Reinhardt is your classic tank in Overwatch, He has a massive shield to protect his team and himself from enemies, as well as being able to push forward and devastate enemies in melee range. He struggles against mobile heroes who can flank him quickly or get behind him.

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Abilities

Rocket Hammer - Devastating melee weapon

This is your basic attack and it deals 75 damage in a frontal cone. It has a decent range of 5m and a slight knockback to all enemies hit. While his Rocket Hammer does not have a cooldown, it does have a 1 second swing time which is relatively slow.

It is important to note you can animation cancel your Rocket Hammer by right clicking. Doing this will only deal damage to those who have already been hit, but is a very useful tool when fighting one enemy or you miss your swing and want to reset. Against a single opponent you should always animation cancel the hammer once it connects to increase your attack speed. Rocket Hammer is a very powerful melee attack that can 3-shot many of the squishier heroes in Overwatch. Be mindful of mobile heroes, though, that can dash in and out of your range and take you down quickly -- such as Tracer, Genji, or even McCree.

On a side note, Reinhardt is the only hero in the game without a secondary melee attack from hitting V (default button on other heroes).

Barrier Field - Hold to deploy a frontal energy barrier

This is the bread and butter of what makes Reinhardt a tank. A massive shield he can put up and absorb up to 2k damage. Reinhardt is a hero that needs the support of his team to really be effective. If you have a team spread out all over the place and not taking advantage of your shield, then Reinhardt is not being utilized to his full potential.

2 seconds after the shield is no longer active, it will begin regenerating 225 points per second. If the shield is destroyed, it cannot be activated again for 5 seconds and will still regen at 225 points per second. It is important to note that when Reinhardt has his shield up, the camera will change to a 3rd person point of view to help you navigate the shield to a more essential location.

While Reinhardt's shield is strong, you have to know when to use it and when not to. Keeping the shield up all the time does not help your team as much as having it ready for the moments it is needed most. When your team is not directly under fire or around you, make sure the shield is down and regenerating its hit points.

Some great combinations for the shield other than just protecting your teammates is on a payload or in a corner with a Bastion. You move a lot slower when your shield is up and are unable to attack. Having your team behind you to lay down fire is a must.

Being on top of a moving payload allows you to be mobile -- and if you have a hero like Bastion behind you, he can lay down enough fire to keep the objective moving. At the end of the match, he may get the highlight play, but it was your protection that made it possible. You may not get the glory but you made it possible. Try to mask each other's weaknesses with other combos. Bastion is vulnerable in his turret form and you can't attack with your shield up, but together you two can take down entire teams.

It is also important to note what your shield will not block.

• Melee attacks
• Channeled weapons such as Winston's and Symmetra's
• Symmetra's Photon Projector orbs and Reinhardt's Fire Strike
• AoE effects such as Hanzo's Dragonstrike
• Junkrat's Rip Tire

Charge - Charge forward and smash an enemy against a wall

Activate this ability and you'll surge forwards through the map, doing 50 damage to anyone you come into contact with and throwing them away while also taking the first person you get a direct hit on for the remainder of the ride. The key to this ability is that whoever you take for the ride will take an additional 300 damage if you slam them into a wall or object.

Reinhardt cannot cancel this ability and will continue to charge until he hits something, flys off a cliff or edge, or reaches 50m/3s of charge time. It is also worth noting that two Reinhardt's who charge at each other will both be knocked down and stunned. You can alter your direction slightly by using left or right movement keys.

One good use for the charge would be against an enemy Reinhardt who is shielding his team. His shield will not stop your charge, and it's a great way to break their defenses if you believe your team can win the matchup with Reinhardt's shield down. Charging into a wall will kill any non-tank hero instantly for the most part. So being able to take out an important target is a big part of Reinhardt's kit. Killing an enemy Lucio or Mercy in the beginning of an engagement can prove to be the difference-maker in a team fight.

Fire Strike - Launch a fiery projectile

Fire Strike is able to go through multiple enemies at once, dealing 100 damage to everyone it hits. It travels relatively fast and has a cast time of .25 seconds. The best use of this ability is to charge up your ultimate. In a team fight, dealing 100 points of damage to multiple targets can turn the fight -- but in those stalemates, you will want to use this to gain points into your ultimate. You want to look for target snipers or Bastion in his turret form, as well as turrets from Torbjörn. By targeting these heroes, you don't have to hit a moving target and can force them to relocate or heal themselves.

