Silver Counter Guide
SilverSilver Performance Stats
Best Items Against Silver
Weapon
No weapon counter items in this tier.
Vitality
No vitality counter items in this tier.
Spirit
No spirit counter items in this tier.
The best counter items against Silver are Disarming Hex, Decay and Metal Skin, with Disarming Hex yielding the strongest results. Disarming Hex is a major problem because it can shut down a key play right when Silver wants to start or finish a fight. Decay adds pressure over time, so longer fights become harder for Silver to stabilize. Metal Skin helps enemies live through bullet pressure, which can waste Silver's best damage window. Most top-performing counter purchases are spirit items that disrupt Silver's ability timings, cleanse debuffs, and mitigate damage in team fights.
Hero Matchups
Hard counters
Slightly difficult
Even matchups
Favorable targets
Silver counters include Graves, Baba and Rat King, with Graves being the hardest counter at 40.6% win rate. Silver performs best against Mirage, Sinclair and Warden. High-threat counter picks consistently limit Silver's engage window and control lane trades.
Silver Performance By Rank
View Detailed Hero Pick RatesWin Rate
48.1%
Pick Rate
15.8%
Silver is not going to feel the same in every rank. In some brackets, players may give cleaner openings and let Silver stay active in fights. In tougher games, enemies are more likely to respect Silver's timing, group better, and shut the play down before Silver gets full value. The strongest read is not just where Silver has the highest win rate, but where the results stay consistent across enough matches.
Detailed item stats against Silver
| Counter item | Initiate | Seeker | Acolyte | Sentinel | Mystic | Ritualist | Emissary | Oracle | Phantom | Ascendant | Eternus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Disarming Hex1,504 total matches | 33.2% | 38.1% | 33.3% | 43.8% | 36.4% | 33.9% | 30.7% | 37.1% | 40.7% | 41.9% | 41.9% |
 Decay702 total matches | 34.3% | 34.4% | 38.3% | 36.9% | 30.0% | 39.3% | 38.6% | 40.0% | 50.0% | 36.0% | 38.5% |
 Metal Skin6,138 total matches | 40.1% | 36.9% | 37.2% | 36.0% | 40.4% | 42.3% | 40.2% | 33.1% | 41.2% | 38.5% | 28.9% |
 Titanic Magazine1,650 total matches | 46.0% | 28.0% | 36.7% | 38.4% | 39.1% | 37.4% | 51.4% | 33.8% | 27.3% | 35.7% | N/A |
 Long Range486 total matches | 37.5% | 44.1% | 35.9% | 32.8% | 40.7% | 21.2% | 40.0% | 37.9% | 40.0% | 44.0% | N/A |
 Split Shot547 total matches | 44.4% | 35.5% | 37.5% | 38.1% | 38.6% | 37.5% | 36.4% | 50.0% | 40.0% | 21.7% | N/A |
 Sharpshooter472 total matches | 44.0% | 41.0% | 40.9% | 30.0% | 45.2% | 23.7% | 47.4% | 34.8% | 42.9% | 45.8% | N/A |
 Quicksilver Reload2,898 total matches | 44.7% | 48.5% | 51.2% | 37.5% | 25.0% | 33.3% | 40.8% | 38.0% | 42.4% | 41.9% | 41.4% |
 Knockdown1,898 total matches | 42.6% | 39.5% | 43.9% | 40.3% | 36.1% | 34.4% | 37.2% | 44.4% | 48.8% | 54.5% | 39.8% |
 Headhunter1,353 total matches | 54.1% | 34.4% | 43.8% | 40.9% | 37.2% | 41.7% | 42.8% | 40.8% | 34.5% | 34.7% | 40.0% |