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Wrecking Ball counters

Who beats Wrecking Ball, who Wrecking Ball beats, and why. The hardest counters to Wrecking Ball include Cassidy, Domina and Junker Queen. Wrecking Ball's strongest matchups include Ashe, Lifeweaver and Mercy.

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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 Wrecking Ball

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

Tanks

Domina (strong counter): Repulsors knock him out and stun him into walls
Junker Queen (strong counter): Jagged Blade pulls him out of his roll and the shotgun shreds him
Mauga (strong counter): sustained hitscan shreds his big hitbox
Roadhog (strong counter): Chain Hook's stun stops his roll
Orisa (slight edge): Javelin stuns him out of his roll
Reinhardt (slight edge): Charge and hammer punish his landing

Damage heroes

Cassidy (strong counter): Flashbang locks his movement abilities
Junkrat (strong counter): Steel Trap stops his roll
Mei (strong counter): slows him and walls block his roll
Reaper (strong counter): shreds a big tank that must come close
Symmetra (slight edge): turrets slow him and her beam ramps on him

Supports

Baptiste (slight edge): Field and splash heals survive Minefield and Piledriver burst

Heroes Wrecking Ball counters

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

Damage heroes

Ashe (strong counter): knocks her off her angle
Widowmaker (strong counter): rolls onto her perch and she can't kill him alone
Emre (slight edge): dives and displaces him
Hanzo (slight edge): too fast to hit and knocks him off his perch

Supports

Lifeweaver (strong counter): boops and Piledriver punish a big target with one dash
Mercy (strong counter): rolls onto her and Piledriver catches her landing
Wuyang (strong counter): scatters his team and breaks his stream's line of sight
Zenyatta (strong counter): rolls onto him with no escape
Moira (slight edge): scatters the tight group her spray heals

Wrecking Ball against dive, brawl and poke

Bad into brawl: grouped brawlers with CC and sustained damage punish his landings
Good into poke: displaces snipers and static backliners

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