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One tank per team means the pick matters more than any other slot. Here are the tanks that swing 5v5 fights, sorted by how reliably they carry.
By OWMAUK Staff
In 5v5 there is one tank, so the tank has the single largest footprint on the map. A good tank makes space, holds a chokepoint, and forces the enemy to spend cooldowns before the fight even starts. A bad tank int-feeds and hands over ult charge. The heroes below are the ones that most reliably tip fights in your favour right now.
The best tank is the one that answers the enemy tank. This list ranks general value, but always sanity-check the mirror - dive folds into a good anchor, and brawl folds into a good poke comp.
Orisa
The safest anchor in the game. Fortify eats crowd control and burst, Javelin peels and stuns, and there is no recoil to fight. High floor, high value.
S-tier
Sigma
The poke-tank king. Eat one-shots with Grasp, chunk shields at range, and Flux the whole enemy team when they group. Rewards good positioning.
S-tier
D.Va
The best dive tank. Defense Matrix deletes ults and key shots, boosters dive the backline, and you can disengage on a dime. Punishes greedy supports.
S-tier| Hero | Best when | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|
| Reinhardt | Close-range brawl maps and chokes | Poke comps that never let you touch them |
| Zarya | Enemy has burst you can bubble through | Running out of charge and cooldowns at once |
| Winston | Diving snipers and squishy backlines | Anti-dive with beam supports and Reaper |
| Ramattra | Grouped enemies and shield-heavy comps | Getting kited before Nemesis form is up |
| Junker Queen | Aggro brawl with a Mercy or Kiriko pocket | Anti-heal being wasted into big shields |
Zarya
A-tier - two bubbles that turn enemy burst into your damage. Skill floor is deceptively high because bubble timing is everything.
A-tier
Winston
A-tier - the original dive anchor. Bubble the backline, beam the squishies, leap out before you die. Great into snipers.
A-tierDifficulty and value are not the same thing - Orisa is both easy and strong, while Wrecking Ball is hard and swingy. If you want the effort-ranked view, read every hero ranked by skill floor. For the other roles, see the best supports to climb with and the best DPS for solo queue.
A great tank does not win the fight. A great tank decides where the fight happens.