Kiriko · Support
Kiriko in the team: the medic 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. 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.
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
Pick the build that fits what you want to do this game.
- Kiriko · recommended perksBalancedRecommendedOne 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.
- Kiriko · alternative perksUtilitySituationalThe other option of each perk level. Perks are chosen during the match, so switch to these when the enemy composition or the map asks for what they do.
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.
Kiriko · alternative perks
When to use it
The other option of each perk level. Perks are chosen during the match, so switch to these when the enemy composition or the map asks for what they do.
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.When the situation calls for it: Kunai hits launch 2 Healing Ofuda to an ally in front of you.
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.When the situation calls for it: Protection Suzu grants allies 30% increased movement speed for 4 seconds.
Abilities
LMBHealing OfudaChannel a burst of healing talismans that can seek targeted allies.
RMBKunaiThrown long-ranged projectile.
ShiftSwift Step7sTeleport directly to an ally.
EProtection Suzu14sThrow a protective charm to make allies become briefly invulnerable and cleansed of most negative effects.
QKitsune RushUltimateSummon a fox spirit that rushes forward, accelerating the movement, attack speed, and cooldowns of allies that follow in its path.
Strategy
1The role
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.
- Wandering away from your team and getting picked alone.
- Using your key cooldown before the enemy commits theirs.
2The Medic subrole
Blizzard groups Kiriko with these heroes. Their competitive numbers this season:
- Moira: tier A, 50.7% won, 30.7% pick rate
- Mercy: tier C, 48.6% won, 12.6% pick rate
- Lifeweaver: tier C, 48.3% won, 11.0% pick rate
- Kiriko (this hero): tier D, 44.8% won, 31.7% pick rate
3Other support options
The best-ranked heroes of the same role in other subroles:
- Zenyatta: tier A, 51.8% won, 10.7% pick rate
- Wuyang: tier A, 51.7% won, 8.5% pick rate
- Juno: tier A, 51.3% won, 18.4% pick rate
- Jetpack Cat: tier B, 50.9% won, 5.6% pick rate
- Brigitte: tier B, 50.8% won, 5.0% pick rate
4Pairings
Heroes of other roles whose map-by-map results rise and fall with this hero's (correlation of their competitive win rates across maps):
- Bastion: 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.
- Cassidy: 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.
- Soldier: 76: 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.
- Ramattra: 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.
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.
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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