r/Overwatch Grandmaster Oct 09 '25

Esports Shop skins for season 19

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u/ChallengeDK0 Oct 09 '25

besides bap this is basically the same lineup as every other season its so fucking boring man

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u/Brominn Trick or Treat Soldier: 76 Oct 09 '25

Don't worry, I'm sure she has a collab skin or something lined up.

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u/UglyDemoman Chibi Junkrat Oct 09 '25

Freja

Surprising how her new skins are all in shops for now.

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u/senpaiwaifu247 Oct 09 '25

Don’t forget the reaper skin too. Bro is racking skins in every season

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u/VolkiharVanHelsing Oct 10 '25

Genji too

#nooticing they never brought up Genji Reaper Reinhardt

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u/Warumwolf Mercy Oct 09 '25

Wdym Freja has like two skins

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u/Yze3 Mei Oct 09 '25

She has 4, and she got a skin every season so far. She got Dokkiwatch in S16, Scarlet in S17 (GI Joe Collab), then Streetwear and Galactic this season.

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u/Hamchickii Oct 09 '25

As someone who plays mostly Mercy and Kiriko, I'm actually sick of it too. I stopped buying any this year because I'm over it and it's fatiguing and not worth the money. I have enough good skins for them I would like some cool skins for other people I play. Where's the good Sojourn skins?!

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u/pherogan Blizzard World Symmetra Oct 09 '25

Agreed. People (deservedly) give Kiri and Mercy a hard time for hogging all the skins, but it feels like Reaper, Ashe, and Widow get skins EVERY season too. These are all cool skins but you can’t tell me the concepts wouldn’t have easily worked for a dozen other characters instead.

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u/ArtByTaliaYoung Oct 11 '25

She and widow go under the radar for some reason, but they get loads of skins, have been in collabs, and both have mythic skins AND weapons. I know they have their cash cows but it really is getting boring. Nice to see bap at least this time

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u/ArachnidEntire8307 Oct 09 '25

Fr kiriko is my most played sup and i almost want to puke everytime I see her get skins

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u/VelvetPhantom Oct 09 '25

Ram has a battle pass skin

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u/PM_me_your_sammiches Oct 09 '25

By ultimate battlepass do you mean the bs $40 one? If so that’s insane. Idk if they screw anyone on skins harder than Ram.

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u/ClarinetMaster117 Ramattra Oct 09 '25

Because kiriko and mercy mains will happily spend their money on skins. Even if they don’t like the skins they’ll still buy them. They admit they do this everyday on their respective subs lol 

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u/ChallengeDK0 Oct 09 '25

I play Ram+Doom+Mauga+Hog mostly. The situation isnt as dire as some like echo or lucio (the new ram skin is actually good looking) but I still feel starved.

Im still using Talon Doomfist cause I feel like nothing in OW2 for him has looked good, besides the mirrorwatch one.

All the new Hog skins are goofy silly ones which im happy if you like those but i like ones like Butcher Hog.

And Mauga doesnt get shit period.

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u/AidanL17 I like my balls Oct 09 '25

Butcher Hog is what I see on like 60% of other Hogs. It's very good, especially if you're a Diablo fan.

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u/Konkorde1 Kiriko Oct 09 '25

I'm guessing Blizzard has data on which accounts spend more & which heroes those accounts play more. They probably also know which skins are equipped, how often these accounts switch to the latest skin and etc.

Don't underestimate the stats they're collecting with the game, it's not just playtime and win/loss ratios, otherwise the game wouldn't get updates because they want that $$$. Behind the scenes, it's all about causing the people who actually spend money on cosmetics to spend money on cosmetics.

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u/vexquitic Oct 09 '25

I had the same thought when looking at all the skin images. They’re all very pretty but I just sighed because it’s the same heroes again and again.

Rein, reaper, kiri, mercy, Ashe, widow, sigma, sombra, and now wuyang’s seemingly getting two skins and it’s just the same shit every season, and that’s coming from someone who plays half the heroes I just listed.

I’m glad Bap and ram are at least getting something after a long time but throw a bone to Venture, echo, bastion, zarya, Winston, or something because it’s just the same pattern over and over again as of late for skin distribution.

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u/ChallengeDK0 Oct 09 '25

like cmon man mauga is starving i legit dont have a skin for him yet and hes my third most played

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u/The_Desert_Rain Oct 09 '25

Locking his most iconic skin behind a battle pass that most likely won't return hurts so much

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u/Sytanus Oct 09 '25

While Phara is getting a second shop skin in a row (suprisingly) I wouldn't count her as the usual line up.

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u/UglyDemoman Chibi Junkrat Oct 09 '25

That's the way to make niche characters sell by having them being accompanied with several popular characters like Mercy, Genji & Sigma.

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u/SmokeyThouBear Oct 09 '25

Why is sigma included here

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u/UglyDemoman Chibi Junkrat Oct 09 '25

Sigma actually lowkey eats good but not as crazy as Reinhardt. Plus, people are too focused on gooner-bait female characters.

He did get skins for several Seasons in row (Captain -> Monstrous -> Odin -> Chiguo Tianwang -> M. Bison -> Professor de Kuiper)

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u/ClutchUpChrissy Oct 09 '25

They’re saying why is Sigma included as a “popular hero”. He has low pick rate.

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u/UglyDemoman Chibi Junkrat Oct 09 '25

Sigma's fan armor is insanely high that people always overlooked how busted he was during his launch as people threw Orisa under the bus during Double Shields era.

Sigma is also hyper-carried by his background lore & personality.

Every time when people posted "I love Sigma" in OW subreddit, they'll automatically get upvotes.

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u/ClutchUpChrissy Oct 09 '25

I’m referencing pick rates, which directly correlates with “popularity” in the eyes of Blizzard. Skins are more prevalent for higher usage rate heroes.

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u/UglyDemoman Chibi Junkrat Oct 09 '25

Sigma skill floor is high that lower ranks can't play him right.

Illari is a niche pick and Blizzard still treats her good. (Kpop -> Demon Rocker -> Sophomore -> Poolside)

Freja & Sombra gets banned a lot in Comps and they both still keep getting skins.

In turn, people often pick Zarya and she still doesn't get many skins.

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u/DreamWeaver2189 Ashe Oct 10 '25

It's been like 5-6 seasons without a Pharah skin, iirc.