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26 January 2026
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With a 6v6 return, Overwatch finally returns to its roots. And it will begin sometime soon!
After the long-awaited release of six in Overwatch 2 is nearly over, news reveal today. With ten games director Aaron Keller’s blog posted on October 2, The game will begin to kick off its arrival soon: OW2s next season, summer 14 will run multiple test tests of six-versus-19 to measure the level for fan and […]
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Venture, the new villain in Overwatch 2’s Superman, was made playable this weekend with a full kit
Now take a quiz on Overwatch 2 and join its latest hero, Venture. Venture is due between 28 and 31 March. The new damage hero who isn’t-binary was subsequently released. They can use a drill to burrow under the map and more, for damage against enemies. This is a full-pack for Venture. Photos of Blizzard […]
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Crossover between Overwatch 2 and X-Men 90 will need to happen immediately
Imagine booting up Overwatch 2, and following that classic X-Men animated series theme song along with Soldier: 7,76 in full Cyclops coplay. I have a dream now. In fact, the inspiration is from an October 25 post for OW2 and the new animated series “Official Life” on Disney Plus which inspired me to create this […]
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Players in Overwatch 2 seek a substantial change for an overarching Psi-Hero
It’s almost impossible to match a game like Overwatch 2 with so much players that rank their own talents in an ever changing live service environment. From here there will always be some complaints with players voice and heroes that scream the same way as their enemies when it comes to play time. According to […]
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Players in Overwatch 2 refusing to play until Double Trouble quick-play mode has ended
With the same character being selected by Overwatch 2s quick play mode, Blizzard has temporarily changed its way. But some players despise the mode so much they dropped, until its gone. Earlier this year, Blizzard decided to get started using the fast play mode Overwatch 2s instead of Hacked versions. The new version offers changed […]
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Midseason patch for season 9 highlights Overwatch 2’s DPS hero passively nerfed and tanks upgraded
Buffs are everywhere in the Overwatch 2 midseason balance patch for season nine, with many of them going to tanks. Since all classes had heroes changed, the survivors should feel greatest benefits. Tanks had been more frustrating to play, though the health and projectionile sizes change significantly so this new patch will reduce that feeling. […]
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The best yet look at amazing collab skins in Overwatch 2 x Cowboy Befop gameplay trailer is shown
I think this has time to blow that light. Get everybody and everything together, get ready to go out and start taking a look at the classic anime in Overwatch 2’s Cowboy Bebop. The new game is today! March 12. While the second full of games will be played by Overwatch 2 this year, it […]
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With the help of D.Va’s new Legendary skin in Overwatch 2 x Porsche collusion, you can now dive with ease thanks to this stunning game
Have you ever felt like a racer when suddenly it came to sightings of someone without an argument sitting in front with us while playing in the Overwatch 2 program? The games new collaboration with Porsche is really going to enhance that feeling. At the official announcement today, Porsche enters a Overwatched collator and comes […]
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The tank in overwatch 2 is by far the worst role in game after season 9 update, according to Oversaw 2
Since the massive season nine update went live, it’s been several weeks since overwatch 2 has already gone to this game. At some point now that a meta is really settled and tank players haven’t recovered enough of it anymore! The fundamental changes to OW2 have also profoundly changed how the tank is played and […]
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For seasons 9 and up, Overwatch 2 players claim it’s impossible to one-trick Mercy anymore
The controversial season nine update in Overwatch has shifted the meta into big ways, so some players are tired of an issue like this one. One-tricking always played an issue in Overwatch, but some think that playing Mercy is magnified as a matter of every season and more recently the change to hero health or […]
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26 January 2026
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Overwatch can be a horror game sometimes
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ELO hell is real but not in the way you think
submitted by /u/ren102102 to r/OverwatchUniversity [link] [comments]
Let me give the average player a hint about climbing:
Bronze - Plat and sometimes up till masters, it's mostly a matter of players being at the rank from a random mixture of mechanics, awareness and game knowledge.
Players in these ranks actually have no clue WHY they win or WHY they lose so most of their games are out of their conscious control.
That's why they can't carry or understand anything. If I were to ask them why they lost their last game they say arbitrary things like:
My positioning was bad
We had a bad comp
We didn't have enough sustain heals
Everyone kept peaking the widow
Nobody was cart
We used all of our ults
We had a thrower
The enemy had a smurf
No Comms
I have bad aim
Etc. etc.
