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Cassidy counters

Who beats Cassidy, who Cassidy beats, and why. The hardest counters to Cassidy are D.Va and Widowmaker. Cassidy is strongest into Pharah and Tracer.

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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 Cassidy

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

Tanks

  • D.Va (strong counter): Defense Matrix eats his shots and she dives him
  • Domina (slight edge): segmented barrier blocks his lanes
  • Sigma (slight edge): barrier and Kinetic Grasp absorb his shots

Damage heroes

  • Widowmaker (strong counter): outranges his revolver
  • Hanzo (slight edge): one-shots from beyond his falloff
  • Sojourn (slight edge): charged rail outranges him

Heroes Cassidy counters

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

Tanks

  • Doomfist (strong counter): Flashbang locks his movement abilities and he crits Doom's head
  • Wrecking Ball (strong counter): Flashbang locks his movement abilities

Damage heroes

  • Pharah (hard counter): hitscan revolver punishes a flier
  • Tracer (hard counter): Flashbang locks her Blinks and two shots finish her
  • Anran (strong counter): Flashbang locks Inferno Rush and Dancing Blaze
  • Echo (strong counter): hitscan reaches her in the air
  • Genji (strong counter): Flashbang locks his dash
  • Shion (strong counter): Flashbang locks Evade
  • Vendetta (strong counter): Flashbang stops her dashes
  • Venture (strong counter): Flashbang punishes her when she surfaces
  • Sierra (slight edge): higher burst wins the duel and Flashbang locks her grapple

Supports

  • Jetpack Cat (strong counter): hitscan reaches a flying support
  • Juno (strong counter): hitscan punishes her hover at mid range
  • Mercy (slight edge): hitscan punishes her Guardian Angel path
  • Moira (slight edge): Magnetic Grenade and hitscan burst her through Fade's cooldown

Cassidy against dive, brawl and poke

  • Good into dive: Flashbang and burst punish divers on his supports
  • Bad into poke: longer-range snipers outrange his revolver