Game rules

Sources

Patch notes

Blizzard’s patch notes of the days linked at each statement. 21 Jul 2016 ↗ · 15 Nov 2016 ↗ · 13 Dec 2016 ↗ · 27 Feb 2017 ↗ · 21 Mar 2017 ↗ · 11 Apr 2017 ↗ · 27 Apr 2017 ↗ · 23 May 2017 ↗ · 30 Aug 2017 ↗ · 10 Oct 2017 ↗ · 24 Jan 2019 ↗ · 13 Aug 2019 ↗ · 10 Dec 2019 ↗ · 16 Jan 2020 ↗ · 14 Apr 2020 ↗ · 30 Jun 2020 ↗ · 4 Oct 2022 ↗ · 6 Dec 2022 ↗ · 7 Feb 2023 ↗ · 11 Apr 2023 ↗ · 9 May 2023 ↗ · 11 Jul 2023 ↗ · 10 Aug 2023 ↗ · 5 Dec 2023 ↗ · 13 Feb 2024 ↗ · 8 Mar 2024 ↗ · 30 Apr 2024 ↗ · 14 May 2024 ↗ · 20 Jun 2024 ↗ · 5 Jul 2024 ↗ · 20 Aug 2024 ↗ · 17 Sept 2024 ↗ · 10 Dec 2024 ↗ · 17 Dec 2024 ↗ · 21 Jan 2025 ↗ · 18 Feb 2025 ↗ · 18 Mar 2025 ↗ · 22 Apr 2025 ↗ · 14 May 2025 ↗ · 16 May 2025 ↗ · 24 Jun 2025 ↗ · 26 Aug 2025 ↗ · 28 Aug 2025 ↗ · 16 Sept 2025 ↗ · 14 Oct 2025 ↗ · 30 Oct 2025 ↗ · 6 Nov 2025 ↗ · 8 Jan 2026 ↗ · 9 Feb 2026 ↗ · 10 Mar 2026 ↗ · 1 Apr 2026 ↗ · 14 Apr 2026 ↗ · 12 May 2026 ↗ · 16 Jun 2026 ↗ · 30 Jun 2026 ↗ · 30 Jul 2026 ↗ · 11 Aug 2026 ↗ · 17 Sept 2026 ↗

Blizzard pages

Overwatch home page ↗ (read 25 Sept 2026) · Heroes page ↗ (read 24 Sept 2026) · Weekly Recall: Sub-Role Call ↗ (published 20 Feb 2026) · Director's Take: Future Formats ↗ (published 15 Jul 2026) · Developer blog on gameplay, maps and Competitive ↗ (published 13 Oct 2022) · Enter the Stadium: Get Ready to Battle ↗ (published 14 Apr 2025) · Director's Take on 5v5 and 6v6 ↗ (published 25 Jul 2024) · Director's Take: Introducing Hero Bans ↗ (published 18 Apr 2025) · Hero pages, for example Kiriko ↗ (read 24 Sept 2026) · Stadium page ↗ (read 24 Sept 2026) · Enter the Stadium: Keys to Victory ↗ (published 16 Apr 2025) · Enter the Stadium: Climbing the Ranks ↗ (published 17 Apr 2025)

Hero values

Overwatch fan wiki ↗, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 ↗, as of 24 Sept 2026

Texts

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