Similarly, you can use fire strikes *above* zarya to bait her into wasting a bubble with no charge. Also monkey is a way better counter to zarya anyway but harder to pull off if you’re in an elo that doesn’t know how to dive
@twzzy3695 Reinhardt can beat those characters if you know when to use your abilities. Try to bait out Fortify or Nemesis form then go nuts when they run out. If they are being healed, aim your fire strikes at the healers and not the tank
@@RoseGoldKR I love baiting Zaryas to throw away bubbles with Fire strikes, and I honestly wouldn’t go monkey into Zarya, Her bubbles making diving squishes such a pain.
@@Hoodini2253I’ve had genjis do that before and one game where I (bastion) went into turret mode. I stopped firing just for my teammate (soldier) to come up and shoot him. I died because of that 💀
In my experience, bastion is good against zarya to break the bubbles. Big charge doesn't matter if she's dead. It's pretty hard to get into a position as bastion where you can shoot zarya safely tho
Problem this doesn't work in higher ranks especially bastion as good zaryas play cover and have really good positioning not to mention they will be tracking bastion sentry form
Only works if the zarya stand infront of you like an afk player , a maxed zarya will just spam her right click while taking side covers ,those right clicks deals higher dmg than pharah and junkrat primary fire.
@@ChimpRevolution true yeah, I no longer follow the advice of thos comment, I've played a lot of tank recently and when I play zar, my #1 oppositions are longer ranged heroes like ashe or soldier 58 that are elusive and can deal high damage at a range. Bastions usually just feed me
He's pretty good honestly. Petal is still buggy on obstacles but he can pull(petal or grip) ppl out of Orisa ult, Zarya ult, Mei ult. You can also block doors. I've used tree to block various abilities too. He's just more centered around planning and positioning than ppl are used to.
For lifeweaver he basically said "If ur flower thing is charging, no problem because u can just place ur ult that u probaly dont have at the moment down on the ground to block her for a second"
Generally speaking if I’m playing Zarya and someone goes Rein we end up winning because Rein has to be totally open in order to damage me where as I can use bubble (of which I have 2) while helping my dps quickly melt the Rein in front of me. Usually when there’s a zarya i tend to go Winston and communicate with my team on Diving to remove her back line. The removing of her supports while giving her minimal charge makes her no more than a fly of a threat but does require strong communication to make sure everyone’s on the same page.
@@RauKnowsOW he kinda does suck tho. I main him, he’s my most played hero with almost 20 hours, all of his abilities aren’t good and I’ll explain if you want me to
@@RauKnowsOWbut he is weak just look at his winrates... They are below 46% at literally every rank and most ranks have it at around 44% to 45%... He sucks...
I’d also recommend Bastion for dps. He melts through her bubbles almost instantly Definitely situational depending on what tank you’re playing with though. Zarya can easily kill Bastion if she has a pocket so you’ll need help most of the time. Rein-Bastion is really good to deal with her
Zarya will melt Bastion before Bastion can melt those bubbles. The amount of charge you get from the firing plus her having 2 bubbles makes it a difficult fight for bastion
@SauceStrider this is a 1v1 scenario not counting distractions. If anyone has high ground on zarya even junkrat can be a counter. If we aren't talking variables to put her at a disadvantage then Bastion wouldn't be a good counter for Zarya. Besides Bastions optimal range is within her Lasers range to begin with
@HatsunPidgeon any good bastion should not be that close to zarya, especially not when she has bubbles. Plus his tank form dps is still higher than zaryas assuming she wasn't already at full charge once they start fighting, but like you said thats also conditional
As a zarya main for 4 years. I have to put bastion in this list too Her bubble have their own health. Just wait she use her first bubble. Then spray all you have to her. Even she use her seconds bubble, she won't stand a change. The bubble will break really fast and the cool down can't catch up with it. If your tank and support know how to help you with that 😂 or else you just another energy battery charge for her
It's good and all, but I imagine what's happening in the average teammate's head: _"Oh, look, Zarya bubbled up! It's a perfect opportunity to use all my skills and aim her while the bubble lasts!"._
I know its maybe weird but Bastion is good too, it forced her to use her bubble fast enough to not have any left. She will be charge to 100 but with no bubble to sustain Bastion dps
Before the HP boost, Hanzo was a great counter against Zarya if you could consistently land headshots on her, doesn't matter if she's charged, 2 arrows to the head would be enough to kill her or gravely wound her to the point of forcing her to retreat.
