counterpickSeason of Spellbinders
Season 13 (2024) · 15 October 2024 – 9 December 2024
- Start
- 15 Oct 2024
- End
- 9 Dec 2024
- Weeks
- 8
- Patches
- 8
- Changes
- 76 to 25 heroes
- Direction
- 27 better, 17 worse, 32 unclear
- New heroes
- 0
- New maps
- 0
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
no new hero in the notes
Maps
the notes name no map as new, reworked, switched off or on again
Modes and events
- Halloween Terror 2024event15 Oct 2024
- Quick Play HackedeventLimit 26 Nov 2024 · 3 Dec 2024
- Warcraft: 30 Anniversaryevent8 Nov 2024
- Hazard Hero Trialevent22 Nov 2024
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 | Event | Total | Heroes | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tank | 14 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 8 better, 6 worse, 6 unclear |
| Damage | 16 | 9 | 25 | 9 | 10 better, 7 worse, 8 unclear |
| Support | 14 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 9 better, 4 worse, 18 unclear |
| Total | 44 | 32 | 76 | 25 | 27 better, 17 worse, 32 unclear |
Most changed heroes
Standard modes and 6v6
Sombra9 changes
Juno4 changes
Doomfist3 changes
Kiriko3 changes
Lifeweaver3 changes
Patches by week one column per week, each patch with its number of changes
Changes per hero counted by changed values; click a column head to sort
| Role | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiriko |
Support | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Sombra |
Damage | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
 Orisa |
Tank | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
 Mercy |
Support | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Genji |
Damage | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Juno |
Support | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
 Moira |
Support | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Ashe |
Damage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Doomfist |
Tank | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Lifeweaver |
Support | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
 Mauga |
Tank | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
 Zenyatta |
Support | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Hanzo |
Damage | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Junker Queen |
Tank | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Reaper |
Damage | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Sojourn |
Damage | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Wrecking Ball |
Tank | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Ana |
Support | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Baptiste |
Support | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Brigitte |
Support | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 D.Va |
Tank | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Junkrat |
Damage | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Pharah |
Damage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Reinhardt |
Tank | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Tracer |
Damage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Patches of the season newest first
- 3 Dec 2024No value changes to heroes · 8 general changesEvent
- 25 Nov 2024No value changes to heroes
- 22 Nov 2024No value changes to heroes
- 8 Nov 202420 changes to 12 heroes13 better, 6 worse, 1 unclear
- 6 Nov 2024No value changes to heroes
- 28 Oct 202441 changes to 13 heroesEvent10 better, 3 worse, 28 unclear
- 21 Oct 20241 change to 1 hero1 better, 0 worse, 0 unclear
- 15 Oct 202414 changes to 8 heroes · 2 general changes3 better, 8 worse, 3 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