Weapon

Weapons are the primary tools heroes use to deal damage to enemies or heal their allies. Every hero in Overwatch has at least one weapon.

Overview

All weapons have a primary fire, but some weapons also possess a secondary fire. Most weapons consume ammo and have a magazine, which if emptied, requires the hero to reload. Some heroes have multiple weapons, which can be switched using 1 and 2. Some heroes also have transformation abilities that give them new weapons.

A vast majority of the weapons in the game are ranged. Although the effect distance of many weapons is potentially infinite, the effectiveness of a weapon can be limited by damage falloff, bullet spread, or projectile travel speed. Most weapons are fully automatic.

Weapon types

Hitscan

Hitscan weapons have no travel time on their shots, meaning that their effects take place immediately when the weapon is fired. Hitscan weapons are subjects to damage falloff, meaning that they'll do less damage at longer distance. The damage at max range is typically 30%. Ana does not have falloff damage for her scoped shots.

There are types of hitscan weapons: pinpoint, spread, and recoil. Pinpoint will have perfect precision at all times. Spread weapon start precise but after a few shots, but then spray erratically. With recoil weapons, your weapon starts pointing upward either after a few shots.

List of hitscan weapons

Pinpoint hitscan weapons

• Ashe: The Viper (scoped)
• Ana: Biotic Rifle (scoped)
• Bastion: Configuration: Recon
• Cassidy: Peacekeeper (primary fire)
• Illari: Solar Rifle (primary fire)
• Sojourn: Railgun (alternate fire)
• Widowmaker: Widow's Kiss (scoped)
• Winston: Tesla Cannon (alternate fire)

Hitscan weapons with weapon spread

• Ashe: The Viper (semi-automatic fire)
• Bastion: Configuration: Assault
• Cassidy: Peacekeeper (alternate fire)
• D.Va: Fusion Cannons
• Junker Queen: Scattergun
• Juno: Mediblaster
• Mauga: Incendiary Chaingun, Volatile Chaingun
• Reaper: Hellfire Shotguns
• Sombra: Machine Pistol
• Tracer: Pulse Pistols
• Widowmaker: Widow's Kiss (automatic fire)
• Wrecking Ball: Quad Cannons

Hitscan weapons with vertical recoil

• Baptiste: Biotic Launcher (primary fire)
• Soldier: 76: Heavy Pulse Rifle

Projectiles

Main article: Projectile

Unlike hitscan weapons, Projectile weapons have a travel time on their shots, making it slightly more difficult to score successful hits. To balance that, projectiles have larger hitboxes and, excluding shotguns, do not have damage falloff.

Some projectiles travel in an arc ( Arcing projectile) rather than a straight line, and some are homing, meaning that they attempt to follow their target, but can miss if they hit a wall or their target leaves their range.

List of projectile weapons

Linear projectile weapons

• Ana: Biotic Rifle (automatic fire)
• Bastion: Configuration: Artillery
• D.Va: Light Gun
• Doomfist: Hand Cannon
• Echo: Tri-Shot
• Genji: Shuriken (primary and alternate fire)
• Kiriko: Kunai
• Lifeweaver: Thorn Volley
• Lúcio: Sonic Amplifier
• Mei: Endothermic Blaster (alternate fire)
• Mercy: Caduceus Blaster
• Orisa: Fusion Driver
• Pharah: Rocket Launcher
• Ramattra: Void Accelerator
• Roadhog: Scrap Gun (central bullet)
• Symmetra: Photon Projector (alternate fire)
• Venture: Smart Excavator
• Zenyatta: Orb of Destruction

Arcing projectile weapons

• Baptiste: Biotic Launcher (alternate fire)
• Hanzo: Storm Bow
• Junkrat: Frag Launcher
• Sigma: Hyperspheres
• Torbjörn: Rivet Gun (primary fire)
• Zarya: Particle Cannon (alternate fire)

Homing projectiles

• Kiriko: Healing Ofuda
• Lifeweaver: Healing Blossom

Projectiles weapons with weapon spread

• Sojourn: Railgun (primary fire)

Shotguns

Shotgun weapons fire a large number of pellets over a large spread and can be either hitscan or projectile. They are designed to deal immense amounts of damage at close range and typically experience severe damage falloff, with the range being 10 to 20 meters, or 15 to 30 meters. At maximum range, they do only 30% of their original damage. Due to the spread, shotguns are less effective against enemies with small hitboxes or enemies at long range. The exact spread of a shotgun is random or semi-random.

