Doomfist Synergies and Matchups (2024)

Table of Contents

• +Introduction
  • 1. Role in the Current Meta
  • 2. Doomfist Synergies
  • 3. Doomfist Counters
  • 4. Doomfist Is Strong Against
  • 5. Doomfist TL;DR Tips
  • 6. Reading Further for Doomfist
  • 7. Changelog
• +Abilities and Strategy
  • 1. Doomfist TL;DR Tips
  • 2. General Playstyle
  • 3. The Best Defense...
  • 4. Hand Cannon
  • 5. Rocket Punch
  • 6. Rising Uppercut
  • 7. Seismic Slam
  • 8. Meteor Strike
  • 9. Combos for Doomfist
    • 9.1. Damage Combo
    • 9.2. Mobility Combo
      • 9.2.1. Rising Uppercut and Rocket Punch
      • 9.2.2. Rising Uppercut and Seismic Slam
      • 9.2.3. Rocket Punch and Seismic Slam
      • 9.2.4. All Basic Abilities
      • 9.2.5. Using Your Ultimate in a Combo
• ×Synergies and Matchups
  • 1. Synergies
    • 1.1. Zarya
    • 1.2. Ana
    • 1.3. Winston
    • 1.4. D.Va
  • 2. Counters
    • 2.1. Soldier: 76
    • 2.2. Pharah
    • 2.3. Sombra
    • 2.4. Orisa
  • 3. Strong Against
    • 3.1. Genji
    • 3.2. Reinhardt
    • 3.3. Ana

On this page, we list the good and bad matchups for Doomfist. Morespecifically, we list the heroes that Doomfist synergizes well with,the heroes that counter Doomfist, and those thatDoomfist is strong against.

The other pages of our Doomfist guide can be accessedfrom the table of contents on the right.

Zarya and Doomfist work incredibly well together in a similar way to Zarya andany other dive-centred hero. With her Projected Barrier, Doomfist can extendinto the enemy team without fear of being caught out and killed quickly. In anattempt to stop Doomfist picking off targets, the enemy team might be forced togrant Zarya charge by destroying her barrier, which is hugely beneficial to yourteam.

When playing with Zarya, make sure you communicate with them to ensure thattheir barrier is ready to be used. Without knowing this, you might dive intothe enemy team and be caught out and killed off before they can save you.

You can also combo your ultimates by diving into the centre of Graviton Surge and dealing a huge amount of damage to the heroes caughtin it.

Ana's abilities as a ranged healer synergise perfectly with Doomfist, allowinghim to receive support while diving the enemy backline and picking off targets.Despite Zenyatta also being able to heal Doomfist while he dives, Ana has a farhigher output of healing at a distance and, with the addition of her Biotic Grenade, she can ensure targets are unable to be saved.

It is worth making sure that, when diving the backline, there are no "blocks"for Ana's shots in the way. It can be a big issue if there is a D.Va orReinhardt between the two of you, since she will not be able to heal youthrough their defensive abilities.

Doomfist and Winston come together to make an incredibly potent dive pair; withboth using abilities that launch them at enemies, they can single out and finishoff enemies swiftly and, most importantly with the addition of Winston, safely.With his Barrier Projector available, he can protect Doomfist when hedives into the backline, as well as stop any burst healing coming in from anenemy Ana.

Make sure to coordinate with your Winston so that you both dive onto the sametarget. Splitting your focus can be deadly for both of you and end up with oneof you getting caught out and picked off before a kill can be secured.

The combo with Winston is very similar to playing with D.Va, so it is worthreading both sections. The only piece of information that needs to be added whenyou have a D.Va on your team is that she has a mobile protection ability ratherthan a stationary one. This allows for you to chase an enemy further beforeneeding to retreat. Communicate with D.Va so that you know when her Defense Matrix is about to drop. You need to allow enough charge on it toretreat as well, otherwise you will get picked off when it drops.

When coming up against any mid-range, mobile hero, Doomfist is going tostruggle, but Soldier deserves a special mention. With the potential of his Helix Rockets, Sprint and consistent damage, he can become a hugeproblem for Doomfist.

