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Best teammates for Zenyatta

Who works well with Zenyatta, who clashes with them, and why. Zenyatta's best partners include D.Va, Freja and Genji.

Team plans Dive: natural · 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 Zenyatta

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

Tanks

D.Va (good pair): Defense Matrix peels for an immobile Zen; Discord marks her dive target
Roadhog (good pair): Discord on a hooked target secures the hook kill
Winston (good pair): Discord on the target he jumps
Domina (decent pair): Discord on the target her beam and crystal are trading with
Hazard (decent pair): Discord the target he leaps onto

Damage heroes

Freja (good pair): Discord makes her charged bolt a kill
Genji (good pair): Discord makes Dragonblade kill faster
Sojourn (good pair): Discord makes a charged rail lethal
Soldier: 76 (good pair): Discord plus sustained hitscan focus
Widowmaker (good pair): Discord turns her bursty shots into kills
Anran (decent pair): Discord on the target she ignites
Ashe (decent pair): Discord the target she scopes
Hanzo (decent pair): Discord makes his arrows finish faster
Pharah (decent pair): Harmony Orb heals her at any range in sight
Shion (decent pair): Discord on the target she bursts
Vendetta (decent pair): Discord makes her burst hit harder

Heroes that clash with Zenyatta

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

Tanks

Wrecking Ball (clash): leaves an immobile Zen alone; Harmony breaks out of sight after 3 s
Doomfist (minor clash): dives away and leaves no peel
Mauga (minor clash): light healer for a tank that needs heavy healing in brawls

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