Anran Counters and Matchups

Orisa

Orisa can land Javelin by targeting the moment Anran's Dancing Blaze ends. Even if Anran applies a burning effect on Orisa, Orisa can use Fortify to make it difficult for Anran to deal burst damage

Zarya

Zarya can cleanse Anran's burning effect by using Particle Barrier

Mei

Mei can cleanse the burning effect with Cryo-Freeze. Mei's primary fire requires no aim, making it easy to damage Anran despite Anran's fast movement

Pharah

Anran has difficulty attacking airborne targets. Pharah can land attacks at the end of Anran's Dancing Blaze to secure kills on Anran

Reaper

Reaper can cleanse Anran's burning effect with Wraith Form

Moira

Moira can easily cleanse Anran's burning effect with Fade. Moira is generally favored in 1v1s against flankers

Kiriko

Kiriko can cleanse Anran's burning effect, the main source of Anran's damage, with Swift Step or Protection Suzu

Jetpack Cat

Anran's abilities and primary fire have difficulty hitting airborne targets

Doomfist

Anran has high mobility, making it easy to dodge Doomfist's Rocket Punch. Doomfist has no barrier, making him vulnerable to Anran's burning effect

Sigma

Anran has a small hitbox and high mobility, making it difficult for Sigma to land his attacks. Anran's Fan the Flames pierces through Sigma's Kinetic Grasp

Genji

Anran's attacks and abilities (except primary fire) pierce through Genji's Deflect

Widowmaker

Anran has high mobility, making it difficult for Widowmaker to land headshots, and allowing Anran to close the distance on Widowmaker easily

Ana

Anran can dodge Ana's Biotic Grenade and Sleep with high mobility. *Before the update, Anran could cleanse Biotic Grenade, but this was removed in an update