Hey, I’m Zathong and this guide is about heroes counter pick in Overwatch 2. These picks are strong against heroes at many stages of the game.
Overwatch 2 Counter
The Best Overwatch 2 Hero Counters For Each Hero.
Heroes
![Junker Queen](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/reine-des-junkers-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Orisa
- Mei
- Zenyatta
- Bastion
- Wrecking Ball
- Lucio
- Widowmaker
- Ana
To counter Junker Queen you should slowing her and keeping her from pushing properly. Who have a self-heal or self-shield ability can negate some or all of Junker Queen’s wound damage.
Heroes
![Kiriko](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/kiriko-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Tracer
- Sojourn
- Sombra
- Widowmaker
- Ana
- Roadhog
- Mei
To counter Kiriko you should use highly mobile heroes and can also stun her, making it difficult for her to teleport or climb away.
Heroes
![Sojourn](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sojourn-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Lucio
- Widowmaker
- Pharah
- Echo
- Genji
- Tracer
To counter Sojourn you should use heroes self-heal and high mobility makes him a tricky target for Sojourn. Sojourn can’t snare enemies in the air with Disruptor Shot, making Pharah and Echo good choices if you want to stay out of her clutches entirely.
Heroes
![Ana](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ana-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- D.VA
- Tracer
- Junker Queen
- Widowmaker
- Genji
- Echo
- Pharah
- Doomfist
To counter Ana you should use heroes with a lot of maneuverability. Ana is easily targeted by a wide variety of heroes, particularly in the upper ranks of play.
Heroes
![Ashe](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ashe-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Reinhardt
- Tracer
- Hanzo
- Widowmaker
- Genji
To counter Ashe you should use heroes fast, and hard to hit, can more easily flank her and avoid her precision shots.
Heroes
![Bastion](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/bastion-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Reaper
- Ana
- Junkrat
- Roadhog
- Pharah
To counter Bastion you should use heroes burst fire and AoE can take out Bastion quickly. Stuns, particularly long-distance long enough to take him out.
Heroes
![Doomfist](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/doomfist-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Echo
- Genji
- Pharah
- Reaper
- Widowmaker
- Ashe
- Bastion
- Ana
To counter Doomfist you should use quick heroes can jump over his Power Block and deal damage to his vulnerable back. Heroes with long-range attacks can skirmish with him at long distances to stay out of the way of his close-combat attacks.
Heroes
![D.VA](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/dva-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Junkrat
- Roadhog
- Zarya
- Sombra
- Symmetra
- Moira
- Winston
To counter D.VA you should use quick heroes with beam weapons are the best D.Va counters since her Defense Matrix can’t absorb them.
Heroes
![Genji](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/genji-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Ana
- Zarya
- Brigitte
- Pharah
- Symmetra
- Moira
- Winston
- Mei
To counter Genji you should use quick heroes have auto-locking beam weapons and tanks with crowd control abilities can slow down Genji’s mobility, making him easier to hit.
Heroes
![Hanzo](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/hanzo-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- D.VA
- Genji
- Winston
- Widowmaker
- Tracer
- Pharah
- Lucio
- Wrecking Ball
To counter Hanzo you should use heroes highly mobile since his arrows aren’t hitscan.
Heroes
![Lucio](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/lucio-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Bastion
- Moira
- Torbjorn
- Pharah
- Soldier: 76
- Cassidy
- Ashe
- Symmetra
- Winston
- Sombra
- Roadhog
- Mei
To counter Lucio you should use heroes stuns, disable all of Lúcio’s AoE healing, have auto-locking weapons.
Heroes
![Junkrat](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/chacal-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Widowmaker
- Echo
- Kiriko
- Pharah
- Reaper
- Cassidy
- Soldier: 76
- Tracer
- Wrecking Ball
- Lucio
To counter Junkrat you should use fast-firing heroes can take him out before he can land grenades. Heroes that are highly mobile can avoid his grenades easily.
Heroes
![Cassidy](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cassidy-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Tracer
- Baptiste
- Winston
- Widowmaker
- Genji
- Reinhardt
To counter Cassidy you should use heroes with shields can hide themselves and their teammates from High Noon. Heroes can deflect Cassidy’s High Noon Ultimate.
Heroes
![Mei](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/mei-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Soldier: 76
- Widowmaker
- Sombra
- Pharah
- Echo
- Ashe
To counter Mei you should use heroes can fly around Mei’s defensive Ice Wall, long-range heroes and blocks Mei’s ability to heal.
Heroes
![Orisa](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/orisa-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Reaper
- Junkrat
- Zenyatta
- Winston
- Symmetra
- Moira
- Zarya
- Doomfist
To counter Orisa you should use heroes whose weapons aren’t projectile-based and draw power from damage being dealt to them.
Heroes
![Mercy](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ange-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Sojourn
- Roadhog
- Winston
- Widowmaker
- Cassidy
- Genji
- Tracer
- Symmetra
To counter Mercy you should use heroes who can dive in and pursue her.
