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OWCF 2025 World Finals Champion.
Welcome back everyone to the OWCS.
We're here in the EMEA region, and happy Father's Day to all the dads out there.
Father's Day can look and feel drastically different.
For everyone out there, so remember to be kind to each other today.
Yeah, speaking again, how's it going up in my forte this weekend?
But I'm Ash and joined here by Matt and Moxie.
How are you guys feeling this
weekend? Pretty good. I mean,
we had a we had a banger of a
day in EMEA yesterday. It was
like a felt like it was nine
hours in the EMEA overwatch
history, but it was a good
time. I mean, the series went
to distance is that it's super
competitive right now in all of
EMEA. Yeah, EMEA is definitely
the more competitive region. I
think like Matt had, like you
said, so many two five map
series. And then we had the N
but I think like EMA has been the most competitive because Twisted Minds are just not the top
dog anymore. They got felled by Virtus Pro very quickly and even then Virtus Pro yesterday
had a five map series so it feels like the divide between all of the different teams
that we had in stage one has totally disappeared and it's anyone's game.
Yeah it's really crazy to think how the gap is closing right now with the meta shift and
You know, new players coming into some of these teams here as well, Matt.
I think that it's honestly just wild that yesterday was the longest day we've had so far this stage,
but now taking a look at this standing squad for you guys, VP has secured their spot in the playoffs.
TM are not far off.
Matt, for those last two spots, it's very open for contention.
Just about everybody. I mean, you know, TELUSY probably is the one that may be on the outside of kind of looking in,
but obviously still mathematically alive.
You know, one, two, three, four,
obviously have put up some really good performances.
I think really led by the wrecking ball of a golden pan.
So, you know, their game today against GK, right?
You kind of look at where GK is in terms of the standings.
That's going to be a massive one for who makes playoffs.
It really is going to be.
And what else has been new for us, right?
Aside from things really shaking up as far as these standings go,
how these teams are looking,
talking up against each other. It's also the fact that we had a new hero debuting in OWCS yesterday.
We got to see our first look of Sean Moxie and she's looked great so far. Are you feeling like
she's in a more like healthy spot right now, a little overpowered? What's your take?
Probably a little overpowered. I think we're all expecting a few nerfs to come out in terms of some
perks that she has, maybe the damage on the ultimate or the right click. I think it's also just like
the novelty of the fact that she's new and the amount of damage that she does is very fast.
So if you're not able to keep on top of her location very quickly, you can find yourself just
losing a crucial player like one of your supports or a DPS who has an ultimate that you're really
hinging your flight plan on. So there's a lot of very fast adaptation for teams or if they don't
want to deal with it, they get the opportunity to ban it, but only once. No changes for me. Just
just keep it until I'm knowing any of Alan's changes.
Just keep it the way it is.
She's a ton of fun to watch play.
I think it's also team starting to be our head of play
with her and against her, right?
So I think, but let's see if we're in a week or two
before we can, I know Custa takes the fan hammer out
and starts hitting her nerves.
We'll have to see, we'll have to see.
I don't know, personally, give her a second motorcycle.
Who cares?
But let's take a look at today's schedule, guys.
I don't think anybody else would necessarily agree
with me on that, but taking a look at today's,
games. We have some really important matches coming in here. Again, that GK vs. 1, 2, 3,
4 match that we're kicking our day off with is so important when it comes down to both
of these teams' chances in trying to secure playoffs and also 1, 2, 3, 4. Maybe securing
that spot a little bit earlier on in the schedule, of course. We have NA later on today as well
with free matches and talking about what these teams are playing for. It's not just playoffs.
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get tickets, make sure you use that over what, oh W, sorry, 15 code to get that 15% off of
your tickets for the midseason championship. Let's talk about this matchup. Now, between
GK versus 1, 2, 3, 4, this is your die for both of these teams and the head to head is
going to be so important for these playoff opportunities. And talking about GK, they
finally picked up their first win up against TELUSY yesterday. Moxie, we talked about how
important it was going to be for this squad to really make a stamp um for themselves I think
and have a very solid showing. Yeah Geeky sort of feels like they find their footing in terms of
what compositions they want to play a lot of Kiriko Mizuki coming out especially like Ziad
getting to play both the Sigma and the Rematra but for me my attention for this match will be
specifically on Kellex and Lapda. Kellex for picking up the Mizuki and Lapda for mostly defaulting
to the cast because when you're going up against 1234, you know what the problem will be and is
wrecking ball shaped. Yeah, I mean, yesterday, right when we saw 1234 have success against TM,
TM doesn't really want to play the Mizuki, right? So having a Mizuki in the mix here for Kellex,
it's obviously going to be a difference maker, but not really many ways you can prepare for a
wrecking ball like Oldham hands on the other side. For GK, it's like an absolute must win,
right like because you also look one two three four they were able to beat out katsya uh no and
ek ends up losing to katsya three oh right so they got to make that up somehow yeah they definitely
do and heading up against a one two three four like you guys are talking about that added golden
pants to this roster and the tank department has been hooking like i think matt it's undeniable how
good golden pants looks right now in the server especially with the synergy process team to make
Yeah, tremendous and I'm glad you kind of showed it out the rest of the team there towards the end because they didn't
They know Kai, Mimone, Canale, Crispy, they've all been really strong
Across their roles as well. It's not just kind of like a wrecking ball just going in just kind of dominating everybody
It's obviously, you know golden pants kind of setting the tempo creating some of that space
But you know Mimone is looks really strong, you know, Kai is looks great
So I think this is a team that they're really well rounded
It's like some of these maps where you know, maybe you can't play the ball
I actually me and Jake we were like they're they could have won potentially that's rookie yesterday
No, very interesting Matt where they brought an AMVP. So we'll see how they fare today
It's just a very difficult team to game plan for
It really is hard to plan up against a wrecking ball that you can't plan for
Well, let's talk about our predictions heading into this matchup for myself adds to go with the ball
I might not be an enjoyer of the ball when I'm in the server, but I love to watch it as a viewer
it's so fun, especially with how well one two three four have been playing together to be able to
work alongside that tempo of the wrecking ball. I don't put my money on them. Yeah, I'm going to say
one two three four as well. I know our our great producer, I think it was Hala, she mentioned earlier
that like they've actually gone up all the maps right they have a three two and a three two. I
don't think this one goes the distance. I think one two three four is able to get this one done
inside of five. Yeah, I agree. I think it's one two three four. I think like for the most part
as well. The fact that you're having to prepare for a totally new part with a new hero just means
that you don't have the time to fit in to also have to practice screaming up against
wrecking ball compositions which will hurt Gike in the long run. Yeah it's definitely gonna be tough
we're gonna have to see if Gike have the answers to the golden pants wrecking ball and one two
three four as a whole and if they can keep their playoffs contention alive here in this matchup.
Yeah, thanks so much Ash is this is a this is a matchup that
She mentioned Moxie right a huge one in terms of DK trying to keep their kind of playoff chances
Alive you know fighting for I know that fourth spot freely, you know one two three four now
You know Katya the other two in contention. It'll be an arctic peninsula
That'll be the first map selection here for DK not exactly an awesome wrecking ball map and they ban it first
So I actually think this is quite good for 1, 2, 3, 4, right?
Yeah.
It allows you, we did see GoldenHands actually play this yesterday, and it looked pretty good.
But this is a map now where you get the wrecking ball out. You're free for the rest of the series.
Yeah, and 1, 2, 3, 4, also taking out that Kiriko, which we were sort of talking about GK finding their footing in terms of backline identity being, for the most part, Kiriko Mizuki.
So now you have to move away from that totally.
We'll have to see like what exactly the turn will be.
Maybe some Juno, maybe a little bit of Baptiste.
Coming on out from the side of Gike, maybe some Wu Yang as well.
But I do feel like this is now a must-win map for Gike,
since this is the burning of the wrecking ball ban.
If you go somewhere like Suravasa, late down the line,
that wrecking ball will be able to make it through.
So I think it's very interesting that they go for the wrecking ball ban
now. Maybe it's because they also saw that Golden Pants were starting as opposed to AMDP,
who you know would come in and play things like the Rhin or the Malga if you take them
somewhere like the Circa. That's a big risk to start off with a huge statement.
Yeah and I mean yesterday when we saw Golden Pants in and the ball was gone we saw some Winston
play. Winston not exactly, I mean like Yves Yard on the other side who's going to be playing D.Va,
I mean that's like a brutal matchup to kind of be playing that Winston into so we'll see if that's what they decide to go with when
We kind of saw I think it was King's Row they decided to use this yesterday
It was almost a little bit like a throwaway
But I think the Winston is obviously a little bit easier to pilot and use maybe on control as opposed to like King's Row
In the nature that it's in. Yeah, that Winston also has a lot more counters than either right like Reaper, Sheon
even as well the amount of damage that you can do when Winston's mid jump with
things like that execution on the right click can very quickly melt the Winston
self down so that you're wanting to jump in and engage and then you find yourself
too low so you have just instantly drop bubble and try and make it back to the
rest of your team but I definitely think that they're trying to make Golden Pass
feel as uncomfortable as possible and like you said try and force them into a
really rough tank matchup, which means that DK should be much more comfortable in terms
of how they build these compositions around. But without the Curico, if you'd be able to
properly set up the heals for the Diva, like maybe 1, 2, 3, 4 can try and force something
that's a little bit better at anchoring space and go for a Sigma outlook instead.
I don't know. I mean that would be a good call. It's just I haven't seen yet
Golden Pants. I would definitely catch GK potentially off guard as we go into map
one here between these two teams on the Antarctic Peninsula so GK map selection
GK it's that first ban they get rid of the ball I think it's really kind of the
on what we see one, two, three, four decide to play.
So with the Kiri gun, right?
I mean, now what?
You play maybe, you know, Mizuki.
I'm sure they decide to play.
Okay, so they're going to play it with Mizuki
with a Baptiste playing around the Sig.
This, I mean, Anna Wiong,
this is kind of like what they played
on King's Row yesterday.
Yeah.
I mean, this is also just classic Anna Winston synergies,
really, really strong.
like you can go for nano boost engagements as well. We'll see if Mimone decides to stick
with the sim. Likely going to just TP the team out and then swap to something like the tracer
which means that Labjorn the Cassidy is going to be in charge of trying to mark out where
exactly that tracer will end up so that you don't have to worry about her getting into
the backline as Kellex actually feels onto the Mizuki. So you have a lot of really good
just like chain mobility of being able to shut down both the tracer and the Winston when
the dive gets close. Yes Golden Pants has to be so careful here how they're
gonna kind of play around the Mizuki chain, the hinder, and I know the
accretion of Ziad as it'll be DK, he's still gonna move up onto the point here.
Just try and take position that's the TP that's gotten rid of rather quickly
there as Golden Pants doesn't exactly want to dive on. This is DK. They're just
bullying them off of the point with this Sigma based comp. Yeah I mean that's
of baiting as well. The fact that Alfie used the SimTP behind the point, so Golden Pants uses the
jump to try and just like push onto someone if they do decide to take it, and then everyone else
in GK just moves their position up and forwards. Mymone though is in a really good angle right now.
Yes, 1-2-3-4 lost the first fight, but this Tracer now is going to be pulling a lot of attention
from GK's players where they have to clear out Mymone, which will take some of the attention
a little bit of a tension
away from Goldenpans. Yeah,
they have an idea. He's here
though. So we'll see how they
kind of play. You see all the
players turning and looking
towards my moment is Goldenpans
coming out the doorway there is
the odd take purchase on the
point yet again. It's just so
dangerous to dive on into that's
going to be the leap there from
Goldenpans and then they just
TP away. Nice. It's a nice
anti NATO. Hey, there's no
1, 2, 3, 4, and no resistance for what Geekay is playing.
They do get a point flip here, but not going to last for long.
Yeah, Canale as well has no mobility on his own,
and 1, 2, 3, 4 aren't running something like the Juno,
so be able to make up for the absence of that in Ana's kit.
So it feels like for 1, 2, 3, 4,
they're just wanting to build up ultimates and win one fight,
and then you can apply pressure before Geekay
are in a position to bunker versus the dive,
and clear at all of those angles,
and that should come off of the back of OC or a nano boost engagement.
If they lose those fights, that's when you're in a really rough spot.
I mean, they may be in a rough spot even right now.
I mean, 75% of the points here for DK,
that's going to be GoldenPanso getting the benefits of the nano,
then they collapse in my moment, so this is a good dive that comes in there
from 1, 2, 3, 4, really set up there by that nano on the GoldenPanso
that those two early kills, you don't have to invest,
You know your title blast you can hold on to your overclock now
You're in a position where maybe you can make something happen
You're gonna be diving in though here. I mean ant matrix, you know at the right
Sanctuary they had absolutely everything great now
From canals set up in a position where GK just not ready to clear the Anna's position and then the dive follow through from the rest
Of the team this instance since everyone has so much find ability and this is what we were talking about right for one
you just win one fight and then apply pressure on DK as they walk up as opposed to when they're already positioned.
As Kalex will go for a little bit of just min-axing, swap to the Juno, give everyone the speed ring boost, and move everyone close up to the point.
I'll go with it, barely gets the Primal Off, it's gonna be the Gravitic Flux who ends up taking down the Winston, the Amateurs use there as well for DK,
just for extra measures to kind of put down that damage, and then they move up onto the point here for speed training.
be trying to dodge out of the way he's gonna use that title blast here on the
Mimone see if you can find anything it's a nice sim wall there just kind of
splitting off the team you know preventing that blast from coming on
through if you see yeah they haven't trapped it may not even matter though I
mean still in a really good spot here for DK Esports to close this one out Kai
has to use the OC to push on forward you see golden pants trying to put some
pressure as well but as we get into OT mocks it's just a matter of time before
GK put this one away. Yeah, GK just cleaning up the remains of one, two, three, four players,
like one, two, three, four. I think if they'd won the fight earlier with that nanoburst before
GK would just be able to walk with four out of five ultimates, set down AMP matrix so that you
have the heal amplified and you have the confidence to invest the flux from Zed to catch onto the
dive as they try to walk through, baiting their position force in one, two, three, four to have
have to step up and take that engagement.
They could have been in a much stronger position,
especially because GK actually very early on used that same wall,
which meant it was not there to defend against Kai's OC.
The problem is that when that OC comes out,
everyone from 1, 2, 3, 4 just so split,
no one's creating space for the Sojourn all,
and no one's taking away attention from the Sojourn,
so Kai gets one pick, but that's it.
Yes, it's definitely 1, 2, 3, 4,
not playing from an advantageous position,
of like the comps that they're gonna run here where we expect to see much better things in the
balls in play as it'll be DK taking high ground control with the bat. Mizuki Sigma set up yet
again making it very difficult. My own is able to find some things during that. It's just really
difficult to keep Golden Pants alive even with like the wing healing and the eye healing at range
and see where he decides to make this dive. Gonna go up to the high ground there. That's gonna be
Cassidy in the Baptiste playing right around the corner with those sin turrets, I mean that is you cannot stay long
I mean if you're 1-2-3-4 you're not really diving to commit for a kill
You just make all the fans to take damage and distract with Kai to be able to come through of a well-timed rail gun shot
But Geeky are positioned really well around cover and Z edge shield
Which means that 1-2-3-4 aren't really getting the opportunity that they're looking for worse than 1-2-3-4 as well
They actually let points slip through Geeky were able to cap
Yeah, and I mean that well there's no way for them to kind of consistently like fight point for instance or fight a position
With this composition that they have right especially going up against Sigma on the other side
So now you see an ant matrix used here. This is gonna be using this nice healing on to Alphie
It's a bio grenade though that allows them to deal with him through the ant matrix healing that comes on in but
So I mean now it's no gold hands alive. No crispy. What do you do?
There's no no nano target here to continue to fight so can be one two three four back and out
I mean GK will also back off though since they're still down two of those players one of which being Alfie
Which means most in TP to just remove the team from Golden Pass who has that down abuse that's the jump engagement
But the Mizuki chain is so good for that by the zoning dead
I to get the damage and keep one two three away from following up and GK weather the storm
Yeah, I mean that's the nano used there as well
I know for the next fight most certainly either for Golden Pants or Mimone is, this has been a round that has been all VK as the next creation there around the corner connects to Golden Pants, it's going to be the title blast used to Mimone up on the high ground, knocks down the Babs, so that's huge.
Sigma flicks from Ziad, connects onto Golden Pants though, they're trying to take him down before he gets that primal online, but Sigma has fallen as this should be the flip fight for 1, 2, 3, 4.
Kellogg's holding onto Sanctuary, wants to have it to defend against Kaizo C. Now we have to see yet again if it's the same situation as this last round on that, because GK, they're swapping things up.
The adds are actually going to go into the diva, so you have more defense matrix capabilities against both the colsbum and the overclock.
Plus, you can potentially just jump on Camille and be far more aggressive.
Yeah, I mean, I think the diva actually plays better into this than even, like, maybe even using the SIG.
It's my moan.
Behind any lines, you seem to do this a lot, going to try and combo with Golden Pants, because that's a prime.
All his Golden Pants will jump right on in.
And that's going to be the OCU's here as well, but they catch me before he's able to get through that simTP.
Losing that baptiste yet again early in the fight, it says you're not going to be able to contest here for DK.
It said they were going to try and back out a little bit. Goal of hands. Just be so careful.
He ends up popping the prime over. They end up losing Canale.
Yeah, that's the exit trade.
DK knew that they'd lost the fight, but they get Canale out of the way, which means no early nano-boost engagement for 1, 2, 3, 4.
4 when GK trying to walk point and sit there with things like that Mizuki Sanctuary and
Batman. This is a really good end to the fight for GK who despite actually losing players
early on, still win the play here trades and actually get the flip and once you've found
a force to play into them, provide the nano.
Yeah, they should be able to flip this back rather quickly though, right? The odd ends
up dying and they're not able to get a remake. They'll be flipped right back. So Kai does
take out Kelek so that's going to be good in terms of just buying some time in terms
of clock but yeah and now it's as well that's true right can they all have
nano crispy will have tidal blast you can put it on to my mode so you can try
and use the stun to set up an opportunity to use pulse bomb because
geeky I've got so many good alts to be able to walk and take this place I'm
just worried for golden pants even with the ability to get the nano here like
you know even with tile blast still gonna be like an ant matrix a lot of
damage kind of work through it, oh my god look at Kyla trying to find our cheeky railgun
still in here, it's going to be the Yamnature.
From the site, Immortality Field and Sanctuary use here, all at the same time, Tidal Blaster
on the golden pan, something actually caught anybody because they TP'd on out.
Nice Primal use here though, you're going to get rid of Fin yet again, Labder's going
to fall as well, so player advantage now, 4-1-2-3-4, they get back to the point, that was about
as good as it could possibly get.
Four, one, two, three, four,
and what was likely to be the final fight on this point,
yeah, it'll end up using that self-destruct,
trying to get a new mech back,
but not able to do so as Moxie,
they are going to battle back here, one, two, three, four,
and send this to a final point on Antarctic Peninsula.
Yeah, that's rough for Geeky, right?
That last round, they looked so in control
of being able to shut that dive down,
And then that one, it was just totally back and forth, some really good exit trades, some really good heads of play, also such an investment of ultimates on the side of GK when Golden Fence jumps into the nanoboos.
Like, I like the idea of using Mizuki Sanctuary as we have a little bit of a pause coming through.
I like the idea of using the Mizuki Sanctuary when you're trying to use, like, Dead Eye and also when Winston's jumping into you, because what that also is basically doing is,
It absorbs all of the heals that could potentially come to Golden Pants this way,
and absorbs any potential shutdown onto your dead eye, things like Anna's sleep,
that all goes away so you can hold the space.
The issue becomes, they didn't get the kill on the Winston,
and then Golden Pants gets the primal through,
and Geeky have no ultimates to be able to try to sustain against the Winston ult,
and they start trading players, losing players, and they've lost their resources,
they're going into the ebb of their damage,
me and well one two three four are hitting that peak yeah it's a really nice uh you know primal
there from golden panches a little bit of a pause here we'll get a get an idea what's going on and
i know i'm in games i think it's uh from the one three four side of things so get everybody uh
sorted out on there before we go into a third round but yeah it's a really nice primal from
golden pants and you know they're gonna burn them down before that and i think the biggest thing is
that if you're one two three four and you can steal this map without you know without the ball in
play and you can kind of have
that the rest of the way. I
mean, again, it feels like a
little bit like curtains for
GK. It's going to be a rough
spot within the battle back
into this. So we'll see in
this next round whether GK
decides to continue on with
Diva, which they went to
towards the end of the round,
or kind of go back and maybe
you play a little bit slower
with the sick. The sick
actually plays really good on
this point coming up. I think
you go back to the sick. I
think like it gives you more
anchor potential so you can
hold your space. Also, Flux is really good at just shutting down 1, 2, 3, 4's mobility.
Shield means that you can keep Kai, taking these off angles and trying to chunk someone down
when you're least expecting it on his toes, as it looks like Zed off of the D.va onto the Sigma.
Because 1, 2, 3, 4 were just sort of exposing the fact that D.va with the boosters had to take
so long to actually get on top of someone that it left the rest of GK's squishies a little bit
more vulnerable as we get the roll around. DK going to be taking high ground position to set up
Laptriner best possible spot. Maybe even wrap him all the way around and trying to catch onto
1, 2, 3, 4's backline because as mentioned, no Juno, Knail, very slow in comparison to DK.
Yeah, if they watched the 1, 2, 3, 4 game the other day, they kind of played this type of style
where they actually had, you know, Kai and Knail saying so far back and they should have bet a nice
shot there from lad that just kind of catches out crispy high dangerously low
as well this will be geeking getting in control the point first the one key
difference it was like one two three four the other day did it with like a the
bastion in the fall and play so much different type of composition here
playing I know with the sojourn and at the Winston so my mode on the flank gonna
figure out which route signed its case just waiting for golden pants to get on
forward. You see even Canale getting dangerously low. Crispy as well. It's gonna be quite aggressive here, but actually it's gonna be
Crispy. Stay alive here. Some nice support from Canale, and that's gonna allow once you drink water, get a bit of
advantage here. You're not able to deal with golden pans, and now it's gonna be a flip.
Yeah, Crispy went really aggressive, went really low, but also forced Finn into going low enough to proc
immortality field, and then once lamp was burned out, it was just open for the taking of that Winston to dive through.
Zed's actually going to go back on to the D.Va, so more dive potential as Alphie totally up of the symmetric gives up wall charge
to be able to try and shut down Klai's overclock to go for a tracer of their own which means that we're going to have this sort of like tug-of-war
momentum between these two teams both trying to out dive the other.
Yeah, I mean, I think it's good for you know having the tracer in play here for Alphie to kind of track my mom
but then also you can get in the back line so weak
You feel like they're gonna be able to finish some of them off nice hindered here from Kellex
It's gonna be the primal though that allows golden pants to get out of the way up from the high ground
That is not the spot you want to be in as the dead eye is channeled locks on the Winston directly above
Maybe golden pants are he's gonna be able to lift through that one
But that is a nice dead eye there from lab the the point flips the geek a right away
Namo though, Exit trades onto Finn, which is big for 123 who'll be very quickly wanting
to try and set up and push onto Geekay before that lap is back, and Geekay without that
main source of healing will actually allow Golden Pass to stop moving his way into position
on that point threatening for the cap.
Canale just has none of this, the moment Geekay wants to try and brawl and fight it
out, Canale uses that onto Golden Pass, sends him onto Catalanx and tries to force out Sine
Yeah, it's gonna be Alphie though getting both supports with a pulse bomb and Kai as well
So even with that nano on the golden pans
He's not gonna be able to do anything after that the tracer swap is definitely paid off here for DK as I know
Maybe one more fight for them to get a map win here now
And you're gonna have to sanctuary one of the strongest ults right now in the game. So
Fantastic here
it's gonna be the sanctuary drop here as soon as Kai uses the OC. Yeah, he uses the OC, forces out the sanctuary, still catches the ad and adds really bad news for Geek A in this fight.
They've got point percentage to be able to play with though, so 1, 2, 3 if I have to be very careful in terms of winning this fight cheaply.
Only the other clock invested, still having that Tidal Blast, still having that Primal.
Maimon will be able to farm a Propulse Bomb that Wu Yang are going out onto him as you're wanting to try and shut down Finn's amp.
If you can get that tracer pulse bomb, just take it right through that back hold, that could be absolutely massive for 1v3.
Yeah, it's going to be a title blast here, used on the Mimone, trying to get a connection that has to recall out, dangerously low.
Golden Pants though, still with the Primals, you have a lot of time here, going to be Golden Pants jumping on in, dead eye active for Labda,
just trying to zone this Winston out, it's going to be the Primal used, somebody's going to have to get a touch, it looks like Mimone gets there.
The pole spawn actually connected there on the lab, but it's a really nice mortality field from Finn that keeps the Cassidy alive,
and that's going to allow Lab to get some of this high ground here.
High does find one, but I don't think they have enough players that's going to keep this one going.
My mom will use a recall here, trying to get back towards the point.
Does deal with Finn, but that is it.
No touch comes in from 1, 2, 3, 4, and GK takes map number one.
number one. Yeah, that fight might as well be done. The moment
Canale goes down early on the Anna. It's a really good head to
play from Geekies and like so many of the players from 123
for a so focused on getting into a position to touch point.
Golden pants has to be there making sure that OT hits, which
means that there's no one to be able to make sure that the
Anna is safe. And so Geekie just had some players anchor point
send the rest to go hit the Anna the moment that the Winston
is done, Golden Pants has no long-term sustain because his support is already
being cut. Yeah really good Matt number one though for both teams right I think
obviously DK they kind of weather the storm here towards the end and they're
able to come out on top but if you're one two three four for a game like this
that would be this close to Golden Pants playing the Winston where you would have
loved that obviously the ball in play but it gets banned early on that is a good
sign I know for the rest of the series because now you figure obviously it
to 1, 2, 3, 4 map selection, they could go like you can go Suravasa and ban like a Mizuki for
instance right and you're in a fantastic spot. I mean you're going to be really happy if you can
get the ban on the Mizuki or potentially the cast as well. Like just take something that takes
mobility away and that you yourself are not going to play because Kai has always looked more comfortable
playing that Sojourn so potentially you take the cast away which means that things like the Tracer,
the soldier and the Winston all have a much easier time of dealing with it because one of the things
of DK swapping Alfie onto the Tracer, what they're freed up because the Tracer then went for the
Tracer 1v1, meant that Labdo was just able to hit shots, totally uncontested because he didn't have
to constantly be turning and working out like, is there a Tracer trying to flank and hit my
backline? I have to keep my backline safe, I can't be as aggressive as I want peeking these angles
because if I'm in a position to take on that EPS, I'm not in a position to stop the Tracer.
the ball. Yeah, no, it's a
really good point. I'm curious
where 123 Ford decides to take
it. A map selection early in
so Dorado, another really
strong ball map, right?
Probably you see them select
Dorado here over like a sort of
awesome because let's see you
win that they then take it to
something like a circuit where
it's really difficult to play
any type of ball, right? So it's
almost like getting a second
type of ball band. So Dorado,
good one four one two three four or at least you think it should be here uh without you see the
way they want to play yeah i think we're both expecting something like that mizuki or the cast
band to come through then for geeky like obviously you can't remove the ball do we think they try to
remove the tracer because like alphie did not want to play the tracer himself he wanted to play the
the second one. So I think
that's going to be a good
thing. I think that's going to
be a good thing. I think
that's going to be a good
thing. I think that's going to
be a good thing. So it looks
like the sun. As it looks
actually like one to three
four. They'll take out the
Diva. So no, Missouki no
Cassidy. They just removed the
ads ability to dive. Yeah, and
I think obviously just kind of
like Diva really good at
controlling high ground here on
Dorado. So probably a better
pick than like Sigma, for
instance. And then we've seen
kind play a decent amount of
the Bastion gun will probably be a soldier in the hands of Ty, but hey, fast decisions
here going into map number two. Both teams know exactly what they want to do, knows that
the opponent is trying to do. No real mysteries between these two teams. I think it will be
a little bit harder to play maybe the Sigma here for like an extended period. I wouldn't
be surprised if I know at a moment maybe even Geek take on a force even maybe some like
We're mantra type look so I will see the ziata. I know gonna use that TP get a little bit forward
They're gonna go with the trying true at least off the start. No tracer though with the geek
So you can't just have like your tracer take the 1v1 against my moon for control point
GK will have to come to the payload themselves
To contest one two three fours four push and then use the symmetric teleport to go from the low ground to high ground
and pretty flawlessly. But for 1234 that does mean that Golden Pants will get a lot of map space
until he decides to actually commit to Geeky's position, right? Geeky are all going to be playing
huddled up like Penguins, which is funny since we just left the Antarctic Peninsula. I don't think
we have Penguins here in Dorado, but that's exactly what 1234 can start punishing, taking more angles,
taking more map space, and going for a very greedy backline of both the Kiriko and the Wu Yang.
Yeah, it'll be, uh, I know a...
...Hiri Wuying, like you mentioned this, they play the Wuying a decent amount of time.
It's a nice knock-off there from Golden Hands, not forcing Ziad to the low ground.
Also, kind of wildly while you want the Sim right, being able to kind of get Ziad out of those positions at times.
It'll be E.K. kind of controlling this high ground space at the moment,
but it looks like they're going to be forced back to that choke already, so...
Pretty good signs. I know 4, 1, 2, 3, 4 being able to kind of force this position,
allowing Kai to get some type of high ground as Golan Pan's gonna come here just swinging around
see maybe gonna get I know a cool down how to do just all the threat in coming down maybe the
chain gonna get expended is gonna take a different angle here it's gonna be very difficult that's
gonna be the connection there with that Mizuki chain and Golan Pan's barely able to live yeah
chain but that's also the return used from that Mizuki as well in the meantime one two three four
They're just trying to sneak the cart away a little bit more and more since Geeky have to have so many people look at that wrecking ball
But neither that point is actually in the choke
It's not hard if you want to free for to get the free push even without Geeky having only the sigma to be able to contest it
Pin going gang though, because that's just not enough sustain. Mizuki alone this early on without all of your perks unlocked
Will not be able to sustain the sigma
So the moment that one kill comes through, GK's whole composition just crumbles and it looks like they'll still try and mount a last-minute
Recontest with Xehanortxie swapping onto a wrecking ball of his own to try to go for the touch.
Yeah, Xehanort will get a touch there though. So will trigger OZ against body block there trying to round that corner
and then not actually able to get back and get a touch. So Xehanort will end up losing his life here as well.
So I know turning from bad to worse here for GK is now they're all going to have to back up as maybe
golden pants and coat can kind of can test high ground. One thing on that first fight as well
you know crispy ends up kind of getting behind you know with uh mymo and just the the weang damage
is just uh you know pretty annoying to deal with in terms of like that poke at range right so yeah
not only uh are you kind of dealing and contesting the eels that we put out and now also just kind
of the consistent poke damage is title blast available here golden pants gets off of the
nice minefield spot. It's going to be a suzu there that kind of keeps a lot of those players alive,
but that's like a creation, some damage that comes down from thin as well. Difficult to keep the ball up.
I mean, 1-2-3-4 though are slowly just moving that payload a little bit at a time when everyone
from GK are up at the top waiting, anticipating golden pans hitting in with those mines. They will
have to drop, but they have to drop coordinated as a whole unit. So 1-2-3-4 yet again, just going
to be pushing the cart, forcing Ziad to bail on the high ground, and then wanting to try
and catch the Sigma.
So the fact that you can move that shield is huge because it means that Kai, not totally
clad on this off angle, is not able just to sit down and take Ziad out, and you actually
catch Alfie either, which means that Kiki without that Symmetra teleport can't get the
Sigma back to the rest of the team.
Yeah, it's just that Wu Yong, so coming in from the side, it's going to be Crispy who
ends up, I know, using the battle blast on himself.
the Sanctuary user the doorway here and they're able to fight right outside that theater a huge manner
Yeah, I mean you can't let them just take that fight though and kind of get that cargo
I mean they have a lot of time I mean three minutes almost you would have been like around the corner getting very close
If you're geeky now like you have no rush to be able to match canals
You have to be able to back up and give yourself space to disengage the other block from kind without the use
So you hold the space into one side of Grush with dead eye.
But 1, 2, 3, 4 are still on the point.
I think it's just like an easier spot though to hold that, right?
Where like they're going to use that continue rush, right?
You end up having this sim wall that kind of splits off that area.
And Ziok can just kind of play that corner and can test the payload.
Like the payload's not really moving at all at the moment.
So even though you're at a disadvantage in terms of having to have rush, right?
They can't exactly use that rush and move into the dead eye.
not exactly going to kind of challenge that position. Now is the odd, you know, gets caught out on an off angle here, you know,
kind with the OC. Now the payload will start to get rolling, but all things concerning, that's about a minute and a half,
like off the clock there, 4GK, pretty good defense in that position. We'll see if they're able to come back, get another touch,
they'll have a rush of their own, plus a flux to be able to do it, where the payload is moving at this time,
they most certainly will get another fight as Alphie goes over the tracer to get a touch.
Yeah, over to get a touch, but also potentially to go here and bother 1, 2, 3, 4's backline.
So, you know, I can't just sit back to 3 and farm up a rush after Thins.
He can't use that rush to engage on 4 with...
Goldenfans buys 1, 2, 3, 4 at the time to disengage with the minefield.
Might potentially catch Alfie here as well, that's a lot of those Tracer Blinks fur,
and Alfie's trying to kite to the hell, like they get cut off by the poor roll.
All of the blinks invested plus the recall. Golden Pan's just a good match. It steals the health factor. Alfie can't get it.
And he's still just so low, but he gets the small ones, but does go down to the melee eventually.
Hey, I mean, Alfie taking that much, you know, resources from my, you know, Golden Pan's and my Montrena, Jayce, that's pretty impressive, but they end up losing Ziad over on the objective.
No real great spot to end up using that gravidic flocks. I know Labda will fall as well, but that'll be the second checkpoint.
It'll be under a minute though, that uh, 1, 2, 3, 4, you know, captures it in, so not a ton of time at it's potentially complete the map.
Uh, this is where maybe the Sigma can become pretty effective, right? Kinda holding down these high grounds against the ball.
Yeah, but you can already see Golden Pass is trying to disrupt.
They've spotted that GK keeping the tracer because up here so far it's like the pulse bomb.
Means no 70T, so it becomes much farther, pulls the A2, coordinates with 15.
Tidalblast actually goes on to golden pants, which means that he gets the knot forces out that Suzy,
so Maimon could get a free pulse from here, but the wrecking ball going down and the Wu Yang
following suit means that Maimon's likely going to hold that ultimate to the next fight, as this
is what you're wanting if you're DK, winning one fight, taking all of the momentum from 1,2,3,4.
They're not set up in a position to cut off your rotation. As you try to traverse from low down to
a high ground. Now you can cut off the right hand ball before he's in a position to hit
your back line.
You know we talked a little bit about it, you know pre-series right where Kellex is
a more open playing the Mizuki where definitely it makes a little bit of an impact against
the ball right. The chain extremely good, into like an accretion, just very difficult
to mean. You only have one cleanse here right. Roar can nail his coes. So it's difficult
to kind of keep that ball at times, especially in some of these close course scenarios against
this comp as Golden Pants trying to figure out exactly how he wants to go in. I mean,
there's the hinder and you see how impactful it is, almost dead there as soon as you get
hit by it.
Yeah, really big hit coming out from Kellex has been utilised as that rush, can you? Well,
Matt Golden Pants as well, disrupting the positions of both of them with the minefield
forcing Kellex to actually invest the sanctuary. So double support out fight, get again for
DK is they won't have a try and shut down the overclock in this next fight. They're relying
totally on zoning potential for things like that. Dead Eye and Alki clutching at the tail end of the
fight. Still alive on this Tracer. Punishing the fact that 1, 2, 3, 4 don't have a lot of good
shutdown opportunities unless my mode just takes the Tracer 1v1. There's the post on. Looks like
it actually went on to Gordon Pass to try to just take the wrecking ball down before the OT
touch could hit on By and the wrecking ball is gone. Kais clearing the stage with the overclock.
but GK, they can just use the sickness blocks right on his position so you don't have to worry about the social.
Yeah, and Mimone does get the title blast, so he does end up getting one pole spawn here, deals with Kill-X.
Just don't know if there's enough players alive here for 1, 2, 3, 4, nobody else can get there.
And I know Crispy on the Wuyang, right? Obviously Wuyang can pump out a ton of poke damage.
Not great in like 1v1s close, especially against a tracer of Alphie's caliber, so let's take a look here at some of Alphie's work.
You know it takes out crispy before we get on and you know a lot of this was done
You know towards the end of this with just I know Kellex alive
You just see the Mizuki being able to put out a ton of HP
You know in terms of healing and then also a decent amount of damage especially against those hinder target
So Finn has a nice round as well on the carry. I think DK is on a great job dealing with this ball
Yeah, they shaved the time back down
down. Like it was looking a little dicey after that first fight on first where they had to
give up so much base. But then when you got into courtyard and you could probably just
like use the Mizuki, keep a track of where the wrecking ball would be, wait for the
pall drive to hit, get the chain, instantly drop golden pants how far to. A good 50%,
sometimes even lower, which means that the wrecking ball, we sort of talked a little
bit about it in the pre-show. It's not just golden pants being the whole team, it's the
opportunities that the Wrecking Ball creates. So many people have to turn and look at the Wrecking
Ball for so long that frees up opportunities for Kai, Maimone, Canale, Crispy to get stuff done
all on their own because they can apply so much damage very very quickly and have the mobility
to jump onto targets who have been split off by the ball. So the fact that GK are able to totally
take up the engagement factor of 1, 2, 3, 4, is weakening the rest of what the team can do.
So we'll see E.K. coming out here off the rip. No real changes. I know obviously going to be playing the Simear off the start, just like how they kind of did on defense, right, that extra mobility allowing Ziya to kind of get this position here up to the high ground.
Just taking fire from every rich direction though a little
Suzu to make sure he kind of stays alive get him down to the low ground there
So trying to force some players off from that high ground setup. Maybe just kind of bait golden pants
really difficult position so
See I know as the part continues to move and it was very difficult though for like, you know
Even even my monorakle and trade a lot of CC a preach in the chain. I don't even the same turtle as well
Oh, like, yeah.
They're playing from attack so great now.
Yeah, and I mean, that's the spot they want to play from.
I mean, you want to play from this high ground.
It's a great job.
YGK kind of just battling for this map position constantly.
They kind of flip the map here.
Pretty similar to how 1, 2, 3, 4 kind of ended up
getting this first point as well.
And Al puts it in an after position.
It's going to be the Kitsunei rush you're used by GK right off the rim.
It's going to be the title blast used by my mom.
Not getting onto my mom, but there's no way for him to kind of fight into that.
He's not going to go run head on.
Into the Kitsune rush, as you see, DK just kind of marching away here with the payload.
Oh, nice eat there!
a little bit extra to take DK's players down. They've been able to pick up this first point
and also put themselves into a position to potentially get a late kill here on to Crispy
who's so very far up.
Yeah, and I mean, if you're, uh, some of these teams that have played against, uh, the ones
you've played before with, like, the ball, you're probably looking in like, and why
didn't we just end up playing some Mizuki and, uh, now we're really kind of playing
like this six-shelf soldier game now.
I think that's why we were surprised on the diva ban, right? You could have banned Mizuki.
Yeah, yeah, I mean it doesn't really seem like the diva band is really kind of made much of an issue here
It's gonna be Alphie using the sim wall allowing them to tend to gain the effects of the overclock as
The DK they still are kind of playing from the defensive side of the map here is really odd
If only pants goes up to the high ground. I mean you see how low I see get some nice healing there
They're kind of keep him up and then they're not speaking down to the low ground
this should be a fight win for 1, 2, 3, 4, but the Golden Pants still dangerously low,
can't exactly go out there and just fight straight away. That, oh, Chain, this is there.
Rom, Kellex, that would have been quite huge, you would have hit it.
Yeah, that's the moments that you punish, right? When Kellex uses that Chain and it does not catch
onto the Reckon Bridge, Golden Pants can be much more aggressive and assertive afterwards.
Late Chain catch onto him, but he's able to just grapple up onto the ceiling and be out of there
before any form of punishment and Kiko
have just abandoned the fight totally.
They don't want to be split from
Labda, especially since Alfie is off of the
Sim and onto the Tracer, so you're trying
to pull a little bit of the attention away. You can see
him just there going below, wanting to
move onto that cart to split one, two, three, four.
Of course, my moment to look at Alfie is of
looking into position two as possible.
Yeah, but now Kiko in a pretty good
spot though, let's say,
Crispy ends up getting a kill on to Alfie
at range. I mean, that is enormous.
I mean, you had like a consumer rush plus sanctuary available to use here for DK now
This allows one two three four to build up which basically every ultimate title blannas coming on through here really trying to finish it off
Nice knockdown on the left, but that's gonna be Kellex uses sanctuary as well
I mean, this is a huge turn here for one two three four nice advantage for them now
Yeah, golden panzers and cuts off the disengage
My moon is able to come out with that stun for the wrecking ball to have follow up and then Kellex
Panics and uses the sanctuary because you don't want to lose more players and also lose all of that space because now you have to walk yet again up to the high ground
When one two three four have the full control and monopoly of all of the positions on the radar for the minefield and the pulse bomb
Dead eye is in the pocket for lab to but he can't use it because he knows the moment he does
My mom just jumped in the pulse bomb. Yeah, it's gonna be the kids who never actually a lead over where the payload is
He's going to gain some space once, three, four, I think that's exactly the fight that's just yet.
Now they have their own continued rush.
He's going to drop down. It's going to be a dead eye here.
