All Overwatch Female Characters: 28 Female Heroes in 2026
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- Updated the list to all 28 female heroes as of Season 5 (October 2026).
- Added Freja, Vendetta, Anran, Domina, Jetpack Cat, Sierra, Shion and D.Mon.
- Moved Sombra to Support with her new Season 5 kit.
- Renamed Overwatch 2 to Overwatch and refreshed the FAQ.
There are 28 female heroes in Overwatch as of Season 5 (October 2026), out of 54 heroes in total. That is 6 tanks, 13 damage heroes and 9 supports, and the count includes Jetpack Cat. The newest are D.Mon, a tank from Season 4, and Shion, a damage hero from Season 3. Sombra moved to Support in Season 5.
💡 Highlights
- There are 28 female heroes in Overwatch out of 54 heroes (Season 5, October 2026).
- Tank: D.Va, Zarya, Orisa, Junker Queen, Domina and D.Mon.
- Damage: Sojourn, Mei, Symmetra, Echo, Tracer, Widowmaker, Ashe, Pharah, Freja, Vendetta, Anran, Sierra and Shion.
- Support: Ana, Mercy, Moira, Brigitte, Kiriko, Illari, Juno, Sombra and Jetpack Cat.
- Sombra moved from Damage to Support in Season 5.
- Overwatch 2 is now just called Overwatch. Blizzard dropped the “2” in February 2026.
Overwatch provides a vast and diverse cast of interesting female heroes, each with her own well-developed backstory, motives, strengths, and weaknesses. With such a wide selection of heroines, I’m really glad to see that Overwatch sends a powerful message of acceptance and recognition for women. I love playing
Overwatch female characters, and my GameTree friends often choose girls as well. Therefore, in this article, I decided to collect basic information about all the female characters in OW to make it easier for you to choose.
The Rise Of Overwatch Girl Characters
Some players are surprised by how many female heroes Overwatch has. The original 2016 cast had more male heroes, but Blizzard has added many women since then. Today 28 of the 54 heroes are female, so the split is about half and half. The game also has a non-binary hero, Venture.
The female heroes are not just support picks. They cover every role, from front-line tanks like Domina and D.Mon to snipers like Widowmaker and flankers like Tracer and Anran. That range is one reason so many players look for teammates who main them, often through Overwatch LFG apps like GameTree or Overwatch LFG Discord servers.
Here is every female hero in Overwatch right now, sorted by role.
All The Female Overwatch Characters List
There are 28 female heroes in Overwatch. Each one has her own role (tank, damage or support), abilities and ultimate, so each plays very differently. Below you will find every female hero’s name, kit and a few tips. Heroes added in 2025 and 2026 are marked with their release season.
Damage
Damage characters are the heroes who deal the most damage on the team and are responsible for finding and eliminating the enemy using their various tools and abilities. So, below, you will find descriptions of all female Overwatch characters that are damage dealers.
Sojourn

First appearance: Overwatch 2
Weapons: Railgun
Abilities: Power Slide, Disruptor Shot
Ultimate: Overclock
Passive: Damage
Sojourn is one of the top damage female Overwatch characters. She is an effective, versatile, and simple damage hero, provided that the player shoots accurately.
The basic gameplay is to load up the Railgun while shooting at tanks, use Disruptor Shot to slow down the target, and then use Railgun Alt Fire, preferably aiming for the head of anyone within Disruptor Shot’s range. Thanks to the Power Slide ability, if you take too much damage, you can slip out of the fight.
Sojourn is a rather difficult hero to master because you need to shoot accurately. Most of the hero’s power comes from the Railgun’s secondary fire.
Special tips:
- Sojourn is a classic damage hero, so hang around on the front lines, keeping your distance while remaining relatively safe. Use Railgun Alt Fire on any weakened targets, especially support heroes.
- Focus on maintaining your main fire, sliding to stay mobile and avoid damage, and building up your Railgun charge.
- The alt fire does not persist, so use it immediately after charging each time.
Mei

