Hero Playbooks / Overwatch / Heroes / Echo
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Echo counters, tier and perks
Hero Playbooks tier: C (confidence medium). Matchup data confidence: high. Last updated 2026-10-14.
Abilities
Tri-Shot · Sticky Bombs · Flight · Focusing Beam · Duplicate · Glide
Heroes that counter Echo
- Soldier: 76: Soldier: 76's hitscan rifle hits Echo easily. (high confidence)
- Ashe: Ashe's hitscan rifle reliably hits targets in the air. (high confidence)
- Cassidy: Going airborne doesn't protect Echo: Cassidy's revolver hits instantly. (high confidence)
- Zarya: Zarya can soak Echo's shots and Sticky Bombs with her barriers to charge up quickly. (high confidence)
- Juno: Juno's hitscan Mediblaster reliably hits targets in the air. (high confidence)
- D.Va: Defense Matrix eats her attacks with ease. (high confidence)
Echo is strong against
- Vendetta: Vendetta's abilities and attacks struggle to reach targets in the air. (high confidence)
- Pharah: Focusing Beam is a beam, so it connects with Pharah more easily in air-to-air fights. (high confidence)
- Torbjörn: Torbjörn's turret falls quickly to Echo's shots and Sticky Bombs. (high confidence)
- Junkrat: Flying keeps Echo clear of Junkrat's spam on the ground, and up close her Sticky Bombs deal more burst than he does. (high confidence)
- Ramattra: Stat-based: wins the 1v1 in Counterwatch duel data (rating +4.0); also favored by Overpicker counter matrix and RankedBoost counters. No written explanation in our sources yet. (high confidence)
- Doomfist: Doomfist struggles to commit onto targets in the air. (high confidence)
Echo perks
Minor (level 2) perks
- Aerial Munitions: Echo's ammo doesn't run out while she is using Flight.
- Partial Scan: Duplicate begins with 30% ultimate charge already filled.
Major (level 3) perks
- Full Salvo: Sticky Bombs launches 2 more projectiles.
- Focused Rush: While Focusing Beam is active, it reaches 8 meters farther and Echo moves 25% faster.
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