Overwatch characters’ height: How this can affect your strategy

For most of us, knowing Overwatch character heights might just be something to satisfy our mild curiosity. However, knowing such stats can actually help you to deploy a better winning strategy.

For example, if you play as a taller character, you have better visibility and more reach. On the other hand, by playing as a smaller character, such as Torbjörn, you can be stealthier and harder to hit. Below, we’ve provided you with the heights of all major Overwatch characters.

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Overwatch Heights - The complete list

Whether you want to play or bet on Overwatch, every stat is useful, no matter how insignificant you think it may seem. One often overlooked is character height.

We’ll cover the main pros and cons of various Overwatch character heights a bit later on, for

now though, let’s take a look at the heights of the most popular characters:

Overwatch Characters Height FAQ

How tall is Torbjörn?

Overwatch Torbjörn

Torbjörn is the smallest character in the game, measuring at just 1.4 meters (4ft 7”).

How tall is Brigitte in Overwatch?

Overwatch Brigitte

She might be one of our favorite Support heroes, but Bridgette is just above the female character average game height at 1.75 meters. However, this is disputed, and some sources have her estimated it as being around 10cm taller.

How tall is Mercy in Overwatch?

Overwatch Mercy

Another female support character, Mercy is just a bit smaller than Bridgette at 1.7 meters.

How tall is Lucio in Overwatch?

Overwatch Lucio

Perhaps quite surprisingly, everyone’s favorite Brazilian is among the smallest male support characters in the game. At 1.6m, only Zen is smaller in the support role group (1.5m).

How tall is Reinhardt?

Overwatch Reinhardt

Clocking in at 2.26m, Reinhardt is the tallest male character in Overwatch 2, and the second tallest in the game overall. He is behind fellow tank character Orisa (2.3m).

How does the character height affect your strategy? 

There are many aspects of your game that your character’s height can affect. As we said earlier, small characters are stealthier, can hide easier, and are harder to detect, meanwhile, tall characters, such as tanks, have better visibility and vision.

Height and hitbox size

From a defensive perspective, the hitbox size of each character is proportionate to their size. Therefore the taller your character, the easier you are to hit, the smaller the harder.

On the other hand, you can see and hit people easier as a taller character, which is harder when playing as a smaller one.

Basically, the strategies for Overwatch character heights are best summarized as follows:

• Best for offensive play - Tall
• Best for defensive play - Small
• Balanced strategy - Average height

Conclusion

While the height of your Overwatch character can impact your strategy and how you play the game, it isn’t everything. It’s also important to remember that there is no perfect height - there are pros and cons to them all.

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