First appearance: Overwatch 1
Weapons: Endothermic Blaster
Abilities: Cryo-Freeze, Ice Wall
Ultimate: Blizzard
Passive: Damage
Mei is great for 1v1 combat and is one of the most valuable offensive Overwatch female characters, especially if played carefully. Unlike other attackers, Mei is more team-oriented and does not need to be aggressive. This versatile hero can stop the entire team with an ice wall or end the fight by going into freezing and healing herself.
Special tips:
- Mei interacts well with teammates who can use her abilities, especially Ice Wall. However, thanks to a wide range of abilities, she can play independently and fits nicely into various compositions, except for the dive.
- Before using the Ice Wall, be very careful and ensure your teammates don’t get trapped in the enemy’s backline.
Symmetra

First appearance: Overwatch 1
Weapons: Photon Projector
Abilities: Sentry Turret, Teleporter
Ultimate: Photon Barrier
Passive: Damage
Symmetra is one of the most complex Overwatch girl characters to master. Her abilities give the team both defensive features and the ability to quickly change positions. She can cover chokepoints with Sentry Turret, use Teleporter to move teammates to high ground or ambush the enemy team, and split the map in half with her Photon Barrier ultimate. Her mobility compensates for her low health.
Special tips:
- Change the location of the turrets to force the enemy team to guess which angles are dangerous.
- Symmetra can teleport her enemies while they are using her ultimates. This can be used to save your team or, for example, move an enemy to the center of your own team.
- Her turrets also slow down enemies and alert you to their attacks so they can be used as alarms.
Echo

First appearance: Overwatch 1
Weapons: Tri-Shot
Abilities: Sticky Bombs, Flight, Focusing Beam
Ultimate: Duplicate
Passive: Damage, Glide
Echo is a flexible Overwatch female hero that suits different combinations and is applicable to different situations. She can dive next to tanks, cover the back line, snipe enemies from above, or focus on breaking through enemy shields. Thanks to her high mobility, Echo can attack from multiple positions and bypass shields to strike a vulnerable backline with her Focus Beam.
Special tips:
- Don’t overuse flying, as this is Echo’s main means of escape during a firefight.
- Focusing Beam is good only if you’re shooting at enemies below half health.
- Using Duplicate to restore your low health may not be the best idea since you can get killed during the transition period.
Tracer

First appearance: Overwatch 1
Weapons: Pulse Pistols
Abilities: Blink, Recall
Ultimate: Pulse Bomb
Passive: Damage
Tracer is a fast, close-range Overwatch girl character who specializes in speed and single-target damage. With Blink, Tracer can quickly move around the map, flank enemies, deal damage to them, and then escape. Due to her low health and lack of shield regeneration, she must constantly move and use Blink and Recall to avoid or negate damage.
Special tips:
- Use the Blink and Recall abilities, which are ideal for imposing aggression since they have a low cooldown.
- Tracer is not very suitable for direct combat. Attacking from the side or behind is the best option due to her low health.
- Avoid fighting heroes with strong health when they are out of cooldown.
Widowmaker

First appearance: Overwatch 1
Weapons: Widow’s Kiss
Abilities: Grappling Hook, Venom Mine
Ultimate: Infra-Sight
Passive: Damage
Widowmaker is a classic sniper hero. Her powerful sniper rifle allows her to take out damage and support heroes with one headshot. She can do this from a long distance, so the enemy will have little to oppose her. Additionally, playing as Widowmaker is relatively easy, provided the player is a good shot.
Special tips:
- Don’t stay in one place after a few shots, as it’s only a matter of time before uninvited guests come to you.
- Focus on healers and weak DPS characters first, as they have low HP.
- If you’re having trouble in open areas, move close to corridors and narrow passages to make headshots easier.
Ashe

First appearance: Overwatch 1
Weapons: The Viper
Abilities: Dynamite, Coach Gun
Ultimate: B.O.B.
Passive: Damage
Ashe is a DPS Overwatch girl who wields a powerful rifle and can throw explosives at opponents to deal damage at close range or to escape. Ashe is great for mid to long ranges, where her rifle explosions do decent damage.
Special tips:
- When activated, B.O.B. appears to the right of Ashe. Keep this in mind when using her ultimate to avoid accidentally hitting your allies.
- Ashe is good for destroying supports and heroes with low HP and a lack of capabilities to deal with ranged threats.
- Dynamite works exceptionally well in tight spaces and places where enemies are clustered.
Pharah