Earthshatter - Knock down all enemies in front of you

Earthshatter is your ultimate ability, and it's best used in open areas where the enemy can't hide behind something. Reinhardt smashes his hammer into the ground, damaging and knocking everyone down in front of him (up to 20m). This does 50 damage to everyone he hits and allows Reinhardt to either swing his hammer/Fire Strike and pick up some kills or follow it up with a charge. This is a great initiator if you have good communication with your teammates and they are ready to follow up the knockdown and stun with some damage. If properly executed, the enemy team will be eliminated before they are able to stand back up.

Usually, after an Earthshatter, it is more beneficial to follow up with a Fire Strike and some melee blows over a Charge. Fire Strike can hit multiple targets for 100 damage, and each swing does 75 damage so the math is pretty clear. If you combine that 100 with the 50 damage from Earthshatter you can dish out 225-300 damage to multiple targets in a matter of seconds -- while a charge will just eliminate one enemy and allow the others to stand back up.

Conclusion

Reinhardt is not a tough hero to master, and he plays a major role in most maps. Positioning and when you have your shield up is key to many of the fights. You'll struggle against mobile gods like Tracer, who can get behind you. While you might struggle against a McCree or Roadhog, you also can counter what they are doing to an extent. McCree's ultimate can be rendered useless if you have your shield up and your team behind you. The same can be said for Roadhog with his chain pull. Having a team protecting your vulnerable spots can lead to victory for you and your team.

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Story
Winston is a super intelligent, genetically engineered ape that was raised on the moon at the Horizon Lunar Colony with a bunch of other genetically engineered apes by a human scientist known as Dr. Harold Winston. All the other apes went mad and killed Dr. Harold Winston and declared the colony as their own. Naming himself after his beloved human caretaker, Winston didn't like this and returned back to earth to join Overwatch.

Play style
Winston uses a Tesla Cannon as his main weapon which channels a short beam of deadly electricity that has an easy auto aim associated with it. He is a highly mobile tank equipped with rocket thrusters on his back that enables him to leap around quite frequently creating chaos amongst his enemies. Winston is able to protect his team from enemy fire with his huge Barrier Projector globes. His ultimate Primal Rage turns him into a raging beast that gives him an incredible amount of health and melee attack damage allowing him to break through tough defenses.

Weaknesses
Winston's weakness is his lack of long range fire as he requires to be right up close to his enemies to do any damage to them, but that's where his leap ability comes into play. Overall, Winston is a very well rounded tank that does a good job of helping to protect his team from damage and allowing them to push towards the objective much easier.

Name: Winston
Difficulty: Medium
Role: Tank
Age: 29
Occupation: Scientist, Adventurer
Base of Operation: Horizon Lunar Colony (formerly)
Release Date: 10-27-2015

Base Hitpoints: 500 (100 of it is armor)

Winston's Tesla Cannon will require less precise aiming than most other guns in Overwatch. This allows new players to the FPS scene to jump right in and not have to worry about aim precision. The Tesla Cannon does require some aiming, as you will only need to aim in the general direction of the enemy and it should connect. The Tesla Cannon can strike through and hit enemies behind shields and barriers, such as Reinhardt's shield, and another Winston Barrier, but it will not go through Zarya's Barriers.

The Tesla Cannon has the capability to hit more than one target at a time as the lightning from it can branch off to multiple enemies at once. Each branched lightning will deal the same full amount of damage, so you can potentially do double or triple the damage compared to only attacking one target. This is useful for crowd control and makes leaping towards multiple enemies at once a higher consideration.

Use melee strikes
Melee strikes can be more efficient in time sensitive situations. If enemies get down to only a slither of health left, just use a melee strike on them to finish them off quicker. Melee strikes do 30 instant damage, where as it will take almost a second of channeling with your Tesla Cannon to match that. This also means when you are about to reload, just use a melee strike first, you will do more damage in the long run.

The Tesla Cannon does have a short range and in order to use it effectively you will need to leap around often to get close to your enemies to deal damage to them.

