About the overwatch tag
overwatch is a series tag that NovelAI Diffusion can use. On Danbooru it has 16,812 posts, and its best-rated still image scores 1,903. The samples above put the tag at the front of a fixed base prompt with seed 1234, so the differences between tags come from the tag alone.
How each model draws overwatch
Follows composition and expression instructions closely, so the effect shows in a tidy form.
Reacts to the tag more strongly, so its effect is easier to see.
WAI illustrious SDXL v17, a local model. Shows how the same tag reads outside NovelAI.
Writing overwatch in a prompt
Put the subject first, then this tag, then quality tags.
overwatch, solo, best quality, masterpiecewlop, overwatch, soloThe negative prompt and the full settings are on the terms page.
How these samples were made
Every image uses 832×1216, seed 1234, 23 steps and the k_euler_ancestral sampler. The base prompt and negative prompt stay the same for every tag, and only the tag under test changes. Images flagged by the NSFW check are regenerated with a new seed or hidden.
From the Danbooru wiki
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2016 hero shooter by Blizzard.
Characters
Tank
- D.Mon / Yuna Lee
- D.Va / Song Hana
- Domina / Vaira Singhania
- Hazard / Findlay Docherty
- Junker Queen / Odessa Stone
- Mauga / Maugaloa Malosi
- Orisa / OR15
- Ramattra / R-7000 Ravager
- Reinhardt / Reinhardt Wilhelm
- Roadhog / Mako Rutledge
- Sigma / Dr. Siebren de Kuiper
- Winston
- Wrecking Ball / Hammond
- Zarya / Aleksandra Zaryanova
Damage
- Anran / Ye Anran
- Ashe / Elizabeth Caledonia Ashe
- Bastion / SST Laboratories Siege Automaton E54
- Cassidy / Cole Cassidy
- Doomfist / Akande Ogundimu
- Echo
- Emre / Emre Sarioglu
- Freja / Freja Skov
- Genji / Shimada Genji
- Hanzo / Shimada Hanzo
- Junkrat / Jamison Fawkes
- Mei / Zhou Mei-Ling
- Mizuki / Kawano Mizuki
- Pharah / Fareeha Amari
- Reaper / Gabriel Reyes
- Shion
- Sierra / Sierra Turner Woods
- Sojourn / Vivian Chase
- Soldier: 76 / Jack Morrison
- Sombra / Olivia Colomar
- Symmetra / Satya Vaswani
- Torbjörn / Torbjörn Lindholm
- Tracer / Lena Oxton
- Vendetta / Marzia Bartalott
- Venture / Sloan Cameron
- Widowmaker / Amelie Lacroix
Support
- Ana / Ana Amari
- Baptiste / Jean-Baptiste Augustin
- Brigitte / Brigitte Lindholm
- Illari / Illari Quispe Ruiz
- Jetpack Cat / Fika
- Juno / Teo Minh
- Kiriko / Kamori Kiriko
- Lifeweaver / Niran Pruksamanee
- Lúcio / Lúcio Correia dos Santos
- Mercy / Dr. Angela Ziegler
- Moira / Moira O’Deorain
- Wuyang / Ye Wuyang
- Zenyatta / Tekhartha Zenyatta
Non-playable characters
FAQ
Does NovelAI recognize overwatch?
Compare the samples on this page. Every tag on this site shares the same seed and base prompt, so any change you see comes from overwatch.
How do I write overwatch in a prompt?
Write "overwatch" near the front of the prompt and separate it from other tags with commas.
Should I use V5 or V4.5?
V4.5 shows the tag's effect more strongly. V5 gives steadier images with fewer artifacts.

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