The Best Overwatch Tank Characters, Ranked

Who's the buffest of them all?

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Being a tank character in Overwatch is all about taking damage for your team, protecting them, and occasionally dealing some pain to anyone who dares hurt your allies. Currently, there are five tank characters in Overwatch, and they are: Roadhog, D.Va, Winston, Zarya, and Reinhardt.

All five characters will be judged based on their ability to absorb damage and their effectiveness in protecting their teammates. Being able to deal out damage is a plus as well, but we’ll consider that a secondary criteria for the tank roles these characters are meant to fulfil.


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Zhiqing is the Reviews Editor for Twinfinite, and a History graduate from Singapore. She's been in the games media industry for nine years, trawling through showfloors, conferences, and spending a ridiculous amount of time making in-depth spreadsheets for min-max-y RPGs. When she's not singing the praises of Amazon's Kindle as the greatest technological invention of the past two decades, you can probably find her in a FromSoft rabbit hole.