Level Talent Name Description Cooldown
1 Swift as the Wind Hitting an enemy Hero with Swift Strike increases Genji's Movement Speed by 30% for 3 seconds.
1 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 30% for 2 seconds.
1 Pathfinder Jumping over terrain with Cyber Agility increases Movement Speed by 25%, and grants Stealth, for 4 seconds.
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.
4 Strike At The Heart Enemies hit by the end of Swift Strike take an additional 134 (+4% per level) damage after 1 second.
4 Dragon Claw After Genji blocks 330 (+4% per level) damage with Deflect, activate to release a Dragon Claw, dealing 190 (+4% per level) damage to all nearby enemies.
7 Augmented Guard When Deflect ends, Genji gains a Shield equal to 100% of the damage blocked for 4 seconds.
7 Perfect Defense Deflected damage reduces the cooldown of Deflect by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 10 seconds.
7 Cyber Shield Using Cyber Agility grants 50 Spell Armor for 4 seconds. Passive: Genji dodges 1 Heroic Basic Attack every 5 seconds.
10 Dragonblade Unleash the Dragonblade for 8 seconds. While active, Dragonblade can be reactivated to lunge forward and slash in a huge arc, dealing 240 (+4% per level) damage. 100
10 X-Strike Perform two slashes dealing 145 (+4% per level) damage. The slashes detonate after 1.25 seconds causing an additional 290 (+4% per level) damage to enemies in their area. 60
13 Shingan Hitting an enemy with all 3 Shuriken deals 115 (+4% per level) bonus damage.
13 Flow Like Water Each enemy Hero hit with Swift Strike reduces its cooldown by 3 seconds.
13 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%.
16 Reflect Deflect also deals an additional 33% of the damage blocked.
16 Final Cut After 1 second, Swift Strike deals an additional 125 (+4% per level) damage to all enemies in the area.
16 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.
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.
20 Living Weapon Each enemy Hero hit by X-Strike reduces its cooldown by 10 seconds.
20 Sharpened Stars Shuriken now pierce all enemies hit. Swift Strike's refund grants 1 charge of Shuriken.
20 Zanshin Quest: Block 6500 damage with Deflect, including damage blocked so far. Reward: Deflect hits all nearby enemy Heroes.
Shortcut Ability Name Description Cooldown Mana Cost
Q Shuriken Throw 3 Shuriken in a spread pattern, each dealing 65 (+4% per level) damage to the first enemy hit. Stores up to 3 charges. Shuriken's cooldown replenishes all charges at the same time. 12 20
W Deflect 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 (+4% per level) damage. Total Damage Deflected: 0 16 70
E Swift Strike Dash forward, dealing 190 (+4% per level) damage to all enemies in a line. Enemy Heroes that die within 1.5 seconds of being hit with Swift Strike cause the cooldown and mana cost to be refunded. 12 75
R Dragonblade Unleash the Dragonblade for 8 seconds. While active, Dragonblade can be reactivated to lunge forward and slash in a huge arc, dealing 240 (+4% per level) damage. 100 75
R X-Strike Perform two slashes dealing 145 (+4% per level) damage. The slashes detonate after 1.25 seconds causing an additional 290 (+4% per level) damage to enemies in their area. 60 70
D Cyber Agility Activate to jump to the target area. 20

Genji

2024-08-12 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Agile Dismount [D]
      • Slow reduced from 30% to 25%.
    • Pathfinder [D]
      • Movement Speed bonus increased from 25% to 30%.
  • Level 7
    • Cyber Shield [D]
      • Armor bonus reduced from 50 to 40.
  • Level 10
    • X-Strike [R2]
      • Final damage reduced from 290 to 275.
      • Initial damage reduced from 145 to 135.
  • Level 13
    • Shingan [Q]
      • Damage reduced from 115 to 100.

