The Overwatch League was an esports league created by Blizzard Entertainment for professional Overwatch competition. It was announced on November 4, 2016 at BlizzCon 2016.
Seasons[ | ]
| Season | Date | Prize Pool | Champion | Runner-Up | Regular Season Winner |
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| 2018 | 2018-01-10 - 2018-07-28 | $3,500,000 | London Spitfire | Philidelphia Fusion | New York Excelsior |
| 2019 | 2019-02-14 - 2019-09-29 | $5,000,000 | San Francisco Shock | Vancouver Titans | Vancouver Titans |
| 2020 | 2020-02-08 - 2020-10-10 | $4,775,000 | San Francisco Shock | Seoul Dynasty | Shanghai Dragons |
| 2021 | 2021-04-16 - 2021-09-25 | $4,100,000 | Shanghai Dragons | Atlanta Reign | Shanghai Dragons |
| 2022 | 2022-05-05 - 2022-11-04 | $4,210,000 | Dallas Fuel | San Francisco Shock | Dallas Fuel |
| 2023 | 2023-04-27 - 2023-10-01 | $2,950,000 | Florida Mayhem | Houston Outlaws | Atlanta Reign |
Teams[ | ]
East[ | ]
- Chengdu Hunters
- Dallas Fuel
- Guangzhou Charge
- Hangzhou Spark
- Seoul Dynasty
- Seoul Infernal
- Shanghai Dragons
West[ | ]
- Atlanta Reign
- Boston Uprising
- Florida Mayhem
- Houston Outlaws
- London Spitfire
- Los Angeles Gladiators
- Los Angeles Valiant
- New York Excelsior
- San Francisco Shock
- Toronto Defiant
- Vancouver Titans
- Vegas Eternal
- Washington Justice
Former[ | ]
Cosmetics[ | ]
Skins[ | ]
Team Skins[ | ]
Each hero has a themed skin for each Overwatch League team. Unlike regular cosmetics in the game, which are unlockable with 
Credits or 
Coins, Overwatch League skins are unlocked with 
League Tokens, a purchasable in-game currency. League Tokens could also be earned by watching League streams through the official site, Twitch, or MLG.com.[1]
Overwatch 2 brought a new set of OWL teams cosmetics for the 2023 season. This included new team skins with that instead use the default Overwatch 2 skin for each hero, as well as new weapon charms for each team.
- All Overwatch 1 OWL skins: OWL Skins (Overwatch 1 ).
- All Overwatch 2 OWL skins: OWL Skins (Overwatch 2).
Hero Skins[ | ]
Other than the basic Team skins, other Legendary hero skins were released for the Overwatch League. There were various reasons for Overwatch League skins to be made. For example, some skins were designed by the MVP of the season, while others were given to teams who won the season. They could usually be bought through the Shop using League Tokens, costing either 300 or 200, however some were made available through other means.
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 2018 Pacific All-Stars (Genji) |
 2018 Atlantic All-Stars (Tracer) |
 Flying Ace (Winston) |
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 Thunder (Doomfist) |
 2019 Pacific All-Stars (Genji) |
 2019 Atlantic All-Stars (Tracer) |
 Alien (Zarya) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020
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 Goat (Brigitte) |
 2020 Pacific All-Stars (D.Va) |
 Good and Evil (Echo) |
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 Haroeris (Ana) |
 Pirate Ship (Bastion) |
 MM-Mei (Mei) |
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 Dallas Summer (Genji) |
 Happi (Genji) |
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 Chained King (Reaper) |
 Lion Luchador (Reaper) |
 Luchador (Reaper) |
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 Royal Gladiator (Mercy) |
 Royal Knight (Mercy) |
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 Wicked (Moira) |
 Wicked Reign (Moira) |
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 Charged Climber (Zarya) |
 Reigning Climber (Zarya) |
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Player Icons[ | ]
Overwatch League 