Four lab done.
He's going to be able to find Kai. I mean, that's huge there.
No hitscan pressure now from the high ground.
It's just going to be a Mimone and Golden Pants trying to hold here on deep ends,
but nobody wants to push directly in to lab does.
Looks like it'll be Mimone who gets a touch.
It'll be Golden Pants coming around from an opposite angle as Kai gets back in the fight with an overclock.
Oh, the OC catches Kalec just fighting Flashbang for Laptor.
So take some Mizuki, ire.
And you've got Golden Pants for the follow up alongside Crispy.
Myra's still in the fight as well.
Geekay down both of their supports.
Ziad so low, Laptor falls late.
Ziad has no choice but to just chuck himself off of the map for the reset
because they're running out of time.
And that was the big ult fight from Geekay, right?
That was when they could just walk to point, use rush, use dead eye,
monopolize those ultimates. That's a big opening kill from Finstake Mimone down so you don't lose
the Kiriko early into this regroup, but for GK they are not out of the woods yet.
Yeah well that's where that sanctuary they used in that previous fight really kind of
it will hurt if you have sanctuary there maybe you're able to kind of keep the you know the
sustain up a little bit longer for GK and the Alfie with a pulse bomb though that'll be kind of
what could be used to kind of turn the tide here as Lambda finds Piercy. I mean that's a massive
to pick off across the map.
Lambs is going to end up using the dead eye here,
trying to force some players back.
Dangerously low though, as GK,
they're trying to work their way back towards the objective.
It's going to be that golden hands minefield though.
Connects to the few players.
Pulse Bomb gets onto the wrecking ball
but they're able to keep him alive.
It's going to be the title blast used here towards the end.
And that is it.
It's going to be a one, two, three, four map win.
So although GK looked like they had a pretty good strategy,
they were solving that for a little bit.
all it takes is to fights to
turn the times. Yeah, and
quite literally sometimes
because that we are was doing
damage and those alts were
getting work done. Truly we
are back in time. We ain't
about it's pack. It's here and
look at the amount of damage
that's a crazy performance.
I mean, we also saw it like Ray,
like Chris beginning a lot of
kills all throughout the game.
So the fantastic performance on
the wing is definitely seems to
be a support that could like
creep back in to the conversation,
especially as you kind of playing
some of these qualcoms rate really
good at keeping players at range
healed up also just kind of
consistent poke damage and the
title blast whether on yourself
or like the fall of the tracer
all of the tracers can be so impactful.
So really, it seems to step up in a big way.
And it's a game where it's really difficult
for the hitscan player, especially against this composition.
That DK is bringing out the fine.
They're really high impactful kills.
So although Kai doesn't have the best of games,
Crispy right there following it up with some big damage.
Yeah, I mean, it's also just like perfect synergy
with the Racking Bowl, right?
Well, Wu Yang really struggles, especially early on,
is when you're continuously taking sustained damage,
because you run out of heal resource really quickly on Wu Yang.
So pairing it with a wrecking ball
who's taking little bits of damage
when he goes for the engagement,
then can get out, go for a health pack,
go back in again when the Wu Yang resource meter is full again,
can be really, really strong.
And even though, like you said,
you're not really seeing like Kai have a huge pop-off game,
the amount of poke that Crispy can do,
especially when he hits the major perk
and has the triple, the tri-op,
just taking those angles away,
pre-firing the Orbs down lanes and positions
that Gike want to try and get their players,
their hits come into is really good at just shutting them down
before they can get the ball rolling.
Yeah, I was going to say the next map seemed fairly obvious,
like Newjung City is the choice, right?
Because you don't want to allow that sort of boss
to potentially come through there with the wrecking ball.
So Newjung City will be the map pickup.
Curious if we'll get no amdp potentially kind of subbing on in here as I know the other tank for
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and this also has the potential to go the distance because like even though GK did lose Dorado, they've still looked competitive into the wrecking ball and hearing from Proj's now, there are no substitutes.
1-2-3-4 will be continuing with golden plants in the lineup, which means wrecking ball or Winston, is this the moment that 1-2-3-4 decides to target at the Mizuki? No, they still think that they can handle it.
Yeah, so it'll be the band deferment here from GK.
So they get rid of Lucio, there's one, two, three, four.
And I mean, look, they don't want to play Lucio here,
even if it's a new junk city.
They feel like obviously you get kind of up the pace
without Lucio and kind of having the ball in play.
It'll be the soldier band here for GK.
So this is interesting.
Like Cassie doesn't have a ton of mobility.
Like what is the next go-to here for Kai, potentially?
I think Shiyun would be interesting.
You do lose any semblance of pretty long range poke.
And then also the sojourn is pretty good with survivability
being able to get the double dash, right?
So what is the go-to?
You could see Bastion here even.
I wouldn't surprise me.
But looks like potentially Shiyun is being
hovered here 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, which would be quite exciting
to see combined with a tracer.
Yeah, see I like had a theory when she on drops. I was like, I don't think well
She will in some comps contest with the tracer, but I could actually see her being run with a tracer very similar to the way that in stage one
VP ran the tracer vendetta versus twisted lines and just played super aggressive to run at the backline and
Continue applying so much pressure on so many different angles that you never got the opportunity to feel comfortable
And I feel like with how many flanks are available on the first map, the first point of Newjunk City, that playstyle is perfect for the Shion and that Tracer, but as we said, Shion does not have the same range as something like Cassidy, so when you're close, you're in a brilliant position.
When Cassidy's in the server though, and Latte hits the Shion to Kai like that, won't you people lose their engagement power?
Yes, Kai ends up falling really early, don't get a chance to see what exactly happened there.
But honestly, the kill happened so fast, you're going to get Kai back into this fight, you're going to be able to keep it going.
Golem pants, that's going to be the hinder out, at least from where the golem pants are not able to live.
You see all those slows piling up on top of each other, the GK gets to control the point.
Lapters is getting these kills so quickly. So even though GK don't have a tracer to try and mark out my mode, there's no opportunity for Kai on my mode to take a position when Lapters distract it, because he just sees one person and shoots them, they're dead.
Yeah, I mean and also it's like with the amount of slows very difficult to kind of push in you
I know especially in this close quarter map, so it's gonna be a slam from golden pants gonna be
Susie out right away as a was he odd already? That's kinetic grasp has to be very careful
You know below 50% HP they're gonna do a nice shot topping him up
So we'll have that kind of going around the high ground has to be so careful though with that poke that comes in from crispy
Ooh, Golden Pants goes slow. Tries to make it back to his team for heals, but Finn is
just able to heal so much onto the pressure from, like, Ziad, Laptor. He's already got
Uncontested Rush, and 1-2-3-4 do not have an answer to this. They simply have to just
disengage, give up an opportunity, which means that they're also not doing puk or taking
down, so Fnale does not have to rush. You're relying on Krispy's Tire Blast to come out.
But Krispy's gone down. Laptor gets the kill there. Myman takes out Ziad, but 2-1-2-3-4
even have the players to be able to board course this fight golden parents think so
mine's invested my mom kind of both still up the wrecking balls about to pull
thanks to that mizuki chain though and geek hey you give up the point but they
still win the war yeah I mean I you know I've been dangerously low I know
taking some shots from Kai but people to finish him off as this will be the
flip and that OT will trickle down so it'll be geek hey taking our first
flashpoint here on New Junk City. We'll see. Now, 1, 2, 3, 4, they'll have some
ultimates coming online. You know, the Kitsune Rush, you know, plus Kai's
Shion, coming into this next fight. So, two pretty high-impact ultimates, but
DK, as I say that, they hold on to Sanctuary throughout that. They're able
to build up a Sim wall, so they're in a great spot. This point, though, may, uh,
I mean, maybe a little bit weirder. Let's see, where Golden Hymns likes to play.
I know, with that wrecking ball is a New Junk City, not typically the go-to for
for wrecking ball players in the flash point here.
Well, wrecking ball engagement,
forward up where Rush instantly gets the kill onto Kellix,
which is huge, no sanctuary for GK to try to sustain
for Rush, no Mizuki Ultimate as well,
to try and shut Kai down, who's on an absolute tear.
Execution staying true to its name,
and one, two, three, four, just sweep for first fight.
And now you can just hit GK before they're set up
in a position to actually bonker
be able to deal with all of this pressure like there's going to be so much damage so many different
angles that geeky are constantly going to have to turn to by the time you actually feel safe walking
to the point outside of the sim TV all the time and that's the issue if you don't clear the wrecking
wall golden pants gets the pod right into full of damage from Kai geeky disappears yes there's
actually Kai's shield ultimate that does some damage down early on and then it's actually golden
and Pam's going in slamming right on top but not over just yet is Yad uses a
little bit of clutch able to get rid of the wrecking ball you still have Mimone
here with both support still active is tieback into the fight as well see all
the angles that's Yad is getting hit from it's gonna be the sanctuary used
there at range looks like I know just dropped right on top of Alphe but you
know nobody else for the rest of the team able to kind of get anything out of
that it's gonna be the pulse bomb connects from Mimone the execution to
finish off Zod and in the later engagement it's going to be 1, 2, 3, 4 who's able to hold on.
So the point does flip. It will be 1, 2, 3, 4 who gets it right back though when they'll end up taking the lead.
Yeah it's just too split from GK's position. Like you're using Mizuki's actually there's only one
person inside it because everyone else from 1, 2, 3, 4 has pulled everyone else into all of these
different separate fights. You might as well be playing deathmatch as Golden Pants is just waiting
for Geeky to walk forward, a few simtp gets the teams onto points, but Goldenpence more
than half, he's just waiting for them to be a little bit closer, drop the mine, split
off Alfie, now that simtp is on cooldown, and my mum has some ability on the tracer
for the follow up. Finn evens it out, though, gets a pick onto my mum, but for 1, 2, 3, 4,
you have so many players to keep this point in play, Canelo with that rush as well, which
Geeky have no answer for as he's holding the space in deadline.
And it's really interesting as well because Christy, he ends up getting dove there, but
has the title blast for himself, Ziad doesn't have the mech, so how are you going to be able to contest this?
It's going to be Labda here using the dead eye.
Gonna allow Ziad to actually get a mech back, and they're going to use a continuing rush over the point.
It's going to be the Xi'an ult here. Nice hinder though, to connect with the chain from Kellex
doesn't allow Kai to kind of move on forward, but gets enough support and nobody able to touch,
and it's going to be one, two, three, four, tying it up in terms of flash points.
Everyone's positions just split.
Again, GK not having the means of being able to anchor on to the point,
1-2-3-4, just disrupting the team too much.
So that even though there's trades, they shut down Kai's ultimate.
GK still aren't able to have players on this point.
Finns just going to his junior speeder, and the first one's back on to Chirico.
As GK trying to set up in a position to just cut off 1-2-3-4 as quickly as possible,
but they're already there.
Crispy's so close as well to this next Wu Yang, just like literally using it to bail himself out of the dive early and Kellex's out early again
Yeah, Kellex just takes a little bit of damage and then the slam comes in and no way to block that
type of damage the odd out of mech already as
You know, I think the diva swap, you know at times obviously use the right call here. It's a little bit rough, right because like
You only have so much matrix, right?
You're taking damage from the ball, the Wu Yang, the Shian.
Like, eventually, like, you're just like kind of turning, just trying to block different
blankers.
Eventually, you're just going to kind of get popped, where, you know, that's kind of how
that fight opened up.
So 30% in counting, goal in hand, so the roll on in doesn't even pop the adaptive shield.
Just kind of folds on it for the time being.
You take some damage now, though.
That's a nice tracking there.
It takes out my moan, but you end up losing your carry there to the minefield.
That is really, you're going to lose land as well as golem pants.
And just doing what he does here on the ball is that'll be another fight win here.
World one, two, three, four.
Yeah, gets the title blast from Crispy.
No care in the world except disrupting DK's use of Kellex's sanctuary.
Goes right into the center of it.
Gets so many players knocked by that explosion,
popping off and then has the follow-up.
So one, two, three, four, lose a few players.
But still without the fight, Camille has this rush as well to stop GK from getting any chance of a clean recontest.
Throw on to this next point, that's it, done.
Two early picks, one onto the Cassidy, one onto the Kiriko, nothing to shut the wrecking ball or the tracer down outside of the Mizuki.
And that will be 1, 2, 3, 4, cleaning up the second point and going to round point on this map as Labdus off of the Cassidy onto the Shion to match what Kai can do.
Yeah, and you kind of see the limitations there with Cassidy in that instance, and that
the Lab that looks directly up at Golden Pants, but I mean you have a Tracer and a Shi on there
right away, and Canale actually just a headshot there on the Lab that kind of kills him on the
cross. That's quite impactful. You're going to have him gone for a little bit here at the time.
This is going to allow 1, 2, 3, 4 to kind of set up over by the objective, but there's really
nothing that the Cassidy can do there, right? You look up Golden Pants, you're trying to hinder him,
but then yeah both flankers with their high kill potential down so that you're not even really looking after me like an
Angel with sight lines on him. It's gonna be Finn actually keeping using that Kitsune rush off the rip
It's gonna be Kai using Shion ult, putting down some damage, but nice execution there finishes off Finn's Yad though
He uses that diva, gets right into the mix. It seems like you just have got a golem pants and Mimono live here
4, 1, 2, 3, 4. Feels like you're gonna have to give up the point
Mymo goes out late, Golden Pants though, does have those mines. To totally honestly shut
down the space that Kellex can secure GK with the Sanctuary, as Mymo with the pulse bomb is going to
be something that Finn has to be worried about. If you're GK, you at least do have the pump control
plus, so you have to have the self-destruct. Mine should just be used instantly. No waiting
for Kellex's ultimate, just taking space away from GK, forcing them to try and split into now
the crossbar from both Kai and Flamon, jumping at you from two separate angles, which is
meant to spread Ziad's bit in terms of where the Steve can position, but you can do a very
good job of not really following into the bait, still keep their players stacked up as things
gone too low. Golden Pantheon is a powder of opportunity, takes the Kira to go down,
and of course his pellet's actually to use the Sanchiri to try and save the Kira, but
that means it's used and not on point.
Yeah, I mean 40 HP Golden Pantheon is able to make it out, it'll be Knail who used the
the Kitsune rush here over the point is
Xion does have a self-destruct.
It's a nice job to keep that fight rolling if he needs it here.
The lab will be coming back with the Shi'an ult as well.
That's going to be OT. It's in favor of DK.
It's going to be the self-destruct here.
Yu's going to block them off to the point and nobody
actually able to get on and get a touch.
Even though Knail takes out Alphie,
that Xion self-destruct is huge.
Forces everybody from 1, 2, 3, 4 off of the objective.
And Allison is to one more flash point to decide the snap.
Yeah, and now everyone's looking for exits.
So they can just delay teams regrouping and give yourself an opportunity to establish a position before the other can.
As it looks like Goldenpence will actually touch point at the same time as Alfie, Geekay for the most part have their full team intact,
as opposed to 1, 2, 3, 4, who's still waiting for one player to join them.
to join them, but Crispy with the Tidal Blast,
Mimo with the Pulse Bomb, that's something
that you have to be very concerned about if you're DK.
Last I've seen that Golden Pants
has already used a self-shield,
finds an opportunity for the execution,
also wants to try and use the screen to fight.
Yeah, nice use of the bike there,
puts some damage down on a Crispy,
but Mimo wins the Tracer Battle off to the side.
Huge there, it's going to be Golden Pants,
getting the benefits here of the Tidal Blast,
is if Kitsune Rush used there by Finn,
does end up getting the Tidal Blast out
on the other side, but I know still they thought they had a chance to use and win that with
the Deva on the point and, you know, being down to one player, you know, Labda ended
up having his shield and all they had done, you really need to pop it there.
So this will be a huge fight coming up for Geekade, right?
You had this, you know, you've had a few different, I know, moments where the Sanctuary
really hasn't, I know, resulted in much during this map.
Let's see if you can get a really nice usage of it here.
I meant that trying to post it early as well, like, look at all of the pressure on Kalex
early and yeah it's close to early. Just to cover Gike moving from choke on to the point itself,
Goldenpans does go down thanks to some of that slow impact and Blapdoo with the follow-up
execution on to Krispy as well. That's a very much required fight win on the side of Gike off of
only that Mizuki Ultimate but now you have to be very worried about 1, 2, 3, 4 coming in with
one-sided Kitsune Rush combined with Spree from Kai and Gike don't have a good answer to shutting
this down now that Kellex use the sanction in the last fight. Yeah, you will also have a
Kitsune Rush here available for 1, 2, 3, 4. Labda looking for an execute here taking some damage
from Golden Pants. Gonna try and back up here just for the time being as Mimone puts some pressure
on the points. That's gonna be the mech gone for Ziad. You see Golden Pants pushing on forward
trying to find that kill, not allowing him to re-mech. Ziad will get the mech back. That'll be
the Katsune Rush here, 4 Canal, and 1, 2, 3, 4, the ultimate use there, 5 Lab to come up with 0.
And although you get up to 70% plus here, 4 GK, it'll be a point flip now. So 1, 2, 3, 4,
in control, an opportunity to seal this map away. It's Golden Pants has the minefield for the choke,
you most likely end up working your way back towards the title blast. And maybe Finn is able to get
Another Kitsune rush, but it feels like you're gonna have to do this with Ki-Ki without any type of support ultimate for sure.
Yeah.
1-2-3 4 just been taking action now, forcing out Suzu and Swift up very early on, so Maimon gets an opportunity to use the pulse bomb on the Kiriko.
He's looking for Thin. He wants the 1v1. If you can't use the ult, he'll just go for the blink melee and Ki-Ki.
They have to use that ult on Kitsune rush, but it's shattered by the kill onto the Kiri.
1234 just having to clean up all of the players remaining now and it looks like they can do it with just the title blast
Yeah, it's a really nice swap from Kai over to the Shion
We were wondering with the soldier now what we would see here from 1234's hitscan player
It's the newest hero in the pool in overwatch and it allows them to get a map win here
So setting up 1234 with an opportunity to take the series on our next map
just look at the amount of depths on the side of P.K. right? Especially the back line.
Poor Kaelix goes down nine times because Kai, Maimone, Goldenfans, they're all just gunning
for the back line. Every fight, every time that you walk and you see it in terms of how
Kaelix is so scared to just walk forward from choke on to point, the fact that he even invests
the ultimate just for the team to have that safety to know that you're going to actually
survive walking what five meters without a she on or a tracer jumping you yeah and now crispy also
what another game with over 10k damage there i mean just getting that type of contribution
from the support just makes it very difficult for the opposing side i like kind of constantly
keep their tank where other players can top up i know i thought it was a pretty pretty strong job
from the supports i know on dk just a really difficult comp kind of play against so now
Now, another opportunity for a map selection here for GK.
I'd imagine King's Row would be the selection here.
Either King's Row or, I mean, Runisappi's really good for a ball.
And same with New Queen Street, right?
So it feels like it has to be a hybrid.
Yeah, it feels like it has to be a hybrid.
We'll have to see, like, the option for 1-2-3-4 is obviously subbing in AMDP, but as we've
already said, GK burned the Riking Ball Band very early on on the first map of control.
So I think if you're 1-2-3-4 you just keep golden pants in because that Riking Ball has
proved to be so problematic for GK to have to deal with.
I think as well like the composition that they played on New Jonk City also exposed
the weaknesses that GK is struggling into the Riking Ball because of the amount of disruption.
That forces your team to have to work around having the Shion having that tracer doubles
up, triples up that problem essentially.
So it means that GK when you're going through like your comms, you have your fights, you
like your fight ends, then you all track, then you go into what do we want to do?
Halfway through your fight plan, there's just a Wrecking Ball which
you're on a tracer showing up. You are right by the way, it is Kings Row that
GK decided to take us to, but with the Wrecking Ball still being open, I don't
imagine you actually swap Golden Pants out here. Yeah, I wouldn't probably do it,
and it looks like there's gonna be no subs, because the ball band has already
even used right you have an opportunity to kind of play that ball here and look
it's not awesome on King's Row but the way the way that Golden Pants and Co is
playing around it you may as well kind of continue to play at that wrecking ball
now what does DK decide to do in terms of like fans like that so I don't know if
you're gonna see like the machine yet again out of 1234 but you have to kind
of respect it so it'll be DK using the band or venture here I wonder if this is
like more of like a Cassidy protect. Yeah. Going for an early ban on the DPS because I
think like if you're GK you had two options in terms of if you do want to go for a save
roll, support so you can keep Mizuki in play or DPS so you can keep Cass in play. Yes.
As we've seen from 1,2,3,4 they didn't ban Mizuki on Dorado, they went for D.Va. Do they
ban Mizuki now? Yeah, okay, there we go. There's some Mizuki bans since it was proving
to be very annoying for golden fans to have to fight into plus if you're wanting to put like Tracer
and Shion. Mizuki the damage that he can do actually allows him to stand up to the pressure of a
Tracer or a Shion without forcing resources from the rest of his team. Yeah what do they go to
outside of like the Mizuki right so like it's been really good for a lot of different comps.
I know that teams are trying to play at the moment and I know even now we're seeing it in non-Sigma
comes to the zoo. He just feels really strong online, but I know, especially with the T. P.
change. So, uh, Kellyx, I mean, you know what I play, like, Lucian. Curious and feel like
that awesome here. Are you playing like a rig maybe? Like, uh, so a lot of questions, I
think for GK now, uh, with this was a key band from one to three, four. And then on the
other side, GK, you obviously feel like you need to be able to protect. I know. Glad this
Cassidy. Yeah I mean I think as well for 1,2,3,4 this could potentially force BK onto a very
uncomfortable like support line into what 1,2,3,4 DPS line wants to be like if you can force them onto
Juno when you have Tracer on play that's a really good pick plus if you force them onto Brigitte
then that means that the Brigitte is going to be anchored into having to like position literally
next to someone which then means that somewhere else in the rest of the map will be much more
vulnerable and wrecking all the amount of mobility that you have can very easily move from one fight
to the other. The moment you've scouted where the break is means that you just play somewhere else
entirely. So you can sort of bait GK's players into positioning around that break and then hit
where the resources are thinner. Yeah it'll be interesting that second support role like where
they decide to go. I mean a few different options. I know I mean could they even play like a
They are you playing segment with like a bat break like are you trying to do something like that?
You know different opportunities
We got away for the game to get started up because it's a it's a classic moxie
It's a classic way one player came to the bathroom came back from the bathroom
But that also kind of got the other
He makes thinking like maybe I should go to the bathroom
So then they leave as soon as the one player comes back
So we got a little bit of a bathroom break train going on here
We'll get that one plus sort it out and then I get right back at the game
But I think the biggest question is right we've seen Cal explain that Mizzouki the entire series
What is the go-to here on potentially the final map the set?
I mean, I feel like you have to keep the character
You you have to keep the character just like the mobility the suzer to be able to play around some of the openings that the wrecking ball creates
Plus rush
It's just still such a good ultimate at being able to just like match the other Curico or just have it one-sided
to bully the other team into forcing them to step back, let you just walk onto the objective.
Give yourself a little bit of room to breathe if you're on attack,
and you're worried about the defense starting off with all of those angles already primed against you.
And I feel like for Geeky, you just have to keep the Lucio.
Which is going to feel really uncomfortable with the nerves that Lucio got.
Like, sound barrier is not what it was.
It is very much not what it was.
The duration, it's so hard to actually get good tempo beats or good aggression beats.
Often, neither the duration's being sort of somewhat muted.
Because everyone just hears the sound barrier and goes,
okay, well, let's just run away.
And then the moment it starts to deteriorate, that's when they aggress back in.
So, oh look at this grinding tech here from Knael, sort of in like a million points back
of the day on Tony Ogg's.
Like a pipe or something?
I have not done skateboarding.
Yeah, yeah, now you're kind of grinding the ledge there.
This is an interesting look here for DK, so with the Lucio in, they want to go aggressive,
so they're going to play Reaper Shion here, I know with the Lucio Fury with the D.Va,
So we'll see if this is a able to kind of make one to three course sweat a little bit is I mean look at this
Just kind of high ground control that one to three or it's gonna have is no lab that's trying to get a bike there
Actually, I kind of hits the wall directly in front of him not able to connect with it is not able to make it towards the doorway either so
interesting I would have thought that the
Venture band would have allowed you know lab that it may be placed in Cassidy
But maybe that's kind of what they're looking at on the defensive side of things
But I know could have also been potentially like a young protector. I know we've seen she on dance
I know a fifth year in EMEA is
Kelly's barely able to make it out with his life so they'll get back to the squad but an early hold here from 1 2 3 4
I feel like cast is just slow, right?
If you're DK and you have a cast it's very easy for 1 2 3 4 to send the right angle and the tracer
To go jump on it and have one person pull out the flashbang then the other one with the follow up on the kill
The problem for Geeky at the moment though is that they have no range
So they have nothing to sort of challenge 1,2,3,4 and stop them from just aggressing in at the choke
You just have to be able to brute force the close fight with the additional damage that Reaper is able to do
Running over 1,2,3,4 when they themselves close out the gap. A really good early pick as well on Decay
So he can't just sit on the sidelines and farm Geeky when they're stuck in that position
position as they've been able to point the golden fence where the wrecking ball mines
takes Kellex down though, just these traitors, but still, GK have had to give up that position
on point and they lose Finn as well.
Yeah, they kind of go in quite aggressive through the choke there and it's going to
be golden pants with a minefield that kind of splits all players from each other.
It's a nice job here to the high ground, nice defense matrix that comes in from Ziad.
Taking some serious damage from the flank though and nice job for some golden pants out
You can actually see the Katsune rush here drop here for pin one player is contesting still here
It's gonna be golden pants for one two three four a later Katsune rush from them
And they'll just try and stay alive from some of this pressure that's coming on in Elkie doubles back
They take out golden pants and that's gonna be the objective
So a nice job there from DK using that aggression of getting the odd into the back line
You know forcing some of these players black backs splitting them off from golden pants
They'll hear from lab that's where Seattle take out canal
But that'll be the payload unlocked and they'll at least get around that first corner
Yeah, I mean some really crotch kills like taking golden pants
I mean stat and crispy can't just farm up to title blast and use it on the wrecking ball of the tracer for
One two three four to make a play back for that space
So DK don't have to burn out more ultimates to hold their position in streets
So yeah, it is Dean next to damage coming out from limo and so has to invest self-destruct to get the neck back
There's golden pan swings on by that allies a little bit of charge from mines
But we drop instantly on point off. He's clearing them with well as owning death blossom
I suppose but one two three four more than happy to back away because look what they've got title blast
Pulse form tracer in the back and a part of this at it up
Yeah, nice slam there just kind of setting things up as it'll be the she on the ultimate here four lab
That's gonna be a sound barrier here to nice execute there finishes off Kai is
Be on very difficult deal title blasts used for crispy himself as canal takes out a lab
Then maybe there's a way that you can kind of fight back into this here if you're one two three four
Is that you still have the we ain't alive the ball here with the curies?
So, I don't know, but as long as you have a Wu Yang alive, it's like having another DPS up here.
4, 1, 2, 3, 4, and even though it doesn't get off to a good start, they're able to battle through that sound barrier and win the fight.
Yeah, and that allows Kai to come back to be in a good position to use this overclock.
As well as thinking during the early 1, 2, 3, 4 for space, but 1, 2, 3, 4 would just go first.
There's the overclock. Rush is invested defensively, so the two of those ultimates basically just cancel each other out as 1, 2, 3, 4 back away,
But that playing for second watch as long as canal stays alive the alpha yee. Why is the character there?
Yeah, he's on a little bit of a flank maybe just playing a little bit too close to the Sun there just getting taken out by the reaper so I
Reaper although a slight adjustment right losing some HP still
Significant damage. I know what the dire triggered down just kind of go on to his initial kit, right?
I'm gonna really surprise people. I know just come up the rip
So we'll see DK they do get that second checkpoint, but no not a lot of ultimates to work with here
You should expect one two three four to be able to get another I know hold on defense gonna be a minefield here canal
It's a dangerous amount of damage. You're able to heal him up right away. So it's just gonna back up DK for the moment
Yeah, I mean big minefield means that canal gets to hold on to that rush as well
DK still have to be very worried about my mom too
Which means it was yet once a hold on to the mech and defense matrix as well as pin with that suzu
Knoll uses the rush, DK not able to cleanly disengage because of the Tracer at their backs,
have no choice but to just try and split off, which means that WTK will have a lot more space to play with.
Yeah, it's going to be a self-destruct here for Ziad just to get him back. It's another
execute kill here. Or Lada, the headshots from the Shion's executability just do so much damage,
and then with the extra damage with the perk, you know, just kind of fire through the leaps
The hero like here you so see for one two three four
No, it'll be golden camps with a slam yet again consuming rush here used by GK is that they want to go
But you see everybody here for one two three four just kind of high-five the spawn. Yeah, but I mean you're gonna be going into the
She on ultimate plus
You know a death blossom here with a sound barrier to work with is they just over a power tie
Yeah, and now you turn your attention to crispy as well
potential trying to pull aside that we are not very early high going diamonds that want to prepare
lacking a lot of burst down to take gk. I've golden pencil trying to free up space with the mine
field which buys time to fight come back into the fight. There's the title blast the laughter just
totally offsets the tempo uses that's free one two three four come fight directly into it but what
they can do is roll with golden pants thin onto my mount pulse pump. Yes uh no really nice job of
using some of those ultimates for GK, but it's just the extra survivability, the title blast,
plus the minefield over the point. You're not really able to kind of contest that,
Mimone. I'm able to get in, do some serious damage, see the pile driver just kind of coming on in,
just being such a nuisance here. It also allows that you're so disturbed by gold,
and Bansal allows Mimone to really get in some great positions you see kind of through the x-ray
up on the high ground. They're going to give up some space. Kai has this overclock here in a great
spot as you see you also have canale on the flank here with mime on it's going to be the
ocu's from the opposite angle it's a really weird spot for geeky they're kind of trapped but they
battle back out of it zod rushes on through it's going to be both dps down here four one two three
four crispy also falls and you know where canale is kind of like behind enemy lines here in a really
weird spot it's going to be a pile driver's here from golden pans getting very close to a minefield
It's gonna be a self-destruct over the objective there.
It's gonna be a death-loss move over the objective now with the self-destruct.
I'm just trying to get back in mech is the odd,
but that doesn't come up with anything.
Kai off the spawn on the Xion finds both supports.
So you imagine this is just gonna be trickle here from GK.
They're not gonna be able to win this huge play from Kai,
especially with the Xion off the spawn getting three.
Yeah, 14 seconds left for GK as well.
Like, you're going to be scrambling on the swapspin on the Kai, Xion, the ball.
Once you're free, people can just flood lanes and not let Geeky get past the touch.
To hit OT, Zed's already critical health goes down. He does at least tap onto car,
but the follower from Geeky, like, there's no win condition outside of lap result.
And once you're free, people will just be able to try and take this young down.
There's the spring, he catches crispy kills with the Sambari supplies.
Lap does extra survivability and wait for some opportunity for Geeky.
But even if that just could nail it, they might just be able to deal with the Hickam's Kaizerno,
and he turns the tables instantly. No Shambara to survive it. There should be a hole.
Yeah, it looked like for a second there, GK was able to go in and clutch up. It was a nice sound barrier.
They end up getting some kills at the start to both supports, but Kaizerno with that huge shield on Ultimate
were able to take out two players, Mimo, there as well in the feed, and just no answers for the wrecking ball.
no slowing golden pants down so that is where the cart will stop is taking a
look here at some of the stats I mean you just see the damage you know crispy
continuing to push out there really impactful throughout the entire series
and then on the other side you know I thought labda looked at a really good
on the she on now they're being able to come up with some huge plays just not
enough in the end so I will see how one two three four decides to look on offense
and say, you know, GK, what do they play here on D?
Do you want to continue?
OK, so they're going to play the Shion and the Tracer.
They're just going to kind of ditch the hit scan roll,
the long range hit scan roll all together.
Yeah, and you're also keeping Ziad on the D evil,
which I feel like you're almost sort of forced into with
Crispy on the Wu Yang, because at least the defense matrix
can mitigate some of the poke from the Wu Yang
absorbing those orbs.
And if you're just going to play like very fast
assassination style hits with your Shion and Tracer,
just getting into positions, catching onto 1, 2, 3, 4, especially the back line.
Like if K'Nale's on Ana, he's going to be very, very vulnerable.
So, GK do you have opportunities to collapse on the back line when Maimon, Kai,
Golden Pants are all looking to set up aggressively?
Yeah, I think it'll be probably K'Nale just trying to get maybe a shot and an aid here off the rip,
asleep, then we'll see kind of the swap back to the Kiri is.
Yep, she's gonna... look, I think this is a comp that obviously there's suits
1, 2, 3, 4 quite well, and one that I think that they're fine,
the same DK, you know, close to matching it.
So, goal in hand, trying to get up into the window there,
knife foot back from Kellex.
So, gonna, you know, dislodge the ball from that position,
but that's gonna be Suzu used already up on the high ground,
as I think they wanna make a play for Ziad,
as Ziad kinda trapped over there by the hotel.
Then TP two, no TP, no Suzu.
forced to have to go to his Diva side because of the pressure from 1-2-3-4 and baited total.
Lacta does trade back onto Canale, which should slow down parts of 1-2-3-4's plans,
but their spawn is so much closer and they're fine fighting even without the Kerakor
because they have the mobility and subsistence.
It's not a lot of ways for Ziad to even escape, right?
You seem kind of constantly trying to get to a new position,
but between the ball, the Shion, and the tracer,
no way you're just gonna be able to kind of dodge some of these players is now
GoldenPants are just causing disruption inside of the hotel but as I say
that it's going to be Labda and Alfie off-screen they find two so both DPS here
for DK trying to keep them in it. And that's what DK have to do, right?
The ad fin, they're all going to be jumped on by GoldenPants on the
wrecking ball so it's up to Labda and Alfie you when the rest of the team are
occupied to find those clutch kills on these players from 1-2-3-4, it literally is just going to be traits happening across the field as
they don't have rush, they are not close enough to his own though.
Yeah, the one to look at though is like Christie switching off of the Weang here over to the Lucio, so we've seen just Weang like the entire series
about how good Christie's damage output is on him, maybe they feel like they need a little bit more speed up the tempo.
Golden Pants can end up using the minefield in this back corner.
Gonna kind of trap them over by the hotel.
A really odd spot to be able to have to fight from.
It's gonna be Kai as well, using the Shion Ultimate.
One coming out for Landa as well.
Landa actually gets two, and the Katsune Rush drops here.
Four, one, two, three, four.
So really impressive fight there.
Four DK able to battle back into that one,
where Golden Pants put them in a really rough position
with that minefield into the hotel.
And it's a much more expensive fight for one, two, three, four, right?
They use rush, minefield pulse bomb and spree as opposed to geeky who only match brush and use a spray of their own
So you still have sound barrier to be able to sustain for a fight
I'll be with the pulse bomb as well can look for an attachment once canales been frozen to using suzu early by
Lapda as we'll see golden patches go on point. We'll see how to have to step up and contest it
Helich is holding his position was to make sure the sound back connection was as many people possible in a good space
Well to knock back, but soundbar does not come through in time to save Zed's mech
Yeah, he ends up having to use the self-destruct and gets a new mech back. So
Fortunately enough for a DK. You're not gonna be fighting without that diva in mech as
DK just needs to be one more hold here 50 seconds left on the clock
One two three four is nothing to work with all spawn from Alfie doesn't connect with anything at that moment
But he does end up finding canal
So now I think with this extra aggression here that's coming in from DK, they're able to make a lot of
headway on getting supports in the back line of 1, 2, 3, 4.
Probably why they switch over to the Lucio.
But now 30 seconds on the clock, Mock, you have this sound barrier to be able to use and now no Ziad in mech.
So this looks like 1, 2, 3, 4. Should be able to get that moving.
And no sound bar from Kellix, right? Because you misplayed it earlier, trying to keep Ziad in that mech.
so you don't have to match, you don't have to be able to sacrifice one tick, play for a regroup,
and push back with all of the extra health. This pinnale takes Laptor down, who was the closest
from Geeky's end to having a clutch ultimate to play alongside Finch. I want to pray for that
distant flooding second, making sure that Geeky's regrouping players are totally split up from the
rest of the team, so you don't even have to use the Siren Barrier to defensively hold your position
on point. Now you can continue using those ultimates to snowball your tempo in first fight on second.
as they're set up pretty good now for 1,2,3,4 to kind of get this second checkpoint.
Not a lot of time though, so they have to kind of obviously win this next fight as the cart
getting around that really impactful first one. Canale gets dangerous and low off on the high
ground. That's kind of the sound barrier come out. Canale does get the benefits of it. It's
going to be the casune rush from Finn as well as Lab does just trying to get out of the way.
nice connection there with the pulse bomb from Alfie gets crispy but no moxie even with that
sound barrier doesn't seem like one two three four is really able to get a solid putting in this
fight but one thing they will have an advantage of this canale is alive and you just have calyx
available for DK at the moment. Yeah but I don't think you're actually going to use any ults especially
now that Alfie is taking try down but you just have to go right back to the first choke but
yes you have rushed to be able to break force your position forward but you have to be worried
I was worried about Ziyad using self-destruct to take away from it.
Labder as well as Spree can cut right through the center
as Maimon's going to flank all the way around, trying to create some attention draw.
It's like he can't just hold one to three points.
Ziyad actually goes in deep here, you know, has Labda working with him.
Labda trying to find a kill with an execute.
Nice use of the Joyride being able to get away there for the brief moment.
The payload continuing to move at the full spawn.
It looked like it was connected. It's a nice two-two there.
From being able to keep that player alive is...
Now it's 1234 playing from an interesting spot.
They're moving that payload. Oh, that's a nice connection with the bike there.
From Kai, he ends up using the ultimate to get the few players weak.
Yeah, actually, it gets Kela slow enough that he doesn't want to risk sound barrier.
So...
You're worried about the Ajax into this free, which means that you hold the sound barrier totally.
And Kai's ultimate shreds through everyone from Geeky.
at least have sound barrier for a re-contest, 1, 2, 3, 4, no ultimates in the pocket to be able to
try and hold off into this next fight, as Kikei have been able to hold their position on point and
stop it from moving around corners, so 1, 2, 3, 4, looking for a crunch, hardware from Golden
Fencing to flank from my loan, but there's the sound barrier from Kikei to live it and then get
aggressive trying to push back onto 1, 2, 3, 4, but this is what we're talking about, the duration
nerfs, they're not able to get on top of someone from 1, 2, 3, 4 before it's done.
Yes, that is a nice use of the sound barrier, but they're not even going to find anybody.
It's going to be the consumer rush now here.
Use 5 things to the support, old man starting to stack up here for DK, and finally Ziad
able to collapse onto a target.
We know how good he is on the D.Va, combining with Alphie.
They're just making it really difficult on the back line for 1, 2, 3, 4, and that is
where their push will end as DK takes this map and finding a way to get to a fifth.
and final match.
I think forcing Crispy off of the Wu Yang
just lightened up such a load
on Kike's shoulders.
They got just like so much more freedom
to do what they wanted.
They didn't have to worry about that title blast.
Onto something like a tracer
or a golden pancestist playing havoc
when they wanted to go aggressive
or use ultimates to be able to hold that space.
Forcing Killix to have to match for Lucio
just made it a lot easier
for things like the Shion
to be able to stay on top of his position and make it much harder as well for the backline
to be able to survive. Since Crispy on that Lucio is not going to be doing as much damage
and be as much pressure shutting down some of those lane fights as he is on the Wooyang.
I think they're also just really kind of punishing Canale. I think he finishes with like 10 deaths
there. Like for playing quite aggressive on the hearing where they're doing a nice job being able
They're kind of they use the diva
I know which race or she on and just kind of find backliners constantly so
Seems to be like a path there and on the four
potential victory for
GK, but as we move into a fifth and final map as seems to be with everyone two three four series
Yesterday they went to rune soppy. It seems like that probably will be the selection here as no, honestly
new Queen Street or RuneSaphi both very good maps for the ball so I think it will be curious
what they decide to ban here early on. I even think you look at the Shion right and maybe
like take some of that ability to kind of dive that back line away. Yeah especially because like
if Shion Tracer worked on New Junk City, oh boy will it work out brilliantly on RuneSaphi.
Like that map has so many flanks, you have so really good angles as well where you can set up
for very early hits before the fight is properly brewing. In mid for Trace to take advantage of
and then she on has even faster roll lights with like the dash as well as the Troy ride.
There's a lot of things that you can do to get very early on into positions to be uncomfortable
fighting in mid where if the tank is only looking at frontline fight your backline will be a lot more
vulnerable behind you and can get picked up up very easily from just losing one fight and walking
zombie walking into all of those bases that you don't then clear as runasafu will be the option
that 1 2 3 4 go for but like you i'm very interested to see what the ban will be if you're 1 2 3 4
i think like honestly there's the shout to go for a support ban so you can save the woo yang
yeah i mean uh that that is well i yeah i think that that's also a good shout right that i know
potentially I want to say no maybe we saw no there was anything yesterday's
game we saw the Wu Yang band come out but yeah runesoppy here I I would even I
think the she on like a kizkaya I mean can play it but I think you'd rather see
geeky being forced to play like a Cassie or so which kind of match like that kind
of hits can I know for one two three four it also just creates an easier die
target for goal in pan so yeah it will be the she on ban here for one two three
So now, like you did mention though, Wuyang Dan, potential opportunity here for GK.
Yeah, I feel like if you're GK, like that should be the instant turn that you're thinking about, because like if you're not going to play the Wuyang and Crispy is, it does so much more damage that you have to worry about.
