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Best teammates for Widowmaker

Who works well with Widowmaker, who clashes with them, and why. Widowmaker's best partners include Baptiste, Brigitte and Lifeweaver.

Team plans Dive: conditional · Brawl: poor · Poke: natural

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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 work well with Widowmaker

Good partners for Widowmaker: pick one beside them, or pick Widowmaker beside one.

Tanks

Sigma (good pair): barrier denies the enemy's answer to her sightline
Domina (decent pair): both win long sightline trades; barriers cut the enemy's return lines
Reinhardt (decent pair): holds the front so they cannot walk up to her

Damage heroes

Torbjörn (good pair): turret guards her flank from divers
Hanzo (decent pair): double long-range pressure
Pharah (decent pair): she picks the hitscan aiming at Pharah
Sierra (decent pair): two long angles on the same target

Supports

Baptiste (good pair): Amplification Matrix doubles her scoped shots
Brigitte (good pair): peels divers off her
Lifeweaver (good pair): Life Grip pulls a dove sniper to safety; Petal Platform reaches new sightlines
Mercy (good pair): damage boost on scoped shots
Zenyatta (good pair): Discord turns her bursty shots into kills
Illari (decent pair): long-range poke she can fight beside from cover
Kiriko (decent pair): Swift Step to a dove sniper and Suzu her out

Heroes that clash with Widowmaker

These pull a different way from Widowmaker: the pair can still work, but it takes more care.

Tanks

Junker Queen (clash): long sightline poke while she needs shotgun range
D.Mon (minor clash): long-range poke while she wants a brawl
Hazard (minor clash): long-range poke while he wants close fights
Mauga (minor clash): plays far outside his Overdrive radius
Ramattra (minor clash): long-range poke while he must close to punch
Zarya (minor clash): sniper trades at range give her nothing to charge on

Damage heroes

Mei (minor clash): walls and a close brawl do not open her lanes
Symmetra (minor clash): wants long open lanes while Symmetra needs close routes

Supports

Lúcio (clash): a spread long-range poke angle is outside his aura and speed
Jetpack Cat (minor clash): has her own grapple and holds a far angle outside Purr
Juno (minor clash): holds a separate far angle, so rings and Orbital Ray miss her
Moira (minor clash): 15 m spray cannot reach her
Sombra (minor clash): long-range poke where her short-range kit has no reach
Wuyang (minor clash): far angle out of sight; the stream breaks after 3 s

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