Genji

Genji
"Let's fight fairly!"
Basic Info
Title	Cybernetic Ninja
Role	Ranged Assassin
Difficulty	Hard
Franchise	Overwatch
Price	750 / 10,000
Release Date	April 25, 2017
Base Stats
Attack Type	Ranged
Health	1675
Health Regen	3.4882
Resource	500 Mana
Unit Radius	0.6875
Attack Speed	1.00
Attack Range	4.5
Attack Damage	44
Data Page

Genji, the Cybernetic Ninja, is a Ranged Assassin Hero from the Overwatch universe. Genji flings precise and deadly Shuriken at his targets, and uses his technologically-advanced katana to deflect projectiles or deliver a Swift Strike that cuts down enemies.

Once the carefree youngest scion of the Shimada clan, Genji was cut down by his own brother for refusing to take part in their illegal ventures. Grafted into a cyborg body by Overwatch, Genji walks his own path as one who fights for what’s right.

Background

This section concerns content exclusive to the Overwatch universe.

The cyborg Genji Shimada has made peace with the augmented body he once rejected, and in doing so, he has discovered a higher humanity.

As the youngest son of the master of the Shimada ninja clan, Genji lived a life of luxury and privilege. He had little interest in the family's illegal businesses, and although he excelled at and enjoyed his ninja training, he spent most of his time pursuing a playboy lifestyle. Many within the clan considered the carefree Genji to be a dangerous liability, and they resented his father for coddling and protecting him. Following the clan leader's untimely death, Genji's older brother, Hanzo, demanded that Genji take a more active role in their late father's empire. Genji refused, enraging Hanzo. The tension between the brothers built to a violent confrontation that left Genji on the verge of dying.

Hanzo believed that he had killed his brother, but Genji was rescued by Overwatch and the intervention of Dr. Angela Ziegler. The global security force saw Genji as a potential asset in its ongoing operations to combat the Shimada clan. As Genji's injuries left him clinging to life, Overwatch offered to rebuild his body in exchange for his help. He was put through an extensive process of cyberization, which enhanced his natural speed and agility and augmented his superlative ninja skills. Transformed into a living weapon, Genji single-mindedly set about the task of dismantling his family's criminal empire.

But as time passed, Genji felt increasingly at war with himself. He was repulsed by the mechanical parts of his body and could not come to grips with what he had become. When his mission was complete, he abandoned Overwatch and wandered the world in search of meaning. He drifted for many years before crossing paths with the omnic monk Zenyatta. Though Genji initially rejected Zenyatta's wisdom, the benevolent omnic would not be deterred. In time, Zenyatta became his mentor, and under the monk's tutelage, Genji reconciled his dual existence as both man and machine. He learned to accept that although he had a cyborg body, his human soul was intact, and he came to see his new form as a gift and a unique strength.

Now, for the first time in his life, Genji is free. Even he cannot say where his path will ultimately lead.

Gameplay

Genji is an opportunistic, mobile Ranged Assassin who can tear apart a weak backline. While his innate health pool is quite low, which makes him susceptible to enemy crowd control abilities, he does have several escape mechanisms that allow him to escape dangerous situations.

Strength

• Mobility
• Takedowns
• Damage
• Initiation

Weaknesses

• Sustain
• Crowd Control
• Support

Abilities

See Data page for a table of scaled values at key levels.

D

Cyber Agility

Cooldown: 20 seconds

Activate to jump to the target area.

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Type: Movement: Launch

Affects: Self

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Clamping

Cast time: Instant

Range: 7.0

Duration: 0.5625 seconds

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• Genji's Basic Attack launches 3 projectiles in quick succession, each one doing the full amount of damage listed in his base stats.

Q

Shuriken

20 Mana Cooldown: 12 / 0.5 seconds

Throw 3 Shuriken in a spread pattern, each dealing 65 damage to the first enemy hit.

Stores up to 3 charges. Shuriken's cooldown replenishes all charges at the same time.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Clamping, Skillshot

Cast time: Instant

Range: 11

Hitbox: 0.25 x 2.75

Missile speed: 38

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• Shuriken at the edges are aligned 10 degrees to both sides from the target point.
• Cooldown starts when the first charge is consumed.

W

Deflect

70 Mana Cooldown: 16 seconds

Channel for 1.25 seconds, becoming Protected and blocking damage. Any damage blocked while channeling causes Genji to throw a Kunai toward the nearest enemy, prioritizing Heroes and dealing 55 damage.

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Type: Spell Damage / Status effect

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies / Self

Targeting: No target, Automatic (closest)

Properties: Mobile channel, Protected

Cast time: Instant

Radius: 7.0

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• Genji cannot use Basic Attacks while Deflect is active. Using other Abilities instantly ends Deflect.
• Cannot target enemies out of vision.
• Damage over Time effects and Abilities that deal periodic damage proc Deflect on every tick of damage.
• If the channel gets interrupted by a Stun or a Silence, the damage of the Ability that caused the interruption still gets deflected.

