Map Pools

Map Pools was a feature released with back in Overwatch 1 Season 19, a limited selection of maps available for a given competitive season, later in April 13 map pools were removed from Overwatch 1^[1]

when Overwatch 2 got released, the feature returns, until it was removed in Season 4^[2] due to the map roster not having enough maps.

Seasonal Pools[]


Season	Maps
Overwatch 1
19^[3]	Map pool: Assault: Hanamura, Temple of Anubis, Volskaya Industries Escort: Dorado, Havana, Watchpoint: Gibraltar Hybrid: Eichenwalde, Hollywood, King's Row Control: Busan, Lijiang Tower, Nepal
20	Map pool: Assault: Hanamura, Temple of Anubis, Volskaya Industries Escort: Dorado, Havana, Rialto Hybrid: Eichenwalde, King's Row, Numbani Control: Busan, Ilios, Oasis
21	Map Pool: Assault: Hanamura, Horizon Lunar Colony, Volskaya Industries Escort: Dorado, Junkertown, Watchpoint: Gibraltar Hybrid: Blizzard World, Hollywood, King's Row Control: Busan, Lijang Tower, Oasis
Overwatch 2
1^[4]	Control Ilios - Evening Lighting Lijiang Tower - Dawn Lighting Oasis - Night Lighting Nepal - Morning Lighting Busan - Night Lighting Escort Circuit royal – Night Lighting Dorado - Evening Lighting Route 66 - Night Lighting Gibraltar - Morning Lighting Junkertown - Morning Lighting Hybrid Midtown - Morning Lighting King’s Row - Evening Lighting Eichenwalde - Evening Lighting Hollywood - Morning Lighting Paraíso - Morning Lighting Push New Queen Street - Morning Lighting Colosseo - Evening Lighting Esperança - Morning Lighting
2	TBD
3	TBD
4	Removed

References[]

[:0-1] Refining Hero Pools and Retiring Map Pools

[:1-2] Director's Take - Mapping Out the Future

[:2-3] Overwatch Retail Patch Notes – November 5, 2019

[:3-4] Overwatch 2 developer blog: Post-launch updates on gameplay, maps, and competitive

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