Heroes / Widowmaker

Widowmaker

Widowmaker

DAMAGE PC Console stats → pokedive D Tier

Win rate45.8%

Pick rate7.8%

Ban rate6.4%

Win rate since Jul 11 -4.5%

Pick rate since Jul 11 +4.2%

The definitive sniper — one-shots with a fully charged headshot at any range. Grapple provides the positioning essential for finding angles; extremely high skill ceiling.

Abilities

Widow's Kiss (Auto) Automatic SMG mode at short range.

Widow's Kiss (Scope) Bolt-action sniper mode; fully charged headshot is lethal.

Grappling Hook Shoots a hook to swing to an elevated surface or vantage point.

Venom Mine Places a proximity mine that reveals and poisons triggered enemies.

Infra-Sight Reveals all enemies through walls for the entire team temporarily.

Meta Analysis

Consistent across ranks (Master vs Silver: +1.4%), with a neutral skill curve. Strongest on Escort maps (51.6% avg WR) and weakest on Flashpoint (43.4%) — a 8.2% spread across game modes. Best on Havana, Kings Row, Rialto — maps characterized by sightlines and high-ground terrain, where their vertical mobility finds more angles in elevated terrain and open airspace. Struggles most on Esperanca and New Junk City (high-ground, open, multi-flank, long sightlines maps). Banned in 11.1% of Grandmaster games vs 4.4% in Silver — feared specifically by high-skill players, despite a modest 46.6% Master win rate. Banned far more on Escort maps (10.2% avg) than on Flashpoint (2.1%). Banned ~3.0× more on Circuit Royal than this hero's baseline (16.9% vs 5.7% avg).

Win Rate by Rank

Bronze

44.0%

Silver

45.2%

Gold

46.2%

Platinum

46.8%

Diamond

46.7%

Master

46.6%

Grandmaster

45.7%

Ban Rate by Rank (as of 2026-07-26)

Bronze

5.8%

Silver

4.4%

Gold

5.1%

Platinum

7.6%

Diamond

10.4%

Master

11.7%

Grandmaster

11.1%

Win Rate by Map (All tiers) (per-map data as of 2026-07-26)

Playing Widowmaker? Strongest maps: Havana, Kings Row, Rialto.

Kit fit (✓✓ … ✗✗) rates how well Widowmaker's abilities suit each map's mode and geometry — independent of the observed win rates.

Map Mode Win rate ↓ ± avg Kit fit Bans

Havana Escort

54.1% +6.5% ✓✓ 16.0%↑

Havana's long, uninterrupted firing lanes are prime Widowmaker territory for Widow's Kiss

Kings Row Hybrid

53.9% +6.3% ✓ 11.2%↑

Rialto Escort

53.1% +5.5% ✓✓ 9.9%

Circuit Royal Escort

52.6% +5.0% ✓✓ 16.9%↑

Junkertown Escort

52.4% +4.8% ✓✓ 13.2%↑

Route 66 Escort

51.6% +4.0% ✓✓ 7.1%

Watchpoint Gibraltar Escort

50.7% +3.1% ✓✓ 7.2%

Dorado Escort

50.1% +2.5% ✓✓ 4.9%

Neon Junction Hybrid

49.8% +2.2% – 4.5%

Busan Control

49.6% +2.0% ✗ 5.4%

On paper Control's compact arenas on Busan rarely give Widow's Kiss room to breathe — but the numbers disagree (+2.0pp vs their average).

Blizzard World Hybrid

49.1% +1.5% – 7.4%

Hollywood Hybrid

48.6% +1.0% – 6.8%

Midtown Hybrid

48.3% +0.7% ✓ 4.9%

Paraiso Hybrid

48.1% +0.5% – 4.5%

Shambali Monastery Escort

48.0% +0.4% ✓ 6.1%

New Queen Street Push

46.9% -0.7% – 3.3%

46.7% -0.9% ✓ 5.7%

46.5% -1.1% – 3.0%

Ilios Control

46.4% -1.2% ✗ 3.1%

Numbani Hybrid

46.3% -1.3% – 5.0%

Samoa Control

46.1% -1.5% ✗ 2.2%↓

Nepal Control

45.6% -2.0% ✗ 2.2%↓

Eichenwalde Hybrid

45.4% -2.2% – 4.3%

Suravasa Flashpoint

45.4% -2.2% ✗ 1.9%↓

Lijiang Tower Control

44.4% -3.2% ✗ 2.4%↓

Aatlis Flashpoint

42.5% -5.1% ✗ 2.2%↓

Antarctic Peninsula Control

42.5% -5.1% ✗ 2.2%↓

42.3% -5.3% – 3.4%

New Junk City Flashpoint

42.3% -5.3% ✗ 2.3%↓

Flashpoint's tight capture zones on New Junk City collapse the distance Widow's Kiss needs

Oasis Control

40.1% -7.5% ✗ 2.3%↓

Control's compact arenas on Oasis rarely give Widow's Kiss room to breathe

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