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What's up everybody, I'm here with Astro from Team Canada for a quick post match chat.
You guys went up against Team Thailand 3-1 victory.
How do you guys prepare for this match?
Did you guys do that specifically?
I mean, we just watched our map from the day before,
because we had a break day the other day,
so that was really nice, we had a lot of time to prepare,
and just looking at the comps that they played,
and just thinking about the bans we wanted to do,
and the maps we wanted to pick,
that we thought would be weak for their comps.
But it was a little bit of a surprise,
because we thought they were going to play another tank player,
but then they put their damage player on tank,
so that kind of threw us for a loop.
That was interesting, but we...
Was that why they got the one map offer you guys?
just not that great at neon junction like it was just a little bit we didn't
prepare that much for that one and also the demon band that was a little bit
unfortunate I wanted to play demon on that map but they banned it so oh well
I mean but I mean at the end of the day you guys did get the win so you guys are
2-0 right now do you feel like you could continue this on and become 3-0
for your group for tomorrow I mean absolutely I think like team Spain I
think people are saying they're really good in scrims but I think we're
really good in matches so I don't think the scrims matter that much and if we just show
up on matchday I think we have a very fair chance to beat them.
And also one final question for you after I feel like Team Canada has a good mix of veteran
players and also newer players so for like veteran players like do you guys give advice
to some of the newer players that are on you know that comes on stage with you guys
like what are some of the stuff that you told them?
I mean I think just like being calm is the most important thing just like in that's
That's probably the most important thing, but also just helping with micro a little bit
and also just figuring out how to not just work your character as well, but as a team
in the highest tier that's playable.
And also, I think I want to do one more question with you.
Since you're in Busan, do you have a Korean word that you want to learn?
I speak a little bit of Korean.
I'm trying to teach some of the Korean players a couple of words here and there.
Anything you want to know?
Your word for Astro?
Astro.
Astro?
That's it.
Only thing.
What about Canada, what's the word for Canada?
Canada.
Okay, one more.
One more.
Overwatch?
Overwatch.
Thank you for the interview.
Thank you so much, thanks for having me.
Hello everyone and welcome to the fourth and final day of the award show World Cup 2026
group stages happening in your life in Busan.
So here's my name and I'm joined by my good friends Matt and Mitch while you're laughing
about that.
How do you even do that with your leg?
Like your leg is like super far up or you look too flexible with your whole leg.
Yeah, it's my old age.
I'm not that old.
Dude, I don't.
How do you do your leg?
That's very...
Okay, and now that we covered Max Flexibility and let's talk about what we're here to
do and that is of course chat about Overwatch. We still have some stuff up for grabs today so
we have a lot of actually quite impactful matches in these groups. Group A is concluded of course
already we already know who's going to be moving on that is of course USA who came top of the group
in group A and then Sweden coming in a second. But yeah first let's talk about how those teams
got it done and discuss what happened yesterday. For those who didn't watch Mitch, what stood out to you?
Yeah, look, we had a banger game between the United States and Sweden.
This one really went down to the wire.
And I'm glad because it felt like a real showcase of what the USA were capable of.
We were not, I guess, impressed by the showing against China.
China didn't offer as much resistance this year.
And I was waiting to see both of those teams, frankly, put to the test.
This is a game that had everything.
It went all the way out.
Definitely recommend you guys go back and watch it because, I mean,
Esperanza was like one of those legendary maps where the pendulum swings
all the way back and forth.
This pretty compelling overwatch.
I mean, Luke Amino was unbelievable on this fight.
That catnap?
Yeah, catnap.
Never seen that before.
On that cast, he got to flying through the sky.
And a huge win for Team USA.
And then I know Germany obviously
bounced back in a big way.
I thought, you know, Germany, you're pretty high on them
in their group.
You know, they kind of slipped early to Canada.
But yesterday looked much better than we
casted this game, you know, with Canada.
You know, Tyla left a little bit to be desired,
If I'm honest, they thought Thailand had some opportunities in this series and then they just kind of, you know, Canada rolled the moment, took advantage of it.
