counterpickHeroes of Busan
Season 4 (2026) · 11 August 2026 – 5 October 2026 · running, week 7 of 8
- Start
- 11 Aug 2026
- End
- 5 Oct 2026
- Weeks
- 8
- Patches
- 9
- Changes
- 179 to 37 heroes
- Direction
- 68 better, 62 worse, 49 unclear
- New heroes
- D.Mon
- 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
D.Monfirst in the notes: 11 Aug 2026
Maps
- Busanreworked11 Aug 2026
- Eichenwaldereworked11 Aug 2026
- Paraísoreworked11 Aug 2026
- Eichenwaldeswitched on again19 Aug 2026
- Black Forestswitched on again8 Sept 2026
Modes and events
- Junkrat's Loot Huntevent8 Sept 2026
Competitive map pool
Entries on the map pool
- 19 Aug 2026Eichenwaldein the pool
Balance changes by role changed hero values, one row per role
| Role | Standard 5v5 | 6v6 | Stadium | Total | Heroes | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tank | 37 | 2 | 43 | 82 | 12 | 25 better, 25 worse, 32 unclear |
| Damage | 33 | 0 | 7 | 40 | 15 | 23 better, 15 worse, 2 unclear |
| Support | 26 | 0 | 31 | 57 | 10 | 20 better, 22 worse, 15 unclear |
| Total | 96 | 2 | 81 | 179 | 37 | 68 better, 62 worse, 49 unclear |
Most changed heroes
Standard modes and 6v6
- D.Mon21 changes
Jetpack Cat7 changes
Mauga6 changes
Vendetta6 changes
Echo4 changes
Stadium
D.Va30 changes
Wuyang15 changes
Orisa9 changes- Jetpack Cat7 changes
Ana6 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.Va |
Tank | 31 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 30 | 2 |
| D.Mon |
Tank | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 |
| Wuyang |
Support | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 2 |
| Jetpack Cat |
Support | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| Orisa |
Tank | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
 Kiriko |
Support | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Vendetta |
Damage | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Ana |
Support | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Mauga |
Tank | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
 Junkrat |
Damage | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Echo |
Damage | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
 Sierra |
Damage | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
 Winston |
Tank | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
 Baptiste |
Support | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
 Freja |
Damage | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
 Mizuki |
Support | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
 Venture |
Damage | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
 Brigitte |
Support | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Domina |
Tank | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Emre |
Damage | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Genji |
Damage | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Hazard |
Tank | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Ramattra |
Tank | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
 Symmetra |
Damage | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Torbjörn |
Damage | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Tracer |
Damage | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
 Zarya |
Tank | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Zenyatta |
Support | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Anran |
Damage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Ashe |
Damage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Doomfist |
Tank | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Junker Queen |
Tank | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Juno |
Support | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Lifeweaver |
Support | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Pharah |
Damage | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Shion |
Damage | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Wrecking Ball |
Tank | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Patches of the season newest first
- 22 Sept 2026No value changes to heroes
- 17 Sept 20266 changes to 1 hero6v60 better, 6 worse, 0 unclear
- 10 Sept 2026No value changes to heroes
- 8 Sept 202655 changes to 23 heroesStadium6v622 better, 33 worse, 0 unclear
- 20 Aug 2026No value changes to heroes
- 19 Aug 2026No value changes to heroes
- 14 Aug 20266 changes to 2 heroes4 better, 2 worse, 0 unclear
- 12 Aug 20265 changes to 1 hero5 better, 0 worse, 0 unclear
- 11 Aug 2026107 changes to 27 heroes · 1 general changeStadium37 better, 21 worse, 49 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