Overwatch 2 Quick Play Hack Begins: Kingmaker

Key takeaways

• Quick Play: Hacked Kingmaker runs until December 9.
• A single role in a 2-2-1 formation receives significant buffs.
• Season 14 brings new 6v6 playtests and a new tank hero, Hazard.

Overwatch 2 Officially launched as Kingmaker, the new Quick Play: Hacked experiment features a flexible solo role with powerful buffs. From December 9 till now, Overwatch 2 Players can try this new game mode through a special card in the unranked menu.

recently, Overwatch 2 Season 14 revealed a series of upcoming gameplay experiments, including a handful of 6v6 playtests. The first of these Overwatch 2 The hacked game mods called Quick Play: Limit 2 started on November 6 and ran for a few days.

now, Overwatch 2 Another Quick Play: Hacked Experiment has started as a sendoff for Season 13. From now until the start of Season 14 on December 10th, fans can queue up in Quick Play Hacked: Kingmaker with the new Unranked card. Game mode works similarly Overwatch 2Previous to Quick Play Hacked: Limit 2 – Each team can flex formations with up to two players in the same role, allowing them to swap support or damage heroes for a second tank. However, a hero in a solo role gets a powerful buff that helps them pull their weight without a second character to back them up.

While in the solo role, damage and support heroes get extra health and a reduction in their cooldown, the former gain attack and reload speed, and the latter gain an increase in their healing. The kingmaker bonus for tanks is the usual passive given for the role Overwatch 2 The gameplay, so this single role playing should feel familiar to many fans.

Interestingly, the game mode also offers a new quality-of-life feature in the form of an optional health bar overlay. Like UI elements from Overwatch 2In PvE missions, players can use this toggle to display their team's status and current health in the bottom left corner of the screen, and customize how it looks for each role. This feature is only available in Quick Play Hacked: Kingmaker, but Blizzard may add it to more game modes in the future.

Season 14 officially kicks off on December 10th, permanently adding menace, aggression and disruptive newness Overwatch 2 Tank hero, in the game's roster. About a week later, the first 6v6 test, min 1, max 3, is scheduled to take place, with the classic 2-2-2 team composition planned for the season after the test. Overwatch: Classic and Junkenstein's Lab are hot on these game modes, there seems to be no end in sight. Overwatch 2Gameplay experiments in the near future.

Overwatch 2: Quick Play Hacked – December 4, 2024 Patch Notes

Kingmaker

In Quick Play Hacked – Kingmaker, you'll crown your team's champion in a new twist from the previous Limit 2 experience where a lone player earns bonus powers to dominate the game. Use new compositions taking advantage of the Kingmaker system to give every role a chance to shine, even in unorthodox lineups. You'll want to be strategic in your role choices, as roles are locked at the start of each round, but switching roles mid-match can unlock game-changing potential.

• Kingmaker will have its own playable mode in the Unranked menu outside of Roll Queue and Open Queue.
• Players select roles in a first-come, first-served setup with only two players per role (tank, damage, support).
• Once a role is capped at two players, it is locked to the rest of the team members.
• You cannot switch roles during gameplay, but can switch between rounds for the control game mode.
• In a role that has only one hero, that hero will receive an additional bonus effect and so will all players in the game.
• This experimental mode runs until December 9.

Tank Kingmaker bonus

• Health increased by 150 HP.
• Movement speed increased by 15%.
• Crowd control effects and incoming critical damage decreased.

Kingmaker bonus damage

• Health increased by 50 HP
• All cooldowns reduced by 20%
• Attack and reload speed increased by 20%

Support Kingmaker bonus

• Health increased by 100 HP
• Increases healing of allies by 30%
• All cooldowns reduced by 20%