Life weavers primary is actually perfect for against zar because you don't spam that much with it in chokes and normally use it to finish kills and it has the highest shield break /bubble DMG in the game so you can burst down them easier
Another tank counter for zarya is both: Dva and Ramattra, Dva's Rapid fire can destroy zaryas bubble and kill zarya before she can destroy her meka, although it kinda depends on range so if far range, i kinda recommend saving up ur rockets to destroy and deal dmg to zarya's first bubble, the second one she probably has maximum healing from her team, so focus more on shielding from other dmg dealers on her team whilst urs is attacking the zarya, Ramattra is the same as Reinhardt, his rapid fire and long range can counter zaryas mid-range laser, if up-close, try changing to nemesis form to break her shield quick, if shes dealing alot of dmg, block her laser and hold it till ur healers recover you near full health, keep holding block till she needs to reload, then go and wallop her, if nemesis form runs out, put up a shield immediately infront of you and back off and shoot her whilst backing off away from her till ur nemesis form is reusable. Honorable mention: Soldier: 76, Zaryas bubble can be destroyed quickly by rapid fire, a hit scan like 76 can destroy her bubble and deal massive dmg to her, i recommend getting a shield infront of you before tactical vision.
@@alexradice8163 no? supports are made to be defensive and counter offensive abilities, if nano blade was a team wipe every time it would have a way worse rep than grav dragon did.
@DeertickDaniel idk developer intentions but I've had the impression that support is meant to enable their team in ways that correlate to their team strengths. I've always seen strong support as the ability to see your teams strengths and to adhere to it as you can, say knowing when to damage boost and when to heal, knowing when an enemy is going to ult, planting the tree of life where you think your team will take cover Tdlr: synergy between a tank and a support is a huge factor for any aggression. All support helps a good push
you just have to know when to break bubbles it all comes down to gamesense. don’t listen to him on that point he doesn’t really understand how to play into zarya. he literally said lifeweaver.
When I play Zarya I LOVE when there's a Zenyatta on the enemy team. For some reason they never stop shooting at you even when you very obviously have bubble up. It's not a lot of charge, but it's practically guaranteed
Funnily enough, the best tip i can say from experience against zarya, is just... focus fire, even as a junkrat main, stay just outside of beam, and focus on hitting her with your team, 100 charge doesnt matter if she falls over... Spam is bad as it is hard to coordinate, but if you can force her to bubble an ally and then turn to her both her bubbles will be down, becomes hard to do when other factors are in play though, like a widow picking off people tryna focus her...
I actually find it pretty fun to counter her with rat. Bait out bubbles with spam, make sure you can see her, bounce her out of range with mines, bait out her bubbles with tire
Now for damage I do recommend Bastian because he is great for getting rid of zarya‘s bubble and you and your teammates can also focus on her because when you’re in it form, it will get rid of it quicker
while mid range hits cans can do well against zarya herself, other dps can dive extremely easily with a good zarya bubble. Also, lucio is a much better counter into zarya being able to speed your team away from her as she's relatively close range as well as being able to use beat and Amp in grav.
About dps, burst damage characters like bastion also works since you can kill zarya the second she is out of bubbles or low health and only has 1 bubble (bastion can break one bubble and eat nearly half of her hp in thrret form) Also for support I suggest ana or kiriko too since kiriko's suzu and insane healing will help with the ult and ana (if you can) could catch her off guard and sleep her which would be a free kill if she doesn't have any support with her
Junkrat can be good against Zarya players , they usually want to get into traps so people shoot at them , but if you ignore them and shoot at the other players , Zarya just ends up using bubble and gets close to no charge , while you get ult relatively fast and by the time Zarya gets another bubble , you can erase her team with the bombs and get an ult for when they regroup and try to attack.
Pharah is a good matchup because she literally just flies past Zar to go kill their backline. At that point they either have to peel, losing map control and momentum, or hope someone else takes care of it and keep fighting. Even if you don't kill anyone during this, aggressing the supports means they are fighting you and not keeping Zar up which allows the team to melt her.
