Read our updated heroes guide of the best counterpicks in Overwatch 2 here! Overwatch's gameplay allows its players to freely pick and choose the best hero for the job. It makes sure that every match-up feels fresh and unpredictable. Every game becomes an exciting new chance to learn, adapt, and engage with different characters and playstyles.
But the map you're in can either highlight or suppress your strengths. The world of Overwatch showcases futuristic environments that are modeled after our own. With over 25 maps released throughout its 6-year run, Blizzard-Activision's team-based game offers its players plenty of different playgrounds.
But each game can feel like a coin toss depending on which skills you decide to bring to the table. Now that map pools are removed , let's take a look at the hardest hitters in Quick Play and Competitive and who to counter them with.
Control has both teams compete for an objective area found between their spawn points until completion. Escort lets Attackers side push the payload toward the Defenders' base on the other side of the map. The game ends if the payload makes it to the very last point, or when the Attackers are kept away from the vehicle and run out of time. Successfully getting the vehicle to a checkpoint increases the offensive team's timebank.
The game progressively gets more difficult as the Attackers approach their enemy's spawn point. Defenders may stop their enemy's progress by staying in close proximity with the payload. In competitive mode, positions are switched after every round, and the winner is decided by who pushed their cart the farthest.
