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Zarya counters

Who beats Zarya, who Zarya beats, and why. The hardest counters to Zarya are Echo and Pharah. Zarya is strongest into D.Va.

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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 Zarya

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

Damage heroes

Echo (strong counter): flies beyond her beam range
Pharah (strong counter): fights from the air beyond her beam
Ashe (slight edge): out-ranges her and Dynamite burns after bubbles
Widowmaker (slight edge): picks her from beyond her beam range

Supports

Baptiste (slight edge): Immortality Field blanks her Graviton combos
Kiriko (slight edge): Suzu frees teammates from Graviton Surge
Lifeweaver (slight edge): Life Grip pulls allies out of Graviton Surge
Sombra (slight edge): Cyberspace halves her damage

Heroes Zarya counters

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

Tanks

D.Va (hard counter): her beam ignores Matrix and bubbles soak D.Va's damage
Orisa (strong counter): her beam ignores Javelin Spin
Reinhardt (strong counter): bubbles block Shatter and she charges off his hammer
Sigma (strong counter): her beam ignores Grasp
Winston (strong counter): bubbles absorb his beam for charge
Doomfist (slight edge): bubbles blank his punch combo
Mauga (slight edge): bubbles cleanse his ignite and his fire charges her
Ramattra (slight edge): bubbles absorb his punches for charge

Damage heroes

Anran (strong counter): bubbles absorb her burst and cleanse burn
Genji (strong counter): her beam can't be deflected and bubbles blank his burst

Zarya against dive, brawl and poke

Good into dive: bubbles negate dive burst and her beam punishes divers
Good into brawl: she charges off brawlers' damage and Graviton wins grouped fights
Bad into poke: long-range poke kites her short beam

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