McCree
Health Pool 200 (200 Health)
Role Offense (Hunter/Anti-Flanker)
Pros High Single Target Damage
Cons Low Mobility, High Aim Skill Required
Peacekeeper
- Primary Fire (Deflected by Deflect, Destroyed by Defense Matrix, Blocked By Shields)
- Has a DAM. of 70 at 22 meters/72.17 feet - DAM. of 60.2 at 26.6 meters/87.27 feet - DAM. of 50.4 at 31.2 meters/102.36 feet - DAM. of 40.6 at 35.8 meters/117.45 feet - DAM. of 30.8 at 40.4 meters/132.54 feet - DAM. of 21 at 45 meters/147.63 feet
- Rate of Fire of 2 rounds per second
- Total Ammo of 6 rounds
- Can Head-shot for an additional 100% Damage
- Reloading takes 1.5 seconds
- Secondary Fire - Fan The Hammer - (Deflected by Deflect, Destroyed By Defense Matrix, Blocked By Shields)
- (Full Magazine Calculations) Has a DAM. of 45, a max DPU of 180 at 18 meters/59.05 feet - DAM. of 38.7, a max DPU of 154.8 at 20.4 meters/66.92 feet - DAM. of 32.4, a max DPU of 129.6 at 22.8 meters/74.80 feet - DAM. of 26.1, a max DPU of 104.4 at 25.2 meters/82.67 feet - DAM. of 19.8, a max DPU of 79.2 at 27.6 meters/90.55 feet - DAM. of 13.5, a max DPU of 54 at 30 meters/98.42 feet
- Will empty magazine completely
- Has a rate of fire of 6.9 rounds per second
Abilities
- Combat Roll
- Movement speed of 15 meters per second over .4 seconds, resulting in a maximum distance of 6 meters
- Cooldown of 8 seconds
- Automatically reloads the Peacekeeper Revolver
- Only works on surfaces and in the direction of movement
- Can roll off ledges
- Flash-bang (Deflected by Deflect, Destroyed By Defense Matrix, Blocked By Shields)
- Projectile Speed of 10 meters per second
- Either automatically goes off after .5 seconds, or if it collides with someone or something
- Max range of 5 meters/16.4 feet
- AOE radius/diameter of (2 meters/6.56 feet)/(4 meters/13.12 feet)
- Does 25 damage to each enemy inflicted with stun
- Cooldown of 10 seconds
- Stun duration of 0.7 seconds
Ability Interruption
Flashbang can cancel the following characters’ Ultimate Abilities:
- Reaper’s Death Blossom
- Pharah’s Barrage
- McCree’s Deadeye
- Hanzo’s Dragon-Strike*
- Roadhog’s Whole Hog
- Reinhardt’s Earth Shatter*
- D Va’s Mech Call*
- Moira’s Coalescence
- Lucio’s Sound Barrier*
short window of opportunity*
Combined with Fan the Hammer, Flash-bang can be used to shutdown several Transformation Ultimate Abilities of the following characters:
- Soldier: 76’s Tactical Visor
- Genji’s Dragon Blade
- Mercy’s Valkyrie
- Brigitte’s Rally
Flash-bang can also interrupt the following non-Ultimate Abilities:
- Reaper’s Shadowstep
- Pharah’s Flight
- Genji’s Deflect
- Sombra’s Hack
- McCree’s Combat Roll
- Reinhardt’s Shield
- Reinhardt’s Charge
- Roadhog’s Take a Breather
- D Va’s Boosters (Even when self-destructing)
- D Va’s MicroMissiles
- Brigitte’s Shield
- Mercy’s Resurrect
- Mercy’s Guardian Angel (if mid flight)
- Lucio’s Wallride
Ultimate Ability
- Deadeye (Deflected By Deflect, Destroyed By Defense Matrix, Blocked By Shields)
- During the first second, it charges 100 damage per second, then 250 damage per second after the first second
- Takes .2 seconds before being able to target players, as well as .167 seconds to fire
- Reduces movement speed to 1.925 meters per second from 5.5 meters per second
- Lasts 6 seconds
- Has a fire rate of 6 rounds per second
- FOV does not affect Deadeye
- Reloads Peacekeeper if cancelled
Synergies and Team Compositions
McCree’s character is a Glass Cannon archetype. He is able to deal large amounts of damage, but does not have much sustainability or defensive capabilities. As such, it is recommended that you have at least one barrier/anchor tank on your team if you wish to use him. He operates well when he is positioned in the center of his team. He should not be used to flank unless you are setting up for Deadeye, which is still considered risky.
McCree benefits the most from healers who can give large amounts of burst healing, heal from a distance, or easily reach him. Ana, Mercy, or Moira are preferred. Zenyatta can also work well with McCree as his discord orb allows McCree to deal even larger amounts of damage; however, his healing is not effective if McCree comes under heavy burst fire from Characters like Junkrat or Roadhog.
Ana and Mercy can be especially helpful for McCree as they can both keep him alive while he is using his ultimate and increase the damage it can do. Nano-boost can be particularly useful as it provides 50% damage reduction and allows him to deal 150 damage within the first second of using Deadeye.
Strategies Vs. Other Heroes
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Vs. Mercy
McCree can be very useful against Mercy. His hitscan abilities allow him to deal with Mercy while she is flying relatively easily. His flashbang can both disrupt her mid-flight while she is using Guardian Angel, and can interrupt her Resurrection ability. Deadeye can also be useful for dealing with Mercy while she is using Valkyrie as she is most likely to be flying above the fight where there is no cover from neither the environment nor enemy tanks. -
Vs. Reinhardt
Reinhardt has a very low effective range. As such, it is very easy to stay within McCree’s damage falloff range and Reinhardt’s range for his hammer. Even so, it is recommended that you have Flash-bang off of cooldown when approaching him as it is very useful against him for a few reasons- When timed well, Flash-bang can interrupt Reinhardt’s Earthshatter
- Flash-bang can stop Reinhardt’s Charge ability mid-transit, even after one of your allies has been pinned and can save them.
- You can throw the Flash-bang over Reinhardt’s shield and cause him to lower it, allowing for a follow-up attack from your team, as well as a few shots of your own.
If you are keeping your distance from Reinhardt, it can also be helpful to have Combat Roll on standby which can allow you to escape from both Fire Strike and Charge if your Flash-bang is not available.
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Vs. Tracer
In theory, McCree should be a good pick against tracer, but because of her mobility and range potential, allowing her to stay away from Flash-bang, they are about an even match up. It is recommended that you stay near your supports, as she is most likely to go after them first, allowing you an opportunity to use Flash-bang and follow-up with a head shot. Your supports can also heal you if she decides to go after you instead.
(This just the beginning of the Guide, which is a work in progress)
