Overwatch Hero Rotation: Hero Bans for April 20-27
By Nathan Fusco
The Overwatch hero rotation was updated Sunday across all competitive formats as Blizzard shifted to a unified hero pool system. These bans will remain in affect until the same time next week with bans being announced on Watchpoint.
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After watching Echo finally being played in tournaments, she is now banned for a week. Still, it should be noted, the process is to ban the most picked heroes, so Echo was always an obvious choice to receive the ban.
Heads up, heroes:
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) April 9, 2020
We’re refining Hero Pool systems and retiring Map Pools in Competitive Play thanks to your feedback.
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Overwatch Hero Rotation: Hero Bans for April 20-27
Tank
- Orisa
Damage
- Tracer
- Echo
Support
- Moira
Besides the Echo choice, banning Orisa, Moira, and Tracer are great choices. All three are unique and can be a staple in any meta, so banning them will cause a shift in playstyle. Moira has always been a controversial character as she can deal some heavy damage despite being a support. And some players will treat her more like a DPS hero than a support, and not heal their team.
It's never a good process, but banning her for a week should be a fresh take on competitive play.