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Overwatch: Classic is a series of limited-time events in Overwatch 2. Beginning with Season 13: Spellbinder, this event features a limited-time game mode styled around the certain time periods of the original Overwatch, featuring 6v6 and a return of old abilities.[1]
Details
The gamemode will bring the player back to Patch 1.0 of Overwatch 1, featuring the 21 original heroes that were available on the game's release, along with long lost abilities such as Mercy's Team resurrection or Torbjörn's level 1 and 2 turrets, and will return Symmetra to the Support role.
There will be multiple Overwatch: Classic events running, with each being a newer patch than the previous one. The player will be able to revisit, among other things, the first version of Overwatch from 2016, 2017's Moth meta, and the infamous GOATS team composition.
Gameplay
The game mode is played on the original 12 launch maps from Overwatch. This includes Assault maps that were removed from Quick Play in Overwatch 2.
However, the maps aren't as they were during the 1.0 Patch, they instead featured any changes and reworks done in Overwatch 2. This is also true for things such as match timing and how elevators function.
These maps include:
Heroes
The game mode will feature the original 21 heroes featured on release of Overwatch 1, along with how their abilities were back then.
To keep to the classic Overwatch feel, all heroes during the mode were automatically equipped with their original Overwatch 1 skins, not allowing players to change them. Also, the original Overwatch 1 Heroic Highlight intros were used during hero selection and the original hero icons replaced the Overwatch 2 icons in the Elimination Feed, during hero selection, and in other areas during of the game mode.
On release, Heroes were split into one of four roles: Tank, Offense, Defense and Support. During hero selection, the heroes were once again split into these roles, with the Defense role icon (
) being displayed for Defense heroes.
Notable Hero Differences:
- Quick Melee again deals 30 damage.
- All hero Health Pools are reverted to how they were on release.
- The global projectile changes from the Season 9 Patch aren't applied.
- No longer swapping your hero hides your selection on the enemy scoreboard for 15 seconds.
- Revert Ultimate Charge to depleting over a short period of time.
Tank
All tanks have lower HP Pools, as they did in the original game.
D.Va- Fusion Cannons reduce movement speed by 75% and are interrupted when using Boosters.
- Boosters will get interrupted while firing Fusion Cannons or using Quick Melee.
- Defense Matrix no longer functions on a resource meter and remains active for 7 seconds after using the ability.
- Micro Missiles is not part of her kit.
- Self-Destruct will damage Pilot-D.Va.
Reinhardt- Fire Strike hasn't got 2 charges.
- Barrier Field has 2000 health, but reduce movement speed by 50%.
- Charge can't be canceled early.
- Earthshatter has more horizontal and vertical range, but cannot deal critical damage when used in melee range.
Roadhog- Scrap Gun has been reverted to a short-range spread weapon in primary fire and medium-range in alternate fire.
- Chain Hook tuning adjustments were reverted, meaning his hook-shot-melee combo can one-shot lower HP heroes.
- Take a Breather no longer functions on a resource meter and remains active for 8 seconds after using the ability and makes Roadhog unable to move while using it.
- Pig Pen is not part of his kit.
- Whole Hog has been reverted back to a channeled ultimate, rather than transformation.
Winston- Tesla Cannon no longer ignores armor damage reduction.
- Tesla Cannon Alt Fire is not part of his kit.
- Barrier Projector cooldown starts upon his shield expiring rather than on ability usage.
Zarya- Particle Barrier and Projected Barrier are on separate cooldowns.
- Gain more Energy from her barriers.
Offense
Damage heroes used to be split into Offense and Defense. Overwatch: Classic reintroduced this.
Cassidy- Peacekeeper doesn't have damage falloff.
- Peacekeeper Alt Fire deals a lot more damage but slower rate of fire.
- Flashbang works as it used to, stunning enemies for a few seconds.
- Deadeye can be cancelled early to save up to half his Ultimate Charge.
Genji- Cyber-Agility allows double jump to reset on his wall climb.
- Deflect can't be cancelled early and has a shorter duration.
- Dragonblade lasts for 8 seconds.