Leap allows Winston to be very mobile, more so than most other tanks (except D.va and her Boosters). After landing from a Leap, Winston will deal up to 50 damage to all enemies in the vicinity, depending on how far away from you they are when you land. You can control the height and direction you jump by looking in the direction you want to jump to. For example, if you look straight up and then Leap, Winston will leap straight up in the air. It will take a bit of practice to get used to the mechanics of leaping.

Leaping is most commonly used for:

• Chasing after enemies. Sometimes you have to think of Leap as your extension to your short range Tesla weapon, as you will be leaping quite frequently to get in range to deal damage to your enemies.
• To get right up and close to strong defenses such as Bastion Sentries and Widowmakers to take them out with your Tesla Cannon.
• For basic mobility to get up to higher platforms and ledges.
• To get to health packs faster by leaping towards them.
• To get back to the fight faster after dying.
• To help push your team forward in combination with your Barrier Projector.

As a tank, Barrier Projector fits Winston's role quite well. When used, Winston will drop a Barrier Projector that is a dome like shield right at the center of Winston's character that blocks enemy fire but still allowing your allies to fire through it. If you are leaping through the air and press the barrier hotkey, it will drop from exactly where you activated the ability (not where you will land).

As soon as you place the Barrier down, the cooldown for the next one starts immediately. Because of this, you will want to use this as often as possible.

Common uses for Barrier Projector:

• To protect choke points. Shielding choke points is a vital strategy for enabling your team to push forward if you are on Attack, or to keep the enemy from pushing forward if you are on Defense.
• To Leap safely towards your enemy. A strong combo is to leap towards a bunch of enemies and then throw up a Barrier Projector. This will protect you from outside fire while allowing you to dish out damage with your Tesla Cannon to only a few enemies at once. This is especially useful for dealing against Torbjorn's turret or other strong defenses such as Widowmakers and Hanzos.
• For use on top of a Payload. In case you didn't know, you can put a Barrier Projector on top of a Payload and it will turn into a mobile barrier that travels with the payload. This is very powerful.

Winston's Barrier does NOT block the following:

• Melee attacks.
• Some channeled weapons, including: Winston's Tesla Cannon, Symmetra's Photon Projector beam.
• Reinhardt's Fire Strike and Symmetra's Photon Orbs. Fire Strike and Photon Orbs can actually pass through and damage everything in its path, including Winston, his barrier and anyone else behind Winston.

Enemy Barriers:
When dealing with other enemy Barrier Projectors, it's generally better to not focus fire on the barrier to attempt to destroy it but rather refocus your attention on finding enemies that are out in the open and fire at them instead. You will be wasting your time and fire power on Barrier Projectors, as they will automatically dissipate after 6 seconds anyway. Only fire at Barrier Projectors if it's your last resort (unless you are a Bastion Sentry, as a Sentry can kill it in 1.5 seconds).

Primal Rage turns Winston into a raging beast with powerful melee knockback strikes with his fists. At use he gets fully healed along with an increase of hitpoints to 1000. His Leap ability instantly becomes available again (even if it was on a cooldown) and also goes on a much shorter cooldown of only 2 seconds (from 8 sec), this allows Winston to be extremely mobile during this time. The drawback of Primal Rage is that he is unable to put down Barrier Projectors for the duration of the ultimate. He is also unable to use his Tesla Cannon, but his melee strikes with his fists make up for that.

Although melee strikes will do AOE damage, they only do 40 damage in an area, which is not a whole lot of damage. The AOE knockback is really what the ability is all about. With powerful knockbacks, you can keep enemies off of objectives and bat them away from you and your team, even potentially knocking them into a deadly pit. Combined with only a 2 second cooldown for your Jump Pack, you can create a lot of confusion amongst your enemies and do some serious harassing at the same time.

Since Primal Rage heals you fully to 1000 HP, it's important to use this as a life saver when you are about to die and need to refill your health up immediately.

Primal Rage can also save you if you get knocked into a pit. When falling into a pit you can sometimes save yourself by Leaping back to safety, but sometimes Leap may still be on a cooldown. By activating Primal Rage you can use your Leap immediately again to leap back to safety.

Winston's Strength and Weaknesses Vs Other Heroes

Symmetra: Winston is the best counter to Symmetra's Sentry Turrets. All Winston has to do is walk in the room filled with Sentry Turrets and hold down the trigger for his Telsa Cannon, it will automatically aim and kill each one quickly.

