As it approaches its second birthday this May, Overwatch remains one of the most popular competitive shooters on the market. Thanks in large part to consistent updates from Blizzard, Overwatch continues to grow and evolve through numerous updates, special events, and new heroes. After announcing Brigitte Lindholm as the newest hero to join the roster, many players have begun to debate how the various online metas will change if at all.

Thankfully, Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan was on hand to shed some light on the discussion. While many fans likely assume that D.Va and Reinhardt likely dominate the popularity contest, Kaplan’s tier lists actually contained a few surprises. The list he and his team put together is as updated as of March 1, prior to the start of season 9.

Bronze

  • D.Va Mercy Junkrat Moira Reinhardt Soldier: 76 Lucio Genji Roadhog Ana

Silver

  • D.Va Moira Mercy Junkrat Reinhardt Soldier: 76 Lucio Genji Roadhog Ana

Gold

  • D.Va Moira Mercy Reinhardt Soldier: 76 Junkrat Genji Roadhog Lucio Ana

Platinum

  • Moira D.Va Mercy Genji Reinhardt Roadhog Ana Zenyatta McCree Soldier: 76

Diamond

  • Moira D.Va Genji Mercy Roadhog Zenyatta Ana McCree Tracer Reinhardt

Master

  • D.Va Moira Mercy Genji Zenyatta Roadhog Tracer McCree Ana Winston

Grandmaster

  • D.Va Tracer Zenyatta Moira Genji Roadhog Lucio Mercy Winston McCree

As expected, D.Va comes in first for nearly all of the competitive tier lists even with a number of her recent adjustments last year. Healers are also well represented, though its interesting to see Mercy’s popularity decline the higher the tier list. Newcomer Moira also has a strong showing in most lists thanks to her balance of damage and healing potential. Soldier: 76 also falls off the lists completely once players reach diamond status, replaced by other offensive heroes like Tracer and Genji.

It’ll be interesting to see how Brigette shakes up the current lists as she’s really the first character to straddle the line between to archetypes being able to be both tank and support. Armed with a energy shield similar to Reinhardt and a rocket powered flail, her debut last week revealed her to be more powerful than originally intended. Blizzard reacted pretty quickly as a first round of nerfs have attempted to bring her back in line with the rest of the roster.

Overwatch is available now on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Source: Blizzard Forums