It is essentially fielding for DPS. The ultimates are very problematic. Push is well being very momentum based. Wuyang being able to get in and out of those fights very, very quickly, even if he gets picked off very early.
is always going to be something problematic and also like you can just
punish the sort of lack of healing of a sound barrier plus they've looked far
more comfortable playing the Mizuki so if you can try and force one two three
four into having to match the Mizuki pick then you're going to be very happy.
Yeah we'll see what the fallback is here before like one two three four right
because not only is we having a really good combination with the ball but the
consistent damage that Krispy has been able to put out, right? Like 10k plus on a lot of different maps throughout this series.
I think it was She-Yan Banna, I know, although probably Chats is sad to see it go.
Is the right move here. 4-1-2-3-4, right?
Maybe if horses get Kata, kind of consider like playing some type of like slower Sigma based setup yet again,
with like a Mizuki plus Cassidy, right? With how they're going to have to try and play maybe some hits again.
Yeah, we're yet to like actually see today the full Sigma composition with the May it feels like the cast has become much more of a default DPS
to see with the Sigma and the Mizuki as opposed to the May when the composition was originally used on their side.
So we'll have to see like you said what exactly the diversion will be.
Yeah, it's obviously a huge map between these two teams, both of them in contention for our top four in EMEA and then top three make it to the midseason championship at EWC in Paris.
So you have a pretty decent chance, right?
I know if you're able to get into that top four, potentially make some kind of noise there and qualify for one of our biggest events of the year.
So, we'll see now, you know, with Xi'an being banned here from 1-2-3-4 and then, the Wu Yang
ban from DK, how that fared off, obviously a lot of damage taken off the table for 1-2-3-4.
Crispy will have to kind of pick up another support.
So, what do we see Crispy go to?
You know, we see them obviously play with the Kiri, you know, maybe Moxie.
go back and play like Kiri Lucio here on her misopie. Yeah Kiri Lucio I think for push especially
because you want to be able to get into these fights very very quickly and set up for really
advantageous positions being able to play with more cover then your opponent can be absolutely
huge as we are going to be seeing Kaelix pick up that Mizuki to try and slow golden pants down
yet again as it looks like Labda will be fielding towards the Cassidy I think that's sort of the
default for Geekane at this point. For AlphaE though, I don't think he's sick of the sim,
I think you go Tracer to match my mo. Yeah, so we'll see. It looks like for 1, 2, 3, 4,
the answer will be Lucio and for Geekane. I mean, look, for 1, 2, 3, 4, outside of,
you've seen this come for Geekane, you've been able to beat it. Obviously, I know it's
some extra damage from Crispy in the mix, but it is not a comp that's going to be forward when
when they see it on the other side, it'll be that Sigma, the Zuki Cassidy comp, you know, with the Sim in the mix.
So that is what GK will go to here in our fifth and final map.
And just to remind everybody, I mean, this is so important, right?
I know both these teams sitting on the cusp of that top four, Katya there as well.
Now, top three, they get to the mid-season championship.
So that's going to be the accretion out.
So Golden Pants take some damage as GK will get a little bit of progress.
Yeah, it's a good position for GK to be able to take this first fight.
There's lots of cover for them to be able to rotate around.
Suzu's being burned out, but what connects onto Golden Fence to force him back?
And Klai's not being able to find an angle onto a player isolated just yet,
since GK have been able to mobile it as a team,
playing both natural cover and behind the sick Michelle,
which means that onto people have not plenty openings,
the DPS that Golden Fence is looking to secure.
Oh, nice job.
And with that, Klai defines the opening onto a totally out from cover Kai.
And in the poke damage that's coming from 1, 2, 3, 4 is not nearly as potent with the Wu Yang gone
So obviously making a difference here off the circle we ain't damaged just really good
They're just kind of ship players down that range allowing the mind-blowing golden pants to go in finish off some low players
And not having that here in game five
Great band or GK to hold on to can ill dangerously low already
Let's put down some damage from the side here. Golan pants getting quite low.
They're gonna have to use the Suzu and that's a huge pick off.
Ty able to take out Kalei, so they'll use my moan, not having the Mizuki there.
Pretty impactful. It's gonna be Denai here from Lime.
They're gonna move up there. They're gonna use this to get checkpoint.
Forward, yeah, they get forward, spawns off of the Denai.
One, two, three, four, buys his face back with Kutsune and Rush, but in Kike they've done that job.
Everyone disengages as they still got 70p in play. That's Rushburned.
And GK would just be able to set up for this fight to happen in mid yet again
It's now your full line on Kai with the overclock pin drops the rush so that GK have defenses against the Sergeant
And Kai's forced to totally back off
Yeah, it's gonna be that consuming rush that gets dropped there from pin
But GoldenPants actually does find Ladda for a second they end up dropping that rush like when GoldenPants kind of goes on in
That's gonna be the chain. They're gonna be able to break that there gonna try and get a flux here for the odd
It looked like he was gonna go for the fall now just trying to find anything to target can't find anything
And I guess you just over hold it for the threats that golden pants isn't able to commit a position with mines
He likes actually use the sanctuary
But most of the mines and get fully cleared up before
Golden pants can try and offset the position that GK wanted to hold and golden pants has actually gone down as well
So once you pray for totally down a tank right now, no ultimates to zone GK back
Yeah, and I mean you kind of see that I know without basically, you know, let's say I know a Lucio game and then a typical Woo Young band for Crispy, you're talking about a difference of like 6,000 damage over the course of a long game.
That's a huge difference. Crispy does have the sound barrier though, able to kind of use this when Golden Pants gets quite low. A lot of CC. This is very awkward though. They kind of flip sides of the map here where DK.
Now, on the 1-3-4 side of things, it's going to be that sound barrier that comes on through, they are able to deal with Alfie, so the sound barrier does pay off in the end, you do find yourself behind 80 plus meters.
And GK doesn't use any ult, so by the time Zad gets fluxed up, Crispy won't have he.
Kai at least will be able to hit overclock before our P-Balds send wall if he decides to rip it very early on,
as this next fight will be rushed nearer between both of these teams.
Tien's actually just going to rip it right away.
Goldenfans going in with the roll through, they were able to pull up mines to disrupt it.
They're all trying to match, but Lapt has already been able to take the right-hand ball down.
He's looking for more catches on to fight before the other player can be used afterwards,
and Kikei are running away with the fight.
Yeah, it's very difficult for them to kind of fight into that Kitsune rush that comes down,
and you don't even have to use like the Sim wall or the dead eye to kind of counteract that push
that comes in from 1, 2, 3, 4, as they end up using their own rushes.
Krispy, see if this is something that kind of stays on for a while.
It looks like we're going to get at the semifinals.
I mean, I think you're just kind of seeing them kind of go to really whatever to try
and make it work here as Jetpack Cat does not really synergize with this comp whatsoever.
Like, we don't see any kind of fashion in the mix.
It looks like, I know, Crispy next to Kai, but not really trying to pick him up, carry him around.
So it looks like, uh, you see kind of, the cat just kind of used, uh, you know, bring the ball in there for a second, but yeah, I mean, this has just been all DK, thus far, is, uh, my mom forced to actually TP on out.
Yeah, I mean, Kalex is still holding onto Sanctuary as well.
Kai now will move onto the Bastion, I guess.
Yeah, this is the point on that.
Crispy was just getting ready for Kurt, and then you wanted Kai to use the overclock before he's up onto the Bastion.
Now, Kellix will just be able to use Sanctuary Defensively against the Catfly by.
There's Kellix's ultimate, Good Chain, onto Golden Fence, very early on as well.
1-2 pre-punchers have to wait for that to drop before they can try and commit this position with the Catbashing forward.
And that objective is getting dangerously close to the finished one.
Yes, Akai gonna be, and it's squirted up from above here, just trying to find an angle.
Looks like they're gonna drop him down the low ground. Maybe he needs some healing for the rest of the team.
that's going to be Kitsune Hiroshir on and off angle from being
dead eye available here for Labda as well as he finds one.
Golden Pant will fall as Moxie, this last game was an absolute blowout.
As DK just runs through 1, 2, 3, 4 here to get that series win.
I admit, I think I would have preferred to see a support save
than on the side of 1, 2, 3, 4.
I think like we saw in Kings Row what an absence of Booyang could look like.
And then we saw in Runosappi what an absence of Wu Yang actually looked like because there was just so much less pressure on the rest of BK's players and you could sort of tell how much more uncomfortable 1, 2, 3, 4 were in forming their compositions and trying to push as well, like moments like this where Kai's just so much more out in the open because previously
crispy with the woo yang would be able to keep labda in check so that you didn't get punished for
swinging out like that with no cover between you and the castie just tapping it ahead. Yeah it was
a really impressive map here for GKE sports. They go for a full completion and no meters on dock
there whatsoever for the size of one two three four. Matt do you feel like now after getting this
of how 1-2-3 for a look without the wooing, how big of a part do you feel like you have to play here in this comp, and the success that 1-2-3 for it can happen?
I mean, the wooing is obviously extremely impactful. Look, you can't take the stats from that one, like, you know, one for one, right?
Because it is a blowout. But, like, you know, even with the Lucio in the mix, like, you know, a top, like, Lucio game, you're looking at, like, 6, 7,000 damage.
And you're still missing out on low end from Wu Yang,
about like three or 4K damage over the course of the game,
right, which is like on poor with like having like another
support in terms of like backline there doing damage
consistently throughout the game.
So like it is really impactful.
Wu Yang damage is like kind of like pokey and it's splashy,
right, like being able to kind of like get multiple targets.
So it definitely causes disruption on the other side.
And I think you kind of see like it's much harder
to keep the ball alive without the Wu Yang.
like it's very difficult without him in play.
It's frequency as well, or volts, right?
Luteo's time barrier builds up so slowly
in comparison to Wu Yang's,
and then you don't have that ultimate
to gain extra survivability
for your Wrecking Ball or Tracer engagements,
which means that I think like one, two, three, four,
very obviously they've practiced
around how they want to play
this Wrecking Ball composition,
and they have set plays that they've practiced
with the Wu Yang ultimate for those engagements,
and they got to use a sum total of zero of those
on rune sapi because there's no woo yang to make the play with yeah it it is tough i think that
gk they cracked the code when it came down to a lot of those pick fan strategies heading into
this matchup up against one two three four and we get to talk to pelex now after their victory here
pelex congratulations on your win today um we already got to talk with your teammate yesterday
and finn talking about how it's been having you join the team but i want to ask you from your
perspective what the experience has been like working along this DK roster and on top of
that my secondary question and alluring with it is what approach you guys took with this
take a ban going up against the 1, 2, 3, 4 that you knew would be playing the ball and
the wooing comps.
Okay so first answer is it's been quite easy since I know most of the guys already are
left in Seattle obviously but it's always fun you know they can I feel comfortable already
from the get-go and it's always nice meeting new people and new teammates so it was kind
of an easy transition for me and for the second one it was kind of obvious what they were
going to play right. I think we maybe screwed up a ban or two on one of the maps but I think
in the end we had a fairly good system and an idea on how to beat them and in the end
it worked out.
Yeah, yeah, it works out at the end in a big way. You guys get rid of the Wu Yang on game 5.
Can you just talk this a little bit about why he's so strong with those ballcoms and like,
just kind of like what it takes away from them and makes it a little bit easier for you guys to deal with?
Yeah, I mean, if you look at first map, you could see Krishi was doing insane amounts of damage
because with all the Wu Yang, you have so many angles you have to worry about and banning the Wu Yang,
I actually expected Cat Bastion, because I mentioned we should ban Wu Yang no matter what, because if we ban Wu Yang they will have not that much damage, they will only have one thread and that's the ball slam and the sojourn one shot.
So without the Wu Yang they don't really have that much damage, so we can just easily sustain every single slam and keep pushing.
And as you can see they ended up swapping to Cat Bastion in the end, but I think it was too late for them.
I think sticking on the subjects of bands because it was honestly like so interesting you took out the wrecking ball literally map one on
Control can you sort of talk to us a little bit about the full process behind that because obviously like it was available on runesapi and sir
If I said did you feel like you would be able to shut it down?
Was there a specific reason why you want to take the wrecking ball out very early on?
It was undine's idea, but I think we were gonna bend ball no matter what this series
So we might as well just do it the first map and hopefully get a map win.
So we start off the series strong.
I think it's like our mental aspect of that.
So I think that was just the main reason, you know, get a good start.
And then hopefully we could like snowball that lead into like a clean three or but.
Yeah.
Hey, you ended up snowballing into a very clean runes off.
Yeah.
At the very least, uh, for the most part.
So I also want to kind of talk to you about, uh, your journey now for this team.
Right.
You guys had a really important matchup.
It was so key for you to win today's game up against 1, 2, 3, 4,
to keep your opportunity for playoffs alive.
Now you have your last match up against Twisted Minds in week 3.
And this is a team that we've seen now showing a lot of cracks
at the beginning of stage 2.
How are you and the team feeling going up into that last matchup?
I think we feel pretty confident what they are going through now
is what we went through the first week, you know, identity crisis.
I feel we had a team talk after our second game against VP
where we sat down, we talked about like,
what do we wanna do now for more?
Like what direction do we wanna take?
And we got our goal.
I think TMR are doing the same,
but I think that's a little bit too slow.
But when we practice, you can clearly see
that they're trying to figure stuff out.
And yeah, I mean, I'm from the last previous results
against them in practice.
I'm confident that we can win,
but you never know some new comp will spawn tomorrow
and then everyone will want to check that.
Yeah.
Hey buddy.
Everyone's still cooking, I think, when it comes down to how this meta is developing,
especially with the new patch that came in, right?
But congratulations on your win again today, Kellex.
And thank you so much for doing this interview with us.
Thank you.
You too.
That was Kellex from GK Esports.
Now, talking about this overarching story for GK Moxie, you, Kellex, mentioned how that
was kind of the issue that they ran into during week one, struggling with the adaptation.
in week two looking like they've gotten you know quite good answers how do you
feel about the growth for this team after this weekend's performances? I mean it's
that it's certainly that like they had some really good answers to the band
draft I think was really smart like Kellix mentioned starting off with the
wrecking ball band to sort of just like play the mental mind games into
golden pants having to play something he's very uncomfortable on wanting to
pull a first map as well so that you have a lot of confidence headed into the
second map and you put your opponent under a lot more stress is a really strong way of play and you
can sort of see the experience that Kellex has had because he's been around the other which
he's been seeing for a very long time as of so many players on the GK roster so even though like
meta is changing and they went through this sort of identity crisis the experience means that they're
able to pull through. Yeah Ash you know what I see with that standings and like looking at some of
these matchups coming up. I see I see three teams all sitting at two and three potentially
with GK, one, two, three, four and Alcatya with the way things may shake out. So I'm gonna take,
you know, everybody's gonna get their calculators out, figure out who the two teams to kind of make
it out of that. Because really there's nobody out of those three who separated themselves really
from the field. Yeah, it is tough in that kind of sense. These map differentials and more are
We're going to play such a key part if we do end up being in that curse two, three standings
for a lot of these teams.
We'll have to see after these next few matches before we go to a quick break ahead of VP
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There's only one match left on EMEA for this weekend now.
It is Virtus Pro vs. Hellasy. Matt, Virtus Pro, they dropped their first maps of the
Sage up against Kadzia yesterday, who are really taking it to him.
Yeah, I mean, first maps, first maps of the Sage, it wasn't a series, VP was still a bit
like I never come out on top there. And I think a little bit of what caught VP off guard
as this is actually GK, that we will not be seeing them overpriced the role of Virtus
pro but uh you know what what you're gonna see from VP I think is like now
obviously they're gonna be playing uh no psycho probably on some sim type books
uh they're going to be playing uh the sojourn yet again and then I know I thought
ice gnome was really strong uh yesterday I think it's like a
yesterday series I thought Katya played them really strong and I think it was
probably some of the comps from Katya that really kind of caught them off guard
like the Shion plus the vendetta a lot of times and I thought the moggo was
really impactful. Domingtelacy is going to be bringing that today, so I expect VP to really show up
and kind of take control of the series. Yeah, I think overall, right, it's that conversation of
it being a David and Goliath kind of match up here between VP and Telacy. VP, again, they want to
continue to display this dominance that we've seen from them overall. Yeah, I mean, this is a squad
that's currently undefeated right within this group stage here for Virtus Pro but now talking a
little bit about who they're going to be facing up against within Tullicy this was their welcome to
the OWCS it's been a tough run for them Moxie they've still impressed against some teams though
during moments there's been you know there's glimmers of brilliance yeah they pulled a map
versus Twisted Minds which is always going to be a huge shout and accolade although as we've said
like Twisted Mind's not quite the top team that they were. What I'm really interested to see for
Tellacy is like what are they actually going to come out with because as Matt just said,
Virtus.Pro did stumble into things like the Xion and Vendetta composition and Tellacy obviously
have the advantage of only joining us within this stage so we don't actually know back when Vendetta
was played really often if they do have a strong Vendetta, Mauga, Xion composition cooked up in
in the back pocket. So they do get that map against TM. Unfortunately, though, it's the
only map they've gotten. So like, I think for Tellacy, obviously it's a really tough opponent.
I'm curious. So like, can they replicate some of the things we saw from Katia yesterday? I was
really impressed with Lars when we talked over them against Geek K. He had a pretty good series.
So maybe they can, I know, make BP sweat a little bit. Hey, we'll only get to find out once we hit
the servers though right let's get straight into our last EME match of the day. Virtus Pro versus Tullicy.
Yes thanks Ash as VP, Mozi obviously they come in here pretty heavy favorites you know unless
Tullicy like and come out in surprises with some of the stuff that we saw yesterday from Katzia. It'll
be Oasis the first map selection here from Virtus Pro and I think for me I've been really
impressed with like Ice Nome and like how he's been a grown as a player over the last year or so
when we see them included into this roster.
Yeah, flexibility, like a lot of different tanks that you can play as well.
Okay, Virtus.Pro do not want a repeat performance against the Mauga she on their dead composition.
They just take the Mauga away instantly. Tell us they also don't want to lean into the Cat Bastion,
so the Bastion will be removed. They do obviously still have the Cat Band waiting for them for
another of these maps if they totally want to take that away, but teams are still fielding
things like the Bastion on its own, off of the back of something like a Smetre Teleporter,
being able to replicate the mobility that Cat affords. I think for Milla, like we've
talked about the tanks, we have to talk about the DPS because Kepsta, he's back. He's back,
he's playing Kepsta, he's hitting the shots that he used to, and if you'll tell us the,
your default has also looked very similar to what the others have been playing, a lot
of the Sigma, a lot of the Cassidy, a lot of the Nuzuki, you're not going to be able
the game. So that's it. We're
going to have a beautiful maps
if you can't take cats today.
Yeah, that would be my fears.
Tell us he is kind of going to
opt into the mirror here
against Virtus Pro and then
obviously that we would
favor Virtus Pro in that mirror.
The Moga band, though, it's
definitely like a VP. They're
not exactly. I mean, they did
have struggles with it
yesterday, right? It was very
difficult to kind of go
against like the what you see
see no Katya try it with the Zarya a little bit later in the series, it didn't exactly pan off,
but potentially maybe that's what Tellacy's been working on. Well this is actually a composition
that was in Asia. Korea have been playing a lot of vendetta Zarya, Shion, where you basically
go back to the old vendetta meta of Zarya just bubbles your engagement. Zarya gets so much charge,
Vendetta or Xiong gets a free entry to try and force out or take a player down very early on and that's what Telsy will heal and go fast in case of a composition with Juno.
We'll see if they're able to execute it as well though as Cassia did, right? Obviously it's not as easy as just kind of selecting the heroes and then everything kind of works.
kind of works. They lose SXJ off the rip. Vendetta can be very difficult to pilot. And
I know she on, I think players have gotten a little bit more used to her and how that
kind of makes her kit work. That's going to be bubbles used right away for SXJ. The Hinger
comes on through from Fixa, not allowing Lars to move on forwards. This would be the point
in control of EP first. Lars is very charged up though, so maybe able to make a run, but
they are able to punish the Vendetta yet again.
And it's so fast too so tells me don't even really get to leverage the attention
Diversion of sxA to move last board with all of that shot
The vendetta is just gone and the Zarya loses the opportunity to walk forward on the distracted team
Which means that tells me he paused all the way back to choke
Kepster by the way already has that I put in the first fight
So that goes to show exactly the amount of damage that this castee has been able to do it shutting the disengage down and instantly
He uses the ultimate too.
70p's up on the high ground to get a good angle on to Jonah,
which takes the Juno down.
I mean, this has been just destruction.
Not an easy comp like any stretch.
For Telsy to use, Keb with three there.
Just finishes off Texall towards the end.
What do you do here for your Telsy?
I mean, you're going to have to grab, set up,
maybe Sundering Blade you're going to get here.
Ray Rush, but a Virtus.Pro is just
going to have almost everything to kind of work up against it.
they TP the Sigma on out so Narkin and Gela kind of collides on them right away.
I mean, I see his hands, there's the attempt, he has Sundering Blade into the grab,
Fixed it can't defend against the Graviton with the Sanctuary because Sundering Blade's melee attack,
which is quite true, which is one of the reasons why Vendetta, as well as the buffs that she had recently,
is coming back into the mix, really does put a shutdown on what that Sanctuary can defend against,
Virtus.pro know that that combination is coming hold on to the sanctuary to be able to use it both against the over the
right and need the link to the screen
Early on from TELUSY as S6J4's yet again, but the screen does catch two
and Virtus.pro using that Mizuki Sanctuary, suck and jump, now in a sunk cost fallacy
Just going for the blocks, trying to get kills to actually win out the fight
Yeah, it's a nice evade. They're used by ICAP as well
just kind of getting out of the way of the accretion coming on through and I
know even for some of the nice things that VP has done and they've not been
able to get rid of Lars. Lars is just gonna hold this energy up the entire time.
I still am gonna switch off of the SIG. Once a little bit more mobility, some
sturdiness here, gonna go over to the Ramatra. The Vortex can also be good
for locking down some of those players and then diving into the backline. It'll
be the Stim Wall here that opens things up as they've used that TP to get to the
high ground and flip the map.
Yeah, also gets Kassar into a good position to use that eye now.
You'll have it chopped up by the time that Telsy tries to contest, but the flip's already
gone through, and that gives us where you just hold the space to the castle, and you
still catch the Juno as well.
Telsy now relying only on Qirico heals, they're just going to get run over by Verbas Bar.
You'll put that foot on the gas, and run directly at the rest of the team.
Qirico heals alone, can only heal one person at a time.
just not enough sustain to be able to win out over the ball.
Yes, the switch over to a ram definitely kind of pays off towards the end.
A nice dead eye there from Kevser.
It's going to be 90% and counting years.
Who will be the one who gets the touch?
Probably going to be SXJ trying to get here on the vendetta.
Going to maybe use some bubbles to kind of get him over the top.
Mars is so close to that.
Graviton SXJ does get the touch, but goes down for the trade.
Fix it, get sanctuary online and last hail Marys to grab him, but there's no team to follow, plus the 70p is still up for Psycho,
which means that Virtus.pro just clean up off of the side of Landon's one up rush and tell us he's 63% picked up,
but Virtus.pro is still looking dominant and very much more prepared to deal with that Vendetta composition than they were yesterday.
Yeah, they have to move off of the Sigma to do it, but once they go over to the Romatra, it looks like they're able to deal with it.
You know pretty safely is they can look at some of the stats. I think I know SSJ was really rough trying to keep that vendetta alive
You know, even though you have that bubble they just pop it right away if you get hit with a chain
No mobility to kind of get out. You're in a really rough spot
In that case if you are the vendetta, so doing a nice job
Kind of taking advantage of no obviously been dedicated to buff
But I know not everything solved with the hero just yet as a tell us he's gonna be rolling out with the same exact comp
you know, Tex all use the speed and switch over to the Kira here is BP.
They're just going to be rolling out with that Ram straight away.
Yeah, same compositions for both of these teams.
Chelsea obviously practiced this composition so that those both struggled against it yesterday.
So still going to be playing it because that's what they've practiced.
Kersti on the Kasi, though, has been so problematic for them.
That's already the vendetta engagement forced away and the Zarya ally bubble
front out, Shion's bike tries to punish the simtp back onto Verda's porous byground, but
looks quite ice-warm shield, and now you still have that annihilation nemesis bomb rather.
Up and available, you can just pumble for Zarya's defences and Lars finally leaves.
Yeah, and you know, you use the bubbles onto SXJ trying to get to the high ground,
they just pop them right away, and then Lars doesn't have any bubbles for himself, right?
On the low ground trying to deal with this Remontra, and as soon as they get rid of the Vendetta,
They know that Zarya doesn't have bubbles, they kind of move on in.
They use that nemesis form and deal with Zarya rather easily.
So even though Lars is building up a little bit of energy,
not enough to really make a threat to that Ramatra with the armor.
And then obviously the nemesis form, when it's active in play.
So, you see Kev kind of lining up one of those shots up on the high ground there.
I mean, this is so dangerous for a Vendetta to dive in and strike the Mizuki.
the slows of the sim turrets. I mean so nasty to have to work through.
TPLow Brown is, it looks like a VP, they want to start a fight.
I mean tell us a good point of course for us for us walking into the Vendetta and the
Sheon, but Kevster's still able to take SXJ down and now Ice Nom's just fully unleashed
to be able to walk on that Zarya. Kevster with the flank too.
There's a lot of too much damage in the two versus one. Rolls back to get a health back,
in the meantime, we still got over teammates.
Yeah, I saw the what's going on.
We were just not able to disengage our picks and picks up too.
And that was a slow fight when, on the side of the Herald's
portal, which is going to cost jealousy in the long run
when it comes to contesting 5%.
And I mean, they didn't have to use anything to do either,
right?
It'll be a cab using the dead eye here,
walking up with that consumer.
Just a nice grab that comes through from Lars,
a TP on out of it.
They have the sanctuary to use here as well.
They just kind of bully Tellacy back to the spawn.
Nice use of those two ultimates.
That was a sundering play to use for SXJ as well.
We're going to be off of the Vendetta now.
I think that's the right move.
I know maybe over to the tracer.
Yeah, the widow shot.
Now going back to the Vendetta, I thought we were going to go to the tracer,
but see Lars taking some slow there, moving on up.
It's going to be a complete rush from land and then
but they will actually walk right into I have and popping that huge she on ultimate
using that bike and it gets the point here to try and flip it.
That's such an expensive bike for both teams, love.
And for Tellerzy, like, that's problematic because Vertispar are one fight win away from taking this map,
so they have to play this neutral perfectly.
And if they overplay, like, if they try to go in very early on with this vendetta
to pick someone from Vertispar on rotation and then SHA goes down early,
Like the goodest part will just take that time to clear the vendetta then move in five versus four for the brute force fight on the point itself to guarantee the flip
We'll see what position that VP kind of wants to fight from here is
The tips are just gonna clear all angles
The way right comes on for you. Oh, that's a lot of damage going down on that. It's actually somehow able to keep up the vendetta
I mean, that's like the chain being hit the hinder as well in a vortex
I mean a lot to try and you know put into this vendetta to keep them off as the 40% HP
They're getting loads of healing you do end up having to give up Lars though
Yeah, all the resources on keeping vendetta up leaves the Zarya behind
And verus probably just turn their attention to a different target
Lars desperately trying to go to the doomfist at touch
But no one's there to be able to still like the point long enough for the touch to come out
the game. I'm going to go
back to the game. So I'm
just probably walk away with
the red wind. Yeah, tell us
you like you can tell that
they want to look at here and
some of the other regions have
been playing. But unless they
go for bands on things like
the Cassidy of the mantra, I
really think this band data
composition will struggle.
Yeah, it's going to be very
difficult. I think for them
I had no surprise here today as we take a look at some of the highlights is that Kev has been on fire really since champions clash
Playing the Cassidy just looks so good on that hero and just really good overall
Maybe if you want to try and force this kind of play style
If you are a tell us see you think about even getting rid of that Cassidy
I know getting that Hinder and just kind of the damage output from Kev out of the way
Yeah, I mean, Margot was also banned from the side of Virtus Pro, which did impact this composition, right?
Because what we saw was SXA, like, getting Zarya bubbles, but Zarya bubbles just instantly being popped,
and then the Juno, the Kiriko, both having to turn their attention and basically tunnel vision on healing one person,
meant that if the Vendetta was getting rid of the healing, the Zarya would die.
And if the Zarya was getting rid of the healing, the Vendetta would die.
you introduce Maga into that composition, suddenly you don't have to worry about being spread thin
when it comes to healing all of your heroes because Maga is so self-sufficient, right?
He has so many options to just keep himself alive through some absolutely ludicrous situations
that he has no right living. So I feel like Telsi will probably still stick with that composition
with just adding the Maga in, but I still want to see them remove the castee because especially
the team. And if you're
going to be able to get
the team to the top, especially
if you're slotting the market
into this area, essentially
loses the Zarya bubble on those
engagements, which means if
cast is left in, you're getting
hit by flashbang literally
every single time you try to
walk to that team. Yeah, and I
mean, if you get rid of the
Cassie right, it protects the
vendetta potentially as well
protects the she on so a few
options here for tell us to
kind of make things
interesting. And yeah, I think
having Maga back in the mix
play this aggressive style of
play, no wasting no time taking
us to one of the better rush
maps in the pool. So we'll see
what tells you this thing to do
in terms of bands, one that kind
of sticks out right away is
Cassidy, maybe even the Mizuki
band. We've seen fix the play a
lot of that here at no in stage
two. So those two heroes will
see them being targeted. Maybe
yeah, it does British Boris
same script, basically. That was the essay. The slight difference is that Castiel won
the first maps because Mago was still in play, then Virtus.Pro went for a ban onto that vendetta,
so expecting as we said the double layering for reasoning of a Castiel ban here, keeps your
vendetta in play. You know that they can't talk at Mago, so you don't have to go for tank roll
saves, and it removes Kev's ability to totally just kill your entire team. Plus there's so many
of those points on Oasis hinged around how to use that like catching Juno early using sim tp to get
Kastie into a good position for the ultimate using the ultimate to bully Telsi off of being able to
hold the point to guarantee the flip but they take out the sim instead so sim will be removed
Kastie is still in play but he at least won't have that insane level of mobility that the sim tp
affords yeah and they get rid of Zarya so like really the backup option at the mog a kind of
composition doesn't work so we'll see what psycho goes to most likely it's going to be like a tracer
i know a tracer like a reaper right i know uh some interesting kind of choices there but
i mean i'm uh no obviously the sim uh you know is really good at moving the castee around
and maybe you're more worried about like the castee having that extra mobility and not necessarily
the castee itself yeah also that like there's a reason why those part of go for bizarra uh foods
as well. Taking up the set means you can't teleport out of Grav. So Grav becomes much
more of an issue. Also, like we said, Virtus Pro they started with the Rematra versus Tatsuya
and then actually swapped to the Diva to be able to fight better into the Mauga. And if
you start Diva and your opponent's on Zarya for bubble engages and just beam charge to
be able to walk off of all of the resources you're giving that Vendetta, that Diva mech
gets instantly popped. So I think it's a smart backup from Virtus Pro just to be able to
safeguard some of the options that TELUSI have in terms of the tank fight.
Yeah, I think you're going to see Lars kind of end up playing this Maga, playing Point
and aggressive around it. Interesting what VP decides to do. You can obviously play
the Mei. Mei, another really good option in some of these comps is Kava looking to maybe
kind of cover the she on here so there's still some time though for BP to make some changes tell
us he this looks pretty similar to what I think we would expect from them maybe we see Texall
I go over and play the Curie and that's about it just kind of use that speed right away picks up
we'll see uh does he decide to put the Lucio yeah you will play the Lucio here that I know on
Flashpoint yeah no sim and you're running ice on the Sigma so you do not want your Sigma to get
run onto by that Malva. Since the signal is very good to Mag at the point but the moment Mag is
able to get on top of him it becomes much more problematic so Cypher and the Mail will be able
to help that as well. SHJ is already out of the fight early on though. No Xario bubbles, no extra
resources for the Vendetta and kept from the cast. 40% dead eye, yep there's a coincidence.
Yeah I mean it's uh even though you don't have the mobility of the sim uh TP or cab I mean you
you still have now like the Lucio speed able to kind of get him around uh no i kept those
tail landing towards the end so uh maybe that can kind of give an opportunity for Telsy to
kind of get back into this fight rather quickly but you have to be able to kind of keep uh you
know sxj alive i know a large source of damage you cannot consistently move that they did it
early into the fight good for as well able to get land and back into the next before Telsy can make
they're moving. They're getting with an accretion. Yeah.
Starting by Ross from ice, I'm taking down Sigma Shields past Mars' position two, which
makes it hard to protect her on Jono, which to keep the Malga up and versus Pro, just
yet again, open up with a kill onto the Vendetta and then move on to pressuring the rest of
the team. Yeah, I'm just not sure of this fast play
style. I mean, look, I guess if your jealousy or options are kind of matched them in like
a SIG mirror which obviously DT is tremendous at the moment or try this is a nice Suzu actually
blocks that stomp from I know making critical impact there with Chess.
So I know you're gonna be basically what I mean you're gonna be down your tank here as I know
I can't get to the objective because at least trigger OT but can't imagine this is a fight.
I tell us some things they can win as I know flashbang headshot that is the first flash point
here in favour of Virtus.Pro.
because Plexus does not have mirror rush ready to go and the other player just up side by himself.
Yeah, it's really rough here for Pellacy to kind of find any kills at the moment.
So you do have what, Jonowich back by the objective.
I know I'm dying pretty quickly.
Nothing he can do there.
Poor Jonowich, at least trying to drag some players back.
But this will be VP in control of this flashpoint yet again
And I mean you have like you can like flux into a blizzard here you can flux into a dead
Eye I mean some pretty nasty combinations
ICAP does have the ability to use that she on the with nothing really to block it on the other side
I mean you can combo with cage as well like sundering all is free into last cage because it's huge
So that's probably going to be very careful how they got against it. Landon's already dead though
Icav is able to catch on top of the character's position, Icav is not able to zone with the
dead item to keep the character up, but Icav is still alive, and so is Vixar.
And that seems to be more than enough for Verdesport to have the confidence to continue
committing ult and winning the fight.
Yeah, I mean, well, what, you know, they do end up getting landed early, and then I believe
it's Vixar who finds the kill on Icav, and then at that point, like, SXJ and Barr is
like the only way for them to really kind of engage, like, they don't want to sit around
on the point and just kind of take post damage, eventually they have to kind of go and they
end up losing a few players. Now you lose, you know, SHJ looks like that's like a headshot
there that maybe comes in from Cab and then you accretion. It's going to be the Blizzard
that's thrown down inside of the cage there that Lars drops. So VP just with answers for
absolutely everything at the moment, that Telsy is kind of throwing at them as Telsy
goes back to spawn here. I was like maybe to make some changes, but honestly it's the
the only spot they can even get to. Yeah, I don't know, I mean, it looks like the moment
was going to be blocked off. Yeah, not with the Maywall, so that's going to be it. Already
2-0 for VP.
Yeah, and I mean, Virtus.pro, you can sort of see that they're okay using ults, going
for kills, wanting to win the fights even when that player's down because they have such
good points to be able to get kills early on to tell us they can stop them from being
able to engage in with this mad composition. We're fighting in mid, by the way, Jonoich
is forced into using orbital raycaps that will ice off the pressure with dead eye and tell it he just can't fight into it but still
He finds the angle to take the Juno down and that means that you don't have the speed ring to be able to disengage your Kyroko
So Texel falls suit and bird of pro off of just one ult from the Cassidy
Spiral into a full fight run. Yeah, I mean both supports you get off the start
Then I mean at that point tell us see like what I mean Lars and everybody else needs gonna die as soon as possible
Working through this choke is gonna be difficult. I mean, did you have your kids soon a rush?
Psycho has done a nice job with these maywalls. So splitting players up constantly. So I
Will see if you
Can't get a rush as well like landing could use rush first baits excellent trying to match them all off the character ultimate
Yeah, I mean, that's the rush there used by text all and then it's a nice wall from psycho just kind of blocks
Lars and just running on forward Kevin with two nice accretion that actually connects and they just like can't finish it off
There's this been a blowout here on new junk city
It's tell us see they want to up the pace moxie, but no not really making VP sweat at the moment
and blizzard plus lots here potentially to finish it off.
Tell us if they do make a change, this is Shaco and over to tracer here so really kind of
trying to get a touch.
Also maybe trying to put some pressure on the fixer, the fixer going back.
Lars already taking serious damage from Kev.
From Kev which means that I is available for Virtus.
to sit in the space. Trace has gone down early as well.
There's the dead eye. There's the Susie as well,
to make sure that the Maga Stomp does not cancel the cast
ultimately. And a blizzard pouring into the mix
on top of things.
Like, first board is pouring everything,
including the kitchen sink at this point,
because Telsy have no way back.
Okay, well, that was map number two.
I saw VP, they just kind of dominate Telsy there.
And look, Telsy replicating a play style
that was pretty successful the other day
against Virtus.Pro, right? This is kind of like what we saw VP struggle with yesterday against Katia.
I think you're just kind of seeing maybe at least the level like Katia is able to play it.
John DeWitch and Lars Rock Games, you know, the MAGA 0 and 8, the Juno 0 and 7, not like everybody
else has lightened it up either. I mean just an all-out bloodbath, you know, for VP to be able to
get a huge win. I mean, what, two deaths for the entire team? Yeah, I mean, we said that
that the Cassie would be problematic. The Cassie continued to be problematic. Again,
my heart goes out to Chelsea because they saw a weakness that Cassie was able to expose.
They've obviously tried to replicate its success. And because you only have less than a day
between that series and this one, you've obviously been like hard practicing this composition.
This is what you've been preparing for. So you don't get a lot of opportunity to go for
a different composition so if it doesn't work you're just sort of stuck having to continue with it
or you go off the path and you try and play something that you're nowhere near as practised
and ready to play which is why like they're sticking with it for so long but it just looks
like third is probably they let that one witness through the first time they won't let it through
again this Cassidy has been so good at shedding that vendetta down early and the rest of the team
are so much more prepared to deal with the Mauga as well. From Landon have been absolutely
perfect. Twice we almost saw Dead Eyes being cancelled by that Mauga slam and Susan was
always available to make sure that Kevster got clear.
Yeah I know people trying to work towards those drops are not happy with VP right now
because this has been pretty quick so far. So tell us obviously another map selection
for them coming up here. Look they want to play rush. I mean they don't have got a rune
I mean this could be a really fast one.
I think, look, it's a,
and maybe they view that they need to play this way,
like, and this is how they're going to play in the future,
and you're just running up against the best team in the region right now.
But maybe there's a thought of like, hey,
maybe we should just kind of switch it up a little bit here.
It's really difficult to make this work.
Where VP, I mean, look, you get rid of the Sim,
they can go and play the May there,
They could play Tracer if they wanted to, but just doing a really nice job playing Slumming.
They didn't even have the Mizuki in there, right? Playing Malusio, obviously, and Flashpoint a lot of the time.
So, see where Telsi decides to take a skill could be Kings, could be RuneSoppy.
I know one of those two probably, I know, really kind of stand out.
But to remind you guys, hey, we got everybody here kind of competing for that mid-season championship coming up at EWC.
that's going to be an awesome
time box. Yeah, you know, always
fun when we get the most amount
of teams we can probably stack
into an overwatch event together
all in one place and
Paris will be the time.
Like crowd lines. They
hit differently. They hit
differently. They hit
differently. They hit
differently. They hit
differently. They hit
differently. They hit differently.
differently. They had differently. The cheers, the fan chance, the atmosphere. Oh, it's so good.
Yeah, we haven't had an event in, you know, Paris, like a, you know, a global event, you know,
in a very long time. So it'll be exciting to see kind of the crowd that gets into that. So,
this is interesting in that they will take us to Circuit Royal. So this is a map that like,
I mean, what, are they going to ban? I mean, even if you ban Sigma, Ram is still pretty good here.
and I wouldn't say this is like an awesome Vendetta's type of map, so maybe this is something you want to completely
go away from. Okay, so TELUSI, they banned, they get second ban, so they kind of defer
VP, they get rid of Jetpack Cat, they don't want anything along those lines, and then the Sojourn ban that comes through from TELUSI
as we are quickly into game three in this series.
to see how the map looks like.
It's still around. As is the
Muzuki composition. So, like
Fertility here. This is not a
map I would expect to see a lot
of them data played. With how
long a lot of those sight lines
are. So this to me says that
we're moving away from the
vendetta. Malgo. She on
outlook that they've been
having, and now maybe we're
I mean, did they want to play, uh, maybe cap fashion and it kind of got banned out.
That's also a possibility for TELUSY, uh, because for VP and nothing really changes.
Uh, you know, if anything, their, their playstyle gets a little bit better here as they choose defense.
I mean, they also get to play that Sigma Mizzouki Cassidy, which has very much become, I feel like, their default composition.
I see very comfortable on the Sigma fixer has been looking so good on the Mizuki as well
I know we talk about like landings
prowess of playing things like the curicoh and the Baptiste fixer has been really quick to adapt to picking up the
Mizuki which I know some teams are still like a little bit slow on the
Optic in being able to incorporate is tell us he will go for rain
They're gonna just match pretty much outside the sim. They're gonna play the borough which is
far it can give sims some trouble, but it's nothing that VP hasn't seen before, right,
with their style of play, so we'll see how I can...
It's also dangerous into capstone, right?
It's really dangerous if this castee gets set up, but I do like how it's actually using
Kintosla to just move people away from the sim TP, so that VP don't get as much freedom
of being able to move that composition right.
