Ranged

Ranged abilities are abilities capable of taking effect at range, either through launching a projectile or through generating an effect at a specified location. Ranged abilities are in contrast to melee abilities. Most abilities are ranged abilities.

Hitscan and Projectiles

Main article: Weapon

Most ranged weapons and abilities are referred to as either being hitscan or projectiles.

A hitscan weapon/ability has no travel time, and will hit a target within the shooter's crosshairs as soon as the weapon/ability fires. Examples include Cassidy's Peacekeeper and Widowmaker's Widow's Kiss.

A projectile weapon/ability has a travel time, and will hit a target only if the projectile collides with the target. Examples include Pharah's Rocket Launcher and Reinhardt's Fire Strike.

Damage Falloff

Certain ranged weapons and abilities have a property known as damage falloff. Damage falloff means that the weapon/ability does less damage, the farther the shooter is away from the target when it hits them. For example, if Ashe hits an enemy who is standing right next to her with The Viper, it will deal full damage. If, however, Ashe hits a distant enemy with The Viper, it will deal much less damage (because of how far away the target is from Ashe).

Currently, all forms of healing weapons and abilities have no damage falloff attached. Meaning distance from the source of healing will not affect the amount you receive.

For the following 2 lists, Beams, Melee, and Healing abilities are all excluded as non have damage falloff. However, an ability that is a mixture weapon types will be added. For example, Ramattra's Pummel is considered both a Melee and Projectile.

Weapons affected by Damage Falloff

This is a list of all the heroes with weapons or abilities affected by damage falloff, with some stats of the weapon.

Hero	Weapon	Weapon Type	Damage	Damage Falloff Range	Headshot
Ashe	The Viper The Viper	Hitscan	40 – 12	20 – 40 meters	✓
	The Viper (ADS) The Viper (ADS)	Hitscan	75 – 22.5	30 – 50 meters	✓
Baptiste	Biotic Launcher Biotic Launcher	Hitscan	25 – 7.2 (per round) 75 – 21.6 (per shot)	25 – 45 meters	✓
Bastion	Configuration: Recon Configuration: Recon	Hitscan	25 – 7.5	30 – 50 meters	✓
	Configuration: Assault Configuration: Assault	Hitscan	12 – 3.6	30 to 50 meters	✕
Cassidy	Peacekeeper Peacekeeper	Hitscan	70 – 21	25 – 35 meters	✓
	Peacekeeper Alt Fire Peacekeeper Alt Fire	Hitscan	50 – 15	20 – 40 meters	✕
D.Va	Fusion Cannons Fusion Cannons	Shotgun (hitscan)	2 – 0.6	10 - 20 meters	✓
Doomfist	Hand Cannon Hand Cannon	Shotgun (projectile)	5 – 1.5 (per pellet) 55 – 16.5 (per shot)	15 – 30 meters	✓
Illari	Solar Rifle Solar Rifle	Hitscan	75 - 22.5 (max charge) 25 - 7.5 (min charge)	30 - 50 meters	✓ (1.5x)
Junker Queen	Scattergun Scattergun	Shotgun (hitscan)	8 – 2.4 (per pellet) 80 – 24 (per shot)	15 – 25 meters	✓
Mauga	Incendiary Chaingun Incendiary Chaingun	Hitscan	4 - 1.2 (direct) 15 per second (damage over time)	30 - 40 meters	✓
	Volatile Chaingun Volatile Chaingun	Hitscan	4 - 1.2	30 - 40 meters	✓
Reaper	Hellfire Shotguns Hellfire Shotguns	Shotgun (hitscan)	5.4 – 1.62 per pellet 108 – 36 per shot	10 – 20 meters	✓
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	✓ (1.5x)
	Whole Hog Whole Hog	Shotgun (hitscan)	7 – 2.1	30 – 40 meters	✓
Sojourn	Railgun Alt Fire Railgun Alt Fire	Hitscan	130 – 30	40 – 60 meters	✓ (1.5x)
Soldier: 76	Heavy Pulse Rifle Heavy Pulse Rifle	Hitscan	19 – 5.7	30 – 50 meters	✓
Sombra	Machine Pistol Machine Pistol	Hitscan	8 – 2.4	15 – 35 meters	✓
Torbjörn	Rivet Gun Alt Fire Rivet Gun Alt Fire	Shotgun (projectile)	12.5 – 3.75 per pellet 125 – 37.5 per shot	10 – 20 meters	✓
Tracer	Pulse Pistols Pulse Pistols	Hitscan	6 – 1.8 (per bullet) 12 – 3.6 (per shot)	10 – 20 meters	✓
Widowmaker	Widow's Kiss Widow's Kiss	Hitscan	13 – 3.9	20 – 40 meters	✓
	Widow's Kiss (ADS) Widow's Kiss (ADS)	Hitscan	12 – 6 (at 0% power) 120 – 60 (at 100% power)	50 – 70 meters	✓ (2.5x multiplier)
Wrecking Ball	Quad Cannons Quad Cannons	Hitscan	5 – 1.5 per shot	15 – 25 meters	✓

Weapons unaffected by Damage Falloff

This is a list of all the heroes with weapons or abilities that aren't affected by damage falloff, with some stats.

