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Junkrat counters

Who beats Junkrat, who Junkrat beats, and why. The hardest counter to Junkrat is Pharah. Junkrat's strongest matchups include Bastion, Brigitte and D.Mon.

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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 Junkrat

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

Tanks

D.Va (strong counter): Defense Matrix eats his grenades
Roadhog (slight edge): Trash Compactor absorbs grenades and throws scrap back
Sigma (slight edge): Kinetic Grasp absorbs his spam

Damage heroes

Pharah (hard counter): flies above his arcs
Ashe (strong counter): outranges him and hits him mid-air
Echo (strong counter): flies above his arcs
Emre (strong counter): outranges him and hits him mid-air
Freja (strong counter): outranges him; hard to hit in the air
Widowmaker (strong counter): hitscan from beyond his range

Supports

Baptiste (strong counter): Immortality Field survives RIP-Tire and trap burst
Jetpack Cat (strong counter): flying support his arcs cannot hit
Kiriko (slight edge): Suzu negates RIP-Tire burst
Lifeweaver (slight edge): Grip and Petal move allies away from RIP-Tire and traps

Heroes Junkrat counters

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

Tanks

D.Mon (strong counter): breaks the Power Barrier; Steel Trap holds the mech
Domina (strong counter): breaks Barrier Array and punishes her low mobility
Reinhardt (strong counter): grenade spam breaks the barrier and hits a big target
Wrecking Ball (strong counter): Steel Trap stops his roll
Hazard (slight edge): splash and traps punish his close engage
Junker Queen (slight edge): spams her from range and traps her rush

Damage heroes

Bastion (strong counter): spams him around corners and traps him
Shion (slight edge): Steel Trap stops her flank
Symmetra (slight edge): spam clears turrets
Torbjörn (slight edge): spam clears the turret
Tracer (slight edge): Steel Trap and splash catch her

Supports

Brigitte (strong counter): spam arcs over Barrier Shield
Mizuki (strong counter): spam punishes the tight group his aura needs
Lúcio (slight edge): area spam outpaces his light healing
Moira (slight edge): spams from beyond her 20 m range

Junkrat against dive, brawl and poke

Good into brawl: spam and traps punish grouped teams at chokes
Bad into poke: long-range hitscan outranges his arcs

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