List of shotgun weapons

Hitscan shotguns

• D.Va: Fusion Cannons
• Junker Queen: Scattergun
• Reaper: Hellfire Shotguns

Projectile shotguns

• Doomfist: Hand Cannon
• Roadhog: Scrap Gun
• Torbjörn: Rivet Gun (alternate fire)

Explosives

Some weapons fire projectiles that explode upon impact and deal splash damage to enemies in Area of effect. This explosion also typically contains a knock-back effect, with the exceptions of Symmetra's Photon Projector and Sigma's Hyperspheres, the latter of which instead cause a slight graviton effect. Explosive weapons cannot headshot.

Some explosive weapons have self-damage, while others do not. This self-damage is equal to 50% of the splash damage the explosion can do.

List of explosive weapons

Explosive weapons with self-damage

• Pharah: Rocket Launcher
• Zarya: Particle Cannon (alternate fire)

Explosive weapons without self-damage

• Junkrat: Frag Launcher
• Sigma: Hyperspheres
• Symmetra: Photon Projector (alternate fire)
• Venture: Smart Excavator

Beams

Some weapons are channeled instead of fired and emit a Beam. Beams ignore Defense Matrix, Deflect, Javelin Spin and Kinetic Grasp. Beams cannot headshot and have a finite maximum range. The damage of beam weapons is always reduced by 30% against armor.

Some beams are hitscan-like, meaning they act immediately, while others are projectile-like, meaning there's travel time.

List of beam weapons

Hitscan-like

• Illari: Solar Rifle (secondary fire)
• Mercy: Caduceus Staff (primary fire and alternate fire)
• Moira: Biotic Grasp (alternate fire)
• Symmetra: Photon Projector (primary fire)
• Winston: Tesla Cannon
• Zarya: Particle Cannon (primary fire)

Projectile-like

• Mei: Endothermic Blaster (primary fire)
• Moira: Biotic Grasp (primary fire)

Melee

Main article: Melee

Melee weapons are short-ranged but have no ammo or reload time. Melee weapons pierce barriers and enemies, and ignore Defense Matrix and Kinetic Grasp. They can be blocked by Deflect and Javelin Spin, however. Heroes with melee weapons equipped are generally incapable of using quick melee (with the exception of Ramattra using Nemesis Form). Melee weapons cannot headshot. Some melee weapons have knock-back like quick melee, while others do not.

Weapon Cosmetics

Weapon Variants

Main article: Weapon Variants

Weapon variants are weapon cosmetics that can be purchased using Competitive Points and Legacy Competitive Points that are earned via Competitive Play. They do not affect gameplay, but rather change the colour of the weapon equipped, such as with Golden weapons.

Weapon Skins

Main article: Weapon Skins

Weapon skins are weapon cosmetics. They can be bought from the Shop using Coins . Weapon Skins change the appearance of a Hero's weapon regardless of what hero skin is equipped. They can be used alongside Weapon Variants.

Beginning with Season 11, a Mythic Weapon Skin rarity has been added. Mythic Weapon Skins can be bought with Mythic Prisms in the Mythic Shop, with the base skin costing 50 and subsequent levels unlocking at 10. They are usually released once every midseason patch, but their release date may be delayed until an event comes.

List of weapons

Below is a list of all weapons and their stats.

