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Widowmaker counters

Who beats Widowmaker, who Widowmaker beats, and why. The hardest counters to Widowmaker are D.Va, Genji and Winston. Widowmaker is strongest into Pharah.

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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 Widowmaker

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

Tanks

D.Va (hard counter): Boosters reach her and Defense Matrix eats shots
Winston (hard counter): jumps her and the bubble blocks her shots
Domina (strong counter): barrier segments placed at range block her sightlines
Doomfist (strong counter): Slam reaches her perch and Punch knocks her off it
Hazard (strong counter): Vault and Violent Leap reach her perch
Wrecking Ball (strong counter): rolls onto her angle
Sigma (slight edge): barrier blocks her sightlines

Damage heroes

Genji (hard counter): reaches her and his movement ruins headshots
Anran (strong counter): Inferno Rush closes the gap and her dodging ruins headshots
Tracer (strong counter): reaches an isolated sniper
Vendetta (strong counter): closes on her before she can reset
Venture (strong counter): surfaces beside an isolated sniper

Supports

Lúcio (slight edge): flanks her perch and boops her off it
Sombra (slight edge): stealthed Translocator reaches her perch

Heroes Widowmaker counters

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

Tanks

Roadhog (slight edge): his big head on long sightlines
Zarya (slight edge): picks her from beyond her beam range

Damage heroes

Pharah (hard counter): one-shot hitscan on a flier
Ashe (strong counter): longer range and one-shot headshots
Bastion (strong counter): stationary target for headshots
Cassidy (strong counter): outranges his revolver
Echo (strong counter): one-shot hitscan on a flier
Emre (strong counter): his burst peeks are predictable for headshots
Junkrat (strong counter): hitscan from beyond his range
Reaper (strong counter): picks him before he reaches range

Supports

Jetpack Cat (strong counter): one-shots a predictable flier
Juno (strong counter): one-shots her while she floats
Mercy (strong counter): picks a Mercy in flight
Zenyatta (strong counter): big, slow target for headshots
Baptiste (slight edge): picks him before Immortality Field is down
Lifeweaver (slight edge): his large head is an easy pick
Mizuki (slight edge): picks him from beyond his range
Moira (slight edge): picks her from far outside her range

Widowmaker against dive, brawl and poke

Bad into dive: divers reach her angle and her grapple has one escape
Good into brawl: slow brawl teams walk long sightlines into her

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