counterpickSeason 7 (2023)
10 October 2023 – 4 December 2023
- Start
- 10 Oct 2023
- End
- 4 Dec 2023
- Weeks
- 8
- Patches
- 5
- Changes
- 66 to 22 heroes
- Direction
- 27 better, 31 worse, 8 unclear
- New heroes
- 0
- 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
no new hero in the notes
Maps
- Samoanew map10 Oct 2023
Modes and events
- Halloween Terror 2023event10 Oct 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 | 23 | 8 | 11 better, 7 worse, 5 unclear |
| Damage | 28 | 7 | 13 better, 13 worse, 2 unclear |
| Support | 15 | 7 | 3 better, 11 worse, 1 unclear |
| Total | 66 | 22 | 27 better, 31 worse, 8 unclear |
Most changed heroes
Standard modes and 6v6
Sombra17 changes
Roadhog13 changes
Illari4 changes
Lifeweaver3 changes
Zenyatta3 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sombra |
Damage | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| Roadhog |
Tank | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| Illari |
Support | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Lifeweaver |
Support | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Zenyatta |
Support | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
 Baptiste |
Support | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Bastion |
Damage | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Cassidy |
Damage | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Doomfist |
Tank | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 D.Va |
Tank | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Mei |
Damage | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Torbjörn |
Damage | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Widowmaker |
Damage | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Zarya |
Tank | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Ana |
Support | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Brigitte |
Support | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Kiriko |
Support | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Orisa |
Tank | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Ramattra |
Tank | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Symmetra |
Damage | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Winston |
Tank | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Wrecking Ball |
Tank | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Patches of the season newest first
- 16 Nov 20234 changes to 1 hero3 better, 1 worse, 0 unclear
- 14 Nov 20239 changes to 1 hero3 better, 2 worse, 4 unclear
- 31 Oct 202326 changes to 15 heroes8 better, 17 worse, 1 unclear
- 19 Oct 2023No value changes to heroes
- 10 Oct 202327 changes to 10 heroes13 better, 11 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