Balanced Overwatch

Balanced Overwatch is an April Fools event that featured a limited-time game mode of the same name with wacky balance changes. The event ran from April 1 to April 9, 2024, and then returned during the Overwatch Anniversary Event 2024, on October 1 to October 8, 2024.^[1]

Gameplay[ | ]

In addition to balance changes, the game mode featured googly eyes and special Ultimate ability callouts for each hero. Due to being released after the first iteration of this game mode, Venture and Juno do not have any of their abilities changed, although they use new Ultimate ability callouts.

Changelog[ | ]

Main article: April 1, 2024 Patch

Challenges[ | ]

Balanced Overwatch April's Fools event launched with 17 challenges mainly related to the game mode released alongside the event.

**Balanced Overwatch Challenges**
Challenge Name	Requirements	Reward
April's Fool	Complete 14 Balanced Overwatch challenges.	Dev Doodle Lifeweaver - Lifeweaver Spray 10,000 XP
Prank Queue	Complete 5 games of Balanced Overwatch. Wins grant double progress.	Dev Doodle Junker Queen - Junker Queen Spray 2,500 XP
Perfectly Balanced Damage	Complete 2 games as any Damage hero in Balanced Overwatch.	Dev Doodle Genji - Genji Spray 2,500 XP
Perfectly Balanced Support	Complete 2 games as any Support hero in Balanced Overwatch.	Dev Doodle Zenyatta - Zenyatta Spray 2,500 XP
Perfectly Balanced Tank	Complete 2 games as any Tank hero in Balanced Overwatch.	Dev Doodle Sigma - Sigma Spray 2,500 XP
Ultimate Fool: Damage	Use your Ultimate 1 times playing as Damage hero in Balanced Overwatch	Dev Doodle Tracer - Tracer Spray 2,500 XP
Ultimate Fool: Support	Use your Ultimate 1 times playing as Support hero in Balanced Overwatch.	Dev Doodle Kiriko - Kiriko Spray 2,500 XP
Ultimate Fool: Tank	Use your Ultimate 1 times playing as Tank hero in Balanced Overwatch.	Dev Doodle Ramattra - Ramattra Spray 2,500 XP
Do I Have To?	Heal 5,000 damage in Balanced Overwatch.	Dev Doodle Mercy - Mercy Spray 2,500 XP
Sic 'Em, Boys!	Deal 10,000 damage in Balanced Overwatch.	Dev Doodle Hanzo - Hanzo Spray 2,500 XP
You've Been Blocked	Mitigate 2,000 damage in Balanced Overwatch.	Dev Doodle Mauga - Mauga Spray 2,500 XP
Clicking Heads	Earn 15 eliminations/assists in Balanced Overwatch.	Dev Doodle Illari - Illari Spray 2,500 XP
Everyone's A DPS!	Deal or boost 5,000 damage with weapons. (Excludes Total Mayhem and co-op modes.)	Dev Doodle Moira - Moira Spray 2,500 XP
Ultimate Trickster	Use ultimates 10 times. (Excludes Total Mayhem and co-op modes.)	Dev Doodle Sojourn - Sojourn Spray 2,500 XP
Giddy Gratitude	Emote "Thanks" to anyone.	Dev Doodle Mei - Mei Spray 2,500 XP
Updog	Emote "Hello" to a teammate.	Dev Doodle Orisa - Orisa Spray 2,500 XP
Not Fooling Around	Complete 10 games. Wins grant double progress.	Dev Doodle Symmetra - Symmetra Spray 2,500 XP