How to counter Solomon in Deadlock

Spirit hero. Counter items for lane, mid and late game, and tips for the hero you play.

Updated for patch 10-05-2026. Counter profile from 2026-11-06.

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Threat profile

Chess setup mage. His bishop slows and its diagonals hurt, his rooks immobilize, Kingside Knight gives barriers, and his queen ult stuns along straight lines and executes low heroes.

Key principle

Don't fight on ground he has prepared. Step off the bishop's diagonals and the queen's straight lines, sidestep the rooks, and dive him, he has little mobility and only 780 health. Stay above about 100 health near his queen.

Lane phase items≈ 0-10 min

Enchanter's Emblem all his ability damage is spirit.
Reactive Barrier gives you a barrier when the rooks immobilize you or the queen stuns you, and later upgrades into Indomitable.
Debuff Reducer shortens the rook immobilize, the queen stun and the bishop slow.
Slowing Hex silences his Kingside Knight move, so he can't hop away when you dive him.

Mid game items≈ 10-25 min

Counterspell How to use: parry as the rooks reach you to skip the damage and the immobilize. Against his queen, parry about a second after it lands, right as the straight line squares go off, to skip the stun. Don't waste it on the bishop's diagonal squares, just step off them.
Spirit Resilience core spirit armor against his pieces.
Dispel Magic removes the rook immobilize, the bishop slow and the bishop's spirit resist shred. It works while immobilized, just not while stunned.
Warp Stone teleport off the queen's lines or out of a rook trap.
Silence Wave silence him before he can move his queen or his pieces. A king move clears debuffs once he has the T3 knight, so silence him after he moves.

Late game items≈ 25 min +

Unstoppable immune to the rook immobilize and the queen stun for 5.5 seconds, so you can walk through his setup.
Indomitable automatically cleanses the next rook immobilize or queen stun.
Cursed Relic silences him so he can't move his pieces or queen, and removes his knight barrier.
Focus Lens silences him for 4.5 seconds and lowers his spirit power.
Phantom Strike teleport to him on his perch, pull him to the ground and disarm him.
Witchmail heavy spirit resist against his pieces and queen.

Patch note

10-30-2026: His first changes. Gun damage cut from 30 to 25 with weaker headshots, stronger bishop slow and damage, weaker rooks, and the queen cooldown went up to 240s, but it now executes heroes under 100 health (more with upgrades). You also get 1.2s to leave its stun squares. No changes on 11-04.