counterpickConquest
Season 1 (2026) · 10 February 2026 – 13 April 2026
- Start
- 10 Feb 2026
- End
- 13 Apr 2026
- Weeks
- 9
- Patches
- 9
- Changes
- 218 to 35 heroes
- Direction
- 55 better, 37 worse, 126 unclear
- New heroes
- Anran, Domina, Emre, Jetpack Cat, Mizuki
- New maps
- 1
Source of the start date · green helps, red hurts the hero, +number without a clear direction
New this season names from the headings and lists of the patch notes
New heroes
Anranfirst in the notes: 9 Feb 2026
Dominafirst in the notes: 13 Feb 2026
Emrefirst in the notes: 13 Feb 2026
Jetpack Catfirst in the notes: 13 Feb 2026
Mizukifirst in the notes: 13 Feb 2026
Maps
- Serenzanot in the map listnew map9 Feb 2026
Modes and events
- Conquestevent9 Feb 2026
- Year of the Horseeventruns 13 Feb 2026 – 2 Mar 20269 Feb 2026
- Shgyrqmode10 Mar 2026
- Junkrat's Loot Huntevent10 Mar 2026
Competitive map pool
the notes of this season list no map pool
Balance changes by role changed hero values, one row per role
| Role | Standard 5v5 | 6v6 | Stadium | Total | Heroes | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tank | 15 | 3 | 26 | 44 | 11 | 14 better, 13 worse, 17 unclear |
| Damage | 28 | 0 | 103 | 131 | 13 | 24 better, 10 worse, 97 unclear |
| Support | 25 | 0 | 18 | 43 | 11 | 17 better, 14 worse, 12 unclear |
| Total | 68 | 3 | 147 | 218 | 35 | 55 better, 37 worse, 126 unclear |
Most changed heroes
Patches by week one column per week, each patch with its number of changes
- Week 110 Feb – 16 Feb
- Week 217 Feb – 23 Feb
- 18 Febno value changes
- Week 324 Feb – 2 Mar
- Week 43 Mar – 9 Marno patch
- Week 510 Mar – 16 Mar
- Week 617 Mar – 23 Marno patch
- Week 724 Mar – 30 Marno patch
- Week 831 Mar – 6 Apr
- Week 97 Apr – 13 Aprno patch
Changes per hero counted by changed values; click a column head to sort
| Role | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vendetta |
Damage | 66 | 2 | 5 | 59 | 7 | 59 | 4 |
 Ashe |
Damage | 31 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| Anran |
Damage | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
 Doomfist |
Tank | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
 Mercy |
Support | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Mizuki |
Support | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
 Winston |
Tank | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
 D.Va |
Tank | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
 Illari |
Support | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
 Lúcio |
Support | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
 Sigma |
Tank | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
 Sojourn |
Damage | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Emre |
Damage | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Jetpack Cat |
Support | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
 Moira |
Support | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
 Orisa |
Tank | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
 Reinhardt |
Tank | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
 Freja |
Damage | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
 Genji |
Damage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
 Roadhog |
Tank | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
 Baptiste |
Support | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Domina |
Tank | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Hanzo |
Damage | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Kiriko |
Support | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Ramattra |
Tank | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Tracer |
Damage | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Wuyang |
Support | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Zarya |
Tank | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Zenyatta |
Support | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
 Cassidy |
Damage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Echo |
Damage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Lifeweaver |
Support | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Mauga |
Tank | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Reaper |
Damage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Widowmaker |
Damage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Patches of the season newest first
- 1 Apr 2026April Fools, no real changes
- 31 Mar 2026No value changes to heroes
- 12 Mar 2026No value changes to heroes
- 10 Mar 202614 changes to 9 heroes · 4 general changesEvent7 better, 4 worse, 3 unclear
- 25 Feb 2026No value changes to heroes
- 24 Feb 20268 changes to 6 heroes3 better, 4 worse, 1 unclear
- 18 Feb 2026No value changes to heroes
- 13 Feb 202612 changes to 6 heroes5 better, 4 worse, 3 unclear
- 9 Feb 2026184 changes to 30 heroes · 66 general changesStadium6v640 better, 25 worse, 119 unclear
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