First appearance: Overwatch 1
Weapons: Rocket Launcher
Abilities: Jet Dash, Jump Jet, Concussive Blast
Ultimate: Barrage
Passive: Damage, Hover Jets
Pharah is an Overwatch female character with excellent aerial mobility, and her rocket launcher does excellent splash damage. Jump Jet lifts Pharah into the air, allowing her to position herself for well-directed attacks or run away from danger. She can also use her ability to fly to reach hard-to-reach spots on maps where enemies aren’t expecting her. Barrage is one of the most dangerous ultimate abilities in the game, capable of easily wiping out entire teams. Overall, Pharah is a good backline character, capable of harassing enemies from afar, dealing good damage to shields, and separating the enemy team members from each other.
Special tips:
- The missiles from Barrage deal a lot of damage and can hit you if you use your Ultimate too close to the enemies.
- After the nerf to AoE damage, using the rocket launcher at close range is better for dealing with more direct damage.
- After defeating an enemy, you gain increased speed, which you can use effectively with Jump Jet to escape enemies or close the distance to the next one.
Freja
First appearance: Overwatch 2 (Season 16, April 2025)
Weapons: Revdraw Crossbow
Abilities: Take Aim, Quick Dash, Updraft
Ultimate: Bola Shot
Passive: Damage (Recon subrole)
Freja is a mobile crossbow hunter. Take Aim lets her fire charged bolts for burst damage. Quick Dash and Updraft move her across the map and into the air, so she can pick angles most heroes cannot reach. Her ultimate, Bola Shot, wraps up enemies.
Special tips:
- Use Updraft to take high ground before you start a fight.
- Save Quick Dash to escape when a flanker dives you.
Vendetta
First appearance: Overwatch 2 (Season 20, December 2025)
Weapons: Palatine Fang (hard-light greatsword)
Abilities: Warding Stance, Whirlwind Dash, Soaring Slice, Projected Edge
Ultimate: Sundering Blade
Passive: Onslaught (Flanker subrole)
Vendetta is a melee damage hero who fights with a hard-light greatsword. She is a gladiator champion who wants to take back her family’s criminal empire. Warding Stance blocks frontal damage and deflects melee hits. Soaring Slice throws her sword and flies her to it. Her ultimate, Sundering Blade, cuts through most defenses and hits everyone in front of her. Her passive, Onslaught, speeds up her movement and attacks as she lands hits.
Special tips:
- Warding Stance uses energy, so do not hold it all the time.
- Use Soaring Slice to close the gap on supports in the backline.
Anran
First appearance: Overwatch (Season 1, February 2026)
Weapons: Zhuque Fans
Abilities: Fan the Flames, Inferno Rush, Dancing Blaze
Ultimate: Vermillion Ascent (and Vermillion Revival when she is dead)
Passive: Ignition (Flanker subrole)
Anran is a fire-based flanker. Her attacks set enemies on fire, and her passive, Ignition, burns them over time. Inferno Rush dashes her through enemies. Dancing Blaze turns her into fire that damages nearby enemies and blocks incoming damage. Her ultimate can even bring her back to life in a fiery explosion.
Special tips:
- Stack burns on a target before you commit.
- Use Dancing Blaze to survive burst damage, not just to deal it.
Sierra
First appearance: Overwatch (Season 2, April 2026)
Weapons: Helix Rifle
Abilities: Tracking Shot, Anchor Drone, Tremor Charge
Ultimate: Trailblazer
Passive: Damage (Recon subrole)
Sierra’s Helix Rifle gets more accurate the longer you hold fire. Tracking Shot marks an enemy so your shots home in on them. Anchor Drone lets her launch herself to a drone she throws. Her ultimate, Trailblazer, sends a drone forward that carpet bombs an area.
Special tips:
- Land Tracking Shot first, then hold fire on the marked target.
- Place Anchor Drone before a fight so you have an escape route.
Shion
First appearance: Overwatch (Season 3, June 2026)
Weapons: Kira Pistols
Abilities: Execution, Evade, Joyride
Ultimate: Satsuriku Spree
Passive: Damage (Flanker subrole)
Shion is an Awakened omnic gunslinger who rebuilt her own body and seized control of the Hashimoto Clan as its self-appointed fifth Elder. She fires rapid dual pistols. Evade is a dash that also gives her temporary extra health. Joyride revs her motorbike, then she jumps off and launches it at enemies. Her ultimate, Satsuriku Spree, charges forward three times while firing.
Special tips:
- Use Evade to dodge into close range, then unload with Kira Pistols.
- Aim Joyride at groups or enemies stuck in a corridor.
Support
Support heroes keep the team alive. They heal, boost damage and give their team key utility. Nine of the female heroes are supports, including Sombra, who moved from Damage in Season 5.
Juno