Bug Fixes

  • Dragon Claw now soft reveals targets hit.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Dodge to not prevent all on-hit effects.
  • Swift Strike no longer soft reveals Genji to targets hit by Swift Strike that are affected by vision reduction.
  • X-Strike now soft reveals targets hit.

2024-05-21 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Adjusted color display for Swift Strike refund timer on the button.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Swift Strike's mana refund to be displayed for the killed enemy player.
  • Fixed an issue with Genji's Strike At The Heart text.
  • Way of The Shimada now only causes Genji's attacks to display as a crit at 10+ stacks.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Final Cut's damage to not be modified by any damage modifiers.

2024-02-06 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused Strike at the Heart to not display a damage preview.
  • Swift Strike now displays floating text for mana refund.
  • Updated visuals of Spell Armor.

2023-11-16 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

  • Difficulty updated from Hard to Very Hard.

Abilities

  • Deflect [W]
    • Deflect will no longer reveal the area it searches for targets when Genji takes damage with Deflect active.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused Genji's Self Healing to not increase for the full damage prevented by Deflect.

2022-02-01 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Agile Dismount [D]
      • Additional functionality: Landing near enemy Heroes Slows them by 30% for 2 seconds.
    • Pathfinder [D]
      • Changed functionality: Jumping over Terrain with Cyber Agility increases Genji's Move Speed by 25%, and grants Stealth, for 4 seconds.
  • Level 4
    • Shuriken Mastery [Q]
      • Hero hit quest requirements reduced from 35 to 30, and 75 to 60.
      • Shuriken charges refund increased from 2 to 3.
  • Level 7
    • Cyber Shield [D]
      • Additional functionality: Genji dodges 1 Heroic Basic Attack every 5 seconds.
    • Dodge [Passive]
      • Removed.
  • Level 16
    • Steady Blade [E]
      • Damage bonus increased from 20% to 30%.
  • Level 20
    • Sharpened Stars [Q]
      • Additional functionality: Swift Strike's refund grants 1 charge of Shuriken.

Developer Comment: Genji is a scary hero to buff, so we're proceeding with caution as we add spice to his talents.

2020-06-03 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Health increased from 1620 to 1675.
  • Health regeneration increased from 3.38 to 3.49.

Abilities

  • Cyber Agility [Trait]
    • Cooldown increased from 15 to 20 seconds.

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Agile Dismount [Trait]
      • Cooldown reduction increased from 10 to 14 seconds.
  • Level 7
    • Augmented Guard [W]
      • Shield amount increased from 75% to 100% of damage blocked.
    • Cyber Shield [Trait]
      • Spell Armor duration increased from 2.5 to 4 seconds.
  • Level 10
    • X-Strike [R2]
      • Cooldown reduced from 80 to 60 seconds.
      • Mana cost reduced from 90 to 70.
  • Level 13
    • Double Jump [Trait]
      • Removed.
    • New talent: Way of the Shimada [Passive]
      • 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%.
  • Level 20
    • Living Weapon [R2]
      • Cooldown reduction reduced from 12 to 10 seconds.

Developer Comment: Genji has posted a low overall win rate for some time. While we believe he is still quite powerful in the hands of capable players, the skill requirement to be effective on him is a little too high for the vast majority of players. We're slightly buffing his health and reducing his overall mobility with Cyber Agility, in addition to buffing a few of his underperforming talents. This should move him into a better place, particularly in regards to his survivability in more general situations.

2019-12-03 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where Swift Strike's reset UI appeared when Genji hit an enemy Hero with Dragonblade but did not have The Dragon Becomes Me talent.

2019-11-22 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 4
    • Strike at the Heart [E]
      • Damage dealt reduced from 138 to 134.
      • Damage is now dealt after 1 second instead of over 2 seconds.
  • Level 7
    • Augmented Guard [W]
      • Shield amount increased from 50% to 75% of damage taken.
    • Dodge [Passive]
      • Time before gaining a stack of Dodge reduced from 8 to 7 seconds.
  • Level 10
    • X-Strike [R2]
      • Initial damage increased from 135 to 145.
      • Final damage increased from 270 to 290.

