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D.Va counters

Who beats D.Va, who D.Va beats, and why. The hardest counter to D.Va is Zarya. D.Va is strongest into Pharah and Widowmaker.

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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 D.Va

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

Tanks

Zarya (hard counter): her beam ignores Matrix and her bubbles soak D.Va's damage
D.Mon (strong counter): Plasma Saber ignores Matrix and Power Barrier blocks her guns
Ramattra (strong counter): Nemesis punches ignore Matrix and Vortex grounds her Boosters
Mauga (slight edge): sustained fire outlasts Matrix and crits her big hitbox
Reinhardt (slight edge): his hammer ignores Matrix and wins close trades

Damage heroes

Mei (strong counter): her beam ignores Matrix and Ice Wall cuts off her exit
Reaper (strong counter): out-damages her at close range
Symmetra (strong counter): her beam ignores Matrix and ramps fully on the big mech
Vendetta (slight edge): her sword ignores Matrix and Warding Stance blunts D.Va's guns

Supports

Brigitte (strong counter): Whip Shot and flail stall her dive, and melee ignores Matrix
Moira (slight edge): her beam ignores Matrix

Heroes D.Va counters

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

Tanks

Hazard (slight edge): Matrix eats his Bonespur and Spike Guard spikes

Damage heroes

Pharah (hard counter): Boosters reach her in the air and Matrix eats her rockets
Widowmaker (hard counter): Boosters reach her and Defense Matrix eats shots
Ashe (strong counter): Defense Matrix eats her shots and Boosters reach her
Bastion (strong counter): Matrix soaks his Assault fire while her team kills him
Cassidy (strong counter): Defense Matrix eats his shots and she dives him
Echo (strong counter): Boosters chase her and Matrix eats Tri-Shot and Sticky Bombs
Emre (strong counter): Defense Matrix eats his bursts and she dives him
Freja (strong counter): Defense Matrix eats her bolts
Hanzo (strong counter): Matrix eats his arrows and she dives his perch
Junkrat (strong counter): Matrix eats his grenades
Shion (strong counter): Defense Matrix eats her pistols and Execution
Sierra (strong counter): Defense Matrix eats the Tracking Shot dart and rifle
Sojourn (strong counter): Defense Matrix eats the shots that charge her rail
Soldier: 76 (strong counter): Defense Matrix eats bullets and Helix Rockets

Supports

Ana (strong counter): Matrix eats Sleep Dart and Biotic Grenade
Doctrine (strong counter): boosts onto him when Shrouded Momentum is down
Illari (strong counter): boosts onto her and kills the Pylon
Jetpack Cat (strong counter): Boosters reach her and Matrix eats Pawjectiles
Juno (strong counter): Defense Matrix eats torpedoes and Boosters reach her
Lifeweaver (strong counter): Matrix eats his blossoms and Boosters reach him
Mercy (strong counter): Boosters reach her in the air
Sombra (strong counter): boosts onto her landing and outlasts her pistol
Zenyatta (strong counter): Matrix eats his orbs and he can't escape her dive
Baptiste (slight edge): Defense Matrix eats his healing grenades and she dives him
Wuyang (slight edge): Defense Matrix eats his water orb and she dives him

D.Va against dive, brawl and poke

Good into dive: Matrix and peel blunt divers' burst on her backline
Bad into brawl: beams and melee brawlers bypass Matrix and out-trade her up close
Good into poke: Boosters reach poke heroes and Matrix eats their projectiles

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