Pharah- Rocket Launcher deals more damage with higher splash explosion damage.
- Hover Jets allowed her to stay in the air for longer.
- Jet Dash is not part of her kit.
Reaper- The Reaping is reverted to dropping soul orbs that heal Reaper for 50 HP.
- Wraith Form can't be cancelled early.
- Wraith Form and Death Blossom can't reload ammo when used.
- Shadow Step can't be used in air.
Soldier: 76- Heavy Pulse Rifle deals less damage, with no recoil but increased spread the longer it's used.
- While Tactical Visor is active, Heavy Pulse Rifle is unable to deal critical damage, but the spread and damage falloff are removed. Helix Rockets home to enemies.
Defense
Damage heroes used to be split into Offense and Defense. Overwatch: Classic reintroduced this.
Bastion- Configuration: Sentry returns, where he is stationary with limited ammo, but can be in this form for an unlimited time with no cooldown.
- Self-repair allows him to self-heal.
- Configuration: Tank returns as his ultimate, where he goes into his tank form to deal big damaging shots.
- Ironclad is not part of his kit.
Hanzo- Lunge is not part of his kit.
- Scatter Arrow replaces Storm Arrows, shooting a volley of ricocheting arrows.
- Dragonstrike can't damages non-hero objects.
Mei- Endothermic Blaster can now fully freeze enemies, similar to her ultimate.
- The pillars from Ice Wall have much more health.
Torbjörn- Scrap Collector is back, allowing him to collect scrap off fallen enemies or allies.
- Armor Pack is back, allowing him to provide additional armor health to allies.
- Deploy Turret is replaced with Build Turret, which allows to place an upgradeable turret instead of throwing it. It starts with Level 1 (low damage and fire rate, 150 HP), which can then be upgraded to Level 2 by swinging his Forge Hammer on it 5 times (only while it's full health; deals medium damage, fires faster and has 300 HP), and to Level 3 by using Molten Core (only while it's a Level 2 turret; has a faster fire rate and fires rockets, has 800 HP).
- Molten Core is reverted to how it originally worked, upgrading his health, speed and level 2 turret to level 3.
Widowmaker- Widow's Kiss (ADS) has faster charging shots, no damage falloff and deals more damage on bodyshot, but the scoping-in animation is slower. The ammo is decreased to 30, but each shot consumes 3 ammo (down from 35 total clip and 5 ammo per shot in OW2).
- Headshot damage reverted to 2x.
- Grappling Hook has a longer cooldown.
- Infra-Sight no longer reveal enemy health bars and no longer canceled on death.
Support
The original support cast was much smaller, and featured Symmetra who was later reworked as a Damage hero.
Lúcio- Crossfade has a 30-meter range (3x the current range), but less healing.
- Crossfade's speed boost is 30% (up from 25% in OW2). With amp it up, the speed boost is 100% (up from 60% in OW2).
- Wall Ride does not boost Lúcio's own speed.
- Lúcio cannot jump from wall to wall using Wall Ride.
- Sound Barrier gives only 500 Overhealth (down from 750 in OW2)
- Soundwave consumes 4 ammo and can't be used while reloading. It will consume the remaining ammo if Lúcio has less than 4.
Mercy- Damage boost from Caduceus Staff can be stacked.
- Resurrect is her ultimate, bringing back all fallen teammates in her radius instantly.
- Guardian Angel does not provide any additional movement after reaching an ally (i.e. no jump or launch).
Symmetra- Photon Projector has been reverted to lock onto targets, unable to replenish ammo or her own shield health while damaging barriers or shield health and damage ramping.
- Photon Projector Alt Fire has been reverted to pierce targets instead of explosives on contact, with much slower charge speed and projectile speed.
- Photon Shield provides allies with additional shield health.
- Teleporter is her ultimate, allowing allies to teleport directly from spawn to the teleporter's location
- Sentry Turret can be placed instead of thrown. Up to 6 can be placed. However, to compensate for this, they have only 1 HP and are destroyed instantly upon hitting.
