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Melee attacks are attacks that take effect only within a short range of the hero, generally within arms' reach. Melee attacks pierce barriers and affect all enemies in range.

Quick Melee[ | ]

Quick melee

Quick melee icon

Quick melee does 40 damage, and has a cooldown of 1 second. This cooldown starts as soon as the attack is used and is not affected by the melee being interrupted. The attack is active for 0.528 seconds, and has a range of 2.5 meters. It also applies a very small knockback upon hit.

Quick melee is unavailable to heroes that have a melee weapon equipped, except Ramattra who can use it in addition to Pummel Icon Pummel. Heroes that gained a melee weapon through a transformation ability (e.g. Ability-winston4 Primal Rage and Ability-genji4 Dragonblade), will be completely unable to use quick melee while its active, whereas heroes that naturally own a melee weapon (e.g. Rocket Flail Rocket Flail or Ability-torbjorn2 Forge Hammer) will instead use their primary fire if quick melee is attempted with the melee weapon equipped.

All heroes, except Wrecking Ball, Sombra, Symmetra, Baptiste, and Lifeweaver can interrupt their melee to use their ultimates.

List of melee attacks[ | ]

Melee weapons[ | ]

Hero Weapon Official description Damage Range Fire rate Duration Detail
Icon-brigitte
Brigitte
Rocket Flail
Rocket Flail
Rocket Flail
Melee weapon with extended range. 45 6 meters 1 swing per 0.6 seconds 0.240 seconds (hitbox active)
Icon-genji
Genji
Dragonblade
Ability-genji4
Dragonblade
Unsheathe a deadly melee weapon. 110 5 meters 1.43 strikes/s 6 seconds (transformation)
0.048 seconds (hitbox active)
Icon-ramattra
Ramattra
Pummel
Pummel Icon
Pummel
Punch, creating a wave of piercing energy with every swing. 60 10.5 meters 1.67 shots/s
  • Replaces primary fire during Nemesis Form.
  • Ramattra can still use regular Quick Melee in Nemesis Form.
Icon-reinhardt
Reinhardt
Rocket Hammer
Ability-reinhardt1
Rocket Hammer
Devastating melee weapon. 100 5 meters 1.04 shots/s 0.208 seconds (hitbox active)
  • Increased knockback.
Icon-torbjörn
Torbjörn
Forge Hammer
Ability-torbjorn2
Forge Hammer
Swing to repair your turret or damage an enemy. 55 2.5 meters 1 swing per ~0.7 seconds 0.192 seconds (hitbox active)
Icon-winston
Winston
Primal Rage
Ability-winston4
Primal Rage
Gain immense health, but you can only leap and punch enemies. 50 (melee) 4 meters 1 swing per 0.656 seconds 10 seconds (transformation)
  • Greatly increased knockback.

Special quick melee[ | ]

Hero Weapon Official description Damage Details
Icon-junker queen
Junker Queen
Jagged Blade
Jagged Blade Icon
Jagged Blade
Active: Throw the blade. Re-activate to pull it back with any impaled enemy.
Passive: Wound enemies hit by Quick Melee or Throw, dealing damage over time.
65 (thrown hit)
30 over 3 seconds (wound, thrown hit)
15 over 3 seconds (wound, return hit & melee)
  • While Jagged Blade is thrown, Junker Queen uses regular Quick Melee that doesn't apply a wound.
Icon-zenyatta
Zenyatta
Snap Kick
Snap-kick-passive
Snap Kick
Quick melee damage increased by 50%, and its knockback is significantly increased. 60
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