Just a quick reference to Overwatch's damage and how a hero's damage compares with and without reloading. Why does this make a difference? Some heroes such as Junkrat are said to have high shield break but are actually #8 in DPS when accounting for reload. Another example is that Ashe and mercy have the same DPS with their primary fire. Ashe's reload lowers her consistent DPS quite considerably but the greatest difference is Doomfist. Doomfist has burst damage comparable to reaper but because of his long reload it appears closer a support.
| Name | Role | DPS w/ Reload | DPS w/o Reload | Difference |
| Bastion Sentry | DPS | 405 | 500 | -95 |
| reaper | DPS | 204 | 280 | -76 |
| Hanzo | DPS | 167 | 167 | 0 |
| symmetra (Max) | DPS | 159 | 181 | -22 |
| tracer | DPS | 152 | 240 | -88 |
| Dva | Tank | 147 | 147 | 0 |
| zarya (Max) | Tank | 129 | 170 | -41 |
| Junkrat | DPS | 126 | 185 | -59 |
| roadhog | Tank | 120 | 176 | -56 |
| Bastion Recon | DPS | 119 | 160 | -41 |
| soldier | DPS | 118 | 173 | -55 |
| Baptiste | Support | 117 | 124 | -7 |
| sigma | Tank | 73 | 73 | 0 |
| Echo | DPS | 112 | 155 | -43 |
| torbjorn M2 | DPS | 110 | 156 | -46 |
| orisa | Tank | 110 | 133 | -23 |
| pharah | DPS | 109 | 141 | -32 |
| sombra | DPS | 107 | 160 | -53 |
| widowmaker ADS | DPS | 107 | 133 | -26 |
| zenyatta | Support | 101 | 120 | -19 |
| Mccree | DPS | 100 | 140 | -40 |
| symmetra M2 | DPS | 98 | 120 | -22 |
| torbjorn M1 | DPS | 98 | 117 | -19 |
| Genji M2 | DPS | 93 | 112 | -19 |
| widowmaker | DPS | 90 | 130 | -40 |
| reinhardt | Tank | 89 | 89 | 0 |
| Ashe ADS | DPS | 81 | 114 | -33 |
| mei | DPS | 81 | 94 | -13 |
| Genji m1 | DPS | 77 | 89 | -12 |
| Ana | Support | 76 | 88 | -12 |
| wreckingball | Tank | 75 | 125 | -50 |
| Ashe M1 | DPS | 74 | 160 | -86 |
| mercy | Support | 74 | 100 | -26 |
| zarya (Min) | Tank | 72 | 95 | -23 |
| zarya m2 (Max) | Tank | 68 | 95 | -27 |
| Doomfist | DPS | 67 | 200 | -133 |
| Lucio | Support | 65 | 86 | -21 |
| Brigitte | Support | 58 | 58 | 0 |
| symmetra (Min) | DPS | 53 | 60 | -7 |
| moira | Support | 50 | 50 | 0 |
| winston | Tank | 45 | 60 | -15 |
| zarya m2 (Min) | Tank | 34 | 47 | -13 |