Melee

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

Quick Melee

Most heroes have access to a quick melee attack. 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 0.128 seconds, and has a range of 2.5 meters. It also applies a very small knockback upon hit.

Quick melee is unavailable to heroes who have a melee weapon equipped, except Vendetta and Ramattra, who can use quick melee in addition to Palatine Fang and Pummel respectively. All other melee weapons, including melee attacks granted through transformation abilities, will use the Hero's unique melee weapon if quick melee is inputted.

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

Quick Melee

V

1 second

Type

Universal Ability

Effect Type

Melee

Ignores barriers.

Ignores Defense Matrix/Kinetic Grasp.

Ignores Deflect/Javelin Spin.

Ignores damage boosts.

Ignores Amplification Matrix.

Damage:

40

Headshot:

✕

Cast time:

0 + 0.53 seconds

Duration:

0.13 seconds (hitbox active)

Max. range:

2.5 meters

List of melee attacks

Melee weapons

Hero	Weapon	Official description	Damage	Fire rate	Damage per second	Range	Duration	Detail
Brigitte	Rocket Flail Rocket Flail	Melee weapon with extended range.	45	1 swing per 0.6 seconds	75 while swinging	6 meters	0.240 seconds (hitbox active)
Genji	Dragonblade Dragonblade	Unsheathe a deadly melee weapon.	110	1.437 swings/s on average.	158.05 while swinging continuously	5 meters	6 seconds
Ramattra	Pummel Pummel	Punch, creating a wave of piercing energy with every swing.	65	1.67 shots/s	108.33 while firing	10 meters		Replaces primary fire during Nemesis Form. Ramattra can still use regular Quick Melee in Nemesis Form.
Reinhardt	Rocket Hammer Rocket Hammer	Devastating melee weapon.	100	1.04 shots/s	104 while swinging	4 meters	0.208 seconds (hitbox active)	Increased knockback.
Torbjörn	Forge Hammer Forge Hammer	Swing to repair your turret or damage an enemy.	70	1 swing per ~0.7 seconds	100 while firing	2.5 meters	0.192 seconds (hitbox active)
Vendetta	Palatine Fang Palatine Fang	Hard-light greatsword. Combo swings to end with a destructive overhead slash.	45 (swing) 120 (overhead strike)	1.18 swings/s (average at 0 stacks)		4.3 meters (swing) 6.3 meters (overhead critical)	0.75 seconds (combo input delay)	Enemy hit by Overhead slash gain fall with increased gravity. Vendetta can still use regular Quick Melee. Damage per second become higher with Onslaught passive.
Winston	Primal Rage Primal Rage	Gain immense health, but you can only leap and punch enemies.	50 (melee)	1 swing per 0.656 seconds	76.22 while firing	4 meters (melee)	10 seconds (transformation)	Greatly increased knockback.

Special quick melee

Following heroes have a quick melee attack that has an alternate or additional functionality.

Hero	Weapon	Type	Official description	Damage	Details
Jetpack Cat	Claws Out Claws Out	Major Perk	Quick Melee becomes empowered every 6 seconds, wounding enemies for 40 damage and slowing them by 30% for 1 second.	40 (damage over time)
Junker Queen	Jagged Blade Jagged Blade	Ability	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 a standard Quick Melee attack that doesn't apply a wound.
Sigma	Hyper Strike Hyper Strike	Major Perk	Every 5 direct hits with Hyperspheres, your next successful Quick Melee levitates and knocks away enemies.	50 over 0.37 seconds	Deals 50 damage over time in addition to the 40 damage from the base quick melee, for 90 damage total.
Venture	Clobber Clobber	Passive Ability	Quick melee deals more damage.	30 (impact) 40 (over time)	While Clobber's description reads "Quick melee deals more damage", the initial hit actually does less damage, from 40 to 30. The additional 40 damage is dealt over time after the first hit.
Zenyatta	Snap Kick Snap Kick	Passive Ability	Quick melee damage increased by 50%, and its knockback is significantly increased.	60