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
+2.4 ppBaba55.4% vs usual 52.8% · 9.9k
+2.0 ppDeadman Danny49.8% vs usual 47.6% · 26k
+2.0 ppSinclair49.3% vs usual 47.0% · 2.9k
+1.8 ppKelvin56.2% vs usual 54.2% · 5.5k
+1.0 ppMo & Krill51.2% vs usual 50.0% · 8.2k
+1.0 ppSolomon46.2% vs usual 45.1% · 9.8k
+0.8 ppDrifter50.9% vs usual 50.0% · 13k
+0.7 ppVictor54.8% vs usual 53.9% · 12k
Best in lane against Violet
Baba+2.8 pp · 56.0% vs usual 52.8% · 3.3k
Deadman Danny+1.9 pp · 49.7% vs usual 47.6% · 8.6k
Mo & Krill+1.7 pp · 52.0% vs usual 50.0% · 2.7k
Drifter+1.6 pp · 51.9% vs usual 50.0% · 4.5k
Dynamo+1.5 pp · 53.2% vs usual 51.4% · 3.4k
Vyper+1.2 pp · 51.5% vs usual 49.9% · 1.4k
Victor+1.1 pp · 55.2% vs usual 53.9% · 4.1k
Sinclair+0.9 pp · 48.4% vs usual 47.0% · 914
Solomon+0.8 pp · 46.1% vs usual 45.1% · 3.2k
Shiv+0.8 pp · 45.6% vs usual 44.7% · 3.4k
Items that beat Violet
| Item | Win rate vs Violet | Usual win rate | Lift | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Phantom Strike | 56.3% | 56.6% | +0.9 | 127k |
 Express Shot | 47.3% | 47.8% | +0.8 | 510k |
 Metal Skin | 40.7% | 41.2% | +0.8 | 174k |
 Arctic Blast | 52.5% | 53.0% | +0.7 | 218k |
 Scourge | 57.5% | 58.0% | +0.6 | 163k |
 Shadow Weave | 49.9% | 50.6% | +0.6 | 76k |
 Kinetic Dash | 47.6% | 48.3% | +0.5 | 368k |
 Dispel Magic | 48.5% | 49.2% | +0.5 | 769k |
 Ethereal Shift | 56.4% | 57.2% | +0.5 | 115k |
 Infuser | 55.8% | 56.6% | +0.4 | 285k |
 Warp Stone | 50.8% | 51.6% | +0.4 | 431k |
 Sharpshooter | 47.6% | 48.4% | +0.4 | 608k |
 Veil Walker | 48.5% | 49.3% | +0.4 | 177k |
 Capacitor | 54.1% | 54.9% | +0.4 | 357k |
 Reactive Barrier | 49.4% | 50.2% | +0.4 | 916k |
Updated 2026-10-29 20:04 UTC · all ranks, last 30 days