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Best teammates for Illari
Who works well with Illari, who clashes with them, and why. Illari's best partners include Ashe, Domina and Junkrat.
Team plans Dive: poor · Brawl: conditional · Poke: natural
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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 work well with Illari
Good partners for Illari: pick one beside them, or pick Illari beside one.
Tanks
- Domina : segmented barriers hide her Pylon and rifle line in poke
- Sigma : barrier poke protects the Pylon; Gravitic Flux groups Captive Sun targets
- Zarya : Graviton Surge holds a group still for Captive Sun to detonate
- D.Mon : Pylon behind her barrier sustains the mech
- Orisa : holds the front so her Pylon spot stays safe
Damage heroes
- Ashe : shared ranged hitscan plan; Dynamite detonates Captive Sun marks
- Junkrat : spam damage pops Captive Sun marks on a whole group
- Reaper : Death Blossom detonates every Captive Sun mark
- Sojourn : both trade at range from a protected line
- Torbjörn : Pylon and turret hold the same defended spot
- Vendetta : burst melee follow-up that pops marked targets
- Widowmaker : long-range poke she can fight beside from cover
Heroes that clash with Illari
These pull a different way from Illari: the pair can still work, but it takes more care.
Tanks
- Winston : dive leaves her and her Pylon behind; she can't follow
- Wrecking Ball : fights far from the Pylon and leaves her with no peel
- Doomfist : fast in-and-out dive outruns her short heal beam
- Junker Queen : a static Pylon at range while the team rushes forward