Overwatch 2 Season 6 Brings a New Hero, New Story, and New Game Modes

Okay heroes, after 5 seasons of well, MEH content. Season 6 is about to be Overwatch 2’s biggest season just yet. Let’s start digging in, eh?

HERE COMES THE SUN

The newest support hero, Ilari has finally been revealed in the latest Invasion trailer. We get a glimpse of her abilities in the trailer but as of now, we are unsure of what they are. From what we see though, she looks to be an interesting addition to the current support pool.

Other than her fantastic design, let’s hope she’s actually more useful than Lifeweaver.

This is what is rumoured to be her abilities:

• A 150 HP destroyable healing turret.
• A Cooldown-based jump(Like Baptiste) that knocks enemies back.
• An Ultimate that allows you to fly and shoot 1 rocket dealing damage and applying a discord.
• Full tracking for healing your team, and shoots multiple burst heals. Beam healing like Zarya.

The theme of the upcoming season is Null Sector, and with that, the season will see Overwatch 2 release skins that will change the race of existing heroes from human to omnic ‘Null Sector’. Here we have a sneak peek of all the upcoming skins that players will receive.

The mythic skin will be for everyone’s favourite support, Ana!

It’s also been teased that the new season will feature new bundles featuring Vigilante Sojourn and two Null Sector skins for Kiriko and Cassidy.

SEASON 6 ROADMAP

Blizzard has also revealed their roadmap for Season 6 beyond the launch of the highly awaited co-op mode Invasion on August 10. At launch, players can experience firsthand a new limited-time event called Underworld. The mode will update weekly from launch to 5 September. It will first launch on King’s Row map.

5 September will also bring about Hero Mastery Missions, in which hero-specific challenges will be provided. These challenges will help players learn how to play different characters better.

On 19 September, Overwatch 2 will have its anniversary event launch and will feature three weeks of limited-time game modes including cosmetics for our heroes.

Although there’s been disappointment about the story modes being locked behind a paywall, I’m excited about this season as it seems stacked with content. Don’t forget that Overwatch 2 is also coming to Steam, and players can already pre-download the upcoming season now.

You can watch the trailer for the upcoming season here: