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Abilities all values

  • 5v5Standard (5v5): the values below
  • 6v6own values not collected yet
  • Stadiumown values not collected yet

Machine PistolHitscanHeadshots

Rapid hitscan pistol, 60 rounds of 8 damage, headshots possible, weaker past 15 m.

Damage
8–2.4
Damage per second
160
Ammo
60
Reload
1.2 s
Fire rate
20 shots/s
Falloff
15–35 m

Last changed on 10 October 2023: Damage, Minimum spread, Number of shots until max spread, Reload timeChange

HackTargeted

Hold on an enemy within 15 m: abilities off for 1 s, visible for 8 s.

Duration
8 s (reveal, heroes) · 1.0 s (ability disable, heroes) · 45 s (health packs)
Range
15 m

Last changed on 15 October 2024: Hacked ability lockout effect duration, Bob hacked stun durationChange

TranslocatorArcing projectile · Movement

Thrown beacon you warp to, followed by 5 s of invisibility.

Cooldown
6 s
Duration
0.25 s (teleport delay) · 0.4 s (invulnerability) · 5 s (invisibility)
Radius
4 m (detection)
Projectile speed
72 m/s
Speed boost
+60% (base)

Last changed on 16 May 2025: Fade in time, Stealth reveal duration on taking damageChange

VirusProjectile

Projectile for 35 plus 75 over 4 s, delivered in 2 s on hacked targets.

Damage
35 (impact, normal) · 70 (impact, hacked) · 75 (DoT)
Cooldown
6 s
Duration
4 s (normal) · 2 s (hacked)
Projectile speed
51 m/s

Last changed on 3 September 2024: Damage over timeChange

EMPAreaUltimate

Ultimate: 15 m pulse hacks enemies for 3 s, takes part of their health, breaks barriers.

Duration
8 s (reveal, heroes) · 3 s (ability disable, heroes) · 45 s (health packs)
Radius
15 m
Ultimate cost
1850 points

Last changed on 28 October 2024: Ultimate costChange

Perks one of two per level

Minor perks

Encrypted Upload

Sombra can hack while invisible, and each finished hack adds 3 s of invisibility.

or
CTRL ALT ESC

Passive regeneration starts when you use Translocator while under half health.

Major perks

High-Speed Bandwidth

Allies using a health pack you hacked get 50 overhealth and 25% speed for 4 s.

or
Viral Replication

Virus on a hacked target jumps to other enemies up to 8 m away.

Stadium powers 0 to choose from

not collected yet

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

47.6%Win rate
Place 19 of 24 (Damage)
Win rateall 53 heroes
44.1%55.9%
Pick rate3.4% Place 22 of 24 (Damage)
1.9%31.9%
Ban rate29.6% Place 1 of 24 (Damage)
0.1%49.2%

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

Counters by abilities, not by win rates

Hard for Sombra

MoiraBiotic Grasp locks onto her without aim, even right after Translocator.WinstonTesla Cannon needs no aim against a small, fast target, and its damage breaks her hack attempt.

Sombra counters

D.MonHack shuts off Power Barrier and Propulsors, leaving D.Mon without cover or escape for a moment.DominaEMP destroys Barrier Array and hacks Domina, so she can't answer with Sonic Repulsors.DoomfistHack cancels Rocket Punch and Power Block and leaves him with only Hand Cannon.ReinhardtEMP destroys Barrier Field and hacks him, so he can't raise it again for a moment.SigmaEMP destroys Experimental Barrier and hacks him, so he can't use Kinetic Grasp in response.Wrecking BallHack stops Grappling Claw and Adaptive Shield and knocks him out of ball form.ShionHack stops Evade and Joyride, so Shion can't get out after going in.TracerHack stops Blink and Recall, so she can't escape.VendettaHack shuts off Warding Stance and Soaring Slice right when she commits.WidowmakerSombra gets close unseen, and Hack stops Grappling Hook, her only escape.MercyHack stops Guardian Angel, so she can't fly away.

Goes well with Sombra

GenjiEMP takes away enemy abilities right before Dragonblade.

Changes 22 patches · 62 changes since 17 Nov 2022 · green helps Sombra, red hurts, grey is unclear

Season 3 (2026) · Into the Tiger's Den

1 patch · 4 changes
EventPatch notes

Viral ReplicationMajor perk

  • unnamed field−4 s

StealthEvent

  • Maximum duration58s (better)
  • Move speed bonus6075% (better)

Virus

  • Cooldown68s (worse)

Season 2 (2026) · Summit

2 patches · 5 changes
Patch notes

Perk Costs

  • Minor perk cost−6% (better)
  • Major perk cost−5% (better)

Stealth

  • Movement speed bonus−50% (worse)

ReconSubrole

  • Vision duration on low-health enemies53.5s (worse)

Season 19 (2025) · Haunted Masquerade

1 patch · 4 changes
Patch notes

Hidden Upload Perk

  • Stealth duration on successful hack23s (better)

Healthy Hacker Perk

  • Time before overhealth degeneration610s (worse)
  • Overhealth degeneration1025 (worse)
  • Overhealth granted5075 (better)

Season 16 (2025) · Stadium

1 patch · 2 changes

Season 15 (2025) · Honor And Glory

2 patches · 4 changes

Season 13 (2024) · Season of Spellbinders

3 patches · 9 changes
Patch notes

Hack

  • Hacked ability lockout effect duration1.51s (worse)
  • Bob hacked stun duration103s (worse)

Translocator

  • Cooldown57s (worse)

EMP

  • Ultimate cost+12% (worse)

Stealth

  • Duration5 s

Season 12 (2024) · New frontiers

2 patches · 4 changes
Patch notes

Base values

  • Base health250225 (worse)

Virus

  • Impact damage2535 (better)

Stealth

  • Bonus movement speed4560% (better)

Season 10 (2024)

1 patch · 1 change

Season 9 (2024) · Champions

2 patches · 3 changes

Season 8 (2023)

2 patches · 4 changes

Season 7 (2023)

2 patches · 17 changes
Patch notes

Machine Pistol

  • Damage7.58 (better)
  • Minimum spread0.50 (better)
  • Number of shots until max spread36 (better)
  • Reload time1.41.2s (better)

Hack

  • Cast time0.750.65s (better)
  • Cooldown46s (worse)
  • Cooldown−3 s (better)

Stealth

  • Stealth movement speed bonus6045% (worse)
  • Fade out duration into stealth0.3750.25s (worse)
  • Fade in duration from stealth0.50.375s (worse)

Translocator

  • Projectile speed2572 (better)
  • Cooldown65s (better)

EMP

  • Ultimate charge cost+15% (worse)
  • Health percent damage4030% (worse)

Virus

  • Impact damage10
  • Damage over time100

Season 6 (2023)

1 patch · 1 change

Season 3 (2023)

1 patch · 2 changes

Season 1 (2022)

1 patch · 2 changes

Overwatch 1

55 patches changed Sombra; the details are in Blizzard's notes

Sources

Names, pictures and icons
Blizzard Entertainment, loaded from Blizzard's servers
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
Blizzard hero statistics , collected every night
Counters and reasons
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