Yeah, it just really struggles, because if S6J gets up into the sky and takes one shot
from Pimpster, tries to back down already as you see every time he gets up there, or
already taking some serious damage, as Jonowich does fall here at the hands of Fixx, having
a really rough time here.
He's telling us he's even rounding that first corner, so the far here, trying to do some
poke damage at range, as I said, Shale used the roof there to stay all hovered up, stay
up in the sky, doesn't exactly want to go to the low ground.
Now, drops down, TPing kind of maybe get a boost up here, I know over the high ground trying to get some shots in, but you already see, I mean, you know, half HP in an instant.
Oh, I can't see them.
SXJ caught in the open, not behind the buildings, instantly taking down, and they're going to TP him in, yeah.
Yep, TP is on too.
TPs are on their spawn door.
The chain from Fixer onto Lars as well.
That's what they're able to do now.
Alright, well now they've been punished.
I mean, you can't get that close to the spawn door
and not get punished at this level.
Just the spawn door challenge failed successfully.
Yeah, it's a good hold from VP off of the rip.
You know, Tellacy obviously they desperately needed that, you know, fight win at the end there
We'll see now if they kind of combine this into a few more fight wins, right?
So the Tellacy you'll have every ultimate to work with here. I can't have I'll end up with a Jedi
Trying to force them back a little bit getting some more free payload progress
Maybe I'm trying to get like a conkin, but yeah, I mean there's no you know, you're all like that reasons respond if you're VP
I'll just use a rush to run directly at Lars and tell us he's lacking that submitter.
Which I suppose if you're on a wish to have to use Sanctuary Defensively on tanks position,
I assume he goes for the flux afterwards, Texel will react with a second rush
or he'll be able to keep all of that players intact but not able to get around corner.
Psycho-Syrmwall is so good, tells you can't fight past it.
It's like J.A. unfortunately not giving the space to be able to use the barrage
despite Vix's ultimate being gone, and Virtus.Pro more than happy to take the space back with the
Deity people. The rock from Lars takes Psycho down alongside Kephs's ult.
I mean, that's a pretty nice rock there from Lars. They get the interrupt onto the Dei,
allows us to shade against up a Rosh off, but then Psycho quickly finishes off
that Pharah. It's not good though for Tellacy, it's kind of fighting this neutral consistently here
against Virtus Crow. Virtus Crow has them kind of exactly where they would want them at the moment
is Fixer building quickly up here towards the sanctuary. Ice Nome takes some pretty serious
damage and has to back up for a second. The Dead Eye nice and a block there with the shield from Lars.
Ice goes down as well. No hands to be able to absorb it. Fixer still thinks this is winnable though.
Sanctuary, you're buying time for Landon to get rushed and Lars is actually gone down.
Both Landon and Cypher just hit deep when Telsy tried to disengage that Mizuki Ultimate, and like you said, there's no time for Telsy to be able to regroup and get players on point.
Lod would desperately try to swap onto the wrecking ball, so they're just not going to let anyone past.
Landon invested the kitsune rush so that Virtus.Pro just instantly delete anyone trying to get past, and that is where the payload will stall out.
Yeah, and Texel actually gets here with a chain there, forces them to use Suzu and also TP out.
And then there's no way that Kiri is able to get back and get a touch after that.
So really nice stuff from VP yet again, just really just kind of asserting their dominance throughout this series thus far.
You know, not even needing a full point A completion to be able to take it.
So they are set up in a fantastic position to potentially close this series out 3-0.
And then, you know, what that does, Muck, I mean, that obviously, you know,
gets into 4-0 in terms of the Sage, but their map differential almost impossible.
They really would be impossible to catch that number one seed at the moment.
They would have one more game after this in the Sage against 1, 2, 3, 4.
And look, I mean, I think this Virtus.
pro team would be very equipped to dealing with some of the ball stuff so
tell us he'll come out try and do something a little cheeky here maybe a
close spawn hold with a Rhine of Bastion set up so it looks like you also have a
widowmaker in the mix as well so we'll see SXJ and Cole can hold something out
here they're gonna maybe try and catch them from behind as they come out of the
spawn door.
up onto the angle of the widow hold so I kept it totally run over and tell us the
down one of the players have no choice but to play back and positions have
essentially reversed as I say though no cover around that wind shield goes down
to Kevster and that's just laws having to charge right in looking for a very
quick death so tell us he can reset and take one more fight and I mean once they
end up losing the bash in there that's like their only source of damage and
And like once the Bastion goes out of wheels mode, I mean that's just it, right?
I mean you can just engage right away if you're a Virtus Pro.
And nothing you're really worried about as an ICAP puts a few shots there into Ice Gnome,
but not really worried.
Like he's allowing it though.
Yeah, I mean they're going to build up a bit of an off of it.
Yeah.
And you'll be that much closer to having your support, trying not to text souls as long as
I mean, he's already down wheels from us. Like they force him or tell you to go for the black and
orange position and that's it. That's good. That was great. I mean, just kind of his wheels
mode after they lose lars. He's just spinning, shooting up at the sky as that one is going to
go down in the record books for sure as VP. They take a pretty nice commanding 3 O over
telepathy. So a close game the other day against Katia and just all out domination here today.
I think for Virtus.Pro, this is what you needed, right? A very fast dominant win since, as we said, EMA out of the NA and EMA regions.
Feel the more inconsistent at the moment with like how easy Virtus.Pro were able to dismantle its minds and then how close it looked between them and Katya yesterday.
So you're trying to prove that you have that consistency to be able to hold the title of best team in the region and that's absolutely what they've done.
Yeah, it really is. It's been such an impressive stage thus far for the side of Virtus Pro.
We weren't expecting anything else for this match up against Telsy.
I kind of would pick your brain a little bit though.
So, Moxie, do you feel like, or the side of Telsie, do you feel maybe they overcooked
by going and trying to do what Kat's Seal were doing to VP yesterday as opposed to sticking
what was maybe more comfortable for them?
Yeah, I mean, I said it on cast, I'll repeat it now, if you're going for that style of
play, I wish they banned cast.
Like, straight up, I really wish they banned cast because cast just takes all of the mobility
that the vendetta has, and then the fact that you're doubling up on CC with both the cast
and the Mizuki, Zarya bubble will let your vendetta bubble against one of those forms of CC,
but then bubble pops and you still have the second one available, which means that one of them will
hit SXJ, and it sort of felt like every single fight, especially in the first two maps, Chelsea took,
it was always a five versus four, because Urso-Shame was always just dead before the rest of the team could make a play.
Ah, Ash, I'm not really sure there's much Chelsea could have done on that one, and they could have banned the cast.
Okay, that's not why I was asking that question.
They could have banned the cast, I know, but I mean, look, let's be real, I think banning the cast could have definitely been impactful, I mean, but you just see the level of play, I mean, I know, Moxie called it out a ton, like some of the Suzus that landed was hitting, kind of constantly getting the upper hand of these fights early on.
It felt like really from start to finish it was just VP kind of asserting their dominance
They probably felt like they were here for a little bit too long yesterday their Katzia match
So I wanted to wanted to get some time back today by just kind of taking care of jealousy
Just reclaiming a little bit of time in the universe by Katzia for VP
But with this win it was dominant what we wanted to see from Burtis Pro and expected to see from them right there
4-0 now, overall, and this team looks like they're just gonna continue to grow and get better,
taking a quick look at our standings. Honestly, I think VP, they've had such a great start to this
stage map because of their read on the meta and the adaptations that they might make,
having a decision. Well, I'm laughing because of the map count. Like, everybody else is kind of
and like everybody's like, you know, even taxi is a plus one, like they're plus 10, like they're beating the doors off of people in this stage.
So I mean, I really kind of putting themselves at the top and kind of kind of obviously this is a great match.
Kind of, you know, look at the understand why.
Yeah, that is for a certain, but we do have an interview now with Virtus Pro.
We get a chat with Smash, the head coach here for the squad.
Congratulations Smash on your teams win today. You guys are now 4-0. You only have one match left ahead of you
Honestly, I don't want to ask too much about this stage of the round Robin
I kind of want to get more of an idea of
How you're feeling going into playoffs especially knowing that the new map is gonna be into the pool
And there's been a lot of meta changes in this or not meta changes. Sorry patch notes that could change the meta
What's your read right now on the state of the game?
After patch, there's some off about Catbastion, also like new hero, especially like Xion.
Their tier is like so good at like engaging as a hit scan.
Previous like they have like sojourn or like cast, they're kind of slow, but Xion is kind
of like working around every map, so they make a lot of difference than before the patch.
So we are not adapting really well right now, so you should let it for two weeks for a playoff.
Well, I mean, hey, you guys look awesome for maybe not adapting quite well.
Can you just speak just a little bit about between Champions Clash and then here in Stage 2.
What was the process for the team? Obviously you guys had a great performance at Champions Clash,
but you guys looked really leveled up coming into Stage 2.
Yeah, because we had some Korean boot camp before the Champions clash and that was kind
of love because everyone practiced cap bastion already like 3 weeks or something and we have
to work so much harder than them for like leaching them.
So we've been 3 blocks every day during Korean boot camp.
Usually we go out after scrim but they're knocked out so we're just practicing a lot
And also during tournaments, they grow up a lot, especially ice, and finally, we got some in-game
leader in my team, Seiko and Nandan. So that makes us help a lot.
So, Telsi tried to play a lot of the compositions that you played against, Katsu played against you guys
yesterday, like the Vendetta, the Shion, the Mauga, where you dropped maps to them. What work did you sort
of go away from after that series and do so that when you came into those same
compositions today you looked much cleaner being able to match up into it.
I mean that's because we didn't practice versus that com so if you're playing like
Sigma kind of com slow com we have a bit pressure when they try to hard engage in
because we're kind of slow and we using sim a lot so sim is kind of naked versus
that come so we're trying to using like May or like I mean I don't know like I'm
not really sure what's right but I cut is better than that team that's why today
match is kind of different we still have to figure out how to play versus that
come or like yeah maybe that's our homework it's too big yeah yeah I guess
now talking about your like the last match up against one two three four and
and like their strategy that they have going in and the confidence to run with like the wrecking ball and what not
How do you feel going into your last weekend's match?
I mean I hope it went easily, but wouldn't pinch? That guy looks insane at that hero
So we practiced with them a bit and I was kind of surprised
like oh maybe except for Zubin can play like that, like I thought only Zubin and Dongha can play like that
We're going to find out, but it's kind of annoying because only that team playing making
both.
We don't have that much good screen partner versus that, so you should keep visualizing
about that.
So we're going to focus on next week.
Yeah, not many great ways to deal with the ball.
Curious, have you been watching any of the other regions, whether it be NA or APAC, and
seeing anything there that you guys may try and incorporate into your guys game?
Can you say one more, Chris?
Yeah, any strategies from any of the other regions you guys are looking to kind of bring up the playoffs?
Yeah, I'm always looking for, like, Korea top 4 team.
I thought we were better than NA, so I'm not watching a lot of NA match.
I'm watching Korea and, like, sometimes China.
Also, I'm watching NA as well, but like, time doing is kind of different.
So usually after match, we just knock out, so yeah.
Yeah, it makes sense.
It's really hard to catch all of the games around the world here for OWCS.
But thank you so much for this interview, Smash.
And congrats on VP for being 4 and 0 so far.
Thank you so much.
Good luck today.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Have a great day, Smash.
But now, taking a look at these standings here, guys.
Matt, again, I think it was so great to build here.
Smash how he kind of thinks like things are shaking up and even what he thought about yesterday's match up against a katsia
That is still fighting to be in this top. Yeah, I mean katsia is like right on the brink
No, obviously they have a less game than
DK or at the moment so
Katzia's got a game against Telsi and then a game against TM coming on up
So that'll be really kind of deciding who finishes within
side this top four. It really will. I'm excited to find out who we will be
seeing in that playoffs here next weekend but for now that's a wrap for
EMEA for week number two. We're just one weekend before playoffs at this point
now. That's enough from myself, Matt and Moxie. We do have NA coming up next though.
So we will be right back with OWCS.
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Welcome back everyone to OWCS. We're in the NA portion of the show now and I'm back here
with Jack and Johnny. How are you guys feeling this weekend overall? It's been a nice sunny
weekend for me. I don't know about you guys. You guys are in California so it's usually
Maybe a little too hot over there.
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If you always stay a little bit of a different experience for everyone getting into the nitty gritty though of yesterday's matches jack
What happened? I mean, I think realistically
We knew it was going to be a lunax win, but I honestly didn't think it was going to be this dog
You know, that's the, you know,
a lot of people. Oh, Zombo was
styling on him. Like it was
ridiculous. Sean apparently
well, it turns out she's your
character. She's very good when
you can insta bin people from
mid range with a head shot with
the right click. She's pretty
good. I really enjoyed this
game to a little bit of
experimentation from sugar
H. Yeah, it really is. Taking a look at the standings here now as well. SSG with their
win yesterday. Get currently comfortable at the top. Just one map advantage, though, compared
to Team Liquid. But overall, Johnny, I do feel like this is for the most part generally
how he expected the standings to look. Save $4 feel being in that most slot.
Yeah, I'd say that Lunix has definitely like been promoted to top four tier here. You can
They say that Loonix is better than Disguise and Cafe quite confidently and they're showing it so far this stage.
I think it's a pretty interesting stage so far because some of the hero slots that Jostr has talked about.
But I feel like a lot of these teams are still figuring out their identity and their place in this meta.
Dallas Fuel for example, how are they going to take to like the Sigma, Misuki we're seeing.
Opsie being introduced to the new hero here as well.
And then Team Liquid picked up two new players, right?
And so, and that is a really fun region because we're still quite sure which will be the best teams come to play.
in just a couple of weeks time.
I feel like that's like the general storyline for OWCS stage two as a whole right now for how things are shaking up.
But I love that you bring up the new hero, Johnny, because with Sean coming into the fray,
Jack already talked about it a little bit, how good Zomba was looking for Johnny.
I want to get your thoughts on this new hero and how she's been working into some of the comps that we've seen develop throughout this meta.
All right, this character's busted. I'm just saying, like this is, we're in the Vendetta phase of Shion right now, where we're going to see a lot of use from this hero.
And what I've actually enjoyed seeing is that we're seeing both flex players and hit scam players kind of pick up this hero, because if you're a tracer, like maybe you don't feel quite confident playing the tracer.
And there's someone like Ryan comes in, for example, a player who maybe not getting a lot of pay come on tracer can pick up the Shion instead and actually provide quite a bit of net value, like, you know, in the neutral.
But then you also hit scamp players, right?
We just saw some hits and pairs in EMEA.
Like the tremendous work on this hero,
if you want a little bit more tempo.
So this character, Schwidd is strong.
Expect to see more see on ask the stage,
kind of progress this year.
And it's going to be interesting to see what players
kind of like to figure out this hero.
And as you said, Somba already showing great things on it.
Really is, really is.
I'm excited to see how she's going to continue
to come into play for today's matches.
Speaking of which, let's take a look at the schedule.
We have three matches in NA for this Sunday.
And overall, I think it's going to be a fun one to kick things off with SSG versus Lunex here, Jack, but that Dallas fuel versus team liquid match is going to be such a banger to end our Sunday on.
Yeah, that's a good way to end a Sunday, for sure. I think SSG, are they going to be pulling out some crazy stuff today? Probably, but I think it, right, come on.
Oh, well, no, here we go. Actually, hang on a second there. It loses in the pool where it holds available. We'll see.
I think they showed a lot. I want to see Sombra just rock the Shion throughout the entirety of this stage
I think that is the hero. Like you said, the Tracer players, they're kind of feasting. They're not playing a lot of Tracer right now
It's all Shion. So yeah, just keep playing
Johnny overall thoughts
Yeah, I think what are you excited for? I'm excited about all of these matchups, but Dallas Fuel Team Liquid
I think is going to be
Probably like the best one are these three because I think both of those teams they like kind of like very damage oriented
Kind of compositions
Whereas SSG, Lunix both of them kind of like hovering around the payload, you know put Seb put Hawk on the payload the objective
And play around that and so I think it's going to be interesting
You have two matchups here where both teams are pretty similar style SSG versus Lunix
I think they play quite similarly very oversimplifying this one, but that last fuel team liquid as well
I think that's just going to be a barn burner with all damage players going into it
It really will be and these players are also playing for more than just their playoff spots, right?
You get top 4 playoffs
You want to be in that top 3 so that you can qualify into that mid-season championship at Esports World Cup in Paris
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SSG versus
Lunax Johnny you're talking about how this is a lunax that has leveled up
But same story for the side of SSG. They look so good now going into stage two since coming back
Yeah, I think they've really taken to this meta, obviously Hawke, we know what he's capable of when you're playing a lot of these like Sigma kind of compositions, right?
And Sugarfree has embraced May out of all heroes, and I think that has done this team a tremendous amount of favours here, because of some of the other teams we're seeing in the region.
Like Dallas Fuel, they're forced to add that a little bit, Team Liquid forced to add that, feels like SSG, they are on top in this meta.
Chris is actually doing some coaching this time around, and I think that they are the best team in the region right now.
If you want to, you know, try to take these down, it's going to be a really difficult task.
Lunax though, you know, they have this Recycle position going for them,
but you know, that's kind of like all they got.
And I feel like it's either so good that they should have a pretty good answer for them.
Yeah, it's always been like a top three region with the Lunax.
They're always the fourth place.
They're always there.
They're always ready to fight in the playoffs.
They always kind of make it through, but they're actually just punching upwards.
I think we have to do it here.
Maybe I'll give him a map.
You know what?
A little three one going SSG maybe
if I was going to do a prediction.
Um, but yeah, I think SSG and what
Christopher, he was even saying in the
interview yesterday. We kind of changed
everything. How we approached the game,
how we talk about the game, how we look
at different comps, how we even combine
comps together. Like there was a lot that
changed for space station.
Because they did not perform well at that
land and they want to perform well.
definitely do want to perform well here in stage two and those adjustments are
looking good thus far but now taking a look at who they're gonna be facing up
against for Lunax you know you're talking about how maybe Lunax can get a map
Katve did it yesterday so I have a lot of faith in this squad Johnny that has
looked I think so strong we had that chat about how they've kind of punched up
previously but now it feels like I feel like they're like steadily in that
talk yeah should we just crown Seb the best of
resuppair in the world. I don't think any other tank player cares about that title.
And so I say why don't we just go ahead and say that, because really, Lunex is all going
to be about the recent gameplay, right? But like Joss Benson, like Sombra really showed
up on the she-on as well, right? And so you've got some real playmakers on this team. And
then if you've got the best resuppair in the world, hugging the objective, the point as
well, making things difficult for the enemy tank, you know, there is definitely the playmaking
potential that we must go for
the of an upset here, but not
too likely in the end here.
They definitely are the
underdog. They are the underdog
in this, but Lunax have shown
their stuff that is first
here, and I'm so excited to get
into this massive matchup
between SSG versus Linux.
Thank you very much, Ash.
This is not quite the right
top half of the screen here.
It's not VP versus TLC, but
Ilyaos is going to be the pick
I'm excited to see this map.
Although I'm. I do love
circuitry out when he's in the
pool because it really does
force a lot of teams to kind of
come up with something that's
not like a slow stick kind of
con. So yeah, what do you think
what are you feeling for a
stage two? You like this map?
So yeah, no, I think it's like
really well rounded. You can
play a lot of different kind of
compositions in all of these
map types. Look, I will say
this again, you know, I think
map types look I will say this okay I've always been a new Queen Street kind of
enjoyer and so I'm always like angling for that map if that shows up in the map
voting rank I'm voting for new Queen Street so that's the only map in the pool
that I wish we saw a little bit more of all right there's gonna be an Orissa band
don't want to any of that business here on this map and a tracer too the tracer
band is kind of funny because I think at this point it's like well tracers good
They're going to be blocked, but Shion is the new flavor of the week, maybe the flavor of the patch, maybe the flavor of the whole stage, potentially, so I'm not too fussed about the Tracer ban.
Yeah, I mean, I don't mind it too much either here, like I think Lunix, they probably won't base their compositions around the Tracer, like you said, because Shion is so powerful, so I think at this point Ryan is kind of like agnostic about what hero they get to play here.
here and you take it away from sugar-free on a map where you know in the also can be a really powerful hero
And so I don't find the tracer band too much either
Yeah, SSG sitting at 2-0 right now that dominant win in week one
I mean just kind of stomping on that shield and then looking to take the first shot here in
NA I do you think there's any chance here that lunax and a claim in the series
I really gave him the 3-1 like what's your prediction?
I think something would have actually have to go quite wrong here for lunax
because I think that SSG, I don't think they are the kind of team that would drop a series like this
against a very like predictable Lunix and you know sorry Lunix but like you got Zed playing the tank
and we know what Tiro's Ryan likes to play right and so I do think that Lunix kind of is predictable
in a scenario like this and space station they just have way too much experience their coaching is
just too good and so they shouldn't be called a guard in a scenario like this and so I really
don't think that SSG quite would be the appointment that Lunes could upset with. If anything, I would
look towards something like, you know, a team Liquid, which they've already played this stage,
but that's more of a team that Team Liquid, you know, they're taking in two new players to
adjusting to what these two new additions could do for their team establishing synergy. That's the
kind of team that a team like Lunes could upset realistically, which they didn't do. But still,
SSG, I think they're just too polished, Jack. I mean, like they got veterans in their squad,
This was supposed to be the quote-unquote North American hope we talked about going to preseason and then it turned out
That last fuel was the better of the two teams ironically, but space station
I mean you even though they had a pretty disappointing champions clash
They're still so very good and if they can live up to their potential. I mean they should be an international
Yeah, they're just at this point even being to oh, I'm like, okay
to be able to get to the
top of the map. Yeah, I think
that's the way. The likelihood
of you making the playoffs
almost 100% going to fight
way through playoffs and then
make it to a land and then
that's what they need to prove
themselves. I can imagine a lot
of SSG fans are disappointed
after after Tokyo. Midseason is
going to be a whole different
beast. Speaking of all
different beasts. Cab bastion
with so back Johnny. You
thought of cab bastion
Yeah, I mean, I've quite said it a few times during broadcasts now and people are starting to get a little bit upset about it, but I'm a cat bastard, enjoy here.
Look, I'll take it for a time being, you know?
Yeah, yeah, you know, people love everyone's favorites.
So I'm going to do some poking work here on the flank.
This is such a tremendously fun hero to watch here, Jackson.
We'll just see what kind of in-fight they will have on my Licharger.
Yeah, just so much damage blow.
Like literally sit on the off angle, just basically rotate your right click over and over and over again, go for a peek.
Get on your bike, you need to get out of there, your gas gets you over health,
I was going to point it out that yesterday at turn.
Siegelfrey is gone.
He rode the bike off into the sunset.
It will be space station taking the point first.
Zumba, then she's taking down lethal dopes.
No amount of Admiral there can actually save him
and hawk even.
Not in LOS actually of ultraviolet is Admiral
just beating someone to the point.
Zumba, just dash, just get some health back.
Yeah, and Sib over to you.
Sorry, I hear it's kind of what we're expecting
with the Orisa out of the mix here,
but Loomis is going to take a pretty slow approach
with this one.
They still have the cat if they want to go for some kind of dead eye play here for the time being
But there's going to be a lot of bubbles of the Somba and just cross that good damage pairs doesn't work
Extended this point can't let them get close the high noon straight up to the sky try to chase the other cat bashing
Those rather well at the best of time straight into the corner
Oh
Not quite I think the bike actually nugs to X10 out of the way there
But they still end up killing ultraviolet anyway, just such a powerful combo that
It basically forces space station to hide in every crevice and they can't even like jiggle peek around the corner
So goodbye win from Mulek's there
Yeah, I think when this hero was released, you know
We talked about that ice and how lethal they could be for a present time and then it kind of went other ways like this
It's actually not that good because of what you just saw right the other team just kind of hides away from it
Doesn't end up get picked but you force the enemy positioning so big right there
So Lunex doing a very out of the pages position even if they didn't end up getting an open kill
They basically puts on in a small room and then the rest of teams can just jump on them
There comes the out the spray up in the air already. This is a problem real quick
But it's on the 34 HP as all takes him out kid that comes in and not quite
Abro's got some thrusters and manages to get back onto land
And Nand, Nand Y looking at lethal now, and other sprains are coming out to sugarfree, but this time shut down by X10, but Quillie followed up with a kill from that Barass.
Probably Phil.
That was a nice bit of a fact he worked at, kill an X10, and unfortunately here at first base station, they have not managed to kill Hawks, so they end up capping the point.
Yeah, there's a couple of members here, Hawks are really low to this Sire, so it's probably going to be a point flip here, Y'all, with Jack, with Hawks going down especially.
It's yours, it's yours.
Well, he's mixing me up with us.
Pots die, so he's got to see a Jag, okay?
Come on, man, come on, man.
Zeb happens, bro.
Grab, now grab, and a high noon.
Then why is he going to have this,
oh, a lifeline as well?
You care?
You've only got the kit now, it's a wrap.
It's a cat mapper.
Oh, there it is, they're chasing.
Oh, not quite.
See you later.
But now, someone has to touch as well.
Okay, one person's going to be on it.
It looks like he's going to be sugar-free on that bike,
trying to get that touch again in just a moment.
You can breathe down already though grab it on search still in hand for Zed kidnapped from Avril
But the real kill there is going to be both shields going down with a point flip coming in for SSG
Who next have let this one slip through their fingers and still Zeb with a grab
He's gonna try and dance around the shield now force that grass out from both of them
No, not today
You got to force that grass down cause thought is gonna be primed and ready for that
Nice flux connects with Zed that bubble wall off in the perfect moment there for the Sigma and
And SSC looking like they're in a pure control here.
Even after Lunix, they ended up letting go of that point, but yeah, said you can't let that happen again.
But so awkward because you're obviously like trying to almost like meditate it for a little bit and you know that you want to use it.
But then it gets to the point where like, alright, I waited like three seconds, I don't want to wait five seconds and you just end up pulling it at the exactly wrong time here.
So this is going to be last fight here.
Also, when it has this Kitsuna Rush here, so it's going to be a very difficult fight for Lunix in the draws.
Yeah, they tried to get Zeb up on the high ground there to contest fort, but it was repelled briefly.
Here comes the catnap, they're taking the bash from this side, can actually kill Lidl.
He does have the ult to try and sustain, but not actually quick enough to pop his Lidl down.
He gets on the high ground, someone has to go for the dodge, and oh, the April kill was given up for one.
Spree is actually going to kill Shryk and Fri as well, so Lunex in a good spot to take this map, or this round, I should say.
Over time taking through as Holt tries to get back, but a lot of ults there for Lunax just dumped in on the last fight
And they end up playing me now
Yeah, the data impact was undeniable for that entire run for Lunax
I think they got three off in total and it felt like every time
It forced space station gaming into a really awkward position
And so this is kind of what we talked about here the individual playmaking from Lunax is coming up big time X10 Somba
Both doing good work here Seb 10 and one always the reliable Seb. Oh, yeah
any time once they're on the tank you love that that's it even then why to see
the six and one she kind of popping off there
you see if uh lunax change I doubt it though I think in general this hasn't
really been a cat fashion team and they're just gonna continue to flex on
to she on Tom but I I really do think this teams identity at this point is
going to be this. I have an X on the Cassidy, still a very good pick, and so on, but on the shield.
Yeah, because you don't necessarily even have to, you know, be too tactical about the Bastion
engagement if you're taking the Bastion duel, right? You get a lot of value from a Cassidy in
general, and then you combine that with the ultimate, the Jedi, which everything has to avoid. Like,
it's almost like an easier route to go for the Cassidy instead of the Bastion.
but lethal swoops in with no competition for these aerial duels as you are going to have that
yeah and that is the big benefit of the cat bastion you can be omnipresent on the map you
can be everywhere all at once and realistically for space station they can also just set up
in this high ground and you can just go back to just stay up here with the bastion help our
admiral as well in the sky with the ship like you're just great chilling if you're a space
Yeah, you're kind of sitting back with this butteast on Lunix now.
This walker is going to be quite difficult.
You don't have quite the same angles and a line of sight as you did have on Ruin's here.
I mean Zed, Osaria here on Lighthouse, this is going to be quite a difficult advance if
Lunix here.
You can play here though.
Yeah, Diesel.
In the sky already.
Just trying to dunk it on him right now.
now. What's he trying to do? Wait, no, I think he's going to chase him though. Oh, I extend.
That was an incredible play. Lethal can't fly back as he was in his ult, so Exhaust,
he just gets lifted up by Nemy and finds the two pieces despite only doing half damage
with that dead eye. What an amazing fight for Lunix. Good calling coming through from
Nemy next turn. I think Lethal kind of lost him the ultimate there. Yeah, I put the last
on it with a great that I play yet again here so but with the spree here look
this spree ultimate I wouldn't say it's the best ultimate in the game here Jaws
but I mean yesterday was best case scenario if you get like an Ajax with
it which is very unlikely. Right click is definitely kind of the best part of the game.
As things go. Alright let's do this with the high ground again. Space station game in there.
Loosing Hawke on the point. No, he's super low, in fact, they're gonna end up popping the rush, they're gonna spray up on the high ground, he's gonna get eaten most of it, but someone's trying to get the chase on April, the kidnap is good for a kill, and that should be the fight for Lunex.
I like great failure by some of their using the spade to get towards the high ground and
putting pressure on the enemy cat here.
And look, Lunex they're realistically in a position here over there.
They're pretty good to close out this map here.
Okay, well let's go this way from the Batiste over to the Kirigou next time.
Getting ever closer to another Jedi here.
No, because if you combine, you know, a Jedi for one fight and a grav for the other,
Lunex they have the ultimate series also.
to if we get a win with the nearly as much wind as I knew oh I sense been so
good with these leader which is caught I think just kind of standing his ground
there thinking you know what if I can get the cable great if I can't then you
know it's gonna be a quick back off it's self-destruct as well I mean you're
happy about that if you're lunax right now it's gonna be final fight coming up
for space station early grab here very careful with the matrix are you not
Yeah, maybe a little bit too far forward there looking for the Graviton search to play but so difficult to pull off especially like the mental fact that you just add a Graviton search item they run prior to you extra careful with it.
careful with it but Hawk you know very knowledgeable as well here kind of knew
that the grab was a threat and pulled on to a lot of matrix as well so Hawk looking
after individual play. Lethal's not gonna get lost in this one.
Slowly but surely.
So we're gonna get Lethal off of this high ground though somehow. Obviously you
mentioned before that Zed's job here is very hard and bizarre. It's so immobile on
the ground. Spree's going to get popped from Zombo, strapped to the height though. D.C.
Tanish there, onto Sugarfree, but that's actually a skate. That's just to get the overheld, straight
down to the pool to get mega health back. But that's Rush onto Cage. It's left 7 in
an open spot, still pointing onto the grab. He's got a couple of bobbles, but someone needs
to go for the touch. Looks like it's going to be Zombo in the end. How about this end,
just needs to get the grab off eventually. There it is. As soon as he's going to help
the player stay alive up on the high ground, a touch doesn't end up coming in eventually,
Xen is dealt with. Nice round for SSG. Xen looking a little bit lost, a little bit out of his depth in this round.
Yeah, that's so tough for Lunix there, because they just barely came up on the ultimates as well.
Xen so desperately wanted to get some kind of value with the Graviton surge, but the entire team was forced to rotate away,
tried to get on towards the point, and didn't really get the clean fight that he needed to pull that off.
But once again, Hawk doing a great job on the D.Va here knowing that any team has that gravity on search in hand
Not letting yourself take too much poke damage get the armor chunked off and
Remaining kind of in the front line still with that matrix present. It just
This incentivizes Seb to try and go for a play and as such UNIX
Fight kind of stalls out to begin with so Hawk showing some veterans see there with the matrix in that fight
Oh
Reaper guy on the field still cab ashen that excites you
Reaper guy
The other spin to win I did say the true baby comp is the she on and the Reaper thought on that
Yeah, they both spin checks out
The things on the high ground already a case
Then you just got a role to get no place being near cage. So at least not that close
that's a really tough and this might be the problem here the Lunex is calm
it's like if you're a lunex you're like I can't let you get back I can't let you
get close like we have to fight you a range and find a pick and then push
because base station they're able to just fight so close ports with the
with a bastion and then the Reaper too just in your face in said space trying
to get the bubbles out and it's just so easy and you can you can see right here
like they're pushing them all the way to sport yeah 100% I mean we're still
kind of learning what she on is capable of as a hero. It's new to everybody playing the game right now.
But I think you're seeing in this moment, the Reaper kind of having superiority in these very
close angles and somewhat not really finding the room to get the damage out required as a
very comfortable so far here as well.
Leaves go again like angled above the fray that is.
Lunax, Hawke goes down.
But I'm not sure how Hawke ended up going down there.
In fact, Zeb just killed three.
What? There's a fourth?
How is Zeb isolated to kill Hawke there?
We're on Bastion POV for a lot of that.
That was seemingly out of nowhere there.
Hawke, no bubbles caught out in that mini room.
I mean, sorry, gaming.
You just don't go walking but not the energy.
Yeah, seriously.
Definitely had a bigger impact than that one.
Lunix now, coming up on 5 ultimates.
So are SSG.
Close indeed. So about lethal here.
Trying to make a play with this one turret mode
before Lunis can get anything going here.
Oh, there's the screen.
Oh, gonna find someone first though.
Actually, that's just a lot of free...
That's a lot of free bubblegives, thank you very much.
and taken to the sky there, sugar free ends are going down, and now Zeb on the retreat.
There's actually going to be some backup with Nemwine, there's so many low health players
right now on Linux, on coast of all places, Hawke with a nice little body up onto the
high ground, he can ski ground as soon as he can save his life, Bastion's coming in,
the kid map for Nemwine though, dragging the Bastion off of the map, no sorry, it was Hawke
that got dragged off, Hawke got saved though by April, doing the mostest for SSG, he was
the Bastion all the way back up to full as well as Lunix. Oh man, caught between the
coast and a hard place there as Hulk gets saved by Abra.
Yeah, Abra, no flow going to let that one go.
I had a chance to pick up this here now and 77% are in counting jaws. This is SSG establishing
some kind of dominance here over Lunix, and Hulk's got a grabbed on Sergei in the hand
as well.
Yeah, still got grabbed, that's the problem. I mean, the Zep ends up getting caught out.
One bubble gets grabbed, we need the Orges to do this.
Money up to the high ground and yeah, round basically done and dusted here.
No DPS, no problem for Servity, picks up a kill onto Suga Free Shore, but there's no bubbles left to be found.
Now we get Space Station, little 2-1 affair on Ilios to start out this series, they'll take their first map.
Yeah, looking pretty clean in the end, but let's not forget here,
Lunix, one teamfight away on Lighthouse, so actually go away with the map window, so
Definitely take any things pretty close here to the team that I hailed the best one in the region right now
But we kind of expected nothing less here from as she were able to get some place going with lethal on this bastion
And here are pretty good time of it as well, especially considering that Lunix weren't matching the bastion at all here
We pretty did get some value girls. We pretty did get some value from the Reaper guy
good back for Reaper though, just saying. Like, well generally, I do not play Reaper
of Mane. If I play DPS, I'm not playing it. I play hitscaring in here. I used to be a
big widow. I play a lot of form. It's not going to see any form this. Long live Godnose
I mean, it's a really nice
play, by the way, um, from
X 10 and then why? And yeah,
like you mentioned, literally
got lost with the old. I think
he was trying to get on the
high ground, but he was stuck
in the little corridor. Just
trying to right click span.
Like, please, please, but it's
it is a finicky old sometimes.
You can't blame it for that.
Just kind of struggling
against all. Yeah, I mean,
it's hard on Diva. Somebody
like yeah we see a little bit of value here and there but again it's not quite
the strongest ultimate we're seeing and here's the save from Admiral as well.
Oh that was so nice. Big time clutch. That was great. It was any matter of time. I think
we've seen the most saves I think on this map I feel like obviously there's a lot
of environmental potential but it feels like the cat bashing or the cat sorry
just just the cat saves a whole bunch of people on this map specifically.
Yeah. Did we get hooked into well? Whoop you run on it. That's that's like the new
evolution of the support in a way where like if you're a Lucio and they have
beat you're you're looking for a boot on the enemy Lucio to like force an Hax
almost with the cap it's like I'm looking for the cat nap on the enemy teams
then I can save the person getting cat nap it's yeah very much an evolution of
the character which is really cool to see. So have a look at the next map.
Yeah, Circle Real, okay, stupid. I'm excited to see how this one goes because Lunex, don't mind playing this kind of rush either and I think SSG historically, they're gonna play these off tanks but you can just straight up ban some like a signal here if you're Lunex, force-walk onto D. Volzario.
Yeah, they got a couple of options here. We already saw the Cassidy combining with the Cat on Ilios,
which is something we saw a lot of in Champions Bash as well. People deciding to play Cassidy and Bastion here.
And obviously because the Orisa was already banned as well, Zeb will have the option to move over to that here.
It's going to be the Sigma ban from Lunax, making life a little bit more difficult for Hawke in this one.
But yeah, I think I think they do have the tools necessary here to make things tough versus G on circuit
We all based on what we seem to them from them so far
This is G-Band. I don't think she owns worth of band was man. I don't think
It would really
Suffice I mean, okay sure zombie can still play it
But it's a little bit of a job on corners
But I think she'll really for it strikes on the flank right because you have an ability up to a beliefs to get away
And it's gonna be a sojourn band. Okay, that makes more sense to me get X10 sojourn offer the map and
Then you could ban Sean later if you go to like a jump city or something
Yeah, the soldier and I think is
Getting rid of the Sigma here as well
And you want to play more of a pope lineup then you know building that way I got is going to quite powerful for new next year
If you do want to go that route here, so I don't mind the soldier band too much
I think it kind of makes sense. We can see now how to make serious well for SSG. So
Soldier band. Yeah, it makes sense
Yeah, I like it and then with Sigma being banned
What do you think Hall of Pivots to in like sure he can play the ramp he wants if they want to play the rush
You think he's just gonna lock the diva
Look diva, I think it's it's kind of tough to tell you
I think we're mark rise generally like my go to here in situations like this because it's just like a very stable kind of presence in the
frontline, right? If you want to play something like the Mei, then you can kind of play on
the back with the Mei combined with that character to have a really strong frontline.
Kind of worry here, I think it's going to be Lunax. I pretty much foresee them opting into
more of, you know, two damage poke heroes. And so if you put maybe too much emphasis into a Mei
here, for example, like maybe you are not going to get quite the value from the Mei wall that you
might want, it's going to be difficult to get at least isolated picks with the Mei. And so it'd
interesting to see how SSG here build like a good defensive composition that handles everything that
lunes could theoretically bring out. Hey we saw Lifeweaver guy yeah and that's exactly what they
didn't do this is what they played yesterday um was this Lifeweaver uh comp it's not the what
what team is it was it liquid am i going crazy which was the fat Lifeweaver no that was uh
That was GK last year with Animal War 5.
It was GK. Right, yeah, yeah.
The BAP life we've had, Comp, was raised.
I'm not sure if this is, um, it was as strong as that,
because that was like the un-attackable, uh, oil.
I mean, it was ridiculous.
They would full-haul teams as early as it was now.
Yeah, full-haul. It was the full-haul Comp. It was absurd.
But I really like this from Ultra Violet.
It's been so much damage in Buoyang,
Buoyang is just ridiculous on this map as well.
But this is also a pocket pick here for Lunex.
Zombies on Pharah to start us off, which in fact also sticks on the Freya, which is also kind of
Picked our head up in pick rate as well Johnny. You see there a couple of times
Yeah, we have indeed so it's going to be essentially the look here
We expected from Lunix and the load of pressure on X-Ten and somebody here to kind of find these openings, right?
But realistically like where are we going to target here? It's going to be tough
Like you can get some meaningful poke in here, but to actually secure an elimination
I guess space engine composition here goes. It's going to be quite a tough task
I think that's actually something underrated to look out for here is the uh the Orisa Jewel.
I don't think I've ever said this before on a cast.
No one has ever said that.
The way people watch out for guys is the Orisa door.
No, the way you can trade the cooldowns here,
as Lunis would try to round this corner, like said.
You know, the common first year is best to reset the world.
Hawke can kind of use his abilities a bit early here.
That's me and Lunis can round this corner quite easily.
Hawke is deciding not to say the Orisa door
and go on the panel platform instead
and fight the players on the high ground.
Taking out a vast amount of damage there was Hawke right now,
right now and in fact the backline too from all this spam from Xhennan Zomba Xhennan is
going to have her online pretty quickly here. Tree is going to get deployed by Admiral.
It's going to be on this corner forcing everybody back. They can't even shoot it without kind
of over peaking too. This over health is going to be much needed for this incoming assault
from Luna. It's going to be a rush. Other blocks. Xhennan is very low. Hawks make the
backline no. In fact it's going to get suicide in fact. Zeb ends up just kind of standing
up to Hawks, but it's like, what was the injustice there, right from that, the amount of sustain
there was to happen at the time of last?
There is going to be the bollies from downtown as Ultabyte is sniped out by X-10, and eventually
Lunix, that's going to force Hawks off of the point without the heals coming through
his motorbikes, and me tough Hawks stay around it, because then they're getting ripped.
There's going to be a double Terrasurge on the point too, but Hawks is just so low, and
an early Terrasurge wins out for Zeb in the end, and that will be points, spraying the
the backline is sugar-free, but not gonna do as much as you can.
Yeah, Lunix doing a great job on the attack there.
First up, absorbing the pressure we saw from Hawke early in the frontline, and then
once Hawke life-gripped away from the frontline, that's when Lunix, they use the
orbital ray, they put more aggression on towards the
car there and threaten the cap, and it just kind of falls apart, especially
with utilising that terrasurge to finish things off there. So, good job by
They're playing as we cool down and then finding the advantage
Wow the overextension is crazy there from the reserve
So maybe you could follow up with a kill but stop all alone up
Ah, backline completely changed here from Space Station Gaming's large on it.
