counterpickSeason 4 (2023)
11 April 2023 – 12 June 2023
- Start
- 11 Apr 2023
- End
- 12 Jun 2023
- Weeks
- 9
- Patches
- 4
- Changes
- 35 to 16 heroes
- Direction
- 18 better, 12 worse, 5 unclear
- New heroes
- Lifeweaver
- 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
Lifeweaverfirst in the notes: 11 Apr 2023
Maps
- Talantisnot in the map listnew map11 Apr 2023
Modes and events
- Starwatch: Galactic Rescueevent9 May 2023
- Battle for Olympuseventreturning9 May 2023
Competitive map pool
Entries on the map pool
- 11 Apr 2023no map named
Balance changes by role changed hero values, one row per role
| Role | Total | Heroes | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tank | 12 | 6 | 7 better, 4 worse, 1 unclear |
| Damage | 5 | 3 | 2 better, 2 worse, 1 unclear |
| Support | 18 | 7 | 9 better, 6 worse, 3 unclear |
| Total | 35 | 16 | 18 better, 12 worse, 5 unclear |
Most changed heroes
Standard modes and 6v6
Junker Queen5 changes- Lifeweaver5 changes
Ana3 changes
Brigitte3 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junker Queen |
Tank | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Lifeweaver |
Support | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Ana |
Support | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Brigitte |
Support | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Mercy |
Support | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
 Cassidy |
Damage | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Echo |
Damage | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Moira |
Support | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Reinhardt |
Tank | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Sigma |
Tank | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Baptiste |
Support | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Junkrat |
Damage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Kiriko |
Support | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Orisa |
Tank | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Winston |
Tank | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Wrecking Ball |
Tank | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Patches of the season newest first
- 12 May 2023No value changes to heroes
- 9 May 202314 changes to 9 heroes8 better, 3 worse, 3 unclear
- 21 Apr 20235 changes to 1 hero3 better, 2 worse, 0 unclear
- 11 Apr 202316 changes to 7 heroes7 better, 7 worse, 2 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