Symmetra on the other hand can fire her Photon Orbs and her Photon Projector inside of Winston's Barrier Projector, making your barriers completely useless against her.

Winston has the capability to leap right up close to Symmetra, throw down a barrier and then take her out quite easily as she has no escape mechanisms at her disposal. Winston is also decent at hunting down Symmetra's Teleporter ultimate thanks to his frequent Jump Pack leaps.

Hanzo: Winston's Barrier Projector does a good job of protecting his team from Hanzo's Storm Bow shots. Leaping at Hanzo is very effective since he can't do much in close range, except fire a Scatter Arrow shot at you or attempt to escape by climbing a wall. Up close and Winston's Tesla Cannon, Barrier, and Primal Rage are very deadly to Hanzo and his relatively weak hitpoints.

If there is a lot of allies inside of Winston's Barrier, Hanzo can fire a Dragonstrike at it to force you and your allies to scatter out of the barrier.

Genji: Genji's Deflect ability has no use against Winston and his Tesla Cannon. Winston's Barrier further protects him and his allies from Genji's shurikens.

If Genji happens to get close and use a Swift Strike (which does 50 damage), it simply won't be enough to put a dent in Winston's large 500 00 hitpoint pool. Plus Winston's Tesla Cannon will automatically keep aiming at Genji while he does his Swift Strikes. If Genji tries to run away, Winston can simply leap after him to take him out.

The only thing to really watch out for is Genji's ultimate Dragonblade, as it will deal more DPS than you can do back to him and your barriers will have no use against it. Consider leaping away from him to avoid his Dragonblade damage.

Widowmaker: Winston's Barrier shields are powerful against Widowmaker for blocking all her shots temporarily protecting him and his team. Winston can use his Jump Pack to leap right to Widowmaker and deal damage with his close range Tesla Cannon or turn on his ultimate Primal Rage to knock her around. However, if Widowmaker survives any immediate damage she can counter that by grappling away from him. Winston's high HP means it will take a lot of good shots from Widowmaker in order to take him down.

Mercy: Winston happens to be decent at flanking enemies with his Leap/Barrier combo and it works especially well against Mercy. Mercy is also a prime target to flank as her heal and resurrect abilities are very powerful and you will want to make sure she is disabled from combat as much as possible.

If Mercy is heavily guarded then you will need to wait until Primal Rage is ready before leaping at her.

Torbjorn: Once again, Winston can do his Leap/Barrier combo against Torbjorn and his turret, and if timed correctly Winston can put the Barrier down right in front of the turret so the turret will hit the barrier instead of Winston, then he can deal damage to the turret with his Tesla Cannon while his barrier absorbs the damage from the turret. Winston can then use his ultimate Primal Rage to clean up Torbjorn and any other enemies in the area.

After leaping towards Torbjorn and his turret, you will need to watch out for Torbjorn using his ultimate Molten Core. If Torbjorn is repairing his turret with Molten Core, try to take cover from the turret with a Barrier shield and dish out damage to Torbjorn. If Torbjorn attacks you then attack whichever is lower in health between Torbjorn and the turret instead. If Primal Rage is available, just use that to take control of the situation.

Other than that powerful combo, Barrier Shields in general will protect Winston's team from turret damage allowing his team to push forward and take out the turret more easily.

Tracer: Like Symmetra's weapon, Winston's Tesla Cannon works very well on Tracer thanks to the automatic aiming, as it does okay at damaging Tracer even while she is blinking as long as she is in range of him. Because of Winston's Tesla Cannon and high HP of 500, Tracer is better off ignoring Winston most of the time and focus on weaker heroes to harass and pick off.

Tracer's Pulse Bomb is a good counter to Winston's Barrier Projector. Tracer can blink into the Barrier real quick, lob a Pulse Bomb, then Recall out of there, dealing massive damage for anyone taking cover under the Barrier. If Tracer throws her Pulse Bomb on Winston, his Jump Pack does NOT unstick a bomb. However at full health, he can take a full hit from a Pulse Bomb and live it. Winston can also activate Primal Rage to give him a 1000 HP to survive a Pulse Bomb.

If Winston uses his ultimate (Primal Rage), Tracer can simply blink away from it.

