Who counters Pharah in Overwatch?

Wrecking Ball is Pharah's worst tank matchup because his mobility lets him contest angles she normally dominates, and Piledriver catches her during low hovering. Echo matches her in the air and Focusing Beam executes her if rockets chip Echo below half. Ashe and Widowmaker both kill her from the ground with scoped shots.

Is Pharah good in the current meta?

Pharah sits at A Tier right now with a 51.9% win rate and 4.5% pick rate across all ranks. Strong meta pick. Expect to see Pharah in most matches.

How do you counter Pharah?

Pick hitscan. Pharah punishes teams without it and loses to teams who have it. If you're playing hitscan, track her fuel gauge. She has limited hover time and predictable fall arcs when fuel runs out. Those descent moments are free headshots.

What are Pharah's biggest weaknesses?

Fuel management limits how long Pharah can stay airborne. She has to land eventually, and ground-level Pharah is a slow 200 HP target with rocket self-damage risk. Her rockets also have travel time, which means strafing at range makes half her shots miss.

What tank counters Pharah?

Wrecking Ball contests her angles with pure mobility. D.Va flies into Pharah and eats rockets with Defense Matrix while Micro Missiles pressure her fuel management. Winston Jump Pack reaches her altitude for brief windows and Tesla Cannon auto-damages her.

What DPS counters Pharah?

Ashe scoped shots two-tap Pharah from the ground. Widowmaker one-shots her mid-air. Cassidy Magnetic Grenade tracks onto her in the sky and the slow grounds her for a Peacekeeper finish. Echo Tri-Shot in the air trades damage favorably against rockets.

What support counters Pharah?

Baptiste Amplification Matrix doubled hitscan damage melts Pharah almost instantly. Illari Solar Rifle burst hits her at range. Mercy on your own hitscan creates a pocket that matches whatever Mercy pocket Pharah has.

Pharah Counters | Overwatch Pharah Hero Counter Pick

ATier

Damage

51.9%Win Rate

4.5%Pick Rate

200HP

PHARAH HERO COUNTERS

Hitscan shuts Pharah down. That's been true since 2016 and it hasn't changed. Soldier: 76, Ashe, and Widowmaker all force Pharah to the ground or to cover. If your team has no hitscan, Pharah flies for free and rockets your entire squad from angles nobody can contest. She's also reliant on Mercy pocket healing, so killing the Mercy first often grounds Pharah indirectly.

Pharah's top counters are Wrecking Ball, Echo, and Illari.

Best Pharah Counters

Heroes that counter Pharah

Wrecking Ball

Wrecking Ball dives past Pharah ground-level counterplay and Piledriver catches her on landing

Pharah Worst Matchups

Heroes Pharah struggles against

Best Pharah Teammates

Heroes that pair well with Pharah

Mercy

Mercy pocket heal plus damage boost keeps Pharah alive and lethal in the air permanently

SombraHack silences escape abilities so Pharah rockets hit targets with no Recall or Wraith to bail them out and EMP strips every barrier in sight

KirikoKiriko teleports to keep up with Pharah dives and Suzu cleanses any hitscan damage she takes in the air

GenjiGenji dives low while Pharah pressures from above and the enemy can't look both directions at once

AnaNano Boost on Pharah turns her rockets into 180 damage per hit and she rains them from untouchable height

MAP PERFORMANCE

Win rate data showing where Pharah thrives and struggles.

Best Maps

Ilios

56.7%

Lijiang Tower

56.6%

New Junk City

53.6%

Nepal

53.2%

Samoa

52.9%

Worst Maps

New Queen Street

47.4%

Havana

47.5%

Midtown

48.1%

Aatlis

48.4%

Blizzard World

48.7%

ABILITIES

Full kit breakdown with damage, cooldown, and range stats.

An airborne soldier who rains rockets from above with her combat suit.

Primary FireRocket Launcher

Pharah’s primary weapon launches rockets that deal significant damage in a wide blast radius.

Dmg 120Ammo 6AoE 2.5 meter radius

Ability 1Jump Jet

Propelled by her suit’s thrusters, Pharah soars high into the air.

CD 10.00s

Ability 2Concussive Blast

Pharah looses a wrist rocket that knocks back any enemies it strikes.

CD 9.00s

UltimateBarrage

Pharah directs a continuous salvo of mini-rockets to destroy groups of enemies.

Dur 2.50s

COUNTER MATRIX

How Pharah performs against every hero in the roster.

AllTankDamageSupport

FAQ

Wrecking Ball is Pharah's worst tank matchup because his mobility lets him contest angles she normally dominates, and Piledriver catches her during low hovering. Echo matches her in the air and Focusing Beam executes her if rockets chip Echo below half. Ashe and Widowmaker both kill her from the ground with scoped shots.
Pharah sits at A Tier right now with a 51.9% win rate and 4.5% pick rate across all ranks. Strong meta pick. Expect to see Pharah in most matches.
Pick hitscan. Pharah punishes teams without it and loses to teams who have it. If you're playing hitscan, track her fuel gauge. She has limited hover time and predictable fall arcs when fuel runs out. Those descent moments are free headshots.
Fuel management limits how long Pharah can stay airborne. She has to land eventually, and ground-level Pharah is a slow 200 HP target with rocket self-damage risk. Her rockets also have travel time, which means strafing at range makes half her shots miss.
Wrecking Ball contests her angles with pure mobility. D.Va flies into Pharah and eats rockets with Defense Matrix while Micro Missiles pressure her fuel management. Winston Jump Pack reaches her altitude for brief windows and Tesla Cannon auto-damages her.
Ashe scoped shots two-tap Pharah from the ground. Widowmaker one-shots her mid-air. Cassidy Magnetic Grenade tracks onto her in the sky and the slow grounds her for a Peacekeeper finish. Echo Tri-Shot in the air trades damage favorably against rockets.
Baptiste Amplification Matrix doubled hitscan damage melts Pharah almost instantly. Illari Solar Rifle burst hits her at range. Mercy on your own hitscan creates a pocket that matches whatever Mercy pocket Pharah has.