First appearance: Overwatch 2
Weapons: Mediblaster
Abilities: Pulsar Torpedoes, Glide Boost, Hyper Ring
Ultimate: Orbital Ray
Passive: Martian Overboots
Juno joined in 2024 and is a mobile support with strong team utility. Her Mediblaster both heals allies and damages enemies, but cannot headshot. Pulsar Torpedoes offer lock-on burst damage or healing over time. Juno’s Glide Boost provides horizontal mobility, while Hyper Ring speeds up allies and Juno instantly.
Special tips:
- Aim for body shots with Mediblaster, as headshots don’t apply.
- Use Hyper Ring for immediate self-speed boost and team mobility.
- Orbital Ray ultimate penetrates all structures, including walls and floors.
Illari

First Appearance: Overwatch 2
Weapons: Solar Rifle
Abilities: Healing Pylon, Outburst
Ultimate: Captive Sun
Passive: Support
Illari, introduced in Overwatch 2, is a versatile support hero with a unique solar-powered kit. She excels at balancing healing and damage, making her a valuable addition to any team. Illari’s Solar Rifle can deal precision damage while providing bursts of healing. Her Healing Pylon offers sustained healing to allies in its radius, giving her flexibility in maintaining her team’s health. Illari’s Outburst allows her to reposition quickly or push enemies away. Her ultimate ability, Captive Sun, unleashes explosive damage, punishing grouped enemies.
Illari’s kit is ideal for players who enjoy playing both offensively and defensively. Her skillset rewards situational awareness and good positioning.
Special Tips:
- Protect the Healing Pylon: Illari’s Healing Pylon is crucial for keeping your team alive. Place it in areas where it’s hard for enemies to destroy but accessible to teammates.
- Mind Your Ammo: Illari’s Solar Rifle uses different ammo types for healing and damage, so managing your shots is key to maximizing efficiency.
- Utilize Outburst: Use Outburst to escape danger or knock enemies into vulnerable positions.
- Ultimate Combos: Captive Sun is highly effective when combined with crowd-control abilities or other ultimates that group enemies together.
Kiriko

First appearance: Overwatch 2
Weapons: Healing Ofuda, Kunai
Abilities: Swift Step, Protection Suzu
Ultimate: Kitsune Rush
Passive: Support, Wall Climb
This female Overwatch character boasts one of the most powerful support sets and a useful teleport ability. An experienced Kiriko player can easily damage heroes with low health. Kiriko can move a lot to avoid getting knocked down. While her secondary fire, kunai, doesn’t do as much damage as other healers, its fire and reload speed allow Kiriko to take down an enemy that comes too close.
Special tips:
- Healing Ofuda moves quickly and covers a long distance, so even if a teammate is far away, you can easily heal them.
- The kunai has a very long range and deals massive damage when it hits the head, so you can quite easily kill an unwary enemy with a successful hit.
- It is important to remember that Kitsune Rush does not provide healing. It increases your fire rate and reload speed, so you can heal faster, but you still need to use healing.
Ana