Ana: Winston is fairly strong against Ana due to his ability to block Ana's Biotic Rifle shots, Sleep Darts and Biotic Grenades with his Barrier Projector. This can help protect his allies against all of her attacks and can increase your allies healing potential by blocking Ana's Biotic Grenades.

Winston also excels at flanking Ana quickly by leaping up close and taking her on with his Tesla Cannon. A well aimed Sleep Dart is Ana's best hope at surviving Winston's wild close up leaps. If Ana's Sleep Darts are on a cooldown or if she misses her shot at Winston, she can also throw down a Biotic Grenade to do some damage to him while healing her up a bit, but she will have to hope her allies are there to help fend Winston off because Ana's poor mobility and damage output will make it hard to run away from Winston.

Ana's ultimate Nano Boost can be used on one of her allies to help improve her chances of surviving Winston's Primal Rage by providing possible cannon fodder for Winston to bat around instead of Ana. Ana can also Nano Boost one of her allies to help deal with Winston's wild Leap flanks.

Winston's ultimate Primal Rage can be annoying to deal with for Ana, as long as Ana keeps her distance from him she should be okay. Even though Primal Rage has a big hitbox it can still be tough for Ana to aim Sleep Darts at him during this time. Even if she does land a Sleep Dart on him, Primal Rage is one of the few ultimates that will continue if it gets awakened while sleeping.

McCree: Winston can block McCree's shots with his barrier shield, protecting his team at the same time. Winston's Jump Pack helps him to stay away from McCree and his Flashbangs. Since Winston can only do damage in close range with his Tesla Cannon or his ultimate Primal Rage. He is very vulnerable close up to McCree's deadly Flashbang and fan fire combo. If Winston uses Primal Rage, McCree can still Flashbang and fan fire at him, and McCree can back away from it using Combat Rolls.

McCree's ultimate Deadeye is less effective on Winston due to his large hitpoints (of 500) and his ability to block it and protect his team with his Barrier Projector. Plus with Winston's Primal Rage, he can leap right up to McCree using Deadeye and knock him out of view from firing his shots off.

Overall McCree still has the upperhand thanks to his strong medium range fire and up close Flashbang and fan fire combo against Winston.

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Pharah: Winston is not much of a threat to Pharah since she flies and hovers in the air most of the time and is mostly in the clear from Winston's Tesla Cannon and Primal Rage. If you do leap at her to attempt to do some damage she can use a Concussive Blast to knock you back away from her.

However, Winston's barrier shield does a decent job at protecting his team from incoming rockets, but only temporarily.

Pharah's ultimate Barrage is not very effective against Winston since he can just use a Barrier shield to block it and protect his team or leap out of the way from it.

Reaper: Reaper's shotguns are very deadly, as it can only take 4 close up shotgun shots to take out Winston. You will find that Reaper will be harassing you more so than any other hero. Reaper can Shadow Step behind you and then move inside your Barrier and start attacking you, or worse he can use his ultimate Death Blossom to quickly take you out.

As Winston, do your best and keep your distance from Reaper. Leap away from him immediately if he comes close to you, stick with your teammates so they have your back, and use Primal Rage to save yourself from him if you need to. Unfortunately, Reaper can avoid your Primal Rage by simply using Wraith Form to escape.

Lucio: Lucio has multiple ways to stay away from Winston's close up attacks. Lucio can use his speed aura to move away from Winston while still being able to fire his sonic projectiles at him. However, Winston's Barrier Projectors do a great job at blocking Lucio's sonic projectiles. Up close and Lucio can use his Soundwave ability to knock you back, which can make it hard to damage him with either your Tesla Cannon or Primal Rage.

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Lucio can also use his ultimate Sound Barrier to save him and his whole team from Primal Rage, which is one of the hardest counters to it.

If Lucio uses Sound Barrier, it's best to not worry about playing offensively, but instead play defensively for the time being by protecting your team with Barriers until it's over.

Zenyatta: Zenyatta's Orb of Discord can be tough to deal with as it will do +30% more damage to whoever has it on them. If Zenyatta puts his Orb of Discord on Winston I recommend playing him a bit differently. If you get the Orb of Discord, I recommend staying back with your team and protecting them with Barrier Projectors. Discord Orb cannot be thrown through Winston's Barrier Projector. Avoid leaping at the enemy unless you feel like you have a clear chance at leaping at Zenyatta to take him out. If you take Zenyatta out, you will drop the Orb of Discord. However, Zenyatta can save himself from all attacks by using his ultimate Transcendence. So it's best to leap at him right after he uses Transcendence so he can't use it on you.