Zenyatta- Zenyatta has 50 health and 100 shield. (150 total)
- Snap Kick is not part of his kit.
- Orb of Discord increases damage received by 50% (2x the current amount).
- Discord has no per-enemy cooldown.
- Transcendence has a slower movement speed boost on himself.
- Both Orb of Discord and Orb of Harmony have a travel time before they apply their effects on the target.
Challenges
The Overwatch: Classic limited-time event launched with 11 challenges related to the limited-time game mode introduced in the event.
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Complete 6 challenges from the Overwatch Classic Event. | Strike Commander's Watch - Name Card 15,000 XP
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Play 5 games of Overwatch: Classic. Wins grant double progress. | 5,000 XP
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Play 50 games of Overwatch Classic. Wins grant double progress. | 6v6 Enthusiast - Player Title | ||
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Play 15 games as any Tank Hero in Overwatch Classic. | 5,000 XP
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Play 15 games as any Offence Hero in Overwatch Classic. | 5,000 XP
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Play 15 games as any Defense Hero in Overwatch Classic. | 5,000 XP
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Play 15 games as any Support Hero in Overwatch Classic. | 5,000 XP
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Play 10 games. Wins grant double progress. | Classic Cooperation - Spray 5,000 XP
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"Play games" challenges that do not specify a game mode can be completed in any game mode in Unranked, Competitive and Arcade playlists. | |
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Play 20 games. Wins grant double progress. | 5,000 XP
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Play 40 games. Wins grant double progress. | 5,000 XP
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Play 60 games. Wins grant double progress. | Pachihardt - Player Icon 5,000 XP
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Challenge Rewards
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This version will bring the player to the September 2017 Patch, commonly called Moth Meta, after the hero that was most dominant in this patch. Said hero was Mercy, who got her first rework where Resurrect was made a cooldown and a new ultimate was added - Valkyrie. This version of the ultimate reset the active cooldown of Resurrect, while also lowering subsequent cooldowns to 10 seconds while the ultimate was active.
Gameplay
The gamemode will be played on 14 Maps from Overwatch 1 available in September 2017. This includes Assault maps that were removed from Quick Play in Overwatch 2.
However, the maps aren't as they were during the 2017 Patch, they instead featured any changes and reworks done in Overwatch 2. This is also true for things such as match timing and how elevators function.
These maps include:
For some reason, Hollywood is not available in this version.
Heroes
The game mode will feature 25 heroes available in Overwatch 1 during September 2017, along with how their abilities were back then.
The original hero icons replaced the Overwatch 2 icons in the Elimination Feed, during hero selection, and in other areas during of the game mode.
In September 2017, Heroes were split into one of four roles: Tank, Offense, Defense and Support. During hero selection, the heroes were once again split into these roles, with the Defense role icon () being displayed for Defense heroes.
Notable Hero Differences:
Below are the things that changed. If not listed, it means no changes have been made since the previous patch. Heroes added in this version are compared to their Overwatch 2 counterparts.
- Quick Melee again deals 30 damage.
- All hero Health Pools are reverted to how they were in the September 2017 Patch.
- The global projectile changes from the Season 9 Patch aren't applied.
Tank
All tanks have lower HP Pools, as they did in the original game.
D.Va- Fusion Cannons now reduce movement speed by 50% and can be fired while Boosters are active.
- Boosters are not interrupted while firing Fusion Cannons or using Quick Melee.
- Defense Matrix keybind has been changed to secondary fire and now it functions on a 4 second resource meter. This resource meter will take 10 seconds to recharge.
- Micro Missiles has been added to her kit.
- Self-Destruct will not damage Pilot D.Va and its explosion delay has been reduced to 3 seconds.
(NEW) Orisa- Fusion Driver replaces Augmented Fusion Driver, now functioning on limited ammo instead of a heat meter.
- Fortify does not provide overhealth but also does not slow Orisa.
- Protective Barrier is back, creating a goal-shaped barrier in the direction Orisa is facing.
- Halt! is back, shooting out a graviton that slows and pulls enemies into the center.
- Supercharger returns as her ultimate, granting her allies a damage boost.
