Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (2024)

Table of Contents
Genji's Overview Genji's Strengths and Weaknesses Genji's Talent Build Cheatsheet Shuriken Build Swift Strike Build ARAM Build Genji's Synergies and Counters Genji's Maps Genji's Tips and Tricks Changelog References

Last updated on Sep 26, 2023 at 09:00by Outofmilk36 comments

General Information

Welcome to our guide for Genji, a Ranged Assassin inHeroes of the Storm. Within these pages, you will find everything required tounderstand how best to play this hero, in both different map styles and teamcompositions.

1.

Genji's Overview

Genji is a highly mobile ranged Assassin whose kit also consists ofexplosive melee components allowing him to quickly dash in and out of combat.While his innate health pool is quite low, which makes him susceptible to enemycrowd control abilities, he does have severalescape mechanisms that allow him to escape dangerous situations. If you arelooking for a challenging high risk high reward Hero with tricky cooldown resetmechanics, Genji is the right choice for you.

2.

Genji's Strengths and Weaknesses

Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (1)Strengths

  • Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (2)Extremely mobile
  • Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (3)Flashy playstyle
  • Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (4)Cooldown resets on Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (5) Swift Strike allow for devastating combos
  • Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (6)Decent poke

Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (7)Weaknesses

  • Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (8)Weak waveclear
  • Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (9)Very high learning curve
  • Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (10)Low health pool
  • Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (11)Needs constant healing

3.

Genji's Talent Build Cheatsheet

Shuriken Build

Recommended

Level 1

Level 4?

Level 7

Level 10?

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Overwatch: Genji Guide - Shuriken, Sturmschlag, Reflektieren und Drachenklinge

Level 13

Level 16?

Level 20??

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The Shuriken Build focuses primarily on getting the most out of yourGenji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (24) Shingan talent. The key to playing this build is to be as close as you canto your enemy target, shotgunning your shurikens to trigger Shingan.Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (25) Zanshin allows for aggressive gameplay to finish offtargets in close combat. If you cannot complete Zanshin any time soon, or, if youprefer cooldown reduction on your Heroic Ability, Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (26) Living Weaponis a great choice, too.

Swift Strike Build

Situational

Level 1

Level 4?

Level 7??

Level 10

Level 13

Level 16

Level 20?

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Genji's Swift Strike Build is a high skill-cap Build that focuses on Genjislicing and dicing his way through the enemy team, aiming to get as manycooldown resets and Mana cost refunds on Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (38) Swift Strike aspossible. Timing is crucial when playing this Build, as Genji needs to makesure to quickly execute an individual target in order to get his combo rolling.Activating Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (39) Dragonblade shortly after usingGenji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (40) Swift Strike usually allows Genji to deal a heavy amountof burst damage. However, remember that he is still very susceptible to enemyStuns and Roots, as they can completely shut down his momentum. Consequently,wait until some of those crowd control Abilities have been used beforerecklessly diving deep into the enemy lines.

ARAM Build

ARAM

Level 1

Level 4

Level 7

Level 10

Level 13

Level 16

Level 20

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Genji's ARAM build is very cooldown-dependent and you likely want to wait with engaging until you have Deflect up.Due to the nature of ARAM games, it's very easy for Genji to secure kills and get out safely with Swift Strike resets.

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4.

Genji's Synergies and Counters

Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (48)Genji synergizes with

Genji synergizes extremely well with Heroes who can provide bothburst damage and some form of crowd control,such as Jaina or Kael'thas, who can help him take downindividual targets very quickly in order to proc his cooldown reset onGenji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (52) Swift Strike. He also pairs very well with burstHealers like Uther, whose Armor buffs andGenji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (53) Divine Shield can greatly enhance Genji's ownsurvivability.

Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (54)Genji is countered by

Due to his very low health pool, Genji struggles against Heroes with strongcrowd control that render him defenseless for a short period of time. Thus,abilities like Varian'sGenji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (59) Taunt or Malfurion'sGenji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (60) Twilight Dream can cause great problems for him.Furthermore, nimble ranged Assassins with great kitingpotential such as Lunara can bait himinto overextending only to get outnumbered by the enemy team. Keep in mindthat any form of poison damage continues to tick after Genji'sGenji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (61) Deflect expires, which is another reason why Lunara isa dangerous enemy for him to face. Heroes with point-and-click CC such as Utherwork great in countering Genji should he dive into the backline.

5.

