Tier List with Stats

General Discussion
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So two days ago I said that Overwatch is currently in the most unbalanced state it’s ever been. Having now compiled statistics from overbuff over the past 3 days, it is clear that picking a handful of heroes swings the advantage so far these very specific heroes give you the win. Unlike in past metas where specific strategies became overbearing, now it is individual heroes who are so powerful that being somewhat competent with them means you drastically affect whether or not your team wins or loses, while the rest of the players are along for the ride.

The first number provided is the pick rate. The second is the win percentage. These are taken from the top 2% playing the game since they’re familiar with the patch, probably played the PTR, and the meta usually flows down from them. The more people playing a hero, the more significant any deviation from 50% win rate becomes.

Explanation of Tiers:
S - Insane Power, determines the majority of the outcome of any game.
A - Very Powerful
B - Can Be Useful, Good Second Role Pick
C - Situational at Best
D - Not Even One Tricks Move the Needle
F - This Pick Greatly Pushes Your Team to Lose

TLDR; If your team has Hanzo + Widow/Soldier/Great-Genji and Baptiste + Brig, your chances of beating an equally skilled team that doesn’t are far greater than 70%.

Here’s the tier list:

Damage
S Tier:
Hanzo - 8.1, 53%

A Tier:
Widowmaker - 3.0, 59%
Soldier 76 - 0.77, 70%

B Tier:
Genji - 1.6, 63%

C Tier
Doomfist - 2.7, 55%
Mei - 3.25, 50%
McCree - 3.8, 51%
Ashe - 0.6, 54%

D Tier
Junkrat - 0.9, 51%
Pharah - 0.3, 51%
Symmetra - 0.55, 53%
Torbjorn - 0.65, 55%

F Tier
Reaper - 0.95, 45%
Bastion - 0.27, 49%
Tracer - 1.22, 47%
Sombra - 0.35, 42%

Supports:

S Tier
Baptiste - 11.7, 58%

A Tier
Brigitte - 1.94, 62%

B Tier
Zenyatta - 4.5, 55%

C Tier
Lucio - 5.41, 54%
Mercy - 1.52, 53%

D Tier
Ana - 4.45, 49%

F Tier
Moira - 2.69, 41%

Tanks

S Tier:

A Tier
Orisa - 11.45, 55%

B Tier
Zarya - 6.2, 53%

C Tier
Roadhog - 3.1, 54%
Reinhardt - 10.3, 50%

D Tier
Wrecking Ball - 2.7, 49%

F Tier
Sigma - 2.8, 49%
D.Va - 2.1, 48%
Winston - 1.1, 47%

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yo
where’s sigma

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F Tier, I’ll fix. Thanks for catching that.

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Woah when did soldier become A tier?

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It might be misleading, his PR is extremely low and it’s only 3 days of data.

That said, self sustain, mobility, solid shield break and reliable and forgiving burst with AoE when an opening appears, is not a poor choice with less shields around.

Sombra needs her own tier. 42% with that PR is TERRIBLE!

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Sigma F tier and Rein C tier. OP is definitely not a tank player.

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3 days isn’t much time, especially when a patch came out right at the beginning of that period.

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Soldier is a big winner from there being less shields, but still situational. He’s very good on maps with strong high ground he can easily reach but still has to compete with Hanzo and Ashe.

With such a low pick rate and small window it could also be literally just Dafran and like 2 other dudes spamming him because he’s finally playable.

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There were definitely some huge surprises for me, but I think I understand them and can shed light. Here are the most shocking things:

Soldier actually is really damn good. With shields going down now, he compliments your head shot dps extremely well, has unlimited mobility to prevent being dove on, adds AoE healing, and Tactical Visor actually works when there are no barriers.

Genji being good really shocked me, but i think it’s because if you can’t out snipe the enemy snipers, and all dive tanks are super weak, Genji is the only hero you can use to pressure Hanzo and Widow.

Rein being 50% win rate (and not budging) is because I think he’s the only barrier in the game that’s close to what players are use to. Although he’s being picked a ton, he’s just average as far as helping get a win.

Baptiste, Brig, and Zen are the only supports worth picking really. Moira is garbage, much worse than I had imagined.

I can’t believe how bad Tracer and Reaper are. Tanks hate Reaper, but at competent ranks, even if he murders your tank, he dies to snipers like crazy. His average deaths per game have skyrocketed. And since snipers / baptiste determine the vast majority of the game, trading a tank for a Reaper is advantage to the dead tank team… this is absolutely a DPS meta (you can see that because tanks barely budge the win rate while snipers, Soldier, Genji, Baptiste, Brig all have incredible influences).

Mei is overblown. The real stats show that while she’s incredibly annoying, her win rate dropped significantly. That’s one i don’t fully understand yet, but it is what it is.