Heroes
![Moira](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/moira-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Winston
- Wrecking Ball
- Sombra
- Widowmaker
- Junkrat
- Pharah
- Echo
- Ana
- Mei
- Roadhog
- Ashe
To counter Moira you should use heroes stun and burst fire can out-damage Moira’s sustained self-heal.
Heroes
![Pharah](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/pharah-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Soldier: 76
- Sojourn
- Hanzo
- Widowmaker
- Cassidy
- Sombra
- Mei
To counter Pharah you should hacks her while she’s on the ground, she won’t be able to fly, rendering her attacks mostly useless. Same with tank stuns or Mei’s primary fire.
Heroes
![Reaper](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/faucheur-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Zenyatta
- Pharah
- Echo
- Widowmaker
- Ana
- Junkrat
To counter Reaper you should use heroes attack at a distance.
Heroes
![Roadhog](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/chopper-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Reaper
- Widowmaker
- Zarya
- Ana
- Pharah
- Junkrat
- Echo
- Genji
- Tracer
- Sombra
To counter Roadhog you should use heroes AoE, highly mobile and attack at a distance.
Heroes
![Reinhardt](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/reinhardt-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Junkrat
- Pharah
- Bastion
- Reaper
- Sombra
- Cassidy
- Ana
To counter Reinhardt you should use heroes can shut down his barrier can crack Reinhardt.
Heroes
![Sigma](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sigma-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Reinhardt
- Genji
- Reaper
- Orisa
- Lucio
- Tracer
- Sombra
To counter Sigma you should use heroes fast, dodge his attacks and prevents him from putting down new barriers.
Heroes
![Soldier: 76](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/soldat76-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Sigma
- Genji
- Winston
- Roadhog
- Pharah
- Junkrat
- Cassidy
To counter Soldier: 76 you should use heroes can defeat him more quickly with burst fire have the advantage.
Heroes
![Sombra](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sombra-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Tracer
- Widowmaker
- Junkrat
- Hanzo
- Pharah
- Winston
- Mei
- Ana
To counter Sombra you should use heroes AoE and Stuns.
Heroes
![Torbjorn](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/torbjorn-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Echo
- Ana
- Widowmaker
- Pharah
- Junkrat
- Sombra
To counter Torbjorn you should use heroes highly mobile and long-distance AoE and burst fire way to quickly destroy Torbjörn’s turret.
Heroes
![Symmetra](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/symmetra-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Junker Queen
- Winston
- Pharah
- D.VA
- Junkrat
- Echo
To counter Symmetra you should use heroes burst fire is great against Symmetra’s slow but steady sustained fire. AoE attacks with lots of splash damage can easily destroy groups of her turrets.
Heroes
![Tracer](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/tracer-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Torbjorn
- Pharah
- Brigitte
- Winston
- Symmetra
- Moira
- Mei
To counter Tracer you should use heroes crowd control and use auto-locking weapons.
Heroes
![Winston](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/winston-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Moira
- Junkrat
- Ana
- Roadhog
- Pharah
- Zarya
- Mei
- Winston
To counter Winston you should use heroes AoE and Stuns can prevent Winston from diving into or out of a backline.
Heroes
![Widowmaker](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/fatale-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Reinhardt
- Sojourn
- Wrecking Ball
- Winston
- Genji
- Tracer
- Ashe
- Zenyatta
To counter Widowmaker you should use flank-heavy heroes who can get behind her. Heroes can easily snipe her if she’s standing still.
Heroes
![Zenyatta](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/zenyatta-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Genji
- Widowmaker
- Winston
- Junker Queen
- Junkrat
- Pharah
- Ashe
- Cassidy
- Kiriko
- Hanzo
To counter Zenyatta you should use heroes AoE and burst.
Heroes
![Zarya](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/zarya-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Bastion
- Zenyatta
- Sombra
- Pharah
- Junkrat
- Echo
- D.VA
To counter Zarya you should use heroes fast, high damage can defeat her before she has a chance to gain full energy.
Heroes
![Baptiste](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/baptiste-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Roadhog
- Hanzo
- Genji
- D.VA
- Tracer
- Lucio
- Echo
- Pharah
- Sombra
To counter Baptiste you should use The usual mobility suspects can get around his Amplification Matrix to avoid taking additional damage.
Heroes
![Brigitte](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/brigitte-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Hanzo
- Junkrat
- Pharah
- Bastion
- Echo
To counter Brigitte you should use Shield-busters can quickly break her barrier shield and heroes flying targets that don’t frequently hit the ground can evade her Shield Bash and Whip Shot.
Heroes
![Wrecking Ball](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/bouldozer-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Pharah
- Bastion
- Reaper
- Sombra
- Mei
- Ana
- Roadhog
To counter Wrecking Ball you should use heroes stun.
Heroes
![Echo](https://zathong.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/echo-overwatch-2.png)
Countered by
- Sombra
- Hanzo
- Sojourn
- Widowmaker
- Soldier: 76
- Cassidy
- Ashe
To counter Echo you should use heroes hitscan shots and tank heroes with stun abilities can stop her from flying and take her out quickly.
Overwatch 2 Counter Rating based on strong or weak for heroes.
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