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[The June Tier List is Now Out] Competitive Season 21 has come to a close. And with it, the majority of the Overwatch playerbase waves goodbye to Hero Pools. From now on, the pools will only affect matches in Masters and above (3500+ SR). Additionally, map pools no longer exist in Competitive play. Horizon Lunar…
After a few weeks of Hero Bans being completely separated between Competitive Overwatch and the Overwatch League, Blizzard has decided to combine them. This means that there will always be four heroes banned from here on out. One for Tank and Support while two for DPS. They are announced every Sunday after the Overwatch League…
After a two month run, Competitive Season 21 is coming to a close on May 7. There are also no longer any delays between seasons. This means that Overwatch Competitive Season 22 is slated to start immediately after, on Thursday May 7. This season should also have a two month runtime, giving around eight weeks…
April sees the middle and ending phase of Competitive Season 21, and a unified hero ban system between the Overwatch League and Competitive Play. Matching the bans across all levels of play makes it easier to understand, but also takes unnecessary stress off the OWL and Contenders players. Blizzard has also forgone the limited map…
After what has been a crazy last few months, Overwatch Season 21 will be coming to an end on May 7. This means that while in quarantine, one should be grinding as much as possible over the next few weeks to get as high on the ranked ladder as possible. There are no major changes…
At the conclusion of the Watchpoint: Hero Pool Draw immediately following Week 9’s matches, the four heroes that will be banned or disabled in Week 10 of the OWL were announced. There were a few new aspects to the way these heroes were picked for the second week in a row. This time, Wolf and…
At the conclusion of the Watchpoint: Hero Pool Draw immediately following Week 8’s matches, the four heroes that will be banned or disabled in Week 9 of the OWL were announced. There were a few new aspects to the way these heroes were picked. For starters, Soe’s cat, Nori, made the picks which added a…
Overwatch ranked can be, for a plethora of reasons, headache-inducing. One of these reasons is centered around a few heroes that are particularly annoying to play against in ranked. These might not be the most overpowered heroes but they are certainly the ones that require the most coordination and teamwork to defeat. Things that are…
According to images allegedly leaked to @OverwatchNaeri via DM, it appears that internal playtests for Moira and Brigitte in Overwatch 2’s PvE will feature some interesting new abilities. Chief among them, Jetpack Cat. The images leaked to Naeri can be seen below, with abilities in PvE for Moira and Brigitte listed out. On Brigitte’s, there…
[April Tier List is Out] With March comes a new Competitive Season and a new hero pool system that cycles out a set of heroes each week. This, along with some much quicker patches coming through from developers, have combined to make Overwatch feel fresh and new at the moment. However, with all of this…
The four heroes that will be disabled for Week 6 of the OWL have been confirmed as the second iteration of bans comes through. Winston, Lucio, Soldier: 76 and Sombra will all be unavailable for the following teams that are playing in Week 6: Toronto Defiant Florida Mayhem Paris Eternal Boston Uprising Washington Justice Philadelphia Fusion…
At the conclusion of the Watchpoint: Hero Pool Draw immediately following Week 5’s matches, the four heroes that will be banned or disabled in Week 6 of the OWL were announced. These four heroes were chosen from a selection of heroes receiving over 10% of playtime in the OWL. While a couple of them had…
The new season of Overwatch’s Competitive mode is finally here, bringing with it a new map pool for players to enjoy. Season 21 brings back some old fan favorites but also brings back a few maps that others may have preferred to stay out of rotation. Whatever one’s feelings about the current map pool are,…
The four heroes that will be disabled for Week 5 of the OWL have been confirmed making the official start of the Hero Pool system in the OWL. Reinhardt, McCree, Moira and Widowmaker will all be unavailable for the following teams that are playing in Week 5: Toronto Defiant Florida Mayhem Paris Eternal Houston Outlaws…
At the conclusion of the Watchpoint: Postshow immediately following Week 4’s matches, the four heroes that will be banned or disabled in Week 5 of the OWL were announced. These five heroes were chosen from a selection of heroes receiving over 10% of playtime in the OWL. While a couple of them had received much…
It has been officially confirmed for a while now that hero pools will be making their way to both Overwatch and the OWL. However, we now have exact confirmation as to when the first round of hero pools for the OWL will be announced. In short, make sure to tune in to the Watchpoint: Postshow…
Overwatch has been undergoing some serious changes in the past few weeks from patch notes to the announcement of hero pools. These hero pools mean, essentially, that there will be a rotation of heroes that are not playable each week in Overwatch’s Competitive mode. This will also be in effect for the Overwatch League, although…
It’s about to be a busy time of year for Overwatch as the game approaches a pivotal turning point in its history. Hero pools, as well as the game’s 21st competitive season, are both right around the corner, each sure to historical markers in the game’s lifespan. But, for each of these to come to…
Overwatch’s most recent patch notes are now live on both PC and console as of February 12. These changes, which were only on the PTR for one week, are now playable, featuring some unique console-only updates to both Symmetra and Ana. Otherwise, the changes that were introduced on the PTR stayed in-tact, giving a buff…
Just two days after the most recent PTR Patch Notes (1.45) hit the test server bringing hero pools and massive workshop changes, another set has just gone up today, holding true to the developers promise to patch more frequently in 2020. Today’s PTR patch, seen here, issues nerfs to Wrecking Ball, Widowmaker and Brigitte while…
