Overwatch – What Can Heroes Be Commended For?

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In the commendation screen, after a match, you can see a few players who were picked out because of something "big" that they contributed to the team. For example, you'll see commendations like:

  • McCree: x Fan The Hammer kills
  • Reinhardt: x damage blocked
  • Mercy: x healing done
  • Pharah: x rocket direct hits
  • etc.

What I'm curious about is what kind of commendations are there for heroes? Everytime I see a Reinhardt commendation window, it only ever says "x damage blocked", and I have never seen something like "Eliminations done" or "Damage Dealt", despite these categories being something you'd see without fail on S76 and Reaper commendations.

So do heroes have access to all possible statistics to be commended for? Meaning, say using Soldier 76, then he could possibly have a commendation for:

  • Damage done
  • Medals awarded
  • Eliminations
  • Rocket Direct Hits
  • Healing done

Or are heroes only specifically limited to certain commendations? Would it ever be possible to see Mercy being commended for "most damage done" if Mercy had actually dealt most damage compared to every other hero, or would the commendations be restricted to "healing done, assists, revives, etc."

Best Answer

Redditor SpriteGuy_000 has done some extensive testing, and according to his spreadsheet these are the things you can be commended for.

All Heroes

Bastion

D.Va

  • Mechs Called (Mech Deaths)

Genji

Hanzo

  • Doesn't appear to have any unique commendations

Junkrat

  • Players Trapped

Lúcio

  • Healing Done (% of Team Damage Taken)
  • Sound Barriers Provided (Sound Barrier Casts)

McCree

Mei

Mercy

Pharah

Reaper

  • Souls Consumed ()
  • Death Blossom Kills (Eliminations)

Reinhardt

Roadhog

Soldier: 76

  • Helix Rockets Kills (Eliminations)

Symmetra

  • Players Teleported (% Teleporter Uptime)
  • Sentry Turret Kills (Eliminations)
  • Shields Provided (% Shield Uptime)

Torbjörn

  • Armor Packs Created (% Armor Uptime)
  • Turret Kills (% Kill Participation)

Tracer

  • Health Recovered (Recalls Used)

Widowmaker

  • Infra-Sight Uptime (Recon Assists)

Winston

Zarya

  • Projected Barriers Applied (Damage Blocked)

Zenyatta

  • Transcendence Healing (Healing Done)
  • Healing Done (% of Team Damage Taken)
  • Defensive Assists (% Kill Participation)