Tracer · Damage
Tracer in the team: the flanker damage
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Overview
Tracer is a flanker damage hero in Overwatch with 175 health. In competitive this season (PC, Americas, Europe and Asia averaged) it wins 50.5% of its games, is picked by 9.1% of teams and banned in 5.4% of matches: tier B on our ladder. In Role Queue each team fields two damage heroes: you secure eliminations, pressure the enemy supports and turn the numbers advantage your tank creates into won fights.
Strengths
- Rewards skill: +1.6 pts of win rate from Bronze–Silver to Master–Grandmaster.
- Shines on Colosseo, Runasapi and Aatlis (up to 53.9% won).
- Mobility: Blink gets it in and out of fights.
Weaknesses
- Struggles on Circuit Royal, King’s Row and Numbani (down to 47.4% won).
- Fragile for its role: 175 hit points against an average of 253 among damage heroes.
Build cheat sheet
Pick the build that fits what you want to do this game.
- Tracer · recommended perksBalancedRecommendedOne minor and one major perk, chosen by what each one's text adds to a damage hero. Blizzard doesn't publish how often each perk is picked, so this is a reading of the perks, not a pick rate.
- Tracer · 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
Tracer · recommended perks
When to use it
One minor and one major perk, chosen by what each one's text adds to a damage 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
Temporal RegenPassive health regeneration triggers 100% faster.
Kinetic ReloadMelee hits reload 12 ammo.Picked for more damage: Melee hits reload 12 ammo.
Major perk
Blink PacksHealth Packs restore 1 Blink charge.
Quantum EntanglementRecall grants 50 overhealth and 20 ammo that decays over time.Picked for more damage: Recall grants 50 overhealth and 20 ammo that decays over time.
Tracer · 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
Temporal RegenPassive health regeneration triggers 100% faster.Kinetic ReloadMelee hits reload 12 ammo.When the situation calls for it: Passive health regeneration triggers 100% faster.
Major perk
Blink PacksHealth Packs restore 1 Blink charge.Quantum EntanglementRecall grants 50 overhealth and 20 ammo that decays over time.When the situation calls for it: Health Packs restore 1 Blink charge.
Abilities
LMBPulse PistolsShort-range automatic weapons.
ShiftBlink3sTeleport in the direction you are moving.
ERecall12sTravel back in time to your previous location and health.
QPulse BombUltimateThrow out a powerful sticky explosive.
Strategy
1The role
In Role Queue each team fields two damage heroes: you secure eliminations, pressure the enemy supports and turn the numbers advantage your tank creates into won fights.
- Trading shots with the enemy tank while the enemy backline goes untouched.
- Staying on an angle after it's been found and focused.
2The Flanker subrole
Blizzard groups Tracer with these heroes. Their competitive numbers this season:
- Vendetta: tier S, 54.3% won, 5.8% pick rate
- Genji: tier S, 52.0% won, 10.1% pick rate
- Venture: tier B, 51.8% won, 2.2% pick rate
- Anran: tier A, 51.7% won, 9.1% pick rate
- Tracer (this hero): tier B, 50.5% won, 9.1% pick rate
- Reaper: tier B, 50.1% won, 11.1% pick rate
- Shion: tier C, 49.7% won, 9.9% pick rate
3Other damage options
The best-ranked heroes of the same role in other subroles:
- Pharah: tier A, 51.9% won, 4.4% pick rate
- Torbjörn: tier A, 51.8% won, 5.4% pick rate
- Ashe: tier A, 51.0% won, 11.5% pick rate
- Junkrat: tier B, 50.8% won, 8.7% pick rate
- Widowmaker: tier B, 50.2% won, 5.1% 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):
- D.Mon: Both do better than their average on the same maps, such as Aatlis, New Junk City and Runasapi: a good pairing when the map suits them.
- Junker Queen: Both do better than their average on the same maps, such as Aatlis, New Junk City and Runasapi: a good pairing when the map suits them.
- Brigitte: Both do better than their average on the same maps, such as Aatlis, New Junk City and Runasapi: a good pairing when the map suits them.
- Lúcio: Both do better than their average on the same maps, such as Colosseo, Aatlis and New Junk City: a good pairing when the map suits them.
Tips
- Pick your angle before the fight starts: a second line of fire splits the enemy's attention.
- Focus the same target as your team; spread damage gets healed.
- Track the enemy supports' cooldowns and punish them when they're gone.
Matchups
Works well with
Both do better than their average on the same maps, such as Aatlis, New Junk City and Runasapi: a good pairing when the map suits them.
Both do better than their average on the same maps, such as Aatlis, New Junk City and Runasapi: a good pairing when the map suits them.
Both do better than their average on the same maps, such as Aatlis, New Junk City and Runasapi: a good pairing when the map suits them.
Both do better than their average on the same maps, such as Colosseo, Aatlis and New Junk City: a good pairing when the map suits them.
Changelog
- Guide created for patch Season 4.
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