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Sombra counters

Who beats Sombra, who Sombra beats, and why. The hardest counters to Sombra include D.Va, Kiriko and Tracer. Sombra's strongest matchups include Bastion, Junker Queen and Lifeweaver.

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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 Sombra

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

Tanks

D.Va (strong counter): boosts onto her landing and outlasts her pistol
Winston (strong counter): Tesla finds her Translocator landing and needs no aim
Doomfist (slight edge): punches her at the Translocator landing

Damage heroes

Tracer (strong counter): outduels her nerfed pistol and follows her teleport
Venture (slight edge): surfaces on her landing spot

Supports

Kiriko (strong counter): Suzu cleanses Weaken and EMP's hack
Brigitte (slight edge): Whip and Inspire punish her close side angles
Moira (slight edge): lock-on beam and Fade beat her pistol

Heroes Sombra counters

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

Tanks

Junker Queen (strong counter): Cyberspace halves her damage and healing
Mauga (strong counter): Cyberspace halves his damage and healing
Reinhardt (strong counter): EMP breaks his shield and Cyberspace weakens his grouped brawl
Roadhog (strong counter): Cyberspace halves his damage and Breather healing
Sigma (strong counter): EMP destroys his barrier and Weaken halves his output
Domina (slight edge): EMP destroys her barriers and Translocator flanks them
Orisa (slight edge): Weaken halves her output and EMP hacks her
Ramattra (slight edge): Cyberspace halves his damage
Zarya (slight edge): Cyberspace halves her damage

Damage heroes

Bastion (strong counter): Cyberspace halves his damage and EMP catches him
Symmetra (strong counter): Hotfix hacks her turrets and Teleporter
Torbjörn (strong counter): Hotfix hacks his turret
Freja (slight edge): flanks her from stealth after her cooldowns
Widowmaker (slight edge): stealthed Translocator reaches her perch

Supports

Lifeweaver (strong counter): stealth flanks his big hitbox and Weaken halves his healing
Zenyatta (strong counter): stealth reaches a hero with no mobility and Weaken halves his damage
Illari (slight edge): stealth reaches her angle and Weaken halves her healing

Sombra against dive, brawl and poke

Bad into dive: divers catch her Translocator landing
Good into brawl: Cyberspace weakens grouped fights and EMP breaks barriers
Bad into poke: a short pistol and a 5 m zone don't reach spread angles

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