None of these are actual reasons which gives us any information. If you want to climb higher, you actually have to start learning the game and understand what makes a win in overwatch and what part of it are you contributing. You have to understand what your role excels at and what fundamentals of winning in overwatch are. And also when it's okay to cheat the rules to make a play. If you ask a person who understands these things why they lost a game of overwatch they'd answer more like:
I sit main too long and don't take angles
My DPS uptime is too low and I move around too much
I heal too much
My timing is bad and I fail at surprising the enemies
I don't set up before fights start
I often forget to use my cooldowns
I don't shoot back while running away
Etc. etc.
Spotting these types of mistakes is out of question for the average player most of the time. Fixing them is even harder. When I was new, I took several years to make it to diamond from just playtime. Eventually I got a regular coach who helped me understand and reached GM in a few months.
So ELO hell is real. For the average player. Because the average player has no guide or map to navigate learning the game. And so they are bound to be hardstuck forever unless there's a massive shift in paradigm. The small bits of experiential climbing only happens because they play so long that at some point their mechanics help them outplay bad situations or they subconsciously learn things like not to peak the widow.
But the fundamental mistakes don't go away. The game is designed to keep you in low ranks until you learn how to play. But it also never gives you the tools to learn it. And people that have learnt overwatch and can finally start playing on skill and outplays and mechanics and comps etc. are usually starting at the GM level on average. GM is actually the rank where you understand how overwatch is even played.
A good analogy is of chess. A GM in overwatch is someone who knows how all the pieces move and can start applying strategies and opening moves. A metal rank player is an infant who will randomly chuck pieces here and there with no clue that the game he's playing is chess to begin with.
I say this not to offend anyone, but to let the next new or hardstuck player know, that to me, a hardstuck diamond for 7 years and a recent top 500/GM player, my journey has brought me the realisation that the game didn't even make any sense to me until now. All this time gone and only now can I see the bigger picture or the board. I can look at a game of overwatch and see how things are supposed to play out beyond just words that I've heard YouTubers and streamers use like poke phase, pre fight, dive, brawl, peeling, rotations etc.
All these words mean nothing and tell nothing. Understanding the game is a different experience and it is a little humbling and a little bit haunting that it took me this long to even start to play they game. And I can only imagine how long the actual climb is after this to the point of being pro or rank 1. I've just learnt how to play chess at my GM rank. And the peak of this game is learning to play like Magnus Carlsen. And that's insane. No streamer, youtuber, pro player or coach will ever tell you this truth because it's bad for their business. But it's actually so insane how hard competitive games are these days.
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Doomfist Thunder Skin
submitted by /u/General_71 to r/OverwatchLeague [link] [comments]
Is there any possibility that the Thunder Doomfist skin is ever coming back? I've only started playing OW since a few months ago and I really want the Thunder skin, but I've heard it was tied to Overwatch League which isn't around anymore. But considering there are currently OWL skins in the shop right now, does that means there is a possibility that Doomfist Thunder could return? especially after the Mythic was underwhelming, I really want a good skin I can run on my main.
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I got bored and drew this don't @ me
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What’s your favorite ultimate in the game?
submitted by /u/Ragtagcloud56 to r/Overwatch [link] [comments]
Bob is the best part about playing Ashe its really satysfying watching the whole enemy team die on point trying to take out this 1200 health beast.
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I made a Freja Plushie for Minecraft!
submitted by /u/ohMxthical to r/Overwatch [link] [comments]
Original on my Twitter! https://x.com/SilePrinStudios/status/2015536713427198133
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Vendetta & Wuyang paintings (all heroes done!)
submitted by /u/Quirkilicious to r/Overwatch [link] [comments]
Alright I can now confidently say I've painted every single Overwatch hero again. Enjoy!
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[Support Hero Concept:] Maximillien
submitted by /u/PrimaryEstate8565 to r/Overwatch [link] [comments]
I saw a post on here yesterday about how Maximillien could be a playable character and it reminded me of this concept I made a few months back. I also tried to make some very rudimentary visuals.
My goal was to create a high skill support hero that rewarded micromanagement and aggression, all based around a unique gimmick we don’t currently have in Overwatch. Plus, we needed another Talon support and and Omnic. Also, all the ability names are based on real banking/accounting terms.