Look at me, curious, you know now, off of this first point change from the Ruyang and Lifeweaver.
Yeah, it's obviously the better support line here to kind of go with the composition from Space Station Gaming,
but now, kind of lagging behind when it comes to the ultimate, the lunax here will have a great opportunity to close things out,
layer this particular rush on top of the payload, make it difficult for Space Station Gaming to touch here.
Yeah, I mean, for this is just a one fight, right?
Yeah, Hort in gold, he's taking this much damage, he's going to get pushed out of position 2, nice positioning by Zepp, the movement there was really nice.
There's another thing no one's ever said by the way, nice movement from the Orisa player.
Oh no, it's the best Orisa player in the game.
Yeah, but it's just like, you can just not move from here.
You got a little speed up I guess.
That's a good one.
I'm not disagreeing with you Zepp, he's definitely one of the best Orisa players we have.
Put some respect on the Orisa pair, that's also the person, look we're just making history here, the way we're facing the Orisa pair is crazy.
Yeah, I mean maybe.
Alright, hold. Okay, space ban off the edge of the map and yeah, Lunax with 5, 4 he can't count.
oh my god the damage the damage the legal man I mean look at this over the
rails cinema holy cinema from zombie hitting the bag on the team as well as
Space station gaming in the bin
He needs after that
All right
See you later. That was the most non defensive third of all time put that in the history books Johnny
That's crazy
So much is dominating on the shield showing what's possible on this hero
It's gonna be a lot of more of that in stage two Jaws
This is just the first week of just the beginning
Sorry, I'm record zero lens
I'm sorry. I was playing life weaver for like half that run
I'm not on to damage.
I'm not holding zero limbs against Admiral here.
Okay, okay.
Well, to flip it around, a more positive light here is Nenwai and Zeb,
both with a zero death round there, and then a single death for Z and Zombo.
So what an unbelievable push from Lunex.
Two minutes thirty-two after that first fight, which lasted like 15 minutes.
I don't, it's kind of unbelievable.
I'm just like, Lunax make the Orisa work like this, cause like, we kind of, like no one really respects Orisa as a meta hero.
It's like, yeah, we see it here and then. Hasn't been like the mainstay in the meta for like two years.
It was like 2024 OdoBZS. We saw like a ton of Orisa for quite some time there.
Seb was on Citrus Nation. That's how long ago Orisa was this great tank pick.
and now we're here and Seb skilled their thing on the Orisa hero and making it more against SSG
It's already been banned as well on Mat1 so...
Uh-oh, uh-oh, I'm so nervous
Pretty chill
Hang on a second, lethal, what you thinking?
Just a solo bash, okay, okay
We're gonna go with like a re-encouragement on the defense
There's a P-Bit
Yeah, I mean getting up close and personal here is gonna be mighty easy for Lumec, I mean Zephyr just run you down.
Yeah, beam damage good maybe, that's a strap.
Yeah, you're looking to basically get a full charge beam on Zephyr, I think this is what they're gonna do over and over again to be honest.
Just use this beat ring to force a fight, but because Orc can't just kinda stand up, he has to literally just curb a matrix as soon as they go for a push.
Yeah, I think there's a lot to be scared of if you were for Lunax here to go for a bit of a contest here
This is your time to turn here, Joss
Why the swing of all time?
Yeah, throw the bike in
I don't mind that, I'll teleport it.
Yeah, alright.
Oop.
Dang.
It is a pretty scary composition.
Like, if this SSG comp is faithless for its potential, as we're saying.
I think I'm going to stop this for now.
No, no, no.
No, but...
Oh, that?
Like, there's teleporting Bastion, there's beam damage from the Symmetra, it's just like
a lot of things to be concerned about, but doing it so far, Jack, you're showing that you're
too worried about it after all.
It's just getting spammed.
That is what is happening right now. It's just spam. I
He's just not good at all. You just can't survive like an Orisa can she can't do it like Orisa can
We're seeing we're seeing said just stay victorious on the orisa. We're like, all right
This means that the reason it's the best time to begin. Yeah
No the entire time
Ah, whatever. I got the rail, that's what's important.
Nice, I'll use Susie though, but orbital ray comes out really late for Lunex.
I see there's a bit of waste from them right there, but...
You're still doing a lot. You've ended up, uh,
got getting two kills before that ray came out, but...
Oh good, you still want to fight anyway.
So, uh, stagger onto the wall, shouldn't mean too much, but we're at a minute and 35 left, Johnny,
and Space Station have barely made any progress.
Alright, got caught, Lunex. They utilize both support ultimates there, and so...
This is G, they have the advantage now with this Kitsuna rush.
Still, execution has to be on point, and so far it just hasn't been for this G here.
Like I said, I still think this is a good composition.
You have both the Bastion and Symmetra, so threat here.
But, they're just coming tonight to see who's being tied up here.
The wall, but here's another engagement.
Oh, the spree, it's just dancing between the Vista walls ever.
Ace, that's not enough, spree.
Not quite as good of an ultimate as that lethal just popping that shift,
and then mowing people down behind that wall.
Good team kill with 50 seconds to go.
It's gonna be Zomba actually jumping over to Sprace.
Uh, quick TP forward.
They're gonna try and go for a touch.
Yeah, they're definitely going to get a touch here.
Just gotta avoid this.
Please don't fight for this.
Oh!
Oh!
Exit goes down.
Exit popped.
Oh, actually.
And Leetham still got the kill.
Oh, they're not gonna go for a touch.
Don't need more.
That's actually quite smart there.
Just your Bastion goes down.
Just reset.
We still don't want to end up in spawn here.
And so actually we get a better chance to contest
and retain this high ground here so let's do some poking for now but this is going to shift
the lyrics favor and they get to contest this high ground here now
i wonder if orc is actually gonna succumb to the orisa slot and pick up the orisa off this
wall see oh nice little bunny up through the ring as well no not quite he's actually gonna
be zesh going for the turn self destruct all the bomb not quite poke on level unfortunately
Two and a half minutes to go is a no return support ultimate. The space station gave me to play off them
So they're gonna have to find a pick here or wait for Admiral to build up the ray, which isn't too far back high
But D.Va will actually have a crazy valley just like staving off Lunax there
So they can get valley from the rush here and SSG now. They have a good opportunity here
There's the speed ring as well around the corner. Oh again, let them find a kill on Tex 10
Good pulse autoplay no connection with the somber as should theoretically you be the point
It's their case got the clue anyway
Just to kind of keep clean play we wanted to see here jack
I just you kind of got rolling here with this symmetric composition now
And well they could maybe match the next pace here
So map not over quite just yet
I need to break it you buddy unless they
Wrapped a jet engine to that that payload they are not p in the time. Okay. Well, you know get similar you went to fight
See a roll here to 20
Yeah
All right, there's the beam and
Hawk is out of there good gauge and space station don't want to lose mech to steal the turrets
Maybe even set up for a telephone
Oh, the Forbidden Combo, hang on! Not quite enough though!
Nice time, Suthu, from Ultraviolet.
Saved a day as we jump onto the map briefly.
As Eb eventually falls prey to Sugarfree's fully charged up beam.
And this has been the secret to success here at the Space Station Gaming so far.
Is this the Metro Wall?
Yeah, you're really seeing this composition shine now.
And Lunax is trying to go for the Forbidden Combo play there,
but it's a tough play to go for to begin with.
Like theoretically, great idea.
In reality, execution can be very tough there, so...
One final opportunity here for Lunix now.
Try to hang on to this defense here as the backline once again,
going to be contested here, forced to withdraw the position a little bit here.
See, he has to consume Rush here.
You should be able to hold your position, at least, on this high ground.
Oh, no!
Oh, my damage.
Well, goodbye, X-Ten.
Hold up yet again. X10 is in a rough go of it.
This defensive in the last couple of fights and Zomber's also down, so both TPS dead for Lunex already.
Not quite the same amount of time back here, Johnny, but it's feeling the same kind of pace.
Oh, they're not like, oh, then why?
Well, this is going to be up to the Tracer to touch, but this is going to be a cap.
A minute and 25 in the bank for space station gaming.
And I will say, X10's, she did three times on about second and third, those fights.
from lethal, basically, uh, getting altered twice and then it just kind of falling over at the very final flight there.
That is, yeah, not a good look from X-10, uh, the back half of that round.
Yeah, another slow start from Mrs. G, but there once again, like, turning things around in the middle of the map here and showing why they're the most dominant here.
So, Daniel Bally from this Metro and the Sebastian.
I think they're starting to get quite difficult here for Lunix, so even though they have more
than a minute advantage over SSG here in this overtime, I still feel like SSG has been the
better team here in the circuit route overall, so it would be a little bit worthy for Lunix.
Now, no changes, Zomber though, on, actually no, Zomber was on she on their defense, so
it's gonna be the sim instead.
I think you just have to, at some point it's like if they're running sim, we have to also
run sim.
It's kinda like, well, they're gonna have wall every other fight, we also are gonna
need that wall to patch up every other fight and also the teleport as well to kind of get
X10 around. I think it's good compromise here for example.
Yeah, I think at the end of the day like the Xi'an doesn't really threaten its huge composition
here and so the Symmetra has at least something to neutralize the advantage that SC has here.
So it's a pretty sensitive time bank here. It's going to be a far swap or sugar free
here. This one's additional poke damage. Maybe like try to deal with some by your own
Symmetra, but one team fight loss here, you know, that's going to be it here for this
G essentially.
I don't hate it, honestly.
Shira free on the Pharah, very nasty, and also extends the only one that's going to
be able to check sugar free, and this spam damage too, you're basically picking a spam
con for this point, right?
Zep ends up going down first, so a quick retreat, or getting away would be nice, but
Nemlite also succumbs.
This is bad news, so I almost damaged it.
X-Ten surely doesn't die. Oh, she does! Wow, she will free with a nice little direct.
Wow, this is a real bad, bad news bears. I think X-Ten is going to get forward spawn. Looks like it.
I mean, honestly, the worst thing is that you're in overtime now, going into this next fight,
and you don't have any momentum, and so you're kind of like, desperately throwing yourself into these fights.
You're awkwardly close to your ultimates, and so you want to build up this consumer or something like this sometime here.
Lunex has really difficult fights ahead of him here. Well, he's just falling in control of the snatch up to the front
They've been trying to take an early fight here Johnny. It feels like it's got the vibe
X10 nice little headshot. It's so low. They need this wave so bad the hemiflo needs to come out
Oh, here comes the rush off from the high ground for Lunex. The wave doesn't have connecting
But not enough time there to save Admiral sadly. There's X10 now
He's just in the high ground away. He has the Terrasurge. Does it's work in the frontline?
Nice defense. Nice forward hold too. His payload is stopped at a very awkward spot on this map
Just directly on that corner after that first checkpoint
Yeah, I'm gonna be too happy with that
No, I think it'll be quite disappointed actually that they couldn't keep that going. I mean the rush
They come up for Linux there and I definitely aided them as they try to hold that corner
But SSG based on the composition they're playing
You know, they're not going to be as powerful when it comes to contesting that card because they're playing so much spam
But the fact you couldn't maybe edge up a little bit closer to the opposition try to get one of those early picks
I think I'll be a little disappointed in the end there versus G that they couldn't utilize that momentum in snowball on
This second point, but this does give lunax an opportunity here to steal one map away
Obviously, I still wouldn't say that they really have a great answer to what SSG have been playing so far sugar free
kind of poking away on the
the floor here for the timing so they're going to double down on the poke now knowing that some by some things
it's a cemetery say you can't change up so quick don't attack so we'll see if
end up just sticking with it because i think even shion's decent at dealing with the far
you hit a right flick and far has to get out the fight but we're back to cabashian no life weaver
no Wu Yang. That's the tried and true. Again, I think this is so scary for us. You're playing
this cat bass, you know, putting a lot of pressure on Hawke here to kind of maintain the front
on this diva. You need sugar free and lethal to come up big time here for the damage rolls to get
these pigs required to kind of beat down Lunax and someone was going to swap over here to the shield.
a big time bang no two minutes 20 seconds left remaining good man wow that
couldn't have been more perfect and took the rocket perk as well thinking that
they're not gonna go the back to the thing I mean that was disgusting from
lethal 46% all the old man it's gonna clean up the enemy team but Luna's not
knowing that the enemy the enemy Bastion took the missile first the missile
perk is taken we go cap Bastion because they cannot fight us in the air yeah
Luna's going to have the advantage here you just need like the tactical
prowess now. They'll have some pretty good execution with these turret modes.
I'm going for D.
And that is the disadvantage that you're going to get chased.
But the big loading is going to provide a sufficient cover for Lethal to dip behind,
so it just wears out. X10 shift.
Oh, it's happening!
50 HP! All good.
Save, save, wasn't close.
Oh, so close. I mean, that would have been the defense right there.
Oh, I think it's all again. Just keep it around. And look at that distraction. Oh, double
direct as well. From high to 15 seconds here for space station to defend against.
Luleks, you got to get it cooking. You got to get it popping.
This is just a part of the better team right now.
They're showing so much experience as well, like no one wants to do.
They obviously were fully aware that this swapped Bastion might come in for X-Ten,
and they're just playing it beautifully the way Admiral and Lethal are dodging the opponent Bastion,
not even allowing Lunis to have the upper hand in this area of combat.
Yeah, they're just not giving X-Ten an opportunity to take down Lethal in that air door.
Because there's no like there's no like other angle you can go you're literally fighting front to back on this map
That's how I spoke to work especially this one, which is basically like a giant tunnel
Or just go
Half HP there, but I mean space station
I'm happy to wait even for somebody's old brush coming up in just a minute a rush from old device gonna start off this fight with 20 seconds
Go you next need to stay alive but said just taking so much damage in the front every bit of heels as well coming out from C
eaten up by Hawk. There was just barely being 7th in the defense matrix.
The blast from Sugar Free should end it all, but then what? The cat's crashed in the back
as the Koreans are going down. Kidnapped comes in. Apple's trying to find him,
but a quick turret pop actually breaks 10 things the cat's like. A couple of seconds to go there.
A touch doesn't help coming in. Frob looks like Somba. He used the pipe to close the distance.
But realistically, how long are you going to be up to 5? A nice little bubble through from
7th who comes back on the Zarya Space Station now, turning tail and running.
So, Lunex there, actually a pretty good opportunity here on the attack though.
There you go aggressive with the third bomb, but is this G swinging already?
G's already down, the kidap's gonna come in, but Hawke is just gonna send in the bomb.
Oh, you understand what that's?
Then why don't you just out the way for the rest of the team have fallen around her
as Lunex, Luseb and the map.
What a defense from SSG.
That is gonna be a match point in this playoffs deciding series.
Yeah, that was brilliant play on defense there as well.
And I actually thought that Lunix would get a chance to stabilize there on the payload and then go aggressive on the corner, but SSG,
the way they recovered in that very final fight and went super aggressive, just full committed, they did and it worked out beautifully for them as well.
And so yet another map here, where's the G?
They start off a little slow here, they allow Lunix to get some things going,
But they're closing out so strong in the end.
They looked like they were so dominant in this matchup.
Yeah, I mean, the strongest point for Lunex was this point here,
which was their attack on that third point.
It was a very, very easy push.
I mean, it was basically lights out for SSG.
And I'm thinking onto the rest of the series, too,
because this was a map where Lunex was like,
OK, we found the Sigma away from Hawk.
like we get on a pick that he's not going to be as good at versus Zeb, because Zeb can play a risk here, no problem.
We expect Zeb to maybe out pace-hop in that matchup.
But at the end of the day, I mean, X10 also struggled as you could see there on their defense.
This is going to be SSG taking a 2-0 lead.
The winner here is locked in for the playoffs as well.
It will be a space station with a 3-0 or lunics with a 3-1.
So a lot to play for still.
Yeah, this is going to be a tough one for Lunax. Obviously always going to say that when the team is down 0-2 here, but so many tools now for SSG can bring out here, you know, target ban, some of these opponents on the Lunax squad here.
Obviously, the Orisa is not going to be the ban, but I think that SSG has shown here now that they can play around the Orisa. So like, you're not really concerned about said playing the Orisa if the Bastion's Metra is going to be played by SSG here.
So as a street full control so far.
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some catch-up work here but I think I finally got the 15 hours and I'll have
to go in game and unlock it there look chain you hunters yeah I was so happy
that was in there. They're kind of like lunics where they're like they had their set style at the time and they're like, yeah, we don't care what your opponents are going to do. Like we're going to put Jinbu and Fara. Jinbu, sorry, not Jinbu, my bad, my bad, wrong law. Jinbu was also in there for a while. That's true. And then,
of course who could forget that's a that is a legendary skin it should be the
chandelier hunter's wreckable skin hey oh yeah all right lunax taking us to new
junk city she on band I got a feeling hold on SSG what's the band she on
surely who you hang on the other side yeah it kind of makes sense actually it's
coming because someone looks so good in a beaker shirt
They're not fine.
I wonder if this is like, uh...
If this is you are cooking things up here now.
I feel like they're a cook team, you know?
Like some teams just cook things up in between every week in a play.
And they're like, yeah, we're just gonna bust out this composition.
We're just going to play three days.
I feel like SG is one of those teams.
And I wouldn't be surprised if they come in, but, you know, like...
Yeah, we're just gonna play some Mauga here.
Paul, come on, get on the Mauga, buddy.
And just run it in.
We'll get rid of the Reaper.
Yeah, don't mind it. Yeah, that could be in towards the Marga. I think that's fine. I was saying yesterday, Johnny
I don't know how you're feeling about the better
The tanks, but I do think Malga's she only if you're gonna run a rush like a malga she on comp goes kind of hard
Yeah, I'm doing I'm actively thinking
Yeah, the cogs the cogs are definitely turning here because I do what I kind of like about
Shion is that it does give the opportunity, like I said in the pre-show, to get some value in the neutral
where it's like a tracer, sometimes will have a bit more difficult time with that, right?
Like you're very burst focused if you're playing like a reaper or a tracer, but in the meantime when you're setting up one of these fights
it's a bit more difficult for you to get value, and that's where I think the Shion does tremendous work, especially when you get the execution perk up
you get 20% more damage on the execution when they got low health as well. Like that's just so powerful in the neutral
And I think you can obviously get a lot of value in the neutral, but then when you pick your moment to go in with the execution, with the spree, the burst damage is also undeniable.
And so she kind of feels a role of playing two different roles at once. You're a really good versatile hero.
And with the Mauga, yeah, I mean the timing is different for a Kodak Overdrive, but I actually think I would prefer like a Reaper in that instance, because you got all the life steal going, you know, combined with the cage there as well.
So I'm actually going to say no I'll go Reaper
I respect Zomber a whole lot here again the sheen really popped off from yesterday on this map
Has been incredible flank plays, but you know, you know space station up falling for any funny business
We're back back to city business as well for people we're playing we're still playing
Devastation and yes on the tribe's the exact same strat yesterday right click the supports in the backlight and then just a runaway on the bike
And this time, space station, watch the logs.
I'll take and deal with it once more. Let's have you get the upper hand.
Think of the lethal.
Look at that damage. I mean, the execution is crazy.
It's so weird.
A little too good of me, thanks.
Maybe not.
I don't keep it.
Keep it this way for a little while, because I think Shion is a really fun hero to watch.
This man has been nuts during these issues.
It's been really sick.
It's been crazy.
So many different compositions being played.
Meanwhile, in the NBA, they're like, yeah, Sieg-Mamizuki.
We want to play slow, actually.
Yeah, Mizuki's really good right now too.
Not necessarily for this one.
I'm not trying to speed up the music.
Alright, shoot three.
Now, the tracer versus the Shion, the tracer does kind of get blocked.
Like, you get right click once, it's so over for the tracer.
Well, those zombies actually just played on the team right now. They're gonna try and flip the fight.
It's gonna be a chase down onto Abern of the very least. Nice little terracer. Sugarfree snuck the point away for SSG.
So, Lunax are gonna have to reclaim them one.
Honestly, chase Sugarfree away. Looks like he's gonna rejoin the rest of the team. They're gonna flip the space station.
But they denied. What was that? That's a good, like, 26%. 26%? That's huge!
For a sneak. That's like a half a fight, yeah.
Oh, that's really good work. I'm sugar-free, finding that percentage now.
So they got one good opportunity here, but it's got so many things going for their way.
Oh, and the recall is forced. This should be the time they're ballooning.
Well, they're actually doubling down on the tracer. I think that's a wrong play.
I'm gonna push aggressive here with the rush.
Man, not quite. It looks like I should have reached a good try and sneak this one away again,
but the rush isn't in focus. Basically, on the same spot here.
Terrasurge, hits for Hall, doesn't find too much though, but SSG again seeks a point away.
Bite, kill, Zomber, manhandles the backline.
Oh, that's happy, it should be executed.
Surely kill Sugarfree as well, not quite, Nemwain with the save.
This fight for Lunex, hey, they let the point it go twice?
Or good, we just win the fights.
That's 99, taken over.
Form 100% Lunex with the first point.
Yeah, looking real clean on this composition so far, and this is what they've played best here.
So, AUK is going to swap over to the Sigma at this time, I said enough, and the band is nothing place for this map.
It's a hard, changing things up a little bit, not taking the recent jewel at this time here.
Let's see what then why I can hook up here with this sound barrier.
You know that the Kitsunersh has been deployed here, you're not really worried about any of these opening, so...
The beating gauge is here, if you do want to take it.
Wow, that was one. Quite literally one, yeah, I needed it a suit.
Hit the shift as well stick
This is the shield and then why we're the sound barrier. This would be a fairly trivial fight. Oh almost
Abril got booted up in disguise, but
Garely managed to connect with the ground as a better beat for space station. They're a little win out the team fights
That was alright. Alright
Why not
Yeah, I mean better better beat that's just experience for animal once again there they poke a lunix quite low and some men why
Feels like they're forced to drop the sound barrier and then as you just turn things around
ultraviolet funny up you got the song by here once more and
Here comes a G once more Jack. I don't know slow start to the map and then they look clean and quiz
right now they have to try and traverse this large bit of ground that's
facing a fighting over not in flight closer point now flux for all there's
the season actually just okay just collapse then why the flux is just
golden to the end of just hiding on the map geometry up into the sky and no
one from the next day able to finish off the critical sigma good team kill
You think that this is actually just point two. Yeah, look at this positioning like it's just
Crazy, so good. They're able to hold in this very area
Now they can kind of fall back here while still holding the jokes for any touches from you
Such as they can try and rush this to never my stead. Sure. That's over the rush from ultra violet
I'll do you're fine with that. Just making sure you secure the point make it really hard to loonex to fight back in
Already now someone's gonna spring
You gotta find something going your way here
Exit on the Cassidy, let's see if that is the answer against this very temple heavy
Position for the street and both the tracer and the she young at once here
Lounex they have a good sooner or she advantage here
So try to place another point to try to get some positioning for yourself and allow extend to find the sidelines that could be a pain for you
It's pretty available for all those zombies, the last one we've used.
There it is, straight to the back line.
As well, everybody getting out of the way.
Oh, Lethal getting the chase. She's very low right now.
Critical HP.
She's almost trying to fling the bike in.
No picks from either sprees.
My Q-Snap Laws off Tank Player.
I don't see any kills there.
There's, uh, Lunex.
That was a throwback for you, Johnny.
Soundbite is full. Abrault, Neblah is going to connect.
Oh, that was lucky.
A very late soundbite.
I think Nemo actually got grouped up into the air with a very, very long channel.
It is a better sound barrier for space station gaming as they lose a lethal in the process.
They might be able to keep positioning here, but Lunax still have the point.
Yeah, that Netway sound barrier is just too strong in the end.
And Lunax can maintain control here, but...
White Ward for them is still here. 65%? So, you know, they got a really respectable percentage here, but...
Did I?
Not quite time to take, not the same ultimate without the cat.
Yeah, definitely not.
The back and the shield, they turn the fight far forward now.
Flux isn't connecting. That's beyond the long gone.
Oh, sniped with the bike in the air?
Okay, lethal.
That is the insult to injury, bro.
You got a five ton bike thrown at your face.
The mid-air bike, you're like, I just love it.
There's quite a bit of damage, bro. Like it's it's difficult. You got a bike thrown in your face like that's going to
Yeah, don't try the IRL. Yeah, it's gonna chuck you down
All right, blue next week it's going to be a
Take
I think you'd be dead if you got a bike thrown at you sugar freeze very dead got instantly executed by somber
I mean that's got a bit of a ones out there. They're straighter versus yonder is so it's difficult
Zombies traded, Lethal with the kill, 4 on 4, point to flip, Lunex in control, Terra Surge percent, straight on top of the rush, Insta kills Apro, that wasn't even much of a charge time at all, still managed to pick off the kill onto Lucio.
Lethal's back in the actual no-killing zee, that a double, in fact, X10 also falls, Space Station, in the midst of the chaos, get another flip.
There's a Lunex, unable to hold on.
It's she looking clean right now. They're just engaging and then collapsing onto their opponent
They're doing it once more there on lunax who the point against erosion look real scary
Get a couple of pics here and there, but it's just you like to get at this floor. This is just
This is so so good
Going I mean
Mesh apart a bit of damage of the apparel there's always gonna have to go to the touch
So it's not gonna be a factor in this fight whatsoever
That fight was all sugar-free in the end, and now it's an impossible swap to Sombra there.
It has to go for a touch, only one ready with mobility, it was then why I was at the back
of the teamfight for Lunex.
Space Station, get the next point, that's two and one, one more away from taking the
series.
Yeah, this is looking like another day in the screen, so I'm just going to get this point.
The way they're just stepping up, make things difficult for Lunex there to try and get to
the touch, sugar-free, clean something up in the back line, get a couple of frags, once
get aggro beat here. Wow. I like really like the aggro beat. It works out. It's fine when
it works out. When the aggro beat doesn't work out, it's the worst feeling of all time.
It's like, okay, we have no over health. We're in the enemy spawn and we have no frags to
show for it. That's the worst thing. They're just staying in the spawn, invincible spawn
door shooting back at you like, what do you guys do? What is, what is bug doing?
All right, Hawk.
Hey, uh, bubble, go for the Flux.
Looks like it's gonna be a high noon to start.
No teleport, only a speed boost, no cat to fly X10 around.
He's just going for the neutral dead-eye.
Not just the Rock though, goes back down to the point.
It's Link, Hawk.
Wow, destroyed by Zep.
To me, Flux connects with the Asariya.
A bubble to absorb a lot of that damage
and then the incoming Susie from Zep.
Off the Asariya back up.
Rock is not good enough for a connection,
but Hawk shows you what for there with Punch.
XN rolls away, Hawke doing a lot of work here, same with Ultraviolet.
That rush timing couldn't have been more perfect for Space Station.
Hawke and Ultraviolet basically tag team a little duo up as a Space Station.
Only give Lunax 34% of that point.
Yeah, quite the expensive fight there for SSG though, so Lunax Station would be quite happy
with that one. They're coming up with double support over themselves.
The gravity on the surge might appear mid-fight here, so I would actually say that's a favour to
Noonex somewhat here. I don't want you to hear it. You have things going on this control point.
Okay, they know they can tempo beat here as well. Good kill on Torg. Don't need any more ults.
In an ITL world. Oh, it's Wemp. Sugar free. Just a fall over.
Okay, alright. Eventually dead. Yeah, you're kind of happy with that though. I like it. Okay,
follow me. Johnny, follow me on this one. I'm following you. Because Admiral tempo-beated at the
very start at this point it puts Linux in a situation where like we have beat we can win a fight but
because space station won the first and second fight of this one they now are in a spot where
they could just play for last and play for a sound barrier to win it all and then why won't
that be so there's like a long cord in a way where like we use beat at the very start and then
the beats are completing this time you pick it all up and down that would make sense
yes that would make sense if they had like 20 more seconds but 85 percent for Linux here and
and they have four ulti. Yeah, that's nice. Oh, the sprint. Oh, wait a minute. The shutdown
on lethal. It's very winnable here for Ludex now. It's gonna be a rush for him as well,
but see, I mean, yeah, okay, maybe my theory is just, it's just a game theory, Johnny. It's
not my fault. It would have made sense if Annie had the lamp on. Yeah, maybe. Maybe.
99% they're pretty done, I think. Maybe Space says you go for a touch. I mean,
Shookerfree's gonna get in there for half a second, but revealed, as a Zumba has all
Okay, I'm just free. Good enough for a kill on top. There you go. It's gonna be 2-2.
Should be a final touch before a bite is thrown in space.
Yeah, I guess you're not really caring about this free. Oh, oh my.
Now this is nasty. Like, what is that?
What is that?
Seriously? Like, we're just gonna dash in, get a quick little execution, and then, you know,
Block headshot. Boom. Yeah, that's it. Okay. All right. I see I see what we're doing. Disturbing him out of damage
May here is a may now. Yeah
No more Tracer. I don't want to get one shot again
Could be on the main. I'm gonna get some sorry though. Real nice. I knew for X10
Zomber to pick up the piece maybe the long range rock from Paul shots that down
They have a lot of ultimate here to do as well
Yeah, this is what I talked about pre-game. This is what SSG is really flexing their muscles.
Sugarfree over onto the May here, and they just have so much power in the front line now, combined with the Sigma with the May.
That realistically, it's going to be really good for X-Ten and Somba to find the angles required to get the advantage in these kind of compositions.
This is G's composition now. It is just so frontline heavy.
Park here, trying to look for place within Scraviton search.
Asked, well, Lunix really on the back first.
Sugarfree, very low.
They're gonna be chasing Sanja, so die.
So die, 2xp, he's for real, completely.
Nice chase there, once again, Zomber's trying to come up with an early kick.
The flux is good for the South Barrier, a little bit better there for Nemwive.
Avril, the later beat is always better.
You don't need a Rosetta Stone to decide for that one.
There's the rush at the very end, a Blizzard in the choke point as well.
The sad-looking bike, two flat tires going wide.
The spree from Zomber jumps to the back line there,
It actually executes Admiral, but is it actually enough to hold on to Lunex?
It does look like it.
Sombra jumps on the bike again, she try and get to the point, gets the final touch.
The bike lands on Lethal's dome, but it will be Space Station closing this one out.
Is that what they do, Fists?
But we all know how this one ends.
There you go, Chapter Done, Book Red, Space Station, Gaming, Secure the Series,
a 3-0 to net themselves a spot in the playoffs.
So comfortable.
I mean, what a performance from them the way they flexed their muscles on circuit real
I just met you and the bassion to deal with what lunics
Well, I kind of missed their hallmark position and then here now
Pulling out to me when there's a new young state to kind of close these down as well
They just looked so firmly in control on some of those maps even when it looked like lunics
You know, they were they were kind of like showing some stuff so I'm not doing a full place here in there
so they're having the advantage in the recent matchup.
It's like, I just didn't let that...
Let Lunexy wanna play with a team such in Lunex's team.
Yeah, a ridiculous team.
And I think with how Lunex performed yesterday
and even how they performed here,
I think there's a lot to talk about for Lunex.
They're probably gonna be the 4c coming this playoffs once again.
Because they're time to shine still, they're 2-2.
They still got a chance to make it.
They do still have a chance to make it here for Lunax. Unfortunately, we're not able to get that map that we're hoping here for the Lunax squad, but SSG, they continue to look strong.
It was interesting to see, I think, the different takes from both these teams across these three different maps.
I kind of want to pick your brain on this, Johnny, because we got to see the comparison and contrast of the Cassidy with the Shion versus the Tracer with the Shion.
And Theresa vs Cheyenne, we had a little bit of a convo of that in the free show, where it's something we might not see kind of like happen too often, but I feel like it makes sense for it to seem like SSG when you've got a player like Sugarfree and lethal.
Yeah, I mean, I think the tempo is just wicked. Like you can go for such aggressive place and then you combine the burst damage of a tracer with a burst damage of a Cheyenne and it's just like absolutely overwhelming.
when you try to go for a composition like that and so I like both of these looks like I think
all of these damage players in you know essentially the entire system everybody knows it but yes
if you're a damage player you're gonna have to learn how to play this hero because I think it
comes in handy whether it's played by a flex player or the hit stand player it's just such a
strong hero right now and so as you're kind of like angling for these some of these stage players
It's definitely a hero that needs to be in a roster.
Yeah, you got a plan. Look, when rule for Overwatch, new hero come out, normally very good, very OP.
That's the GM rule.
But if it's not Domino or Lifeweaver, okay, when they release four heroes at once,
they can't all be OP, okay? When they release...
That's true.
Give them a little break there, Johnny. Come on.
Yeah, come on, Johnny. Like, when they release four heroes at once,
you can't just be having all
four heroes be, you know, must
have in a five year old
composition by taking a look at
these standings. Now, Jack, this
means that space station gaming
with this when you shut it out
during the cast, they solidify
their spot here. Wow. Yeah,
damn. Look at that. Plus a little
three. Oh, you know, the fives
Christmas going to be happy with
this one for sure. And I'd like
I'll mention the interview again
because I think it's super
important. Um him kind of coming
into this stage saying we
a lot on the back end. If not
how we approach, how we re
how we practice, how we do
how they call as well, um
can see it already working
I love this new look for
hope they do well playoffs
of going to the international
but now with this three n
gaming, we do have an inter
so we can congratulate him
a little bit about how th
out. Shagrafree, congratulations on solidifying your guys' playoff spot today. I know that it must
feel like a big relief to get that done early in the regular season, but I kind of want to talk
a little bit about the comps that we saw on the last map, right? We know that how strong
Sheon is as a whole as a hero. I kind of want to get like your take on her and SSG's take overall
because it's fun to see the Shion entry through gameplay.
Yeah, Shion's definitely good right now.
I think she can work for both Hitscan and Flex DPS.
We, in the match, we were like, we're thinking
we thought was going to go Shion later.
So I didn't start Shion that time.
He was going to start bashing and then swap
after one of the rounds.
And that's kind of how we did our comp.
And then also we just counter picked.
If they swap the hero, we swap the hero.
I did want to ask, because I asked Christopher already yesterday
and he mentioned that you've changed basically everything in terms of the back end practice
and like maybe even calling and everything else. How has it felt from going from a disappointing
Tokyo stage to now and dominating so far coming into stage two? I mean yeah, obviously it feels
pretty good. Like everything changed a lot. Like we're doing a lot more counterpicking instead
of saying the same comp over and over again. I kind of picked up more calling and letting
like UV chill way more in the calling so it's not just him taking all the stuff going but it's
kind of make me play a little worse but I don't mind if we're winning and um yeah honestly it's
I'm really happy to see us improve so quick. Yeah kind of when I double click on that and just
hear what you have to say about what you're working on personally there as well like how do
you reflect individually uh not necessarily only on champions clash but just like the past year or
so like as a player like when you look at what you're capable of you know so many people talk
about the Tracer gameplay and you're an amazing Tracer player, but realistically if you want to
be part of like one of the best teams in the world, what are you thinking about in terms of what you
need to get better at? You talked about picking up the shot calling now, is that something you're
working on expanding your hero pool? What do you think you have to get better at individually?
How do you reflect on the past few months? Yeah, honestly, I think it's both what you just said,
expanding my hero pool, trying to play everything as you can see, I'm like not playing as much
Tracer as it was before, I'm picking like seven different heroes a match, and then also just
just working on the shot calling, like getting everybody set up on like the same, same tempo
and pretty much everything like that. As long as we keep playing aggressive player or strings,
I think we're going to do really good in the future.
Yeah, I'm excited to see how you guys continue to grow as a team. I have one last question
for you. I know that next week's matches, they do matter for seeding, but you guys are
obviously comfortable heading into playoffs now. But you are still playing up against
Team Liquid for one of your final matches and they have two new recruits heading into
to stage two, wanna get your overall thoughts
on how you feel like attacking,
can it kind of slot into that team
and how that, yeah, just like your general opinion
on how Team Liquid are looking now.
Okay, it might be a hot take,
but I actually think they were better
with Escalinor now than with these two players.
Like no shade to the players,
but they're just not meshing too well together.
That's a good point, yeah, that's pretty spicy, yeah.
I think it's pretty spicy take,
I think it's pretty spicy to take.
Respect it, though.
Maybe it's a time thing.
Maybe it's something we're just going
to have to see how things kind of work out for them.
But thank you so much for the interview, Sugar Free.
And congrats on your playoffs qualification.
Thank you very much.
Always a pleasure to have Sugar Braun on the desk.
That was quite nice.
Like, that's what you're talking about.
I don't think we let only be to give you.
It's like, that's pretty good thing.
It was like a very notchal on this is a spicy interview.
But I was like, we're not going to hold you for too long
because we have more games to go with.
I need to process it for a second.
I'm like whoa.
Yeah, you know what?
We can break it down later more though
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back here for the second matchup of NA of the day and we have cafe versus disguised both of these
teams have had a bit of a tough start here to stage two jack and cafe they've been struggling thus
far they've managed to take maps off of teams though like ssg yesterday it was kind of crazy to
see them take a map off of them yeah it was actually decently close i was like well what's
What's happening here? I mean, are they then? It was strange. I think SSG were not playing
down at all to cafe, but they were definitely experimenting. I mean, everything it felt
like, or at least all the new DPS in that series yesterday, but it's tough. I think cafe and
these players, they're almost used to being in this situation, sadly. They want to be
to get to playoff. But they
need to win here like this is
do or die. Um, but it's been
rough. I'd like the transition
of heroes, though. Sorry. Tank
players, though, able to swap
in and out for the record.
But players is nice. Can they
actually want to win? Yeah, it's
a big question. It's a big
question there, Johnny. It is.
Yeah, I think it's been a tough
go for this team, but I still
they just let paymakers like
They still believe in their adepters overall. They don't have the worst Vista player, so that's enough for them.
But at the same time, I still think that they're like upset capable. Now, this is obviously a must-win match up for them here.
But, you know, if they were one team that could come in from promotion and relegation and cannot go for a couple of upsets, I think this would have been a good team to do so.
Hey, I gotta respect that tag. That is for certain. And they're going up against the disguise, but also need this win today, right?
This is a squad where we haven't seen them kind of step up in the way that you would expect, I think, looking at some of the names on this roster here, Johnny.
They did manage to take a map off of Team Liquid, but same situation as what we're kind of just talking about here for Capcom.
Yeah, I think this is really tough yet again here for Disguise.
Like, realistically, you're competing with a team like Lunex for Top 4 in the region to avoid promotion, relegation.
So, they haven't had the greatest goal things so far, but they have the players, they're playing the right stuff as well, I do think that they're playing like reasonably meta compositions here, but the fact that you lost yesterday 3 out of the Lunax, like that's just devastating for their hopes this entire stage.
Now you have to beat the cafe here, and then you have to come back and beat either that last few races to eat, like that's really difficult path now to yet again avoid promotion relegation.
I think going into this year like we're looking at some of the individual players in this roster and we had greater hopes for them here
So I think that they're always kind of like, you know, trying to fight back a little bit and trying to establish
Like something that works for them. They just haven't found anything so far in 2006. I'd really guess I'm going
Yeah, it is a do or die matchup here as you can see my cats very excited about it
I've removed these teams to keep themselves in playoff contention
But let's talk about our predictions heading into this matchup Johnny
You're talking a little bit about how cafes one of those few teams that we see coming in from promo relegation that have the
Opportunity to do those upsets and that's why I had to vote for them today
We're all just looking at their cat. I'm sorry
Dude it's gonna fall like
She's here for she's here for cafe guys. She's here for cafe
Yeah, I mean you take in the cafe. Oh, I just
I think it's it's it's I like
the enthusiasm from the best
day, you know, taking
space station pretty close.
But yeah, I went with
disguise. Yeah, I think
there's more hitters on
disguised than there are
cafe right now. I'm being
in this spot to zero three
minus eight like unity
perfect as well to make
playoffs. Um, yeah, I went
to disguise it. I'm going
cafe. I'm going cafe. So
I guess some individual pop-off plays here. Ryan, I think, is really happy about Shion being introduced here because, you know, the Tracer is not as comfortable to play against a lot of these compositions.
Shion is like every person. A pretty comfortable hero. We know what Ryan is capable of to take over some of these series, dumps on the classroom, and make a noise about these things.
So I'm going cafe for this one, and I will just get a no-ash. What is Cass' name?
Her name is Crum. Her name was Crum. Yes, Crum. Because she's little. She's like seven pounds. She's a little gal.
She's also crazy. She is also absolutely insane, but she's ready to dive into this matchup and so am I.
The stakes are set here for these two teams. Kape versus Disguise. Only one of them will find their first victory today
and we got to find out who it's going to be.
different teams and different
DPS. I'm serious of all
lines because they are just
very consistent. It's just
getting over the hurdle of
making it to a playoff that
they get to overcome. So we
see if they can start that
road here. Disguised
obviously on the other side.
We got a PG back in the mix
as well, which is always nice
to see and rock on the
tracer. But I think all these
players to be fair. She on
gaming is going to be a whole
as they was banned in Pustman.
Yeah, after this one indeed.
This guy's coming in with a plan here,
getting rid of it early here now.
And I think that between those two teams,
like this guy's is definitely more like strategic
out of the two.
They have more strategies that they'd like to pull out here,
depending on what map they decide to take.
And obviously right now they're going up
with a lorry hazard composition.
It's definitely not something we see every day.
So this guy's coming out of town for me for this one.
They just got to execute.
They're like, cafe, way more straight forward
on the side of cafe here. They kind of know what they're good at and they're going to try to play with confidence and pace and throw their opponent apart.
Keep in the chat prediction suit 78 to 22.
Whoa, whoa, that's way off.
