Blizzard has ditched the 2 and adopted a yearly storyline format for Overwatch, with The Reign of Talon being the first. This will run throughout 2026 and is set to begin with Season 1: Conquest.
While we wait for the season to start, we have gathered all the details about the new content coming to the game that was announced at the Overwatch Spotlight event.
When Does Overwatch Reign of Talon Season 1 Start?
Overwatch Reign of Talon Season 1 is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, February 10, on all platforms. The content will go live at exactly 11:00 AM PT (7:00 PM GMT), as is the case with every new season.
PC players can preload the patch through the Battle.net launcher a few days before its release, while preloads for console owners will start a few hours before launch.
New Heroes
The season will introduce five new heroes in one go, and here is the full list along with a couple of extra details from each character:
Domina
- Role: Tank
- Subrole: Stalwart
Emre
- Role: Damage
- Subrole: Specialist
Anran
- Role: Damage
- Subrole: Flanker
Mizuki
- Role: Support
- Subrole: Survivor
Jetpack Cat
- Role: Support
- Subrole: Tactician
New Sub-Roles
This season will also introduce Sub-Roles, new categories within each of the main roles everyone knows (Tank, Damage, and Support). All heroes will now have a passive ability that is specific to their Sub-Role.
Here is the full list of Sub-Roles, their members, and the respective passive:
Tank
- Bruiser: Reduces critical damage received. While at critical health, gain movement speed.
- Mauga, Orisa, Roadhog, and Zarya
- Initiator: Staying airborne lightly heals you.
- D.Va, Doomfist, Winston, and Wrecking Ball
- Stalwart: Reduces knockbacks and slows received.
- Domina, Hazard, Junker Queen, Ramattra, Reinhardt, and Sigma
Damage
- Sharpshooter: Critical hits reduce your movement ability cooldowns.
- Ashe, Cassidy, Hanzo, Sojourn, and Widowmaker
- Flanker: Health packs restore more health.
- Anran, Genji, Reaper, Tracer, Vendetta, and Venture
- Specialist: Eliminating an enemy briefly increases your reload speed.
- Bastion, Emre, Junkrat, Mei, Soldier: 76, Symmetra, and Torbjorn
- Recon: You detect enemies below half health through walls after damaging them.
- Echo, Freja, Pharah, and Sombra
Support
- Tactician: You can gain excess ultimate charge, which carries over after using your ultimate ability.
- Ana, Baptiste, Jetpack Cat, Lucio, and Zenyatta
- Medic: Healing allies with your weapon also heals you.
- Kiriko, Lifeweaver, Mercy, and Moira
- Survivor: Using a movement ability activates passive health regeneration.
- Brigitte, Illari, Juno, Mizuki, and Wuyang
Conquest Event
A new event titled Conquest will take place across five weeks, and players will have to choose a side between Overwatch and Talon. Each side will get missions tied to the lore each week, and the faction with the most successful missions will receive a reward.
Here are some of the rewards available during the whole event:
- 75 Base Lootboxes
- 12 Epic Lootboxes
- 7 Legendary Lootboxes
- 9 new Voice Lines
- 31 2D Cosmetics
- 2 Weapon Charms
- 1 of 2 faction-themed Legendary Echo skins
- Exclusive new Rare, Epic and Legendary titles (and a secret hidden one!)
Competitive Reset
Just like every year, the competitive ladder will be refreshed with this new season. Not only will every player have to do the placement matches to get a rank, but there will be new rewards for those who plan to grind Competitive.
The Crimson Wolf weapon skin will substitute the Galactic weapon skin, becoming this year's main competitive reward. Players can unlock the Crimson Wolf skin for a hero by spending 3000 Competitive points. The other three skins (Gold, Jade, and Galactic) can be acquired using Legacy Points.
On top of that, players who reached Diamond or a higher rank will receive a special Doomfist competitive skin with the same colors as the Crimson Wolf weapon skin.
Skins and Mythics
The season will bring three mythics, two mythic skins, and one mythic weapon skin. Mercy will become the first hero to receive a second mythic skin with the Celestial Guardian mythic skin.
This mythic will have special VFXs, three base colors, and both the Gilded and Iridescent variants. The skin will be available at launch, and it won't be the only mythic, as Juno's mythic weapon skin will also go live at the start of the season.
Mei will receive her first mythic skin when the mid-season patch drops, and you can take a first look at it in the concept art below:
In terms of normal cosmetics, here are all the legendary skins available in the Season 1 battle pass:
The next image shows some of the legendary skins that will arrive in the shop throughout the season:
Other Details
Here are other minor details about the content and updates coming with Season 1, so you don't miss out on anything:
- The UI will receive a massive overhaul.
- The Lunar New Year event returns this season.
- A new Esports loot box will be introduced.
- The pool for normal loot boxes will get a refresh, and many of the cosmetics released in the past year will be added.
- A collaboration event with Hello Kitty & Friends will kick off at the start of the season.
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