When facing him in a one-on-one situation, you have to make a decision ofwhether the fight will work for you or not. If Soldier already has the highground and you have no way to quickly close the gap, you need to retreat. Tryingto run up to him will almost always result in you being killed before you caneven touch him and, when you do eventually get there, he can simply Sprintaway from you.

In a teamfight scenario, things become slightly better for Doomfist, mainlysince you are no longer the sole focus of Soldier's damage. He is unlikely to beyour main priority, but it is worth trying to focus him down if he is harassingyour Pharah or backline too much. In general, it is better to focus on otherenemies and allow your D.Va to jump onto Soldier.

Pharah is, unfortunately, an example of an unkillable hero for Doomfist inalmost every single scenario. With her ability to stay airborne almostconstantly, it means she will be in the perfect position to harass you whilestaying far out of your range. In practically every battle, your best bet is tosimply try to retreat or hide until she has been eliminated by your team'sh*tscan. If she starts to float down or her boosters are out of power, you cantry to poke her for some damage with your primary fire.

If you are caught in a one-on-one situation, your only real chance of killingPharah is trying to use your Rising Uppercut, followed by a Rocket Punch to try and catch her.

Just as with heroes like Tracer, Doomfist relies heavily on fast pacedsequencing of his abilities for mobility. By locking him down with her Hack,Doomfist can very quickly find himself stranded in the middle of an enemy teamwith no abilities to get away.

In a one-on-one scenario, Doomfist should be able to interrupt the Hackfrom Sombra and ensure that, with a quick combo of his abilities, she is dealtwith fairly easily. This becomes far more difficult in a team scenario,especially when Sombra is more difficult to keep track of. You are unlikely toknow where she is and, given this, you are less likely to be able to hit her tointerrupt her Hack with your primary fire.

Your best chance of dealing with her is to keep track of her audio cuesfor when she steps out of stealth. If you are being hacked and are unable tostop it, try to use one of your mobility abilities to simply dash out of thefight before it lands. If the Hack goes off, you need to get behind cover assoon as possible - you will be unable to generate any shields and you will be ahuge, slow moving target for any enemy fire.

When Doomfist fights enemies, he often relies on the ability to displace themand forcing them to reposition constantly. With her Fortify ability,Orisa essentially becomes an immovable object and reduces the amount of burstdamage that Doomfist can inflict. This means that his combo becomes far lesspotent, especially if she can time Fortify properly.

In order to defeat Orisa, you need to ensure that you try and bait out her Fortify before attempting to combo her down. You will need to also try and dodgeher Halt! since, once she slows you, her primary fire will deal hugeamounts of damage to you.

Doomfist has enough health, especially when his shields are considered, tosurvive a burst combo from Genji and efficiently combo him. Your combo doesenough damage to finish him off rapidly and it cannot be stopped by Deflect, but you need to make sure that he does not dodge it with his Swift Strike.

If your combo is on cooldown, you can use the mobility you have ready to kiteGenji and keep poking him with your primary fire. You should be able to finishhim off as soon as one of your abilities comes off cooldown.

One of the biggest issues that Reinhardt suffers from is his need for precisepositioning to protect his team. When a hero has the ability to force Reinhardtout of position, it becomes a huge problem and Doomfist can do exactly that.His Barrier Field does not prevent the large majority of Doomfist'sattacks, meaning that Doomfist can displace an enemy Reinhardt and allow forpushes straight through to the backline, completely ignoring the main anchor.

Make sure that you communicate timings properly and push into the enemyReinhardt when your team is ready. You do not need to focus him down and killhim, you simply need to force him out of position before using your abilities tojump straight onto the backline with your team.

Ana is the perfect example of an immobile hero and Doomfist is a perfectexample of a hero that capitalises on this immobility. As soon as Ana eithermisses or uses her Sleep Dart, she is an incredibly easy target to takedown as Doomfist.

During teamfights, Ana is a huge priority for you to take down as Doomfist,since she puts out a huge amount of healing per second and, when left alone,can completely turn the tide of a fight. Dive onto her with your teammates assoon as possible and remove her from the fight, either by occupying her when shehas another support healing her or simply killing her and moving to the nextbackline hero.

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