Why is my ping high in Overwatch? Servers and test

Overwatch at a glance

Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch
Servers: Client and server: the publisher runs the game servers
Server choice: The game picks the server
Server list: Not published
Measured by our test: Every region, as a general result
Status page: Not published
Checked: October 18, 2026

How to see your ping in Overwatch

Turn on the performance stats overlay: Shift+Ctrl+R on PC by default, or Options, Video, Show Network Stats on console. LAT in the top left corner is your latency to the game server. On PC, Shift+Ctrl+N opens the full network graph with latency and packet loss.

How to change server in Overwatch

You cannot. Blizzard says Overwatch has no option to change or select servers, because the game picks the server with the best latency for your group or your location.

Where the Overwatch servers are

Blizzard says Overwatch has no server picker. The game connects you to the server with the best latency for your group or your location, and Blizzard does not publish its server list or cities. In Korea, Nexon runs player support for Overwatch.

Blizzard Entertainment publishes no list of Overwatch server locations, so this page names no region and the test times all of them.

What Blizzard Entertainment says about ping

Blizzard Entertainment publishes no ping figure or advice for Overwatch.

Our test reads its own bands next to that: Excellent under 40 ms, Good 40 to under 80 ms, Playable 80 to under 130 ms, Poor 130 ms and above. These are our lines, not Blizzard Entertainment's.

What our test reads for Overwatch

Blizzard Entertainment does not say where the servers are, so the result is a general one over every region, and says so.

Fixes that fit your Overwatch result

Ethernet or Wi-Fi, when the spread is high or requests go missing.
5 GHz or 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi, when you play on Wi-Fi.
Background downloads, when the spread jumps while others use the line.
Router QoS, when the home line is full.
When the route is the problem, when the result reads far from the servers.
Console ping, when you play on a console.

Test your ping to every region

Overwatch ping questions

Where are the Overwatch servers?

Blizzard Entertainment does not publish where the Overwatch servers are, so the test times every region and gives a general result.

Can you pick your server in Overwatch?

No. Blizzard Entertainment says the game picks the server for you. The section on changing server on this page says what the publisher states.

What is a good ping in Overwatch?

Blizzard Entertainment publishes no figure for Overwatch. Our own bands, which are not Blizzard Entertainment's: Excellent under 40 ms, Good 40 to under 80 ms, Playable 80 to under 130 ms, Poor 130 ms and above.

Does the test measure the Overwatch servers themselves?

No. It times public test points near every region, from your browser. That shows network distance in tens of milliseconds; the number Overwatch shows you decides.

Sources

The Overwatch facts on this page come from Blizzard Entertainment's own pages, read on the dates shown.

Play Overwatch in a Different Region, Blizzard Support, support article, read October 18, 2026
Diagnosing Overwatch Network Problems, Blizzard Support, support article, read October 18, 2026
Overwatch, official page, read October 15, 2026