Here’s how everyone stacks up.
Image via Blizzard Entertainment As still a relatively new game, Overwatch 2 is still in the process of being balanced. The original Overwatch was an exceptionally well-balanced game, but all of the wide-reaching changes that its sequel made mean that the latter is still getting its feet underneath it. Despite this, the game continues to stand as a shining example of live-game balance, and the devs have made an explicit commitment to keeping the game fair and fun.
One of the reasons for this is that the Overwatch franchise’s gameplay isn’t built on a true system of counters. It doesn’t have the consistent rock-paper-scissors effectiveness of something like Pokémon. Instead, it’s built on a complex system of team-based interactions, individual matchups, and skill. Few heroes have a real “hard counter” that they should consistently avoid. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t some characters that do better against, say, Genji than others. It simply means that playing one of those characters into Genji doesn’t automatically result in success.
With that in mind, here are the best counters for each Overwatch 2 hero.
Table of Contents
- Tanks
- D.Va counters
- Doomfist counters
- Junker Queen counters
- Orisa counters
- Ramattra counters
- Reinhardt counters
- Roadhog counters
- Sigma counters
- Winston counters
- Wrecking Ball counters
- Zarya counters
- Damage heroes
- Ashe counters
- Bastion counters
- Cassidy counters
- Echo counters
- Genji counters
- Hanzo counters
- Junkrat counters
- Mei counters
- Pharah counters
- Reaper counters
- Sojourn counters
- Soldier: 76 counters
- Sombra counters
- Symmetra counters
- Torbjörn counters
- Tracer counters
- Widowmaker counters
- Supports
- Ana counters
- Baptiste counters
- Brigitte counters
- Illari counters
- Kiriko counters
- Lifeweaver counters
- Lúcio counters
- Mercy counters
- Moira counters
- Zenyatta counters
Tanks
For more details, check out our full tank counters guide.
D.Va counters
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| Tank Counter | DPS Counter | Support Counter |
|---|---|---|
Zarya |
Symmetra |
Moira |
Winston |
Sojourn |
|
Bastion |
Heroes that counter DVA. Images via Blizzard Entertainment
- Heroes with beam weapons, like Zarya, Symmetra, Moira, and Winston, are the best D.Va counters since her Defense Matrix can’t absorb them.
- Thanks to her large hitbox while inside her mech, she also takes a fair amount of damage from weapons with area of effect explosion potential, like Junkrat and Pharah.
- Another way to whittle a D.Va down is to force her to use all of her Defense Matrix on one target, like a Bastion in turret form or a Sojourn running around. This forces D.Va to target them or use all of their Defense Matrix quickly, leaving them open for attack.
Doomfist counters
