Overwatch 2 Season 14: Return of 6v6, new Hero, Battle Pass & Patch Notes

On the 10th, Overwatch 2 received its 14th Season: Hazard. It arrived with a new hero, the return of 6v6, a new Battle Pass, as well as more cosmetics and changes to the game's quality of life. With a Christmas thematic and the huge collaboration with Avatar: The Last Airbender, the update promises to be attractive to fans.

We, at UmGamer, are playing the season and will inform you about all the news, including the balancing patch notes. Check it out!

The newest playable hero in Overwatch 2 was named after the season itself, Hazard is the first Scottish to make up the game's cast of characters! This tank has been available before, more specifically in the last week of November, for us to test in casual modes, and the reception from the community was the best possible, especially because it has a unique and extremely fun gameplay with high damage and movement capacity.

Each season brings its own unique mythic skin, which is often the most coveted cosmetic throughout the update. This holiday season, Blizzard brought Mythical Thor Reinhardt, a skin based on Norse mythology which can be unlocked for 50 Mythical Prisms.

This is the level 1 version, note that the look can be improved up to level 4 and each evolution costs 10 Mythical Prisms. Therefore, to actually obtain all the skin's resources, we’ll expend a total of 80 Prisms.

The positive side of this mechanic is being able to customize the look. For example, I can leave it without effects, as it is at level one, but use the helmet and armor from the third level of the skin while choosing the color from level two.

Reinhardt is possibly the hero that best matches this theme. The skin's improvements make it sensational, for me, it's better than last season's.

Finally, players will have more opportunities to test 6v6 in Overwatch 2. The last time was at the event Overwatch 2 Classic, but on that occasion the focus was to take advantage of the original abilities and heroes, just as it was at the launch in 2016, without limits and with more disorganized compositions, just for the community to have fun.

But now, the idea is to really bring 6v6 compositions back, with two tanks, two DPS and two team supports, with a role queue as well organized as competitive mode, for example. Unfortunately, this return is not yet definitive, being a limited time event between December 17th and January 6th.

It's a simple event, Winter Wonderland brings back four game modes between December 10th and January 6th.

Unfortunately, these are already known modes and nothing innovative for the community, it’s something common that has been happening recently on commemorative dates such as Halloween and Christmas. But, on the other hand, it's an opportunity to satisfy the nostalgia or for newcomers to get to know these games.

Challenges

Whenever a mode dedicated to a seasonal event is released, Blizzard provides challenges to be completed, which reward us with cosmetics or experience for the Battle Pass.

In recent events, the cosmetics offered were nothing more than icons, titles or name cards, even being the target of constructive criticism in our analyses and opinions here. But this time, I'm excited to announce that one of the prizes is the Winter Casual Hanzo skin, just do the mission of completing eight games, and you'll receive it for free. Finally, a reward that will motivate most players.

The challenges remain simple and repetitive, just completing games in specific modes. But the arrival of Hanzo's costume made a total difference to the Christmas event!

We still don't have much information about this collab, just a post on the official X page, formerly Twitter, for Overwatch 2. In it, the game promises a collaboration with the series which will arrive next week, on December 17th!

The Battle Pass is a way to acquire exclusive cosmetics, the Premium version costs 1000 Overwatch Coins. But don't worry, the trail also offers good free rewards, like the Jötunn skins for Junker Queen and Polar for Cassidy!

To reach your verdict and see if the Battle Pass is worth purchasing, check out all the possible rewards:

New Hero Mastery

Blizzard announced that a new hero will receive its mastery mode for players to improve themselves. It’s Ashe, and this addition will come on January 14th.

Balancing

Tanks

We’ve had numerous adjustments to the characters in this class. The simplest were: