D.Va Build Guide “I play to win!”

D.Va is a Bruiser who combines unique utility with reliable damage mitigation together with a solid damage output and a high amount of survivability when played at her maximum potential.

Strengths

• Good survivability
• Decent mobility
• Reliable damage mitigation
• Good at capturing Mercenary Camps
• Powerful zoning potential

Weaknesses

• Susceptible to area of effect crowd control on the ground stopping Boosters
• Predictable spawn position for D.Va's Pilot when her Mech gets destroyed by damage
• Lack of Mount while in Mech Mode, however, Boosters helps with that

Boosters Build

Recommended

Level 1 ? ?

Level 4

Level 7

Level 10 ?

Level 13

Level 16 ? ?

Level 20 ? ?

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D.Va's Boosters Build is her most versatile Build and, as a consequence, it can be chosen in most if not all scenarios. All the Talents involved are meant to increase D.Va's survivability and damage.

Defense Matrix Build

Situational

Level 1 ? ?

Level 4 ?

Level 7

Level 10 ?

Level 13

Level 16

Level 20 ? ?

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D.Va's Defense Matrix Build primarily focuses on debuffing the enemy team with Target Locked at Level 13 combined with Diverting Power at Level 16 to increase its area.

Pick this Build only if the enemy team does not have many interrupts for Defense Matrix, else you will end up wasting multiple Talents.

Big Shot Build

Situational

Level 1 ? ?

Level 4

Level 7

Level 10

Level 13

Level 16 ?

Level 20

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D.Va's Big Shot Build allows her to poke enemy Heroes when in Pilot Mode thanks to Pew! Pew! Pew! at Level 13, a Talent that also helps her to quickly reset the cooldown of Call Mech, and usually Headshot! at Level 20 that further improves the damage done by Big Shot.

Pick this Build when the enemy team cannot easily engage on you while in Pilot Mode, else you will not get value from Pew! Pew! Pew!.

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D.Va synergizes with

D.Va is good when paired with Heroes that can play around her powerful Self-Destruct by displacing or locking enemy Heroes within its range with crowd control effects (for example Deckard Cain with Stay Awhile and Listen and/or Scroll Of Sealing) or by moving the exploding Mech (such as Into the Fray by Garrosh).

Boosters are useful to combo with unique Heroes that require an allied Hero to move fast (for example Anduin with Lightbomb) or that can benefit from enemy Heroes being knocked away at the right moment (such as Maiev using Umbral Bind).

D.Va is countered by

Like many Heroes in the game, D.Va suffers against crowd control paired with burst damage as they can drastically reduce the value she can get from Mech Mode by bursting her down before she can use Self-Destruct to restore the Health of her Mech.

As she spawns in a predictable position when her Mech dies, it is also easy to throw Abilities in that area to hit her (such as Entangling Roots by Malfurion). Similarly, a well-timed interrupt while she is channeling Call Mech is a powerful tool to take her down.

While solo laning, D.Va has a hard time against Heroes who can easily outtrade her in a duel on Maps where there is a Capture Point to contest (such as Braxis Holdout) or that can rotate faster than her while double soaking on other Maps.

D.Va's stronger maps

D.Va's average maps

D.Va's weaker maps

D.Va tends to perform best on small to medium-sized Maps with lots of narrow choke points where she can get value from Self-Destruct for zoning away enemy Heroes (for example Infernal Shrines).

As Self-Destruct will get Charge progress based on how much time D.Va spends Basic Attacking with her Mech, she prefers playing on Maps where double soak is possible because that way she can Basic Attack enemy Minions twice as often compared to when staying in a single lane.

Due to her lack of Mount while in Mech Mode, she does not like big Maps that much (such as Warhead Junction).

• Boosters can be used to both engage on enemy Heroes or peel them away from allied Heroes.
• While using Defense Matrix, you can press [W] to redirect it or [D] to cancel it.
• You can use Self-Destruct during Boosters to launch the exploding Mech and eventually press [Q] again to stop it whenever you want.
• Try to hit at least one enemy Hero with each cast of Big Shot in order to reduce the cooldown of Call Mech as quickly as possible, but do not go out of position to hit multiple Heroes at once.
• Use Bunny Hop to engage on enemy Heroes as the small Stun provided will help your team to follow up.
• Prefer using Micro Missiles as a follow-up to allied crowd control because moving targets will not be that easy to hit.
• Her high damage per second while in Pilot Mode can be used to quickly clear Bosses or big Monsters (such as Immortals on Battlefield of Eternity) when enemy Heroes are not nearby.
• Basic Attacks while in Mech Mode can hit multiple enemies and deal bonus damage to nearby enemies.

Thanks to her survivability, D.Va is a solid Offlaner that provides her team with large amounts of utility and damage mitigation. She is also good at double soaking when needed.

D.Va excels in prolonged battles during which she can get value from her high self-sustain or at quickly-captured Objectives by zoning away the enemy team with a well-placed Self-Destruct.