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PC Hero Meta Report for October 9, 2017

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Current Hero Meta Trends in Overwatch

Mercy's popularity has continue to grow after her rework in Patch 1.15.  After seeing a big jump in popularity at the highest tiers, that popularity is now reaching the lower tiers as well.  In Gold and above, Mercy is being played in 80% of all games.  Note that Patch 1.16, which reduced her ability to Resurrect during Valkyrie and reduced her Guardian Angel mobility, has had little effect on Mercy's bottom line.

Supports in general a mixed bag. Lucio has fallen greatly across most tiers - even the pros have found less use for him in the new Mercy meta.  Still, he is being played at a very high rate, though about the same as Zenyatta.  Symmetra is seeing a popularity increase at the lower tiers, while Ana continues to fall - both are niche picks and generally not a big part of the meta.

Tanks remain . D.Va's popularity has generally gone down, but she is still the most popular Tank at tiers Bronze -> Platinum Tiers.  The Patch 1.15 rework changed her role, as previously she was played as a main tank.  With the nerf to Defense matrix and addition of Micro Missles, D.Va is now being played more like an off-tank.  At high tiers, Zarya is still the top pick, being played in almost 50% of games.  Main tank Reinhardt is seeing consistent play across the board and Orisa is seeing very heavy play at the lowest tiers.  The shield battle is definitely a real part of the meta game, especially with Junkrat being played heavily.  Roadhog also continues to grow in popularity after his Patch 1.14 buffs, up another 4% on average across all tiers.  While he hasn't returned to his old form, he still is quite useful in the meta.

For DPS heroes, the major trend is increasing popularity of McCree across the board - as Soldier is falling.  McCree's kit has more burst than Soldier's, with Primary fire, Secondary fire (coupled with Flashbang), and Deadeye making it easier for him in many to kill Mercy and other heroes.  Also of note is that Junkrat is still the most popular DPS at lower tiers - his Winrate is consistently in the top 5 among meta heroes.  Needless to say, Junkrat's rise has been one of the biggest stories of Season 6.

Big Movers this Meta Report

The biggest usage gainers in the past two weeks are fairly consistent across the tiers.  The last Console meta report noticed an uptick in Mercy play in the higher tiers - Mercy popularity has also trickled down into the lower tiers - a nod to the rework.  With more Mercy has come more McCree, who is one of the most popular DPS heroes at higher tiers.  His ability to deal burst damage and deal with the new Mercy using Deadeye is likely a big part of that gain.  Finally, Genji is up pretty big in the higher tiers (4% avg) and Roadhog up about 4% on average across the tiers.


The infographic above presents the biggest losers the past two weeks.  A major trend is that Lucio has been declining pretty rapidly, he's down again by 8% on average - players now only see him in roughly 1/3 games.  It may very well be the case that those Lucio players are choosing the new and powerful Mercy instead.  Despite the Patch 1.15 changes which buffed her damage, D.Va is falling consistently across most tiers of play - she is down 3% on average. Winston' popularity has continued to decline as dive compositions aren't as popular anymore.  Finally, Soldier is continuing the trend of falling - he used to be the consensus #1 DPS pick, but no more.  He competes directly with McCree, Genji at Diamond - Grandmaster. 

Hero Meta by Competitive Tier

Let's take a deeper look at each competitive tier, and what heroes make up the current meta. The charts below rank each hero by category, according to their popularity. 

