Overwatch Leaker Supposedly Reveals All of 2026’s Heroes

A credible Overwatch leaker has revealed information about the next four heroes coming to the hero shooter throughout 2026. These potential Overwatch heroes are expected to arrive in Season 3 in June, Season 4 in August, Season 5 in October, and Season 6 in December.

On April 14, Overwatch released Season 2: Summit, the second part of the year-long Reign of Talon storyline. Front and center in this update is Sierra, a mobile damage hero, and the sixth of 10 heroes confirmed for 2026. However, shortly before her reveal, an Overwatch leaker named SarenArtanis correctly identified her kit, though their YouTube account was seemingly deleted sometime after.

All Leaked Overwatch Reign of Talon Heroes

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Now, SarenArtanis has returned with more leaks. According to images shared by ZEITGEIST on Twitter in a thread by SkaVorah, SarenArtanis revealed information about all four of the next heroes coming to Overwatch this year:

• Season 3
  • Hashimoto head of the Kanezaka branch
    • Damage hero who wields two pistols and a bayonet
• Season 4
  • D.Mon, one of D.Va’s MEKA squadmates
    • Tank hero with a hard-light sword, shield, and new type of health
• Season 5
  • Omnic detective working for Helix Security or the International Justice Commission
    • Support who uses a cane and has an anti-heal aura
• Season 6
  • Hivemind, a former Talon operative freed from the prison in Iceland
    • Support who commands an army of drones

The hero from Season 3 is the head of the Kanezaka branch of the Hashimoto clan. She is the one responsible for sending Overwatch Season 1 hero Mizuki to spy on Kiriko and her Yokai, and allegedly wields two pistols and a bayonet. Described as “Overwatch’s version of Revy from Black Lagoon” and “Cassidy 2.0,” this gunslinging Sharpshooter damage hero sounds like she will be a dangerous and volatile character.

The hero for Season 4 is the worst-kept secret in Reign of Talon. The massive silhouette, combined with images seen in the background of the Overwatch Spotlight, all but confirms it will be D.Mon, one of D.Va’s MEKA squadmates in Overwatch. SarenArtanis’ leaks corroborate this, adding that she will be a tank with a new type of health besides armor and shields, and that she will be a mobile flying character like Angela from Marvel Rivals.

Lastly, the heroes from Season 5 and 6 are supposedly connected to Iceland, the second new map confirmed for Overwatch in 2026. The Season 5 hero is allegedly an Omnic detective working with Helix Security or the International Justice Commission to investigate the prison in Iceland, and is a support hero who uses a cane and has an anti-heal aura.

Meanwhile, the Season 6 hero is another support named Hivemind. First seen in the Project Titan hero concepts alongside Mama Hong and Phreak, Hivemind commands an army of diamond-shaped drones, which can be seen in her silhouette. What’s more, Hivemind is actually already canon; she appeared in Overwatch: Declassified, wherein she was behind the hostage crisis that got Reinhardt forcibly retired from Overwatch. If these leaks are true, Vendetta will use Junker Queen’s captured Null Sector command ship to create the robot seen in the Iceland map preview, and then use it to free Hivemind, who is supposedly kept at the prison located there.

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While fans should take this information with a grain of salt, their supposed backstories and kits align with their officially-revealed silhouettes, as well as confirmed storylines and content coming in later Overwatch seasons. Players will have to see how credible these leaks are once Season 3’s hero is revealed in late May or early June.

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August 10, 2023

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