Reinhardt- Barrier Field - The player can now hold primary fire while using Barrier Field to rotate the camera.
- Earthshatter has less vertical range, but can instantly kill squishy heroes when used in melee range.
Roadhog- Scrap Gun' ammo has been increased to 5, spread has been reduced by 20%, fire rate was increased by 30% and damage has been decreased by 33%.
- Chain Hook received some tuning adjustmens, like line-of-sight checks now checking Roadhog's position and not the hook's position while pulling a target.
- Take a Breather can now be used while moving.
- Whole Hog ultimate cost has been increased because of self-healing abilities now charging ultimates.
Winston- Barrier Projector cooldown now starts upon activation rather than the ability being destroyed. Additionally it displays a health meter upon activation.
Zarya- Particle Barrier and Projected Barrier now do not protect from forced knockbacks, like Charge or Primal Rage.
- Energy damage conversion rate has been reduced.
- Graviton Surge now disables mobility abilities.
Offense
Damage heroes used to be split into Offense and Defense. Overwatch: Classic reintroduced this.
Cassidy- Peacekeeper now has a damage falloff.
- Peacekeeper Alt Fire now deals less damage but has faster rate of fire.
- Flashbang now slows enemies heavily.
- Deadeye now consumes the whole ultimate charge, instead of compensating 50% when canceled. Also damage accumulated over the first second was increased from 20 to 80.
(NEW) Doomfist- Hand Cannon fires slower but deals more damage.
- Rocket Punch stays the same.
- Rising Uppercut replaces Power Block, launching enemies upwards and locking their movement for 3 seconds.
- Seismic Slam functions differently: Now dealing from 25 to 125 damage depending on how long Doomfist was airborne. Also while airborne, the player can select an area inside of which they will land.
- Meteor Strike now deals 15-200 damage in the outer ring and 300 damage in the inner ring. The cooldowns don't recharge faster during the ultimate.
Genji- Cyber-Agility no longer double jump to reset on his wall climb.
- Dragonblade now lasts 6 seconds and is no longer interrupted when Stunned of Hacked.
Pharah- Rocket Launcher deals more splash damage but doesn't knock enemies back.
- Jump Jet lift has been increased by 35%, allowing her to stay airborne for longer.
Reaper- The Reaping now doesn't drop soul orbs and instead heals himself for 20% damage dealt.
- Wraith Form now reloads ammo when used.
(NEW) Sombra- Stealth is now an activated ability and lasts for 5 seconds upon activation. It's also called Thermoptic Camo.
- Translocator now throws a beacon that lands on the ground and lasts for 15 seconds. Sombra can teleport to it during that time and it cannot be destroyed.
- Hack disables enemy abilities for 5 seconds. Sombra gains ultimate charge for allies that used hacked health packs. But unable to interrupts the following abilities: Ana's Nano Boost, Orisa's Supercharger, Mei's Blizzard, Reinhardt's Earthshatter, D.Va's Call Mech, Genji's Cyber-agility, Hanzo's Wall Climb, Pharah's Hover Jets, Lúcio's Healing Boost and Speed Boost (turns off current song entirely), Wall Ride and Mercy's Angelic Descent. Cooldown is not reduced by half when hacking a health pack.
- EMP will blocked by small object, not longer deals damage to enemies and no longer disable Blizzard.
- Virus is not part of her kit.
Defense
Damage heroes used to be split into Offense and Defense. Overwatch: Classic reintroduced this.
Bastion- Configuration: Sentry spread is increased by 50% and is now always at maximum. Reconfiguration time has been decreased to 1 second. No longer deals critical damage. Clip size increased froom 200 to 300.
- Self-repair can now be used while moving and is bound to secondary fire. No longer is interrupted by taking damage. Now uses a resource meter.
- Ironclad has been added to his kit.
- Configuration: Tank now does not grant bonus armor.
Junkrat- Frag Launcher and RIP-Tire no longer damage himself.
- Concussion Mine now has 2 charges.
- Rip-Tire now activates more quickly and moves faster.
Mei- Allies can now target Mei while in Cryo-Freeze
- Blizzard now pierces barriers and has an increased radius.
Torbjörn- Scrap Collector now passively generates scrap and grants less scrap from fallen enemies.
- Forge Hammer now swings faster but deals less damage.
- Rivet Gun reloads ammo quicker, making animation canceling more viable.
Widowmaker- Widow's Kiss (ADS) now charges slower, and deals less base damage. Players now must wait for the unscoping animation to end before scoping in again, but the scope in animation is quicker. Charge rate was increasedby 20%.
- Venom Mine now does not affect Widowmaker and reveals the affected enemies to her.
- Grappling Hook cooldown has been reduced from 12 to 8 seconds.
- Headshot multiplier increased to 2.5x.
Support
The original support cast was much smaller, and featured Symmetra who was later reworked as a Damage hero.
(NEW) Ana- Biotic Rifle has 10 ammo and projectiles don't pass through full-health allies. Deals 60 damage (down from 75 in OW2).
- Biotic Grenade now lasts 4 seconds (up from 3 in OW2).
- Nano Boost doesn't heal the target.
MercyThe titular hero receives her own first full rework.
- Caduceus Staff no longer stacks damage boosts.
- Resurrect is now an ability with a 30 second cooldown. Instead of resurrecting every dead player on the team, it targets one dead player and the radius is reduced to 5 meters.
- Regeneration now kicks in after 1 second instead of 3.
- Valkyrie is her new Ultimate ability, enhancing her weapons and abilities for 20 seconds:
- Caduceus Staff extends to allies near the targeted teammate and has an increased range.
- Caduceus Blaster has infinite ammo and increased projectile speed.
- Guardian Angel has an increased movement speed and an increased range.
- Resurrect cooldown is instantly reset and reduced to 10 seconds after use.
- Mercy gains free flight during the ultimate.
- Regeneration is always active during Valkyrie.
SymmetraSymmetra also gets a full rework in this update. She's still classified as a support, however.
- Photon Projector range has been increased from 5 to 7 meters.
- Photon Shield has been replaced with Photon Barrier. Symmetra deploys a barrier that travels in the direction she was facing when the shield was deployed.
- Her ultimate now offers two choices: The Teleporter that has its health reduced to 50 and shield health increased to 350, and the Shield Generator, that grants 75 shields to Symmetra and her allies within range, regardless of line of sight. The ultimate is refunded when there's a change in the objective.
- Symmetra can now instantly deploy 6 Sentry Turrets instead of 3. The cooldown has been reduced from 12 to 10 seconds.
Zenyatta- Zenyatta now has 50 health and 150 shields (200 total health)
- Orb of Discord and Orb of Harmony projectile speed has been increased to 120 meters per second.
- Orb of Discord damage amplified has been reduced from 50% to 30%.
- Transcendence now grants 200% movement speed and heals 300 health per second.
Challenges
The Overwatch: Classic - Moth Meta limited-time event launched with 10 challenges related to the limited-time game mode introduced in the event.
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Play 5 games of Overwatch: Classic. Wins grant double progress. | Pachimercy - Player Icon 5,000 XP
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Play 50 games of Overwatch Classic. Wins grant double progress. | Moth - Player Title 5,000 XP
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Play 15 games as any Tank Hero in Overwatch Classic. | 2,500 XP
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Play 15 games as any Offense Hero in Overwatch Classic. | 2,500 XP
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Play 15 games as any Defense Hero in Overwatch Classic. | 2,500 XP
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Play 15 games as any Support Hero in Overwatch Classic. | 2,500 XP
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Play 10 games. Wins grant double progress. | 2,500 XP
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Play 20 games. Wins grant double progress. | 2,500 XP
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Play 40 games. Wins grant double progress. | 2,500 XP
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Play 60 games. Wins grant double progress. | First Aid Kit - Souvenir 2,500 XP
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Challenge Rewards
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In this version of the mode, the game will bring the player to Overwatch 1 from September 2018, where the most dominant hero composition was 3 tanks and 3 supports, commonly called GOATS after the e-sports team that invented it, with the dominant heroes being Reinhardt, Zarya, D.Va, Brigitte, Lúcio and Zenyatta. It features 29 heroes available at that time along with long lost abilities such as Orisa's Supersharger and will move Symmetra to the Damage role.
