counterpickSeason 2 (2022)
6 December 2022 – 6 February 2023
- Start
- 6 Dec 2022
- End
- 6 Feb 2023
- Weeks
- 9
- Patches
- 5
- Changes
- 68 to 14 heroes
- Direction
- 34 better, 22 worse, 12 unclear
- New heroes
- Ramattra
- 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
Ramattrafirst in the notes: 6 Dec 2022
Maps
- Shambali Monasterynew map6 Dec 2022
Modes and events
- Battle for Olympus FFAmode5 Jan 2023
Competitive map pool maps by mode, as the notes list them; time of day left out
listed in the notes of 6 Dec 2022
- Hybrid
- Control
- Busan
- Ilios
- Lijiang Tower
- Nepalmarked new
- Oasismarked new
Balance changes by role changed hero values, one row per role
| Role | Total | Heroes | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tank | 36 | 6 | 20 better, 10 worse, 6 unclear |
| Damage | 18 | 4 | 7 better, 8 worse, 3 unclear |
| Support | 14 | 4 | 7 better, 4 worse, 3 unclear |
| Total | 68 | 14 | 34 better, 22 worse, 12 unclear |
Most changed heroes
Standard modes and 6v6
Doomfist16 changes
Sojourn10 changes
Kiriko8 changes
Junker Queen7 changes
Roadhog6 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doomfist |
Tank | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| Sojourn |
Damage | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| Kiriko |
Support | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| Junker Queen |
Tank | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Roadhog |
Tank | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
 Bastion |
Damage | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
 Ana |
Support | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Ramattra |
Tank | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
 Mercy |
Support | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Orisa |
Tank | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Symmetra |
Damage | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Tracer |
Damage | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Zarya |
Tank | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Brigitte |
Support | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Patches of the season newest first
- 24 Jan 202310 changes to 4 heroes3 better, 5 worse, 2 unclear
- 5 Jan 20235 changes to 3 heroes3 better, 2 worse, 0 unclear
- 15 Dec 202213 changes to 7 heroes6 better, 7 worse, 0 unclear
- 12 Dec 2022No value changes to heroes
- 6 Dec 202240 changes to 9 heroes · 1 general change22 better, 8 worse, 10 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