First appearance: Overwatch 1
Weapons: Biotic Rifle
Abilities: Sleep Dart, Biotic Grenade
Ultimate: Nano Boost
Passive: Support
Ana has been one of the strongest supports since the original Overwatch, and she still excels if you can aim. Since Season 5, a new perk, Local Anesthetic, can make her Sleep Dart explode on impact and slow enemies. Ana is a backline hero, and with her sniper rifle, she can heal teammates from afar, keeping them healthy while staying out of trouble. Ana’s kit is suitable for players with high skill and accuracy, as her sniper rifle, biotic grenade, and sleep dart are small but mighty skills.
Special tips:
- When aimed, Ana’s shots leave a trail that reveals her position.
- Due to her lack of movement abilities, Ana requires proper positioning. Otherwise, she will be much easier to kill.
- The most effective way to play as Ana is to pump healing into your tank.
Brigitte

First appearance: Overwatch 1
Weapons: Rocket Flail
Abilities: Repair Pack, Whip Shot, Barrier Shield, Shield Bash
Ultimate: Rally
Passive: Support, Inspire
Brigitte is a support hero with abilities that almost make her a tank. Using her shield and hammer, Brigitte can get up close to enemies to heal her allies, then retreat and restore their health from a distance with repair packs. She can charge her shield to deal damage and make ranged attacks with her weapon, knocking enemies back. Her ultimate gives excess health to herself and everyone in the circle around her. This Overwatch girl is a powerful support hero for players who prefer to heal on the front lines. However, she is challenging to master since she radically differs from other support heroes in the game.
Special tips:
- The whip shot will knock enemies back quite far, so take action if you see an enemy near a ledge.
- You can store a maximum of 3 repair packs, so use them regularly.
- Repair packs provide healing for a few seconds, so they can be thrown proactively before entering combat.
Mercy

First appearance: Overwatch 1
Weapons: Caduceus Staff, Caduceus Blaster
Abilities: Angelic Descent, Guardian Angel, Resurrect
Ultimate: Valkyrie
Passive: Support, Sympathetic Recovery
Mercy is one of the easiest-to-learn female characters in Overwatch. She focuses almost entirely on healing. Mercy provides one of the highest amounts of healing among supports but deals very little damage. She is armed with a Caduceus Staff, which can connect to an ally and give them healing or a damage boost, depending on the situation. Mercy can also fly to her allies and even revive a fallen teammate with her ability.
Special tips:
- Revive takes a while to prepare and a few seconds to complete the animation, so it’s essential to make sure you’re safe before using it.
- The damage boost is most effective when paired with a friendly ultimate, causing it to deal even more damage.
- Use Mercy’s flying abilities, since high mobility is very important for a support hero, and the team depends on timely help.
Moira

First appearance: Overwatch 1
Weapons: Biotic Grasp
Abilities: Biotic Orb, Fade
Ultimate: Coalescence
Passive: Support
Moira is a support hero who heals well and has high damage ability. She heals by spraying healing mist with her primary fire, which is limited by the meter. This meter can be refilled with alt-fire, a beam attack that damages enemies within its radius. She has an orb that she can throw, choosing to either heal teammates or damage an enemy, depending on the situation. Her ultimate also does double duty as it is a long-range beam that heals teammates and damages enemies.
Special tips:
- While in Fade, Moira jumps higher than usual. This way, you can get to places that are usually inaccessible.
- Biotic Orb can pierce enemies but has no effect on those standing behind obstacles.
- Moira can damage enemy heroes to charge her healing beam.
Sombra