Gameplay
The gamemode will be played on 17 Maps from Overwatch 1 available in September 2018. This includes Assault maps that were removed from Quick Play in Overwatch 2.
However, the maps aren't as they were during the 2018 Patch, they instead featured any changes and reworks done in Overwatch 2. This is also true for things such as match timing and how elevators function.
These maps include:
For some reason, Hollywood and Lijiang Tower are not available in this version.
Heroes
The game mode will feature 29 heroes available in Overwatch 1 during September 2018, along with how their abilities were back then.
The original hero icons replaced the Overwatch 2 icons in the Elimination Feed, during hero selection, and in other areas during of the game mode.
In September 2018, Heroes were split into one of three roles: Tank, Damage and Support.
Notable Hero Differences:
Below are the things that changed. If not listed, it means no changes have been made since the previous patch. Heroes added in this version are compared to their Overwatch 2 counterparts.
- Quick Melee again deals 30 damage.
- All hero Health Pools are reverted to how they were in the September 2018 Patch.
- The global projectile changes from the Season 9 Patch aren't applied.
Tank
All tanks have lower HP Pools, as they did in the original game.
Orisa- Casting Supercharger can now be interrupted after getting stunned or hacked.
- Fusion Driver now has a constant spread.
Reinhardt- Earthshatter
- Now consistently hits enemies near walls.
- No longer hits enemies that enter the damage cone after the “wave” has passed that area.
- No longer damages enemies behind barriers blocking it, even if the barrier is later dropped or destroyed.
- Always travels up inclines and around the payload.
(NEW) Wrecking Ball- Adaptive Shield cancels Roll.
- Grappling Claw can last indefinitely, even after going fireball.
Damage
Bastion- Configuration: Recon and Configuration: Sentry - Minimum damage at max range increased from 30% to 50%.
Cassidy- Peacekeeper has minimum damage at max range increased from 30% to 50%.
- Deadeye has its range increased from 70 meters to 200 meters.
Genji- Deflect has its hitbox size reduced.
- Dragonblade reloads Shuriken after the casting animation completes.
Hanzo- Storm Bow projectile speed has been increased from 85 to 100 meters per second.
- Scatter Arrow has been replaced by Storm Arrows that rapidly fires up to 6 arrows with reduced damage but at full power.
- Lunge has been added to his kit.
Junkrat- Concussion Mine now deals less damage to players further away from the explosion center.
- RIP-Tire now reloads Frag Launcher on cast.
Mei- Endothermic Blaster
- Freeze (slow) duration has been increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds and now pierces through enemies.
- Endothermic Blaster Alt Fire ammo cost has been reduced from 25 to 20 and damage falloff has been removed.
Pharah- Rocket Launcher
- Now fires faster - recovery time between shots has been reduced from 0.9 to 0.75 seconds.
- Explosion damage has been reduced from 80 to 65 and impact damage has been increased from 40 to 55.
- Explosion knock back has been reduced by 20%.
- Self-knockback amount increased by 25%.
- Barrage now reloads Rocket Launcher upon activation.
Reaper- Hellfire Shotguns spread randomization has been reduced by 50% and the pattern has been adjusted.
- Wraith Form can now be canceled and movement speed bonus has been increased from 25 to 50%.
- The Reaping lifesteal has been increased from 20% to 30% of damage dealt.
- Death Blossom now reloads Hellfire Shotguns.
Soldier: 76- Heavy Pulse Rifle
- Minimum damage at max range increased from 30% to 50%.
- Number of shots until reaching maximum spread increased from 6 to 9.
Sombra- Machine Pistol spread reduced from 3 to 2.7.
- Hack
- No longer gains ultimate charge for health pack healing.
- Now disables the following abilities: Genji—Cyber-agility, Hanzo—Wall Climb, Pharah—Hover Jets, Lúcio—Healing Boost and Speed Boost (turns off current song entirely), Wall Ride, Mercy—Angelic Descent.