Mei is also a decent counter for Zarya. Cutting her off from her team when she bubbles and walks forward can help burn her down and possibly get a quick elim, and you can use your ice wall in front of you if you get caught in grav. It sounds counterintuitive, but most people also go Bastion to counter Zarya. In Tank mode you can break her bubble quickly without giving her too much charge, and then you can burn her down quickly.
Echo Wifeleaver and Pharah are listed as hard/ability counters on the OW2 Heroes Companion app. I can’t exactly explain the two DPS picks but Wifeleaver grippy grip
This works in bad lobbies but once you go against good teams the supports and Zarya won’t make it that easy. This is also the reason Zarya is good in lower ranks because people at that level always fire first and go for damage instead of strategy haha
@@moonthrax2387 yessir the key is patience. Same issue why Genji is meh but good in lower ranks. People always shoot first and lack patience for deflect.
Old post but boost this up. Lifeweaver actually counters a huge number of abilities. His petal counters zarya and orisa ults easily. With more skill other abilities can be countered but less easily. Pull saves from pin, bomb/sticky/tire, single target save from reaper,sig,mauga ults. He’s hard to kill with most divers as his ablilty to relocate can rival everyone but gengi. His tree counters blade (not as well against nano blade), visor (within reason) and can body block a number of ults and LOS. His dmg costs him healing and they’re always tweaking his numbers but his abilities make or break team fights.
It's hella funny when Rhine hits zar, she just gets major whiplash lmao
Rhine 👍
I hate grammar nazis as much as the next guy but isn’t it rein?
@@_bizmo_fungus_894 Rhine 👍
Rein refers to an abbreviation of Reinhardt, it’s rein
@@_bizmo_fungus_894Grammar is grammar. This is a typo, which is a spelling mistake.
Hearing widow be called “mid-range” still shocks me
Was just about to comment this
@twzzy3695 only some maps have those massive sightlines anyways
She’s not
@@simpsonrrrr2724 do you live under a rock?
@@Slommanoi did I miss the part where widow played in soldier range consistently or?
One big tip for fighting Zarya as Rein is using charge to bait out a bubble, if you pin a zarya and she has the bubble just cancel the charge.
Similarly, you can use fire strikes *above* zarya to bait her into wasting a bubble with no charge. Also monkey is a way better counter to zarya anyway but harder to pull off if you’re in an elo that doesn’t know how to dive
@twzzy3695 Reinhardt can beat those characters if you know when to use your abilities. Try to bait out Fortify or Nemesis form then go nuts when they run out. If they are being healed, aim your fire strikes at the healers and not the tank
@@RoseGoldKR I love baiting Zaryas to throw away bubbles with Fire strikes, and I honestly wouldn’t go monkey into Zarya, Her bubbles making diving squishes such a pain.
@@FrogTheGodHDits basic rein hard hes one of my greatest heroes although i play them all
I sometimes use charge to isolate Zarya from her team. Also bubble does nothing if the pin is longer than the bubble duration
"life weavers primary..." and "all jokes aside..."
deadliest combo right next to nano-blade
In all my time playing weaver I dropped a 40 bomb ONCE and it was mostly due to the mercy pocketing and damage boosting me
"THE DRAGON BECO-"
[Genji_death.mp3]
Zarya: *activates bubble*
Teammates: “FIRE EVERYTHING!!!”
Even more with doom
@@lukassorowka2672even more when a genji is deflecting, specifically when he’s aiming at me with a bastion on my team
ua-cam.com/video/lUAT2u5X1Zo/v-deo.htmlsi=gJYu8vI2Ri57YTJN
Representstion of your team firing a bubbled zarya.
@@Hoodini2253I’ve had genjis do that before and one game where I (bastion) went into turret mode. I stopped firing just for my teammate (soldier) to come up and shoot him. I died because of that 💀
Kylo Ren: "MORE!"
Believe it or not right under this video shows three good habits of being a Zarya main 💀
I am going to beginning counting anytime you suggest LifeWeaver for literally anything
that’s what i’m saying
In my experience, bastion is good against zarya to break the bubbles. Big charge doesn't matter if she's dead. It's pretty hard to get into a position as bastion where you can shoot zarya safely tho
Same with rat! Zaryas tend to get confident when they have high charge. Spam em and they're dead and that charge is nothing 😌
Problem this doesn't work in higher ranks especially bastion as good zaryas play cover and have really good positioning not to mention they will be tracking bastion sentry form
Only works if the zarya stand infront of you like an afk player , a maxed zarya will just spam her right click while taking side covers ,those right clicks deals higher dmg than pharah and junkrat primary fire.
