The Finals Counters

Specialization

A Light turns nearly invisible (undetectable when standing still) to flank, steal, revive, or escape. S11 nerfed cloak — minimum duration ~13s → ~11s and energy now drains fast at run speed and above — so a cloaked enemy who keeps moving quickly burns their meter and is more exposed.

Counter A Sonar Grenade or Proximity Sensor pings their position, and any damage instantly decloaks them. Cloak makes a loud sound on activation and while moving, so listen and pre-fire common angles. S11 punishes cloaking on the move: an enemy pushing at run speed drains cloak quickly and reveals sooner, so bait aggressive cloak entries and hold tight angles — the biggest threat now is a patient, stationary ambusher.

Gadget

Cloaks the whole enemy team at once for a coordinated push or a clean getaway.

Counter The same detection beats it: Sonar Grenade, Proximity Sensor, and Thermal Vision reveal cloaked pushers, and chip damage decloaks them. A team push telegraphs its lane, so hold a tight angle and spray the likely entry.

Specialization

A Light dashes in and out of fights, hard to pin down with aim alone. S11 cut Evasive Dash to 2 charges (from 3) with a 6.5s recharge, so a Light can no longer chain three dashes — bait one out and punish before it recharges.

Counter The Nullifier locks out their Dash entirely. Area denial like Goo, Pyro, mines, or a Gas Grenade punishes the predictable dash-out, and shotguns or burst weapons delete them in the half-second they commit. Aim where they are dashing to, not where they are. With only 2 charges in S11, force the Light to burn both, then push while Dash is on cooldown.

Specialization

A Heavy yanks you, or the cashout station, across the map into its team or a hazard.

Counter Break line of sight, since the claw needs to see you and any wall or corner cancels the pull. A Mesh Shield or Dome Shield physically blocks the claw, and a Medium's Shockwave can knock the Heavy off mid-pull. Never stand in the open against a winch Heavy. S11 note: the pull now stuns for only ~0.1s, so a grab no longer guarantees a melee follow-up — it is more of a repositioning tool than a point-blank kill setup.

Specialization

A movable 850-HP front shield that escorts a team across open ground and protects cashout steals.

Counter A Glitch Grenade detonates on contact and instantly closes the shield. It only covers the front, so flank to its sides or back, or push inside the bubble. Explosives chunk its HP fast if you must break it head-on.

Gadget

A stationary 360-degree bubble that locks down a cashout or a revive.

Counter A Glitch Grenade instantly destroys the dome. It is fixed in place and only blocks fire from outside, so simply push inside it. A Data Reshaper can also turn it against them.

Gadget

Durable deployable walls that fortify a room or choke point.

Counter Explosives (RPG-7, C4, Frag) and melee tear barricades down quickly, and they can be vaulted or shot around at the gaps. Glitch does not help here, so bring breach damage.

Specialization

A Medium pocket-heals a teammate, often a Heavy, faster than you can out-damage them.

Counter Focus the healer first, as they are defenseless while beaming and cannot shoot back. A Glitch Grenade cuts the beam, and burst damage that out-paces the heal (snipers, shotguns, explosives) breaks the sustain. Split the healer from their target with displacement.

Gadget

Walls of goo block sightlines, doorways, and movement abilities (goo now stops Dash and Grapple).

Counter Fire removes goo instantly: a Pyro Grenade, the Flamethrower, or any flame clears a path. Explosives also blow through it. Otherwise just go around, since goo is cover, not a kill tool.

Specialization

An auto-aiming turret locks down a room and calls out your position.

Counter A Glitch Grenade disables it, and explosives or focused fire destroy it. Break its line of sight with Goo, Smoke, or a Barricade, or peek from outside its roughly 20m range. Place your own turret on a ceiling to deny easy destruction.

Gadget

Shoots down your projectiles (grenades, RPG, C4) near a defended objective. S11 buffed it to block 6 projectiles (was 5) and 175 HP (was 160), so it holds a touch longer.

Counter It only stops projectiles, so hitscan guns ignore it entirely. Overwhelm it with more thrown gadgets than it can block (6 in S11), Goo it (each blob it intercepts damages it), or simply shoot it down, since its health pool (175) is still small.

Specialization

A Heavy bulldozes through walls to close distance and knock you around.

Counter The Nullifier stops the charge dead. Otherwise dodge perpendicular to the charge line and punish the long recovery, since they are a sitting duck once it ends. Do not fight it in a tight room where the knockback chains.