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App updates, new features, and announcements from Counterwatch.
Marvel Rivals counters: who beats who in every matchup
Counter-picking in Marvel Rivals is messier than in most hero shooters, because team-ups, a new hero or two every season, and loose role rules all bend the matchup picture. The counter data cuts throu...
Overwatch Season 2 "Summit" first-month meta snapshot: early S-tier and why
Four weeks into Overwatch Season 2 Summit, the 5V5 meta has settled enough to read. This is the top five per role by shrunk win rate, with the dominant picks called out and a few things to watch as th...
Marvel Rivals Season 7 "The Hunt Is On" end-of-season recap: who won the meta
Season 7, The Hunt Is On, wraps on May 15, and eight weeks of tracked community matches give a clear read on where each role landed. Below is the end-of-season top five per role, the heroes that moved...
Counter picking in Overwatch: a stats-backed guide
Counter-picking is the highest-leverage decision you make in an Overwatch match, and most players spend it on the wrong question. They obsess over what is meta right now and underthink what beats the ...
Marvel Rivals tier list explained: ranking heroes by win rate
A Marvel Rivals tier list ages fast. The order on opening day of a season can look nothing like the order by week five, which is worth keeping in mind before you trust any ranking, ours included. The ...
Overwatch tier list explained: how Bayesian shrinkage ranks every hero
Every row on the Counterwatch Overwatch tier list is sorted by shrunk win rate, not raw. That one distinction is what keeps the list useful when half the roster barely gets picked. What the tiers mea...
Best Overwatch stats apps in 2026: what's left after Overbuff and OmnicMeta shut down
The Overwatch stats scene thinned out a lot over the last couple of years. Overbuff is gone. OmnicMeta is gone. If you landed here looking for what replaced them, here is what is actually worth using ...
Counterwatch vs Blizzard's official Overwatch stats: what the rates page leaves out
Blizzard putting up an official Overwatch rates page was a real win. Authoritative numbers, straight from the servers, no third party in the middle. If you want to know what the ladder is picking and ...
How Counterwatch calculates hero counters and synergies
I posted a version of this on r/Overwatch and it turned into a good methodology thread, so I am putting it here too. This is the detailed version of how Counterwatch computes its counter and synergy r...
Community Stats Update
Community stats are here I've built a full stats layer on top of real match data from Counterwatch users, covering hero win rates, counter matchups, synergy pairings, and per-map performance, all filt...
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Counterwatch runs inside Overwatch and Marvel Rivals. Live counter picks, win chance, and hero swaps without typing or tabbing out.
- Deeper stats - personal win rates, hero grades, and match history beyond what's shown here
- Live match data - real-time counter suggestions and win chance as heroes are picked
- Performance tracking - session grades, hero grades, and trends over time compared to your averages
- In-game overlay - match roster, hero swaps, and counter picks right on your screen