Winston also has various ways to counter Zenyatta's Discord Orb. Winston can use his Jump Pack to quickly leap out of the line of sight from Zenyatta to drop the orb. He can use his Barrier Projector to block damage that could be done to him. Winston can also use his ultimate Primal Rage to fully heal him at 1000 HP which can waste the Discord Orb's potential.

Mei: Winston's Tesla Cannon weapon only does damage in close range, so he would need to get close to Mei to do any damage to her, but Mei's freeze blaster is simply stronger. Even if Winston uses his ultimate Primal Rage melee attacks on Mei, she can still freeze him or she can simply use Cryo-Freeze to escape it. Mei's Ice Walls can further keep Primal Rage away from her and her allies.

Winston is better off staying away from Mei and focus on other heroes to kill. Winston's Barrier Projectors are still effective at blocking Mei's Endothermic Blaster's frost stream and long range Icicle shots. Winston can also escape from Mei's freeze gun by simply Leaping away from it.

If Mei uses her ultimate Blizzard, you can simply escape out of it with a leap. Barriers won't do anything against a Blizzard.

Reinhardt: Winston can quickly leap up towards Reinhardt and has the ability to be very deadly up close to him. Winston's Tesla Cannon can fire through Reinhardt's shield, potentially forcing Reinhardt to drop his shield to do melee attacks or an Earthshatter to save himself unless his team can provide enough fire power behind Reinhardt.

Winston's Barrier Projectors have no use against Reinhardt as all his abilities can go through Winston's barrier, including Fire Strikes and Charge.

Primal Rage can be very deadly to Reinhardt because you can knock him and his powerful shield away from his allies, however, he can still Charge and pin you while Primal Rage is active, or worse he can use his ultimate Earthshatter to drop you down, and can follow that up with melee strikes or a Charge.

Be cautious about Reinhardt charging at you, if he does, quickly leap upwards somewhere to avoid it.

Zarya: A good Zarya player will be able to protect any one of her allies that Winston leaps to with her Projected Barrier. If you see these Projected Particle Barriers, don't shoot at them or your shots will simply get absorbed and will increase the damage output of Zarya's weapon. She can also use these Particle Barriers on herself to do the same thing. This makes leaping at defenses and other enemies a tough task. Only consider leaping once you know these Particle Barriers are on a cooldown.

Close up battles with Zarya can be very deadly to Winston since her Particle Cannon weapon is simply more powerful than Winston's Tesla Cannon, especially when it's charged up. Plus she can use a Particle Barrier to protect herself. Not to mention, she is a tank herself with 400 HP (200 of it is a regenerating shield). Zarya's Particle Cannon at 0% charge without a Particle Barrier will out beat Winston's Tesla Cannon in a 1vs1 fight.

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Zarya's ultimate Graviton Surge is somewhat deadly to Winston since he has no way to escape it (his Jump Pack wont let him escape it), but Winston can put down a Barrier to block shots from hitting him and his allies stuck in the surge. Zarya's Graviton Surge becomes especially deadly when she traps you into it while Primal Rage is active, making Primal Rage totally useless then. It is possible to leap away right when Zarya tosses out her Graviton Surge, one must be very quick with the trigger on that though.

If you hit Zarya's Particle Barrier with Primal Rage it will still knock the target around but it will absorb the damage for Zarya's Particle Cannon.

Bastion: Overall a Bastion Sentry can deal with Winston very easily. Although, Winston can counter a Bastion Sentry thanks to his Leap/Barrier combo. I would only do this as a flank maneuver, because if Bastion sees you coming you will most likely die to him. After leaping towards Bastion, quickly get out of his field of view so he cannot attack you. You might be able to take Bastion out as long as his teammates don't zerg you down or he focus fires on you precisely. Just hold down the trigger once you get close to him while strafing and jumping around him to make it harder for him to aim at you.

If Bastion is heavily guarded, I would not bother leaping towards him. Winston's Barrier is only somewhat effective against Bastion. A Bastion Sentry can melt Winston's Barrier in 1.5 seconds and Primal Rage is very weak against a Bastion Sentry as it will not knock him around.