The most interesting map was where we had a demon band, right? And then, you know, like, we saw the Tank Fools tested a little bit more.
This series though.
I mean, I don't know how Cross does this. I don't think he's playing the same game as everybody else.
France have definitely been the best adopters of this demon composition, so I've never seen such a gap, frankly.
SkyTor's a great player, but this is only close.
It's the confidence he's bringing to the table. That's half the rent here.
It's aura, right? It's aura? It's crazy, man.
And of course, South Korea here to redeem themselves after getting that upset at the hands of France yesterday,
a much stronger showing against an arguably weaker opponent.
Yeah, then China gets one on the board here.
Consolation game.
Yeah, this is a rough one for both countries, right?
in Japan and China have obviously both represented at BlizzCon in the past. A lot of hype, I feel
like for both of these teams, it's like, oh, it's a group of death. Like, this is going to be crazy.
And like, they just kind of like, you know, both didn't really show up to perform at a high level
here. So China gets a win, no kind of consolation there for that. Again, barely that. I think,
like, expectations for China were much higher coming into this tournament, ours included.
And, you know, like, we kind of know this about the Japanese region, right? It's definitely
We've been taking a prominence because of some foreigners that have joined up with Japanese teams and looked really good there
It's a region. I think that still needs to mature even though we've got guys in the servo
They're playing at this level for six or seven years. Absolutely. The region's gonna grow
The last the last few years China was playing catch-ups
Well, the other regions obviously because they weren't able to play for a short time as well
But yeah, we just based on what happened at the mid-season championship
We thought like they're alive and kicking, you know
We thought they can take it much farther and now we're looking at the blizzcon without team China
And quite frankly, if we're looking at our group standings there is an opportunity, I'm not saying it's going to happen, but there is an opportunity that teams like South Korea could not make it if they lose today against Denmark.
I'm not saying it's happening, I'm not manifesting it, but I'm saying like there is a world.
I mean, Denmark looked rather than a sleepy lizard in the Highlight of the North character.
And so the Korea they won.
Yeah, but that was about as good as France has been though. I mean, I think that kind of speaks more to that.
It was also a reverse sweep. It's not like, you know, France came in here and they were like 360 no scopes, but I think on South Paris for a site, they'll still get past that mark.
I think that they have like their floor is extremely high. Just having the France's ceiling was, he is looking incredible.
Yeah, I mean, their individual skills, like you can't doubt that. Like that's still a star stud at roster.
That group A of course is already done and dusted. We already know exactly who's going to make it through.
But for Group B, C and D, there's still movement possible.
And in fact, in Group C especially,
we're potentially looking at a three-way tie here,
depending on the outcome of today's matches.
Yeah, I feel pretty good about Group B.
You know, KSA, they'll take care of business.
I believe it's Australia and Mexico, right?
So it's like important that Australia gets that win
at the end of the day.
But Group C, this one is, you know,
this has a little bit of a silly written all over
in here potentially, right?
Like, if Spain is obviously able to get over Canada here early
and then Germany does what we believe they will do
and take care of Thailand, that would be three teams, two and one.
All have wings over each other.
So like, when you go to tie breakers,
essentially you would take those three teams.
As soon as we're able to kind of elevate one over those,
that would basically move that team through.
And then tie breakers would reset.
So you kind of look through this here, right?
Obviously with the 3-way tie, you're not figuring out a head-to-head between all these teams, just not happening.
So then you go to the map differential between these tied teams.
If one of those teams obviously comes out on top, we would then move that team forward, reset the tiebreakers,
and then figure out who that next team is, which is just obviously at that point the head-to-head between those two teams.
So also, Canada could just eliminate this by just winning.
by just winning, yeah, just winning forehead, right?
I mean, they're just kind of like win the series here
against Spain, but I think coming into this event,
we all thought Spain and Germany
would be the two teams that make it out.
And, you know, if Spain is able to win this series here,
with how good we talked about Canada
and like their performance,
they're probably like on the outside
looking in at that point.
Yeah, I mean, obviously if you look at the score lines
here, yes, Spain did lose their match yesterday
Canada who won there so they might be able to you know write that momentum but for Spain
This score line does not suggest how actually close that was they played it really really close of more than one map
This could have this could as well been there. It's yeah against Germany, right?
