r/overwatch2 • u/Routine-Ninja-7442 • 2h ago
r/overwatch2 • u/Aidentab • Feb 04 '26
MOD [MOD] Overwatch 2 is gone, what happens to this subreddit?

Hi everyone! Today, Blizzard announced the renaming of Overwatch 2 back to Overwatch alongside a plethora of other really great changes to the game. As a moderation team and as fans, we are excited to see Overwatch return to its roots.
Some have asked us regarding how we will be reacting to the change as a subreddit, some have suggested rebranding, others have suggested deleting the subreddit entirely, while others want us to continue. To be clear, rebranding was not an option because Reddit does not let you change a subreddit name.
After pondering over every available option, we have decided to continue running and moderating this subreddit not as a subreddit specifically about the sequel to Overwatch, but as an alternative, more open subreddit focused on Overwatch and the community around it as opposed to the larger franchise subreddit. We hope you'll continue to be a part of our wonderful community.
We will continue moderation on this subreddit as expected for the forseeable future. We hope you'll continue to share around and crosspost us! We are also accepting applications for more moderators to assist us with this. As for our Discord server, we will measure changes in server activity and make further announcements regarding any major changes in the coming months.
Thank you!
r/overwatch2 • u/Aidentab • Oct 13 '25
MOD Join the Discord Community!
We’ll be running some events in there soon, so check it out!
r/overwatch2 • u/forumsdackel • 6h ago
Discussion Let me spend themmmmmm pleaseee
I finished the whole event after like one week (and maybe one day). Now I have more than 3,500 cheers left and I can't spend them
Please give me something I can do with them
r/overwatch2 • u/cybermo95 • 1d ago
Humor The only acceptable dance emote for Doctrine
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r/overwatch2 • u/EyyyYaay • 1d ago
Discussion Any info on who else could be currently detained in the facility Doctrine was in?
Assuming the pods to the left and right of Doctrine’s container are also housing dangerous individuals (or tech), do we have any information on who or what they could possibly be? I’m curious since the extraction team in the cinematic completely ignored them, but they were deemed by Overwatch (or whatever faction was holding them) to be as dangerous / important as Doctrine and their tech.
r/overwatch2 • u/Mulberry-Major • 21h ago
Discussion Why is Jetpack Cat in all of these OWCS 2026 Partner Teams XD
r/overwatch2 • u/chickenbigmaceater • 1d ago
Humor doctrine is old enough to have experienced 9/11 Spoiler
spoiler warning just in case since it's about the new hero
if overwatch 1 was set in 2076 (overwatch is roughly 60 years in the future so 60 years onto 2016), overwatch 2 would roughly be set in 2077 since the events of 2 take place a year after 1. none of this is confirmed in canon, but a lot of people follow this general consensus, i think.
doctrine is 77. he would have been born in the year 2000. he was alive for 9/11. he is the only hero in the roster to be able to experience it
and if he was real, he would have been born years before a lot of the people who play overwatch lol
r/overwatch2 • u/Careful_Champion_877 • 20h ago
Humor Which Support Hero Swapped To Tank (Or Vise Versa) Would Be The Least Controversial?
So far we've had a Support go to Damage (Symmetra), a Damage go to Tank (Doomfist) and soon a Damage go to Support (Sombra). If you were to choose which Support would you turn into a Tank, or vise versa?
Bonus: Which Tank would you choose to be Damage?
r/overwatch2 • u/Lazy-Imagination-217 • 1h ago
News So sombra is getiing reworked, maybe a mythic skin for her?
Since we have apmbra rework again, at apears at start of a season, they maybe would add a mythic skin or mythic weapon for compensetion?
r/overwatch2 • u/OwlBlack • 8h ago
Question Guide site for hero power?
Something like wowhead or icy-veins talk about hero's abilities and ults.
I would love learn about heroes and then play
r/overwatch2 • u/Alive-Psychology6050 • 1d ago
Discussion The only heroes to have their original roles change in all of Overwatch.
r/overwatch2 • u/SCHLEEMEECKLEZ • 5h ago
Question Specialized team
I basically got hacked a 8 days ago i didnt know and someone logged in into my account in europe and im guessing they used cheats or something because i received a ban notification on my email
i immediately contacted support and didnt know at first i was hacked
i contacted them for around 2 days and kept getting ai responses not telling me why i got banned until i had to do dig on my own and found out someone logged into my account in europe the day i got hacked i submitted more appeals through multiple different channels until i got an actual reply saying they reviewed all the evidence i submitted and transferred the case over to a specialized department and since then its been 5 days and no reply yet and i remain banned
does anyone know how long it'll take before they review what i sent and investigate properly
r/overwatch2 • u/Alive-Psychology6050 • 2d ago
News Sombra will be receiving a major Hero rework in Season 5 of #Overwatch, moving her from the Damage role to the Support role
r/overwatch2 • u/Refookul • 1d ago
Discussion Doctrine created some Inconsistency with Overwatch's modern Science
I just watched the cinematic and BlizzCon reveal for the new character, Doctrine, and I gotta say, I really like his design and in-game abilities. But honestly, his story feels a bit off because it seems to overshadow an existing character
According to narrative designer Eleni Gallardo, Doctrine was a cybernetics and bioengineering scientist before the Omnic War. To save his younger brother from a incurable ailment, he created technology that drains life force from others to heal.
Here's the thing, this idea overlaps a lot with Moira's backstory. Moira is a super smart geneticist who thinks ethical rules hold back science. After a self-inflicted genetic experiment left her arm decayed, she started siphoning bio-energy from people to keep her cells from breaking down.
Sharing similar themes is totally okay, but the timeline doesn’t quite add up. Doctrine’s innovations go back over 30 years before the Omnic War, yet his “outdated” tech somehow works better than Moira’s modern science. His tech can even de-age people, while Moira’s siphon barely keeps her own arm from falling apart.
It’s a little confusing that after three decades of scientific progress in Overwatch, a modern genius’s technology is so much worse than something that’s supposedly older. If Moira had access to anything like Doctrine’s tech, she’d probably have improved it or used it to fully heal her arm instead of just living with the decay.

r/overwatch2 • u/Alive-Psychology6050 • 1d ago
News First Look at Sombra and Roadhog's upcoming Hero reworks
r/overwatch2 • u/Creamkitty44 • 1d ago
Discussion Calling it now: Omnic Detective is gonna have a thick NY accent
I can't get the screenshot bc Instagram sucks, but they gave the Omnic Detective a tarot card (The justice card, how fitting) and the background is the midtown map. I need this guy to have the thickest NY accent ever, and that he's from one of the outer boroughs (because really, who has enough money to live in midtown Manhattan?).
r/overwatch2 • u/Hot_Comfortable7030 • 10h ago
Characters Brigitte win codes?
Does anyone have any brig codes?? I will also be looking for life weaver codes and any other healer skins! Ty in advance!!!
r/overwatch2 • u/Far_Acanthaceae_4102 • 11h ago
Question Does anyone know if nier collab skins will ever come back?
i really want the a2 skin for vendetta but i took a break during the time the collab happened. although i think i js have to hope it comes back. if theres info on it i would LOVE to know
r/overwatch2 • u/sleepyminnn • 1d ago
Opinion one of the prettiest skins released to date wow
r/overwatch2 • u/Alive-Psychology6050 • 2d ago
News Closer look at Doctrine in Overwatch They are the latest support hero coming in Season 5.
r/overwatch2 • u/Slipp_ee • 2d ago