If you see Bastion use his Tank Form ultimate, you can simply Leap away from it to avoid the cannon ball hits or use Primal Rage to knock Tank Form away from your team.

Soldier 76: Barrier Projectors will be your best friend against Soldier 76's Pulse Rifle and Helix Rockets. However, the periods of time when your Barriers are down is when Winston can dish out a lot of damage to Winston. Since Winston has a large hitbox, Soldier 76 will be able to do a lot of damage to Winston even from long ranges.

When you use Primal Rage around a Soldier 76, he may attempt to Sprint away from you. But remember, your Jump Pack changes to a 2 second cooldown, giving you plenty of mobility to leap after him to take him out.

If you see Soldier 76 use Tactical Visor, rally your teammates to you and protect them with a Barrier Projector.

Winston: Ape Vs Ape? There's not a whole lot to say here, except that all of Winston's attacks can go through shields and barriers (except Zarya's shield), so you can fire your Tesla Cannon through another Winston's Barrier Projector. The fight really comes down to who has the better healer on them and who can effectively use Jump Packs to retreat to health packs from a losing battle or leaping away from another Primal Rage Winston.

Roadhog: Winston's Barrier Projector protects his team from Roadhog's Scrap Gun shots and also blocks Chain Hooks as well. When Winston's Barrier goes down is when Roadhog can make his moves.

If Roadhog Chain Hooks you into him, you can counter that by using a Leap or Primal Rage. However, Roadhog's ultimate Whole Hog can be used to knock Primal Rage back away from Roadhog and his team. But you can just keep leaping to make up for that. If Primal Rage is not available, you will need to leap away from him (and/or throw down a barrier) or he will be able to do a lot of damage to you close up.

Keep in mind that a Jump Pack landing will NOT cancel out Roadhog's Take a Breather ability (his self heal).

If Roadhog uses Whole Hog, Winston's Barriers are an excellent counter to it.

Junkrat: Winston can block Junkrat's grenade spam with his Barrier Projector shield, protecting his team, only temporarily though. Junkrat's Traps/Mines can be dealt with by either leaping over them or simply walking up to them and hold down your Tesla Cannon to easily take them out. Keep in mind that your Barrier Field will block everything Junkrat has, including: mines, traps and frag grenades.

If Winston gets close to Junkrat he can use his ultimate Primal Rage on him. But, Junkrat can quickly throw down a trap and then mine jump away from you. But since Jump Pack turns into a 2 second cooldown with Primal Rage, you can just leap right after him.

Junkrat's ultimate Rip-Tire can be blocked by a barrier shield, but the tire can be steered right inside of a barrier and then be detonated. Winston doesn't have a long range weapon to shoot it with, although Winston can just leap away from it (if it's not on a cooldown). Winston can also counter a Rip-Tire with Primal Rage to take the hit from it, otherwise one Rip-Tire will be able to knock regular Winston out at full normal HP.

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Be careful after killing Junkrat close up, as his Total Mayhem death bombs do a lot of damage over Junkrat's corpse!

D.va: D.va can be a pain to deal with, mostly because of her Fusion Cannons out DPS Winston's Tesla Cannon up close and she can also do good damage at medium range as well. D.va is also a tank with the same amount of HP as Winston, but more since she will pop out of her mech when it gets destroyed. This makes leaping at her a risky endeavor. I would only consider leaping at her if her health is nearly low. Luckily though, Winston's Tesla Cannon can go through and bypass D.va's Defense Matrix ability.

Both Winston and D.va have great mobility, since D.va can use her Boosters to fly up to you or escape from you, just like Winston can do the same to her.

If you manage to take out D.va's mech, Winston has the easiest time dealing with the little D.va that pops out, as his Tesla cannon combined with leaps will be able to easily keep up with her to take her out with no problems.

Primal Rage can be effective against D.va. Knocking her around will still allow her to shoot her Cannons, but it can knock her away from more fragile allies.

D.va's ultimate Self-Destruct can easily be avoided by leaping away from it and hiding behind a wall. Alternatively, a Barrier Projector can also save you and potential allies from the explosion as well, while also providing cover to continue attacking underneath the Barrier.

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