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McGinnis

Precise placement is everything for McGinnis, whether she's creating a killzone or splitting the enemy team. She can help keep her team running making them hard to dislodge when entrenched.

Recent patch changes

2026.08.12
  • Bullet damage base and growth values reduced by 5%
  • Spirit Resist per boon reduced from +0.625% to +0.35%
  • Mini Turrets no longer shoots heroes on ziplines
  • Mini Turrets no longer have 80% decaying resist for the first 6s
  • Mini Turrets health increased from 90 + 7.8/boon to 100 + 9/boon
3 more · open patch notes →

WeaponServices Rendered · Heavy Artillery

WeaponBaseMax level
Damage per second2938/395738/39
Bullet damage6.0825/39+0.171225/39
Pellets110/391
Magazine661/3966
Shots per second4.7615/394.76
Reload3.29s1/393.29s
Bullet velocity650m/s10/39650m/s
Falloff range20–58m20–58m
Light melee509/39+1.58105.311/39
Heavy melee1165/39+3.67244.55/39

Vitality

VitalityBaseMax level
Health78015/39+522,6008/39
Health regen24/392
Bullet resist0%0%
Spirit resist0%+0.3512.3%2/39
Move speed6.7m/s23/396.7m/s
Sprint speed1.6m/s9/391.6m/s
Stamina234/392

Spirit

SpiritBaseMax level
Spirit power0+1.138.56/39

Max level assumes all 35 boons. Item effects are not included. The small number next to a value is its rank among released heroes (highest value = 1).

Tier
C
Tier▼2 · Last week A
Win rate
49.6%
Experienced
49.3%
Pick rate
14.9%
Games
10,943

Why this tierExperienced win rate 49.3% (27/38) · Novice 50.1% (14/39) · Pick rate 14.9% (37/39)

Emissary+ ranked · last 14 days · same basis as tiersView tiers →

Playstyle

Kills4.7 · 34/39Hero damage37,950 · 13/39Souls42,846 · 31/39Objective damage7,123 · 14/39Damage taken33,016 · 24/39Assists13.3 · 16/39
Hero average

All matches, last 14 days · compared across 39 heroes

Per-match averages

StatMcGinnisHero avg.Rank
Kills4.76.734/39
Deaths6.56.826/39
Assists13.313.316/39
KDA2.792.9924/39
Souls42,84644,19231/39
Last hits187.3177.313/39
Denies7.83.41/39
Hero damage37,95035,98113/39
Damage taken33,01636,10424/39
Objective damage7,1236,82314/39
Accuracy49.0%50.2%30/39

All matches, last 14 days · compared across 39 heroes · Ranked from highest value (most deaths is #1 too).

Win rate trend

44%
46%
48%
50%
52%
Patch
Patch
Patch
45.6%
Games
9/79/149/219/2810/5

Daily win rate (top) and games (bottom) across all matches over the last 30 days. The dashed line is 50%; vertical dashes mark patches.

Win rate by rank

56%
53%
50%
47%
44%
InitiateSeekerAcolyteSentinelMysticRitualistEmissaryOraclePhantomAscendantEternus

Ranked matches over the last 14 days, by average match rank. Bars rise above 50% and drop below it; faded bars have fewer than 300 games.

Win rate by match length

56%
53%
50%
47%
44%
45.6%
47.8%
48.0%
50.0%
Under 25 min25–35 min35–45 min45+ min

All matches over the last 14 days; longer games to the right.

Win rate by games played

  1. 15–29 games

    47.5%

    avg 47.3% · 598 games

  2. 30–99 games

    50.6%

    avg 49.1% · 2,970 games

  3. 100–299 games

    49.0%

    avg 50.5% · 3,083 games

  4. 300+ games

    49.1%

    avg 50.6% · 3,955 games

Win rate split by how many games players have on this hero (normal and ranked). The small number is the all-hero average for the same range. Emissary+ ranked · last 14 days · same basis as tiers

Damage breakdown

  • Hero damage37,950 · 37%
  • Objectives7,123 · 7%
  • Troopers43,253 · 42%
  • Neutrals14,324 · 14%

McGinnisHero avg.Per match · all matches, last 14 days

Matchups

Easiest opponents

  1. Shiv58.9%799
  2. Drifter51.9%1,078
  3. Bebop51.8%769
  4. Venator51.3%723
  5. Vindicta49.9%557

Hardest opponents

  1. Seven42.9%569
  2. Victor42.9%527
  3. Wraith45.5%829
  4. Mo & Krill45.7%580
  5. Abrams46.0%520

Emissary+ ranked · last 14 days · Only opponents faced in 500+ matches. Win rate is for this hero.

