Weapon

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

All weapons are fully automatic, except Ashe's The Viper, Hanzo's Storm Bow, and Widowmaker's Widow's Kiss when aiming down sights.

Golden variations of weapons can be purchased using 3000 competitive points that are earned via Competitive Play.

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. Heroes with melee weapons equipped are incapable of using quick melee. Melee weapons cannot headshot.

Some melee weapons have knock-back like quick melee, while others do not.

Melee weapons with knock-back

• Reinhardt: Rocket Hammer

Melee weapons without knock-back

• Brigitte: Rocket Flail
• Torbjörn: Forge Hammer

Ranged

A vast majority of the weapons in the game are ranged. Although the effect distance is potentially infinite, the effectiveness of a weapon can be limited by damage falloff, bullet spread, or projectile travel speed. Ranged weapons can headshot, unless the weapon's projectile explodes upon impact.

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 50%; however, Tracer, Sombra, and heroes with shotguns, who are designed to fight close range, have their damage reduced to 30% at maximum range. Ana does not have falloff damage for their scoped shots.

Some hitscan weapons are pinpoint, meaning perfect precision, while others have a spread.

Pinpoint hitscan weapons

• Ashe: The Viper (scoped)
• Ana: Biotic Rifle (scoped)
• McCree: Peacekeeper (primary fire)
• Widowmaker: Widow's Kiss (scoped)

Hitscan weapons with weapon spread

• Ashe: The Viper (semi-automatic fire)
• Baptiste: Biotic Launcher (primary fire)
• Bastion: Configuration: Recon and Configuration: Sentry
• D.Va: Fusion Cannons
• McCree: Peacekeeper (alternate fire)
• Reaper: Hellfire Shotguns
• Soldier: 76: Heavy Pulse Rifle
• Sombra: Machine Pistol
• Tracer: Pulse Pistols
• Widowmaker: Widow's Kiss (automatic fire)
• Wrecking Ball: Quad Cannons

Projectiles

Unlike hitscan weapon, 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.

Projectile weapons do not have falloff damage, except shotguns. Some projectiles travel in an arc rather than a straight line.

Linear projectile weapons

• Ana: Biotic Rifle (automatic fire)
• Bastion: Configuration: Tank
• D.Va: Light Gun
• Doomfist: Hand Cannon
• Echo: Tri-Shot
• Genji: Shuriken (primary and alternate fire)
• Lúcio: Sonic Amplifier
• Mei: Endothermic Blaster (alternate fire)
• Mercy: Caduceus Blaster
• Orisa: Fusion Driver
• Pharah: Rocket Launcher
• Roadhog: Scrap Gun (alternate fire, before detonation)
• Symmetra: Photon Projector (alternate fire)
• 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)

Shotguns

Shotguns are weapons that fire a large amount 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.

Hitscan shotguns

• D.Va: Fusion Cannons
• Reaper: Hellfire Shotguns

Projectile shotguns

• Doomfist: Hand Cannon
• Roadhog: Scrap Gun (primary fire and alternate fire, after detonation)
• Torbjörn: Rivet Gun (alternate fire)

Explosions

Some weapons fire projectiles that explode upon impact and deal splash damage to enemies in range. 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 damage the explosion can do, ignoring the damage the projectile does.

Explosive weapons with self-damage

• Bastion: Configuration: Tank
• Pharah: Rocket Launcher
• Sigma: Hyperspheres
• Zarya: Particle Cannon (alternate fire)

Explosive weapons without self-damage

• Junkrat: Frag Launcher
• Symmetra: Photon Projector (alternate fire)

Beams

Some weapons are channeled instead of fired and emit a beam. Beams ignore Defense Matrix, Deflect, and Kinetic Grasp. Beams cannot headshot. Armor reduces their damage by 20%. Beams have a finite maximum range.