- Now goes on a 2 second cooldown when interrupted by damage.
- Now more consistently interrupted when targets break line of sight.
- Opportunist - enemy health bars are now visible after dropping below 100% (formerly 50%) - detection through walls is unchanged.
- Stealth now lasts indefinitely, no longer can contest objectives while invisible and movement speed bonus has been reduced from 70% to 50%.
- Translocator now lasts indefinitely, can be destroyed and its radius has been reduced.
SymmetraIn this patch, Symmetra receives her third and last rework, moving her to the Damage role.
- Photon Projector
- No longer locks onto enemies.
- Now generates ammo instead of spending it when hitting a barrier.
- Ammo reduced from 70 to 100.
- Range increased to 12 meters.
- Photon Projector Alt Fire
- No longer pierces targets.
- Now explosed on contact.
- Projectile speed increased.
- Charge up speed increased.
- Sentry Turret is now thrown like a projectile instead of placed on a wall, can hold and deploy a max of 3, down from 6 turrets, damage and movement slow is now increased.
- Teleporter
- Moved to ability 1.
- Can now place 25 meters away from Symmetra.
- Lasts 10 seconds.
- Health lowered to 300.
- More things can teleport through it (e.g. Junkrats RIP-Tire)
- Entrance can be destroyed
- If either the entrance or exit is destroyed, the other is removed.
- Photon Barrier is the new ultimate
- Deploys an infinitely long and tall barrier.
- Orientation can be changed by pressing the ultimate button again.
- Lasts 15 seconds.
- Has 5000 health.
TorbjörnTorbjörn also receives his rework in this patch.
- Rivet Gun
- Projectile speed increased from 60 to 70 per second.
- Reload time reduced from 2.2 to 2 seconds.
- Turret targets enemy hit by primary fire.
- Rivet Gun Alt Fire
- Recovery lowered from 0.8 to 0.6 seconds.
- Damage per shot lowered from 150 to 125.
- Reload time reduced from 2.2 to 2 seconds.
- Spread randomization readjusted.
- Forge Hammer radius increased to align with Quick Melee.
- Scrap Collector has been removed.
- Armor Pack has been replaced with Overload:
- Lasts for 5 seconds.
- Grants temporary 150 armor.
- Increases attack, movement and reload speeds by 30%.
- Deploy Turret
- Is now thrown like a projectile.
- Automatically builds over 3 seconds.
- No longer has different levels and is now always at level 2.
- Maximum health reduced from 300 to 250.
- Now incurs a 5 second cooldown when deployed.
- Now incurs a 10 second cooldown when destroyed in combat.
- Can no longer be deployed while in combat, i.e. when it's firing or has taken damage within 3 seconds.
- Can now be destroyed with Interact.
- Completes self-building once deployed, even if Torbjörn is eliminated.
- Molten Core has been updated:
- Its previous functionality has been moved to Overload.
- No longer upgrades the turret to level 3.
- Switches weapon from Rivet Gun to his claw arm.
- Fire up to 10 molten globules that create damage pools where they land for 10 seconds.
- Globules bounce off walls and ceilings until they hit the ground.
- Deals 130 damage and applies bonus 60 damage against armor.
Widowmaker- Widow's Kiss now has damage falloff applied on her automatic primary fire (50% at max range).
- Grappling Hook now retains momentum when used on environments or structures without a ledge (e.g. walls).
Support
Ana- Biotic Rifle projectiles now pass through allies at full health.
- Nano Boost now heals allies for 300 health and has increased range.
(NEW) Brigitte- Shield Bash stuns enemies, even through barriers, but doesn't activate Inspire.
- Repair Pack instantly heals for 80 hit points, with excessive healing converting to temporary armor.
- Rally grants a maximum of 100 temporary armor.
Lúcio- Wall Ride
- Wall riding is less likely to be interrupted along a single surface.
- Can now go around corners (both outside corners, and inside corners) without having to leave the wall.
- Can now land back on the same wall after leaping away, provided his leap takes him far enough away from the original jumping off point.