Recommended builds

Elendili

Elendilli - Turret Wall + Heroic Aura Enjoyer (V1)

Updated October 5, 2026From a previous patch

Early Mid

Situational Lane

Mid Late

Late Luxury (Somewhat in order, you must choose)

More turret options // Some utility gun options (early - mid game)

Situational / Maybe

Skill order

Abilities12345678910111213141516
Mini Turret45614
Medicinal Specter231516
Spectral Wall191011
Heavy Barrage781213

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Parzelion

Parzelion's MCG Build

Updated October 4, 2026From a previous patch

Early Game Twitch.tv/Parzelion

Pick One GREEN INVEST

Hi

Bye

Category 5

Skill order

Abilities123456789101112131415
Mini Turret491213
Medicinal Specter1278
Spectral Wall361011
Heavy Barrage51415

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together

togetherdl twitch

Updated September 24, 2026From a previous patch

Early game

Mid game

Late game

cant shoot

Skill order

Abilities12345678910111213141516
Mini Turret26713
Medicinal Specter38910
Spectral Wall151112
Heavy Barrage4141516

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apacycle

apacycle

Updated September 14, 2026From a previous patch

Early game

Mid game

Late game

Skill order

Abilities12345678910111213141516
Mini Turret15613
Medicinal Specter38910
Spectral Wall271112
Heavy Barrage4141516

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Search the build ID in the in-game build browser to use it. Group names are as the author wrote them.

Official popular items

800
43%Monster RoundsEarly17%Extended MagazineEarly
56%Extra ChargeEarly29%Mystic ExpansionMid
21%Extra StaminaMid16%Extra RegenEarly14%Sprint BootsMid
1,600
39%Intensifying MagazineEarly13%Recharging RushMid
37%Mystic VulnerabilityMid31%Compress CooldownMid31%Mystic SlowMid20%Improved SpiritLate16%SuppressorMid13%Quicksilver ReloadMid11%Arcane SurgeMid
27%HealbaneMid25%Enchanter's EmblemMid22%Enduring SpeedMid20%Healing BoosterMid
3,200
27%Heroic AuraMid10%Tesla BulletsMid
40%Superior CooldownLate36%Rapid RechargeLate32%Greater ExpansionLate14%Superior DurationLate
19%Stamina MasteryLate12%Spirit ResilienceLate
6,400
46%Escalating ExposureLate27%Boundless SpiritLate26%Transcendent CooldownLate19%Lightning ScrollLate15%Spirit BurnLate11%Mercurial MagnumLate
23%Healing TempoLate

The same Valve data as the in-game shop’s Popular Items (September 29, 2026). As in the game, each item shows the phase it is bought most in and that buy rate, 10% and up.

Popular at top rank

Professional Space Creator

11 players · 16 games

Elendilli - GIGA ULT BUILD + INFINITE TURRETS (V5)

Updated October 4, 2026From a previous patch

Early Mid

Situational Lane

Mid Late

Lightning Scroll / Heroic Aura / Utility (Not required, optional items)

Situational

Skill order

Abilities12345678910111213141516
Mini Turret45712
Medicinal Specter231516
Spectral Wall1111314
Heavy Barrage68910

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Rosalia Return

11 players · 14 games

Rosalia - NEW PATCH MCG

Updated October 4, 2026From a previous patch

START UP

EARLY OPT.

MID GAME BUILD

CD CYCLE

UTIL

UTIL

LAST 6K

TURBO LANE

DPS OPT

TURBO LANE

Skill order

Abilities12345678910111213141516
Mini Turret34513
Medicinal Specter2101112
Spectral Wall1679
Heavy Barrage8141516

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Popular at top rank = builds most often picked at match start in Oracle+ games over the last 14 days (top 3, any author, builds used in at least 10 games). Popular is not the same as good, and samples are too small to judge win rates. Builds not edited for 45 days are left out.

Skill order

Abilities12345678910111213141516
Mini Turret34513
Medicinal Specter2101112
Spectral Wall1689
Heavy Barrage7141516

UnlockUpgradeFollows the most common choice at each step (4,943 matches).

High-rank core items

Early · before 10 min

  1. Monster RoundsBought 54% · 2:42
  2. Intensifying MagazineBought 64% · 4:32
  3. Extended MagazineBought 24% · 6:23
  4. Extra ChargeBought 66% · 7:24
  5. Extra StaminaBought 49% · 9:25
  6. Extra RegenBought 26% · 9:45

Mid · 10–20 min

  1. Mystic ExpansionBought 59% · 13:59
  2. Mystic SlowBought 49% · 15:03
  3. HealbaneBought 47% · 15:34
  4. Heroic AuraBought 50% · 15:56
  5. Mystic VulnerabilityBought 62% · 17:27
  6. Compress CooldownBought 47% · 17:32

Late · after 20 min

  1. Improved SpiritBought 34% · 20:56
  2. Rapid RechargeBought 52% · 21:53
  3. Escalating ExposureBought 57% · 24:51
  4. Superior CooldownBought 41% · 26:16
  5. Greater ExpansionBought 41% · 27:11
  6. Lightning ScrollBought 23% · 30:06

Emissary+ ranked · last 14 days · Share of this hero’s matches where the item was bought, and the average buy time. Item win rates are skewed by match length, so they are left out.