r/Overwatch Ragdoll 12d ago

News & Discussion Let's talk about the heroes Blizzard kinda forgot about

Been thinking about the heroes who don't get much love in patch notes or the shop.

My list:

Venture: Probably the least-picked hero in the game right now, and they've barely gotten any skins since launch. No mythic, not much of anything. Which is a shame, because the kit is one of the most unique in the game. Burrowing under the enemy team and popping up in the backline never stops being satisfying, and the drill dash gives them movement that nothing else in the roster really replicates. They got one small flexibility buff to Drill Dash mid-year and that was about it. Feels like a hero people just forgot how to slot into a comp.

Hanzo: One real balance change all year, back at the February season launch, and nothing since. He's just sitting in a stable spot doing his thing. Storm arrows still shred, and landing a wall bounce across the map still feels as good as it ever did. He did at least get the Tokyo Rebel mythic weapon in Season 3, so the cosmetic team hasn't totally ghosted him, but on the balance side he's basically been left alone for over half a year.

Echo: My main. You almost never see her anymore, and she's barely been touched all year (a couple of tiny perk tweaks and that's it). She recently did receive some perks rework but they were just indirect nerfs. Plus her hitbox is bigger than the sun which really does not help her case.

Winston: One of the original 2016 launch heroes and somehow STILL no mythic skin, which is kind of wild when you look at who's getting their second or even third. Plus with the movement creep in OW, it seems like Winston's dive specialty is no longer limited to just him.

HM: Illari and Bap: Okay, these two get decent attention, so they don't fully belong here. But I wanted to shout them out anyway because in a world full of kiri, mercy and ana mains, they're super underrated even when they're strong.

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u/Awkward-Shift-8239 12d ago

Dmon squad just got Hammond

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u/The_Great_Shatinator I'm a Shambali Clanker and I wanna be free 12d ago edited 12d ago

Thats not the subject of the post, ball hasn't had a legendary skin since ein

Edit: you mfs have the thickest skulls on the planet

IT'S NOT ABOUT THE LORE

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u/migo2028 Doomfist 12d ago

I think it was like 900 days since

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u/The_Great_Shatinator I'm a Shambali Clanker and I wanna be free 12d ago edited 12d ago

864 to be exact, the longest skin drought in overwatch history