Kiriko · Support
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Overview
Kiriko is a medic support hero in Overwatch with 225 health. In competitive this season (PC, Americas, Europe and Asia averaged) it wins 44.8% of its games, is picked by 31.7% of teams and banned in 2.7% of matches: tier D on our ladder. It wins 46.8% of games in Bronze and 46.3% in Grandmaster.
Strengths
- Mobility: Swift Step gets it in and out of fights.
- Crowd control: Protection Suzu stops enemies in their tracks.
- Healing: Healing Ofuda keeps allies (or itself) alive.
Weaknesses
- Only 44.8% of competitive games won (PC, all regions): #14 of 14 support heroes.
Build cheat sheet
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Builds
Kiriko · recommended perks
When to use it
One minor and one major perk, chosen by what each one's text adds to a support hero. Blizzard doesn't publish how often each perk is picked, so this is a reading of the perks, not a pick rate.
Minor perk
Urgent CareHealing Ofuda projectile speed is increased by 50% when seeking allies below half health.
Fortune TellerKunai hits launch 2 Healing Ofuda to an ally in front of you.Picked for more survival: Healing Ofuda projectile speed is increased by 50% when seeking allies below half health.
Major perk
Ready StepSwift Step grants Kiriko 40% increased attack and reload speed for 3 seconds.
FoxtrotProtection Suzu grants allies 30% increased movement speed for 4 seconds.Picked for more damage: Swift Step grants Kiriko 40% increased attack and reload speed for 3 seconds.
Abilities
LMBHealing OfudaChannel a burst of healing talismans that can seek targeted allies.Key: primary fire. Perks: Fortune Teller, Urgent Care
RMBKunaiThrown long-ranged projectile.Key: secondary fire
ShiftSwift Step7sTeleport directly to an ally.Key: Shift · cooldown 7 s. Perks: Ready Step
EProtection Suzu14sThrow a protective charm to make allies become briefly invulnerable and cleansed of most negative effects.Key: E · cooldown 14 s. Perks: Foxtrot
QKitsune RushUltimateSummon a fox spirit that rushes forward, accelerating the movement, attack speed, and cooldowns of allies that follow in its path.Key: Q · ultimate
Strategy
1What you do
In Role Queue each team fields two supports: you keep your team alive, enable fights with your utility and add damage whenever your allies are safe.
2Your keys
Every ability with its default PC key:
- primary fire · Healing Ofuda: Channel a burst of healing talismans that can seek targeted allies.
- secondary fire · Kunai: Thrown long-ranged projectile.
- Shift · Swift Step · 7 s: Teleport directly to an ally.
- E · Protection Suzu · 14 s: Throw a protective charm to make allies become briefly invulnerable and cleansed of most negative effects.
- Q · Kitsune Rush · ultimate: Summon a fox spirit that rushes forward, accelerating the movement, attack speed, and cooldowns of allies that follow in its path.
3Perks to start with
During each match you unlock a minor perk and, later, a major perk: one of two options each time. ★ marks this guide's pick.
- Fortune Teller: Kunai hits launch 2 Healing Ofuda to an ally in front of you.
- ★ Urgent Care: Healing Ofuda projectile speed is increased by 50% when seeking allies below half health.
- Foxtrot: Protection Suzu grants allies 30% increased movement speed for 4 seconds.
- ★ Ready Step: Swift Step grants Kiriko 40% increased attack and reload speed for 3 seconds.
4Mistakes to avoid
- Wandering away from your team and getting picked alone.
- Using your key cooldown before the enemy commits theirs.
Tips
- Stay where you can see most of your team and have cover nearby.
- Heal the ally that is about to die, not the one who is missing a little health.
- When no one needs healing, shoot: support damage wins fights too.
- Swift Step (Shift) moves you: if you spend it to engage, you won't have it to escape.
- Protection Suzu (E) applies charm: keep it for the enemy who threatens your team most, or to stop an ultimate.
Matchups
Works well with
Both do better than their average on the same maps, such as Antarctic Peninsula, Nepal and Busan: a good pairing when the map suits them.
Both do better than their average on the same maps, such as Antarctic Peninsula, Oasis and Busan: a good pairing when the map suits them.
Both do better than their average on the same maps, such as New Queen Street, Esperança and Runasapi: a good pairing when the map suits them.
Both do better than their average on the same maps, such as Shambali Monastery, Antarctic Peninsula and Nepal: a good pairing when the map suits them.
Changelog
- Guide created for patch Season 4.
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