Hero	Weapon	Effect type	Healing	Damage	Falloff range	Headshot	Proj. speed	Proj. radius	Range	Radius	Fire rate	Ammo	Reload time
Ana	Biotic Rifle Biotic Rifle	Projectile (unscoped) Hitscan (scoped)	70 over 0.59 seconds	70 over 0.59 seconds		✕	125 m/s (unscoped)	0.15 meters (hip fire) 0.08 meters (enemies, ADS) 0.3 meters (allies, ADS)			0.8 seconds recovery	15	1.5 seconds animation
Ashe	The Viper The Viper	Hitscan		35 – 10.5	20 – 40 meters	✓ (x2)		0.08 meters			3.75 shots/s	12	0.5 seconds (initial animation) +0.25 seconds per bullet 3.5 seconds (full reload animation)
	The Viper (ADS) The Viper (ADS)	Hitscan		75 – 22.5	30 – 50 meters	✓ (x2)		0.08 meters			0.65 second recovery	12	0.5 seconds (initial animation) +0.2 seconds per bullet 2.9 seconds (full reload animation)
Baptiste	Biotic Launcher Biotic Launcher	Hitscan		25 - 7.2 (per round) 75 - 21.6 (per shot)	25 - 45 meters	✓ (x2)		0.08 meters			1.7 shots/s	36	1.5 seconds animation
	Biotic Launcher Alt Fire Biotic Launcher Alt Fire	Arcing projectile Area of effect	20 (direct hit) 50 (splash, ally)			✕	60 m/s	None		3 meter radius	1.11 shots/s	13	1.5 seconds animation
Bastion	Configuration: Recon Configuration: Recon	Hitscan		25 - 7.5	30 - 50 meters	✓ (x2)		0.08 meters			5 shots/s	25	1.2 seconds
	Configuration: Assault Configuration: Assault	Hitscan		12 - 3.6	30 - 50 meters	✕		0.05 meters			30 shots/s	∞
	Configuration: Artillery Configuration: Artillery	Projectile Area of effect		550 (center) 250 – 200 (inner ring) 200 – (outer ring)		✕		0.015 meters		2.5 meters radius (inner ring) 6.5 meter radius (outer ring)		3
Brigitte	Rocket Flail Rocket Flail	Melee		45		✕			6 meters		1 swing per 0.6 seconds
Cassidy	Peacekeeper Peacekeeper	Hitscan		70 - 21	20 - 30 meters	✓ (x2)		0.08 meters			2 shots/s	6	1.5 seconds animation
	Peacekeeper Alt Fire Peacekeeper Alt Fire	Hitscan		45 - 13.5	20 - 30 meters	✕		0.08 meters			8.93 shots/s	6	1.5 seconds animation
D.Va	Fusion Cannons Fusion Cannons	Shotgun (hitscan)		2 – 0.6	10 - 20 meters	✓ (x2)		0.05 meters			6.667 shots/s	∞
	Light Gun Light Gun	Projectile		14		✓ (x2)	50 m/s	0.275 meters			7 shots/s	20	1.4 seconds
Doomfist	Hand Cannon Hand Cannon	Shotgun (projectile)		5 – 1.5 (per pellet) 55 – 16.5 (per shot)	15 – 30 meters	✓ (x2)	80 m/s	0.05 meters			3 shots/s 1.36 shots/s (continuous fire of final shot)	4	0.4 seconds (per shot)
Echo	Tri-shot Tri-shot	Projectile		17 (per pellet) 51 (per shot)		✓ (x2)	75 m/s	0.175 meters			0.3 second recovery (3 shots per second)	12	1.5 seconds animation
Genji	Shuriken Shuriken	Projectile		27 (per shuriken) 81 (per shot)		✓ (x2)	60 meters per second	0.175 meters			1.14 shots/s	30	1.5 seconds
	Shuriken Alt Fire Shuriken Alt Fire	Projectile		27 (per shuriken) 81 (per shot)		✓ (x2)	60 meters per second	0.175 meters			1.47 shots/s	24	1.5 seconds
