The hero usage data from the Overwatch World Cup 2018 qualifiers played in September: Los Angeles, Bangkok, and Paris. Find out the best picks at OWWC 2018!

All the heroes are arranged in six tiers based on their time played during the OWWC qualifiers.

The usage rate on each map is helpful to understand in which battlefield a hero shines the most.

The tiers depend only on the hero usage time and aren’t affected either by the win rate of a hero or by their performance.

Every month, I create a competitive hero tier list based on the Overwatch League. The goal is offering a neutral comparison that shows how the meta evolves over time. We are in the offseason, so while waiting for the second season of the OWL, we may consider the data from the World Cup a reliable source on the pro meta.

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Maps played

Assault: Hanamura, Horizon Lunar Colony, Temple of Anubis, Volskaya Industries.

Escort: Dorado, Junkertown, Route 66, Watchpoint: Gibraltar, Rialto.

Hybrid: Blizzard World, Eichenwalde, Hollywood, King’s Row, Numbani.

Control: Ilios, Lijiang Tower, Nepal, Oasis.

Note: The tiers are based on the data from all maps, but I have not included those with just 1-2 hours of total playtime in the graphs below: Hanamura, Dorado, Eichenwalde, and Hollywood.

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Tier S