Yeah, we needed to win that series against Spain. They obviously go come through a load
You I think Germany could continue that success against Thailand later today
Who do you want to assume so? I'd be shocked if that wasn't the case.
But that also just makes this first game even that much more important.
Yeah, it is going to make things a lot clearer on the other side of this game.
But I'm telling you now, looking at our tiebreaker metrics, we're going to have to go pretty
far down at least potentially in order to decide who our second team coming out of
the group is. So, could turn into a bit of a math exam.
But what I saw from Canada in the good moments, I think, when they can basically
play D-Mom with impunity, they look like they are the strongest team in this group,
even if it is just by inches. I will refer to that Germany game, for example.
But Spain, I think, a lot of their strength does rest on the tank line.
The science has been fantastic. I still think Exodil is something that can take over a game.
And both of those teams have veterans from 2023, right? Spain has Noxious.
Sorry, Canada has Noxious. Rather, Cowell comes back into the team.
There are three players that were there in 2023 who they were eliminated, of course, in the quarterfinals.
That's where Spain, both of these teams actually made that top eight.
and Blotch took Lisbon, so I think falling short of that
would be pretty disappointing for either of these nations.
No, I couldn't agree more.
For Canada, what we've seen so far,
I mean, they're playing the meta,
they're capable of doing that.
They can also have like little out there picks,
obviously, Cal trying to make that honor work,
which could get abused, of course,
by some higher mobility TPS,
but over under, it was still a Boona,
especially in their first series.
It was turning the tide for them.
Yeah, they did, you know,
there were moments yesterday against Thailand,
They were losing a hit scan battle. I know pretty heavily like I visioned a really sick game
But I think not just kind of like do for a really like breakout game today, especially with the Xodia on the other side
Yeah, if you lose that hit scan battle, you're in a lot of trouble. So they also have razor who's like undefeated here
So I've been you know, it's great. I lost back in the series. It's just why why is razor on on the bench?
I cannot make sense of that because yeah, I really play she on all times. I think it's like a slightly more
Specialized Fiora ball Alex Nox just give you like the tracer plus his game combination pretty effortlessly to me
F3 to you like some other stuff so I'm not loving that comp
I didn't make up is like pretty questionable very execution dependent like the walls need to be really good
We saw the may on neon junction where demon was banned and that was actually where Astro looked to strike a little bit
Right up against aces Malga. He's the kind of tank player that's always trying to switch into a favorable matchup
Trying to stack the deck in his favor. I don't know how easy that's going to be against a team like Spain
I think you are you're gonna be hard press to pull on over on Saati
Again like Razor right like came in hot for the map. She got something
Saati which is saw her on this screen has been able to to play this matter really well
I think their demon play has been really impressive on their first match in the group stage
We weren't sure if that's something they can play also as they kind of opted out of it
We obviously saw them banning demon as well against the other teams they played
What do you expect to see from this Spanish school today?
For me, I think like, you know, obviously, like I said, she's been great.
I just, the backline is great for the Beast or Famine, and we kind of saw that,
especially in the last series that we passed yesterday, with France Denmark,
like how that's a kind of turn of series.
You know, Galar and Canale, they're as experienced duo as we have in Overwatch World Cup at this moment,
so I think you're going to need to see them really rise to the occasion,
because Graveyard and Call of In awesome for Canada.
Yeah, Garlon and Canale are a backline combo that always in the past opted for hero picks that were skill expressive.
Obviously on the Virtus.pro team, on Cybrajaro, for example, it was worth that, Teased, ERE, anything that could really show off their aim.
Now, like they're playing Cat Kiri, they have to do that, and they need to be more stabilizing presence as opposed to playmakers on a roster like this,
especially when you have someone like Exodiel who is going to take the game over if you set them up for success.
Yeah, but the experience of course cannot be understated
Especially if the series are going the distance like we saw how that could play dividend because you just have those players
who can grounds the rest of the team because there's a lot of young players who just don't quite have to send my land of land experience
Yeah, I mean it's bones gala and canale from 2023 on the Spanish roster. I also think that like
You know the land experience like they've had a few games at this point, right?