Genji's Maps

Genji's stronger maps

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Genji's average maps

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Genji's weaker maps

Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (75)

Genji excels on Maps like Cursed Hollow, Hanamura Temple,or Garden of Terror, onwhich he can utilize his superior mobility to quickly engage and disengageusing impassable terrain to his advantage. Doing soallows him to surprise the enemy team's backline froman unexpected angle. On smaller Maps like Battlefield of Eternityor Tomb of the Spider Queen, that require good waveclear, Genji's options arerather limited and make him a suboptimal pick. On Braxis Holdout, however, he can use hissuperior mobility to gank the offlane.Furthermore, Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (76) Deflectcan be used to great effect against the Boss on Braxis Holdout, whose fast Attack Speedcauses Deflect to inflict heavy damage against it.

6.

Genji's Tips and Tricks

  • Set up ganks using the terrain to your advantage. Both Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (77) Swift Strike and Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (78) Cyber Agility can be cast to cross Walls and other impassable terrain.
  • Choose your targets wisely when playing Genji. Focus on executing low health targets using Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (79) Swift Strike to immediately gain a cooldown reset and Mana refund for this ability.
  • Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (80) Deflect can be used to protect Genji against Structure damage while diving deep.
  • Genji is surprisingly Mana-hungry. Try to avoid committing to a team fight while below 25% of your total Mana.
  • If used from point blank range, all three Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (81) Shuriken projectiles hit the same target. However, doing so also exposes Genji to enemy counter attacks more.

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7.

Genji's biggest strength is his exceptional mobility that allows him tododge almost any Ability in the game. As such, he poses a serious threat to theenemy backline, especially ifGenji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (82) Dragonblade was chosen at Level 10. Genji does,however, come with a significant weakness and that is his susceptibility toStuns, Roots,and Silences. These crowd control effects will render himdefenseless for a short period of time, unable to use neitherGenji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (83) Swift Strike nor Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (84) Cyber Agility todisengage.

Mastering Genji will require more practice and experience than on many otherHero due to the fact that he entirely dependeds on timing his Abilities well,especially Genji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (85) Deflect andGenji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (86) Swift Strike. However, a well played Genji has thepotential to single-handedly carry his team. To do so, he requires strongmap awareness and swift reflexes to activateGenji Build Guide “Life and death balance on the edge of my blade.” (87) Deflect while focused by the enemy team's burst damage.Thus, we strongly recommend practicing Genji in Unranked andQuick Match first before using him in Hero League.

8.

Changelog

  • 26 Sep. 2023 (this page): ARAM Build added.
  • 25 May 2022 (talents page): Updated builds and talents.
  • 25 May 2022 (this page): Updated builds
  • 08 Feb. 2022 (talents page): Updated builds and talents.
  • 30 Jan. 2022 (this page): Updated builds.
  • 28 Oct. 2020 (talents page): Builds and talents updated.
  • 28 Oct. 2020 (this page): Builds and talents updated.
  • 23 Sep. 2020 (talents page): Builds updated.
  • 23 Sep. 2020 (this page): Builds updated.
  • 08 Aug. 2020 (talents page): Builds updated
  • 08 Aug. 2020 (this page): Builds updated
  • 05 Jun. 2020 (talents page): Updated talents to reflect new patch.
  • 29 Mar. 2020 (talents page): Updated talent explanations.
  • 29 Mar. 2020 (abilities page): Updated ability descriptions.
  • 29 Mar. 2020 (this page): Updated talent explanations.
  • 05 Dec. 2019 (this page): Added a note regarding this seasons Anomaly.
  • 24 Nov. 2019 (talents page): Reviewed guide and no changes are needed.
  • 24 Nov. 2019 (abilities page): Reviewed guide and no changes are needed.
  • 24 Nov. 2019 (this page): Reviewed guide and no changes are needed.
  • 23 Aug. 2019 (talents page): Reviewed guide and no changes are needed.
  • 23 Aug. 2019 (abilities page): Reviewed guide and no changes are needed.
  • 23 Aug. 2019 (this page): Reviewed guide and no changes are needed.
  • 08 May 2018 (talents page): Updated Genji's talents in accordance with the most recent Balance Updates.
  • 08 May 2018 (abilities page): Updated Genji's Dragonblade in accordance with the recent balance updates.
  • 29 May 2017 (talents page): Updated Genji's Level 1 talents and changed Agile Dismount from Not Recommended to Recommended.
  • 21 May 2017 (talents page): Changed Genji's Level 16 talents and changed Pathfinder from not recommended to recommended.
  • 30 Apr. 2017 (talents page): Explained in better terms why we think that Living Weapon is not a desirable talent.
  • 22 Apr. 2017 (this page): Guide added.

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