E

Swift Strike

75 Mana Cooldown: 12 seconds

Dash forward, dealing 190 damage to all enemies in a line. Enemy Heroes who die within 1.5 seconds of being hit with Swift Strike cause the cooldown and Mana cost to be refunded.

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Type: Spell Damage / Movement: Launch

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies / Self

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect, Clamping

Cast time: 0 + 0.125 seconds

Range: 12

Hitbox: 1.0 x 3.99

Duration: 0.1875 seconds

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• Killing Hallucinations does not grant the cooldown reset or Mana refund.

R

Dragonblade

75 Mana Cooldown: 100 seconds

Unleash the Dragonblade for 8 seconds. While active, Dragonblade can be reactivated to lunge forward and slash in a huge arc, dealing 240 damage.

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Type: Spell Damage / Movement: Dash

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies / Self

Targeting: No target (initial), Point target (reactivate)

Properties: Area of Effect, Clamping

Cast time: Instant

Range: 3.0 (dash)

Area of Effect: Radial

Radius: 5.0

Arc: 180

Missile speed: 16 (dash)

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• Dragonblade replaces Shuriken for its duration and can be reactivated with both the 'Q' and 'R' keys. Deflect, Swift Strike and Cyber Agility can be used normally during Dragonblade.

R

X-Strike

70 Mana Cooldown: 60 seconds

Perform two slashes dealing 135 damage. The slashes detonate after 1.25 seconds causing an additional 275 damage to enemies in their area.

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Type: Spell Damage / Movement: Teleport, Status effect

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies / Self

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect, Pseudo-Stasis

Cast time: Instant

Range: 8.0

Area of Effect: Rectangle (slashes) ⁽¹

Width: 1.0 ⁽¹

Height: 16 ⁽¹

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• ¹⁾ Slash AoEs consist of a 1.0 x 6.0 rectangle in the middle and 1.0 x 5.0 triangles on both ends.
• Slashes are aligned 45 degrees to both sides from the direction Genji is facing, the first slash hitting from rear left to front right. Genji turns toward the target point before the Ability is cast.
• The first two strikes take place at 0.3125 second intervals and the final strike 0.5625 seconds later.
• Casting X-Strike removes Root effects from Genji.
• For the duration of the slash animation (1.3125 seconds), Genji is put in a Pseudo-Stasis. In addition to usual effects of Stasis, Genji is removed from ground plane (disjoints certain projectiles) and has no collision, but does not receive the initial expanded debuff removal.
• Self-casting the Ability slightly moves Genji forward.

Talents

1

Swift as the Wind

Hitting an enemy Hero with Swift Strike increases Genji's Movement Speed by 30% for 3 seconds.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Self

Properties: Movement Speed

Agile Dismount

While mounted, the range of Cyber Agility is increased by 70%, its cooldown is reduced by 14 seconds, and it Slows enemy Heroes in its landing area by 25% for 2 seconds.

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Type: Crowd control

Affects: Enemy Heroes

Properties: Area of Effect, Slow

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 2.5

Bonus range: 4.9

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• Range of Cyber Agility is not increased for casts queued up using the Command Queue system (Shift by default) prior to Mounting.

Pathfinder

Jumping over terrain with Cyber Agility increases Genji's Movement Speed by 30% and grants Stealth for 4 seconds.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Self

Properties: Movement Speed, Stealth

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• Genji is unrevealable for 1 second after entering Stealth.

4

Shuriken Mastery

❢ Quest: Hit enemy Heroes with Shuriken.

❢ Reward: After hitting 30 Heroes, Shuriken damage is increased by 25.

❢ Reward: After hitting 60 Heroes, Cyber Agility now refunds 3 charges of Shuriken.

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Type: Bonus damage

Scaling: -

Affects: Ability

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• Each shuriken hitting an enemy Hero contributes a stack.

Strike At The Heart

Enemies hit by the end of Swift Strike take an additional 134 damage after 1 second.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

End distance: 2.571

Dragon Claw

Active: After Genji blocks 330 damage with Deflect, he may activate Dragon Claw to deal 190 damage to all nearby enemies.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00% (threshold & damage)

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: No target

Properties: Area of Effect

Cast time: Instant

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 4.0

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• Stored damage does not scale upon leveling up, but a fully charged Ability remains activatable.

7

Augmented Guard

When Deflect ends, Genji gains a Shield equal to 100% of the damage blocked for 4 seconds.

