counterpickSeason 5 (2023)
13 June 2023 – 7 August 2023
- Start
- 13 Jun 2023
- End
- 7 Aug 2023
- Weeks
- 8
- Patches
- 3
- Changes
- 42 to 17 heroes
- Direction
- 22 better, 16 worse, 4 unclear
- New heroes
- 0
- 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
no new hero in the notes
Maps
the notes name no map as new, reworked, switched off or on again
Modes and events
- Summer Games 2023event11 Jul 2023
Competitive map pool
the notes of this season list no map pool
Balance changes by role changed hero values, one row per role
| Role | Total | Heroes | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tank | 5 | 4 | 3 better, 2 worse, 0 unclear |
| Damage | 24 | 10 | 12 better, 11 worse, 1 unclear |
| Support | 13 | 3 | 7 better, 3 worse, 3 unclear |
| Total | 42 | 17 | 22 better, 16 worse, 4 unclear |
Most changed heroes
Standard modes and 6v6
Lifeweaver10 changes
Cassidy4 changes
Mei4 changes
Soldier: 763 changes
Symmetra3 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lifeweaver |
Support | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| Cassidy |
Damage | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Mei |
Damage | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Soldier: 76 |
Damage | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Symmetra |
Damage | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
 Torbjörn |
Damage | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
 Junker Queen |
Tank | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Sojourn |
Damage | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Widowmaker |
Damage | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Zenyatta |
Support | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Genji |
Damage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Hanzo |
Damage | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Kiriko |
Support | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Orisa |
Tank | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Reinhardt |
Tank | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Tracer |
Damage | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Wrecking Ball |
Tank | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Patches of the season newest first
- 11 Jul 202317 changes to 9 heroes12 better, 4 worse, 1 unclear
- 28 Jun 20237 changes to 3 heroes2 better, 5 worse, 0 unclear
- 13 Jun 202318 changes to 8 heroes8 better, 7 worse, 3 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