Rico Counters

Best counters to Rico

• Shelly

  Closes on Rico with Fast Forward, fully reloads, then overwhelms his low health with concentrated shotgun damage.

• Emz

  Hits Rico through wall cover with Acid Spray, pressuring him without entering the bounce angles he controls.

• Frank

  Out-tanks Rico's bullet pressure, then Irresistible Attraction pulls him away from bounce angles and into close-range swings.

• Brock

  Destroys Rico's wall cover with Rocket Fuel, removing safe bounce angles and forcing exposed, direct fights.

• Piper

  Outranges Rico in open lanes, while Auto Aimer restores distance if he closes inside her optimal range.

• Stu

  Dashes around Rico's bouncing fire and uses Breakthrough to destroy his strongest wall angles while maintaining close pressure.

• Mandy

  Outranges Rico while Focused, and Cookie Crumbs pierces his wall cover before his bouncing shots can pressure her.

Rico is a strong pick against

• Frank

  Uses ricochets to reach Frank around cover and punishes each stationary hammer windup from beyond his attack range.

Rico shines on these maps