Hero	Weapon	Weapon Type	Damage	Headshot
Ana	Biotic Rifle Biotic Rifle	Projectile (unscoped) Hitscan (scoped)	70 over 0.59 seconds	✕
	Sleep Dart Sleep Dart	Projectile	5	✕
D.Va	Micro Missiles Micro Missiles	Projectile Area of effect	7 (direct hit) 1 - 4 (splash, enemy) 1 - 4 (splash, self)	✕
	Light Gun Light Gun	Projectile	14	✓
Echo	Tri-Shot Tri-Shot	Projectile	17 (per pellet) 51 (per shot)	✓
	Sticky Bombs Sticky Bombs	Projectile Area of effect	5 (direct hit) 25 (explosion, enemy) 12.5 (explosion, self)	✕
Genji	Shuriken Shuriken	Projectile	27 (per shuriken) 81 (per shot)	✓
	Shuriken Alt Fire Shuriken Alt Fire	Projectile	27 (per shuriken) 81 (per shot)	✓
Hanzo	Storm Bow Storm Bow	Arcing projectile	27.2 - 120 (depending on charge)	✓
	Storm Arrows Storm Arrows	Arcing projectile	75	✓
Junkrat	Frag Launcher Frag Launcher	Arcing projectile Area of effect	120 (direct hit) 80 - 10 (splash, enemy)	✕
Kiriko	Kunai Kunai	Projectile	45	✓ (2.5x multiplier)
Lúcio	Sonic Amplifier Sonic Amplifier		20	✓
Mei	Endothermic Blaster Alt Fire Endothermic Blaster Alt Fire	Projectile	75	✓
Mercy	Caduceus Blaster Caduceus Blaster	Projectile	20	✓
Orisa	Augmented Fusion Driver Augmented Fusion Driver	Projectile	13	✓
	Energy Javelin Energy Javelin	Arcing projectile	60 (direct impact), 40 (wall collision)	✕
Pharah	Rocket Launcher Rocket Launcher	Projectile Area of effect	40 (direct hit) 80 – 24.6 (splash, enemy) 20 – 6.15 (splash, self)	✕
	Concussive Blast Concussive Blast	Projectile Area of effect	30 (direct hit) 30 (splash, enemy)	✕
Ramattra	Void Accelerator Void Accelerator	Projectile	5	✓
	Pummel Pummel	Melee Projectile	60	✕
Sigma	Hyperspheres Hyperspheres	Arcing projectile Area of effect	25 (direct hit) 30 – 9 (splash, enemy) 7.5 – 2.25 (splash, self)	✕
Sojourn	Railgun Railgun	Projectile	9	✓ (2x)
Soldier: 76	Helix Rockets Helix Rockets	Projectile Area of effect	40 (direct hit) 80 – 40 (splash, enemy) 40 – 20 (splash, self)	✕
Symmetra	Photon Projector Alt Fire Photon Projector Alt Fire	Projectile Area of effect	50 (direct hit) 50 (splash, enemy)	✕
Torbjörn	Rivet Gun Rivet Gun	Arcing projectile	70	✓
	Molten Core Molten Core	Arcing projectile Area of effect (pools)	Impact: 25 Pools: 160 per second, +90 against armor
Winston	Tesla Cannon Alt Fire Tesla Cannon Alt Fire	Hitscan	15 (min charge) 50 (max charge)	✕
Zarya	Particle Cannon Alt Fire Particle Cannon Alt Fire	Arcing projectile Area of effect	47 – 9.4 (enemy, 0% Energy) 95 – 19 (enemy, 100% Energy) 23.5 – 4.7 (self, 0% Energy) 47.5 – 9.5 (self, 100% Energy)	✕
Zenyatta	Orb of Destruction Orb of Destruction	Projectile	48	✓
	Orb of Destruction Alt Fire Orb of Destruction Alt Fire	Projectile	48 per orb Max 240 per volley	✓