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

Hitscan-like

• 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)

List of weapons

Hero	Weapon	Type	Ammo	Reload time	Recovery time	Damage/healing	Range	Damage falloff range	Damage at max. range	Projectile speed	Headshot
Ana	Biotic Rifle	Linear projectile	12	1.5 seconds	0.8 seconds	70 damage 70 healing	∞	—	—	125 m/s	No
		Scoped hitscan								—
Ashe	The Viper	Hitscan	12	Bullets × 0.25 seconds + 0.5 seconds	0.25 seconds	40 damage	∞	20 to 40 meters	50%	—	Yes
		Scoped hitscan			0.7 seconds	80 damage		30 to 50 meters
Baptiste	Biotic Launcher	Hitscan	45 (15 shots)	1.5 seconds	0.65 seconds	25 damage / bullet 75 damage / burst	∞	25 to 45 meters	50%	—	Yes
		Explosive arcing projectile	10	1.5 seconds 0.95 seconds	0.8 seconds	50 healing		—	—	60 m/s	No
Bastion	Configuration: Recon	Hitscan	35	1.5 seconds	0.125 seconds	20 damage	∞	25 to 45 meters	50%	—	Yes
	Configuration: Sentry	Widespread hitscan	300	2.1 seconds	0.033… seconds	15 damage	∞	30 to 50 meters	50%	—	No
	Configuration: Tank	Explosive linear projectile	∞	—	1 second	205 damage (56 from explosion)	∞	—	—	60 m/s	No
Brigitte	Rocket Flail	Melee	∞	—	0.6 seconds	35 damage	6 m	—	—	—	No
D.Va	Fusion Cannons	Shotgun hitscan	∞	—	0.15 seconds	2 damage / pellet 22 damage / shot	∞	10 to 20 meters	30%	—	Yes
	Light Gun	Linear projectile	20	1.45 seconds	0.142857… seconds	14 damage	∞	—	—	50 m/s	Yes
Doomfist	Hand Cannon	Shotgun projectile	4	+1 shot per 0.65 seconds	0.333… seconds	6 damage / pellet 66 damage / shot	∞	15 to 30 meters	30%	80 m/s	Yes
Echo	Tri-Shot	Projectile	15	1.5 seconds	0.333… seconds	17 damage / pellet 51 damage / shot	∞	—		75 m/s	Yes
Genji	Shuriken	Linear projectile	30 (10 shots)	1.5 seconds	0.95 seconds	28 damage / shuriken 84 damage / shot	∞	—	—	60 m/s	Yes
		Widespread linear projectile			0.65 seconds
Hanzo	Storm Bow	Arcing projectile	∞	—	1.25 seconds (full charge)	125 damage (full charge)	∞	—	—	110 m/s (full charge)	Yes
Junkrat	Frag Launcher	Explosive arcing projectile	5	1.5 seconds	0.666… seconds	120 damage (80 from explosion)	∞	—	—	25 m/s	No
Lúcio	Sonic Amplifier	Linear projectile	20 (5 shots)	1.5 seconds	0.935 seconds	20 damage / projectile 80 damage / burst	∞	—	—	50 m/s	Yes
File:Icon-mccree.png McCree	Peacekeeper	Pinpoint hitscan	6	1.5 seconds	0.5 seconds	70 damage	∞	20 to 40 meters	50%	—	Yes
		Widespread hitscan	6 (1 use)		1.08 seconds + 1.5 seconds	50 damage / bullet 300 damage / use (Full ammo)					No
Mei	Endothermic Blaster	Beam	120 (6 seconds)	1.5 seconds	—	55 damage per second	10 m	—	—	20 m/s	No
		Linear projectile	120 (12 shots)		0.8 seconds	75 damage	∞			115 m/s	Yes
Mercy	Caduceus Staff	Lock-on beam	—	—	—	55 healing per second	15 m	—	—	—	No
						Amplifies damage by 30%
	Caduceus Blaster	Linear projectile	20	1.4 seconds	0.2 seconds	20 damage	∞	—	—	50 m/s	Yes