Like, you know, you kind of like get that I feel like jitter out like right away
I think it's more of like the kind of desperation that Spain is going to have to play with here in this series
Or like Canada even if they lose it's not great, right?
But like there's still pathways through the tiebreakers then to get on through the BlizzCon
Spain like the only way there is to win, right?
Like I think just playing with that sense of urgency and like maybe that adds some anxiety
They're decisive when it needs to be right, especially in Canada and Germany with the distancing in their series having a clean series here for Spain
Could actually solve a lot of your high-breaker scenarios
Yeah, make it easy for us because none of us wants to do the math life on the street now for looking at predictions for this one
I went with now have to think what did you go?
What did this morning's only this morning so he was very convinced Canada's gonna take it
Okay
But I do feel like there's a real opportunity for team Spain here as well
Like like even if the predictions all go Canada's way
Like don't let that fool you because Spain can definitely pull the opposite. I think you gotta ride the hot hand of Canada
I think they have looked really good here through this event
I think they obviously know that like they're not all the way through yet. They have to win this series to fall
If I could close down, I don't think there's gonna be any lead up
And I've been really impressed with their kind of like backline play so if I'm gonna go Canada
Yeah, I think Canada are a more complete roster in my opinion. I feel like their backline has been like extremely solid
I think there's probably more to see from this trip like this 3D DS rotation
Like maybe we get more of races today
I also think like the last trophy allowed to like continue to counter swap in tank here and do they win the demon band map
I think is for me is a big question mark, but I do think Canada should go there
She's got also it's twirlers up because Australia win
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean, uh, no.
When in doubt.
Yeah, straight up boys!
See, this is real support.
At least he didn't do a Wii.
At least he didn't drive a Wii.
Did he not?
No, he didn't say Wii.
I mean, I wouldn't have bothered to put this, so, you know, no need for that.
Okay, yeah, I win.
That we're gonna dive into our first series of the day.
This is the last and final day.
These teams have everything to play for.
Thank you very much.
Oh, yes, no, I don't likely look in Australia my prediction for this one because frankly that's all I'm seeing right now
But Canada and Spain do see blizzcon. I guess I guess that prediction is never wrong
Unless we get to Australia game at the end of the day
Take the Australia can't win or lose this series
Span with a leave a ban here interesting. So like this protects demon if you wanted to play it, right?
Maybe with like Samoa, like we see like some manga kind of creep in here, maybe you want to kind of protect that
And it is a cat ban here, or Canada early on is Spain, they have wanted to play a lot of that cat theory combination
Yeah, honestly, I mean, Canada have also opted into that on multiple occasions
I do think Samoa, like, cat map is guaranteed almost to get you an elimination product providing you're not on downtown
than them, it can be pretty conducive.
That does involve, or invite a level of volatility
that maybe you're not wanting to have to deal with.
The lineup obviously as we saw earlier on
is gonna be Alex and Noxious starting off here at VPS.
But yeah, I'm watching this earlier.
This guy burst onto the scene
and is a big part of why Team Peps have vanished
to fight their way back up into OWCS.
At this point, we're very much no-name.
We're so excited.
Now really kind of like, I think it was what?
Maybe two years ago with OWCS,
like one of the break out players in the MEA, and then they feel like you upgrade your team,
you use that Gen G roster if you can remember, and it's like that went a little bit sideways,
and you don't really see them at the top level of competition with Exodio, just a fantastic
hitscan player.
Deeper ban, I'll say, Demon should be the go-to, and frankly how this Demon mirror
breaks out will be a pretty big predictor of success, not only in this series, but
And obviously here in general, in Busan, it has been the talk of the town all week.
She is extremely powerful and oppressive, especially when you have the confidence to sort of back
up what is required from her play that we saw from France.
And I think a lot of teams map will probably look to try, I say try, to emulate what we
see from Cross.