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Type: Shield

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

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• The Shield is actually gained 62.5ms (1 server tick) after Deflect ends, so there is a small window where Genji may take damage before it is applied.

Perfect Defense

Deflected damage reduces the cooldown of Deflect by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 10 seconds.

Cyber Shield

Using Cyber Agility grants 40 Spell Armor for 4 seconds.

Passive: Genji dodges 1 Heroic Basic Attack every 5 seconds.

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Type: Defensive damage modifier, Status effect

Affects: Self

Properties: Evasion, Spell Armor

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• Evasion charge is not removed by Diablo's Basic Attack or Rexxar's melee Basic Attack.
• Does not stack with other Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.

10

Dragonblade

Cooldown: 100 seconds
Unleash the Dragonblade for 8 seconds. While active, Dragonblade can be reactivated to lunge forward and slash in a huge arc, dealing 240 damage.

X-Strike

Cooldown: 60 seconds
Perform two slashes dealing 135 damage. The slashes detonate after 1.25 seconds causing an additional 275 damage to enemies in their area.

13

Shingan

Hitting an enemy with all 3 Shuriken deals 110 bonus damage.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Flow Like Water

Each enemy Hero hit with Swift Strike reduces its cooldown by 3 seconds.

Way Of The Shimada

Increase Genji's Basic Attack Range by 1. Each time Genji hits an enemy Hero with a Basic Attack, increase his Basic Attack damage by 1% for 3 seconds, stacking up to 15%.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Properties: Attack Modifier

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• Each hit of the three part Basic Attack contributes a stack.
• Stacks additively with itself and other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Genji's Basic Attack damage.

16

Reflect

Deflect also deals an additional 33% of the damage blocked.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: -

Affects: Enemies

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• All damage is dealt in Spell Damage regardless of the damage type of the blocked attack.
• Reflected damage stored is calculated after defensive damage modifiers from the final damage taken. When the damage is dealt by Genji, it is affected by his offensive damage modifiers. Finally, the damage taken by the target can further be affected by their defensive damage modifiers.

Final Cut

After 1 second, Swift Strike deals an additional 125 damage to all enemies in the area.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Properties: Area of Effect

Steady Blade

Each enemy Hero hit by Swift Strike increases the damage of the next Swift Strike by 30%. This bonus stacks up to 3 times.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Ability

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• Stacks additively with itself and other offensive damage modifiers affecting Swift Strike.

20

The Dragon Becomes Me

Each time Dragonblade hits an enemy Hero, the duration of Dragonblade is increased by 0.5 seconds. If a Hero is killed within 1.5 seconds of being hit by Dragonblade, Swift Strike's cooldown is reset.

Living Weapon

Each enemy Hero hit by X-Strike reduces its cooldown by 10 seconds.

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• Both slashes and the final strike apply cooldown reduction for every Hero who is hit.

Sharpened Stars

Shuriken now pierce all enemies hit. Swift Strike's refund grants 1 charge of Shuriken.

Zanshin

❢ Quest: Block 6500 damage with Deflect, including damage blocked so far.

❢ Reward: Deflect hits all nearby enemy Heroes.

Builds and guides

Icy Veins Genji Guide

Genji Community Build Guides @ HeroesFire

Genji Community Build Guides @ Heroes Hearth

Skins

Genji Skins
/ Cybernetic Ninja
Backstory: Once the carefree youngest scion of the Shimada clan, Genji was cut down by his own brother for refusing to take part in their illegal ventures. Grafted into a cyborg body by Overwatch, Genji walks his own path as one who fights for what's right.
750 / 10,000 Cybernetic Ninja	Free Carbon Fiber	Free Fire	120 / 75 Golden	120 / 75 Nihon
120 / 75 Lunar	375 / 450 Chromatic
Deathfang
Backstory: No one knows who Deathfang used to be. Some say he was a high-ranking Viper general; others that he was a common soldier. Whoever he was, his old identity has been permanently wiped from Viper's records. All that remains of him is his kill count.
Features: Altered voice-over, themed abilities.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Viper organization skins.
600 / 1,200	600 / 1,200 Noxious	600 / 1,200 Arctic	600 / 1,200 Badlands	600 / 1,200 Cryo
Oni
Backstory: It is said that an oni with an iron club is invincible. But that's nothing compared to an oni with a katana.
350 / 400	350 / 400 Vengeful	350 / 400 Moss	350 / 400 Shadow	350 / 400 Storm
Steel Dragon
Backstory: Though he used to struggle with being part man and part machine, Genji has since come to terms with his dual nature. Improving his body along with his spirit was the obvious next step.
120 / 75	120 / 75 Master	120 / 75 Neon	120 / 75 First	120 / 75 Iron

