counterpickSeason 6 (2023)
10 August 2023 – 4 October 2023
- Start
- 10 Aug 2023
- End
- 4 Oct 2023
- Weeks
- 8
- Patches
- 5
- Changes
- 75 to 26 heroes
- Direction
- 43 better, 24 worse, 8 unclear
- New heroes
- Illari
- New maps
- 2
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
Illarifirst in the notes: 10 Aug 2023
Maps
- New Junk Citynew map10 Aug 2023
- Suravasanew map10 Aug 2023
Modes and events
- Flashpointmode10 Aug 2023
- King’s Row – Underworldevent10 Aug 2023
- Overwatch 2 Anniversary 2023event1 Sept 2023
- Hero Masterymode1 Sept 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 | Standard 5v5 | Event | Total | Heroes | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tank | 13 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 12 better, 4 worse, 1 unclear |
| Damage | 19 | 16 | 35 | 11 | 21 better, 7 worse, 7 unclear |
| Support | 19 | 4 | 23 | 8 | 10 better, 13 worse, 0 unclear |
| Total | 51 | 24 | 75 | 26 | 43 better, 24 worse, 8 unclear |
Most changed heroes
Standard modes and 6v6
Bastion7 changes- Illari4 changes
Kiriko4 changes
Lifeweaver4 changes
Orisa4 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bastion |
Damage | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
 Zarya |
Tank | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
 Brigitte |
Support | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Cassidy |
Damage | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Illari |
Support | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Kiriko |
Support | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Lifeweaver |
Support | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Orisa |
Tank | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
 Torbjörn |
Damage | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
 Echo |
Damage | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Genji |
Damage | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Mei |
Damage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Pharah |
Damage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Tracer |
Damage | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Ana |
Support | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Lúcio |
Support | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Soldier: 76 |
Damage | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Winston |
Tank | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Ashe |
Damage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Baptiste |
Support | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Doomfist |
Tank | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 D.Va |
Tank | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Junker Queen |
Tank | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Mercy |
Support | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Ramattra |
Tank | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Sombra |
Damage | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Patches of the season newest first
- 21 Sept 2023No value changes to heroes
- 19 Sept 2023No value changes to heroes
- 1 Sept 202311 changes to 7 heroes · 1 general change5 better, 4 worse, 2 unclear
- 24 Aug 20234 changes to 1 hero0 better, 4 worse, 0 unclear
- 10 Aug 202360 changes to 22 heroesEvent38 better, 16 worse, 6 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