- Added a minimum time that the jump key must be held before Lúcio can ride around corners.
- Soundwave no longer consumes ammo and can now be used while reloading.
- Crossfade now has a 12 meter radius, up from 10 meters.
- Sound Barrier now grants 750 temporary shields, up from 500.
MercyIn this patch, Mercy received fundamental changes that made her less annoying to play against.
- Resurrect now has a 1.75 second cast time, can now be interrupted when stunned, hacked or knocked back, and Mercy's movement speed is reduced by 75% while casting.
- Guardian Angel
- Players can now glide past a targeted ally using the jump key.
- Cooldown no longer resets when Resurrect is activated.
- Valkyrie no longer resets or reduces Resurrection cooldown.
Challenges
Challenge Rewards
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In this version of the mode, the game will bring the player to Overwatch 1 from October 2020, where the all of the Overwatch 1 heroes available at that time along.
Gameplay
The gamemode will be played on 19 Maps from Overwatch 1 available in October 2020. This includes Assault maps that were removed from Quick Play in Overwatch 2.
However, the maps aren't as they were during the 2020 Patch, they instead featured any changes and reworks done in Overwatch 2. This is also true for things such as match timing and how elevators function.
These maps include:
Heroes
The game mode will feature 32 heroes available in Overwatch 1 during October 2020, along with how their abilities were back then.
The original hero icons replaced the Overwatch 2 icons in the Elimination Feed, during hero selection, and in other areas during of the game mode.
In October 2020, Heroes were split into one of three roles: Tank, Damage and Support. And has been set with Role Queue.
Below are the things that changed. If not listed, it means no changes have been made since the previous patch. Heroes added in this version are compared to their Overwatch 2 counterparts.
- Quick Melee again deals 30 damage.
- All hero Health Pools are reverted to how they were in the October 2020 Patch.
- The global projectile changes from the Season 9 Patch aren't applied.
Tank
All tanks have lower HP Pools, as they did in the original game.
(NEW) Sigma Damage
(NEW) Echo Support
(NEW) BaptisteReception[]
Classic was the third most popular mode in Overwatch 2 during Season 15 according to time played. In this period, there was a 3:1 ratio of players choosing Competitive 5v5 over Competitive 6v6.[2]
Trivia[]
- During the mode, certain ability call-outs weren't correctly tuned to how it was during Overwatch 1. For example, some heroes, such as Symmetra and Mercy, when announcing their ultimate charge would use the Overwatch 2 voice lines that say the wrong ultimate.
- The heroes were still built on top of their Overwatch 2 counterparts. They still say their OW2 voice lines sometimes. Bastion often uses his Reconfigure voice lines despite them not being present in Overwatch 1, and when Orisa uses her ultimate she says her newer ultimate voice line instead of her old one in the 2017 patch.
- When Symmetra used Photon Shield on allies, heroes automatically thanked her.
- When allies collected Torbjörn's Armor Packs, heroes automatically thanked him.
- Overwatch: Classic temporarily brought the Assault mode back to Unranked.
- For some reason, Ashe makes her appearance in the September 2018 Patch, despite being introduced later in November that year.
Gallery[]
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Overwatch 2 Classic banner
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Overwatch 2 classic logo (light)
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Overwatch 2 classic logo (dark)
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The Overwatch Classic launch trailer thumbnail
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Symmetra's old teleporter
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6 of Symmetra's turrets
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Bastion's old Ultimate
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Bastion's Artillery icon
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Bastion's self-repair
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Symmetra's old Photon Barrier
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[[Symmetra's Shield Generator
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Orisa's Supercharger
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Orisa's Protective Barrier
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Orisa's Halt! ablility
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Mercy's old Ultimate
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Doomfist's Uppercut
References[]
- ↑ Blizzard Entertainment (2024-11-11). Overwatch: classic. Retrieved on November 11, 2024.
- ↑ 2025-04-10, Rejoice: Overwatch 2's popular 6v6 mode is here to stay — at least during Season 16. Windows Central, accessed on 2025-04-12
