counterpickInto the Tiger's Den
Season 3 (2026) · 16 June 2026 – 10 August 2026
- Start
- 16 Jun 2026
- End
- 10 Aug 2026
- Weeks
- 8
- Patches
- 12
- Changes
- 900 to 49 heroes
- Direction
- 207 better, 187 worse, 506 unclear
- New heroes
- Shion
- 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
Shionfirst in the notes: 16 Jun 2026
Maps
- Neon Junctionnew map16 Jun 2026
Modes and events
- Anima Strikeevent16 Jun 2026 · 24 Jun 2026
- Community Craftedevent16 Jun 2026 · 30 Jun 2026 · 1 Jul 2026
- Junkrat's Loot Huntevent16 Jun 2026 · 14 Jul 2026
- Summer Games 2026event14 Jul 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 | Event | Total | Heroes | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tank | 20 | 1 | 168 | 18 | 207 | 12 | 61 better, 42 worse, 104 unclear |
| Damage | 42 | 0 | 272 | 53 | 367 | 23 | 94 better, 85 worse, 188 unclear |
| Support | 25 | 0 | 285 | 16 | 326 | 14 | 52 better, 60 worse, 214 unclear |
| Total | 87 | 1 | 725 | 87 | 900 | 49 | 207 better, 187 worse, 506 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Wuyang |
Support | 60 | 7 | 3 | 50 | 1 | 59 | 2 |
 Moira |
Support | 44 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 3 | 40 | 3 |
 Lúcio |
Support | 40 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 38 | 4 |
 Mercy |
Support | 34 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 2 | 31 | 3 |
 Sojourn |
Damage | 33 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 28 | 3 |
 Juno |
Support | 32 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 30 | 4 |
 Ana |
Support | 31 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 29 | 3 |
 Hazard |
Tank | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 24 | 4 |
 Mei |
Damage | 31 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 27 | 4 |
 Orisa |
Tank | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
 Reaper |
Damage | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 25 | 3 |
 Vendetta |
Damage | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 23 | 4 |
 Kiriko |
Support | 28 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 27 | 2 |
 Ashe |
Damage | 27 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 25 | 2 |
 Cassidy |
Damage | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 23 | 2 |
 Soldier: 76 |
Damage | 27 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
 Junkrat |
Damage | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 3 |
 Tracer |
Damage | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 21 | 2 |
 Winston |
Tank | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
 Genji |
Damage | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 2 |
 D.Va |
Tank | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 2 |
 Doomfist |
Tank | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 3 |
 Junker Queen |
Tank | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 2 |
 Zenyatta |
Support | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
 Torbjörn |
Damage | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 3 |
 Freja |
Damage | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 |
 Reinhardt |
Tank | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
 Zarya |
Tank | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 2 |
 Brigitte |
Support | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
 Ramattra |
Tank | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
 Sigma |
Tank | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
 Jetpack Cat |
Support | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
 Venture |
Damage | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Pharah |
Damage | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
 Baptiste |
Support | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Sierra |
Damage | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
 Anran |
Damage | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Lifeweaver |
Support | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Echo |
Damage | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Hanzo |
Damage | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Mauga |
Tank | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Shion |
Damage | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
 Sombra |
Damage | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Widowmaker |
Damage | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Domina |
Tank | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Mizuki |
Support | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Emre |
Damage | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Bastion |
Damage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Illari |
Support | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Patches of the season newest first
- 4 Aug 2026No value changes to heroes
- 30 Jul 20267 changes to 5 heroes · 7 general changesEvent5 better, 2 worse, 0 unclear
- 28 Jul 2026No value changes to heroes
- 14 Jul 202648 changes to 23 heroes · 10 general changesStadium6v626 better, 18 worse, 4 unclear
- 2 Jul 2026No value changes to heroes
- 1 Jul 2026No value changes to heroes · 3 general changesEvent
- 30 Jun 202680 changes to 30 heroesEvent34 better, 23 worse, 23 unclear
- 25 Jun 202627 changes to 15 heroes · 3 general changesStadium8 better, 16 worse, 3 unclear
- 24 Jun 2026No value changes to heroes · 2 general changesEvent
- 23 Jun 2026No value changes to heroes
- 18 Jun 2026No value changes to heroes
- 16 Jun 2026738 changes to 41 heroes · 40 general changesStadium134 better, 128 worse, 476 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