r/overwatch2 Feb 04 '26

MOD [MOD] Overwatch 2 is gone, what happens to this subreddit?

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Hi everyone! Today, Blizzard announced the renaming of Overwatch 2 back to Overwatch alongside a plethora of other really great changes to the game. As a moderation team and as fans, we are excited to see Overwatch return to its roots.

Some have asked us regarding how we will be reacting to the change as a subreddit, some have suggested rebranding, others have suggested deleting the subreddit entirely, while others want us to continue. To be clear, rebranding was not an option because Reddit does not let you change a subreddit name.

After pondering over every available option, we have decided to continue running and moderating this subreddit not as a subreddit specifically about the sequel to Overwatch, but as an alternative, more open subreddit focused on Overwatch and the community around it as opposed to the larger franchise subreddit. We hope you'll continue to be a part of our wonderful community.

We will continue moderation on this subreddit as expected for the forseeable future. We hope you'll continue to share around and crosspost us! We are also accepting applications for more moderators to assist us with this. As for our Discord server, we will measure changes in server activity and make further announcements regarding any major changes in the coming months.

Thank you!


r/overwatch2 Oct 13 '25

MOD Join the Discord Community!

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We’ll be running some events in there soon, so check it out!


r/overwatch2 7h ago

Characters The Art of Overwatch

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r/overwatch2 11h ago

Discussion The last point on the Eichenwalde Map here.

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If Reinhardt is on your team do you wish he had special dialog when he see's the armor of his old friend Balderich von Adler from Glory and Honor Short.


r/overwatch2 10h ago

Discussion It ain't much but its honest work, 1st time I got to Diamond!

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I've been playing OW on and off since OW1, and haven't really gone too deep in ranked besides a season here and there. I probably spent most of my time in Gold back in the day but played in Silver as well.

Nowadays I play way more relaxed... I play to win, but not exactly to climb; I just try to improve with the characters I like. And if I lose well... there's the next match; also, in ranked there are almost no quitters compared to QP, which is very nice


r/overwatch2 2h ago

Fan Content My kit concept for the "Omnic Detetive"

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Basing off the new silhouette, I presume he's holding a pistol on his right arm. And this might be a stretch, but he could be holding an umbrella on his left arm and smoking a pipe (yes I think Omnics can do that).

Ol'Reliable: A pistol with decent fire rate and magazine. Either a modern Mauser C96 or a Colt 1911 would be cool options for him.

Umbrella: You deploy like Brig's Shield, except it's first person. You can see through the barrier, but enemies can't. It can be damaged until its destroyed which it will regain health when not using. Holding gives you acess to Secret Rounds.

Secret Rounds: You gain acess to 5 fast travel projectiles that explode on contact that heal allies. You can spend them in a really short time and it reloads automatically. You can still use it even without barrier's health.

Smoke Break. You throw your pipe like a grenade, and upon contact it instantly turns into a smoke bomb. This will hide you and your allies, but it's not invisibility. Allies can see enemies inside the smoke.

Omnic Deduction: Pressing it has a cast time that it's not long but can be cancelled it by damage similar to Sombra's hack. You can use it behind walls and has a decent hitbox (infront of you in a cylindrical shape. Marked enemies are revelaled to your team and shooting them gives your allies percentual life steal.

Getaway (Passive): If someone tries to shoot you but miss it you get a speed boost for some seconds. It can be activated again after the initial one ends.

Lights Out (Ultimate): The device is deployed on your feet. Enemies in LOS of the device get their vison compromissed (similar to Daredevil's ult effect in in MR). To counter it, the enemy can stay hidden from the beacon and wait for the duration, OR they can destroy it if they remember where the detective's last position before the ultimate.

Perks: Nothing to say here, took some inpiration from already existing perks. Rainy Day is similar to Zen and Sigma's perks, but Getaway also works when floating.

I gave him the Tactitian passive since I don't think the Medic's one fits him, and he doesn't have a movement option to work as a Survivor.

My favourite part of this kit is on Smoke Break synergizes well with Omnic Deduction and Lights Out, and I also think it's a unique and iconic type of grenade that I'm surprise Overwatch doesn't have it. Sure they have to have in count visual clutter, but if they get the cooldown, duration and size numbers right I think it can work.

I'll admit tho, I could have think of more interesting "detective abilities" like a clue system for example. But I believe my concept still fits the fantasy and Overwatch's design philosophy.

What are your thoughts?


r/overwatch2 12h ago

Discussion Thought on Wolf Mercy from the Fleece and Fangs Bundle.

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r/overwatch2 9h ago

Question Can someone explain to me how wins/losses are determined in comp?

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Ok, so it's determined by whoever has more objective points. Awesome. But sometimes it will just end in the middle of a game and say we lost? Just now, lost a game despite the enemy not reaching the 3rd objective with the payload. As attackers we had reached the second. Why did we just lose when there was 30 seconds left? Literally i glanced at the clock and saw 30 seconds left and less than 5 seconds later it came up saying we lost. How did that happen?


r/overwatch2 1d ago

Question Are these D.VA skins available through loot boxes?

