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PLAYING DOCTRINE

Who to ban, which matchups hurt, where to play and who has your back.

DOCTRINE CHANGED IN THE 13 OCT 2026 HOTFIXEternal Scepter · Damage and healing · Invigorating Drones · Duration · See the impact
TierS
Win rate55.9%
Pick rate39.6%
Ban rate6.6%

OFFICIAL KIT · SUPPORT

KIT

Season 5 notes

Mid-range SupportHealing + ally attack speedDeliverance health swing

  1. Eternal Scepter

    Weapon

    Mid-range weapon that heals allies and damages enemies. Infused: Fires a larger piercing blast.

    Season 555 heal / dmgInfuse empowers the next ability. Infused, the weapon fires a larger piercing blast.

  2. Infuse

    8s

    Ability

    Add a powerful effect to your next ability.

  3. Invigorating Drones

    14s

    Ability

    Deploy drones to an ally, granting attack speed and healing. Infused: Also deploy drones to yourself.

    Season 55sHealing30% attack speedInfused: the drones also apply to Doctrine.

  4. Shrouded Momentum

    8s

    Ability

    Rush horizontally with damage reduction. Infused: Gain free-flight.

    Season 540% damage reductionInfused: free-flight.

  5. Deliverance

    Ultimate

    Launch a swarm of drones that reduces enemy maximum health and grants allies overhealth.

    Season 56s effect4s decayReduces affected enemies' maximum health and gives allies overhealth.

Minor perksLevel 2 · pick one

  • Saving Grace

    Invigorating Drones heal for 40 health when applied.

  • Sanguine Siphon

    Heal for 50% of damage dealt with Infused Eternal Scepter.

Major perksLevel 3 · pick one

  • Transfusion

    Reduce Infuse's cooldown from damage and healing dealt.

  • Cost of Life

    Sacrifice 25 maximum health. Eternal Scepter healing is increased by 20%.

Game plan

  1. Heal from cover
  2. Keep an escape available

Know this

  • Shrouded Momentum does not grant critical-hit immunity.
  • Deliverance is not ordinary anti-heal.

Official live patch notes · Cooldowns from the Overwatch Wiki and the patch notes.

Ability and perk icons and descriptions © Blizzard Entertainment.

KNOW YOUR PROBLEMS

TOUGH MATCHUPS

Heroes that counter Doctrine, strongest first. Tap one to see what beats them.

SITUATIONAL3 PICKS

Ana Situational Support C

Anti-heal can deny the healing from Eternal Scepter and Invigorating Drones when Doctrine is exposed. It does not remove overhealth already granted by Deliverance.

  • CONDITIONAL KIT INFERENCE
  • TIMING AND TEAM FOLLOW-UP
HOW TO PLAY IT

Use cover against Biotic Grenade and recover after anti-heal ends. Keep healing denial separate from Deliverance's overhealth.

PERK PICK Solid pickDefault build

MinorSaving GraceMajorCost of Life

Ana plays as a tactician, so burst and duels matter most. Saving Grace brings peel and burst; Cost of Life brings peel.

Winston Situational Tank S

A coordinated dive can pressure Doctrine after Shrouded Momentum is spent; the dash is damage reduction, not invulnerability.

  • CONDITIONAL KIT INFERENCE
  • TIMING AND TEAM FOLLOW-UP
HOW TO PLAY IT

Keep Shrouded Momentum for a committed dive and retreat toward your team. Do not treat its damage reduction as invulnerability.

PERK PICK LeanDefault build

MinorSaving GraceMajorCost of Life

Winston plays as an initiator, so anti-dive and sustain matter most. Saving Grace brings peel; Cost of Life brings peel and sustain.

Widowmaker Situational Damage B

Long exposed sightlines can punish Doctrine while he is healing; Shrouded Momentum no longer grants critical-hit immunity.

  • CONDITIONAL KIT INFERENCE
  • TIMING AND TEAM FOLLOW-UP
HOW TO PLAY IT

Heal from cover and cross a sniper lane only when it is safe. Shrouded Momentum does not make you immune to critical hits.

PERK PICK LeanDefault build

MinorSaving GraceMajorCost of Life

Widowmaker plays as a sharpshooter, so mobility and range matter most. Saving Grace brings peel; Cost of Life brings peel and sustain.

LEVEL UP RIGHT · SURVIVOR

PERK BUILD

One minor perk at level 2, one major at level 3. The highlighted pair is the default; each tough matchup above says when to switch.

MINOR PERKLevel 2 · pick one
  • DEFAULT

    Saving Grace

    Invigorating Drones heal for 40 health when applied.

    • Peel
    • Burst

  • Sanguine Siphon

    Heal for 50% of damage dealt with Infused Eternal Scepter.

    • Sustain
    • Duels
MAJOR PERKLevel 3 · pick one

  • Transfusion

    Reduce Infuse's cooldown from damage and healing dealt.

    • Ammo & cooldowns
    • Ult charge
  • DEFAULT

    Cost of Life

    Sacrifice 25 maximum health. Eternal Scepter healing is increased by 20%.

    • Peel
    • Sustain

WHY THIS BUILD Covers what Doctrine's toughest matchups punish most: peel, range and area damage.

Perk names, text and icons as published on the official Doctrine page. Picks are rule-based from this hero's matchups, not win-rate data.

YOUR TARGETS

DOCTRINE IS GOOD INTO

These matchups depend on timing, positioning and teammate follow-up. Check the conditions before swapping.

RoadhogTank · situationalMaugaTank · situational

HERO BANS

BAN THESE

The counters you're most likely to actually face in Bronze → Diamond.

  1. 1AnaSituational counter · C tier24.2%pick rate
  2. 2WinstonSituational counter · S tier8.4%pick rate
  3. 3WidowmakerSituational counter · B tier5.1%pick rate

Ranked by counter strength × how often each hero is picked.

MAP VOTE

WHERE TO PLAY

Doctrine's win rate on each map compared with Doctrine's own All Maps average. All ranks, PC Competitive.

VOTE FOR

  • Neon Junction+2.4 pts
  • Grímsvötn+2.0 pts
  • Havana+1.9 pts

AVOID

  • Ilios−3.6 pts
  • Lijiang Tower−2.7 pts
  • Nepal−2.6 pts

Blizzard Hero Statistics, 2026-10-15. Maps with low pick rates are left out.

Map images © Blizzard Entertainment, via OverFast API.

TEAM UP

COVERS YOUR WEAK SPOTS

Teammates who answer the heroes that counter Doctrine. One pick per role.

Weighted by counter strength and observed pick rate.

NEXT STEP

BUILD AROUND IT

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