counterpickSeason 3 (2023)
7 February 2023 – 10 April 2023
- Start
- 7 Feb 2023
- End
- 10 Apr 2023
- Weeks
- 9
- Patches
- 3
- Changes
- 67 to 30 heroes
- Direction
- 21 better, 30 worse, 16 unclear
- New heroes
- 0
- 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
no new hero in the notes
Maps
Modes and events
no mode or event named in the headings
Competitive map pool maps by mode, as the notes list them; time of day left out
listed in the notes of 7 Feb 2023
- Push
- New Queen Street
- Colosseomarked new
- Esperança
- Escort
- Dorado
- Havanamarked new
- Junkertown
- Circuit Royalmarked new
- Rialto
- Shambali Monastery
- Control
Balance changes by role changed hero values, one row per role
| Role | Total | Heroes | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tank | 42 | 11 | 7 better, 21 worse, 14 unclear |
| Damage | 15 | 12 | 9 better, 4 worse, 2 unclear |
| Support | 10 | 7 | 5 better, 5 worse, 0 unclear |
| Total | 67 | 30 | 21 better, 30 worse, 16 unclear |
Most changed heroes
Standard modes and 6v6
Reinhardt8 changes
Wrecking Ball7 changes
Roadhog5 changes
Zarya4 changes
Mercy3 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reinhardt |
Tank | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Wrecking Ball |
Tank | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Roadhog |
Tank | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Zarya |
Tank | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Mercy |
Support | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
 Orisa |
Tank | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
 Ramattra |
Tank | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
 Sigma |
Tank | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
 Winston |
Tank | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
 Brigitte |
Support | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Doomfist |
Tank | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 D.Va |
Tank | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Junker Queen |
Tank | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Mei |
Damage | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Soldier: 76 |
Damage | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Sombra |
Damage | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Ana |
Support | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Baptiste |
Support | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Cassidy |
Damage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Hanzo |
Damage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Junkrat |
Damage | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Lúcio |
Support | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Moira |
Support | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Pharah |
Damage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Reaper |
Damage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Sojourn |
Damage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Symmetra |
Damage | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Torbjörn |
Damage | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Widowmaker |
Damage | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Zenyatta |
Support | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Patches of the season newest first
- 7 Mar 20237 changes to 7 heroes3 better, 1 worse, 3 unclear
- 21 Feb 2023No value changes to heroes
- 7 Feb 202360 changes to 27 heroes · 1 general change18 better, 29 worse, 13 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