Widowmaker Guide for Overwatch

Widowmaker Guide

>>Information about Widow's Mechanics:

Both her Sniper and SMG are hitscan based, meaning they hit instantly.

Sniper Rifle Mode
120 DMG body shot
300 DMG headshot (2.5x)
10 Shots per reload
1.4 seconds between shots

DMG is simply percentage charge, e.g. 50% charge is 60 DMG

SMG Mode
13 DMG body shot
26 DMG headshot (2x)
30 shots per reload
10 rounds per second

Reload time for both is 1.5 seconds

Grappling Hook
cooldown is 12 seconds or instant if you miss

Venom Mine
DMG is 75 over 5 seconds aka 15 per second
Cooldown is 15 seconds
AOE is 3 meters

Infra-Sight
duration is 15.5 seconds

>>Strategy for Widow
Headshots make a huge difference in both modes, always go for a headshot unless you know the enemy has extremely low health.

List of heroes Widow can kill in one sniper headshot/crit or two body shots
- Genji (200)
- McCree (200)
- Pharah (200)
- Reaper (250)
- Soldier (200)
- Bastion (300)
- Hanzo (200)
- Junkrat (200)
- Mei (250)
- Torbjorn (200)
- Another Widowmaker (200)
- Ana (200)
- Lucio (200)
- Mercy (200)
- Symmetra (200 including shield)

List of heroes Widow can kill with one sniper body shot
- Tracer (150)
- Zenyatta (150)
- D.va (150 - out of mech)

List of heroes Widow can kill with two headshots or four body shots
- D.va (500 - in mech)
- Reinhardt (500)
- Roadhog (600)
- Winston (500)
- Zarya (400)

So stay behind your team and try to prioritize taking out the heroes you can kill quickly. It will usually makes a much bigger difference for your team if you can headshot the Soldier 76 vs just taking some health off the Roadhog. Also prioritize killing heroes that can hurt you from far away, like other snipers, McCree, Soldier 76, Zenyatta, and then Genji and Pharah. A decent Mei or Torbjorn can also be a threat but are generally more focused on players closer to them.