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SMART ExcavatorProjectile · Area

Charges burst within 16 m: 40 splash, 35 more on direct hits, 8 ammo.

Damage
35 (direct hit bonus) · 40–12 (explosion)
Damage per second
125
Headshots
no
Ammo
8
Reload
1.75 s
Fire rate
1.67 shots/s
Range
16 m
Radius
2 m
Projectile speed
50 m/s

Last changed on 24 June 2025: Recovery timeChange

Drill DashMelee · Movement

Drilling lunge, above or below ground, that pushes enemies and deals 30, recharging faster underground.

Damage
30 (first hit) · 60 over 0.4 s (subsequent hits) · 5 (during Burrow)
Cooldown
8 s
Duration
0.45 s (unburrowed) · 0.9 s (burrowed)
Range
15 m (burrowed)
Radius
2.0 m

Last changed on 8 January 2026: RadiusChange

BurrowMovement · Area

Up to 4 s underground, untouchable and 40% faster, surfacing with up to 110 damage.

Damage
110–75 (max charge) · 55–37.5 (min charge)
Cooldown
8 s
Duration
4 s (burrowed) · 0.2 s (emerging, min charge) · 0.65 s (emerging, max charge)
Radius
2–7 m (max charge, falloff start - max) · 1–3.5 m (min charge, falloff start - max)
Speed boost
+40% (burrowed)

Tectonic ShockShockwaveUltimate

Ultimate: 4 shockwaves within 7 s, each 130 damage out to 25 m.

Damage
130
Duration
7 s
Ammo
4
Fire rate
1.11 shots/s
Radius
25 m
Projectile speed
35 m/s (shockwave)
Ultimate cost
1950 points

Last changed on 30 April 2024: Ultimate charge costChange

More values

ClobberMelee

Damage
30 (impact) · 40 (over time)
Cooldown
1.2 s
Duration
0.7 s
Range
3 m

Explorer's Resolve

Duration
3 s

Perks one of two per level

Minor perks

Deep Burrowchanged 11 Aug 2026

Underground, Drill Dash travels 75% farther.

or
Excavation Exhilaration

Cooldowns run 300% faster for as long as Tectonic Shock lasts.

Major perks

SMART Extender

An ability press doubles SMART Excavator's shot range for 4 s.

or
Covered In Dirtchanged 11 Aug 2026

Clobber damage adds as much as 40 shields to Explorer's Resolve.

Stadium powers 0 to choose from

not collected yet

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

51.7%Win rate
Place 4 of 24 (Damage)
Win rateall 53 heroes
44.1%55.9%
Pick rate1.9% Place 24 of 24 (Damage)
1.9%31.9%
Ban rate0.4% Place 22 of 24 (Damage)
0.1%49.2%

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

Counters by abilities, not by win rates

Goes well with Venture

none known

Changes 10 patches · 27 changes since 16 Apr 2024 · green helps Venture, red hurts, grey is unclear

Season 4 (2026) · Heroes of Busan

1 patch · 4 changes

Base values

  • Ultimate cost−8% (better)

Deep BurrowMinor perk

  • Drill dash distance5075% (better)

Covered In DirtMajor perk

  • Total amount of shields gained3040 (better)

FlankerSubrole

  • Additional healing from health packs7550 (worse)

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

2 patches · 10 changes

Base values

  • Base hp225

Excavation ExhilarationMinor perk

  • unnamed field+30%

SMART Excavator

  • Primary fire damage7585 (better)

Drill Dash

  • Charges12 (better)
  • Cooldown86s (better)
  • Horizontal range−50% (worse)
  • Damage9035 (worse)

Burrow

  • Knockback strength+20%

Explorer's ResolveEvent

  • Bonus shields2515 (worse)

Season 20 (2025) · Vendetta

2 patches · 2 changes

Season 17 (2025) · Powered Up!

1 patch · 1 change

Season 15 (2025) · Honor And Glory

1 patch · 1 change

Season 12 (2024) · New frontiers

1 patch · 1 change

Season 10 (2024)

2 patches · 8 changes

SMART Excavator

  • Maximum explosion damage4540 (worse)

Drill Dash

  • Initial impact damage4030 (worse)

Tectonic Shock

  • Ultimate charge cost+10% (worse)

Drill Dash

  • Impact damage6040 (worse)
  • Damage over time4060 (better)

Clobber

  • Impact damage4030 (worse)
  • Damage over time3040 (better)

Tectonic Shock

  • Vertical knockback−30%

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
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Rates
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Counters and reasons
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