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Compare Kelvin (Brawler) and McGinnis (Mystic) in Deadlock — stats, weapon, abilities, and playstyle side by side.
Kelvin is a Brawler hero with 880 base health and 70.857 weapon DPS. McGinnis is a Mystic hero with 780 base health and 72.381weapon DPS. In a direct comparison, Kelvin has the larger health pool, while McGinnis brings more raw weapon damage per second.
Raw stats only tell part of the story — abilities, item builds, and player skill decide most matchups. Compare the ability lists below, then check each hero's full guide for builds and counters.
Based on real ranked matches from deadlock-api.com, Kelvin currently has the higher win rate this week — 54% for Kelvin vs 48% for McGinnis. Kelvin also sits in tier S in the live meta.
Live data from 481,253+ ranked matches · Source: deadlock-api.com · updated weekly
| Stat | Kelvin | McGinnis |
|---|---|---|
| Max Health | 880 | 780 |
| Move Speed | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Stamina | 3 | 2 |
| Health Regen | 1 | 2 |
| Light Melee | 50 | 50 |
| Heavy Melee | 116 | 116 |
| Stat | Kelvin | McGinnis |
|---|---|---|
| DPS | 70.9 | 72.4 |
| Sustained DPS | 41.6 | 45.4 |
| Bullet Damage | 18.6 | 6.08 |
| Fire Rate (RPS) | 3.81 | 4.76 |
| Clip Size | 14 | 66 |
| Reload (s) | 2.6 | 3.3 |
| Bullet Speed | 160 | 650 |
| Can Crit | Yes | Yes |
Kelvin is a supportive frost hero who slows and damages the enemy team while healing, protecting, and speeding up his own. He lays Ice Path under his feet so he and his allies move faster across the map, then uses Frost Grenade and Arctic Beam to chip away and slow whoever he catches. Frozen Shelter is his panic button and his playmaker: an ice dome that rapidly regenerates allies inside while slowing enemies trapped with them. He wants to sit in the middle of the fight, healing and slowing, not solo diving. Play him patient and team-first, and he turns ordinary skirmishes into one-sided fights.
Strong vs: He shines against heroes who rely on sustained damage and mobility, because his slow stacks and Frozen Shelter blunt both. Arctic Beam's fire-rate and move-speed reduction hurts auto-attack carries who need to stand and shoot. Ice Path's slow resistance alongside the team speed-up helps him escape and chase heroes built around slows. Against clustered teams, Frost Grenade plus the dome turn their grouping into a weakness.
Weak vs: He struggles against heroes who burst him down before he can heal or dome, because his value ends if he dies first. Long-range poke and heroes who punish him for standing still during Arctic Beam hurt him, since he moves slower while channeling. Silences and hard crowd control that stop him from casting Frozen Shelter strip away his team's best save. Hard-engage heroes who dive past his slow and lock him up can delete him before the dome ever goes down.
McGinnis is a Support and Disruption hero who reshapes the battlefield with deployables rather than winning straight-up duels. Her Services Rendered machine gun spins up over two seconds to a much higher fire rate and wider spread, so she wants to be shooting for extended stretches instead of trading quick pot-shots. Mini Turrets lock down lanes and objectives, Medicinal Specter keeps a squad topped up, Spectral Wall splits the terrain and traps enemies, and Heavy Barrage rains homing rockets on faraway targets. Play her as a zone-control anchor: set up turrets and healing before a fight, then use the wall to cut off escapes and the ult to punish anyone caught in the open. She is a force multiplier, not a frontline brawler, so positioning behind your team matters more than hunting a highlight solo kill.
Strong vs: McGinnis punishes heroes that stand still or dive into predictable spots, because a pre-placed turret and an erupted wall leave them nowhere to go. Squishy casters and long-range snipers feel the pressure of Mini Turrets and Heavy Barrage reaching them without her committing. Assassins that rely on a single gap-closer can get trapped the moment Spectral Wall erupts. Teams that clump up around objectives are ideal targets for her rockets and turret focus. She is strongest in any fight where she gets to set up ahead of time.
Weak vs: Mobile heroes that can hop over or dash past Spectral Wall largely ignore her main control tool. Bursty divers who close the gap before turrets spin up can delete her, since she has low mobility and a slow-firing weapon early. Long-range poke and healing reduction wear her down while her deployables are on cooldown. Enemies who quickly clear turrets can deny her zone control and collect the bounty. Any pick that forces her to fight alone in the open negates her support strengths.
Kelvin has the larger base health pool at 880, compared to 780 for McGinnis.
McGinnis has the higher weapon DPS at 72.381, versus 70.857 for Kelvin.
Neither hero is strictly better — they fit different roles. Kelvin is a Brawler and McGinnis is a Mystic, so the right pick depends on your team composition, the enemy draft, and which playstyle you are comfortable with. Check the win rates on our tier list for the current patch.