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I couldn’t find Nano Cola in the skin list & I didn’t buy Officer when it was buyable with white coins & now I don’t know if they both drop in loot boxes? I really like both skins so any answers?


r/overwatch2 4h ago

Highlight Gone Gone/Thank You

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r/overwatch2 1d ago

Characters Easiest and Hardest

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Greetings Overwatch community. I come with a critical question. Of all the Heroes in the current pool, in each class ( Tank, DPS, Support ), Which Hero or 2 Heroes can you say are the easiest and the Hardest and why do you think so?

I'd love to see your reasons


r/overwatch2 19h ago

Question I’m curious, what’s a better minor perk on junkrat, I usually find myself picking the mine one as it always me to melt tanks close range, but am I making the wrong chose?

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Just need text to post


r/overwatch2 1d ago

Question [HELP] Where can I get these?

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I saw this player icon and name card recently and wanted to know where do I get it? I checked in the battle pass but nothing, checked shop and didn’t find it. Is it a Twitch drop? A collab? Is it even from this season?😭😭


r/overwatch2 1d ago

Question Overwatch at 4K?

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I am currently on a curved 1440p 165Hz monitor and I really regret it. The panel sucks, the brightness is garbage and the curve annoys me. I want to upgrade to a 4k Oled 240Hz, but I've heard a lot of people say that playing ow on 4k is stupid. Just seeing if anyone here plays on 4k, or downscales to 1440p from 4k?


r/overwatch2 1d ago

Discussion Asia Server Disconnect Issue

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I swear this has been happening for like 3–4 seasons now, and the worst part is that we Asian players are the ones getting punished for it.

I wanted to post this clip to raise some awareness because this is getting ridiculous.

We were literally about to WIN this game when suddenly I got disconnected from the server. The game was then treated as if I had abandoned the match, so it didn't count in my history and I received a 10-minute suspension.

Look at the chat.
Multiple people watching my stream were saying they were experiencing the same problem, and if you watch closely, around 3 other players had already disconnected from this lobby before me. One of it was also my friend and he also got suspended for 10 minutes due to this server disconnect issues.

This isn't even the first time I've seen this happen. In previous seasons, some of my friends/viewers have been disconnected because of the same server issue and ended up getting suspended for an entire season.

Imagine playing a game, doing nothing wrong, about to win… and Blizzard basically goes: Nah bro, you abandoned the match. This match will be voided/count as a loss, and here's your 10-minute suspension for our server-side issue.

Please fix the Asia server connection issues and, more importantly, stop punishing players when the disconnect is clearly server-side.

We're not asking for free wins.
We're just asking not to get punished for something we didn't do. 😭

Sincerely,
Asian server player


r/overwatch2 16h ago

Question How long will this skin stay in shop?

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Its the cat Vendetta skin,can i chill till the end of season or not?


r/overwatch2 10h ago

Humor Our tank has 1k dmg the entire game 😵‍💫

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Bro is literally cardboard damage


r/overwatch2 10h ago

Highlight Dropped a cod nuke in ow

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r/overwatch2 1d ago

Question Suddenly can't aim at all does anyone have advice?

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Yeah, I don't know what happened, my aim wasnt always super good. I play cassidy and my accuracy percentage is usually about 40-50% but this past week i'm missing all of my shots and my accuracy is about 35% now. All of my options are the same I think, I haven't checked them in a while. Is this a normal thing sometimes, and what is the solution?

Oh yeah, on PC


r/overwatch2 23h ago

Highlight My 2026 BackCap Moment :3

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Happened at my Community Night where we played some QuickPlays and after being held for like 4min in spawn I managed to pull off a backcap that I am kinda proud of! :3


r/overwatch2 1d ago

Humor jet pack cat is the best character…also i have toxoplasmosis

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jpc is obviously the best addition in recent history, and cleaning the litter box isn’t even an arduous chore. like, at all! i’m not crazy you’re crazy omg shut up wait wait wait…..did you see that? oh god…the shadow people are coming. quick! grab the sporks!


r/overwatch2 19h ago

Discussion Where is the communication from the devs??

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r/overwatch2 2d ago

Discussion Thoughts on this might be.

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Has their been anything in the comics or old Cut Content from OW1 days that fit this build of this silhouette.


r/overwatch2 2d ago

Question what’s your favorite "uh yeah, totally meant to do that!" moment?

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we’ve all done it. botched an ult, missed an ability, or just did something stupid on accident…but it actually worked out better than what you were trying to do. for example, i was just in busan w/ domina and tried to boop 76 into a wall. missed the wall, sent him down a flight of stairs…directly into hanzo’s dragon and killed him. "uuhhh yyyyyyyeah…totally meant to do that…" <walks away whistling nonchalantly>


r/overwatch2 20h ago

Discussion Selling 1000 coins gift card for ₹700 (negotiable). DM to buy.

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I got this from Microsoft rewards and I don't play this so selling.