Balance
This health system has the unique trait of reducing all incoming ultimate generation by 50%.
What is Overhealth?
This hero had their name changed from the transition of Overwatch 1 to Overwatch 2.
Who is Cole Cassidy?
This gamemode, introduced in Season 11, was removed in Season 15 from Competitive Play and removed in Season 1: Reign of Talon from Quick Play. Now, it only exists in Stadium.
What is Clash?
This monetization feature from Overwatch 1 returned in Season 15 of Overwatch 2 as an earnable, unpurchasable reward system.
What are Lootboxes?
This hero was the first hero to have a significant rework after the game's launch in 2016, going as far as to lose an ability and have it replaced with another.
Who is Symmetra?
This hero has a perk which allows them to hover - not fly - above the ground for three seconds.
Who is Zenyatta?
This is the first and only current competitive game mode where teams must manage two points simultaneously.
What is Payload Race?
This hero could use several voice lines in conjunction with one another to create racist messages. A few months after this was discovered, limits were put on specifically these voice lines to prevent it from happening again.
Who is Reaper?
In the Transformers collaboration, this hero received a skin resembling the Autobot named "Arcee".
Who is Illari?
This basekit feature for some heroes allows any incoming ability or weapon that would deal 14 or more points of damage to be reduced by 7, and any incoming ability or weapon that deals less than 14 points of damage to be reduced by 50%.
What is Armor?
Who is Winston?
This map features the ability to order boba from drink stands located throughout.
What is Wuxing University - Water College?
This character has been seen multiple times in Overwatch's story. He is most often seen running the Vault that appears every now and then, offering discounts on a random selection of skins.
Who is Maximilien?
This is the second skin to change the songs played by Lucio's weapon, with the first being "Jazzy".
What is Keroppi Lucio?
This effect/keyword, only utilized by one hero, allows damage to "ignore damage reduction, destroy Overhealth before dealing damage, and deal full damage to Bubbled heroes if the Bubble is destroyed."
What is "Sunder"?
Similarly to Ramattra's marketing as a "Tempo Tank", Orisa was marketed using this term upon her release.
What is an "Anchor Tank?"
This is the only map in Overwatch history to be reworked twice, with one of these reworks reflecting the game's storyline.
What is Watchpoint: Gibraltar?
This hero was the first ever DPS hero added to stadium post-launch.
Who is Freja?
This skin was acquired during Overwatch's very first mini-event, earned by winning nine games in any Quick Play, Competitive Play, or Arcade gamemode.
What is Nano Cola D.Va?
This is the only hero that can prevent both teammates and enemies from switching to a different character.
Who is Echo?
This hero, aided by Illari and Sombra, helped hinder and destroy Oasis' (and by extension, Moira's) presence in Runasapi.
Who is Soldier: 76?
This map was originally planned to be launched alongside the release of Overwatch 2, yet has never been seen due to the removal of Assault shortly before the sequel's launch.
What is Gothenburg?
This was the first hero to get an emote which allowed the use of directional movement during its animation.
Who is Kiriko?
This skin was obtained by purchasing the Legendary BlizzCon 2023 pack for $50.
What is Drowned Warrior Sigma?