Overwatch 2: Ana Guide

Ana Guide for Overwatch 2! Covers her usage, counter strategies, weapon damage, headshot multiplier, damage falloff, and more.

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Balance Adjustment

Adjustment on February 7, 2023

Adjustment Details
Biotic Grenade Ability	Nerf Duration 4 → 3.5 seconds

Reduced Anti-Healing Duration and Weakened Disruption

Ana's ability to inhibit healing has been adjusted, with a shorter duration and decreased impact on disrupting enemies. This change was especially potent against susceptible tanks, but with the reduced duration, their survivability has improved. It's advisable to use Biotic Grenades more thoughtfully rather than tossing them indiscriminately.

Basic Performance and Evaluation

Hero	Category Evaluation

Strongest Ranking	Role	HP
	Support	200

Disable Enemies with Sleep Dart

Ana's Sleep Dart in Overwatch 2 has an extended duration, making it one of the longest crowd-control abilities. Despite its challenging mechanics, landing a Sleep Dart can disable an enemy for an extended period, allowing your team to capitalize on the situation.

Longest Healing Range with Biotic Rifle

Ana's Biotic Rifle offers the longest healing range without any constraints in Overwatch 2. A well-aimed shot lands instantly, providing healing support from virtually any location, as long as there's a clear line of sight and accurate aim.

Healing Challenges for Long-Range Allies

Ana faces difficulties when healing long-range allies. While close-range tanks with large hitboxes are easier to heal, battles with agile allies like Genji or Tracer can be decisive based on her healing accuracy. Sharpen your sniper skills to effectively support fast and distant teammates.

Strategy Guide

Sleep Dart for Tank Control

When playing as Ana, target tanks with Sleep Dart to temporarily immobilize them. Sleep Dart serves as a potent ability that completely disables enemy actions. Despite its slow projectile speed and a brief animation before firing, utilizing it on tanks, with their larger hitboxes, can create advantageous situations for your team.

Maintain Clear Line of Sight for Healing

As Ana, consistently ensure a clear line of sight to heal your team's tanks effectively. While Ana's healing shots have unlimited range, obstacles or walls blocking the line of sight can impede your ability to heal teammates. Stay aware of your teammates' positions and position yourself where the line of sight remains unobstructed.

Strategically Apply Nano Boost to Coordinated Allies

When activating Ana's Ultimate, Nano Boost, prioritize coordinated allies for maximum impact. Target characters such as Genji, who can unleash Dragonblade, or Winston, capable of team-wide attacks. Enhance their firepower and enable them to eliminate enemies efficiently while strategically using Nano Boost to turn the tide of battles.

Countermeasures

Counter Ana with Kiriko

Kiriko proves to be a strong counterpick against Ana due to her Protection Suzu ability, which can remove abnormal status attacks—Ana's forte. Kiriko's high mobility also adds to the challenge for Ana to land attacks effectively, making Kiriko a suitable counter.

Exploit Ana's Cooldown with High Mobility

While Ana's abilities are formidable in inhibiting actions and attacking within a range, they come with a considerable cooldown. Take advantage of this by employing fast-moving characters like Tracer and Genji. Pressure Ana to use her abilities, then capitalize on the opportunity to defeat her while she is unable to resist.

Compatible Characters

Genji

Combine Ultimate with Dragonblade

The synergy between Ana's Ultimate, Nano Boost, and Genji's Ultimate, Dragonblade, is potent. By applying Nano Boost to Genji during his Dragonblade, he receives healing, a damage increase, and damage reduction. This combination enhances Genji's mobility and allows him to unleash devastating area damage, making it effective for eliminating multiple enemies simultaneously. Coordination and timing are crucial to maximize the impact of this powerful duo.

Ability, Details, and Use

Sleep Dart

Aim one step ahead of the enemy

Try to practice aiming one step ahead of the enemy with Sleep Dart. It is a powerful ability that incapacitates the enemy and hinders their actions, but because there is a delay in shooting and the projectile speed is slow, in order to hit anyone other than close-range tanks, you need to determine the enemy's trajectory and towards their destination.

Ping the sleeping enemy

After putting the enemy to sleep with Sleep Dart, use your ping to notify your teammates. When you hit a sleeping enemy with the ping, the position of the sleeping enemy is shared with your teammates. So, it is recommended to team up with the teammates who respond to the ping and defeat the enemy who cannot be taken down by Ana alone.

Biotic Grenade

Target the Tank on the Verge of Death

Use the Biotic Grenade on tanks that are on the verge of death and cannot be healed in time with primary shots. While Ana's instant healing is high, it is difficult to fully restore tanks with low HP. Therefore, increase the healing amount with the Biotic Grenade and then use the primary shot to support the tank.

Throw at an Enemy Group if Allies have HP to Spare

If there is enough HP to spare for allies, throw the Biotic Grenade towards densely packed enemies. This can apply a powerful debuff called healing inhibition to hit enemies, giving you an advantage in battle if you hit multiple enemies.

Save it when there are Flankers

Save the Biotic Grenade when there are flankers among the enemies. Since Ana lacks mobility and it is difficult to escape from flankers, preserve the Biotic Grenade to counterattack with its area of effect damage and drive them away.

【ULT】Nano Boost

Apply Nano Boost to Compatible Ultimate Ability Characters

Optimize Nano Boost by applying it to characters with powerful Ultimates. This enhancement boosts their attack and defense, enabling strategic team wipes with heroes possessing high firepower or continuous attacking Ultimates.

Compatible ULT characters

Deploy as an Emergency Healing Method for Tanks

Utilize Nano Boost as a critical emergency healing tool for tanks. Applying Nano Boost heals the target for 250, providing a lifeline for tanks on the brink of defeat. Not only does it make them more resilient with increased attack and defense, but it also empowers them to counterattack by boldly engaging the enemy.

Story

Origin Story (External Site)

Tank
Ramattra Release Date and Features	D.Va How to Play Skin List
Winston How to Play Skin List	Orisa How to Play Skin List
Zarya How to Play Skin List	Sigma How to Play Skin List
Junker Queen How to Play Skin List	Doomfist How to Play Skin List
Reinhardt Playstyle　Skin List	Wrecking Ball Playstyle　Skin List
Roadhog Playstyle　Skin List	-

Damage
Ashe Playstyle　Skin List	Widowmaker Playstyle　Skin List
Echo Playstyle　Skin List	Cassidy Playstyle　Skin List
Genji Playstyle　Skin List	Symmetra Playstyle　Skin List
Junkrat Strategy Skin List	Sojourn Strategy Skin List
Soldier:76 Strategy Skin List	Sombra Strategy Skin List
Torbjörn Strategy Skin List	Tracer Strategy Skin List
Hanzo Strategy Skin List	Bastion Performance Evaluation Skin List
Pharah Gameplay Guide　Skin List	Mei Gameplay Guide　Skin List
Reaper Gameplay Guide　Skin List	-

Support
Ana Gameplay Guide　Skin List	Zenyatta Gameplay Guide　Skin List
Baptiste Gameplay Guide　Skin List	Mercy Gameplay Guide　Skin List
Moira Strategy Guide　Skin List	Lucio Strategy Guide　Skin List

Character List and Role Types

Strongest Character Ranking

Strongest Characters arranged by Roles
Tank	Damage	Support

Strongest Character Ranking