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This AIMBOT Ana Has 100% Unscoped Accuracy

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Tactician

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This AIMBOT Ana Has 100% Unscoped Accuracy

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Platinum Kiriko/Ana Coaching (When Are You Stupid 2.0)

46.9% WR · 21.1% PR

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Map pick

Esperança

PushPortugal

WinstonTANK

Win rate: 56.6% on this map

Winston performs better on Esperança than on most maps.

All-map average: 52.9% · Pick rate: 11.3%

Source: official hero rates · Competitive · Americas · PC · All ranks

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Anran

Damage

Competitive / PC

Asia / Bronze vs high rank

All Maps

Picked more in Bronze

Anran is picked more in Bronze than high rank.

11.2 percentage point gap

Bronze

13.9%

High rank

2.7%

Source: official hero rates

NOT CURRENT · AS OF 22 OCT

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PICKRATE RISING

Genji

DAMAGE

Flanker

Stats movementPatch context

Competitive · Americas · PC · Last 30 days

LAST 30D PICKRATE TREND+4.4%

10.3% to 14.7%

Current Win Rate55.3%

PATCH3 changes

Overwatch Retail Patch Notes – October 6, 2026

Source: official hero rates

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Patch Impact

Changes

Genji

official patch notes

Oct 6, 2026

Developer Note

Developer Comments: Swift Strike's damage is being increased to strengthen Genji's ability to secure eliminations through his core combos. Dragonblade's changes are intended to avoid damage boost breakpoints created by the Swift Strike increase while improving its overall effectiveness.

Swift StrikeAbility

Damage increased from 50 to 60.

DragonbladeAbility

Damage reduced from 110 to 100. Swing speed increased by 15%.
Damage reduced from 110 to 100.

Doctrine

official patch notes

Oct 6, 2026

Developer Note

Developer Comments: Doctrine was generally well received during the trial weekend but was overperforming relative to other supports. These adjustments target several areas of his kit while preserving his core gameplay flow. Deliverance will now apply its effects more quickly, but for a shorter duration, reducing the overall time both allies and enemies are affected.

Invigorating DronesAbility

Attack Speed reduced from 35% to 30%.

Shrouded MomentumAbility

Cooldown increased from 7 to 8 seconds.
Damage reduction reduced from 50% to 40%.
No longer provides critical hit immunity while active.

DeliveranceAbility

Drone Fire Rate increased from 4 to 5.
Overhealth and debuff duration reduced from 8 to 6 seconds.
Decay duration reduced from 5 to 4 seconds.

Base hero change

Ultimate cost increased by 8%.

TransfusionPerk

Damage and healing conversion rate reduced by 50%.

Roadhog

official patch notes

Oct 13, 2026

Scrap GunAbility

Center projectile damage increased from 34 to 40.

Take a BreatherAbility

Cooldown reduced from 2 to 1.25 seconds.
Damage reduction increased from 35% to 40%.

Sombra

official patch notes

Oct 13, 2026

Machine PistolAbility

Damage reduced from 7 to 6.5.

CyberspaceAbility

Explosion damage reduced from 40 to 20.
Cooldown increased from 12 to 13 seconds.

Lúcio

official patch notes

Oct 6, 2026

Developer Note

Developer Comments: Previous changes to Sound Barrier reduced its effectiveness more than intended. The duration of its overhealth decay is being reverted while retaining the reduced overhealth amount. Beat Drop is also being adjusted independently and reduced in duration rather than being tied directly to Sound Barrier's overall duration.

Sound BarrierAbility

Duration increased from 5 to 6 seconds.
Head hit volume increased from 13.2 to 16.

Beat DropPerk

Amp It Up is now active for 4 seconds after casting Sound Barrier.

Domina

official patch notes

Oct 6, 2026

Developer Note

Developer Comments: Domina struggles to sustain herself against opponents who can consistently pressure through her barrier. Reducing Crystal Charge's cooldown and increasing Reconstruction's lifesteal improves her ability to recover health during extended engagements.