	Dragonblade Dragonblade	Melee		110		✕			5 meters		1.437 swings/s on average.
Hanzo	Storm Bow Storm Bow	Arcing projectile		125 (max charge) 25 (min charge)		✓ (x2)	110 m/s (max charge) 25 m/s (min charge)	0.1 meters			0.72 shots/s (max charge) 2 shots/s (min charge)	∞
Illari	Solar Rifle Solar Rifle	Hitscan		70 - 21 (max charge) 20 - 6 (min charge)	30 - 50 meters	✓ (x1.5)		0.13 meters			1.11 shot/s (max charge) 2.00 shots/s (min charge)	14	1.8 seconds
	Solar Rifle Alt Fire Solar Rifle Alt Fire	Beam	115 per second			✕		0.25 meters	15.3 meters				2.9 seconds (recharge to full) 3.36 seconds (cooldown when fully depleted)
Junker Queen	Scattergun Scattergun	Shotgun (hitscan)		8 – 2.4 (per pellet) 80 – 24 (per shot)	15 – 25 meters	✓ (x2)		0.05 meters			1.33 shots/s	8	1.5 seconds
Junkrat	Frag Launcher Frag Launcher	Arcing projectile Area of effect		45 (direct hit) 80 - 10 (splash, enemy)		✕	25 m/s	0.35 meters (0.175 meters after second bounce)		2 meters (splash radius)	1 shot per 0.667 seconds recovery stops while using melee	5	1.5 seconds animation
Juno	Mediblaster Mediblaster	Hitscan	6.5 - 1.95 (per round) 78 - 23.4 (per burst)	7.5 - 2.25 (per round) 90 - 27 (per burst)	30 - 50 meters (damage and healing)	✕		0.05 meters			1.29 shots/s	180	1.8 seconds
Kiriko	Healing Ofuda Healing Ofuda	Projectile	13 (per talisman) 26 (per burst)			✕	24 m/s (homing) 18 m/s (non-homing)	None	35 meters (lock on)		0.2 seconds (per burst) 1.7 seconds (full clip)	5	0.9 seconds
	Kunai Kunai	Projectile		60		✓ (x2)	90 m/s	0.225 meters			1 shot per 0.55 seconds	15	1 second
Lifeweaver	Healing Blossom Healing Blossom	Projectile	80 over 0.3 seconds (max charge) 10 (min charge)			✕	60 m/s	0.25 meters	30 meters (targeting)		0.69 shots/s (max charge) 3.33 shots/s (min charge)	16	1.5 seconds
	Thorn Volley Thorn Volley	Projectile		6 (per thorn) 12 (per shot)		✓ (x2)	80 m/s	0.2 meters			11 shots/s	100	1.5 seconds
Lúcio	Sonic Amplifier Sonic Amplifier	Projectile		22 (per round) 88 (per burst)		✓ (x2)	50 meters per second	0.25 meters			1.08 shots/s	20	1.5 seconds animation
Mauga	Incendiary Chaingun Incendiary Chaingun	Hitscan		4 - 1.2 (direct) 15 per second (damage over time)	30 - 40 meters	✓ (x2)		0.05 meters			18 shots/s	300	2.2 seconds
	Volatile Chaingun Volatile Chaingun	Hitscan		4 - 1.2	30 - 40 meters	✓ (x2)		0.05 meters			18 shots/s	300	2.2 seconds
Mei	Endothermic Blaster Endothermic Blaster	Beam (projectile)		5		✕	20 m/s	0.555 meters	10 meters		20 shots/s	140	1.5 seconds animation
	Endothermic Blaster Alt Fire Endothermic Blaster Alt Fire	Projectile		85		✓ (x2)	115 meters per second	0.2 meters			1 shot per 0.8 seconds	120	1.5 seconds animation
