S tier — best picks
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Brock
Long-range splash controls diagonal lanes, while wall breaks expose throwers and close-range cheese.
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Piper
Diagonal sightlines maximize burst, while her Super erases cover before poison closes.
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Gene
Split shots scout center bushes; healing and a pull convert cautious chip into kills.
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Najia
Poison denies resets around center cover, turning Knockout's slow attrition decisively in her favor.
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Pierce
Very-long-range shots punish exposed lanes, while piercing pressure discourages teammates from clustering.
A tier — strong picks
B tier — solid picks
Best bans
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Piper
CounterPower 20 and open diagonal lanes make her the widest dangerous marksman ban.
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Kenji
CounterPower 18 makes him a devastating last-pick against exposed ranged drafts.
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Mortis
CounterPower 17 lets him punish fragile snipers and throwers behind the center walls.
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Brock
Early wall breaks permanently expose the center and invalidate cover-dependent compositions.
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Gene
Safe scouting, healing, and a late pull threaten nearly every patient Knockout draft.