Lifeweaver Disappears from Overwatch
After a grueling day of battling The Horrors, I unwind with a match of Overwatch, a game that has always been a safe escape. Yet Blizzard’s recent nerf to Lifeweaver — allowing tanks and damage heroes to cancel his Life Grip — has effectively removed him from the roster.
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Launching Overwatch now reveals a glaring absence: the hero Lifeweaver is missing from the select screen and unavailable in practice, with Blizzard offering no explanation.
Lifeweaver has been disabled in #Overwatch 🪷
The support hero has been fully removed from the Hero Select screen in every mode, presumably because of an undisclosed bug.
There is currently no estimated time for a fix. pic.twitter.com/xV77654wW3
— Overwatch Cavalry (@OWCavalry) August 21, 2026