@@ChimpRevolution true yeah, I no longer follow the advice of thos comment, I've played a lot of tank recently and when I play zar, my #1 oppositions are longer ranged heroes like ashe or soldier 58 that are elusive and can deal high damage at a range. Bastions usually just feed me
I play reaper for similar reasons. I just pop the bubble and kill her
BROOO I thought you were about to say "the only downside to this matchup is you are playing lifeweaver" 😭😭
HAHAHAB ITS TRUE THO
Lifeweaver finally counters someone 🎉
Yeah I was super surprise how much he counter grav :0
Lifeweaver counters alot of ULTs even with just his abilities alone. Underrated honestly.
@@Fleomarketfax
He's pretty good honestly. Petal is still buggy on obstacles but he can pull(petal or grip) ppl out of Orisa ult, Zarya ult, Mei ult. You can also block doors. I've used tree to block various abilities too. He's just more centered around planning and positioning than ppl are used to.
@@fogdragon23hes underrated dont know why. People prob dont know hoew to play him unless some like me
The junkrat on my team when the enemy zarya is killing everyone:
“Junkrat is fine, i’m not shooting at zarya 🤪”
Zarya struggles at range;
Me being across the map getting killed by her mile long beam 😔
The beam definitely won't hit you if you're positioning properly on mid-to-long range characters, but the mortars might on certain maps.
@@felixargyle3659it was a joke lol
Finally lifeweaver 🎉
yeah seriously tho play someone else. lifeweaver makes me sad.
@@carlosbig2946 lifeweaver main here he makes you 😢
@@ItzM0narch yes. he makes me sad.
@@carlosbig2946 👁️👄👁️
He's actually so good for countering ults though it's honestly a bit insane.
Counterpoint. If you pop the bubbles, she's basically just a squishy, and the high damage projectile characters are usually out of her range.
Shocking lifeweaver mention
Things no bady has said ever:
*"play life weaver*
Bros silver max
was amazing to participate in this video! thank you so much and as always, amazing tips❤
Appretiate the help!
i actually cant get enough of these amazing videos, they have helped me so much
Thank ya ❤️
No way, wifeleaver is actually not a troll pick
nope. still troll.
Zarya and rein: from friends to enemies
First time in my life I’ve heard someone say “You should play lifeweaver” lmao
it was a lie
@carlosbig2946 but he is a counter tho😅
For lifeweaver he basically said "If ur flower thing is charging, no problem because u can just place ur ult that u probaly dont have at the moment down on the ground to block her for a second"
lifeweaver is bad. just play another supp
I feel like winton is also a good match up against zarya. His primary shoots through her bubble. And he bubble if he’s stuck in grav.
That Rein tip was very useful. I haven't seen Reins use their shield in such a pushy, offensive way, I like it. :)
Best counter is having teammates who dont just unload on her bubbles every time
Generally speaking if I’m playing Zarya and someone goes Rein we end up winning because Rein has to be totally open in order to damage me where as I can use bubble (of which I have 2) while helping my dps quickly melt the Rein in front of me. Usually when there’s a zarya i tend to go Winston and communicate with my team on Diving to remove her back line. The removing of her supports while giving her minimal charge makes her no more than a fly of a threat but does require strong communication to make sure everyone’s on the same page.
I didn't know about the platform, that's very clever thanks for the tip
I got you
Only works if they're touching the ground tho 😔
it’s about all lifeweaver is good for.
Lifeweaver's best tank matchup
shame he suckss
Lifeweaver countering someone? Impossible.
Imagine me not being a sheep and saying he’s weak because it’s the “cool” thing to do
@@RauKnowsOW he kinda does suck tho. I main him, he’s my most played hero with almost 20 hours, all of his abilities aren’t good and I’ll explain if you want me to
@@RauKnowsOWbut he is weak just look at his winrates... They are below 46% at literally every rank and most ranks have it at around 44% to 45%... He sucks...
@@nielsholmlassen8275 thank you
@@RauKnowsOW imagine not being able to take someone else’s opinion. this is foul man. what is wrong with you.
