Overwatch Heroes Tier List
Hero quality in Overwatch is not one number. Some heroes are strong because they carry, others because they make the team around them better. This board asks which kind of value you actually rate, with all twelve left for you to place. Every entry starts in Unranked — drag or tap a tile to fill S through F, rename any row, then export the finished board as a PNG.
Tracer
Reinhardt
Mercy
Genji
Ana
Winston
D.Va
Reaper
Lucio
Zarya
Widowmaker
Kiriko0 of 12 items ranked.
Board saved automatically in this browser. Original.
How this board is built: the 12 tiles are an editorial starting set, not an official roster and not a published ranking — every entry waits in Unranked until you place it. Item tiles are original pictograms or two-letter emblems drawn for this site rather than character artwork, film stills or club logos, so nothing here is licensed material reused from a rights holder. Tiers you set are your own judgement.
What's included in this Overwatch Heroes board
The board arrives with all 12 entries present as tiles and none of them assigned to a tier. That is deliberate: a template that opens with a finished ranking only invites you to agree or disagree with whoever made it, whereas an empty ladder makes you commit to an ordering of your own. Drag a tile onto a row, or on a phone tap the tile and then the tier you want. You can add rows for extra categories, rename the standard ones, and remove any entry you do not recognise — a list you can defend is more useful than a long one you cannot.
How to rank this Overwatch Heroes board
Rank role clarity first. A hero whose job is obvious in the first thirty seconds is easier to build a team around than one that needs a composition explained before it works. Then weigh skill ceiling against floor: a hero that is useless in untrained hands and dominant in trained ones belongs high on a mastery list and low on a pick-up-and-play list, so decide which list you are making. Third, score enablement — how much a hero improves the four players next to them. Supports and tanks usually win this pass, and that is a legitimate reason to promote them. Finish by checking the current patch: if you are ranking live balance, put the patch date in the title, because a hero tier list without one ages badly.
Using the board without over-thinking it
Most people finish a board like this in a couple of minutes and then reorder the middle rows for another ten. That middle is where the honest disagreement lives, so do not rush it: place the obvious top three and the obvious bottom three first, then work inward. If two entries still feel identical, that is a real observation — say so in a row note or a text tile rather than inventing a difference. When the ordering settles, export the PNG so the arrangement is saved somewhere permanent, and copy the share link if you want someone else to argue with it.
Ranking criteria used here
- role clarity
- skill ceiling
- how much a hero enables teammates
Before you share it
Put your criterion in the board title, so a reader knows whether they are looking at a favourites list or an analytical one. If the subject changes with patches, seasons or releases, add the date. And remember the share link carries tier names, colours and the tile order — uploaded photos stay on your device, so export a PNG when those matter.
All 12 items in this template
Back to the boardTracerReinhardtMercyGenjiAnaWinstonD.VaReaperLucioZaryaWidowmakerKirikoOverwatch Heroes tier list FAQ
Why are heroes from different roles mixed together?
Because the board measures perceived hero quality, not pick priority. If you want a drafting list, build one per role and title it that way.
Does the meta patch change the order?
Constantly. Regenerate the board after a balance pass, or your list becomes a historical document with no date on it.