Moira	Biotic Grasp	Beam	140 Biotic Energy (7 seconds)	+3.36 Biotic Energy per second	—	70 healing per second + 35 healing over 4 seconds	15 m	—	—	20 m/s	No
		Beam	—	—		50 damage per second 20 self healing per second	20 m			—
Orisa	Fusion Driver	Linear projectile	150	2.55 seconds	0.0833… seconds	11 damage	∞	—	—	90 m/s	Yes
Pharah	Rocket Launcher	Explosive linear projectile	6	1.5 seconds	0.85 seconds	120 damage (80 from explosion)	∞	—	—	35 m/s	No
Reaper	Hellfire Shotguns	Shotgun hitscan	8	1.5 seconds	0.5 seconds	7 damage / pellet 140 damage / shot	∞	10 to 20 meters	30%	—	Yes
Reinhardt	Rocket Hammer	Melee	∞	—	0.95 seconds	75 damage	5 m	—	—	—	No
Roadhog	Scrap Gun	Shotgun projectile	5	2 seconds	0.85 seconds	7 damage / pellet 175 damage / shot	∞	15 to 30 meters	30%	80 m/s	Yes
		Linear projectile Shotgun projectile				50 damage 7 damage / pellet 175 damage / shot	8 m ∞	23 to 38 meters
Sigma	Hyperspheres	Explosive arcing projectile	∞	—	1.5 seconds	55 damage / charge (30 from explosion) 110 damage / burst (60 from explosion)	22 m	—	—	50 m/s	No
Soldier: 76	Heavy Pulse Rifle	Hitscan	25	1.55 seconds	0.111… seconds	20 damage	∞	30 to 50 meters	50%	—	Yes
Sombra	Machine Pistol	Widespread hitscan	60	1.5 seconds	0.05 seconds	8 damage	∞	15 to 35 meters	30%	—	Yes
Symmetra	Photon Projector	Beam	70 (10 seconds)	1.35 seconds	—	60/120/180 damage per second	12 m	—	—	—	No
		Linear projectile	70 (7 shots) (full charge)		1.25–2.25 seconds	120 damage (60 from explosion) (full charge)	∞			25 m/s
Torbjörn	Rivet Gun	Arcing projectile	18	2 seconds	0.6 seconds	70 damage	∞	—	—	70 m/s	Yes
		Shotgun projectile	18 (6 shots)			10.5 damage / pellet 105 damage / shot		10 to 20 meters	30%	120 m/s
	Forge Hammer	Melee	∞	—	0.85 seconds	55 damage 50 turret healing	2.5 m	—	—	—	No
Tracer	Pulse Pistols	Widespread hitscan	40 (20 shots)	1.15 seconds	0.05 seconds	6 damage / pellet 12 damage / shot	∞	13 to 23 meters	30%	—	Yes
Widowmaker	Widow's Kiss	Widespread hitscan	35	1.55 seconds	0.1 seconds	13 damage	∞	20 to 40 meters	50%	—	Yes
		Scoped hitscan	35 (7 shots)		1.4 seconds (full charge)	120 damage (full charge)		60 to 85 meters	50%		Yes (250% multiplier)
Winston	Tesla Cannon	Piercing widespread beam	100 (5 seconds)	1.7 seconds	—	60 damage per second	8 m	—	—	—	No
Wrecking Ball	Quad Cannons	Hitscan	80	2.1 seconds	0.04 seconds	5 damage	∞	15 to 25 meters	50%	—	Yes
Zarya	Particle Cannon	Beam	100 (5 seconds)	1.6 seconds	—	95 damage per second	15 m	—	—	—	No
		Explosive arcing projectile	100 (4 shots)	1.6 seconds 1 second	1 second	47 damage	∞			25 m/s
Zenyatta	Orb of Destruction	Linear projectile	20	1.5 seconds	0.4 seconds	48 damage	—	—	—	90 m/s	Yes
			20 (4 volleys) (full charge)		3.75–4.75 seconds (full charge)	48 damage / orb 240 damage / volley (full charge)

Trivia

• Tracer's Pulse Pistols behave similarly to a shotgun.