First appearance: Overwatch 1 (moved to Support in Season 5, October 2026)
Weapons: Machine Pistol
Abilities: Hotfix, Cyberspace, Translocator
Ultimate: EMP
Passive: Conspirator (Tactician subrole)
Sombra is a hacker who moved from Damage to Support in Season 5. Hack is gone. Her new Hotfix heals an ally over time and can still hack health packs and most enemy deployables. Cyberspace creates a zone that heals allies and weakens enemies inside it. Translocator still lets her teleport around the map. Her ultimate, EMP, damages nearby enemies based on their current health and strips barriers.
Special tips:
- Throw Cyberspace where your team is fighting, not on an empty spot.
- Watch your Conspirator passive. It shows you which enemy ultimates are ready.
Jetpack Cat
First appearance: Overwatch (Season 1, February 2026)
Weapons: Biotic Pawjectiles
Abilities: Frenetic Flight, Lifeline, Purr
Ultimate: Catnapper
Passive: Jetpack (Tactician subrole)
Yes, she is a cat. Jetpack Cat flies all the time thanks to her passive, Jetpack. Her Biotic Pawjectiles heal allies and damage enemies. Lifeline tows a willing ally through the air while healing them. Purr pulses area healing and knocks back nearby enemies. Her ultimate, Catnapper, dives at a spot, knocks enemies down and tethers the nearest one to her.
Special tips:
- Use Lifeline to carry a teammate to high ground or out of danger.
- Your healing falls off at range, so stay fairly close to your team.
Tank
These six female heroes absorb damage, protect their team and start fights. They have large health pools and defensive tools that keep them alive and draw enemy fire away from allies.
Junker Queen

First appearance: Overwatch 2
Weapons: Scattergun
Abilities: Jagged Blade, Commanding Shout
Ultimate: Carnage
Passive: Tank, Adrenaline Rush
Junker Queen is an aggressive tank in the meta who is not easy to kill. Her skill set is relatively simple and focuses on dealing damage over time. She also closes the distance between herself and enemies to deal maximum damage with her shotgun. In addition, her abilities give her speed and stability, which provide her with survivability.
Special tips:
- Aim her ultimate carefully, as once the skill is activated, you won’t be able to change its direction easily.
- Junker Queen is a 1v1 threat. Regenerating health when wounded and having access to the Commanding Shout ability, she can be virtually invincible for some time.
- The HP buff for allies from Commanding Shout is weak and should not be relied upon to heal others. But the movement buff is handy; use it to give everyone a boost.
D.Va

First appearance: Overwatch 1
Weapons: Fusion Cannons, Light Gun
Abilities: Defense Matrix, Boosters,Micro Missiles
Ultimate: Self-Destruct
Passive: Tank, Eject!
D.Va is a pilot in a mech suit, which means when you run out of health, the pilot leaves the mech. D.Va is armed with two machine guns with unlimited ammunition, missiles, and a protective matrix that absorbs projectiles. The mech is also capable of flight for short periods. D.Va deals serious damage but has less survivability than other tanks.
Special tips:
- After self-destructing, you automatically gain a full charge to summon a new mech.
- The Defense Matrix does not affect beam weapons like Moira, Mei, and other similar Overwatch girls characters. So, if the enemy team has many such heroes, perhaps you should choose another tank hero.
- Defense Matrix eats many projectiles, so use it to block key enemy shots and some ultimates. It does not stop beams.
Zarya

First appearance: Overwatch 1
Weapons: Particle Cannon
Abilities: Particle Barrier, Projected Barrier
Ultimate: Graviton Surge
Passive: Tank, Energy
Zarya protects her allies with barriers that enhance the damage of her Particle Cannon, balancing offense and defense with her energy system. The Particle Cannon fires either short-range beams or longer-range projectiles. Zarya has two barrier charges that can be shared among teammates or herself. Zarya is perhaps the most versatile tank in Overwatch. She uses the enemy team’s aggression to power up her attacks while also protecting her allies and draining the health of her opponents.
Special tips:
- The Graviton Surge ultimate is a potential team killer, so it’s worth coordinating with your team regarding its current cooldown and casting strategy.
- Alt fire is better than main fire. When you fire it at a group of enemies, you deal more damage and charge up faster.
- Zarya is useless without energy, so you must maintain high energy levels.
Orisa

