Overwatch: Classic is a limited-time event in Overwatch 2 Season 13: Spellbinder. From November 12th to December 2nd, this event will feature a limited-time game mode styled around the original Overwatch 1, featuring 6v6, no hero limits, and a return of old abilities.[1]
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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 gamemode will be played on the original 12 launch Maps from Overwatch 1. 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 (
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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.
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.
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.
| Challenge Name | Requirements | Reward | Notes |
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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 | ||
| 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. | |
| 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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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.
- When Symmetra used Photon Shield on allies, heroes automatically thanked her.
- When allies collected Torbjörn's Armor Packs, heroes automatically thanked him.
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References[ | ]
- ↑ Blizzard Entertainment (2024-11-11). Overwatch: classic. Retrieved on November 11, 2024.