Mercy	Caduceus Staff Caduceus Staff	Targeted (lock-on)	60 per second			✕			15 meters
	Caduceus Blaster Caduceus Blaster	Projectile		20		✓ (x2)	50 m/s	0.275 meters			5 shots/s	25	1.4 seconds
Moira	Biotic Grasp Biotic Grasp	Beam (projectile)	70 per second, then lingers to heal 51 over 3 seconds			✕		None	15 meters			156 biotic energy
	Biotic Grasp Alt Fire Biotic Grasp Alt Fire	Beam (no target indicator, soft lock-on)	24 per second (self)	65 per second		✕			20 meters			∞
Orisa	Augmented Fusion Driver Augmented Fusion Driver	Projectile		13		✓ (x2)	100 m/s	0.225 meters			10 rounds/s	∞	3 seconds (cooldown after overheat) 2 seconds (recharge from full heat)
Pharah	Rocket Launcher Rocket Launcher	Projectile Area of effect		40 (direct hit) 80 – 24.6 (splash, enemy) 20 – 6.15 (splash, self)		✕	40 m/s	0.35 meters		2.5 meter radius (explosion)	1.25 shots/second	6	1.5 seconds animation
Ramattra	Void Accelerator Void Accelerator	Projectile		5		✓ (x2)	80 m/s	0.15 meters			25 shots/s	100	1 second
	Pummel Pummel	Melee Projectile		65		✕	105 m/s	0.575 meters	10.5 meters		1.67 shots/s	∞
Reaper	Hellfire Shotguns Hellfire Shotguns	Shotgun (hitscan)		5.4 – 1.62 per pellet 108 – 36 per shot	10 – 20 meters	✓ (x2)		0.05 meters			0.496 seconds recovery	8	1.5 seconds animation
Reinhardt	Rocket Hammer Rocket Hammer	Melee		100		✕			5 meters		1.04 shots/s
Roadhog	Scrap Gun Scrap Gun	Shotgun (projectile)		6.25 – 1.88 (per pellet) 15 – 4.5 (per shrapnel) 160 – 48 (per shot)	30 – 50 meters	✓ (x1.5)	80 m/s	0.05 meters (pellets) 0.15 meters (shrapnels)			1.25 shots/s	6	1.75 seconds animation
	Whole Hog Whole Hog	Shotgun (hitscan)		6 – 1.8	30 – 40 meters	✓ (x2)		0.05 meters			8 shots/s
Sigma	Hyperspheres Hyperspheres	Arcing projectile Area of effect		15 (direct hit) 40 – 12 (splash, enemy)		✕	48 m/s	0.35 meters	22 meters	3 meter implosion radius	0.67 shots/s	∞
Sojourn	Railgun Railgun	Projectile		9		✓ (x2)	160 m/s	0.175 meters			16 shots/s	45	1.2 seconds
	Railgun Alt Fire Railgun Alt Fire	Hitscan		100 – 1	40 – 60 meters	✓ (x1.5)		0.08 - 0.15 meters
Soldier: 76	Heavy Pulse Rifle Heavy Pulse Rifle	Hitscan		19 - 5.7	30 - 50 meters	✓ (x2)		0.05 meters			9 rounds per second	30	1.5 seconds animation
Sombra	Machine Pistol Machine Pistol	Hitscan		8 - 2.4	15 - 35 meters	✓ (x2)		0.05 meters			20 shots/s	60	1.2 seconds animation
Symmetra	Photon Projector Photon Projector	Beam		60/120/180 per second		✕		0.25 meters	12 meters			100	1.5 seconds animation
	Photon Projector Alt Fire Photon Projector Alt Fire	Projectile Area of effect		5 - 50 (direct hit) 5 - 50 (splash, enemy)		✕	50 meters per second	0.115 - 0.575 meters		Up to 2 meters radius (explosion)	0.1 seconds recovery for reuse 0.25 s. recovery for use primary	100	1.5 seconds animation