I’d also recommend Bastion for dps. He melts through her bubbles almost instantly
Definitely situational depending on what tank you’re playing with though. Zarya can easily kill Bastion if she has a pocket so you’ll need help most of the time.
Rein-Bastion is really good to deal with her
bastion counters rein though especially on samoa
@@zCocoaa yeah i meant rein bastion on the same team
I feel like bastion is also a good counter because he just melts Zaryas bubbles with his turret form
Zarya will melt Bastion before Bastion can melt those bubbles. The amount of charge you get from the firing plus her having 2 bubbles makes it a difficult fight for bastion
@@HatsunPidgeonnot if bastion has high ground or is far enough away from zarya. Helps if the tank on bastions team is distracting her
@SauceStrider this is a 1v1 scenario not counting distractions. If anyone has high ground on zarya even junkrat can be a counter. If we aren't talking variables to put her at a disadvantage then Bastion wouldn't be a good counter for Zarya. Besides Bastions optimal range is within her Lasers range to begin with
@HatsunPidgeon any good bastion should not be that close to zarya, especially not when she has bubbles. Plus his tank form dps is still higher than zaryas assuming she wasn't already at full charge once they start fighting, but like you said thats also conditional
Literally go Bastion straight up annihilates her!
There's also the crazy sym buff that lets her feed off both her bubbles and shield health, and she can TP out of grav.
Don’t shoot bubble
Average sym player iq
while he said don’t shoot bubble that’s a lie. you can shoot bubble but you HAVE to coordinate and burst her down after.
@@RauKnowsOWlies
@@RauKnowsOWyou just have to know when and where bursting a bubble down is good
Massive tip for rein don’t jump if u were ulting
depends. a corner shatter is nice. or hopping a shield.
"DONT SHOOT HER BUBBLES!" 99% of my teammates don't understand this concept 😢
As a zarya main for 4 years. I have to put bastion in this list too
Her bubble have their own health. Just wait she use her first bubble. Then spray all you have to her. Even she use her seconds bubble, she won't stand a change. The bubble will break really fast and the cool down can't catch up with it.
If your tank and support know how to help you with that 😂 or else you just another energy battery charge for her
Bastion melts zarya as well but you’ll charge her up a bit
He knows the way
Bro said lifeweaver lmaooooo
why bald soldier exists 😭
It's good and all, but I imagine what's happening in the average teammate's head: _"Oh, look, Zarya bubbled up! It's a perfect opportunity to use all my skills and aim her while the bubble lasts!"._
I know its maybe weird but Bastion is good too, it forced her to use her bubble fast enough to not have any left. She will be charge to 100 but with no bubble to sustain Bastion dps
“Don’t play junkrat” I’ll take that as a challenge
Before the HP boost, Hanzo was a great counter against Zarya if you could consistently land headshots on her, doesn't matter if she's charged, 2 arrows to the head would be enough to kill her or gravely wound her to the point of forcing her to retreat.
the zarya struggles at range is crazy j get beamed from the next map
Life weavers primary is actually perfect for against zar because you don't spam that much with it in chokes and normally use it to finish kills and it has the highest shield break /bubble DMG in the game so you can burst down them easier
Hot take... symmetra is a counter to her as long as you have the power of sashaying 💅🏽
Another tank counter for zarya is both: Dva and Ramattra, Dva's Rapid fire can destroy zaryas bubble and kill zarya before she can destroy her meka, although it kinda depends on range so if far range, i kinda recommend saving up ur rockets to destroy and deal dmg to zarya's first bubble, the second one she probably has maximum healing from her team, so focus more on shielding from other dmg dealers on her team whilst urs is attacking the zarya,
Ramattra is the same as Reinhardt, his rapid fire and long range can counter zaryas mid-range laser, if up-close, try changing to nemesis form to break her shield quick, if shes dealing alot of dmg, block her laser and hold it till ur healers recover you near full health, keep holding block till she needs to reload, then go and wallop her, if nemesis form runs out, put up a shield immediately infront of you and back off and shoot her whilst backing off away from her till ur nemesis form is reusable.
Honorable mention: Soldier: 76, Zaryas bubble can be destroyed quickly by rapid fire, a hit scan like 76 can destroy her bubble and deal massive dmg to her, i recommend getting a shield infront of you before tactical vision.
