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  • 6v6own values not collected yet
  • Stadiumown values not collected yet

Photon ProjectorBeam

12 m beam whose damage climbs as it holds on, or charged orbs up to 100.

Damage per second
60
Headshots
no
Duration
2 s (decay delay) · 1.7 s (decay per level)
Ammo
100
Reload
1.5 s
Range
12 m

Secondary fire

Damage
5–100 (direct hit, min - max charge) · 2.5–50 (aoe at falloff start, min - max charge) · 2.5–12.5 (aoe at max radius, min - max charge)
Damage per second
90.9
Headshots
no
Duration
1 s (to max charge)
Ammo
100
Reload
1.5 s
Fire rate
3.9 shots/s (min charge) · 0.8 shots/s (max charge)
Projectile speed
50 m/s

Last changed on 8 January 2026: Base projectile sizeChange

Sentry TurretBeam (turret beam)

3 charges of 40-health turrets that slow and zap enemies in 10 m, 30 per second.

Damage
30/s
Headshots
no
Cooldown
10 s
Charges
3
Duration
until destroyed
Range
10 m (turret beam)
Projectile speed
20 m/s
Health
40

Last changed on 19 March 2024: HealthChange

Teleporter

Pair of linked 100-health pads, placed up to 25 m out, lasting 10 s.

Cooldown
12 s
Duration
10 s
Range
25 m
Health
100

Last changed on 8 September 2026: Placement range, Teleport reuse cooldownChange

Photon BarrierUltimate

Ultimate: very large barrier with 4000 health that stands for 12 s.

Duration
12 s
Range
25 m
Barrier
4000
Ultimate cost
2025 points

Last changed on 7 February 2023: Ultimate costChange

Perks one of two per level

Minor perks

Sentry Capacity

Symmetra can store one extra Sentry Turret.

or
Perfect Alignment

Photon Projector's beam reaches 20% farther.

Major perks

Hovering Barrier

Option in place of the Teleporter: a barrier that drifts forward, braked by a second press.

or
Shield Battery

Near her teleporter, within 10 m, Symmetra restores 20 shields each second.

Stadium powers 0 to choose from

not collected yet

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

48.8%Win rate
Place 18 of 24 (Damage)
Win rateall 53 heroes
44.1%55.9%
Pick rate2.4% Place 23 of 24 (Damage)
1.9%31.9%
Ban rate1.5% Place 17 of 24 (Damage)
0.1%49.2%

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

Counters by abilities, not by win rates

Goes well with Symmetra

none known

Changes 12 patches · 27 changes since 6 Dec 2022 · green helps Symmetra, red hurts, grey is unclear

Season 4 (2026) · Heroes of Busan

1 patch · 2 changes

Season 20 (2025) · Vendetta

1 patch · 2 changes

Season 15 (2025) · Honor And Glory

1 patch · 1 change

Season 14 (2024) · Hazard

1 patch · 1 change

Season 11 (2024) · Super Mega Ultrawatch

1 patch · 3 changes

Base values

  • Base health100125 (better)
  • Total health250275 (better)

Photon Projector

  • Primary fire charge rate+25%

Season 9 (2024) · Champions

3 patches · 11 changes

Photon Projector

  • Primary fire damage per second6560 (worse)
  • Maximum damage per second180

Sentry Turret

  • Health5040 (worse)

Photon Projector

  • Primary fire damage per second6065 (better)
  • One change without numbers

Sentry Turret

  • Health3050 (better)
  • Damage per second2530 (better)

Teleporter

  • Health50100 (better)
  • Shields150200 (better)

Season 7 (2023)

1 patch · 1 change

Season 5 (2023)

1 patch · 3 changes

Photon Projector

  • Secondary fire maximum impact damage4550 (better)
  • Secondary fire maximum explosion damage4550 (better)

Sentry Turret

  • Damage per second4025 (worse)

Season 3 (2023)

1 patch · 1 change

Season 2 (2022)

1 patch · 2 changes

Overwatch 1

48 patches changed Symmetra; 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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