Grandmaster Hero Meta

Grandmaster Tier List:
Tier 1 (> 75% Usage Rate):  Mercy (98%)
Tier 2 (> 50% Usage Rate):
Tier 3 (> 25% Usage Rate):  Zarya (48%), McCree (41%), Lucio (35%), D.Va (34%), Reinhardt (34%), Roadhog (34%), Tracer (33%), Genji (32%), Soldier76 (31%), Pharah (30%), Junkrat (28%)
Tier 4 (> 15% Usage Rate):  Zenyatta (22%), Winston (18%)

Top 5 Meta Heroes with the Highest Winrates: (>25% usage):
Junkrat - 58.7% Winrate
D.Va - 57.4% Winrate
Genji - 55.6% Winrate
Pharah - 55.5%  Winrate
Roadhog - 55.3% Winrate




Diamond Tier List:
Tier 1 (> 75% Usage Rate):  Mercy (89%)
Tier 2 (> 50% Usage Rate): 
Tier 3 (> 25% Usage Rate):  Zarya (44%), D.Va (38%), Reinhardt (33%), Lucio (33%), Roadhog (32%), McCree (31%), Genji (31%), Junkrat (30%), Soldier76 (29%), Zenyatta (25%)
Tier 4 (> 15% Usage Rate):  Tracer (24%), Pharah (22%), Reaper (22%), Winston (20%), Symmetra (17%)

Top 5 Meta Heroes with the Highest Winrates: (>25% usage):
Junkrat - 53.6% Winrate
D.Va - 52.9% Winrate
Mercy - 52.7% Winrate
Reinhardt - 52.1% Winrate
Soldier - 50.8%  Winrate

Platinum Hero Meta

Gold Tier List:
Tier 1 (> 75% Usage Rate):  Mercy (82%)
Tier 2 (> 50% Usage Rate):  D.Va (50%)
Tier 3 (> 25% Usage Rate):  Junkrat (41%), Lucio (32%), Soldier76 (31%), Reinhardt (31%), Zarya (29%), Zenyatta (26%), Symmetra (25%)
Tier 4 (> 15% Usage Rate):  Reaper (24%), Roadhog (24%), Pharah (24%), Genji (23%), McCree (22%), Tracer (21%), Winston (18%), Orisa (17%), Hanzo (17%)

Top 5 Meta Heroes with the Highest Winrates: (>25% usage):
Mercy - 49.8% Winrate
Junkrat - 49.4% Winrate
Reinhardt - 48.8% Winrate
D.Va - 48.7% Winrate
Lucio - 47.8%  Winrate

Silver Hero Meta

Silver Tier List:
Tier 1 (> 75% Usage Rate): 
Tier 2 (> 50% Usage Rate):  Mercy (72%), D.Va (50%)
Tier 3 (> 25% Usage Rate):  Junkrat (47%), Soldier76 (35%), Reinhardt (31%), Lucio (30%), Zenyatta (29%), Pharah (29%), Symmetra (26%), Zarya (25%)
Tier 4 (> 15% Usage Rate):  Roadhog (23%), Reaper (22%), Tracer (22%), Torbjorn (20%), Orisa (19%), McCree (18%), Hanzo (18%), Genji (17%), Winston (16%), Bastion (15%)


Top 5 Meta Heroes with the Highest Winrates: (>25% usage):
Symmetra - 56.3%  Winrate
Zenyatta - 51.4% Winrate
Reinhardt - 49.0% Winrate
Junkrat - 47.8% Winrate
Mercy - 47.7% Winrate

Bronze Hero Meta

Bronze Tier List:
Tier 1 (> 75% Usage Rate):
Tier 2 (> 50% Usage Rate):  Mercy (58%), D.Va (55%)
Tier 3 (> 25% Usage Rate):  Soldier76 (47%), Junkrat (41%), Symmetra (31%), Pharah (31%), Orisa (29%), Zenyatta (28%), Torbjorn (27%)
Tier 4 (> 15% Usage Rate):  Tracer (22%), Mei (22%), Hanzo (21%), Reaper (21%), Bastion (19%), Genji (19%), McCree (19%), Lucio (18%), Roadhog (17%), Widowmaker (16%), Winston (15%)

Top 5 Meta Heroes with the Highest Winrates: (>25% usage):
Torbjorn - 57.0% Winrate
Symmetra - 53.6% Winrate
Orisa - 50.0% Winrate
Pharah - 45.1% Winrate
Mercy - 45.1%  Winrate

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