Junkrat Counters

Junkrat sits at B Tier right now with a 48.8% win rate and 10.0% pick rate across all ranks. Solid but not dominant. Works well in the right hands and team comps.

Play open maps and avoid chokes. Junkrat's grenades bounce off walls in corridors and deal max damage in tight spaces. In the open, his projectiles are slow and easy to dodge. Take high ground to shoot down at him from angles his arcing grenades can't effectively reach.

Zero hitscan. Every shot Junkrat fires is a slow, arcing projectile that's easy to dodge in open space. He can't contest high ground, can't hit airborne targets, and his 1v1 potential drops when enemies have room to strafe. Total Mayhem passive also damages himself if he's caught in his own spam.

Reinhardt walks through Frag Launcher spam behind Barrier Field and closes to hammer range where Junkrat crumbles. D.Va Defense Matrix eats grenades, and Zarya beam burns him down without giving him distance to bounce projectiles off walls.

Pharah destroys Junkrat. She flies above grenade arcs and rockets him from the sky with zero counterplay. Widowmaker snipes him from distances where Frag Launcher has no accuracy at all. Tracer Blinks dodge grenades and one-clips him before Steel Trap can deploy.

Mercy damage-boosted Pharah or hitscan turns Junkrat's choke spam into a death sentence for him instead. Jetpack Cat flies above his grenade arcs and pressures from above. Lifeweaver Life Grip rescues anyone caught in Steel Trap before the follow-up grenade lands.