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Bastion counters

Who beats Bastion, who Bastion beats, and why. The hardest counters to Bastion include Ana, D.Va and Genji. Bastion is strongest into Reinhardt.

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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 Bastion

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

Tanks

  • D.Va (strong counter): Defense Matrix eats Assault fire
  • Doomfist (slight edge): punches him out of position

Damage heroes

  • Genji (strong counter): Deflect turns Assault fire back on him
  • Hanzo (strong counter): one-shot headshots on a stationary target
  • Junkrat (strong counter): spams him around corners and traps him
  • Tracer (strong counter): flanks a slow target with no escape
  • Widowmaker (strong counter): stationary target for headshots

Supports

  • Ana (strong counter): Sleep Dart wastes his Assault window
  • Sombra (strong counter): Cyberspace halves his damage and EMP catches him
  • Illari (slight edge): charged shots hit his slow frame from beyond Assault's best range

Heroes Bastion counters

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

Tanks

  • Reinhardt (hard counter): Assault shreds his barrier and big frame
  • D.Mon (strong counter): breaks the Power Barrier and melts the mech
  • Domina (strong counter): breaks Barrier Array fast and she has little else
  • Roadhog (strong counter): big target; Trash Compactor cannot absorb hitscan
  • Winston (strong counter): Assault melts bubble and tank before he can leave
  • Junker Queen (slight edge): melts a close-range tank walking in
  • Orisa (slight edge): out-damages her front line once Fortify is down
  • Sigma (slight edge): breaks his barrier quickly

Damage heroes

  • Pharah (strong counter): hitscan in both modes reaches her in the air

Supports

  • Brigitte (strong counter): Assault fire breaks her shield and outranges her

Bastion against dive, brawl and poke

  • Bad into dive: divers flank him and he cannot escape
  • Good into brawl: Assault shreds grouped tanks and barriers in close lanes