counterpickSeasons
25 seasons since 4 October 2022: new heroes and maps, patches and hero changes
| Season | Start | Weeks | New heroes and maps | Patches | Changes | Heroes changed | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 5 (2026)upcoming | 6 Oct 2026 | length not announced yet | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Season 4 (2026)Heroes of Busanrunning | 11 Aug 2026 | 8 | 9 | 179 | 37 | 68 better, 62 worse, 49 unclear | |
| Season 3 (2026)Into the Tiger's Den | 16 Jun 2026 | 8 | 12 | 900 | 49 | 207 better, 187 worse, 506 unclear | |
| Season 2 (2026)Summit | 14 Apr 2026 | 9 | 8 | 282 | 40 | 72 better, 65 worse, 145 unclear | |
| Season 1 (2026)Conquest | 10 Feb 2026 | 9 | 9 | 218 | 35 | 55 better, 37 worse, 126 unclear | |
| Season 20 (2025)Vendetta | 9 Dec 2025 | 9 | 6 | 227 | 29 | 47 better, 45 worse, 135 unclear | |
| Season 19 (2025)Haunted Masquerade | 14 Oct 2025 | 8 | 7 | 315 | 34 | 70 better, 34 worse, 211 unclear | |
| Season 18 (2025)Stadium Quick Play | 26 Aug 2025 | 7 | 8 | 325 | 32 | 47 better, 44 worse, 234 unclear | |
| Season 17 (2025)Powered Up! | 24 Jun 2025 | 9 | 10 | 353 | 31 | 67 better, 36 worse, 250 unclear | |
| Season 16 (2025)Stadium | 22 Apr 2025 | 9 | 13 | 220 | 30 | 71 better, 60 worse, 89 unclear | |
| Season 15 (2025)Honor And Glory | 18 Feb 2025 | 9 | 9 | 67 | 31 | 40 better, 21 worse, 6 unclear | |
| Season 14 (2024)Hazard | 10 Dec 2024 | 10 | 11 | 148 | 34 | 59 better, 73 worse, 16 unclear | |
| Season 13 (2024)Season of Spellbinders | 15 Oct 2024 | 8 | 8 | 76 | 25 | 27 better, 17 worse, 32 unclear | |
| Season 12 (2024)New frontiers | 20 Aug 2024 | 8 | 5 | 67 | 24 | 34 better, 31 worse, 2 unclear | |
| Season 11 (2024)Super Mega Ultrawatch | 20 Jun 2024 | 8 | 6 | 73 | 23 | 43 better, 19 worse, 11 unclear | |
| Season 10 (2024) | 16 Apr 2024 | 9 | 6 | 45 | 17 | 24 better, 16 worse, 5 unclear | |
| Season 9 (2024)Champions | 13 Feb 2024 | 9 | 7 | 146 | 39 | 105 better, 18 worse, 23 unclear | |
| Season 8 (2023) | 5 Dec 2023 | 10 | 6 | 51 | 17 | 24 better, 22 worse, 5 unclear | |
| Season 7 (2023) | 10 Oct 2023 | 8 | 5 | 66 | 22 | 27 better, 31 worse, 8 unclear | |
| Season 6 (2023) | 10 Aug 2023 | 8 | 5 | 75 | 26 | 43 better, 24 worse, 8 unclear | |
| Season 5 (2023) | 13 Jun 2023 | 8 | 3 | 42 | 17 | 22 better, 16 worse, 4 unclear | |
| Season 4 (2023) | 11 Apr 2023 | 9 |  LifeweaverTalantisnot in the map list |
4 | 35 | 16 | 18 better, 12 worse, 5 unclear |
| Season 3 (2023) | 7 Feb 2023 | 9 | 3 | 67 | 30 | 21 better, 30 worse, 16 unclear | |
| Season 2 (2022) | 6 Dec 2022 | 9 | 5 | 68 | 14 | 34 better, 22 worse, 12 unclear | |
| Season 1 (2022) | 4 Oct 2022 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1 better, 12 worse, 1 unclear |
green helps, red hurts the hero, +number without a clear direction
Overwatch 1: 177 patches from 2016 to 2022
Sources
- Names, pictures and icons
- Blizzard Entertainment, loaded from Blizzard's servers
- Season dates
- start from Blizzard , length counted up to the next start
- Changes
- Blizzard patch notes , as values, not as text; field names from the notes or from Counterpick
- New heroes, maps, modes, events, map pool
- names from the headings and lists of Blizzard patch notes ; a hero counts as new in the season of its first entry in the Overwatch 2 notes, hero trials and heroes with Overwatch 1 changes left out
- Better or worse
- Counterpick, by field and direction; fields without a clear direction stay grey