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Vendetta counters

Who beats Vendetta, who Vendetta beats, and why. The hardest counter to Vendetta is Pharah. Vendetta's strongest matchups include Ana, Ashe and Doctrine.

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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 Vendetta

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

Tanks

Orisa (slight edge): Energy Javelin and Javelin Spin stop her engage
Roadhog (slight edge): Chain Hook pulls her out of her dive

Damage heroes

Pharah (hard counter): sword attacks cannot reach a flier
Cassidy (strong counter): Flashbang stops her dashes
Echo (strong counter): sword attacks do not reach a flier
Mei (strong counter): the slow cuts her mobility and Cryo survives the combo
Symmetra (slight edge): turrets cover her flank routes
Torbjörn (slight edge): turret and alt-fire punish a melee flanker

Supports

Jetpack Cat (strong counter): flying support out of her reach
Mizuki (slight edge): Binding Chain hinders her and he leaps away

Heroes Vendetta counters

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

Tanks

Domina (strong counter): gets inside her weak range
D.Va (slight edge): her sword ignores Matrix and Warding Stance blunts D.Va's guns

Damage heroes

Ashe (strong counter): closes fast and Warding Stance blocks frontal shots
Hanzo (strong counter): closes fast and Warding Stance blocks arrows
Soldier: 76 (strong counter): closes fast and Warding Stance blocks his frontal fire
Widowmaker (strong counter): closes on her before she can reset
Emre (slight edge): closes fast; he has little escape
Sojourn (slight edge): closes fast; Warding Stance blocks frontal fire

Supports

Ana (strong counter): dives an immobile support
Doctrine (strong counter): reaches him on high ground; he has no crowd control
Kiriko (strong counter): sword combo bursts her through Swift Step
Lifeweaver (strong counter): Soaring Slice lands on his large hitbox
Zenyatta (strong counter): dives a slow target with no escape
Illari (slight edge): Soaring Slice reaches her angle

Vendetta against dive, brawl and poke

Bad into dive: flying divers stay above her sword and fast divers kite her
Good into poke: closes on immobile snipers and blocks their frontal fire with Warding Stance

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