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Mauga counters

Who beats Mauga, who Mauga beats, and why. The hardest counter to Mauga is Ana. Mauga's strongest matchups include D.Mon, Doomfist and Hazard.

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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 Mauga

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

Tanks

Zarya (slight edge): bubbles cleanse his ignite and his fire charges her

Damage heroes

Reaper (strong counter): big target for lifesteal shotguns
Pharah (slight edge): fights from above his shortened range
Sierra (slight edge): big target for tracked sustained fire
Sojourn (slight edge): charged rails crit his big head
Symmetra (slight edge): her beam ramps fully on his big hitbox

Supports

Ana (hard counter): anti-heal shuts off Cardiac Overdrive and his lifesteal
Sombra (strong counter): Cyberspace halves his damage and healing
Zenyatta (strong counter): Discord on a big target with no barrier
Doctrine (slight edge): heals and damages from beyond his shortened range
Kiriko (slight edge): Suzu cleanses his ignite and saves his targets
Mizuki (slight edge): Binding Chain stops Overrun and Remedy Aura heals the burned group
Wuyang (slight edge): Wave's knockback and healing boost blunt his close burst

Heroes Mauga counters

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

Tanks

D.Mon (strong counter): out-ranges her melee mech with sustained fire
Doomfist (strong counter): sustained crits melt Doom through his combos
Hazard (strong counter): sustained hitscan out-trades his close burst
Winston (strong counter): far more sustained damage than he can out-trade up close
Wrecking Ball (strong counter): sustained fire on his big hitbox; he can't roll away from it
D.Va (slight edge): sustained fire outlasts Matrix and crits her big hitbox
Domina (slight edge): sustained fire chews through her shields
Junker Queen (slight edge): Overdrive lifesteal out-sustains her
Ramattra (slight edge): sustained crits outlast Nemesis block
Reinhardt (slight edge): shreds his shield and Overrun breaks his line

Supports

Mercy (slight edge): sustained chainguns track her and outdamage her beam

Mauga against dive, brawl and poke

Good into dive: sustained hitscan and Overdrive out-trade dive tanks that come close
Good into brawl: Overdrive lifesteal wins close, grouped trades
Bad into poke: his shortened chaingun range is kited from long sightlines

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