Torbjörn	Rivet Gun Rivet Gun	Arcing projectile		70		✓ (x2)	70 m/s	0.18 meters			1.96 shots/s	18	2 seconds
	Rivet Gun Alt Fire Rivet Gun Alt Fire	Shotgun (projectile)		12.5 - 3.75 per pellet 125 - 37.5 per shot	10 – 20 meters	✓ (x2)	120 m/s	0.05 meters			1.43 shots/s	18	2 seconds
	Forge Hammer Forge Hammer	Melee	50 (to Torbjörn's turret)	55		✕			2.5 meters		1 swing per ~0.7 seconds
	Molten Core Molten Core	Arcing projectile Area of effect (pools)		25 (impact) 160 per second, +90 against armor (pools)		✕	40 m/s	0.205 meters		2.5 meter interact radius	1 ammo per 0.144 (if holding primary) 1 ammo per 0.016 (manual rapid fire)	10
Tracer	Pulse Pistols Pulse Pistols	Hitscan		5.5 - 1.65 (per bullet) 11 - 3.3 (per shot)	10 - 20 meters	✓ (x2)		0.05 meters			20 shots/s	40	1 second
Venture	Smart Excavator Smart Excavator	Projectile Area of effect		35 (direct hit bonus) 40 - 12 (explosion)	1 - 2.75 meters (explosion)	✕	50 m/s	0.35 meters	16 meters	2.75 meter explosion radius	1.43 shots/s	8	1.5 seconds
	Tectonic Shock Tectonic Shock	Area of effect		130		✕				24.65 meters radius 2.5m height	1.11 shots/s	4
Widowmaker	Widow's Kiss Widow's Kiss	Hitscan		13 - 3.9	20 - 40 meters	✓ (x2)		0.05 meters			10 shots/s	35	1.5 seconds animation
	Widow's Kiss (ADS) Widow's Kiss (ADS)	Hitscan		12 - 6 (at 0% power) 120 - 60 (at 100% power)	50 - 70 meters	✓ (x2.5)		0.05 meters			Up to 1 seconds to charge 0.5 second recovery before it starts charging again recovery stops while zoom in	35	1.5 seconds animation
Winston	Tesla Cannon Tesla Cannon	Beam (multi-target)		70 per second		✕			8 meters			100	1.7 seconds animation
	Tesla Cannon Alt Fire Tesla Cannon Alt Fire	Hitscan		15 (min charge) 50 (max charge)		✕		0.33 meters	40 meters
	Primal Rage Primal Rage	Melee		50 (melee)		✕			4 meters (melee)		1 swing per 0.656 seconds
Wrecking Ball	Quad Cannons Quad Cannons	Hitscan		5 – 1.5 per shot	15 – 25 meters	✓ (x2)		0.05 meters			25 shots per second	80	1.6 seconds animation
Zarya	Particle Cannon Particle Cannon	Beam		95 per second (at 0%) 190 per second (100% Energy)		✕		0.2 meters	15 meters		20 ticks per second	100	1.5 seconds animation
	Particle Cannon Alt Fire Particle Cannon Alt Fire	Arcing projectile Area of effect		55 – 11 (enemy, 0% Energy) 110 – 22 (enemy, 100% Energy) 27.5 – 5.5 (self, 0% Energy) 55 – 11 (self, 100% Energy)		✕	25 m/s	0.35 meters		2.5 meter radius	1 shot/s	100	1.5 seconds
Zenyatta	Orb of Destruction Orb of Destruction	Projectile		50		✓ (x2)	90 meters per second	0.225 meters			1 shot every 0.4 second	25	1.5 seconds animation
	Orb of Destruction Alt Fire Orb of Destruction Alt Fire	Projectile		50 per orb 250 per volley		✓ (x2)	90 m/s	0.225 meters			1 orb per 0.524 seconds (charging) 1 shot per 0.144 seconds (firing) 0.6 seconds recovery	25	1.5 seconds animation