First appearance: Overwatch 1
Weapons: Augmented Fusion Driver
Abilities: Energy Javelin, Fortify, Javelin Spin
Ultimate: Terra Surge
Passive: Tank
This Overwatch girl perfectly protects her team while simultaneously posing a threat up close. Her total HP is slightly lower than that of other tank heroes, but her armor compensates this by slightly reducing the damage dealt. Orisa is one of the most popular tanks in Overwatch. Her ability to protect her team with her spear and stop enemies in their tracks makes her a key choice in many Overwatch team compositions.
Special tips:
- Orisa’s biggest weakness is other tanks, such as Reinhardt, who can deal more damage at close range.
- Don’t attack alone; make sure you have the necessary support, as you won’t have enough HP to survive multiple encounters.
- You can use Javelin Spin to help Orisa get closer or retreat, as the speed boost and shield help her cover space with minimal damage.
Domina
First appearance: Overwatch (Season 1, February 2026)
Weapons: Photon Magnum
Abilities: Barrier Array, Sonic Repulsors, Crystal Charge
Ultimate: Panopticon
Passive: Reconstruction (Stalwart subrole)
Domina (Vaira Singhania) is a mid-range tank and heiress to the Vishkar Corporation, where she is Vice President of Operations and Development and sits on the board. Barrier Array builds a large segmented shield, and each panel has its own health. Sonic Repulsors push enemies back and stun them if they hit a wall. Crystal Charge is an explosive she can set off later. Her ultimate, Panopticon, traps enemies in a barrier cage that blocks their shots and then explodes. Her passive restores her shields when her abilities deal damage.
Special tips:
- Use Sonic Repulsors near walls for the stun.
- Rebuild your barrier between fights instead of letting it break.
D.Mon
First appearance: Overwatch (Season 4, August 2026)
Weapons: Plasma Saber, Portable Fusion Repeater
Abilities: Power Barrier, Propulsors, Surging Strike
Ultimate: Limit Break
Passive: Eject! (Stalwart subrole)
D.Mon (Yuna Lee) is a former pro gamer and a member of MEKA, the same squad as D.Va. She defends Busan from inside her mech, Beast. Like D.Va, she pilots a mech and ejects when it is destroyed. She fights up close with a Plasma Saber and holds a frontal Power Barrier. Surging Strike lunges forward from behind the barrier and knocks enemies back. Her ultimate, Limit Break, is a sweeping slash that gives her overhealth and makes enemies take more damage.
Special tips:
- Use Propulsors to close distance, then swing.
- Time Limit Break for when your team is ready to follow up.
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Final Thoughts
Overwatch has one of the most varied casts in gaming. Its 28 female heroes cover every role and come from many countries and backgrounds. They are not limited to support roles or simple archetypes. If you like playing female heroes, you have plenty of choice in every role, and new ones keep arriving each season. I hope this guide helps you find your next main.
Also, check out our Overwatch tier list for Season 5 to see which of these heroes are strongest right now, and our guide to every Overwatch rank.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who Is The Female Villain In Overwatch?
Vendetta is the biggest female villain in Overwatch right now. She is the daughter of a former Talon boss and is fighting to take back her father's criminal empire. Moira and Widowmaker are also Talon agents, and Domina secretly backs Vendetta.
Who Is The Strongest Woman In Overwatch?
Zarya is the strongest Overwatch woman. During the war, she sacrificed personal glory to protect her family, friends, and country.
What Is The Best Overwatch Girl Character To Play Right Now?
It depends on your role. In GameTree's Season 5 tier list (October 2026), Domina and D.Mon are top tank picks, and Vendetta, Pharah and Mei are top damage picks. Among supports, Sombra is rated strong after her move to Support.
How Many Female Heroes Are In Overwatch?
There are 28 female heroes out of 54 as of Season 5 (October 2026). That is 6 tanks, 13 damage heroes and 9 supports, counting Jetpack Cat.
Who Is The Newest Female Hero In Overwatch?
D.Mon, a tank who joined in Season 4 on August 11, 2026. The newest hero overall is Doctrine, a male support added in Season 5.
Is Sombra A Support Now?
Yes. Sombra moved from Damage to Support in Season 5 on October 6, 2026. She lost Hack and gained healing tools.

