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Abilities all values

  • 5v5Standard (5v5): the values below
  • 6v6Base health 650 per patch of 17 Dec 2024
  • Stadiumown values not collected yet

Scrap GunSpread shot (projectile)Headshots

6-shell shotgun, 175 per blast, or a slug bursting into pellets after 9 m.

Damage
7–2.1 (per pellet) · 175–52.5 (per shot)
Damage per second
203.13
Ammo
6
Reload
1.75 s
Fire rate
1.25 shots/s
Falloff
30–50 m
Projectile speed
80 m/s

Secondary fire

Damage
50 (pre-detonation) · 7–2.1 (post-detonation, per pellet) · 175–52.5 (post-detonation, per shot)
Damage per second
203.13
Ammo
6
Reload
1.75 s
Fire rate
1.25 shots/s
Falloff
none (pre-detonation) · 24–39 m (post-detonation)
Range
9 m (pre-detonation)
Projectile speed
60 m/s (pre-detonation) · 80 m/s (post-detonation)

Last changed on 14 April 2026: Reload timeChange

Chain HookProjectile · Melee

Hook thrown up to 20 m that yanks the enemy hit to you, 25 damage.

Damage
25
Headshots
no
Cooldown
7 s
Duration
0.3 s (initial)
Range
20 m
Projectile speed
62 m/s

Last changed on 23 April 2026: CooldownChange

Take a Breather

Up to 3 s of self-healing at 150 per second with 40% less damage taken.

Healing
150/s
Cooldown
1.25 s
Duration
0.4 s (min) · 3 s (max) · 1.3 s (energy regen delay)
Damage reduction
-40% taken

Last changed on 9 February 2026: Resource maximum durationChange

Whole HogSpread shot (hitscan)HeadshotsUltimate

Ultimate: 7.5 s of nonstop scrap fire that pushes enemies away, 768 damage per second.

Damage
7–2.1
Damage per second
768
Duration
7.5 s
Ammo
∞
Fire rate
8 shots/s
Falloff
30–40 m
Ultimate cost
2700 points

Last changed on 8 January 2026: Damage per pelletChange

Perks one of two per level

Minor perks

Scrap Hook

Landing Chain Hook puts 2 shells back in the Scrap Gun.

or
Shrapnel Launcher

Scrap Gun's alt fire flies 50% farther before bursting, with 25% tighter pellets.

Major perks

Hogdrogen Exposurechanged 22 Apr 2025

Allies close to Roadhog get 50% of Take a Breather's healing too.

or
Pulled Porkchanged 9 Feb 2026

The longer the Chain Hook pull, the more overhealth Roadhog gets, capped at 300.

Stadium powers 0 to choose from

not collected yet

Statistics Europe · PC · Ranked · All ranks · all maps · change

46.7%Win rate
Place 11 of 15 (Tank)
Win rateall 53 heroes
44.1%55.9%
Pick rate7.3% Place 6 of 15 (Tank)
1.9%31.9%
Ban rate13.0% Place 5 of 15 (Tank)
0.1%49.2%

Dots: 53 heroes, white: Roadhog. Blizzard , as of 25 Sept 2026

Counters by abilities, not by win rates

Goes well with Roadhog

none known

Changes 25 patches · 68 changes since 24 Jan 2023 · green helps Roadhog, red hurts, grey is unclear

Season 2 (2026) · Summit

2 patches · 3 changes

Season 1 (2026) · Conquest

2 patches · 3 changes

Season 20 (2025) · Vendetta

1 patch · 1 change

Season 18 (2025) · Stadium Quick Play

3 patches · 8 changes

Scrap Gun

  • Number of projectiles for primary fire1625 (better)
  • Damage per pellet for primary fire6.256 (worse)

Take a Breather

  • Minimum time before cancelable0.80.6s (better)

Season 16 (2025) · Stadium

1 patch · 1 change

Season 15 (2025) · Honor And Glory

2 patches · 3 changes

Season 14 (2024) · Hazard

1 patch · 9 changes

Base values

  • Base health600650 (better)6v6

Scrap Gun

  • Primary fire pellets per shot16256v6
  • Damage per pellet6.256.5 (better)6v6
  • Critical damage multiplier1.52× (better)6v6

Chain Hook

  • Cooldown68s (worse)6v6

Take a Breather

  • Maximum heal400325 (worse)6v6
  • Damage reduction4050% (better)6v6
  • Cooldown8 s6v6

Whole Hog

  • Duration86s (worse)6v6

Season 12 (2024) · New frontiers

1 patch · 1 change

Season 11 (2024) · Super Mega Ultrawatch

2 patches · 4 changes

Season 10 (2024)

1 patch · 5 changes

Take a Breather

  • Resource regeneration rate108/s (worse)
  • Maximum healing450400 (worse)
  • Cooldown1.51.25s (better)

Whole Hog

  • Knockback1416
  • Damage per pellet76 (worse)

Season 9 (2024) · Champions

3 patches · 4 changes

Season 8 (2023)

1 patch · 2 changes

Season 7 (2023)

2 patches · 13 changes

Take a Breather

  • Total healing450500 (better)
  • Damage reduction3040% (better)
  • Maximum duration32.5s (worse)
  • Recharge time1210s (better)

Scrap Gun

  • Total damage per shot150160 (better)
  • Shotgun pellet count2516
  • Shotgun pellet damage66.25 (better)
  • Critical damage multiplier21.5× (worse)

Base values

  • Cooldown for each use81s (better)
  • Damage reduction5030% (worse)

Pig Pen

  • Duration3 s
  • Movement speed slow40%
  • Cooldown12 s

Season 3 (2023)

2 patches · 5 changes

Base values

  • unnamed field700
  • Base health in non-role queue modes700550 (worse)

Whole Hog

  • Maximum duration68s (better)
  • Ultimate cost+8% (worse)

Season 2 (2022)

1 patch · 6 changes

Chain Hook

  • Impact damage305 (worse)
  • unnamed field34m

Scrap Gun

  • Damage per pellet6.66 (worse)
  • Recovery time0.850.8s (better)
  • Reload time21.75s (better)
  • Maximum ammo56 (better)

Overwatch 1

41 patches changed Roadhog; the details are in Blizzard's notes

Sources

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Base, birthday and age
Blizzard hero page , read on 23 Sept 2026
Ability values
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Short descriptions
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Changes
Blizzard patch notes , as values, not as text; field names from the notes or from Counterpick
Rates
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Counters and reasons
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