Thus, they asked Hanzo to reign in his brother’s rebellious side so that they may be heads of the family together, but when Hanzo approached Genji with such a prospect, Genji refused. When it came time for Hanzo to take his place as leader of the Shimada family, the elders (rightfully) thought that Genji could help him lead, but Genji wasn’t exactly the most well-behaved individual in his pre-cyborg life. However, even though everything was lined up perfectly for him after his father’s death, it didn’t go the way anyone had planned. Not only was he expertly trained in the likes of battle strategy, the ways of the sword and bow, and martial arts, but he displayed an inherent understanding of all of them, making mastery a piece of cake.

Hanzo Shimada, eldest son of Sojiro Shimada and brother to Genji Shimada, is destined to inherit the leadership and wealth of the Shimada family, an extremely successful criminal organization of assassins operating out of Hanamura (yes, like the map in the game). As such, you need to be super careful with your positioning, considering how easy it is to kill a Hanzo: you don’t even need a headshot with some heroes to deal 200 damage. Hanzo sits at 200 health, which is one of the lower health pools in the game, but very much the middle ground when talking about damage heroes (he beats out the 175 health heroes, like his sniper-rival, Widowmaker, and the 150 health heroes like Tracer and Zenyatta). While Hanzo can get a lot done behind the protection of a shield tank, he can also be dangerous if he is unseen and has the high ground, as his Wall Climb allows him to reach places that many heroes can’t get to reliably. He is a mid to long-range sniper, so he excels at picking off enemy backliners from any distance, and in some cases, enemy flankers trying to kill his supports.

He was formerly classified as a defensive hero but is now relatively flexible, as he can be played effectively on the offensive too.

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