London Spitfire 
Los Angeles Gladiators 
Los Angeles Gladiators (2023) New York Excelsior New York Excelsior (2023) Philadelphia Fusion Seoul Infernal Boston Uprising (2018) Houston Outlaws Seoul Dynasty Paris Eternal Vegas Eternal Toronto Defiant Vancouver Titans Dallas Fuel Shanghai Dragons Washington Justice Guangzhou Charge Hangzhou Spark Chengdu Hunters Atlanta Reign Florida Mayhem (2018) Florida Mayhem Los Angeles Valiant (2018) Los Angeles Valiant San Francisco Shock (2018) San Francisco Shock All-Star Pacific 2018 All-Star Atlantic 2018 Overwatch Contenders 2017-2023 Verified OWL Member Inaugural Season Overwatch Open Division 2023 All-Star Pacific 2019 All-Star Atlantic 2019 All-Star Pacific 2020 All-Star Atlantic 2020 Grand Finals 2019 Happi OWL Turns 5 Royal Knight Zhulong Clockwork Luchador Overwatch Contenders A-Sides 2022
Sprays[ | ]
- Team Sprays
2022 Atlanta Reign 2022 Boston Uprising 2022 Chengdu Hunters 2022 Dallas Fuel 2022 Florida Mayhem 2022 Guangzhou Charge 2022 Hangzhou Spark 2022 Houston Outlaws 2022 London Spitfire 2022 Los Angeles Gladiators 2022 Los Angeles Valiant 2022 New York Excelsior 2022 Paris Eternal 2022 Philadelphia Fusion 2022 San Francisco Shock 2022 Seoul Dynasty 2022 Shanghai Dragons 2022 Toronto Defiant 2022 Vancouver Titans 2022 Washington Justice Atlanta Reign Homestand 2020 Atlanta Reign Logo Boston Uprising Homestand 2020 Boston Uprising Logo Chengdu Hunters Homestand 2020 Chengdu Hunters Logo Dallas Fuel Homestand 2020 Dallas Fuel Logo Florida Mayhem 2018 Logo Florida Mayhem Homestand 2020 Florida Mayhem Logo Gladiators Unleashed Guangzhou Charge Homestand 2020 Guangzhou Charge Logo Hangzhou Spark Homestand 2020 Hangzhou Spark Logo Houston Outlaws Homestand 2020 Houston Outlaws Logo London Spitfire Homestand 2020 London Spitfire Logo Los Angeles Gladiators 2023 Los Angeles Gladiators Homestand 2020 Los Angeles Gladiators Logo 2023 Los Angeles Gladiators Logo Los Angeles Valiant 2018 Logo Los Angeles Valiant Homestand 2020 Los Angeles Valiant Logo New York Excelsior Homestand 2020 New York Excelsior Logo Paris Eternal Homestand 2020 Paris Eternal Logo Philadelphia Fusion Homestand 2020 Philadelphia Fusion Logo San Francisco Shock 2018 Logo San Francisco Shock Homestand 2020 San Francisco Shock Logo Seoul Dynasty Homestand 2020 Seoul Dynasty Logo Seoul Infernal Logo Seoul Infernal Shanghai Dragons Homestand 2020 Shanghai Dragons Logo Toronto Defiant Grand Finals Toronto Defiant Homestand 2020 Toronto Defiant Logo Vancouver Titans Homestand 2020 Vancouver Titans Logo Vegas Eternal Logo Vegas Eternal Washington Justice Homestand 2020 Washington Justice Logo
- Other Sprays
Beach Fuel Canadian Hospitality Chimaek Contenders and Champions Dive Party Dragons' Fireworks Dragons' Treasure Grand Finals 1 Grand Finals 2 Grand Finals 2020 Inaugural Season Kimchi Slap Living Room Match's On! Musical Pachimari New Fans Number 1 Fan Overwatch Collegiate 2022 Overwatch Collegiate Overwatch League Overwatch Open Division Pachimari LP Remix Seonbi Super Fans Tailgate Tiny Champion Verified OWL Member - Gold Verified OWL Member - Participation Verified OWL Member - Player Watching Ball Watchparty Gibraltar
Twitch Exclusive Items[ | ]
Through a partnership with Twitch, the League offered unlockable skins and Twitch emotes through Cheering. Cheering is done through the Twitch chat with Twitch's purchasable items known as Bits. Cheering had an individual unlock system where you could cheer bits and unlock skins, team and hero emotes. There was also universal goals for unlocking certain skins after the goal was met, they could be claimed by cheering a certain amount of bits. All progress for these goals were viewable at the League's Twitch page.