I realize 76 was mentioned in this video, but i cant edit the 76 out so uhh just pretend this is a edit correction
Ghh
You can't stop me from playing junk
Bastion is also pretty solid sense if you get a good sight you can deplete the shield real quick
I use Bastion to insta shred her bubbles and then her with my team lol
Lifeweaver can’t hope to counter everyone even if everything he has counters them on paper
That's how support should be imo
@@alexradice8163 no? supports are made to be defensive and counter offensive abilities, if nano blade was a team wipe every time it would have a way worse rep than grav dragon did.
@DeertickDaniel idk developer intentions but I've had the impression that support is meant to enable their team in ways that correlate to their team strengths. I've always seen strong support as the ability to see your teams strengths and to adhere to it as you can, say knowing when to damage boost and when to heal, knowing when an enemy is going to ult, planting the tree of life where you think your team will take cover
Tdlr: synergy between a tank and a support is a huge factor for any aggression. All support helps a good push
lifeweaver dosent really do anything
@@DeertickDanielnano blade is strong ag
Don't tell me to not be a junkrst main. I have learned to kill almost everyone as my boy junkrat
As one of the 5 Lifeweaver mains in existence, I approve!
Easy way to counter Zarya: Bastion and Symm.
Bastion does heavy sustain fire while Symm does too but has to ramp up the damage first.
Sym is a great counter very surprising not to hear her on the list
I’ve found that bastion is pretty good as well for blasting through the bubbles at range
Don’t break bubbles plz
@@RauKnowsOWthat’s awful advice.
you just have to know when to break bubbles it all comes down to gamesense. don’t listen to him on that point he doesn’t really understand how to play into zarya. he literally said lifeweaver.
right like this game is that dynamic, push button with head, pray.
“You should use life weaver” don’t do that.
that’s what i’m saying
This sounds more rank dependent
That Junkrat skin is Amazing.😮
Everytime I get caught in a grav with lifeweaver and put the lift under me it never goes off!
If the zarya is smart she will grav you slightly off ground to keep your feet from touching!
Zar has been old faithful since day 1. One of the better launch kits. She’s remained mostly unchanged.
bastion left a chat
As a Dva otp I now know which character to use when they go Zarya thank you
Zar taken those slaps like a beast
When I play Zarya I LOVE when there's a Zenyatta on the enemy team. For some reason they never stop shooting at you even when you very obviously have bubble up. It's not a lot of charge, but it's practically guaranteed
I got killed by my entire team shooting deflecting genji.
Rip
@@RauKnowsOW I said, its been 8 years people. Hes had that for 8 years, and you all still shoot it.
So I summary, DONT CHARGE THE BUBBLE
It feels like when you aren’t attack her shield, I flickers off in three seconds
Forgot bastion. Dude can pop both bubbles with ease
Bap is good against zar as support as well, a well timed / well placed immortality field goes a long way
I had no idea lifeweaver could use his platform to escape Zaryas ultimate
about all it’s good for lmao
The animation of her getting hit 😭
Funnily enough, the best tip i can say from experience against zarya, is just... focus fire, even as a junkrat main, stay just outside of beam, and focus on hitting her with your team, 100 charge doesnt matter if she falls over...
Spam is bad as it is hard to coordinate, but if you can force her to bubble an ally and then turn to her both her bubbles will be down, becomes hard to do when other factors are in play though, like a widow picking off people tryna focus her...
They made sure he does no damage so he can’t charge zarya much 😊
I actually find it pretty fun to counter her with rat. Bait out bubbles with spam, make sure you can see her, bounce her out of range with mines, bait out her bubbles with tire
that goñives her charge. a high rank zar just destroys rat.
As a illari and Venture these are two good picks for Zarya. With illari just keep the headshots and Ven charge into her once those bubbles are gone 😊
Now for damage I do recommend Bastian because he is great for getting rid of zarya‘s bubble and you and your teammates can also focus on her because when you’re in it form, it will get rid of it quicker
while mid range hits cans can do well against zarya herself, other dps can dive extremely easily with a good zarya bubble. Also, lucio is a much better counter into zarya being able to speed your team away from her as she's relatively close range as well as being able to use beat and Amp in grav.