Yeah.
You think?
Chat, what are you doing?
What are you thinking?
Like what was the...
Like 65 to 35.
65 to 35.
For...
Well, per cafe? For you, I guess.
Because you voted for cafe N?
Yeah, I did actually.
Pretty good.
So, yes, I guess, but no, it's devastating.
Bit of a skirmish, taking place here, but I don't feel this right now.
This guy's still, we've got point control, so like every second matters to him.
Yeah, Trez is a 1 HP!
Then we get health back, Astro 2, similarly, uh, HP, about 100.
It doesn't end up going down, but it could pick up over the point.
What do you think about this, uh, defensive background, Jerry?
Oh, I just got it.
I mean, look, I feel like I should be asking you that question because there's an Ellori in the mix here.
Look, I don't mind the Ellori too much, but I think this composition, like, you've put on the back foot quite a bit here.
You're going to spend a lot of effort just, like, appealing.
Obviously, you have the advantage of high ground here, so just get this right here, right?
Put the Ellori here, maybe get to a castle, and work down here.
So, Kairosuke comes out of Piticada with a belt.
We have no potential here.
Copy!
They're gonna continue to rack up the percentage jewels.
We're in it. He's there to fight Andy. He's so back.
Also, did you peek the crosshair from Rocket there too?
I mean, that was crazy.
I've never seen him.
It's not quite like Tio level crosshair, but like, that was pretty big.
I mean, the circle like that.
He's cut a little bit on the face.
The sign is a crosshair, but...
Is it really?
I don't know. There's something inside this room right here.
Stop. Oh gosh.
We're seeing the different sorcerers in like, 3 for all vision.
Here's the throwback for you. Toronto Defiant Logix, no crosshair,
Widowmaker Havana 3rd on attack.
There's a good one for him.
You know, just put up on the screen.
Yeah, he hasn't got a dog. That was the point.
He had no crosshair.
He's got nothing.
Oh, yes. Okay, buddy.
Okay. Well, PDK ends up going down.
Galeons are going down. Slice in half by Tread. Nice little violent leap.
Cafe up to 78%. There is going to be a mines placement on the point for Astro.
What is this? It's either a blast or a breakthrough. Ryan is going to get a knockdown maybe?
The stick is good, but oh, they end up killing each other in the end.
You stick from Rocket taking down Ryan. Tread's going to be able to clear this nice valley easily.
Got a full host of a spike guard too. Now this rush on the point.
Not where Astro really wants to be.
Maybe gonna go try for a knock-off, but he's up to PDK to now clear Tread and even check him,
but the point actually gets flipped.
The sky's gonna fall!
The PGA snipes by PDK.
The three legs of Akronins are just going at each other.
PDK with three!
Give him a fourth, son!
Rocket ends up taking down the wall of Titan of PDK, his CAFE!
I just secured off the round off the back of that one.
That's like crazy play.
You just walked into their lobby and was like, what's up?
Right in that headshot, couple million bags.
Like that was wicked by TDK.
That is, that is giga-chat.
That is giga-chat, bud.
They just walked into their room on so much.
I mean, yeah, that's...
No, not from the door.
Open it and said, you know,
how about a rail gun for your troubles?
I love that. I mean, disguised.
Jaws?
Overcooked a little bit.
Okay, it is one round Johnny the channel point betters or just
That's the worst feeling when you bet channel points on a team and they're always like at disadvantage and you're just like it's just pain
It's just they might even end up winning
But it's going to be a painful win like you're just suffering as you jeopardize all your channel points on this one victory
And now they're down 0-1. This is not going to be an enjoyable ride to lose these guys
colors it's one round it's so over it's so over the most optimistic cafe
fans look we play with this guy's fastball I like that I really do although
he's getting so much damage from this will you have the healing on the pg
Scuffed to scuff, end up braiding, but unfortunately PDK had to reload that entire time, so there's not even a lick of damage there onto the Bastion.
Good picks off from Astro, and this Conflict Cafe has to move quick, they need to find picks early, and make sure PG just doesn't jump on scuffed or grapes, cause they're not gonna have a good time when they do.
Yeah, that's exactly right, and now I think this gets a little bit more difficult than we saw on Lighthouse, they are treading out on this race on the point.
That's just so much pressure onto the objective itself.
In Kafe, they have to find these picks now, with a tracer, but they're all combining with the player here.
But it's not going to be difficult, there's a basher in the sky!
Oh, didn't they hit? Yeah, there you go.
Even with all phrase moving, you can't really get away from P.D.K.
Uh, P.D., sorry?
P.D.K. said? Three-line acronym.
This is, uh...
Gonna be the main of the series out there.
Yeah, I mean this setup here is so hard, Jack.
Like, because you're gonna have to like, wrap around your opponent and the backline creep up.
But PGE can just like pick whatever his faults are, it's very difficult to make this anywhere.
Oh I know, all kills to PGE sadly for them.
They've got a Tidal Blast, good knock-off to slam down!
Oh, well there you go, Bastion's gone, and PGE gets a kill.
That was a sequence of events.
I don't know what you do with it.
If you're a cafe, you can't kill the Bastion.
No, I mean, you can stand up in the tracer drill a little bit here, but like that does nothing for you when it comes to the advantage that I just can't faster than Harrior, but I can't see it.
Like the aerial control is just too much. Even the wrecking ball can't realistically do much to slam here, so I thought you'd be a wrecking ball faster than him right now.
So before some movement, are you serious?
No! The bade away!
For a day!
He is form-capping TDK! Someone help my man!
That was a title blast, a close one from Ryan. Doesn't do any damage though, it didn't actually end up connecting with Tread his 3D is now...
He's playing Balloon's Tower Defense.
This is the battle.
3D.
Balloon's Tower Defense, 3D.
I am a tower in Balloon's 3D.
Yeah.
It literally is. Look. Tread has...
Alt.
Skull has Alt.
Someone has to touch it. It will be Astro, but you cannot kill PG at this point.
They have to later in these options.
The mines are gonna come in.
Let's get the cafe here.
The research.
This one's from Tread.
They're trying to escape from this.
Watch this, the fighter side.
They're gonna feed you.
Oh, PDK.
Man, PDK.
He's PDK.
He put that on the drama.
He's both rushes on the point now.
Sculptons are going down to Skar.
PDK has got the bowler.
Could be a decent ball like this.
It's not the master.
He's getting low.
None of it is gonna get some towards Tread.
Decent damage though.
Coming through from Aster.
Even that, as soon as you can save the Areset.
It's gonna be a flight win, you know what I'm saying?
Imagine all your folks at the very least of PG. He's still going. He's still cooking on the bastion and they take the round 100 to 0
PG didn't die, right? Am I going crazy? That's the zero death round for the bastion player?
Yeah, I'm pretty sure. Yeah, PG, not the other person. I mean
I can't think they throw literally everything there. That was like the kitchen sink onto the point
And then there was a bastion just remaining
just like alright well you got the point for a little bit there that's that's nice
but I'm moving here nine K damage yes double the rest of the emity nine
that's true bro is paying bassion while the others are paying tracer and failure
I've been still
Okay, now PDK Cassidy a bit better Freya okay, I suppose it's dealing with a bastion
But at least you have them the hindering the magnate
Yeah, flashbang now it's been
Yeah, these rotations I think you're going to come in costume now for cafe
As they can go for some of these pay style on the pressure for the time being here
Sing cafe
Trying to find some kind of opening for them if they're going back and forth there
Just trying to put Peter can a position here
We get some value out of the castle of the skies fighting their time
Just a more invite moment to go this sort of moment
No one's looking at PG
I thought he like he was hovering about the point for so long
Now winning the front lines all though our cafe. This Arisa versus the Malga a lot of sustain on Risa side
So, at least we can cap the point. So again, yeah, like you said, waiting for PG to go for a dive on, but it's just not coming through.
Yeah, this is good now because these guys are forced to make a move here.
And Fred, under pressure, on point, and I think he's going to hook right too early because that's everything gone.
They put PG in a good spot, but it's like Cafe decided to foul out at this conversation completely.
End of just flipping the map entirely.
Now Kiwi, trying to get PG in a better spot, as Fred ends up just running around the point, going very low.
very low, actually forced the rush to come in. Good stick for PK, refuses to go down.
Now, damage resist is lifted up to the heavens, but not quite there just yet.
Tread Bonnie hops over the well as the spear connects with his chest. A storm comes in, but
all the shoulders Astroso doesn't end up getting the knockdown. A very late rush should work out
the cafe here. This Astra that ends up going down, scuff unable to heal the large health bar,
the ERISA player just fight all the CD's, all the defensive CD's. That will be the
start of the second point. Yeah look I love players making plays and being
proactive and trying to win some of those fights but that might be one that
scuffs would like to get back there. Three people on towards the point, it was
ever really powerful or we saw that can do work with it but that time the
proactiveness didn't work out for cafe at all. 53% though Jack. You just gotta
Like like keep poking from here. You're seeing PDK
Rotating around the master trying to go to a good position
Here's a marker for you
Terrorist those tracks to plays in with the packs already out a danger PDK with a high noon
No connections a little damage, but nothing to write home about
Silver bullet double silver bullet back to back connection with Kiwi. That's how you do with the cap. You can't rely on that
I'm reset.
I'm reset.
I'm reset.
You can't reset.
No idea, bro.
No idea.
I'm completely confused.
He was hoping guys.
I was hoping guys.
I'm just wondering about it.
I just wanted to use the cage first.
I mean you carry over all charge by the way.
It's okay.
Don't worry about it.
I'll tell you a brush.
Okay, slowly but surely, trying to hunt.
I'll be hit on the plant.
I don't think you can stand it to see anybody there, but I'll get it.
Sambar is coming in from Grape's, okay, and the PG is dead.
Silver bullet, does it again.
Alright, that's the arch nemesis right now of disguise.
They said they like him or something.
There's going to be a rush on the point for disguise now to try to supplement the damage
that they've lost from PG going down.
and we're back to the very large cost from rockets both on those wide almost sets in itself to get another kill
That's to start Lord now a later rush coming through from a cafe and with two DPS
O's in their back pocket
It looks all too easy to the squad and pick up a round win there and a map win as well
One oh to leave the series so far
3.7 million
Count points, we don't discuss here.
The 600 and 29 of you are gonna feel like this series.
I'm just telling you, I'm just telling you.
Let's take a look at the scoreboard.
Hey, PDK on the Cassidy.
PDK, make us a real place in that game.
Look, we're looking at all these damage first in the lobby.
Like Rocket, we know what we're gonna escape from.
Tracer, PGE, you know,
Highlight Reels playing on YouTube.
You can go check that out.
And Grimes on the Tracer.
But it's PDK who I think has to stand out damage performance.
damage performance on that Ilios map. Cassidy is in so clutch on that final well-worn.
Yeah, I feel like PDK, despite the amount of the team PDK is on, there's always someone you can rely on.
A very big hero, Paul as well. We know he's got the Junkrat too.
The Junkrat?
Those who know.
That's key, man. That's key.
Yeah, it's key, man.
Just in case.
227, Junkrat, no, no.
the next patch. It's going to
really well. So you're obviously
on that lighthouse. You saw the
clip just there just ended up
winning the round for his whole
team just jumped up onto the
high ground hit three with rail
guns and that was the round over.
you're not going to be able to
jump up. Um Freya just not
hitting, but as soon as you're
in a map where the cat
bashing isn't as strong. There
aren't as many open as, um,
sorry, open positions for you
to kind of jump upon a little
bit more difficult for the cat
bashing, and that's where
PDK shines on the Cassidy. So
yeah, beautiful stuff from PDK
so far. Cafe. Hey, I'm a map
Johnny feeling good about your
bread now. Yeah, I'm feeling
really good. Look at the end of
the day. It's the pressures on
to make a place now. Come in with the turret mode, engage combining with your tracer, Mauga
getting a good kardak overdrive going. But you lose the objective and then your Mauga
gets poked down to half health and so you're just sitting back trying to heal up your tank.
I just felt like this guy was on the back foot for most of that round there. And it's
a difficult spot to be in. Like when you have to keep being aggressive with these turret
modes, the team is playing like a Lucio. You feel like that should be a target, the Cassidy
should be a good and engaged target there. These guys just couldn't put it together with the place they were trying to pull up there with Laszlund.
Yeah, Kavash not working out quite so well. But there's gonna be a lot more...
She on in the mix. New Earth, bro.
New Earth, Queen Street. What do you wish?
I got my wish.
This is crazy.
Okay. Okay, what are you expecting if you play it?
What am I expecting? Dude, it's New Queen Street. I mean, can we get a Junbin Rikimbo?
I don't think that's what we're going to get, but anytime we get to see a new Queen's
Dream.
I'm pretty confident it's the least picked map out of probably all Overwatch maps we
have in the competition.
I would bet on that.
Tell me a map that's the less popular to pick, and then you close it.
Not even Colosseum.
Really?
I'm just going to be in for this one. So we'll see how that changes things up, but cafe might just want to
Yeah, rock with something a little bit more calm here and with PDK rocking on the cast he still I think it's really good
I think even just the cast is she on as well. It's also a fantastic
DPS line. So see how they end up hitting as we jump between street up
Yeah, Casio she on I'm even thinking like you know she on Tracer like probably could come in handy here again
is you know the hero sure yeah like five days here but like you push up the
they are not messing with the bastard I don't even think the bastard would have
come off in the first place here but
I don't know yes they're safe and sorry I'll keep them with the skies yeah I
suppose so yeah how good is bashing cat here probably
there's a lot of space to cover from the bastion it doesn't feel that strong
maybe when you're near the checkpoint it's pretty
pretty big but i just don't see you like what advantage do you get paying cat bastion like on some
some cat bastion maps like it's so oppressive that you're like above the enemy team and you're
utilizing like the aerial advantage i feel like when you're trying to follow this spot around the
map on new queen street like i'm not i'm not entirely convinced that that aerial advantage like
provides you with anything besides like hanging over the top of the middle of the map here um
So yeah, maybe look, I haven't been in the screams. So maybe they banned the Bastion
Never know the Lucio ban though. That is what's really going to shake things up here. I think
Yeah, so many things right down, I think those teams would be
More than happy to run a little double flex though or just like the Lucio player on the Tuno. I think that's fine, too
I've seen too much Brigitte, sadly, a little more classic Ana break.
Who, when's Ana going to get her time in the sun again?
That is my question.
Alright, relax.
So quite a bit of that in the past 10 years.
I'm sorry, Ana is one of the most fun supports to watch.
I'm sorry.
And we saw Ana being played this morning, like, to nail?
Yeah, so.
So, I'm talking about, think about this, Nano Blake.
He could go hard.
Oh, Nano Spree, I mean that's kind of insane.
I was like, woo-yang, here at the cafe.
But Kiwi, this is what Kiwi loves to flex to, those people there, is the Alari.
And you're playing the slow comp without the Lucio.
Van Lucio, so you can play Alari, put Tread on Sigma, slow comp,
and then Rocket finds an off angle.
Or even, yeah, I like this a lot, I see Kiwi and Rocket on an off angle with the Alari.
and the shield this is just such a ridiculous he self-sustaining do it
Yeah, it's a lot of poke here
Problem with this guy's composition here a lot of people can open up these fights
But it's key we on the in Laura here. He'd be a rocket finding their own
Still a little pressure here. I think
Trying to cure all these frags. Sniper is on the deep here versus counter-portrait and Seagull
So a bit of a change in the frontline here as well. Both teams are kind of like poking and prodding, trying to take these wide angles here, girls, and just look for a bib and opening.
Someone to fall low, some abilities to maybe even mismanage here, something to capitalize on.
Take a welcome to Sniper. Still got the mega health pack to get back to, they're required. So that's exactly where Sniper's gonna go.
Yeah, now Treads is basically hoping and asking probably in the comms to DPS, please get a pick, please get a pick.
I need somebody so we can actually push the bot.
I won't let the first one end without working, and start losing this map.
Obviously the cafe called wants to move quicker with the D.Va can't stay around with Tread on the bot, so try to make a play and that play fail.
Yeah, they're going to be clean up here, found themselves in a 3 vs 2 advantage that they're all fixed in place, and then clean up grapes to kind of go with it, and here's where Kiwi sucks over to, Masuki now.
This is what we've been seeing a lot of them, Masuki, Kiriko, combining what you're seeing over here.
And this is, you know, kind of bend the medical position so far here, these past months or so, and the Skyston's been trying to lean into the kettle on the same way you're now.
They're stepping up though.
They're fucking crawling from all these angles.
We can find a pick.
Rush.
Unlocked.
Ryan already dead.
Susie damaged and I'm not saying Kiwi.
Kiwi's swapped up to the Mizuki.
Also an extremely prominent pick on this map.
Flux.
Wow, that is a good connection actually on to scuff.
But a title boss comes in a clutch.
However, starting a destructive shot.
Yeah, the overheld thing in the last two long self-destruct for sniper a PD
And even a rocky goes down to self-destruct
Where was rocket in that situation? I thought Rocky was safe by the statue. I guess not I was proven wrong
Yeah, I'm not too sure
self-destruct price
It's really happening probably here anymore. So maybe caught off guard did it have the dash available
two hand to try and get rid of that one but it's kind of gonna save cafe here
because that looked like a really poor fight that the trend found the first
pick now suddenly cafe here having used a lot of ultimates but they're at least
getting some progress with this spot this map could have easily snowballed
here if it wasn't for cafe clutching up the previous d-point
the client's got the spree coming up in 10 rockets already got his WDF salt
four disguised and brought electrified right click around a flank, double shot for PGE.
But he makes the soldier look really easy.
And he gets punched in the face, all good though, because we end up with the fights,
and the bots end up moving that fight either, so this should in theory be a lead gained for disguised,
and they only use the overclock, so they've got a rush for this point, this hatch point.
Yes, great play. Great play by PGE, securing value with that overclock.
And now these guys can move forward here, still with the Kitsune Rush in hand, rocket, with some play making the potential here possibly as well.
So this is this guys now, looking like they're in control of his E3 streak so far, here's the rush.
The devils are gonna be in the details here for cafe, they just need to get away, and then hopefully springboard back but unlucky for Sniper caught now and with a teammate.
This really just goes back to worst now, that's free!
Oh, it looks so pretty when it gets killed. Scuffed.
Down, Graves dead, and well, that's checkpoint.
And also, you're still five players, so Disguise can push this one on
and take a full clean fight for the next one.
Yeah, I'm walking up now.
It's real scary. You've got two heroes poking from either direction,
right up here as well on this tight round.
Sniper's going to swap over to this Ramakra, so...
It'll be a bit more stable.
We can test the objective here against the Sigma,
but we'll find something.
Hopefully we can of course disengage here,
GG. Nice to completely get him.
Oh, and the spree gets eaten up by the Sanctuary too. That ultimate has just gone so good over the last double batches.
Wow, GG. Damn, GG. He's not going to lose this one. He is destroying them right now.
And they've got Flux to back them up. I mean, Kathy, you've got to do something. You've got to ship Cheers.
Flux. Oh, and it connects to the Wu Yang too.
to peachy gets another one rocket goes down short on execution but i mean the ram's already used
the ship uh nil's swarm unavailable scott trying to bandage up this fight authorizing this wound
with a rush
clean up here in the backline it's ryan it's okay you get a couple of picks on the back of that
kitsu rush and that feels good if you're cafe because that that this engage if that this engage
works out for this guy. You're able to calmly step away from the kids in our
skulls scuffed. That could have ended up looking real bad for cafe in the long run,
but stabilized things a little bit, but not quite at a hundred meters. Now PG with
this overbooking hand, can he keeps this momentum going, but he's going so far on
this second back and on a real game.
I mean, I'm scared right now if I'm cafe because TG is just going to pop out and get to that, so.
I've read it in the tea leaves.
He's already got one. Oh, PK! You gotta run, buddy!
There's one! Where's the prophesied second big?
Maybe he doesn't even need it to be there.
They've already sold in the bot here.
There's a trade on the Erythra.
It's going to be a much better matchup now against the Ram.
Oh, what an angle here. Cafe.
That's going to come best here. Pg, another shot on the gal. Oh, this is terrible news.
Yeah, and Sniper's one HP to cut him Pop Annihilation.
This is going from bad to worse.
This is going to be a bad...
Think I fall back?
Hang on a second. They make straight...
Sniper only has the Annihilation.
Yeah, Peter K is late too.
I mean, there's no real need to force it, right?
There's going to be the rush on Skyle. They're definitely going for it.
Well, they're going for it for sure. I mean, this is free available too.
They have to just force outside to use ult.
Like, as soon as I use ult, Rocket's going to be pretty free to do what everyone wants.
Go fear of the damage. There it is. Okay, Mike over the top as well.
There's one, or two.
Annihilation, back up here to disguise.
Susie says Skyle's life is like B.
Sniper just dominated.
Execution kill on Skyle behind her, but they've lost their tank place and no front line.
Means they're going to have a spot go in this fight.
And here comes the screen straight inside of the zoo. He always well safe the spawn doors goes rocket
Scuffed falls Kiwi gets taken out by Ryan. He's done a lot this fight
That's for certain for a hundred and twenty two meters to 40. They're gonna have to fight a whole lot harder than this
You never know you never know what over cheese were stuck anything's possible, but
But the old Sunil and the cafe's stable here, a lot of things are gonna have to go their
way and they're gonna have to kick things off with double support over here.
Preferably only use one of them so you can use the other to keep the club moving forward
but disguised in complete control right now.
Putting pressure on these old guys.
We got to find some free pick on the PGE here.
If this goes uncontested here now and you can live through this, this is what cafe means.
They're carried down, they're search, ends up killing PDK's Rashi, it turns into a one for one with Treads staying alive.
He was coming in thanks to that Suzu, and they've also stolen the bot by a juicer, they're gonna have to get back.
Fight gets thrown at Tread but he's got cooldowns to spare now as he pops the gold, grapes.
And so with two tire marks on his face, his rocket snipes him out with a bike.
And Johnny, this might be a full cap here.
They should be able to get back in time though, and they have a lot of ulti to get double the amount of time wasted here.
It's just unbelievable.
Cypher, I'm going to be back for this touch quite in time.
Touches?
Alright.
That watch is so pricey.
Oh, that feels awful.
Not good.
Not good?
Not good.
But it's a price that you pay for being so far behind, right?
Dread is also hiding in the like the new spawn, the forward spawn, the Orisa, kind of crouching around
playing a little bit of Splinter Cell
Alright, well they got two kills, Ryan kind of
Piecing these team fights apart, sorry, piecing these team fights together, not quite a part, that would be horrible
It ends up getting up, so two, maybe even three picks here
They're getting these opening
Fraggs Johnny, but there's 30 seconds left. They haven't even got checkpoint. They've got a raid
They've got a few morals to boot, but disguise could just play the economy game at this point
Yeah, a lot of things are gonna have to go right here
Maybe a bit of a misclick from style or something and the cleanse of the captain's son
That's it. Everything you can hope for is something to fight through.
So one opportunity
Try and bring things back here. Over time spawns always get tricky and push here though, Jack.
You've got to mind if we get a one or two, right, six, two, five, going.
So good. Pylon down. Pylon down, guys. We can push now.
Oh, the rocket falls.
You mean overcast from PDK? We see if the skies end up using anything.
Looks like Captain Sun being thrown in, but...
Oh, dear. Kiwi's gonna have to take the bus now as PDK with a nice little clean kill, too.
But again, it's not expensive to cafe, so this is gonna be their...
They're Winged Edition, just using only a single ult every single fight now
Yeah, what's going to stall here for a little bit? Graves will be able to get back in time with this orbital ray
Realistically you need one more early pick here
If PBK or Ryan could conjure up some magic here
That would do so much for you. This is straight up white here. That's just going to favor this guy
Especially with this high ground available too
I'm trying to go for an execution kill we saw Rocky in him
The second to go.
Heading on the sidelines.
Okay, that was a little bit over-eager,
but Ryan's already down, unfortunately,
and that's where I'm going to kill some PDK.
They'll sell the score, though.
Skylar also falls.
Swee hits.
Interrupted for a brief moment by Sniper,
but it is all Kiwi here at the end of this.
A triple kill for the Alari.
PT.
Sherry on top.
OC kill on the tank.
And that is Disguise taking a new Queen Street.
Almost full cap in two.
That was a confidence-building win.
Yeah, they look real clean on that one, slowing things down, with some of that Sigma and Misugi in the middle of that map.
Earned them all the meterage they needed to build this one out.
And they look real good indeed, especially PGE, stepping up big time on the hitscan, really taking it to the opposition of 26 and 7.
If you're gonna take down a team like Cafe, you're gonna need all the firepower from your damage comparison.
So PGE definitely doing his part here on the soldier.
Yeah, well basically dominated the front half like that whole man
So pick after a pick after a pick after a pick and then Ryan kind of
mentioned
Blue in the team back together a little bit with these early frags at the end of the day as well your
Oh
Yeah, I was
At the end of the day you are
are looking for your shion to
make picks or make plays on and
off angle and Ryan has been
doing that. He has been
delivering. So it's either what
a full right click into a bike
or like a full right click into
just a couple of headshots. And
if you can consistently do that
on shion like you're in a good
spot, but I was expecting I
wasn't expecting PG getting that
many early kills with sojourns.
It doesn't feel like it doesn't
No, but I mean if you hit the rail like that's consistently as PG does
That's going to reap you all kind of rewards because you win one of those teamfights by getting an early overkill
Or early early rail gun shot like that means you can use less ultimates
That's only you have the benefits of a better ultimate economy and so like everything kind of trickles down
So PG popping off like that essentially wins the map
Which is kind of yeah, who'd against everyone else on the team who contributed as well that did their part keeping up to you
the end on the alert
But yeah, like getting a rail gun shot like that is huge for everything
That impacts the outcome of these kind of maps and so PG
I think you can try chalk up new Queen's future to PG having a dominant sort of performance
So Correal chosen by cafe
Okay, so we're expecting, we are expecting Shion to play again, I would think, and Johnny?
Yeah, I mean, he's such a good hero, so yeah.
Shion's such?
Shion's such?
Kind of depends on what tanks you're going to see here too.
I wonder if we're going to get rid of like the same or something here.
Let's get through the Kyrie go.
Oh, okay.
I mean, all right, that's what I say did play the character in order there. So also means you can't play the character. You know, so definitely making things a little bit more complicated here for the stream.
I'm not a diva man either. Then there's going to be a sub. Disastro is normally the designated tank jump in there guy player.
So it's gonna be slow comps. Yeah, team of man. Think it again, Cig, Ram, that type of
vibe for this map.
What do you think, what kind of backline do you think we'll see here from this guys?
Because I would actually say that going to Circuit Real here and what we're seeing so
far, I'd say that it's kind of favors PSG and the game they want to play again.
Why just go poke?
Who got carried?
They haven't got D.Va
What does cafe think you're doing this?
What's in their minds?
Hold them up
Maybe a Wu Yang?
Pull them up, pull them up!
Get into the court right now!
We'll drag them in!
Hey you pick up!
He's behind me
Let's go poke!
Little Wu Yang on this map
Nice.
A little Alari maybe.
Even, hey, even some Lifeweaver on defense.
Lifeweaver, Wu Yang.
Very powerful.
Very strong.
Baptiste.
Even some Baptiste action.
Yeah, Baptiste, sure.
Or you can go for the safe pick.
Alright, well, thanks Juno.
I mean, most of the race was too strong.
Yeah, most of the race was too strong.
You're lorry player going you're lorry.
That's the most big lorry player all the time.
Yeah, it really is.
I like this though.
Okay, PGE on winnow. How long is PGE gonna stick on this pick? We'll see. Hopefully it's gonna be a long time.
Seven seconds.
Second little awkward. Seven seconds. Well, he's on defense, so. I'm hoping he doesn't instantly die to Ryan.
That is true. Ryan, seven seconds.
Is this a Taris Eternal skin on PGE Overwatch 1?
In no way.
I'm good with my colors.
Does that count?
Wow.
It is.
Wow.
It is.
With a Ruby, with the new Ruby weapons.
Wow.
That's crazy.
I'm good with the colors.
That's good work.
You didn't color it.
No variation with the Taris Eternal skins.
Parents to their three-year-olds be like, that's good work.
I know your color.
That was the sparkle team.
Sparkle, Hanbin.
You are the biggest sparkle fan of all time.
Yeah, well, yeah.
That was rocking the elements basically.
Of course. I've been rocking that for years. It's 2018 I think.
Elements are back. I don't make those anymore.
Alright, Sniper. Is it getting rocked? PG.
This is the problem with the Winnipeg here is a very heavy investment in your DPS
You do have QB to kind of
Supplement it with the shots, but you do need PG to kind of click heads because PDK is just gonna be building up so many rounds
Oh the bike! Whoa dodged!
I'll get a shot though. Thanks for the railgun. That's the back off. Oh, heist to disrupt the shot
We're gonna make your 20-26, probably
Yes, huh
That's that's deep and so it's going to be one contest here, but red is not having a good time of it
He is not trying these things so much support as well on this point I prefer
again
And the grass and that is not what you want to be and a ride once again
I mean look excited to keep it right now
He's pumping out a lot of damage like it doesn't have connected with the solution however that pile on does need to be killed
You need to get the pylon in strings so much healing.
Okay, all good.
The Greats and PDK are gonna finish up.
There's Cafe.
Make that first point look easy.
The gamble with the Widowmaker.
No working out, Pt.
Yeah, definitely it's a gamble.
Widowmaker is not the hero that she used to be
a couple of years ago, and we're seeing Widowmaker less and less.
Because of reasons like that,
you can't get spotted out,
get some poke in your direction,
and then you don't have anything going for you.
So, this guy's put on the back foot here.
Have a couple of openers though.
It's quite an expensive fight for both things I've recieved today.
Do you also, for this high ground?
This lands now? Captain Sun?
Can't get a seat in there.
That's a lot of huge pressure once.
Captain Sun, Orbital Raid.
That's a ridiculously good connection though.
But, luckily, Great has the tidal blast to save Scarf.
And these Poltot torpedoes are going to hurt too.
Rocket sniped out of the skies.
He tries to take the high ground, but later Raid here from the sky.
Even without Rocket, it should be enough damage.
They've just got to put Thread in a position where he can just buy those spears
and take control of the corner again.
The cafe are not going to give them the opportunity.
It will be Sniper going dangerously low again as Ryne takes an off angle.
No discreet.
Just yet, but now it's going to go three peak.
Discreet available.
Yes, indeed.
A PGE is just going to...
Oh, just bear witness to this.
A double kill.
A cripple, in fact, with the OC.
PGE cleans up the rest.
And PG swapped away from the Widowmaker onto the Soldier and got that overclocking time.
Like the damage output, absolutely insane.
To get that up and secure those frags.
PG definitely leaving his mark on this series so far.
And Caffe, I mean they invested a ton in that.
The ultimate layering, not necessarily on point video, but on a required map.
Three minutes on the timer, yes, but need someone to make a player.
Maybe Ridington did for the spree.
Maybe I just hate to break it yet. I don't think it's gonna be good
Unless you get some stuff in the back line without any damage taken
Because there's so many ways you can just engage in this to outburst the Kiwi. You've got the
Speed up as well for style like
Oh, there's the screen all the opening required all the outbursts not enough to Kiwi
You know, just bonking his little head, I think, of the tent.
He didn't actually get full momentum there to whip himself around the corner.
Alright, my bad, Ryan. My bad.
That spree looks nasty in fact.
Well, they have to buy their time.
I mean, the setup took forever there as well.
So, yeah, they do find the opening,
but it took a good long while to find that opening,
and I think that speaks to the difficulty,
like you said, of getting a good spree.
It's like the setup has to be perfect,
and then maybe small, crucial, mechanical error.
This makes it so much easier to get value from that spring. So, tough work for Cafe,
but they do get the payload across here. March 30th. All of open. It's in hand now,
because they got away with the team fight being pretty cheap there, Jaws.
Yeah, it feels like Cafe might be grasping at straws in this fight. They need to just take
a big old fight, because if this guy gets a good slot, it's not just Captain Sun's going to be
deadly. It doesn't affect people, but I'm totally sure who are actually hit this sanctuary from
great it's just sublime Ryan ends up going down to an outburst there but the sanctuary on the
staircases they're all basically detonating and taking so much damage from Fred grapes couldn't
have done more there indeed cannot have done any more in disguise so we have a good opportunity
here to come back right ultimate of the run realistically all on PDK here to find an opening
We've got so many weapons, not like this.
PG.
Oh, ooh, nice wall.
Great wall.
I love, I love this from Disguise 2.
Not committing super heavy, like, okay, PG, the Widowmaker, it sucks.
We switch, we go soage, we find kills, rocket.
Okay, actually the May would be good here, especially at the last point.
Not afraid to change things up and not, um, not like locking themselves into a composition permanently.
because the May on this point specifically and even defending this high ground Johnny is
ridiculous.
Goal, I think they're playing a lot of the right compositions at times.
It's all about the execution right because so many things in North America are all about
these lucid curve balls.
This is not it.
What hits nothing to the main here is the value.
It goes down early though.
Pedigame, beautiful off-hanger here, Dross.
He is, but he's not in shots.
He's hit a few more than zero, Johnny, that's what he said.
And it instantly kind of turned on by Tread.
It flucks kill
Should be scuffed days of numbered in the coronal
Observe a little spook. There's the payload started moving and no one was on it. Yeah, there was no cap coming in. No cap coming in
I thought the same way
That would have been the most egregious like C9 like of all time like quite literally under their noses
Okay, well they're gonna take high ground just no major
their plan like over the top execution
Ready to shoot gotta go the final first though. Well, nice blue position actually from Kiwi making sure it doesn't get instantly destroyed
They're on a weird off angle here as well. They've actually taken this a defensive offensive in this meeting as their disguise
Strambling now trying safe threads. Oh
And this free is nasty from Ryan
They basically corraled them into that small room as well. That'll be the cap.
Good team kill to end it off as Ryan paints the scoreboard orange again. 50 seconds in the back.
Yeah for a moment there you're thinking what are they going to do with this high ground
because they have the positional advantage over their opponents. Then Ryan comes in clutch with
that spree, capitalizes on all the enemy players being a very tiny move like you said here.
VVK, well then one. Alright, I'm a good game so far.
Pretty good game. Hey, and the spree works really well if you're in this war room like
that. I like the May-Eye game, I think. Maybe run with that again on the offense. You know
they're gonna play the Sieg, so. Zero deaths for scuffed, my word. Eight, fourteen and zero?
Zero I don't need a single jet the greats and ppk those are the best support things you're just uncompressed it's getting in the back
Yeah, but yeah, I was no pump out some torpedoes. It's no tracer to worry about
I think
with how
With how cafe defendiveness I don't imagine rockets gonna stay on this for too long
It's very it's not like the easiest thing in the world to build up the rails of the shield obviously you get less rail charge
But I mean the Farah
It's gonna be tough even when you get to this corner Ryan's gonna be able to charge at this executions quite well
It's just a lot of poke damage. We see how long rocket stays on it, but
It's gonna be looks like it early. Okay, it's just like it
This means you see I thought maybe I'm gonna try and like hide in the small room to the left-hand side here
But I would have been too crazy. It was a prize
You kind of need like a maze to back up from all the time, you know.
Yeah!
Yeah, double poke here.
Again, it's disguised.
I think playing the right compositions here can make things tricky for the opponent.
It's all about just executing.
The individual players are stepping out here.
The rocket can land a couple of nice rockets here.
On to the opponent players and maybe combine things with Kiwi and Kiwi here.
High value wave from Graves.
And this might be the big problem for Tread.
Yeah, Komp ideally wants to go quite quickly. No Lucio.
There's no kind of permanent speed use. They have the ring, of course, from Skyle.
They are left with Kiwi on the poke and they've even Tread.
We'll see if he ends up there sticking on this one, but they need to collapse on Sniper.
Cause Sniper is just farming as well off of Trey, like look at how low Trey is going already.
And Sniper is up to 70% on this one.
Yeah, up to the close of the flux already, we're going to have to have a good hand here,
but we're going to get a little bit of hard push here.
I think that this next one, this figure here, would be an important one.
This guy's taking some space here.
We're going to get these both angles offered to them here.
PG though, much slow immediately.
And that is what cannot happen.
You make this decisive play as a team, you step up with the speed rink,
Memento and Storm, available for trade as well, but as soon as the Soldier and Player goes down,
that's direct on the coast side, just enable Sniper and the rest of Cafe to step up accordingly.
So, do an execution to start the fight from the skies,
but as soon as you get picked there, it just crumbles, and Cafe can push forward freely.
Okay, there's the swamp.
Vendetta's a rocket.
Okay, over all maps I wasn't pretty excited about this one.
And Vendetta's aria, we're really going back.
Bubble the Vendetta in and then hopefully you don't get rocks.
Again, a lot of poke damage, so this comp's gonna be hard to execute in the sky.
I know what his composition is. It's all in, and you gotta fight with him first, obviously best of him.
Here though, under a lot of pressure, Captain Trapper's done.
That's a lot of damage, try to blast yourself there, it's gonna have to suffice for the survivability tool.
Oh Kiwi, doesn't it look like two though, P.K. and stuff?
Yeah, just one shot to the head, then a shift, like the outburst, will end up detonating.
Uh, like Sunspot? You're shot?
What great push that was from the cafe as well. No hesitation whatsoever, the bubbles were kind of forced on to rocket, utilized the vendetta cooldown so of course it was engaged.
The cafe wasted no time pushing forward, investing ultimately as well.
We've taken down these guys and we're left with one minute here now.
PG, put yourself in front of the tunnel way available, but this attack has been total struggle here for the start of the world.
They're going to get a double screen.
All those post-op torpedoes doing a lot of damage there in that all the tall ray.
And now they just need to collapse on PDK.
They've managed to secure the kill, but that flux is a lot of damage.
However, wow, why am I not thinking maybe actually I can actually, uh, clean up this fight, no problem.
It's a good dash to him with the spree, setting everybody very low,
but trades it with the cycle bubble as well, keep everybody alive,
And then push on 25 seconds to go
Should be a matter of time now before cyber into going down there. It is a quite a full team feel but he'll do a very very
Slow post like a slog to make it to this first one, but that's what you need
I think the collective members of disguise had like a combined 300 health or something and one point
In the middle of that team fight and all you need was one or two members to release these on the opposition
To make a really good defense happen
Instead, it's going to be a cap on this guy's there.
Ask him while I'm in early pick now.
We have all the good stuff to keep rolling here, so let's get this Galvaton search in-house.
Locking it. Almost needed a second bubble.
Just wondering, Blade, too.
Galvaton search? I mean, there's a lot of good combo, and she's...
Can't get this all a year by Sniper. That's to be said.
I can't figure if this one can't raise all the praise.
There it is, going in again. They really want to force out a CD.
They really want to force out Sniper's Brass, but I think that's going to be the main cooldown
they're going to focus on. Orbital Ray though.
Café, you're going to be waiting around. We might as well pop an ult.
Try Win a fight here, and that's exactly what they've done.
Don't hate it whatsoever. Just guys looking for an opening, and that opening is just not going to come sometimes.
And Johnny, look at that. Straight, actually, lobbed in the graph.
Not sure where it went, because it didn't do anything.
while it went in the middle of the street and it did not do anything like you
mentioned it have a waste there from Fred did not get the value that is so
desired on that one and now you find yourself at a real tough spot here yes
you have the captive son but cafe's composition here it is so sturdy you
play this seat of the mind which misuse this is not disgusting it's not gonna
hoping for an individual to step up and make a play here
Double tap on Ryan, but he's still alive somehow. Probably using that shift to get that over, right?
Sniper dead. A lot of those healing resources focus towards the DPS and that dire need.
Well, Kiwi ends up getting one. The rest of the cafe, I think, I'm going to bow out of this fight. Only both supports stay alive.
Doesn't mean disguised. Have a bit of a tough spot or a tough fight to win here because they're going to be respawning as five
and it's gonna be a very quick green gauge from cafe even using the flux to try and punish somebody
30 seconds to go sorry and now down three sets required for the skies to keep themselves competitive
PG is one HP as they go on the face. PG has to find something here, but Sigma Shear in the way
There's nothing absolutely nothing Johnny. Yeah Sigma Shear is going to deny everything and then
It's not a grass to get through as well.
I mean, this is the skies. Listen, this map's sorely.
There's gonna be PDK now.
There's gonna be Tread back on the Wrecking Ball.
Star's gonna use that over to Rage.
Tramp is at team 4. PDK, swap sizes, the C9!
No! No way!
Tread's Wrecking Ball caps the point.
You have to be serious.
Oh my god.
Head in hand, Ben.
There's no way she got away with that!
There's no way!
That was the map! That was the map!
It's gotta be.
That was- that was the map!
I couldn't believe what my eyes were seeing.
I was like lagging, IRL.
I was like what?
You were lagging, IRL. I think they were lagging in the server or something.
Oh no.
Oh, that's a tragedy!
A new lease of life for disguise!
Tread instantly switched back over to the Zarya.
Dude, my lawyer ticket!
Hey!
I can't leave.
Alright, 35 seconds. Alright.
No time for mental doom, maturity.
They're still fighting for their licor.
30 seconds, realistically.
You only lose one fight here, if at all.
After Scythe of the Sun, it's PDK.
Oh, that's a lot of damage!
Kiwi 40 HP, still surviving. Ends up again taking down by Ryan in the end.
High energy Saria from the threat though with a bubble to spare.
It's a very aggressive fight. I love that from Kiwi just jumping out, causing a bit of a ruckus.
And now it gives the Sky's chance to actually full cap.
Alright, he touches at all. There's going to be a tracer.
And there is a Flux, and it's all great. She's all great, Bob is born, you're good.
