{"id":89308,"date":"2026-09-12T13:59:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T17:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=89308"},"modified":"2026-09-12T15:39:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T19:39:21","slug":"overwatch-2-gets-new-vampire-inspired-support-hero-map-and-big-character-reworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=89308","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch 2 Gets New Vampire-Inspired Support Hero, Map, and Big Character Reworks"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\">\n<p>Overwatch 2 is getting a brand-new vampire-inspired support hero, as well as the conclusion of Act III in The Reign of Talon storyline and several big character changes.<\/p>\n<p>Our new addition is Doctrine, a vampire support hero who deals lots of damage and healing with a high mechanical floor. He comes with a brand-new playable escort map, Watch Point Grimsvotn, a volcanic prison where he\u2019s being held captive. What\u2019s more, he\u2019ll be playable for a trial weekend starting today, September 12, both on the Blizzcon convention floor and at home.<\/p>\n<p>In other big news, Overwatch Season 5 begins on October 6. Dokiwatch is also returning, and there are some major character reworks planned: Roadhog is being reworked into a tank that \u201cactually helps his team,\u201d per Blizzard franchise leaders, while Sombra is moving into the support class.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"image-with-caption\" data-image-url=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2026\/09\/12\/overwatch-1789235969410.png\" data-image-title=\"undefined\" data-image-class=\"article-image-full-size\" data-image-link=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2026\/09\/12\/overwatch-1789235969410.png\" data-caption=\"Doctrine%20is%20Overwatch%26%2339%3Bs%20newest%20hero.\" \/>\n<p>The Overwatch 2026 World Cup Finals are also taking place at Blizzcon this weekend, featuring live performances from Japanese pop group YOASOBI and K-Pop group LE SSERAFIM.<\/p>\n<p>A new hero was also mentioned coming in Season 6, as well as a new Spotlight happening in February 2027, which will include a &#8220;new story, a fresh set of heroes, and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overwatch 2 is getting a brand-new vampire-inspired support hero, as well as the conclusion of Act III in The Reign of Talon storyline and several big character changes. Our new addition is Doctrine, a vampire support hero who deals lots of damage and healing with a high mechanical floor. He comes with a brand-new playable&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":199,"featured_media":89310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89308"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89308"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89312,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89308\/revisions\/89312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/89310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}