Yeah I heard him say that lifeweaver counters zarya and was like bro you are gonna give zarya mains free sr with that tip
Then there’s me : plays junkrat anyways
Don't forget that sombra can hack zarya's shield and mow her down with one full clip from sombra.
About dps, burst damage characters like bastion also works since you can kill zarya the second she is out of bubbles or low health and only has 1 bubble (bastion can break one bubble and eat nearly half of her hp in thrret form)
Also for support I suggest ana or kiriko too since kiriko's suzu and insane healing will help with the ult and ana (if you can) could catch her off guard and sleep her which would be a free kill if she doesn't have any support with her
Junkrat can be good against Zarya players , they usually want to get into traps so people shoot at them , but if you ignore them and shoot at the other players , Zarya just ends up using bubble and gets close to no charge , while you get ult relatively fast and by the time Zarya gets another bubble , you can erase her team with the bombs and get an ult for when they regroup and try to attack.
Bastion is also a good pick because if you see her use her second bubble just go and shred her
Pharah is a good matchup because she literally just flies past Zar to go kill their backline. At that point they either have to peel, losing map control and momentum, or hope someone else takes care of it and keep fighting. Even if you don't kill anyone during this, aggressing the supports means they are fighting you and not keeping Zar up which allows the team to melt her.
she charges zar like crazy though. so while you push past her she kills your entire team 😐
Junker queen is pretty good too
Mei is also a decent counter for Zarya. Cutting her off from her team when she bubbles and walks forward can help burn her down and possibly get a quick elim, and you can use your ice wall in front of you if you get caught in grav. It sounds counterintuitive, but most people also go Bastion to counter Zarya. In Tank mode you can break her bubble quickly without giving her too much charge, and then you can burn her down quickly.
Echo Wifeleaver and Pharah are listed as hard/ability counters on the OW2 Heroes Companion app. I can’t exactly explain the two DPS picks but Wifeleaver grippy grip
Use Lifeweavers tree direktly in her ult and watch everyone in it fly miles 😂😂😂
Note that this just a tank perspective and not a team perspective where ur dps can go junk or bastion
These are all good point
My brain: Bastion turret go brrrrrrr
Best dps counter is bastion, can beam through both bubbles in turret mode and then can beam her like normal
Junkerqueen is also good at baiting out bubbles with carnage or clearing bleed. It requires your team to follow up on the bait
Bastion is insane counter if she has one bubble left and is on an open space you just mow her down.
Best DPS counter for Zarya IMO is bastion. Soon as you see her bubble go up go into turret form and lay her out
This works in bad lobbies but once you go against good teams the supports and Zarya won’t make it that easy.
This is also the reason Zarya is good in lower ranks because people at that level always fire first and go for damage instead of strategy haha
@@RauKnowsOW true I’m a Plat 2 and once you see a zarya on other team it’s always a race to take supports out first. And then take zarya out
@@moonthrax2387 yessir the key is patience. Same issue why Genji is meh but good in lower ranks. People always shoot first and lack patience for deflect.
I’m low enough that my support rarely know what heals are for in the game. So I rarely get to play zar even tho she’s fun to play
@@RauKnowsOWi play collegiate. we burn the bubbles sometimes and just wreck her. have bastion pop wheels and push with rein. she dies immediately
Bastion is the best zarya counter for DPS, his turret form can shred her bubble and her before he tranforms back
If you want to go up close and personal where Zarya might have a disadvantage Brigitte also works against Zarya.
DO NOT hold firestrikes when a zar has bubbles. a good zar will get the charge regardless don't waste ult charge and damage.
If she bubbles it you won’t get charge or damage just make sure to use them on enemies behind her that she cannot bubble easily
@@RauKnowsOW yep that was implied
Basically use a zen for discords, ryn for cover and crowd control, and maybe kirko for the cleanse
no? zen is useless against her, kiriko's cleanse doesn't help much aside from grav
Old post but boost this up. Lifeweaver actually counters a huge number of abilities. His petal counters zarya and orisa ults easily. With more skill other abilities can be countered but less easily. Pull saves from pin, bomb/sticky/tire, single target save from reaper,sig,mauga ults. He’s hard to kill with most divers as his ablilty to relocate can rival everyone but gengi. His tree counters blade (not as well against nano blade), visor (within reason) and can body block a number of ults and LOS. His dmg costs him healing and they’re always tweaking his numbers but his abilities make or break team fights.