Overwatch 2 announced its new event, Battle for Olympus, which was teased back when Season 2 launched.
As announced back when season 2 first launched, Overwatch 2 will be holding a Greek mythology-inspired event. Titled Battle for Olympus, the event brings in a new game mode, as well as various skins. At the time, we did not know much about the event other than the skins. However, the recent trailer and Twitter post give us some more details about it. For starters, let's talk about the event's duration. The event started on January 5, 2023, and ends on January 19, 2023. That gives players only a few more days before the event ends this week. Now you may be wondering, what exactly does the event entail?
The event is a free-for-all deathmatch, basically an “every man for himself” scenario. Players can choose one of seven heroes to play on this map. Each of these heroes will have a Greek mythology skin which was actually revealed since Season 2's launch. These heroes are:
- Zeus Junker Queen
- Poseidon Ramattra
- Medusa Widowmaker
- Cyclops Roadhog
- Minotaur Reinhardt
- Hermes Lucio
- Hades Pharah
Of course, like most seasonal game modes, there's a twist to this one. Since the Overwatch 2 event centers around Olympus, each of these heroes has “the power of the gods” in their abilities. The trailer actually shows off some of the changes to their abilities. These changes take effect once the player uses their ultimate. In other words, when the player uses their ultimate, their abilities get empowered. Below are the changes each Hero will experience after using their Ultimate.
- Junker Queen: Divine Rampage
- Lasts for 20 seconds
- Damage done with Scattergun also has the chance to apply additional lightning damage to her abilities
- Ramattra: Divine Annihilation
- Ravenous Vortex becomes a large whirlpool that pulls in enemies and then launches them upwards
- Pummel throws large water blasts that deal more damage and travel further
- Widowmaker: Divine Infra-Sight
- When scoped in, heroes who look at Widowmaker turn into stone.
- Roadhog: Divine Whole Hog
- Lasts 15 seconds
- Greatly increases Roadhog's size and gives him 600 HP
- Ultimate normal fire becomes boulders that deal massive damage
- Melee attacks deal 5 times the damage and pushes enemies away
- Reinhardt: Divine Earhshatter
- Lasts for 20 seconds
- Reinhardt gets healed whenever he charges and slams an enemy into a wall
- Can pin up to 3 enemies with his charge
- Charge cooldown becomes 3 seconds
- Wall slams deal lethal damage, extends the power's duration, and sets the next Charge cooldown to 0.5 seconds
- Lucio: Divine Sound Barrier
- Lasts for 20 seconds
- Lucio can jump again after jumping off a wall
- Boop can always knock enemies back into walls, dealing additional damage and a short stun
- Attack and move speed are greatly increased
- Lucio has infinite ammo
- Pharah: Divine Rocket Barrage
- Lasts for 20 seconds
- Pharah can move while using her ability
- Rocket Launcher fires 3-headed rockets
- Jump Jet fuel consumption is greatly reduced
- Kills heal Pharah and extend the duration of this effect
What's even better is that there is a somewhat secondary event happening alongside this game mode. There will be a global leaderboard, which will tally the amount of eliminations players do with any of the heroes. The hero with the most eliminations after the event ends will become a permanent statue on the Ilios map. This will most likely be a permanent addition, so make sure to use the hero you want to see.
That’s a wrap on week one of the Battle for Olympus! Here’s an updated look at the leaderboard🔱
Will Hades Pharah close the gap and steal the crown from Zeus Junker Queen?👑
Will Hermes Lúcio continue to climb the board and pass Cyclops Roadhog ?📈
We’ll know soon enough! pic.twitter.com/Bm54MAW7D0
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) January 13, 2023
As of now, Junker Queen is in first place at 34,465,093 kills. Next comes Pharah in second place, only 2 million kills behind. In third place is Roadhog, 9 million kills behind Junker Queen. If this goes on, we just might end up seeing Zeus Junker Queen on all the Ilios maps when the event ends in three days.
That's all the information we have so far about the Battle for Olympus event in Overwatch 2. To stay updated on gaming news, you can check out our gaming news articles.
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