Doomfish is an absolute nightmare in Mayhem. Mobility, shields, constant stuns, and a general sense of obnoxiousness make him one of the most out of control characters in an already broken mode. This means literally every match has one if not two before it’s all over. There is no escaping him. Ever.
Brigitte is almost as bad. Shield, stuns, great range… she’s versatile and awful at the same time, and sadly pairs well with Doomfish to ruin your day. Expect any team running one to run the other at some point.
Sadly, the only true counter to these two is Sombra, the anti-fun, destroyer of teams, ruiner of moods. Her ability to chain-hack ensures that she can shut down anyone with almost no pushback, and you’ll never see her coming. Truly, she is the miserable end times come to kill you and your enjoyment.
Zarya and Winston are both good for the same thing: infinite bubbles on themselves, their teammates, and the payload. I call this combination the Space Monkey Russian Mafia, and they used to be ubiquitous in Mayhem before other heroes came along.
Mei is the ultimate stall machine. Ice walls, ice block, her ult–if she’s around, she’ll sit on the payload permanently.
If you see Lucio, understand that he’s a Boopcio. He boops. He might heal by accident, but mark my words, Boopcio lives to boop you off the payload and preferably off a cliff. Boopcios are all jerks. All of them.
Torbjorn is the new nightmare, because in Mayhem, his turret is essentially a 7th player with perfect aim and stupid fast respawn. It’s a rude, lazy way to fight, but whaddya gonna do? He’ll spew hot magma over the point or payload every 10 seconds, and can survive anything with his heating up ability.
Symmetra is everywhere. Her turrets are everywhere. She will sizzle you. And yet she’s not as awful as she used to be. Somehow.
Tracer has infinite blinks. You will never hit her except by accident or by ult. She’s annoying but rarely a true threat in Mayhem. Ignore her and pray she gets blown up by a stray bomb.
Roadhog can’t die. Between his health pool and his self-heal, he’s effectively immortal, and his hook cooldown is like nothing, so sooner or later he’ll catch you… and try to throw you off a cliff. Let him. At least then it’ll be over.
Ashe, McCree, Genji, Hanzo, Reaper, and Soldier 76 are all basically the same as far as shooting at you and ulting every 10 seconds, but honestly, in Mayhem they’re nothing too horrible. I mean, watch out for them, but, y’know. Oh, except BOB. BOB is life.
Ana, Mercy and Zenyatta are all effective and annoying in Mayhem in that with them around, their team refuses to die. Mercy especially specializes in swooping in to rez whoever you just killed. Kill her first. Always kill her first. Just in case.
Moira’s has many balls. Some heal, some don’t. She’ll teleport away every chance she gets. If she’s healing, it’s probably by accident. She meant to fire another damage orb.
Pharah has infinite flight and so Mercy loves to piggyback off of her. Kill Mercy, then kill Pharah. Because otherwise JUSTICE RAINS FROM BEHIND YOU.
Wrecking Ball will just attach himself to the payload and spin until disturbed. Then he’ll piledrive your head and shoot you and go back to spinning. My advice? Get a hamster wheel. He’ll be happy.
Bastion is basically a Torb turret with worse aim and self-heal. He deserves to die just for having no personality and setting up behind shields to try and melt you.
D.Va: NERF THIS! every 20 seconds. Seriously, NERF THIS! she will NERF THIS! destroy you if you even NERF THIS! look at her funny. Hide behind NERF THIS! bubbles or shields.
Orisa will hide behind shields, turn golden with distressing frequency, and try to orb you off a cliff. Meh. She’s like a giant roadblock.
Reinhardt is an absolute beast. That hammer, that shield, that stun, that charge–he lives for a good fight and Berserker Reinhardt is a glorious thing. Sadly, he’s hard countered by Doom, Brig, and Sombra, which means he suffers horribly from being bullied. He deserves so much better. For the love of God, the man is a hero.
Junkrat: Grenades everywhere. Mines everywhere. TIRES EVERYWHERE. He’s flying over buildings, he’s in front of you, he’s behind you, WHY WON’T THE GIGGLING STOP? Luckily, in Mayhem his ult can only kill you if you’re squishy, which means almost everyone with a brain is safe unless he specifically targets you. Note: he’s specifically targeting you. Solution: Show him another Junkrat. They’ll battle for dominance over the ideal high spot and you’ll be safe for a moment. Or caught in the crossfire. I’m so sorry.
Baptiste: Get in his immortality field. Now you are safe. That’s his only useful role here.
Widowmaker: Her hook has decreased cooldown. Sometimes people even play her. Your team will wonder why. Sooner or later, you’ll switch.
And there you have it, from someone who has played hundreds of hours of Mayhem.