counterpickSeason 8 (2023)
5 December 2023 – 12 February 2024
- Start
- 5 Dec 2023
- End
- 12 Feb 2024
- Weeks
- 10
- Patches
- 6
- Changes
- 51 to 17 heroes
- Direction
- 24 better, 22 worse, 5 unclear
- New heroes
- Mauga
- 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
Maugafirst in the notes: 5 Dec 2023
Maps
the notes name no map as new, reworked, switched off or on again
Modes and events
- Winter Wonderland 2023event5 Dec 2023
- Year of the Dragonevent9 Jan 2024
- Quick Play: HackedeventQuicker Play12 Jan 2024
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 | 35 | 6 | 16 better, 15 worse, 4 unclear |
| Damage | 8 | 5 | 4 better, 3 worse, 1 unclear |
| Support | 8 | 6 | 4 better, 4 worse, 0 unclear |
| Total | 51 | 17 | 24 better, 22 worse, 5 unclear |
Most changed heroes
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauga |
Tank | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 4 |
 Ramattra |
Tank | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
 Sombra |
Damage | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
 Kiriko |
Support | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
 Roadhog |
Tank | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Ana |
Support | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Baptiste |
Support | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Brigitte |
Support | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Doomfist |
Tank | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Illari |
Support | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Junker Queen |
Tank | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Lifeweaver |
Support | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Mei |
Damage | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Sigma |
Tank | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Soldier: 76 |
Damage | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Torbjörn |
Damage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Tracer |
Damage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Patches of the season newest first
- 16 Jan 2024No value changes to heroes
- 12 Jan 2024No value changes to heroes · 3 general changesEvent
- 9 Jan 202413 changes to 6 heroes4 better, 8 worse, 1 unclear
- 15 Dec 20235 changes to 1 hero3 better, 1 worse, 1 unclear
- 12 Dec 20233 changes to 1 hero0 better, 2 worse, 1 unclear
- 5 Dec 202330 changes to 13 heroes · 1 general change17 better, 11 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