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Best teammates for Winston

Who works well with Winston, who clashes with them, and why. Winston pairs best with D.Va, Genji and Tracer.

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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 Winston

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

Tanks

D.Va (great pair): 6v6 dive pair: Matrix covers his landing

Damage heroes

Genji (great pair): dive: both land on the bubbled target together
Tracer (great pair): dive: she finishes the target he jumps and bubbles
Echo (good pair): dives the same backline; bubble covers her landing
Emre (decent pair): Winston's dive exposes targets at his mid range
Freja (decent pair): his dive leaves low targets for her bolts
Shion (decent pair): dives the same backline
Venture (decent pair): burrow dive surfaces where he lands

Supports

Juno (good pair): ring on the jump path and torpedoes heal the dive landing
Kiriko (good pair): Swift Step to him on landing; Suzu cleanses the stun
Lúcio (good pair): speed lands the team with his jump
Sombra (good pair): EMP hacks the backline he jumps; Hotfix before he engages
Wuyang (good pair): Restorative Stream on the diving tank; Tidal Blast on his landing knocks them down
Zenyatta (good pair): Discord on the target he jumps

Heroes that clash with Winston

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

Tanks

Reinhardt (clash): 6v6: Rein walks while Winston dives
D.Mon (minor clash): 6v6: she can't follow a vertical dive tank
Domina (minor clash): 6v6: he jumps away from the lines her barriers hold
Mauga (minor clash): 6v6: one dives, the other walks
Orisa (minor clash): 6v6: one dives, the other walks
Ramattra (minor clash): 6v6: one dives, the other walks
Sigma (minor clash): 6v6: dives away from the lane Sigma holds

Damage heroes

Bastion (clash): a static turret that needs protecting while he jumps away
Torbjörn (clash): turret hold where Winston isn't
Cassidy (minor clash): jumps deep where Cassidy cannot follow
Junkrat (minor clash): chokepoint spam that can't follow the dive
Mei (minor clash): jumps deep where her walls cannot help

Supports

Illari (clash): dive leaves her and her Pylon behind; she can't follow
Ana (minor clash): jumps away from her and she can't follow, so she is alone when divers come
Baptiste (minor clash): Exo Boots reach high ground, not the dive landing, so the dive is far from his heals
Brigitte (minor clash): deep jumps leave her short Shield Bash behind
Lifeweaver (minor clash): dives away from him; Grip can pull a diver off the target
Mizuki (minor clash): aura healing needs the team grouped; dive spreads it

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