Now that Brigitte has been added, I think it’s time to update the Doomfist Counters list. I define a ‘counter’ as ‘someone who will win roughly 75% of engagements with Doomfist’.
DOOMFIST’S CURRENT COUNTERS:
Tracer
McCree
Sombra
Pharah
Reaper (especially so after his buffs)
Genji (just doublejump over his abilities and pepper him)
Bastion
Hanzo
Widowmaker
Junkrat
Torbjorn
Mei
D.VA (Not as much of a counter as some heroes but she can save people from death using DM and her armour makes her extremely resistant to Doom’s gun)
Orisa (Due to his gun being made into a peashooter, his pellets do no damage to Orisa due to her armour and Fortify.)
Roadhog
Brigitte (also makes her team very resistant to being killed by Doomfist but beats him in a duel either way)
In what world is this OK?
soldier, is also pretty good because of his hitscan, self healing, and burst damage with helix.
Doomfist is countered by anyone who can press spacebar on a level surface, allowing them to hop over Rocket Punch and Seismic Smash.
Also anyone with a ranged attack or a stun.
I didn’t include Soldier because it’s a tossup, a 50/50 shot. If Soldier sees you and lands a few headshots, you’re dead because you’re too big. If you drop on Soldier with an uppercut, he’s dead.
when i play doomfist, i only use RP for mobility, because it’s pretty much his most bugged ability, and in my experience, doomfist makes short work of genji. (could just be me though idk)
The hardest counter in the game is actually Doomfist on Soldier. I can beat the best Soldier 76’s in the world with Doomfist (not exaggerating) and it’s not a testimony to my own skill. Doomfist just wins this engagement everytime.
if the soldier is playing smartly it can be pretty difficult to get in and take out a soldier with decent aim unless he’s overextending, and missing one of your abilities pretty much leaves you for dead.
McCree and Sombra are big counters, probably Bastion too.
Hanzo, Widow and Genji have to see him coming.
Torbjorn dies to a Doomfist, DF might die to the turret after though.
Pharah can be handled with some creativity and Doomfist has enough mobility to not eat rockets in the face, but she does counter him.
Reaper, Mei and Junkrat will likely die to Doomfist unless he runs at them from the front, and if they don’t you have to know when to use your Rocket Punch to retreat.
Roadhog? Yeah, don’t engage a Roadhog.
Brigitte can be dangerous to Doomfist, but she’s not necessarily a counter.
Torb actually doesn’t die to a Doom. Doom can’t do much damage to a turret and Torb’s shotgun is very solid at taking out Doomfist reliably, especially when he’s under pressure from the turret. His armour also makes him very resistant to Doom’s peashooter.
The snipers + Genji can deal with Doom fairly well- their mobility is quite good (at will vertical mobility vs vertical mobility for genji and hanzo vs mobility on a 7 second cooldown + a great mobility skill on widow which is on an 8 second cooldown, plenty of time to take out the doom)
Junkrat can’t die to a Doomfist if he’s got good trap placement. Mei can Shift herself into invincibility as can Reaper, so if they hear that Doom charging up they can escape.
Pharah’s concussive blast messes up Doom, too. Since he can’t cancel Seismic Slam, she can boop him into a pit or just mess up his positioning. Shooting him is easy too due to his tanksized hitbox.