At this point I have now climbed from Gold 1 to Masters 5, because of this, as I usually do, I’m creating a non-proplay hero tier list.
S+
- Genji
- Zarya
As literally everyone already knows, Genji is very VERY good right now. With less CC there is less abilities that can punish him well. A removal of one enemy also helps him due to the enemy team having less room to play beam heroes. His ultimate synergizes well with Ana, Lucio, and Zarya. Though Zarya counters him fairly well due to her beam, it’s not enough to move him down. Zarya, maybe a bit unconventional, it also extremely powerful. Though her damage is high, what really makes her exceptional is her new bubbles. They last ages. I think, as people get more used to the bubble duration, Zarya will become less powerful, but right now she is very good.
S
- Brig
- Lucio
- Sojourn
- Sombra
- D.va
- Junker Queen
Junker Queen is being bolstered almost entirely by her synergy with Brig/Lucio. JQ slam is extremely good for running down enemies and has a high synergy between supports and tanks. Brig, though a lot of people consider her to be pretty okay/meh/mid right now, is actually quite good. Brig is hard to pull off from a playstyle perspective due to her unorthodox nature. Players tend to struggle with her due to her playstyle as a squishy melee hero. Her synergy with Lucio is a large part of what makes her strong, as well as her ability to peel for her healer. In a meta with lots of flankers, Brig is strong. D.va boarders S+ teir, but Zarya counters her extremely well. D.va is a great option against Ana and other heroes with high priority abilities, but due to the meta being highly focused around abilities that cannot be DM’d, she doesn’t sneak into the highest tier. Sombra is good, we all know this. Ult combo’s with D.va are game changing, and she’s fantastic for picking off defenseless squishies such as Zenyatta, mercy, Widowmaker, ETC.
A
- Ana
- Ashe
- Cassidy
- Orisa
- 76
- Tracer
- Winston
Ana is very VERY good with Genji, but struggles against dive and other flankers. Paired with a brig and dps who manage to look backwards every once in a while, she might be able to sqeeze into S if it weren’t for D.va nullifying everything she does. Ashe is strong, not much else to say. B.O.B. is extremely good. Cass is a good answer to flankers and high mobility targets, his ultimate is also much stronger with less CC around. Orisa is a great option for tanks when the enemy team isn’t paying much attention to the backline, however if you ignore her she can’t really do anything. Orisa has no way to defend her team, but is nearly unkillable. Not much to say about 76. Tracer is good if you can play her well and does much better in low CC envoirments. Winston is a strong dive tank but struggles against JQ and many of the current meta DPS heroes.
B
- Baptiste
- Echo
- Hanzo
- Moira
- Pharah
- Reaper
- Reinhardt
- Roadhog
- Widowmaker (higher or lower depending on enemy tanks, really)
- Zenyatta
Nothing particularly notable here. Average heroes.
C
- Hammond (Very good in higher elo games with dive but very hard to pull off well)
- Junkrat
- Mei (hesitant, could be B)
- Mercy
Hammond can be REALLY good at breaking apart immobile comps and giving hitscans good shots, but he’s also very hard to pull off and requires a lot of communication. He’s strong with dive but leaves the backline vulnerable. I’d avoid playing him unless you’re exceptionally good with him. Junkrat is still good on maps with tight chokes, but without 2cp he struggles. Riptire is still amazing, but otherwise he’s nothing special. Hugely countered by Zar. Mei is… okay I guess? She’s really good at dealing with singular frontline tanks, like Orisa, but otherwise is mostly not notable. Her damage is quite bad and without freeze she doesn’t provide a ton to a team. Smart teams destroy her walls before they’re useful. Mercy is actually pretty good IF you’re good with her movement. That being said, she’s squishy in a meta with flankers. If you’re good at staying alive she can be a massive time waster, but she doesn’t do very much exceptionally well otherwise.
D
- Doomfist
Doomfist is bad. He doesn’t provide very much that other tanks can’t already do, and much of his playerbase still plays him like a DPS hero. He’s not entirely awful, still very good for dealing with enemies who use channels (he’s great for countering hog’s vape, but not particularly better at it than Ana). As time progresses people will improve with him, but right now… eh.
F
- Symmetra
Don’t play this hero, I’ve given it my best shot to try to make her work and she just doesn’t. Sym is still good for the first third of an eighth of all maps, but not any better than any other DPS hero. If you REALLY want to play her, only use her for Lijiang, Eichenwalde, King’s row, and midtown 1st point/certain points. If you have a team that will use teleporter she’s about average, but provides almost nothing in a fight. Her damage is the lowest of any DPS hero and she’s exclusively good for teleporter. TP bombing may still be good for low elo games, but I’m not sure. I’ve only been able to get to gold 2 with her and I’ve stagnated at a 50% winrate after about ~35 games (no longer going up in elo either). This is coming from someone who was previously Masters with her. Had no issues getting to Diamond on DPS playing Ashe, still going up.
Just avoid her.
Situationally S
- Bastion
- Torb
- Sigma
Bastion completely hardcounters Mei, shields, and comps that can’t hurt him from far away. He is also exceptional with a mercy-Ashe rotation comp. Torb is amazing for countering Sombra and other flankers. Sigma is… well I’m not too sure. I’ve only seen him absolutely dominate or fall over like a waffle. I don’t know what makes him work, but I do know that he’s situational.