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Compare McGinnis (Mystic) and Viscous (Mystic) in Deadlock — stats, weapon, abilities, and playstyle side by side.
McGinnis is a Mystic hero with 780 base health and 72.381 weapon DPS. Viscous is a Mystic hero with 780 base health and 49.238weapon DPS. In a direct comparison, McGinnis 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, McGinnis currently has the higher win rate this week — 48% for McGinnis vs 45.7% for Viscous. McGinnis also sits in tier B in the live meta.
Live data from 458,529+ ranked matches · Source: deadlock-api.com · updated weekly
| Stat | McGinnis | Viscous |
|---|---|---|
| Max Health | 780 | 780 |
| Move Speed | 6.7 | 7.2 |
| Stamina | 2 | 3 |
| Health Regen | 2 | 2 |
| Light Melee | 50 | 63 |
| Heavy Melee | 116 | 116 |
| Stat | McGinnis | Viscous |
|---|---|---|
| DPS | 72.4 | 49.2 |
| Sustained DPS | 45.4 | 30.9 |
| Bullet Damage | 6.08 | 10.34 |
| Fire Rate (RPS) | 4.76 | 4.76 |
| Clip Size | 66 | 20 |
| Reload (s) | 3.3 | 2.5 |
| Bullet Speed | 650 | 254 |
| Can Crit | Yes | Yes |
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.
Viscous is an evasive, disruptive bruiser who wins fights by outlasting and repositioning rather than out-bursting. He throws Splatter to paint the ground with goo, slowing enemies caught in the puddles while giving himself and his allies faster slides. The Cube is his panic button and his rescue tool: encasing a target makes them invulnerable and boosts health regen, and he can use it on himself or a teammate. Puddle Punch lets him knock enemies around, displacing them away from teammates or into bad spots. When he wants to commit, Goo Ball turns him into a bouncing, damage-stunning wrecking ball with heavy bullet and spirit resist. Play him patiently: chip, slow, cube out of danger, then roll in when the fight tips your way.
Strong vs: Viscous does well against heroes who rely on a single burst window, since The Cube simply erases that damage. He punishes slow, clumping compositions because Splatter and Puddle Punch hit everyone in an area. Heroes who need to stand still and channel suffer against his knockback and displacement. His resist-heavy Goo Ball lets him survive against burst-damage heroes who expect to delete him.
Weak vs: Enemies with strong, repeatable poke can wear Viscous down before he commits, and The Cube only buys time rather than winning the fight. Parries hurt him: Puddle Punch can be parried, and parrying it procs Rebuttal, though Viscous himself isn't stunned if that happens. Displacement and knockback can push his cube around or yank targets out of his goo. His damage comes in steady chips rather than one big burst, so sustain-heavy bruisers and healers can outlast him. If The Cube is on cooldown when he gets focused, he has no panic button left.
McGinnis has the larger base health pool at 780, compared to 780 for Viscous.
McGinnis has the higher weapon DPS at 72.381, versus 49.238 for Viscous.
Neither hero is strictly better — they fit different roles. McGinnis is a Mystic and Viscous 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.