Flux connects with Tread. They're going to get him off the point with Stuctans of going down.
It doesn't result in a killing fact as Rocket is so low both DPS and disguise they can't enter this fight
They have zero HP zero HP over time
Seeking down disguise cannot cannot heal their front line is up so they're unable to go for a retouch
Have they barely hold on after that a great just seen item second they come on with a map win on circuit
I just...
What a map! What a map! Like, I'm raising my hands, IRL. Like, what a treat.
Scoreboard is very one-sided, but that felt anything but.
Yeah.
Okay, a small breather here, I think, needed from everybody. Sniper with 17k damage on the sink. Wow, that was...
I think Ryan did find a little bit more value here than I thought he would on the Shion.
This place specifically too.
Finding this avenue of attack, it's tough on the Shion, especially at these longer ranges
against the Sojin, but when you can actually just close the gap.
just so it feels impossible to take this young down with a mountain mobility and sustained to
yeah it's just incredibly you're a hero right now the burst damage is undeniable and then you
have the mobility and the survivability to last pretty long in some of these team fights like
here it's just crazy right now let's see the ceo
okay let's give this show we gotta go get it we gotta see it bro let's see one more time
Alright, 2-1 for cafe. You and Ashlequin pretty good in the predictions and 22% of the chat as well.
How many predictors? There was 2.9 brave chatters that went for the cafe prediction for 8.
2-1, you're looking good. That's a 1-4.46 play out. You're chilling.
I'm telling you, I think about this next map though.
Yeah, they got some big playmakers on this team. Like, you know, we have been putting respect
some of these players names and I think it's such a tough position to be in
because you're like okay well what is the next step you know you're a
promotion relegation team you know you're talented then you got to like
level up and think of the next step and it's like okay well SSG they're pretty
comfortable with their damage lineup Liquid is insane damaged duo and so it
takes like a massive amount of leveling up to really go head to head against some
the top teams in the region, but that doesn't mean because you're in promotion
relegation or like one step below that you don't have it in you to take over
some of these games to make a ridiculous place for your teams and win
teamfights without much need for ultimates to begin with right and I
think we're seeing that here like on the very first map lots of plays from PDK
going aggressive but then here on the third one Ryan because I'm pretty big
plays with the she on ultimate there as well so like these are real skilled
time the players on either side.
Wu Yang fan for um not Lunex, that would be it disguised and Nambani Pejani I like this
a lot actually and Nambani explain another rare one explain.
I think everybody has the stigma of old Nambani and I think that's why people still don't
like it. It's not a bad map now. With how open the first point is, especially like the
big door going to high ground on the left hand side, it's way better. It's way more
friendly to the attackers.
Yeah, I've kind of always been an Ambani Apologist. Like, I know there are always some
faults in life. There's nothing more frustrating in Overwatch 1. It gets full hold on Ambani.
Look at that. I hear you. I hear you. But I
Love the nostalgia for the body the one thing I don't like are the traffic signs on the second point because as a Winston player
I always jump in through traffic signs
That sucks, yep, oh
You I heard the Jake in your voice there I
Heard the Jake. I don't need any of this extra stuff on the map
I just want to have like two-dimensional planes tubes around so I
Traffic science on the body you have no idea how much I found myself in scrims way back
And I was a young whippersnapper, and I just jumped into traffic sign after traffic sign, and I got caught out
So Winston player it would dark times on the body
Am I the only one surely? I can't be the only one. You're definitely this pain that jumping through traffic science in a body second
surely definitely not everybody's done it or even like you're sliding a
sewage or like you know jumping up a sprayer it's happened very mad
very cool tank players when they see them body pics when old nobody picks just
send me to the gulag oh my god like I mean some of the setups on defense first
We're just hilarious.
Which is...
Like, we're gonna...
We have a Torb off-angling with the turret.
That's me!
I'm the Torb!
I'm firma off-angling with the turret, man.
And we have Orisa in Overwatch 1 with the shield just sitting in the corner.
Like, on the grass in the corner.
And just contesting the objective.
And you can't push to Orisa because then, like, the damaged person on the defense just
down, but it's just a nightmare, a nightmare feel with the reason for sitting by the field.
It is funny to look at it in retrospect, even just the one simple change of making that doorway
on, if you're on the attack side, you know, the left hand side, even making that doorway,
not like single file, it's like such a difference maker because there's junk rats on this map.
You know, when you get like sewer rat on your team, you're like, we're gonna win. He's gonna
Spam them until they uninstall the game
Hey, it's so it's so ridiculous
TLDR, I like this map now. It's it's fun. It's
When we get an icon bar back in the map
Yeah, that's probably true. I mean Kings Kings rose there for a Kings row is there for a reason
But we removed the King's Drow, the King's are gonna be dire, in dire situations, and there's no King's Drow in the map.
Actually, we'll be on comp watch, then you know what they're gonna play.
Tres on the Sigma here, classic defense D.va for Sniper.
Mizuki, slow wraparound for Tread and the rest of the team, I don't think.
Yeah, it used to be the thing that you could kind of like design your defensive composition around them Bonnie first
but I don't think you can do it as much anymore because it's so much easier to cap and so
it's just a reliable composition here from Cafe nothing too fancy
you know first as well as second gear it's my first thing, quite a bit of poke here
but I guess with the store pool this guy is sometimes over
nice to see oh the chains are so good if you change them follow up with a rock
Yeah, you can T-Rank T-Ver basically instantly
The Sniper gets outta there
The Sivir evades T-Ver maybe
And P.T. gets checked in the end
Suzu again, wow, style
It's on another level right now with these Suzu's
But, unfortunately, it is P.D.K.
With a slide kill on P.D.
Good for now
Stepping up here on the defense
It is going to be quite tricky here for the Skies playing this composition
Because usually you have at least one character that kind of lurks behind the defense.
That helps with setting up the off angles as you try to combine, collapse on the enemy backline.
But it also helps in like pulling attention on towards the objective, forcing the defense to withdraw a little bit.
But this composition that these guys are playing, you're not really forced to do that as the defense.
And so you're always like constantly in a pretty comfortable defensive position.
right rushes for scuffed and skyle now this background they just require to hold
on to it for eternity but was that scooper sent different cafe there they
Just run over the sky.
Take this!
I'll make sure you do.
Just a little worry.
I mean, I'll let you know where he is.
Yeah, a little worry.
I forgot the rush advantage here, Jaws.
But, you know, time is quickly...
...wimping down here.
And time does move pretty linear.
Like what your wind condition is.
Like, PG, you go shoot that.
Yes, quite literally. PGE, please. Hit overclock and kill three, so we can open this side up.
I mean, look. Okay, get into there. Instant Sanctuary, good luck. And there it is, Ryan.
Again, he ends up just getting in the middle of the team with these ults. It is kind of insane.
I right-click, end up heavily inside the killoff rocket. There's a minute to go. So, Johnny, you'll worry. It's well placed.
But do you see what I mean? What I mentioned earlier though, that like these guys, they're kind of just walking up, they're doing some mild like neutral contesting of the defense, but at the end of the day, like it's Kafe going first, they have their positional advantage, they will obviously use some of these ultimates now and so this guy's going to have a huge ultimate bank superiority here going through the 6-1, it's going to essentially all of PDK to try and open this thing up, turn the defense now.
Oh
My word the damage
I don't know how they managed to hold on that was anything but a
Missouki and
I don't think
It was a full time
10 seconds, 4v4, they got the rush.
Okay, a 3v3, it's very winnable here for the Skies, they've still got the rush.
Idealio not to use it, but you're gonna have to.
Short HTP for Skyle there, Kiwi switches over to Lucio to try and get back to the point in time.
Two ticks unlocked for the Skies now.
Rock misses the D.Va.
A Susie kills Sniper up.
You keep him in mech, they might be good for it.
Skyle ends up going down, yes for the Vengenar, he's back for the Skies.
Okay, well ignore what just happened there with the flash Johnny because they may have just got on the point
plan picture perfect couldn't have wrote it up better myself
Can't point better
Take a sigh of relief. I think that was close
It boiled out to a three versus three after missed flux
I got a couple of crates taking place and they had double support ultimate advantage
That was way too close for comfort and now finally you look we're all too familiar with mabani second
this is where the attack would really get away. Starts snowballing things. But you're facing a
considerate rush from stealth here. KfA still looking real pretty after the first control.
Normally, second point in Barney does not exist, so we'll see if that is the case.
I got to have used this rush really early on. I like the little change up here as well from
and Fred going to the Zarya.
Really good question, Piper the Sniper.
I think Sniper's been very good
throughout this whole series of tournaments either.
Not like he's a thankless role anymore, the tank.
That's the main support's job being the thankless role,
but I think Sniper, his ability to focus someone
is really nice.
Like catch someone in this opposition,
use the thrusters, like,
boot them away from everybody else,
and then just kill them all in my command cells.
It's pretty neat.
Come on, Skirmishing is sparse here.
Like, Sniper's pretty deep.
I mean they're kind of straight-chilling Johnny. He's so much you still do
PPS not required
But you've lost your plan sanctuary on the points and well disguised a carpety much else
Pg is gonna rip his overclock from the hump ahead for so low 50 speed dive sin and there's the spree from Ryan
Sorry, Spree in a very small color, or Ryan yet again, like Ryan's got an impressive amount of value from this Spree.
It's the right moment to utilize that ultimate that, you know, we questioned a little bit.
Not always the easiest to get value out of, but Ryan's really found a lot of value both on Circuit Rail and here on Numbani as well.
So now, 30 seconds to go here. This guy's coming up on a lot of really important ultimates here.
should theoretically, once again, you just have the advantage.
There's a submarine blade, come on.
Hop the bubble, hit the submarine blade, hopefully pick up a kill on the grapes.
Oscar.
Gotta get some value here from Rocket.
Kitsune Rush from Skyl.
Now Rocket can really get in there.
Pretty low though, but overtime has eventually come forward just by self-destruct.
itself is strong, Graviton surged as well, straight up into the high ground, Scypher doesn't
end up going down, the skies end up, use that Sambaria too to guarantee this fight.
Good kill from Rocket, Ryne and Scypher end up coming up a kill, Scypher they still steal
the Zarius, very high energy and with bubbles to spare, Ryne gets another one, hang on a
second here, Tread's gonna get focused but with enough energy to boot and another bubble,
it's gonna be Ryne that saves the day. Or Tread sorry that saves the day, Ryne and
Yeah, the Sara. The Sara's just too strong in that kind of situation.
Very unfortunate fight there for a cafe sniper.
Goes down quite early and then dies as well after using the self-destruct to a camp,
get to re-back going, PDK drops an overclock,
into a sound barrier as well, you don't have a lot of choice in that matter.
Disguised, they get the payload across the finish line once more and at least fighting back
at their real struggle to kick off this map here, Jack.
They're trying to give themselves a chance to bring themselves back into the series.
Oh, Sunring Blade. Not quite.
Suzu into the instant rush. Just an overwhelming amount of damage.
They literally float over that hill. Even with the speedboos, couldn't do anything.
I slightly focused there from the sniper and the rest of the gang. 40 seconds to go, Johnny.
Oh, he's got some D here. Pg. Oh, drops the spree here.
That is P.G. Hindered, it's Bubble. Ask it out. Wow, that was a whole lot of CC and Kiwi's dead again.
Like around the corner, P.G. doing a lot of damage there, tries to go for long range, right-click the execution.
Not enough to kill.
Ryan.
And now Ryan's one.
Oh, Kiwi made it. Yeah, and Ryan's straight with the spree.
Ten seconds to go. A little ult done.
As disguised, and Kiwi.
It's only Kiwi, actually. It's not even the rest of the team.
I think I'm good. You know what you got me
I think that's a really good decisive fight from cafe like 15 seconds ago
Yes, we have the advantage with the enemy lucid being down, but like no hesitation
We're gonna push up and finish things up with the sanctuary. I think a real nice play there from cafe
I've been impressed with them in general here, so we're gonna score a board and I think this tells the story actually
The entire attack from disguised
It was a struggle to get eliminations in a teamfight when it's going
Yeah, PG as well at the very end you saw the vision with the spree, but
Even the bubble
Wasn't enough to put him in a spot where he can do damage freely
I mean, as soon as you see or hear even the voice line go off, it's like, well, I'm going to throw the chains.
I can't let you get close to the rest of my team, chains, we even like use a bit of speed at Suzu, like everything to just stop that from happening.
It's not the smallest corridor in the world, that little choke point, the little street, but it's small enough of a space where if the shield is bubbled,
she's going to do a lot of damage and she's going to send someone low that another player can then end up picking off.
Yeah, we've been we've been pressing Ryan for great usage of the spree but just
consider when Ryan has used the spree. We're obviously talking about you know
small corridors, small rooms, have a good double hurting like they've been
taken into those kind of corridors, right? But it's also like pretty late into
fights when those abilities have been deployed already and the opponents
don't really have a choice in trying to protect themselves with the suesuits, with
the misuse exchange, etc. So, Ryan not only picks the location, but also picks the
Time went to utilize that speed so well.
If that my PG is just too early, oh, fire!
Oh, oh, oh!
That's a great pick here.
Try and sweet takey to this hero with Tracer's seamless playtime.
Yeah.
Johnny, I'm going to say something.
Yeah.
I'd be a little crazy, but it's giving the vibe of, like,
Freya release Chronic, picking her up.
Like, the Chronic Freya where he was heading shoulders above
the rest of the pack in terms of Shion's fight.
On the brand new era.
Caffeine cannot struggle here.
You have to move over.
I also thought that Caffeine was...
I think I saw him there.
I don't know.
I am picking up what you're putting down though.
I cannot see the vision.
The problem, I would say, is that somebody did the same thing.
And so we got two cronics in the lineup.
That is true.
Two cronics out of six teams.
I also think that the hero might be a little good over health on a lucifer
Oh my god, I can't get PGE man!
There's a bouncy on this guy's head!
How many channel points are on PGE's head right now?
I do not know, but Ryan is collecting it.
Ah, PGE's gone trade though!
What's the map?
Treads is 1 HP though, okay.
Oh my goodness, he's playing on a knife's head!
He can get handcuffed if God kills him, but Trey is still 100 energy!
energy and now he is no longer for this world. Ryan again and again and again PGE has just
been picked off. That is, especially if you're a soldier player, you're needing a soldier
to follow up. You're 100% Ryan coming up clutch or opening up these fights. But again,
cafe here. We'll say there have been a couple of mistakes on their part. Sniper, it's been
a couple of times there and then Bonnie losing the neck before the fight really even kicks off.
Just gotta hold on for this back a little bit longer so you can sustain like mid-fights.
Can't lose it too early here.
Caffé they're rolling, they got ultimates on their side.
But Rocket's fine to pick up the Ryan, okay that was stabilized things here on the defense.
Yeah Rocket was one of those, keep in the health bar.
Oh it comes out for the better, okay PG you don't need to worry.
you don't need to worry but now he finds yet another flag kill on BG
okay all the chains oh good one rocket that's getting killed there there's
just free from walking in a small corridor is gonna get eaten up by that
matrix flying gets a three piece he's put in the team in his backpack man this
is an unreal performance from Ryan so far it really is bros got the sanctuary
but still just finishing off these players like it's nothing the timing is
just perfect on the these engagements and once again here gotta be careful
any of that could be a good spree and D straight to the high ground and everybody has just
got to run as soon as you hear Ryde or see he's got the ult you just got to get out
of there.
Hiji eventually puts him 10 feet under but not before they cap the point with 4 minutes.
I mean it's brilliant play.
He gets so much damage done in that fight and meanwhile the rest of the team is watching
This is for the map.
This is for the series right here.
Yeah.
Cafe looking.
It's watching Cafe for the Skystone.
Why can't I end this one?
Yes, surely.
Surely the rush wins the fight here.
My premonition.
Hang on a second.
They got the maze.
Surely we won't instantly die.
If you run again.
Oh, here comes the rush.
Alright.
Looks like Cafe knowing that they have a lot of time in the bank.
They're gonna just, oh, like, well, some of you die, that's fine.
We can just hit the reset.
This is such a terrible spot to be in the defense in here.
Because now you're just forced to potentially throw ultimates into these teamfights
because you can't afford to lose a single one.
And so the attack, they have three minutes to wait for the perfect spot to deploy their ultimates.
Realistically, they should have two ghosts here where they have a superior ultimate economy.
So just take it slow and wait for your time.
We'll have the opportunity to close out the series.
okay PG there it is another off slowly but surely okay
please don't die okay every say Suzu help you out
now let more comfortable for cafe here stay build up for someone over
the clock. Double support open it as well here. Rocket, playing this major to try and
get a bit more presence on towards the objective. Again, very sensitive spot here because if
your blizzard doesn't get value, you don't have a lot to lean on.
We'll get seated. I don't want to put it out into the universe, Johnny, but I actually
I will.
It's funny. It's funny. Not for them, but for us. And everybody has some chat.
You're not going for a white swing here with your hook, they are.
Yeah, you might as well.
BK is very close to Rift is OC.
There's the rush, Blizzard on the point, doesn't get any of this time, stuff's already down.
Gred barely holding onto his mech here, there's going to be a resuit for Sniper, but he's already down.
A resuit as well, for Tread, as Ryan picks up the kill onto Rocket with the execution.
There could be a lot of numbers on the point now, but it's actually going to get tossed anyway.
Tread is just taking in for the damage.
Ryan straight through the back, straight through into the chase, did that, it still picked up the kill onto PG.
Double Sanctuary on the point now. Feels pretty impossible for the Sky to hold onto this, as Thread is the only one touching right now.
There's going to be a continuous start around the corner here, as Thread trying desperately to pick up another kill.
PDK ends up running away, same with Rion, and a quick regroup as 5 as Caffe deal with this war and now can move on.
This guy has jumped down his time back quite a bit actually. Caffe's still got nothing to pick up Sanctuary.
down though. Kiwi down, the mech is going dangerously low for Tread, there's no ult available. Tread gets
desuited, it's done, it's over Johnny, it's finished. Ryan gets the D-Make, the kill
onto Tread as well. Get behind me kittens, Ryan's playing, this is a ridiculous win
from Cate, a 3-1 against disguised. They came in today, punching up against SSG as well.
a lot of people didn't think
it happened. Chat were firmly
against them as well. 22% of
the phone going cafes way. I
think the tune is going to be a
whole lot different in the next
coming weeks. Ryan with 38
kills. And eight deaths 15 K
damage leading this team in
damage is a whole. What an
unbelievable game from Cafe
the firepower is just undeniable on the side of cafe and I like the proactivity
from them I think that their teamwork combined with these damage pairs
offer them were you know moments where obviously Ryan stepped up big time here
on the Shiyam but PDK this part as well the Cassidy on alio's was yeah nice
place elsewhere here as well in Sniper with a really impressive performance on
the tank roll and you just saw us like some of the aggression coming out her
and Imbani, defense. It is so difficult for the enemy team. And I think a lot of things
are just clicking for this team at the time being obviously tough start to the stage.
One and nine in maps, like we mentioned going into this series. And I think they showed
some great signs of life and Linus really popped off here on the shield.
They absolutely have shown some great signs of life. I imagine probably got a lot of confidence
from their matchup yesterday up against SSG being able to take even just a map off of
them but the cafe that we got saw a complete play today I think chat had the prediction through
DSG right so did you Jaws it was a conversation of thinking that this should have been a little bit
closer maybe from the DSG camp than the results that we're seeing here from cafe.
Yeah I think Ryan just had a life game on the on the she-on the amount of first picks he was getting
A lot of them onto PGE in this map.
Like, that is something that you look for in your, like, your old Tracer plays with Genji's.
Your flankers that can execute these picks well.
Shun just does it extremely consistently with the right clicks, and has taken this hero
just so quickly, too. This hero hasn't really been out that long,
but it is already looking like he's mastered it.
And the police soldier plays as well for PDK.
PG has some great signs throughout the series, New Queen Street was in very long sighted
for disguise, and they looked pretty firmly in control here, look it, now I squeeze here,
ask well.
But then things kind of shifted around Circuit Rail, really did feel like Cafe ended up taking
back the momentum as well, and Ryan from Tini Juice gets so much better at these sprees
the way they were trying to get the enemy team into the smaller portadors and finish things off
in the body. I thought this was a really impressive team now and I think it's a bit of a fall that
lost to Lunex because I think with a couple of weeks more practice or could have been one more week
into the week three, that could have been probably a closer match of the whole episode yet.
Yeah, I mean completely understandable why you would feel that way. I do think that the conversation
here isn't just about the win here for cafe it's also the growth I think as well drawing
that we've seen from this team over time here within OWCS and we get to chat with
PDK actually a little bit about that growth. Congratulations again PDK for a win here for
Team Cafe and I would love to just kind of hear about how you are feeling about the meta going
into this season, I think that your team looks really good.
And yeah, overall, I just want to take your opinion on like
Shion and how she's working in because you guys are looking
great with Ryan playing that hero.
Yeah, it was a really lucky draw for us.
Having to keep Ryan on like May and Sim is not really a
strong suit. He's really good at like one shot heroes and
like really hard flankers.
So Shion kind of dropping in his lap, he's probably playing
like the best she on an NA right now.
So we're really happy that you can actually play a hero
that he can like shows mechanics on.
What's the team vibe like right now?
Obviously you came into today without taking a series.
You picked up your first win today.
How are you all feeling?
And yeah, how was the team chemistry too?
We're doing really good.
Yesterday against SSG, we did lose,
but it was a really close series.
I generally think we could have won it
if we played a little better.
So we're like, if we play the same way
and even a little bit better today,
it should be a pretty easy win.
So we're all pretty happy, pretty excited,
and then all looking forward to play Liquid next week
to see if we can get to playoffs.
Yeah, I want to know more about that, PDK.
How are you feeling going up against Team Liquid?
They got two new additions to Meta.
Feeling pretty good for you guys right now?
You know, tell me more about how are you feeling
on coming up against Liquid?
Really confident going into it for sure.
We definitely know we can win.
If we play like how we did today or yesterday,
and you know, we have an entire week of scrims going in.
So we're all, we can win.
We're all very excited to show what we can do against Liquid with all their new additions.
Yeah, I mean you guys definitely looked impressive today in the server and I want to ask one last question
because last time we got to talk to you it was during Stage 1 and it's been sometimes since then.
You're talking about how good the vibes are right now and obviously the meta has changed so much.
I'm curious what cafe was really working on during that pause period during promo relegation as well.
as well ahead of stage two to find like more success because I feel like you guys have
continuously shown how you're growing as a team.
Yeah, we are pretty much a crock pot team I think.
I think last stage and this stage we start really slow and then we cook more and more
and then we start improving.
During the off season was kind of weird.
A lot of us were on vacation so it was pretty hard to get pretty good practice in.
But yeah, we just focusing on trusting each other, trusting the calls that we all make
and then, you know, trusting Astro to come in and play his maps and win them.
So adding Astro during the offseason was really nice for us, you know,
kind of have that more versatility with the ball, with the win stand,
and with someone who's a really good leader.
So that was kind of our main focus during the offseason, was including Astro.
You'll love to hear.
I also always love to hear about, you know, players who are coming into the fray
and able to really help with, like, communication make such a big difference
when someone is vocal in the server.
But congratulations on your first win of stage two here.
and good luck in next week's matchup versus Liquid.
And thank you so much for the interview.
It's a great day, bye.
You too, PDK.
Now, taking a look at these standings here,
Caffe have earned their first win.
I mean, then I'm up into that fifth spot
just on the cusp of things.
It's still an uphill battle here, Jack.
But overall, our standings are starting
to finally take form here in the right Thursday.
Yeah, I, okay.
This is going to sound insane, but if you can buy the first interview with the second interview, they might be cooking Team Liquid next series, you know what I'm saying?
Sugarpree saying, ah, maybe Team Liquid downgraded a little bit and then, you know, PDK saying, no, we're feeling pretty confident, so, hang on a second.
It could be a very close game versus Team Liquid, uh, their next series next week, so, it can happen.
It could. I mean, you never know, right? I think overall, at the same time though,
If Liquid is going back and watching these broadcasts,
they're going to see those interviews
and they might want to clap back.
But before we get into the Liquid matchup
that is going to be coming up later,
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Well, that's we are going to a short break and when we come back
We will be back with the best match of NA for this Sunday. It will be Dallas UL versus team liquid
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Welcome back everyone to OWCSNA. This is an important match up between Team Liquid and
Dallas Fuel for the side of Team Liquid. This is their opportunity to punch their way into
playoffs earlier into the season instead of trying to risk things there in week number
And this squad is one that we've heard a lot about in the interviews thus far Johnny sugar free had a lot to say
PDK as well and it seems like the players are kind of sleeping on this roster. I mean, okay
All right, so this is quite interesting because me going into the stage two. I'm like, okay team liquid
They're probably gonna look into four. So I'm not too worried about that. Okay
I'm worried about how they will perform come stage playoffs in like a couple of weeks
But the players and teams are already like on top of this team like they haven't established a synergy that we want them to
Three yesterday in the interview was like all like there's still
Not yesterday, but he said about oh, they're still like speaking primarily Korean and so like our synergies
No on top of things like they're starting as well. And so so that we're like do mer team liquid here
I'm like just give them a little bit just give them a little bit to get together
get the synergy going they got all the skill required I think attack is a
fantastic tank player and I think they're going to end up a really good
team here but if they end up you know dropping a map here there I'm not too
worried I'm not too worried I'm not gonna freak out so I'm not freaking out
I'm not freaking out he's not freaking out Jack he's not don't worry about it
Johnny's never freaked out on a broadcast before and about prediction
That's a lie.
Never.
Yeah, obviously.
Lying as fast.
That can't be detected.
Yeah, it's okay.
He's up for a stand-up.
So that's the same thing?
No, it's okay.
But it's for Team Liquid, you know.
Even though Johnny's definitely not freaking out right now, they do have an opponent up
against Dallas Fuel, who...
This is also an important matchup.
It might not be one where they're going to punch their way into playoffs, but this is
a team that has had a slow start to this stage after especially that loss up against SSG
I'm going to be on this team.
Even if they start slow, they're
going to make playoffs. Okay.
They're going to be going to a
land. It's just like, oh, it's
killing them on the glory days.
Yeah, 2021 with Michael Owen,
David Beckham. Yes, it's one
loss. Who's counting? It's just
a single one. And SSG look really
good guys. It's all good. I
will be a fuel believer until
they bury me in the ground. I'm
going to be honest. This team,
Michael Owen, David Beckham, yeah most titles of all time or something. I don't even know, I don't keep fighting for winning titles.
And now you're here in 2026 and it's like, tell the grave, bro.
Tell the grave.
You don't see the moments by Edison in 2022? Grand Finals into the BlizzConorita? Come on.
Locked.
Well, not the BlizzConorita, I don't know.
Okay, okay, okay. Enough with the history lesson, boys. Enough with the history lesson. Let's lock it up to take the match up.
We've got Dallas fuel versus team liquid. It's going to be prediction time for us. And guys,
despite what all of the players are saying, I went with liquid on this. I'm still a fan
of the core of this team. I don't know. I attack and it is as well, but I think that like Johnny
was saying a little bit more time to gel. Yeah, I should don't blame you. Um, I think team liquid,
especially with attack, I kind of always rated attack. X element mystic, by the way, Johnny,
Just a minute. Um, O2 blast and yeah, I know and he was unfunded that fanatic roster a few years ago too. Um
They were the best
Um, I don't blame you at all. I think attack and give us they had a lot to kind of build on and
You know, they've had a couple of weeks now, but of course you heard my randus second ago
I'm gonna go with the fuel. It just has to be done
I think this team is gonna make first and I do believe they will have what it takes to make a lan as well
They've not made any changes a straight shot
Yeah, I'm going with Dallas Fuel here as well actually and you know, it's primarily based on like the last few months rather than the last
Week and week and a half essentially. I do think that Dallas Fuel are pretty similar team to team Liquid
I think they both want to invest in like their damage players and maybe put like I don't want to say minimal
Pressure on the objective
But like definitely play more divey and play more like around the angles and such and so you need your damage pair to really
football and those kind of you will stick in place right and I think Dallas fuel they just have the
better synergy when it comes to that they've had more time to gel together the teamwork is going
to be there for like these ball who young kind of compositions right and so I got Dallas fuel in
this one team make would still work and trying to improve with these new additions they got.
You know what I think that's all valid you guys I'm excited to get into this matchup because we're
going to find out if TL will be able to punch their way into playoffs or if fuel is going to be
be able to continue to bounce back. I want to leave you though, but the question for
my fuel voter is here on predictions. I want to know kind of like what you want to see
from you all heading into this game considering their shaky start.
I mean, that is a good question. It is a good question. Ask me some good questions.
I think speed, aggression. Speed! I want to see speed. I want to see speed. I want to
I want to see the Dallas fuel.
No, seriously, I want to see the Dallas fuel play quick.
I want to see them playing.
Kallen on the ball.
I want to see Kallen probably not on the way to my house.
I want to see very quick comps.
I want to see Sheehan being played.
I want to see even like Soju and Tracer like very, very quick comps
because I think one of the best ways you can win against a team
that is still trying to gel together a little bit is play at a tempo.
They're definitely not used to.
I mean, you mentioned it before.
Korean that they've been a little bit busy here there with studies to so this is their time to topple the titans
Yeah, no, I 100% agree with you. That's what I want to see too. And if you haven't played a
Reactionary to the high tempo that the enemy team is bringing
Those unforced errors. They're just gonna keep piling on and I think that's how a team like Dallas fuel here
They get the advantage now dessert saying of course that you know team liquid
They do have a couple of tank players at the disposal, but especially I like the
introduction of attack here on this team. I think this meta kind of suits attack as well and the
more play time you can just get together as a roster, the more beneficial this is going to be.
This is a team liquid roster that isn't necessarily about beating Bell's Fuel in week two, stage two.
This is a team liquid roster that wants to make it to the mid-season championship, which obviously
would be a big thing for them considering they missed out on Champions Clash, but they want to
whatever I'm interested in championship and go for playoffs right and they're
running peak they're running peak pop Winston on a break we are faced you
know he's also faced him deep liquid you see killing so far instant
non of us broke we're just building on oh yeah we're just building on oh on
control around the corner guys don't worry 30% already
We're gonna kill him. We're gonna put up both damage. That's what's important about buddy.
Now you've gotta contest the point though.
They did it, sadly.
Yep, that would have been a good follow-up.
And the bubble's dead, and Kallen's gone.
So, the big problem here is that still,
Shion does a lot of burst damage too.
So Winston, as the patches and the heroes get added,
Winston, man, he needs a little something.
You're really vulnerable.
Slightest boat damage like this, like no armor,
or you're in a tough position, has to drop the bubble defensively.
Terral once got in, BN for Dallas U, Team Liquid, they shouldn't capitalize on the back of this, and they start...
Missed the sleep... Did he miss the day though? Okay, they're actually trading their shions.
Point, not cap either. So this Nano Boost on it, we are building. We're building Nano.
I'm building Nano, guys. Hang on a second, we've got it...
Now, there it is. Nano Boost on TK, TK instantly jumping onto Vega. The boot's just too good though.
One second till jump, shrub the high ground, and Kivis and Vega are safe.
This actually gets anti-nated, but a quick Suzu there that'll laudio to help me out
Sonjin with a lot of damage onto attack, but that nanoboos getting nothing for fuel not even that much space either
We're not a boost cycle through and no one's got the point finally look like
Fire looks like team liquid. We're gonna start the dome. I'm sorry
Oh, the barrage! Oh, the barrage from over the top!
Saundra went to the enemy side mega health back as well to get top back up.
Saundra jumps in, gets a double kill.
Point's gonna get captured in a moment, Johnny, but it's not going away in Team Liquid.
Self-destruct does nothing, and that is Dallas Fuel, earning a primal rage as well.
From Calla, capping the point.
Take it in, enjoy it.
Grigana Winston in 2026.
Peak is absolute peak and what a back and forth from both teams again a moment
We kind of can't forget there's Vegas move on the calendar like that boop single handedly
Kind of defended the team against the entire non-wisdom cycle. It's a great job there
I'll see although they're going to be in control here and once again look for some kind of game
Can I pick a lot of damage? I'll put the bubble defensively again. This is a good chance for team liquid
But all of the chronic comes up superior to Sarah
It's not Tracer Duel anymore, it is going to be Shion Duel from now on.
There's some maps like this with a lot of little hideaways.
Final race for Kellen? Oh, you best believe he's popping it.
Oh, they actually end up using the Scree there too.
So a little bit of an anti-Singee from Kellen and Chronic.
Pinyon potters by Tree, forces Kellen to retreat.
But he's happy with the space that he's gaining.
Now they can just... Oh, join the damage cycle again.
Look at him go the rally.
There's gonna be a Scree coming out on the high ground.
Nice little nano boost onto Kellen but CJ doesn't have fallen down.
Should be Kellen.
He's screwed up.
Oh, he's alright.
Oh, Barley.
Barley is not.
He was... he was...
He was...
He's from the next one.
You can't just tell me he was okay.
Oh, that's...
There's the Riley on the point.
Luca Mito, 150 HP.
Armaville, not Kellen with the kill onto Zera.
That's my breath.
Wow!
Oh, oh!
Kellen!
Oh, oh!
That's such a...
Feed Mito, going to feed.
Yeah.
in the feed drive to hyperdrive or whatever about seven years ago
What what do you miss that phrase what the ventricle it is activate the high
Hyper-high for something. Yeah, I can't remember. That's good. Nice. Nice. It's pretty good. Yeah
Someone needs to stay on top of this bro. Someone needs to remember
Alright, well Vegas now, he won't be remembering too much.
Kallen 2 though, Silver Blitz is back!
Barrage from Saunjian, second time he's done that exact same spot 2, 1, 2, 3.
Self-destruct, OT, Bucks, they should be able to get a remake.
What if Silver's still killed Cerro though?
So, not exactly the easiest fight in the world here to win if your kid is in attack.
And now with Lukamino's shield going fairly low, their job with their main goal here is to keep Fronic alive.
And now Kallen is back in the mix too.
to be able to cycle this point as well. The Dallas Fueler mesh to hold on without giving
over a cast to Team Liquid, finding for three on the staircase, looking for someone to shoot
at, but Dallas Fueler are not going to give them an opportunity. Sanjin in and out takes
a silver bullet, but it is a tack that actually loses mech. Kellen is so close to his primary
range and even a nano booster CJ2, there's so much work that needs to be done here for
team liquid but it is all fuel all day a hundred zero around one such an
impressive round by Dallas fuel making the honor break Winston work in 2026
and the way they just stayed in control of that entire around there's a team
liquid team still trying to find that synergy they're still trying to be on
the same page and Dallas fuel they're just making a fool out of team liquid in
this scenario. The way they stall the point, they wait for the perfect time to engage with
the nonaboos, taking turns chronicling up the clock to there as well, on the she-own
has to be said. That is expertly done by Dallas Fuel on that very round. That's why we cannot
predict them to win, just, of course.
Alright, more Callum Winston, doing the same comp. TP out, and Sanchin back on the farer.
pretty lucky this far just and gain the value that Sanjun's had as well against
double hits get on this point I don't know I guess it's it has it to say they
do the same thing it's gonna be 4 p.m. bro yeah come on man come on I can't speak
I'm gonna peek after you for a bit.
Uhh, do you kill him?
Kill him, dude.
Both of you said, okay, so you didn't time this one.
Yeah, I think so.
Ash just said it's the smog. It's not the smog.
Which one?
It's just how we are.
It's just how we are.
This Johnny's called, really.
Alright, he's older than I am.
Three heads going down to Kellan, though.
They'll jump in again, kinda cycle Kellan's health bar for Oaks charge for CJ.
He doesn't end up getting the bobble down just in time,
and Sonjin comes back with some vengeance, they get down and Zera takes out Sonjin anyways.
Kallen kind of refusing to die here luckily for the Dallas Guild.
He's very close to getting picked off again but CJ taking sure the heal was up there.
Yeah for Team Liquid this is a tough task because you're just under so much pressure at all times
and you're trying to rotate with the Maegrics and the speed from Vega, Inham, they're treated.
We know what it's capable of on this castle and we've seen what the likes of Tapstore
I keep the ball here on this class but it's so difficult to get into the sightlines against a fast composition like this
That was people off playing and now they have a normal boost in and I'm a rage as well
And I'm doing a lot of work in the supplementing fight
Okay, Vegas gonna have to get a bigger boot again
Classic she on playing on the off angle. Oh, I keep his down
Helen had primal but maybe he got
Winston moments and attack slow as well
It shouldn't be too much of a hard-ass to win this fight, but at least she gets out.
And Ciri gets the pick. Attacked out while anti-ed.
Still have to regroup here, though, without you. 50% on the back of that chronic pick.
Who's kind of an asleep agent here.
Just getting a load of work done while all we're talking about is the other heroes in the team here.
What's the capacity for you, Windsor?
Here we go.
There's the bike, and it's all getting eaten right now.
We're calling for suggestions!
past the defense matrix. Oh, it's Vega! Is that another Ajax? Another... another Lucio
Ajax. The exact same spot as we had it yesterday. There's no way it keeps happening. There's no way.
The burst damage is just ridiculous. Like, you can't really anticipate it. In one moment,
you're fine and then you just take a scree to the face and, well, you've Ajaxed. Ah, that's
3 low HP, primal rage, kevin's dropping, oh he's really just doing it to him.
The Dallas Fuel, they end up losing Sonju, they have the barrage but they just need to
kill attack, there's a lot of bodies for the Fuel on the point as well, plus the rally,
I mean what's not to love about their position they're in right now, attacks are already
dead self-destruct meant nothing and I think that is all she wrote Johnny 200 to 0 for the fuel here
a barrage from victory fireworks and isn't even 4th of July yet look at that Daleks fuel the
map win on control dominant so far hanging this Winston composition clicking their opponents up
part that's like what we talked about going into map one like you're just forcing these mistakes
from the enemy team. It's so hard for Team Liquid to keep up with this tempo. Just don't
think these are the kind of compositions that Team Liquid want to be in, in the place like this.
Like I don't want to think that they actually want to slow things down instead, and just like
play Overwatch. I know that kind of sounds silly to just like play Overwatch, but when you have
five team members that doesn't necessarily have the best teamwork, doesn't necessarily have the
best synergy, right? These are still incredibly talented in mid-jals, and so like if they jump
you're going to get the absolute fullest of their potential because they were paying themselves.
They were paying so comfortable playing their own game, right?
When you're kind of like forced to put this teamwork together,
you're kind of like forcing some of these players to be a little bit uncomfortable here as well.
And you're just showing here that like, you know, they're grouping together.
They're not really executing the way they might otherwise do.
It's looking real rough. It's looking rough, Jaws.
Yeah, the nano spree. As soon as
that happened in the Ajax, I
should put in. Yeah, I don't
worry about my credit guys.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it's
copy Johnny. Get exactly what
a fantastic first map. 200 to
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and are playing their game better than they are and obviously integrating your kiddies
and attacking to this line up they're not going to have those same compositions available
to them but it's definitely a team liquid it's kind of like shifting identity a little bit here as
well with some of these roster additions. Could be Ramatra from Infected buying the Sigma which
is kind of annoying to play with around we'll see what uh what the young gun has to say.
So I'm being infected in out for attack as well again it's we're talking about a roster that has
two new players in it right attacking for the tank slot where they want to put them in and then it
kids as well to Korean players that I don't think have been on Western speaking
rosters I do I do know give us played with Jae-hong I think on the old ocean
team yeah um what that was on the side last year oh he was right yeah so he was
on a English speaking team or he's partially English speaking team so
So attack has got a little bit of experience there, but not as much as you'd obviously prefer.
No, and it's also like middle of the night, or like very early morning for these guys.
It's a tough situation for being for both of these players, but now we're just going to
take them to the next year, so we're a bit more familiar with his name.
Chris, 8am in the morning in Korea right now, so that's a chill.
And it's very chill. And 8am Monday, OWCS day. Attack, Kivus.
We're seeing a LEGO Batch here, 4-3.
So it's a kelin end that's going down. This kind of composition is where I think Team Liquid are going to be able to climb,
especially when infected on a Rissa like this.
He is a very vocal player, but also, he's probably not the leader of the team,
the team but almost kind of it is especially being a tank roll too so much
experience of his error and tree it cannot be understated.
Yeah I mean, Factor is a brilliant reason here but I think back a year or two ago we saw a lot of the reason being played in Factor that's kind of a better one scheme for region and I think this is just way more of a comfortable work than it would be.
They're not on the pressure as much, they're largely played in the game.
Reflecting those white kegs might be kind of scary.
Speaking of scary things, Luca Vino's on the wrong end of an execute there.
nice really nice live from team Liquid so far this is looking like a brand new
team already yeah because like again they know how to play these heroes and
they're doing a great job of them so far Dallas Fuel here there's been a bit more
vulnerable composition with this Sariah you have to be very precise with your
Sariah bubble usage here Genji and all our hero with the PPC and Overwatch
It's a balanced fuel that will be forced to adapt to a little bit of stairway for this bashing ult.
So I think that's the issue.
I'm a big fan of these early bashing ults as well, especially since they're high speed on nerf.
See, CJ using that rush on the white please, his team in a good spot to cap.
But team liquid, I think they're still giving as well.
White to the rush, he came out and then, well, we could just get back into this fight with a Wraith.
Hey, no size 2 is gonna be a big one this hypercaland make that a big spear.
I spree damage from Zeratul should be enough to clean up Dallas Fuel.
Yeah, there's... I was a non-point for that, I think it felt like.
Yeah, they really couldn't get through bearings on that first one.
Ain't this a rare composition? I mean, look at Team Liquid, like, they have so much firepower.
