Overwatch Competitive Season 2

2016 09 01 welcome to season 2 of competitive play play overwatch.

Overwatch competitive season 2. You will start the season with 10 placement games that need to be completed just like in normal competitive mode. 1 season 2 changes 2 format 2 1 control maps 2 2 assault maps 2 3 escort maps 2 4 hybrid maps 3 skill rating 3 1 tiers 3 2 rating decay 3 3 top 500 3 4 group skill rating. The third open queue season will start immediately after and will last longer. The first season of overwatch competitive play ends soon the escapist.

Season 2 ends on july 2nd 2020 at the same time as the normal competitive season. It is currently the only game mode which rewards players with competitive points a currency to unlock special cosmetic. Season 2 of the competitive mode in overwatch. Competitive season 2.

Players stop earning points if they have 6 000 unspent points though they will still receive their end of season rewards. Competitive points are one of the currencies in overwatch similar to credits. In the developer update overwatch game director jeff kaplan talked about some of the changes coming to the competitive season 2. Season 2 also marks the death of the hated sudden.

They can only be used to buy golden weapons. Season 25 will end on january 7th. A few days before the end of each season the overwatch community manager shares on the blizzard forums the exact date and time on which the season will end. Overwatch s competitive season 2 seems to have started earlier than anticipated as a new update added both the second competitive season and the new map that has been in the public test realm since gamescom eichenwalde.

How does open queue work. Competitive points are awarded to players who win or draw a match in competitive play with a rank based bonus at the end of every season. Competitive play is one ofoverwatch s game modes that can be accessed from the play menu. Competitive play is designed to be a more serious experience where players compete and rank up on a seasonal basis.

For the details of the current rules and mechanics of competitive play see competitive play season 2 was the second season of competitive play. All the overwatch ranked seasons have a similar duration so it is rather simple to figure out when the next season will end. The second season of overwatch s competitive mode will bring a much larger rating scale the end of sudden death games and other changes to improve the competitive experience. The new season introduces a new ranking system eschewing the first season s 1 100 rating in favor of a 1 5000 metric.

In season 1 a player s skill rank was rated from a scale of 1. This page is an archive for the format and ruleset of competitive season 2.