Damage hero · counters

Tracer counters

Who beats Tracer, who Tracer beats, and why. The hardest counters to Tracer are Brigitte and Cassidy. Tracer is strongest into Ana and Zenyatta.

More Tracer's best maps and tips · Tracer counters · Best teammates for Tracer · Damage tier list

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 Tracer

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

Tanks

Hazard (slight edge): Spike Guard's homing spikes track her blinks
Junker Queen (slight edge): shotgun burst and Carnage punish her in close range
Roadhog (slight edge): Chain Hook catches her when Blinks are down
Winston (slight edge): the auto-tracking beam hits her through blinks

Damage heroes

Cassidy (hard counter): Flashbang locks her Blinks
Mei (strong counter): no-aim slow; Cryo-Freeze beats Pulse Bomb
Symmetra (strong counter): pre-placed turrets and a no-aim beam
Torbjörn (strong counter): turret covers her flank
Junkrat (slight edge): Steel Trap and splash catch her
Shion (slight edge): hitscan burst and Evade overhealth win the duel

Supports

Brigitte (hard counter): Whip, Shield Bash and Inspire punish close flankers; 175 health plus 75 armor
Mizuki (strong counter): Binding Chain stops Blink and Recall
Moira (strong counter): no-aim beam; Fade dodges Pulse Bomb

Heroes Tracer counters

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

Damage heroes

Ashe (strong counter): gets inside her range
Bastion (strong counter): flanks a slow target with no escape
Freja (strong counter): dives her once Dash and Updraft are down
Hanzo (strong counter): too fast for arrows at close range
Widowmaker (strong counter): reaches an isolated sniper
Emre (slight edge): closes inside his burst spacing
Sojourn (slight edge): catches her after Power Slide

Supports

Ana (hard counter): a small blinking target she can't escape and rarely sleeps
Zenyatta (hard counter): flanks a hero with no mobility
Baptiste (strong counter): flanks him faster than he can turn and burst
Doctrine (strong counter): follows him after Shrouded Momentum
Juno (strong counter): dives her while Glide Boost is down
Kiriko (strong counter): kills her between Suzu and Swift Step
Lifeweaver (strong counter): flanks his slow charged heals
Mercy (strong counter): kills her faster than she can fly away
Sombra (strong counter): outduels her nerfed pistol and follows her teleport
Illari (slight edge): too small and fast for charged shots up close

Tracer against dive, brawl and poke

Bad into brawl: grouped brawl teams with Brigitte, beams and splash punish her
Good into poke: harasses immobile snipers and supports

Every hero · Every map · Plan a team