Like, if you know it's going to get so much healing off, Kirikou obviously really powerful with the Kitsune Rush.
And then you add a bastion and then the she-on to the mix here
They just got so much going for them as the Dallas people have a real tough time with the walk up here now
If you hold the dragon blade in hand here
That's you're going to get a lot of value out of this dragon blade based on how people is positioned here, but we'll see what something get in store
Yeah, beat blades
I mean you're not killing Zera. He's just gonna hop on the bike reading the dash
There it is. There's the dash already. Oh
Oh, what the execution almost instigated Sonjun too!
He has to get out!
They end up forcing the rush, but...
a rush for a beatblade?
I ain't an economist, Johnny, but that's not good.
Ah...
Just looking at Lutomereo's ultimate percentage here...
That was not easy, right?
The beat did come out.
Don'ts. No.
Really?
Cause Sonjun didn't get the beat, and so...
I was fully locked in on the Genji gameplay, bud.
Yeah, so was I.
Surely that wasn't another Ajax.
Okay, well that will...
Someone in the chat, they actually looked at that, uh, the upper right corner.
Okay, that works.
Good fight skill.
Alright, here's the artillery strike from the Baxchers.
And here comes the spree from Chronic 2.
He's got a bubble attached to him as well.
The reposition is clean from Chronic.
That's two...a furry kills.
Ooh, like, uh, displacing them on Derrick.
That's kind of spicy.
There are things going here for Dallas Fuel.
Showing up big time on the G on here now.
And while Dallas Fuel, they racked up a few ultimates here as well.
You got the Graviton search game, how do you consider rushing?
You can kind of sit back here. No need to force the mistakes earlier.
Just sit back and take the tricky.
That wasn't Ajax. He got stunned.
Yeah, that wasn't Ajax.
Two Rages and one Sombra.
Yeah, correct. We aren't living today, Johnny.
Alright, Zera ends up killing Chronix to start off the fight.
It's healing Liquid, putting themselves in a good spot.
They managed to flank on Dallas Fuel, but Kellen actually catches one straight player being free.
Spreeee used by Zera, in a damage, but no initial kills.
And now the fight can conclude on the point as the rush has been used towards that raid.
Orbital strike a little bit better in this instance here as Kellen, with no bubbles,
is going to struggle to keep himself alive in this point, just settling for some percent on
on the actual capture point itself. There's the blades, reflect damage, I think that might just be a bad hit.
That's actually killing Kivis though and gets away with it.
Alright, 79HP, not enough though to stay alive as that tree kills the Genji and eventually Team Liquid resume control.
There's a lead stagger there as well, onto chronic, now it can push up.
Might give me different scenarios in hand but probably should be able to use it here.
Just poke on the opposition as you try to get this touch in.
I don't know what's going to be able to touch this one, you're in a really bad position, that's good for touching in first place and team Liquid got 2-0 already here in New York City.
Right, well they've got, the thing is though team Liquid, they do have a rush here too, so there's even a really good opportunity to just win this first fight.
It's going to be a rush versus Ray fight again, but Lukimino is, what, 5% away? They need to take poke damage, that's probably what they're calling for right now.
around the point on locking here. I'm a little bit worried about the control on the high ground here.
Kela takes a bit of damage, force to use the bubble of rain and keep liquid, I'm going to be in good position here.
Dallas Fuel, I'm going to go for a bit of a play here, touching the point and then trying to slam something in the back.
Well there is the rush to make life a little bit of a living hell here for the Dallas Fuel.
There's a cap 40, liquid 2. I'm surprised we could be there, it's not popping the rain.
Okay, well, this seems like the end of the game.
Infected, picking up that shield perk.
That is a wide plasma screen TV on the point.
And it's not going to do too much for Infected.
He's not even standing behind it right now.
And with the other two right,
with the spree in the small corridor as well,
not exactly where you want to be.
And with an additional, like, flanker too,
in Sonju playing the Genji,
those kills are almost instant.
Yeah, that's not the pace you want to find yourself in.
I guess the spree itself, that was fueled.
will now get taken off to the point here. I mean the Kitsudorosh left begging
there a little bit more tiddies. The appropriate value to look at close to
back off. Essentially what else Orbert already came up and that can be one of
those mistakes that can happen based on communication. I'll put a clicking
together and now Team Liquid forced the fight back in this one. But this is going
to be a advantaged Galax Fuel here. So building towards a Sprag of Late Hand.
3, 4, 0, Springy versus the Blade.
Well, it's also a Graviton surge as well.
There's the Spring Blade from Sonjun,
but down to a 16 XP and has nowhere to go.
The Graviton is first from Kellen.
Ends up picking up both supports.
So 3D3, no heals between Liquid though,
so they're just fighting a little bit on the disadvantage side,
only a little bit.
CJ just pumping out the heals on Kellen,
basically a DPS himself at this point. Nice cap for Dallas Fuel. That doesn't end the map here.
They bring it up to two to one. Yeah, note how early Kim Liquid had to use those
ultimates because of the aggression coming out from Sunjinder. Dallas Fuel were pretty
comfortable throughout that entire teamfight. They're going to pick up a point here onto
Newjunk City. See what I have to fix in Russian Hand here as well. They've already started
dealing with some momentum with this sorry, I gained the composition here.
Alright. Don't hate it. Yeah, I'm surprised we're seeing Genji stick on for this long
turn. With how aggressive he's being, I mean, you're getting the reset so fast. Tree with
a high noon. Oh, he's dragging that Genji, the bubble, the deflect. That's a lot of damage
on Kellin. Can they collapse? That was the question. Seraph's already down though, so
The ability to do that, not quite as prominent as they wanted it.
Hellen is fairly low again, but there's sustain here, there's support from the tower,
he's still keeping every stone top.
And here's the orbital ray, to supplement their healing and damage.
Should be a fairly trivial fight, but it, and it is.
Yeah, 5 vs 4, in the end they're as well, because Chronic got to get a Cera, so...
Can't underestimate the impact that Chronic is having as well on this hero.
We talked about the Chronic Freya before, well...
Chronic, holding up his end of the bargain on this new hero.
here as well in the very first week it's available in the old Bits yes
and as you continue to build percentage of this time around in liquid i actually had any goal
with that there was an initial couple of bounds here they're actually going to have the advantage
going into this next one added the paid available again from the fund in oh that's
it's gonna use the spray in this room really really early i mean you're trying to put team
liquid on last fight territory. There's a grab, a blade for the Dallas Fuel.
Team Liquid have to regain position in this small room, they have to regain their health,
so last fight, just got that one off.
Yeah, it's effective combo as well.
That'll be a loud combo after.
Oh, Saunchin, the naked blade, actually killing three. It's a two to two on this map.
I mean, Team Liquid don't win this fight at all. They're scaps to the full wins.
There's too many bodies for the Dallas Fuel. That's two and two.
is Team Liquid losing their way on this map? Yeah they really are and Dallas
feel like they might be comfortable so far with the aggression they're showing here.
They've been remaining in control of the objective as well in Liquid.
Haven't been in a good position and now we see the hero. Oh here it is Johnny.
Here it is indeed but I think this is a really tough spot to be infected here now.
Look, Reinhardt, a bit of a sleeper pick, a bit better than people give Reinhardt credit for, but against a Shion and a Genji, I think it's going to be done.
They do just be running past him, Johnny, I hate to break it to you.
Three's already dead, the execute's good, there is the spree, does connect with Sondra eventually. Good tracking there by Zera.
Who's been looking really good for my skills today?
This doesn't look like I'm going down though, but a nice right click from Zera taking over the fight to say less Johnny.
This is the Dallas Fuel not able to deal with this right seal either.
In fact, they're basically just still at the point the entire time waiting for people to scatter away from Zera and then picking up damage.
Yeah, if you just protect the President, in this case, tree on this basket,
You're going to have a pretty good time actually, you can see here the shield being taken advantage of here as well
Trying to set up your Bastion. This is good stuff here, now 14 Liquid
The runner shield is actually making the difference here in this one
The plastic jump forward, fire strike jump forward and then your TPS to the rest, there you go
It's DERROR!
There it is, it's an A-T
And the shield, can't get caught out though, there's no real ults to do that
Look at me, there's one who used Ray that far already
I mean if you want to get on top of the bastion you're also getting on top of the wire which has a big axe to swing at you
So
It's a scary place to be in if you balance fueler. They have to open the bay, but backs just won
Oh, is there a funny pig on the bike?
There's the screen
It was a little bit opposition to be honest with you
I mean there are and treated with the same thing, but the better if that trade is gonna get I mean
pushing Xero away, getting down to 1 HP. Team Liquid can reset, they've got
99%. And that leaves the Campania a bit more patient here. Infected though,
nothing quite low. Shatter in 10% as well.
Sunjin needs help though before he can go into the game. It's going to have to pop it though,
because Nukulee has already gone down, trade to the Bastion, he goes though, a little reset as well.
With the help of Chronic, he ends up picking up the kill on the Bastion.
The one who hits the Shatter, and it hits one, Johnny, but Sera's able to actually clean people up.
Infected is just hitting the biggest Shatter to maybe secure this round, and the map.
Over time, where's the touch? Cat on the point.
LukaVino, he's gonna have to get back again. Oh, he's got him!
He's gonna be able to survive for a little bit longer here, then she picks out the skies by infecting with that fire strike.
Chronic goes down as well. The Shatter that only hit one was actually what did it? Team Liquid
almost get reverse sweep, but deny it from the Dallas Fuel. It's highest up. What a piece in the series.
Hey now. Hey now. Don't sleep on the Winston. Don't sleep on the Reinhardt.
The value was there in the end for infected.
Grab the Urshatter, but also the Charge Kill at the back of that and those two picks alone are going to be the difference
your 14 liquid who looked like they were struggling at one point in that new
dark city. It looked like it was all over until infected
made a crucial swap over to the Reinhardt. So
always trust in the Reinhardt players here, Dross. Yeah, he's pretty rectangular.
He does a good job of standing on the point and then you know hitting a big
shadow to actually win the game. That was all in the map.
I mean, you know, you don't think about that much, you'll have to adjust a little bit.
They were like, whoa, there's a Reinhardt in the battlefield and the first couple
fights were real tough for them. I mean, CJ even dropped a Kitsune
Thank you very much.
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and the wrecking ball on this map, big target ban.
Yeah, look in general, I think Haster has seen a bit of a rise in playtime, just a good brawler
in general, previously also was used for some of that brawling effectiveness, but also being
good against a hero like Symmetra especially in EVA right and so now we're seeing it picking away
here it still enables some of the play like you said on a band though that's the more impactful one
on a map like LoL
oh no i don't want to get on a brick winston
i mean for all i care like we'll see death back at fashion right yeah it is 236
It is. It is the big 26.
A whole lot more heroes than just Ana Brig.
Flex player, flex, old flex support players shaking their fists.
Like why can't I just play Ana every single time that guy.
The future is now old now.
The future is now. We have Bastions flying through the air with a
over the past years flying through the air I think I said it's every stream but
showed that screenshot show a screenshot of two fashions being suspended
mid-air by the cat to someone playing in 2016 they would have a heart attack I
think I don't even know like we obviously have to step up like the
technological advancements as we go in a word so I don't even know like five
years do we go to like a hero like like transplants on the reality and then
They're just on a different path at the same time or something.
You're in a different path.
Yeah, look, I don't know where we're at, so don't forget.
There is definitely a game that does that.
That is... yeah.
I mean, you've picked up people in the air.
That's quite literally a domain expansion.
Like... like where do we go from here?
We started with a guy that's...
one of his abilities is that he can run.
And now we have...
a person that jumps on a bike.
Yeah, Lucio is a DJ.
Dude, that's so true.
And he's still one of the best heroes, which is kind of insane.
Lucy also.
Oh, you got your wish, Johnny.
Bastion Cat. Cat Bastion.
Yeah, look, if the defense rolled out with Winston on a break,
and before the enemy got pan, and then the enemy team just
hours ago, get Bastion against the on a break, look.
I mean, it's too good a call.
Yeah.
Too good?
Well, they are playing the Winston to no one's surprise,
But it will be CJ on Kiri and then Alari for Luke Mio.
Ronin's got to make up his mind.
Yeah, I was thinking, like...
So she's really good, they're gonna be around against the Arissa, but I still think...
She's so strong.
And well, okay.
Pay some point there, she owns a really good one-shot form.
She's pretty good here as well.
It's going to be difficult to dislodge this, Orisa.
So you almost have to play the other kind of game here.
They just take you to the bathroom your other way.
So you can get on the ultimate hero here.
Because infected, excuse me for doing this.
Oh my...
Why? Are you serious?
That's not what I should do.
Why literally XQ, that is...
That's pretty good.
I just don't think...
Tracer right now...
Oh, what a sight.
Good...
Who needs to damage that to kill him and everyone.
I just don't think the tracer right now is actually good enough against if she owns on the field
I'm gonna be honest it it feels so tough to play cuz the she owns
Kind of she's kind of located the same place you are like on an off angle on a flank
It's very tough work for Sonja there. I
Mean your timing has to be impeccable
Because so you need to get your burst in before the enemy team does and then they also have the bash with your very
Connecting like pictures
All right
Oh, the Bastion! Yes! Connects it with the roof!
It's the Bastion, but it's just so healthy though.
It didn't actually connect with the cat.
If that connected with cat, there's probably a double kill.
There's gonna be artillery charge on the floor.
That's a lot of damage, as you can see.
Bike kill onto CJ, and in fact it goes down to a bike.
This bike kills on either side of things.
Kellenbrook, the Primal Rage.
Future is now, old man.
We're killing people with bikes.
I feel four minutes and 25 seconds at the time
Yeah, I'm still going at it with you good old faithful Winston
And he's been around since 2016 the most honest the hero in the game
There he is, Winston is honest, everybody knows him.
Stonjin don't step too close to the jaws of the beast.
Oh, waiting for Zera Orphan to get a pig sent to bite him.
Getting poked quite heavily by Lukamino, mind you.
This leaping from Kalin is a death sentence, especially with the Cassie and the Brig up here.
But Zera gets scuffed by something.
Okay, a little bit of come-up in there, as that spree ends up getting halted by the Intergranae,
but that's Blur's damage to end up eliminating Killis.
Just a quick moment, right, that post-pom.
Still going to do a lot of damage, as Sera found out just then.
This has been Dallas' few open with the economy, kind of chunked down now from all this progress
they've made on Team Liquid.
I would open up to here to turn things back around
Still don't make this record or composition. It's difficult. You need a good setup
There you go, they used to spray up onto the high grounds. No many hit markers coming in though
Let me scale a little bit of that captive son doing so much
Can't get away from the high noon though too high up in the air even the outburst unable to propel them to cover to safety
I said three now have to kind of dance with this bubble shooting majority of it
But it's only they got the point good sushi from kids to keep a grow live
But on enough as chronic execute another three kills in fact for the seon in this fight almost making it a four
Can he get another one? He caught three as well and give us
What it can't be doing more than this is there a end to coming back on the shield like killing chronic
But the rush to the Dallas Fuel, it should be enough damning, if you imagine, the cat scratches the goon as CJ gets another, this fight is ridiculous!
A rally for Vega, a lot of over health being built up now as well as a lot of armor as well for the Brig, and that fight is the Dallas Fuel having to bow out!
Oh, they really thought they could clutch things up with the Kitsune rush, and now they think better of it.
Engage from Kelan, it's got from a rage!
How does he keep doing this?
Emergency deployment of vines there for infected, hoping no one can kind of touch the point,
but everybody's ignoring infected right now.
Straight on the ignore list.
There's the rest of Team Liquid picked up on SalusFuel with a cap.
I'm pointing.
Veteran moved from Challenger as well, deciding against, engaging against the rally, took
a moment to regroup with the rest of the team, and then solidified things with Chronix damage
I'll put on this she on together with Winston
Dallas you they've been running supreme so far these first couple of points, but
Besides his corridors in liquid now playing the Orisa here. It might have
a decent opportunity to stall with theses and zero-kicks himself with that
Do we get in pics or you're getting pics? You're thinking if you're the she on right now. That's true
Yeah, it's true for actual truth
I think it is the highest value pick I'd argue there obviously supports are probably high you could argue
But if you pick a machine on that is so much damage down and so much
So much big potential
Whoa, what was that?
Look at me though
Yeah
50 HP or something like that
There he goes for the catapult
Bravery
He's uh
And then I was down to 50 health I was like
Oh you get away
And he does you know, it's a winston. It's it's it's a tough go
Yeah, I bet in fact it was happy to be on this point three against the Winston
Comp who's yeah you can take high ground for that actually gonna keep up the
point it's just so difficult. Well there's the spree series is an escape
for at least half of it to get out of the way of some damage get them pops the
primary right now it's there a 1 HP there you go snipe by Luke Amino. Kellen though
the chains actually connect holding him in place on the high ground and he just
turns into a pinkish it. I mean the damage output was just insane. There's no way
Kallin could have predicted the amount of damage that was from this way there.
And so on the back of that team liquid they cannot hold on for now. They got a
Sanctuary as well coming up on a Q2 rush. It has been that star with defense for
them on this composition so far and that was cute. Left looking for answers.
Time's ticking too. Only 30 seconds remaining now.
That just out-of-vailing 10%
Kasuni rushed to gain some space
The steak with the high noon into the Suzu
Saves everybody in that small corridor
There is the...
I don't know if I can cap you son over the top
This actually is gonna come out though so
Lukimilo actually connects to somebody but
It doesn't result in anything
The Dallas Fuel have got this payload 3 meters before the finish line
But we 10 seconds to go with no ult
It's a hard 4 arse to actually cap this point
Kellen jumps to the goal
And oh they get the cap!
OOOH!
What, it gets two kills to the very end.
But, Infective gave up the position on the point to try and get a kill in the backline.
You saw him jump onto the cart, get over the high ground,
and leaves a gap for Infected to- sorry, uh, Kellen to get on the point,
get teleported to, healed up, and then capped with seven seconds to go.
Yeah, this is the previous play right here with Kellan.
He got chunked down real quickly in that primal rage.
Maybe we'll get a replay of those final seconds there as well.
That was few. They just capitalized immediately on the back of Team Liquid's slightly less mobile composition deciding to go for one of those plays.
What a day.
What a day of Overwatch.
What a day of Overwatch.
Oh something's on the echo. Wait a second here. Two shields?
One of the better copies you'd say. Yeah. You hit one right click you get a
free ult. Even echo is like old technology at this point. It's like oh
you hover in the air that's cool it was released everybody was like she can copy
anybody I think oh well they've looked at it for defense so yeah have fun taking a
a billion damage and being the old battery for the entire team this seems a
little too devious in my books but it does stop Kellan from juggling the payload
exactly I see I see the vision let's see about the execution
well I'm coping about the mission
You've been coped all day, but honestly, I love copes. It's the best, so what do you say?
Oh, look at me now, it's got to kill him till there you go. Are you going to win against this Shion? Yes, you are, especially with another support backing you up. Nice little studio.
And TP. Ah, the classic, everybody ignore the hog, we kill the entire team and then we'll kill Hog. Perfect. Perfectly executed.
Yeah, I'm gonna swap you.
That's being infected, Beaver. Okay, well...
Suddenly an echo looks real good in here.
Look at the faulty there.
Especially in the Roadhog. A duplication to 85% from Saunchen.
Have you ever seen an addupican?
No, I don't think. Well, first, you know, unless, unless career, we'll see. We'll see if
he has an issue there, didn't it? Yeah. Tidal Blast and kill him. What a whipshot. Nice.
Blade from Vagan. Still gonna lose mech from Intake to Thoto. That's kind of sad. Brings
a tear to your eye. That one is the time bank is just, oh, it's a grueling affair right
right now. This is kind of what we expected when Dallas Fuel took us through the road.
At the end of the day, this high ground superiority, the way they're executing on this map, picking
up all your attention. This is kind of what we had in mind, of course.
I think it's not with the team right now. I'm Kallen's Primal Rage. Yeah, okay. Well,
It's over. Uh, I'm taking a one. It could look mean over. This is Kellan on Winston, so he'd I say more
And they're gonna say
Johnny I am not optimistic right now
I'm gonna keep it Frank
Okay, I uh, I
Wouldn't say that's too hot to but take I'd say based on the first three minutes
That's a fair assessment that it's not going well for them.
Alright, taking the elevator up to the high ground.
Almost instant kill on the cj there and double Winston and no Shion just yet.
But, in fact, both Shion's actually trading at the ultimate.
And then Kellen kills Vega on the point.
Two Winston's, more than enough to handle this fight.
And another stagger onto the babygeek as well.
This might just be actually, because Effective's not going to be able to jump off the map at any stress of the imagination.
Okay, until getting killed, you could probably could have staggered out a little bit longer there if you're at Dallas Fuel,
but with 30 seconds in the time bank remaining, a rally in a high noon is all that Team Liquid can muster now.
Yeah, and they're going to have to put Tree in a position to succeed here, but Jalan's licking his lips, playing this Winston,
playing this Winston and you got a Kitsune or Shinkhander for like 15 seconds to go.
You're not going to wrap around these very close quarters but Dallas Fuel they got full
control of their positions so far.
Alright, we're going to get some high ground here at least, infected.
Galastia on a double go.
Okay, Logs Grees on heights, there's the rally but Dallas Fuel, okay.
Don't give them an inch.
They're going to be using this rush too and all chronic players to pick onto Seraph.
Both Tion's now down, or balanced game of Overwatch in session now.
Infected, self-destruct, it's the remake.
Okay, does nice to get it luckily.
Sonsha, you're building up towards this duplicate as well, but this is the big challenge they're going to have to overcome right now if you're doing liquid.
This title blast.
It's a good bit of defense here, but now Vega is isolated from the rest of the team, and Fuel looking like they want to collapse.
A good bit of damage onto Sonsha though, actually makes sure Vega can escape alive.
No overstaying is welcome there, as Vega makes his way back to the rest of the team, helping Abyss keep everybody topped up.
Primal Rage from Kellan immediately winched on it away, but now the rush from Team Liquid can turn the tide to this fight.
Sonjourn with a copy on the winstone, but it is Kellan with the Primal Rage that is just going to sing for the rest of this map.
Dallas Fuel full-hold Team Liquid on Dorado and fine match point.
They're looking so dominant on this dive composition and I don't even think there's anything Vega could have done differently on the break there.
The way Vega tried to just move Kellan away using the whip of the break, tried to make space for the rest of his team but it just was not to be Kellan 34 and 2.
Oh this dominant way of showing.
16k damage as well on the Winston.
It's really one of the best to ever do it on Winston. He's up there at this point, Johnny.
You gotta give it to him.
The dive possibilities with Kalan is crazy. And then the fact that Kalan's able to pick
up the likes of the Sigma as well, flexing the hero pool so you don't necessarily need
to sub in a different player, you can't do it all.
It's such a rock to have on your roster. And well, 226 does not matter. This guy continues
to just pound on the Winston. It's crazy.
Here's Overwatch's strongest main tank player
who only plays like Winston a ball. Like I will play Winston every chance I get
no matter if it's meta or not. I mean this is what every
tank player dreams of when they look into right.
That they're gonna pick Winston and do this. What kind of story to the opposition.
Yeah the fact is it's just so difficult that it just never ends up being that way
And so you just end up getting picked to pieces, for the most part.
And so, the fact that Keanu is able to pull this off against a team like Liquid,
who are still adjusting to two new players being picked up to retain,
I still think it's mightily impressive that he's able to do it.
I think keeping infected in is probably going to be the best course of action though,
going later into the series. Obviously map number four on the cards in a second.
But do you realistically see the attack coming back in?
You still need to play a hybrid here and a push.
so where do you like where do you start attacking now because I think both
those game types you could play infected I don't think there's much need for
attack here if you want to be able to clutch out a win I well okay we're going
to Hollywood wow you get to see Hollywood they're banning Winston I assume yeah
yeah definitely banning Winston here I mean I think that I actually think that
attack is like the worst solid of the two in terms of like how the hero pool
fits suits the meta right now. I do think that infected better tank all
nijan city I do think as well like what we just saw you know the rado that's
kind of like we're infected shouldn't theoretically have a better time playing
some of those dive heroes but I think attacking in general with attack what he
offers in terms of your pool it's just more consistent yeah like I said
earlier like I think it's crucial to get more playing time with the pack just to learn how
to start playing the game and how to become a good player.
Okay attacks back in, infected out. We're going to Hollywood, they're going to Van Winston
and attacks going to play Diva. He's an offside player traditionally so that's my line of thinking
Johnny let's take a peek. Would you look at that easiest prediction of my career bro?
I'll let you have it. I'll let you have it. Thanks man.
predicted it it happened you saw it come yep every so that one coming I think
this is going to be quite interesting we'll be playing ball yeah I could
actually see maybe a little bit of signal we can take your place here just
kind of like to play as five try to get the high ground here actually I'm not
even going to make general broad statements here because the points play
so differently that is quite obvious that you're not going to be able to play
one style across all of them here but I do think that you don't necessarily have to stick to like
a dive approach here like you did back in the day. Back in the day. Yeah Hollywood's not a popular
map to pick. Even Numbani at this point I think has a higher pick rate than Hollywood. Yeah.
It's got to be man. It's got to be. They've got to get me in the lab with some of these maps,
map selection for the stages you've got to get me get me in there to cook I've
got some ideas what do you mean you've got some ideas I got some ideas we're
going a full dive this is like one of the best maples we've ever had and
you're like you're gonna cook I don't have sorry I love your body he's gonna
It's good. I don't we got kings in there. Every loves kings. We've got
Yeah, I was joking obviously I was joking no one's
Some people
You know what I have I have insane flashbacks to Vancouver Titans
sugar-free junk town when they were playing they were playing with a
bacon on that map I don't know I don't see it bro we're going all the way
back I I can't I can't bring off the memory here also a quick a little we
We are going to get into this map in just a moment, uh, Vegas in the bathroom.
So we're going to wait for him.
Well, okay, okay, I'm going to check as well because now you're making me doubt myself
and I feel horrible.
No.
He goes to the back.
He returns in 2022.
In 2023.
Sorry, uh, 2023.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I had, uh, yeah, because that was just O4 state to you as well.
Everybody was caught up in the go.
And he kind of is the go, honestly.
What a guy on the stage.
One of my players in North America.
Yeah, I mean it was a crazy finder.
Cause we got like croaker and sugarpink.
Oh, what a sort of like motivational talents.
What a year.
Okay, the Vancouver Titans squad in 23.
Not the hottest one.
Fuck. It was proper.
I mean how that hits a promotion going on.
Remember that?
Oh, don't you worry. Everybody remembers the breadsticks, buddy.
the breadsticks the breadsticks all right okay we're in it
kellen on the sigma saunshin pivoting back onto the the farah i i am really
starting to walk to this cop with the farah and the shea
yeah look this is kind of what i called out at the uh at the offset here i
think this first point you get the misuki combined with the sigma it's just
so powerful at holding these type of angles. I think that Xion as well operates really well here
around these kind of like up angles and go for some of those bursty plays. This is kind of what
I meant that I don't think Hollywood is a map where you necessarily need a tracer anymore. It
used to be the time where like always needed a tracer player here to kind of unlock Hollywood,
but that's not really the case anymore, especially with Xion now and the next.
Big first damage as well.
Coming through to Dallas Fuel.
We see how Chronic ends up kind of holding.
Ideally in my mind you're obviously playing Streetside, you're playing on the side ground,
make sure no one sticks on top of you, and then going for some big right click.
But if you're a birdseed to survive up there, it can be a little tough.
You're almost relying on Sondren also holding it with you.
on the other side Sarah's gonna do exactly this. It's gonna get rocked with a good little
boot from Sgt. 2 to space the movement and kill some kiddies.
If this from 19 just buy time for the damage pairs, that's all you need to think about.
It's all that a small deal. There's certain individuals killed in the team but also
some so-versed counter-attacks and some other styles.
Yeah? There's some cheeky poke right there.
Attack. You're actually getting up to a point where you can stand on the point and kind of contest. It's also really tough.
Because ideally with the sitcoms you're always going to go quick with the speed ring. You're going to get on top of Callum, but Callum can just walk back.
And he's also got a flux. He's already at, what, 92%?
Vega dies to chronic on an off angle. Escapes with 19 HP in style on the bike.
Oh.
Alright.
Yeah, this is so difficult because
if you're team liquid, you almost wanna play like up tempo.
Like you wanna up the pace here in a scenario like this, so
you can maybe put in really like a position to succeed here.
But the thing is, if you expend valuable kind of abilities and resources here
to get somewhere on the map,
now those people are quite happy just sitting back and poking,
they got the farad just like delivering rockets, you know, counts bomb upon something, they have so many
ultimates already here, really close spots for Lithium to be in here, not mirroring this and
instead trying to force us from up and reach for it the way it is.
Tuzu rush on the corner, exactly what's gonna happen but the Sanctuary into coming in so
an attack just punching into a brick wall at this point is gonna get changed, jumps into the Sanctuary as well.
There's a bit of a throw down with Kel'em but that blocks in the small room, they have to kill
kill Kalimba at this point, because the attack should take so much damage, force the pop-hole,
and now the spree too!
It's coming in from Xerah!
Lukamino dead!
And that's how you want to play that, if you're Team Liquid, you want to go fast, Johnny.
You called that like 10 seconds ago, get in there with the speed ring, force the Dallas
field back, and then just pop all the AOE.
Three and a half minutes in the time bank, Team Liquid, get the payload going.
Is the attack going to change?
Yes, over Steva.
No shock there.
yeah just use all the pace possible and then deploy all the alternates
the annihilation come in really close there as well
so powerful at holding that objective as well
that's not all
that's not all
that's not all
yeah the challenge is don't stop here for team Liquid
because at the end of the day Dallas Fuel
they have so much token for them
and I was going to anchor this payload
probably suits 8B
and then team Liquid it's just an uphill battle trying to play this gas here
play this Gaskier. Yeah, surviving the poke really tough, Team Liquid's objective, gets the lift,
get up, and then force Pelon out of position. Meanwhile, someone touches the payload, so
you're going to be pushing it up. Yeah, is there a nice to find a pick, though?
That's how you open these fights up.
All this damage is going to be in the right place for them to come through, so right now,
Oh, there goes the pike! And there goes the tree.
Yeah, and that's a danger to Forbidden Eever.
If you end up getting on that high ground, you're going to get instantly dropped, and the burst damage.
Pharah, Lukmino, even on the Wu Yang, like, it's a lot.
Oh, sir, this is going to suck.
But it is a lot, so the D.Va's life is honestly quite miserable.
Yeah, it's ridiculously hard, because at the end of the day,
at the end of the day, like, one of the best ways to kind of force Dallas Fuel's movement
is to pressure this cart, but at the same time, that gives them, like, overhead control
here and they can kind of collapse onto the back line whenever they need be.
At the same time, like, you can't really contest the high ground as well here.
See now, it's stepping up there.
It's getting so close, you know, it's already mad.
See you!
Come on.
This is why I think that some teams don't pick Hollywood, though.
straight up because you can just like get held like this and it feels like I
don't want to say pointless but like it's so difficult to get back the
momentum here on the attack that I generally think some of these games are
like this is not like a fun way to settle the series because there's the series on
the line right here and they just can't go back. We saw this with
Tristan Mines as well. Tristan Mines pick Hollywood and they just got held in this choke point.
It's just not a fun way to go out. You can get yourself a better chance on the
maps gonna just wake me up then this hell ends or my team liquidate just then
they'll get out of this and attacks trying to build neck up you I think you
just I think you just swap at this point you can't be messing around yeah you
have to 40 seconds to go Darsfield with five alts this is purgatory right now
for them it's this feels terrible to watch even you're like oh this feels so
You just feel bad. It's like a second hell.
Wait, that's an opening actually.
Well, they actually ended up trading. They did end up trading a kill.
Okay, Kellen's still got the flood.
Hold on, just in case, everybody.
There's going to be all around this high ground as well.
Spree into the tidal blast too.
And then Spree up with the high ground from Zera.
He's trying to 1v1 Kellen in the air.
Attack into moose, Meg make it down as well.
Good sooner as for CJ. 5 seconds to go.
Purbatory.
Team Liquid know it. First hand experience, Johnny.
It's gonna be the whole here for the Dallas feelers. They just collect a few more bodies
This second point push is just not it
It's not the thing worse than death
It's it's brutal it's tough like the only thing you can say here Jaws is that
At least you have a decent opportunity to kind of hold the other team back, right?
give yourself a good opportunity on first point to play something similar and
then you get to hold that choke of your own on defense here and while it feels
real bad looking at the score of 1.58 meters like realistically those are
two really difficult chokes to kind of win that in this day and age of
Overwatch and so the scoreboard looks terrible feels terrible but you got you
you got a good chance on defense here to hold both of those short cuts.
Can they replicate this?
Oh, Attack Rocking the SF Shock.
Home colors there.
He never forgets an evil lie.
Well, he played for some of these short cuts.
Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
Got the connection.
Yes, sir
Okay
That was feel as a tap
So we're gonna be seeing Kevin on the Sigma again
So it's just gonna be a Sigma versus Sigma instead of this Ram that attack was running on his attack attack. It's out. Oh my goodness
We don't I'm not committed
the liquid
Matchup last week between the Kiwi and
Kiwi, Kivis, PDK, and PGE, Raleigha.
It's crazy.
It's crazy.
Alright, what you got for us, in fact? Let's have a little look.
Saundra's going to try and find an off-angle again, and this is going to be the big challenge.
Not dying to Saundra and Sonic on an off-angle,
because they will be trying to pump a flank around them like a health pack.
That's exactly what they're going to do.
and still booting the Kiriko, and that's already Xerath actually just bashing away,
forgiving a lot of that space, paying a lot of respect to this pharaoh.
Yeah, Dallas Fuel is actually investing private resources on this off angle,
because he multiple players are protesting here now.
Does he realize the importance of voting this one?
Actually, he's protesting that one quite a bit here, but see what's going to withdraw here,
and now Dallas Fuel is taking this angle!
Yes, there is just out. I don't know where he was going. He's pick up milk or something.
I'm not sure. He just left and his rest of his team just died on the off angle.
I mean, something called to him. So that looked real weird to us here on the broadcast.
Who was on the phone? Winston?
Who was on the phone?
It looked real awkward to us here on the broadcast, but definitely obviously a good reason why he decided to rotate away from that corner.
but it did allow Dallas Fuel right.
It cannot take control of that entire off angle
and as such, kill and fight opening pick there.
So I'm just actually going over to the tracer,
just saying like, okay, tracer,
still really good on this point, we need it.
And now they finally already become the zero.
Now this is where the series falls to you, falls apart.
Falls apart, Johnny.
I think Dallas Fuel have it together,
Team Liquid not so much.
Living up to their name right now, being a fluid.
Let's see if Dallas Fuel, even with just a rush,
I think they might be able to win this,
But Kellen's also got a flux to kind of back him up on that one tree on the ass
You know what don't hate it especially on this point especially defending in this section as well
Well, there's the spree as well from chronic hiding behind the car
I still got an extra dash to get up to this high ground with the flock. Oh, gosh like I was well
What a beautiful little bit of move for their
Kellen slam back attack to the ground
Unfortunately purgatory is where you will lay team liquid Dallas fuel
will dominate Hollywood, not even close, has a 3-1 to finish up the series as Dallas
Fuel find their second win in stage 2.
They get it down on the dive compositions and they get it done on the SEMA compositions.
This is a well-oiled machine.
Dallas Fuel, no pun if I look at it, they are looking mighty strong and earlier today
I did say that you know as a street, they look like a top dog here in North America
and obviously the street took
down those few last week already.
By looking at the performance we
saw from them today. I don't
think there's any doubt that
there's still going to be a force
to be reckoned with at the later
stages of stage two here as we
drive closer to the playoffs as
well. Yeah, I mean, we're
halfway through right week two
indeed more than. More than
Hicks or worth of hair that is left on Kellen's head.
Does that rock like scrape?
So, well, I guess Sigma's kind of bald,
but you get what I mean.
That was ridiculous to me.
It was ridiculous.
I don't even know what's going on here.
I know.
I just like doing it to himself,
like we're watching highlights and Jack just in person
by himself watching the highlight reel.
It's just, you know, gesturing.
Yeah, we love that about you.
We do love that about you.
We love an animated play-by-play.
It wouldn't be exciting without that.
But overall, I think that this is an interesting series
and big congratulations here to Dallas Fuel
for taking the win.
Overall though, it was definitely tough.
I think we saw some of those glimmerers
really in there from Team Liquid.
They managed to take a map off of DEF.
But taking a look at this overarching series here, Johnny,
I think that these are great adjustments
from the side of Dallas Hewlett compared to what we were seeing at the beginning of this stage.
They're still leaning into a lot of their double-flex backlines, though,
and the Dallas Hewlett identity that they showed us, I guess, in stage one was a couple of times.
Yeah, look, I think this team is just so refined.
They look so good, and they feel confident to adapt in the moment here as well,
playing multiple different compositions.
This is what a team looks like when they've had months of practice together and they've really established what their identities and what their hero pools are and how they get the most out of each other.
And on the other hand, like this is a team liquid team that is still up to at least picking up two new players, you know, maybe struggling with a little bit of communication as well.
And so I'm not freaking out. I'm not freaking out. I'm not freaking out about team liquid here. That really is a dominant showing right now.
Nobody's freaking out. Nobody's freaking out.
Nobody's freaking out.
Unfortunately, though, since Team Liquid did not win this series, Jack, that means that
they haven't yet to secure their playoff spot and still up for grabs here in NA.
Yeah, both of them now staying at 2-1 with a map dip of 2.
I mean, okay.
Brothers in arms, hopefully, as they make their way towards the playoffs.
It feels more than likely that both of them will, even with Team Liquid having a lackluster
second half of that series.
I think the Dallas feel a small hiccup maybe with that loss they look on for and I can I don't really see a
World where they don't continue to look on for the rest of the stage
Hey, that's understandable
I think that I definitely have to agree with you on that
But we do have an interview now with chronic unfortunately no camera, but we do have his voice on deck
chronic
Congratulations for your win here today and also stopping, you know
It seemed like wood from securing their playoff spot a little bit earlier
But I wanted to kind of get a bit of a temporary check from you from week one
What was Dallas fuel working on going into a competition with how quickly this season?
You know kind of moves and then also with the patch notes that came in midweek
Yeah, I think a big thing was a during week one
We were kind of like I wouldn't say in a slump, but like we didn't have a lot of practice. We were playing pretty sloppy
I think like hitting the patch hitting and having like a reset and things especially with the new hero was she on um
I think it really really helped like set us back on track and really like let us play around game. I
Didn't want to say because I harken back to your
Freya performance like when Freya was just released and it was permanent and you were the best Freya in NA
Do you think you could be the best year on the ANNA?
Yeah, 100%.
I think when it comes to new heroes, I'm really good at learning new characters and pretty
fast.
So yeah, and Shean feels kind of like Freya for me.
Like I'm having a lot of fun in this character.
So I'm going to sit here and I'm going to grind it and she's really good, so.
You got two more matches next week.
You're playing I guess Disguise and Dennis Wallace.
Lou next, but I think we got your favorite in both of those because of how strong you
are.
What did you kind of feel like went wrong in the series against SSG and what did you
do to correct it this past week?
I think a big thing with SSG is that we really weren't expecting them to play the stuff that
they did.
We thought they were still going to play like their Divakiri, Lucio, like their own style,
like how they've been playing, but they really like threw us for a loop, to be honest.
And we also played pretty sloppy, but it was mainly like, we really weren't expecting
for what they played.
I think it'll be a lot closer next time.
I think that for you guys looking at the remaining matches as well, like my co-hosts were saying here,
we're expecting you guys to move on into playoffs, so I have one, my last question is kind of about the fact that we're going to have the new map actually coming in for playoffs, how is DF feeling about neon junction?
I don't know. We haven't played the new map yet. I've played it a little bit in ranked, and it's really weird.
I've seen somebody get hit by a train on the map. It's like a big, big one-line map. It's pretty weird.
I think it'd be pretty good for us, to be honest. I don't see us really having a problem if it's picked.
Hey, Valid. I mean, it's an interesting map for sure there with Neon Junction. Thank you so much for the interview, Chronic.
And good luck with your matches in week three.
Yeah, thank you, guys.
That was chronic from Dallas fuel and now let's take a look at the schedule for next week guys
If we thought we had some heaters this weekend, we have a couple more incoming for you jack
Damn, okay team liquid you got this one more week at prep. It's all chill SSG best team could be good
SSG's brand new form even chronic was mentioning it
They weren't playing the same kind of stuff Chris was saying we've revamped the whole thing
That's gonna be a fun one. It won't be surprised if this is G-Win, but CMGK as well.
Yeah, that's a good one.
Yeah, I like that. I'm looking out for that one.
You're looking out for that one? All exciting stuff. All exciting stuff.
I think it's gonna be really fun to close out, especially with the fact that we don't have all these playoffs.
Spock's like walked in nearly as early as we have in previous stages.
Makes the week three all that much more exciting.
But, that is a wrap here for OWC, as I just wanted to say thank you guys so much for watching
big shout outs to production and my fellow talent here as well, as well as you guys
at home.
Keeping us company here on the broadcast, that's a wrap for me for stage 2, but I will be back
for OWC and stage 3, so make sure you guys tune in for the last weekend of the regular
season here with Zoe, Jake, Moxie, Jack and Johnny covering all the action.
Oh, I'm so ready to go
I'm so ready to go
I'm so ready to go
I'm so ready to go
I've been waiting for the grace
Of the joy you set me face
Don't need more to feel it now
So that I don't want any more
I don't need perfect
I'll just be real
So that I can live the way
I'll get a better
I'm just getting done, I'm just getting done, oh, whatever