counterpickStadium
Season 16 (2025) · 22 April 2025 – 23 June 2025
- Start
- 22 Apr 2025
- End
- 23 Jun 2025
- Weeks
- 9
- Patches
- 13
- Changes
- 220 to 30 heroes
- Direction
- 71 better, 60 worse, 89 unclear
- New heroes
- Freja
- 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
Frejafirst in the notes: 22 Apr 2025
Maps
the notes name no map as new, reworked, switched off or on again
Modes and events
- Stadiummode22 Apr 2025
- Overwatch Classic: October 2020event16 May 2025
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 | 11 | 1 | 48 | 60 | 9 | 24 better, 22 worse, 14 unclear |
| Damage | 27 | 0 | 91 | 118 | 12 | 25 better, 24 worse, 69 unclear |
| Support | 11 | 1 | 30 | 42 | 9 | 22 better, 14 worse, 6 unclear |
| Total | 49 | 2 | 169 | 220 | 30 | 71 better, 60 worse, 89 unclear |
Most changed heroes
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freja |
Damage | 73 | 7 | 12 | 54 | 11 | 62 | 5 |
 Reinhardt |
Tank | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 4 |
 D.Va |
Tank | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 4 |
 Ana |
Support | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
 Lúcio |
Support | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
 Soldier: 76 |
Damage | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
 Ashe |
Damage | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
 Junker Queen |
Tank | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
 Orisa |
Tank | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
 Juno |
Support | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
 Reaper |
Damage | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
 Zarya |
Tank | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
 Lifeweaver |
Support | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
 Mei |
Damage | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
 Baptiste |
Support | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
 Hanzo |
Damage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
 Hazard |
Tank | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
 Widowmaker |
Damage | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
 Cassidy |
Damage | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Genji |
Damage | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Moira |
Support | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
 Pharah |
Damage | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Sombra |
Damage | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Winston |
Tank | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Zenyatta |
Support | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Illari |
Support | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Kiriko |
Support | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Roadhog |
Tank | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Tracer |
Damage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Wrecking Ball |
Tank | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Patches of the season newest first
- 3 Jun 2025No value changes to heroes
- 29 May 202546 changes to 11 heroesStadium24 better, 14 worse, 8 unclear
- 23 May 20251 change to 1 heroStadium0 better, 1 worse, 0 unclear
- 22 May 2025No value changes to heroes
- 16 May 202584 changes to 12 heroes · 19 general changesStadium13 better, 11 worse, 60 unclear
- 14 May 202512 changes to 4 heroes · 3 general changesStadium4 better, 5 worse, 3 unclear
- 9 May 202529 changes to 7 heroes · 2 general changesStadium8 better, 15 worse, 6 unclear
- 6 May 2025No value changes to heroes
- 1 May 202520 changes to 7 heroesStadium5 better, 8 worse, 7 unclear
- 29 Apr 20252 changes to 1 hero2 better, 0 worse, 0 unclear
- 25 Apr 20252 changes to 2 heroes · 7 general changesStadium1 better, 0 worse, 1 unclear
- 23 Apr 2025No value changes to heroes
- 22 Apr 202524 changes to 14 heroes · 3 general changesStadium6v614 better, 6 worse, 4 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