Please let me know what you think!
Gameplay Role: Support HP: 75 health, 175 shields
Passive: Bookkeeping - Instead of having cooldowns on abilities, Maximillien has a resource meter that he can use to spend on abilities. - Similar to Moira, Bookkeeping passively recharges to full, but recharges at an increased rate when Maximillien does damage, where 600 damage dealt = 100% charge. - Subject to the tank role passive. Receive -25% less recharge rate on tank heroes.
Primary Fire: The Backup Plan - Accurate semi-automatic hitscan pistol - 1.75 shots/second, 70 damage per shot (122 DPS before reload)
Ability One: Investment - Maximillien presses/holds a button on his phone so that a targeted ally receives 60 healing over 3 seconds (20 HPS). In addition, Maximillien receives 25% of the damage that ally deals back as resource for Bookkeeping - Functionally similar to Brig’s Repair Pack, but unlike Repair Pack where stacking them on to a single ally causes the duration of the healing to be increased, stacking Investment on to a single ally increases the HPS and % Bookkeeping return, going from 25 HPS>50 HPS>75 HPS>100 HPS, and 25%>50%>75%>100% - Using Investment uses up 1/4 of a full Bookkeeping resource
Ability Two: Kiting - Maximillien presses a different button on his phone, summoning a flying robotic drone that shoots forward in the direction of your crosshair and continues flying until making contact with a player or map terrain, wherein it will then explode to deal 50 damage and knock back enemies - Tapping the ability just shoots out the drone to go in the direction of Maximillien’s initial crosshair Holding on to the ability allows Maximillien to hold on to the drone, allowing Maximillen to fly with it and slightly alter it’s trajectory at the cost of it decreasing in speed from 20 m/s after 2 seconds to just 8 m/s. Maximillien can drop at any time and will still conserve momentum. Stops after 4 seconds of flying. - Using Kiting uses up 1/2 of a full Bookkeeping resource
Ability Three: Foreclosure - Maximillien uses his phone to take a picture at his crosshair. There is a slight cast time,but once Maximillien presses the button, a histcan bullet is fired from somewhere far behind Maximillien (visible tracer in the air similar to Widow’s sniper) and hits the target dealing 75 damage in addition to the target receiving 50% more damage from all targets OR dealing 50% less damage over the next 3 seconds. - The hitscan bullet has the same properties as a normal hitscan bullet (i.e. able to be deflected, blocked by shields, etc) The bullet tracer coming out of nowhere is just for flavor; it functions very similar to Ana’s sleep dart - Using Foreclosure uses up 3/4 of a full Bookkeeping resource
Ultimate: Tax Haven - Call in a favor and drop down a deployable beacon that provides 30% damage reduction to all allies within its range. - Additionally, ult charge gained by one ally is gained by all allies within its range for half the amount (ex: Genji gains 10% ult charge, so all allies gain 5% ult charge as well). - Lasts for 8 seconds, but the beacon has 400 HP and can be destroyed, ending the ultimate early.
Minor Perk 1: Offshore Account - Foreclosure and Kiting deal an extra 25 damage after 20 meters.
Minor Perk 2: Royalty Payment - Heal yourself for 15% of the damage your Investment target(s) deal
Major Perk 1: Overdraft - You can use a single ability even though you don’t have enough Bookkeeping for it - 10 second cooldown.
Major Perk 2: Liquidate - Eliminations and assists doubles Investment’s timer. - Only 1 reset per Investment per target. Regardless of how many stacks there are, it can only go from 3 seconds to 6 seconds.
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Just found out the hard way that there's a split second when you activate Orisa's Ult that Rein can carry her off with a charge but the ult keeps going.
submitted by /u/Birdsbirdsbirds3 to r/Overwatch [link] [comments]
Here is my description as apparently image posts require one despite the title allowing up to 300 characters: Just found out the hard way that there's a split second when you activate Orisa's Ult that Rein can carry her off with a charge but the ult keeps going.
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Reinhart hanging on for dear life
submitted by /u/Kartoffelaffe to r/Overwatch [link] [comments]
Just a fun little bug I encountered last week, the floor disappeared in the victory screen and revealed what Reinhart is doing in his gravestone victory pose: Forever a rising hero going back to the fight, even after death! "I would know if I was a robot... WOULDN'T I?!?!?!?"
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