Liberation is the second story mission in Overwatch 2, introduced in Season 6. It features Overwatch fighting against Null Sector in Toronto.

Introduction

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“	OVERWATCH GOES TO NULL-SECTOR-OCCUPIED TORONTO IN SEARCH OF AN OLD FRIEND.	„
	~ Mission Brief

Sojourn was saving the remaining Civilians until Cassidy appeared with Overwatch, and tell the situation is bad. Then the ferry terminal attacked. But as Sojourn charges, Overwatch loaded up and she remarks that Toronto is "Hell of a place for a reunion." And they begin the mission.

NPC's

Enemies

• Nulltrooper
• Jumpjet
• Flyer
• Artillery
• Slicer (NEW)
• Stalker (NEW)
• Subjugator (NEW)

Omnics

• Reggie Buckworth
• Claire Hopper

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  The mission fail screen

Gameplay

In Liberation, one player must choose Sojourn. Other than this, players have a choice between the following heroes and roles:

• Damage: Cassidy, Echo, Genji, Mei, Pharah, Tracer
• Support: Baptiste, Brigitte, Lucio, Mercy
• Tank: D.Va, Reinhardt, Winston, Zarya

Strategy

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Story and Aftermath

The new Overwatch team comes to Canada to recruit Sojourn, who led Overwatch, instead of Jack. At this time, Sojourn was preventing the invasion of Canada in a continuation of the cinematic 'Calling', and Cassidy and Reinhardt found Sojourn and the Overwatch team reunited. The Overwatch team steps forward to help Sojourn.

Unlike the resistance where the military fighters are fighting fiercely against the Null Sector, in Toronto, the military has already been defeated by the Null Sector's offensive, and broadcasts urging them to leave the city as soon as possible resonate. A small group of civilians who had not escaped were abandoned and helpless, but the new Overwatch team cooperated with Sojourn, a militia fighter who wanted to remain alone until the end to protect the civilians, cover the evacuation of civilians from the overwhelming null sector troops, and isolated omnics. You have to rescue them and escape through the Ferry Terminal.

Starting from the dock, cover the escape route of the civilian omnics divided into three groups, evacuate them one by one to a private cruise ship, and meet Claire at King Street Station to rescue the omnic named Claire, who is isolated in the city center. Ride the subway, and join an omnic, a lawyer named Reggie, hiding inside the Queen Street Station subway train. The whole plot is escorting Claire and Reggie to Union Station, putting them on the Overwatch Dropship waiting in Central Park and dropping them off in a safe area.

While rescuing the omnics, they discover that the Null Sector has put a special device on the omnics to stop them from working. , leading to Ironclad.

Brigitte and Reinhardt took one of the Omnics to Ironclad Guild.

Ironclad Mission Is Unlocked

Challenges

Liberation Challenges

Challenge Name	Requirements	Reward	Notes
Liberation Fighter	Win Liberation on any difficulty.	Cute Slicer - Weapon Charm 10,000 XP
Hardened Liberation Fighter	Win Liberation on Hard difficulty.	Null Sector Emblem - Spray 3,000 XP
Expert Liberation Fighter	Win Liberation on Expert difficulty.	Unity - Spray 3,000 XP
Legendary Liberation Fighter	Win Liberation on Legendary difficulty.	Stalker - Spray 5,000 XP
Maple Forum	Win Liberation with 3 different heroes.	5,000 XP
Good Passenger	Pay your subway fare and win Liberation.	A Better World - Winston Voice Line 2,000 XP
Canadian Hospitality	Drink a cup of coffee an win Liberation.	Spare Gun - Sojourn Voice Line 2,000 XP

Trivia

• As of August, 2023, only 0.7% of Legendary difficulty attempts at the mission have been successful.^[1]
• The canon events show that some of the heroes available for the mission are dispatched by Sojourn to other nearby locations. Only four are playable in a session; The four that are chosen as AI are: Winston or Zarya, Sojourn, Genji or Cassidy, and Mercy, Lúcio, or Brigitte. Any characters not picked are implied to be in the other locations Sojourn mentions.
• There are moments in the script that play out mostly the same every time you play, no matter which characters have been picked. For example, the Tank character will always tell Claire that fear is good, and come up with the term "Subjugators" instead of "brain-sucky things". The Damage character that isn't Sojourn will be the one to report on "movement in the subway car" (Reggie), and the Support character will always be the one to emphatically state that Claire and Reggie should not have guns during the final run to safety.

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