5% vs usual 50.3% · 2.7k
Solomon+1.8 pp · 47.7% vs usual 44.5% · 2.1k
Deadman Danny+1.4 pp · 48.0% vs usual 45.4% · 5.7k
Kelvin+1.4 pp · 57.1% vs usual 54.2% · 1.4k
Shiv+1.4 pp · 48.0% vs usual 45.4% · 2.8k
Infernus+1.1 pp · 50.0% vs usual 47.6% · 3.0k
Warden+1.1 pp · 47.7% vs usual 44.3% · 522
Victor+1.0 pp · 54.2% vs usual 51.8% · 1.7k
Items that beat Violet
| Item | Win rate vs Violet | Usual win rate | Lift | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Phantom Strike | 56.3% | 56.7% | +0.8 | 143k |
 Scourge | 57.5% | 58.0% | +0.7 | 183k |
 Express Shot | 47.4% | 47.9% | +0.7 | 563k |
 Arctic Blast | 52.5% | 53.1% | +0.7 | 245k |
 Metal Skin | 40.7% | 41.2% | +0.7 | 194k |
 Kinetic Dash | 47.7% | 48.3% | +0.6 | 416k |
 Shadow Weave | 49.9% | 50.6% | +0.5 | 87k |
 Ethereal Shift | 56.5% | 57.2% | +0.5 | 128k |
 Dispel Magic | 48.5% | 49.2% | +0.4 | 862k |
 Infuser | 55.8% | 56.6% | +0.4 | 319k |
 Warp Stone | 50.8% | 51.5% | +0.4 | 484k |
 Cold Front | 47.3% | 48.1% | +0.4 | 576k |
 Sharpshooter | 47.7% | 48.5% | +0.4 | 672k |
 Bullet Resilience | 45.8% | 46.7% | +0.4 | 232k |
 Torment Pulse | 51.8% | 52.7% | +0.4 | 1.1M |
Updated 2026-10-31 20:19 UTC · all ranks, last 30 days