In-Game Cosmetics[ | ]
Skins[ | ]
These are all the skins that could be unlocked without the All-Access Pass, or by simply cheering a certain amount of bits, either with or without a universal unlock goal.
| Hero | Universal Unlock Goal | Personal Unlock Goal | Skin Preview |
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| Junkrat | 25,000,000 | 50 bits |  |
| Tracer | 40,000,000 | 100 bits |  |
| Widowmaker | 45,000,000 | 200 bits |  |
| Hanzo | 50,000,000 | 300 bits |  |
| Mercy | None | 1,300 bits |  |
| D.Va | None | 1,800 bits |  |
| Genji | None | 2,600 bits |  |
Twitch Emotes[ | ]
Character Emotes[ | ]
These are character emotes for Twitch that could be randomly be unlocked with a cheering of 100 bits.
OWLAna OWLBastion OWLDoomfist OWLDva OWLGenji OWLHanzo OWLJunkrat OWLLucio OWLMcCree OWLMei OWLMercy OWLMoira OWLOrisa OWLPharah OWLReaper OWLReinhardt OWLRoadhog OWLSoldier76 OWLSombra OWLSymmetra OWLTorbjorn OWLTracer OWLWidowmaker OWLWinston OWLZarya OWLZenyatta
Team Emotes[ | ]
These are twitch emotes that would show up when you would cheer the amount shown below, these could only be seen when cheering.
An emote was unlocked when you would cheer 150 or more to a specific team, this could be used after cheering.
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Other Emotes[ | ]
Unlocked 5 emotes by cheering 250 bits or more! Cheering 500 bits or more would unlock the other 5 and trigger a shower of gifts for others in Chat.
OWLgg OWLcheers OWLteamkill OWLgetonpoint OWLhammerdown OWLboop OWLnerfthis OWLitshighnoon OWLpotg OWLonfire
The Overwatch League All-Access Experience[ | ]
The Overwatch League All-Access Experience could be attained through the $29.99 purchase (or $19.99 purchase with Twitch Prime) of an All Access Pass on Twitch.
Rewards Included:
Exclusive Command Center livestream[ | ]
| “ | This game-changing stream shows you alternate camera angles, live stats, player POVs, and team facecams all on one multiviewer overlay. Try it for free until Stage 4. | „ |
| ~ Overwatch League |
Exclusive Q&A Sessions[ | ]
| “ | After Overwatch League match day broadcasts, enjoy an interactive player Q&A session by submitting your questions in Passholder-only chat. Selected questions will be answered by players live on the Command Center stream. | „ |
| ~ Overwatch League |
Behind the Screens: Match analysis by players[ | ]
| “ | Top players from each team will walk you through their thoughts on a match and explain what they did and why in an exclusive video every week, starting April 6th! | „ |
| ~ Overwatch League |
Exclusive skins[ | ]
A preview of Overwatch League Away skins which were made available May 16, 2018 at the start of the 4th stage of season 1 of the Overwatch League, with the Overwatch League All-Access Pass.
Exclusive Emote[ | ]
An exclusive Lúcio Legendary emote was revealed on July 14, 2018, along with at that time unreleased Overwatch League Gray skin. The emote was made available July 24, 2018
Exclusive Spray[ | ]
Exclusive Player Icons[ | ]
Exclusive Twitch Emotes[ | ]
OWLselfdestruct OWLzzz OWLfireinthehole OWLnice OWLhugeres OWLheadshot OWLfireatwill OWLdragonblade OWLdiediedie OWLdeadeye OWLgold OWLFLAg OWLGLAg OWLHOUg OWLDALg OWLLDNg OWLBOSg OWLSEOg OWLPHIg OWLNYEg OWLSFSg OWLSHDg OWLVALg
Exclusive Twitch Badges[ | ]
All Access Passholder
OWL Global Badge
Videos[ | ]
Trivia[ | ]
- Tracer appears as the silhouette for the logo, making this the second time she appears as an icon for Overwatch (the first being the cover to the game itself).
- The Overwatch League logo is comparable in design to the logos of sports leagues such as the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Major League Baseball (MLB).
External Links[ | ]
References[ | ]
- ↑ 2018-02-21, Watch Overwatch League, Get League Tokens overawatchleague.com. Accessed on 2018-03-12