Critical hit is a property that allows a weapon or ability to deal bonus damage under certain conditions. Most commonly critical hits are caused by headshots.
Headshot[ | ]
Headshots are critical hits caused by most - but not all - weapons and some abilities upon hitting an opponent's head hitbox. Melee and beam weapons are usually incapable of dealing headshots.
Generally, a headshot gains a 2.0x damage modifier, meaning that they deal double the damage of a bodyshot (for example, Cassidy's Peacekeeper deals 70 damage to the body, but 140 damage to the head). Some weapons do, however, have a differing multiplier:
- Sojourn's Railgun Alt Fire and Illari's Solar Rifle have a 1.5x headshot modifier.
- Widowmaker's Widow's Kiss while scoped and Kiriko's Kunai have a 2.5x headshot modifier.
Genji's Deflect and Echo's Duplicate inherit the property from the original hero's weapon or ability.
Some abilities, such as Ramattra's Block and Wrecking Ball's Roll, can partially hide or completely disable the hero's head hitbox, preventing them from taking the bonus critical damage. They are still vulnerable to other forms of critical damage, however.
List of weapons and abilities that can headshot[ | ]
Hero | Weapon / Ability | Official description | Details |
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Ashe |
The Viper | Semi-automatic rifle. | |
The Viper (ADS) | Hold to zoom in, increasing damage and accuracy but slowing rate of fire. | ||
Bastion |
Configuration: Recon | Mobile, with a lightweight and highly accurate weapon. | |
Baptiste |
Biotic Launcher | Three-round burst gun. | |
Cassidy |
Peacekeeper | Accurate, powerful revolver. | |
D.Va |
Fusion Cannons | Automatic short-range spread weapons. | |
Light Gun | Automatic weapon. | ||
Doomfist |
Hand Cannon | Short-range weapon with spread. Reloads automatically. | |
Echo |
Tri-Shot | Fires 3 shots at once, in a triangle pattern. | |
Duplicate | Become a copy of the targeted enemy hero. They cannot swap heroes for the duration. |
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Genji |
Shuriken | Throw an accurate burst of 3 projectiles. | |
Shuriken Alt Fire | Throw a fan of 3 projectiles in an arc. | ||
Deflect | Deflect incoming projectiles towards the direction you are aiming and block melee attacks. |
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Hanzo |
Storm Bow | Hold to charge then release to launch arrows further. | |
Storm Arrows | |||
Sonic Arrow | Reveals enemies for a short time upon impact. | ||
Dragonstrike | Launch a deadly Dragon Spirit that devastates enemies it passes through. |
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Illari |
Solar Rifle | Long-range auto charging rifle. |
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Junker Queen |
Scattergun | Pump action shotgun. | |
Kiriko |
Kunai | Thrown projectile that deals increased critical damage. |
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Lifeweaver |
Thorn Volley | Rapidly fire a spread of projectiles. | |
Lúcio |
Sonic Amplifier | Lúcio can hit his enemies with sonic projectiles. | |
Mauga |
Incendiary Chaingun | Automatic weapon that ignites enemies on repeated impacts. | |
Volatile Chaingun | Automatic weapon that deals critical damage to burning enemies. | ||
Mei |
Endothermic Blaster Alt Fire | Long-range icicle launcher. | |
Mercy |
Caduceus Blaster | Automatic weapon. | |
Orisa |
Augmented Fusion Driver | Automatic heat-based weapon. Deals more damage at closer range. | |
Ramattra |
Void Accelerator | Fire a stream of projectiles. | |
Reaper |
Hellfire Shotguns | Short-range spread weapons. | |
Roadhog |
Scrap Gun | Short-range spread weapon with a medium-range shrapnel volley. |
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Whole Hog | Damage and knock back enemies in front of you. | ||
Sojourn |
Railgun | Rapid firing projectiles that generate energy on hit. | |
Railgun Alt Fire | High impact shot that consumes stored energy. |
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Soldier: 76 |
Heavy Pulse Rifle | Automatic assault weapon. |
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Sombra |
Machine Pistol | Short-range automatic weapon. | |
Torbjörn |
Rivet Gun | Slow firing, long-ranged weapon. | |
Rivet Gun Alt Fire | Inaccurate but powerful short-range weapon. | ||
Tracer |
Pulse Pistols | Short-range automatic weapons. | |
Widowmaker |
Widow's Kiss | Automatic assault weapon. | |
Widow's Kiss (ADS) | Hold for long-ranged sniper weapon. |
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Wrecking Ball |
Quad Cannons | Automatic assault weapons. | |
Zenyatta |
Orb of Destruction | Energy projectile weapon. | |
Orb of Destruction Alt Fire | Charge to release more projectiles. |
Other critical damage scenarios[ | ]
Some weapons and abilities can deal critical damage to enemies without needing the weapon to land on an opponent's head hitbox. However these weapons/abilities typically require some condition to deal critical damage instead. Like headshots, these instances generally deal double damage compared to a normal hit.
- Mauga's Volatile Chaingun can deal headshots as normal, but can also deal critical damage to any hero, object or barrier that is burning, even if they don't have a head hitbox.
- Mauga's Overrun deals critical damage and knocks down any enemies it lands directly on.
- Sombra's Virus deals critical damage on hacked enemies and objects, doubling the initial damage but not the damage over time.
- Reinhardt's Earthshatter deals critical damage when it hits an enemy in melee range, but it functions slightly differently than other critical hits, dealing an additional instance of 150 damage instead of multiplying the base damage.
Some abilities prevent the Hero from taking any form of critical damage, even if enemies damage their head hitbox. These shots will instead be treated as body shots.
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Trivia[ | ]
- In game modes that restrict all damage to headshots only, some heroes and deployables may not deal any damage whatsoever (like Symmetra, Moira, turrets, and B.O.B.), while others may become immune to damage (like Hammond, Bastion, turrets and barriers).
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