Poke support who generates healing resource through dealing damage. Places a healing pylon for passive heals and delivers long-range burst with Captive Sun.
Abilities
Solar Rifle Precise single-shot hitscan primary; alt-fire heals allies.
Outburst Leaps in any direction with a burst of solar energy, gaining height.
Healing Pylon Places an automatic healing structure on a surface.
Captive Sun Fires a large sphere that makes enemies who take damage explode.
Meta Analysis
Consistent across ranks (Master vs Silver: +0.7%), with a neutral skill curve. Strongest on Control maps (50.1% avg WR) and weakest on Hybrid (47.5%) — a 2.6% spread across game modes. Best on Antarctic Peninsula, Junkertown, Suravasa — maps characterized by high-ground and enclosed terrain, where their vertical mobility finds more angles in elevated terrain and open airspace. Struggles most on Neon Junction and New Junk City (high-ground, chokepoint, enclosed, long sightlines, multi-flank maps).
Win Rate by Rank
Ban Rate by Rank
(as of 2026-07-26)
Win Rate by Map (All tiers) (per-map data as of 2026-07-26)
Playing Illari? Strongest maps: Junkertown, Watchpoint Gibraltar, Havana.
Kit fit (✓✓ … ✗✗) rates how well Illari's abilities suit each map's mode and geometry — independent of the observed win rates.
Map Mode Win rate ↓ ± avg Kit fit Bans
Junkertown's long, uninterrupted firing lanes are prime Illari territory for Solar Rifle
On paper Flashpoint's tight capture zones on Suravasa collapse the distance Solar Rifle needs — but the numbers disagree (+2.3pp vs their average).
Busan Control 50.6% +1.5% ✗ 0.2% On paper Control's compact arenas on Busan rarely give Solar Rifle room to breathe — but the numbers disagree (+1.5pp vs their average).
Havana Escort 50.5% +1.4% ✓✓ 0.2% Nepal Control 50.2% +1.1% – 0.1% Oasis Control 50.2% +1.1% – 0.2% Aatlis Flashpoint 49.6% +0.5% ✗ 0.1% Rialto Escort 49.4% +0.3% ✓✓ 0.2% Dorado Escort 48.7% -0.4% ✓✓ 0.2% Ilios Control 48.4% -0.7% – 0.1% Samoa Control 48.4% -0.7% – 0.1% On paper Midtown's long, uninterrupted firing lanes are prime Illari territory for Solar Rifle — but the numbers disagree (-2.0pp vs their average).
Flashpoint's tight capture zones on New Junk City collapse the distance Solar Rifle needs