The new mythic skins in Overwatch 2 are a step above the legendary skins. Unlike other skins that come premade, players can customize their mythic skins to look unique from others with the same mythic skin. Players can change patterns, colors, armor pieces, and weapon designs.
If that sounds enticing, it is. Overwatch 2 is banking on its free-to-play model and hoping players will get obsessed with character customization. With only a limited number of mythic skins in the game, these are the heroes that the developers should enhance next.
10 Winston
The community has long felt that Winston has been overlooked in the game. While new heroes like Orisa seem to be receiving constant updates and changes, Winston has languished at the bottom of the win charts for too long. Gamers who use him deserve some kind of compensation.
The jet pack, his Tesla Cannon, his fur, the possibilities are limitless. Being a gorilla with a scientific mind, there is room here for a really creative mythic skin that could seize on any element of his background. Or, better yet, on his future.
9 Junker Queen
As a newer hero, Junker Queen is already very light on skins. Also, her currently legendary skins are uninspired and boring. For somebody with such an awesome backstory and exciting skill set, a mythic skin right away would be for the best.
Junker Queen has three weapons for the developers to get creative with in addition to her awesome hairstyle, disturbing knee pad, and junkyard aesthetic. Her current scraps look like trash, she deserves to shine like the diamond in the rough that she is.
8 Brigitte
Brigitte deserves an explanation for why she's on this list. Her StarCraft-inspired skin is awesome and her knight outfits are truly top-tier. So why is it that she deserves a mythic skin if she already looks incredible?
Really, it's just because the team can be trusted to make something awesome for her every time. If the designers have flexed their creativity this well so far, why not have them really cut loose by giving her mythic skins for her mace, shield, and armor?
7 Ashe
If a great painter can do so much with a small canvas, imagine how much they can do with a large one. It doesn't get much bigger than Ashe, who can have her sidearm, dynamite, main weapon, and B.O.B. customized individually.
Perhaps something with a more western style? Although her backstory overlaps with Cassidy's, her standard look rings more motorcyclist than tumbleweed. Mythic skins are all about showing off and there is a lot here to show.
6 Mei
While some heroes are getting skins that change the appearance of their moves, Mei has not been very well explored. Regardless of her outfit, she always spits frost, has the same frost wall, and has the same icicle effect.
A mythic skin is definitely in order. Imagine her beekeeping outfit spitting honey and having hives pop out of the ground! Mei needs a skin that changes the look of her moves, not just her clothing.
5 Mercy
Mercy will probably always be one of the best support heroes. Anybody with her healing output and the chance to bring a teammate back from the grave should not be underestimated. But her skins have left the angel side behind and become more mechanical. Some look like outright costumes.
How awesome would it be to get an archangel skin for Mercy? Make the wings fully attached, have a real halo above her head, and put a divine staff in her hand. There are different shades of golds, whites, and silvers to let gamers choose from as well.
4 Roadhog
As most other heroes get new skins, the first thing players think of are the costume possibilities. For Roadhog, his tattoos are at the front of his design. Letting players choose clothes is one thing, letting them choose their tattoos is quite another.
Perhaps draw upon his unique history with the gang as a biker. Different jackets, goggles, tats, and, of course, his items such as the hook, scrap gun, and breathing device. That belly is home to endless possibilities.
3 Sojourn
Players who unlock all the heroes will be happy to get Sojourn as a DPS option, but they'll be disappointed in her outfits. Not all of them are bad, really, but the selection is so limited and most of them are quite plain. And why do none of them highlight those mechanical legs?
Legs aside, she also has a gun and a grenade-like orb to have fun with. Her ultimate doesn't create anything, but it does make her glow. Giving her a mythic skin that gets even cooler looking with customized neon lights would be amazing.
2 Wrecking Ball
When it comes to possibilities, the giant hamster ball that is Wrecking Ball needs to rank high up on the list. The ball also has legs, mounted turrets, ultimate mines, and, oh yeah, a cute hamster that can pop out of the top.
There are many angles for a mythic skin. They could play on the whole high-tech theme even further or they could scale things back and do a transparent hamster ball so that the little guy is visible 100% of the time and not just on occasion.
1 Hanzo
If his brother is getting a mythic skin, why shouldn't he? Hanzo's outfit could even have a similar design scheme as Genji's mythic skin but perhaps in opposite colors. The two are tied together, nothing would bring that further home than a cosmetic similarity as well.
His ultimate is usually a pair of twin dragons, but that's open to change. He shoots different kinds of arrows which could also get unique styles. If nothing else, that archer outfit of his is begging for a fancy makeover.
Overwatch 2 is available now on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch.