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Ana counters

Who beats Ana, who Ana beats, and why. The hardest counters to Ana are Tracer and Winston. Ana is strongest into Mauga and Roadhog.

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From WinCon's coaching read of each hero's abilities, the same one the coach uses: a guide, not a measured win rate. Blizzard doesn't publish how heroes do against each other.

Heroes that counter Ana

Pick one of these into an enemy Ana, or watch for them when you play Ana.

Tanks

Winston (hard counter): bubble blocks Sleep, nade and shots while he jumps her
D.Va (strong counter): Defense Matrix eats Sleep and nade and Boosters reach her

Damage heroes

Tracer (hard counter): a small blinking target she can't escape and rarely sleeps
Anran (strong counter): Dancing Blaze dodges Sleep while she burns an immobile Ana
Genji (strong counter): Deflect returns Sleep and nade and he dives her
Vendetta (strong counter): dives an immobile support
Venture (strong counter): burrows under her angle and surfaces beside her
Freja (slight edge): bursts her from high angles
Hanzo (slight edge): one-shot threat on an immobile support
Sojourn (slight edge): charged rail threatens an immobile support

Supports

Kiriko (strong counter): Suzu cleanses anti-nade and Sleep
Lifeweaver (slight edge): Life Grip pulls Sleep and nade targets out

Heroes Ana counters

Ana is a good answer when the enemy plays one of these.

Tanks

Mauga (hard counter): anti-nade stops Cardiac Overdrive lifesteal and Sleep cancels Overrun
Roadhog (hard counter): anti-nade shuts off Take a Breather and Sleep stops a Hook combo
D.Mon (strong counter): his brawl mech lives on healing that anti-nade cuts; Sleep stops Surging Strike
Domina (strong counter): a slow tank with no dive that Sleep and anti-nade punish freely
Junker Queen (strong counter): anti-nade stops her wound self-healing and Sleep catches her Shout rush
Ramattra (strong counter): Sleep and anti-nade waste his Nemesis Form
Reinhardt (strong counter): Sleep stops Charge and anti-nade makes his push unhealable
Hazard (slight edge): Sleep stops his Leap and anti-heal punishes the exit
Orisa (slight edge): anti-heal and Sleep land when Fortify is down

Damage heroes

Bastion (strong counter): Sleep Dart wastes his Assault window
Pharah (strong counter): scoped shots are hitscan at long range
Reaper (strong counter): Sleep Dart and Biotic Grenade stop his sustain
Shion (slight edge): Sleep Dart stops her flank

Supports

Moira (strong counter): anti-nade cancels her spray healing and self-heal
Doctrine (slight edge): anti-nade stops his Scepter and drone healing

Ana against dive, brawl and poke

Bad into dive: no mobility to escape divers who reach her
Good into brawl: anti-nade and Sleep break slow, healing-reliant pushes
Good into poke: scoped hitscan heals and shoots down long sightlines

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