Tank hero · counters

Winston counters

Who beats Winston, who Winston beats, and why. The hardest counter to Winston is Reaper. Winston's strongest matchups include Ana, Genji and Illari.

More Winston's best maps and tips · Winston counters · Best teammates for Winston · Tank 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 Winston

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

Tanks

Junker Queen (strong counter): out-damages him up close with wounds
Mauga (strong counter): far more sustained damage than he can out-trade
Ramattra (strong counter): Nemesis punches pierce his bubble
Roadhog (strong counter): Chain Hook pulls him out of his jump and big health outlasts his damage
Zarya (strong counter): bubbles absorb his beam for charge
Domina (slight edge): Repulsors push him out and her beam outranges his
Orisa (slight edge): Javelin knocks him out of his engage

Damage heroes

Reaper (hard counter): shotguns melt bubble and tank up close
Bastion (strong counter): melts him before the bubble helps
Mei (slight edge): Ice Wall splits his dive from his team
Torbjörn (slight edge): turret and rivets punish his landing

Heroes Winston counters

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

Damage heroes

Genji (hard counter): his beam can't be deflected and tracks Genji's dashes
Widowmaker (hard counter): jumps her perch and she can't kill him alone
Anran (strong counter): no-aim beam tracks her dashes and the bubble blocks her fans
Ashe (strong counter): jumps her and the bubble blocks her sightline
Emre (strong counter): no-aim beam and bubble beat his aim
Freja (strong counter): no-aim beam on her landing spot
Hanzo (strong counter): jumps his perch and the beam needs no aim
Shion (strong counter): bubble is slow to break and he chases her after Evade
Sierra (strong counter): jumps her angle; she lacks burst to break his bubble
Sojourn (strong counter): dives her and the bubble blocks her charge
Soldier: 76 (slight edge): jumps him and the bubble blocks his fire
Symmetra (slight edge): chaining beam clears turrets
Tracer (slight edge): the auto-tracking beam hits her through blinks

Supports

Ana (hard counter): bubble blocks Sleep, nade and shots while he jumps her
Illari (hard counter): Tesla ignores her aim, bubble blocks shots and he jumps her and Pylon
Baptiste (strong counter): bubble cuts him off and Tesla needs no aim
Doctrine (strong counter): jumps him and Tesla tracks Shrouded Momentum
Jetpack Cat (strong counter): jumps to her and Tesla needs no aim
Juno (strong counter): bubble blocks torpedoes and Tesla tracks her
Kiriko (strong counter): bubble blocks Ofuda and Kunai and Tesla needs no aim
Lifeweaver (strong counter): jumps the low-damage support and bubble blocks his help
Mercy (strong counter): Tesla tracks her Guardian Angel path
Sombra (strong counter): Tesla finds her Translocator landing and needs no aim
Wuyang (strong counter): bubble breaks stream sight and he jumps Wuyang
Zenyatta (strong counter): jumps the immobile support
Lúcio (slight edge): Tesla tracks him while he wall-rides

Winston against dive, brawl and poke

Bad into brawl: high-damage close brawlers out-trade him
Good into poke: jumps snipers and static backliners

Every hero · Every map · Plan a team