Portraits

Genji Portraits
Carbot Genji120 / 75	Deathfang Genji75 / 40	Genji Emblem75 / 40	Genji Hero	Genji Mastery	Gingerbread Genji75 / 40	Illustrated Genji75 / 40
Lil' Lunar Genji75 / 40	Neon Dragon Genji75 / 40	Oni75 / 40	Oni Genji	Phantom Ninja Genji75 / 40	Toon Lunar Genji75 / 40

Sprays

Brightwing Sprays
Carbot Genji120 / 75	Feast-ival Genji120 / 75	Genji Pixel75 / 40	Gingerbread Genji120 / 75	Ninja Skills250 / 300	Oni75 / 40	R.I.P. Genji75 / 40
Toy Dragonblade75 / 40

Emojis

Genji Pack 1			Genji Pack 2
Emoji	Name	Shortcut	Emoji	Name	Shortcut
	Genji Happy	:genjihappy: :genhappy:		Genji Angry	:genjiangry: :genangry:
	Genji ROFL	:genjilol: :genjirofl: :genlol: :genrofl:		Genji Cool	:genjicool: :gencool:
	Genji Sad	:genjisad: :gensad:		Genji Embarrassed	:genjioops: :genjiembarrassed: :genoops: :genembarrassed:
	Genji Silly	:genjisilly: :gensilly:		Genji in Love	:genjilove: :genjiinlove: :genlove: :geninlove:
	Genji Speechless	:genjimeh: :genjispeechless: :genmeh: :genspeechless:		Genji Surprised	:genjiwow: :genjisurprised: :genwow: :gensurprised:

Lunar Genji Pack 1			Lunar Genji Pack 2
Emoji	Name	Shortcut	Emoji	Name	Shortcut
	Lunar Genji Happy	:genjilunarhappy: :genlhappy:		Lunar Genji Angry	:genjilunarangry: :genlangry:
	Lunar Genji ROFL	:genjilunarlol: :genjilunarrofl: :genllol: :genlrofl:		Lunar Genji Cool	:genjilunarcool: :genlcool:
	Lunar Genji Sad	:genjilunarsad: :genlsad:		Lunar Genji Embarrassed	:genjilunaroops: :genjilunarembarrassed: :genloops: :genlembarrassed:
	Lunar Genji Silly	:genjilunarsilly: :genlsilly:		Lunar Genji in Love	:genjilunarlove: :genjilunarinlove: :genllove: :genlinlove:
	Lunar Genji Speechless	:genjilunarmeh: :genjilunarspeechless: :genlmeh: :genlspeechless:		Lunar Genji Surprised	:genjilunarwow: :genjilunarsurprised: :genlwow: :genlsurprised:

Deathfang Genji Pack
Emoji	Name	Shortcuts
	Deathfang Genji Helmet	:deathfang:
	Deathfang Genji X-Strike	:xstrike:
	Deathfang Genji Venom	:venom:
	Deathfang Genji Viper Crest	:vipercrest:
	Deathfang Genji Shuriken	:shuriken:

Quotes

Main article: Genji/Quotes

Trivia

• Genji first appeared in Overwatch (May 2016).
• Genji is voiced by Gaku Space.
• Genji hails from Japan, and is 35 years old.
• Master Dragon Genji was inspired by Master Chief from the Halo series.
• Neon Dragon Genji was inspired by Eva-01 from Neon Genesis Evangelion.
• The developer team started working on Genji around mid-late August 2016. When the developers started working on Genji, they approached the idea of allowing Deflect to function as it does in Overwatch, where it reflects most abilities/projectiles. The first issue they found was that there were a lot of odd scenarios in the Nexus—how does deflecting a Flamestrike or Blizzard work? They tried to address this by having Genji constantly aim the deflection, but that felt pretty bad given its short duration and the fact that you had to constantly mash W. On the technical side of things, Genji's Deflect was very difficult and time consuming to develop, and required a large number of special case setups. In the end, they settled with an ability that they felt fit the game a bit better, and they added a talent that brings some of that flavor back in and rewards players for deflecting high damage abilities.
• One of Genji's gag quotes references Grey Fox, a cyborg ninja from Metal Gear Solid (September 1998).
• Genji's Home screen music is from the Overwatch animated short "Dragons" and the used part of the music can be heard between 4:56-5:26 of the short.

Gallery

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  Genji's artwork

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  Genji home screen

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  Genji on Hanamura

Abilities

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  Trait: Cyber Agility

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  Q: Shuriken

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  W: Deflect

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  E: Swift Strike

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  R1: Dragonblade

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  R2: X-Strike

External links

• Genji Hero Week
• Genji - Heroes of the Storm
• Genji - Overwatch
• Genji - Overwatch Wiki
• Genji Balance Changelog - Heroes Patch Notes
• Genji Sound Files - Sounds of the Storm