Developer Comment: We saw some feedback that Strike at the Heart is a little awkward now that it doesn't match the duration of Genji's reset window on Swift Strike, so we're changing it to now deal all of its damage after 1 second. We're also changing a few of his other talents to better compete with their peers.

2018-11-28 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Basic Attack range reduced from 5.5 to 4.5

Developer Comment: Genji continues to be an incredibly powerful force at the highest level of play. This change will force Genji players to put themselves at more risk when attacking enemy Heroes before they're in his Swift Strike's execute range. If this change is not enough, we have some additional ideas to curb Genji's dominance that we will explore in the future.

2018-09-19 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Swift Strike (E)
    • Damage reduced from 205 to 190

2018-07-25 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Swift Strike (E)
    • Reset window reduced from 2 to 1.5 seconds
    • Damage reduced from 215 to 205

Talents

  • Level 20
    • The Dragon Becomes Me (R)
      • Reset window reduced from 2 to 1.5 seconds

Bug Fixes

  • Genji – Fixed a number of issues with interactions between the Dragon Blade and Swift Strike reset duration bars.

2018-06-12 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Genji: Genji no longer occasionally uses a default pose after being affected by a Time Stop effect during Dragonblade.

2018-06-06 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Cyber Agility (Trait)
    • Cooldown increased from 12 to 15 seconds.

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Agile Dismount (Trait)
      • Cooldown reduction increased from 7 to 10 seconds.

2018-05-22 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Genji: A damage over time preview now correctly appears in Genji's Health bar when affected by Lunara's Nature's Toxin.

2018-04-24 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Health increased from 1550 to 1620.
  • Health Regen increased from 3.2304 to 3.3750.
  • Basic Attack damage increased from 42 to 44.

Abilities

  • Cyber Agility (Trait) (D)
    • Cooldown increased from 10 to 12 seconds.
  • Swift Strike (E)
    • Range reduced from 14 to 12.
  • Dragonblade (R)
    • Damage increased from 220 to 240.
    • Removed functionality:
      • Killing an enemy Hero who was recently hit by Dragonblade no longer resets Swift Strike’s cooldown.

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Agile Dismount (Trait)
      • Cooldown reduction increased from 5 to 7 seconds.
  • Level 13
    • Double Jump (Trait)
      • No longer increases Cyber Agility’s cooldown.
  • Level 20
    • The Dragon Becomes Me (R)
      • Additional Functionality:
        • Now also resets Swift Strike’s cooldown if an enemy Hero dies within 2 seconds after being hit by Dragonblade.

Developer Comment: We’re making some changes to Genji to try and make him less frustrating to play against and give opponents more options with which to counter him. While we think resetting Swift Strike’s cooldown after killing enemy Heroes with Dragonblade made for cool, flashy plays, it shut down too many other Heroes too often. It also caused too many games to become about how much value Genji was able to get out of Dragonblade and little else. We like the flashiness that Dragonblade resets can provide, so we’re keeping that functionality, but we’re now adding it to his Level 20 Storm Talent version of the Heroic. We’re also increasing his Health and Basic Attack damage, reducing the range of Swift Strike, and increasing the cooldown of Cyber Agility to reduce his mobility while boosting his base stats to compensate.

2018-03-27 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Genji: Fixed an issue that could cause enemy targeted Abilities to hit Genji rather than the intended target during Dragonblade.

2018-02-14 Hotfix Patch

Bug Fixes

  • Genji: Fixed an issue preventing certain cleave attacks, such as Malthael’s Basic Attacks and Xul’s Cursed Strikes, from removing stacks of Genji’s Dodge.

2018-02-06 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Dragonblade (R)
    • Damage reduced from 240 to 220

Talents

  • Level 20
    • The Dragon Becomes Me (R)
      • Bonus duration decreased from .75 second to .5 seconds per Hero hit

2017-11-14 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Junkrat: Fixed an issue in which certain Abilities, like Genji’s Dragonblade and Stitches’ Hook, could hit Junkrat during Rocket Ride just before he makes impact.

2017-10-11 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 20
    • The Dragon Becomes Me (R)
      • Duration increase per swing reduced from 1 to .75 seconds

2017-09-26 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Genji: Dragon Blade will no longer benefit from cooldown reduction abilities such as Innervate and Nano-boost.
  • Genji: Fixed an issue that could cause Dodge to behave inconsistently against Sylvanas’ and Lunara’s Basic Attacks.
  • Genji: Fixed an issue that could prevent Fort attacks from Slowing Genji if he has Dodge charges remaining, and there is another Genji on the opposing team.

2017-08-23 Balance Update

Bug Fixes

  • Genji: Fixed an issue that prevented Fort attacks from slowing Genji’s Movement and Attack Speeds if he had Dodge stacks remaining.

2017-08-08 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Genji: X-Strike can now be properly self-cast.

2017-07-26 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Health reduced from 1600 to 1550
  • Health Regen reduced from 3.3 to 3.2

Abilities

  • Shuriken (Q)
    • Mana cost increased from 15 to 20
  • Dragonblade (R)
    • Cooldown increased from 80 to 100 seconds
    • Mana cost increased from 50 to 75

Talents

  • Level 7
    • Dodge (Passive)
      • Charges reduced from 3 to 1
      • Cooldown reduced from 12 to 8 seconds

2017-07-11 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Genji – Fixed an issue causing Genji to take partial damage from abilities that ended Deflect early, such as stuns and silences.

2017-06-28 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 4
    • Shuriken Mastery (Q)
      • Bonus damage reduced from 30 to 25
    • Dragon Claw (Active)
      • Damage required reduced from 375 to 330
      • Damage dealt increased from 180 to 190
  • Level 7
    • Dodge (Passive)
      • Cooldown increased from 8 to 12 seconds

2017-06-13 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • DoT Effects: Enemy Health bars will now correctly display damage over time effects after being hit by Swift Strike with the Strike at the Heart Talent.

2017-05-31 Balance Update

Bug Fixes

  • D.Va: Players will now correctly earn takedown credit toward certain Hero Talents and Abilities, like Seasoned Marksman or Li-Ming’s Critical Mass, after destroying D.Va’s Mech.

2017-05-10 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 4

    • Dragon Claw (Passive)
      • Damage activation requirement reduced from 415 to 375

  • Level 7

    • Cyber Shield (D)
      • Spell Armor duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds
    • Dodge (Passive)
      • Cooldown increased from 5 to 8 seconds

2017-04-25 2.0 Launch Notes

New Hero

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.

Trait

  • Cyber Agility (D)
    • Activate to jump to the target area.

Basic Abilities

  • Shuriken (Q)
    • Throw 3 Shuriken in a spread pattern, each damaging the first enemy it hits.
    • Stores up to 3 charges. Shuriken’s cooldown replenishes all charges at the same time.
  • Deflect (W)
    • Become Protected for 1.25 seconds. Any damage blocked during this period causes Genji to throw a Kunai toward the nearest enemy, prioritizing Heroes and dealing damage.
  • Swift Strike (E)
    • Dash forward, dealing damage to all enemies in a line. Enemy Heroes who die within 2 seconds after being hit by Swift Strike cause the cooldown and Mana cost to be refunded.

Heroic Abilities

  • Dragonblade (R)
    • Unleash the Dragonblade for 8 seconds. While active, Dragonblade can be reactivated to lunge forward and slash in a huge arc. If any enemy Heroes are killed within 2 seconds after being hit by Dragonblade, Swift Strike’s cooldown is reset.
  • X-Strike (R)
    • Perform 2 perpendicular slashes that deal damage and ignite after 1.25 seconds, dealing additional damage to enemies in their area of effect.