I do think though, we did see Canada yesterday struggle, even with the team on into some
of the sick picks with some of the slower maps, where Thailand was able to create
They played some space, they played some Reaper with like, so much of that thing that's a realistic pathway to victory for Spain.
But that was the Demon Band map, that new Unjunction map.
Yes, yeah, yeah. Not saying it's a realistic pathway, but like, you know, if the Demon is in, like, if you're not winning that mirror, like, Sunday we change or play like, Maga.
Like, let's kind of mix it up a little bit. Reaper seems to be pretty successful as well in some of those setups.
Yeah, so Yoshinori 2K on the Reaper in the Thailand-Canada game, and that certainly gave the Canadians something.
Canadians. Something to think about for sure. Like we mentioned on the desk, victory here for Canada
guarantees their spot at BlizzCon. Spain have a chance to throw this group for an absolute loop,
while also trying to guarantee their own passage to high stakes match here on the last day of
competition in the Busan for our group stage. And of course the opportunity to compete in
Anaheim is something all these teams strive for. It's a crowning jewel of the World Cup
experience. I would love to see why there are these scenes out there.
If you're just a Blizzard fan, like being able to just go to BlizzCon?
Like it's unlike any other event that, you know, before I started working, you know,
Overwatch, I had never gotten into BlizzCon, but obviously I'm a huge Blizzard fan,
and like hearing about like how awesome it was, I mean I just kind of flew everything
out of anything about it, but like going to BlizzCon was like...
Just like staying inside.
Yeah, I still love staying inside.
But when you get, I had to go outside, it's kind of a different story.
Yeah, but BlizzCon is like a one-of-one just an unbelievable event especially like you know
You're able to go there and keep from the audience we have there and then see all the awesome announcement
But we see it's one thing just to be able to go be in the room
The French fans of BlizzCon are going to praise me. That's gonna be an incredible experience
So we were lucky to be hosted in Paris for you know one of our woke up sort of tool stops quite a few years ago
Where France is looking there, you know, they're ordering mock-ups of the trophy
Alright, so we have the Wionk here for great guts
Especially Gregor and Cal who often more skill expressive backlight choices against Galar in Canary
Which is a lot of extra points with the Wionk in the back
Yeah, look, I think it's good to heal pressure especially if you're able to, you know, get some shots on the exotic
You'll force him off the ideal sidelines for this kind of free Wionk boat
something that she does not favor like stepping up on a point yet maybe some
concerns about that poke damage starting to melt. That's how it wins the tracer
duel there that is huge. The tracer kind of putting pressure on the side is
great. She just deals with that solo rather quickly. Huge play there from
Spain's tank. Now that's the burst damage that Demon has at her disposal it's
pretty hard to predict which trajectory she's gonna cover you from. Exodio there's
As you fight Graveyard, take it out of the game, and it starts to run out of you a little bit more.
She is low, Astro though.
Backs up.
Jaws a little bit low themselves, and Fenty's sticking around.
Remember, don't attack first, purely available for that Wuyang.
So, Astro wants to take these aggressive moments.
Few referred between sometimes.
The Wuyang does give you just so much extra damage,
and then also, like, has some escape ability here.
You see Graveyard just trying to avoid the pressure from the demon.
It's gonna be all the fuel you use, as you will get rid of the Wuyang.
Oh, you're gonna get both supports here, maybe?
Nice TP out there.
Trunk now basically survives with like 1 HP.
Amidst all of this fight though, Canada are able to get an early point flip.
It's like a nice trade-up.
She basically takes matters into her own hands and hits her to all that backline
and no one's really able to stand in her way.
Demon might be the most powerful duelist in overall.
Spain set up pretty well here now.
To potentially take the lead.
Sound barrier, rush. Nice damage here. Oh, very EDR. He gets picked out of the sky.
Like, Wion gets like a little bit floaty, but he can use that shit to be able to kind of get up.
They'll move around, and that's an easy target there for Exodiel.
That's the problem for Juno as well. You don't want to really deal with that hits game pressure.
So, it's playing half control. That's a big pick from Exodiel.
Slow things up for the Canadians. And they'll spot all of them through online.
You want to point that out.
Darlin just needs to find an opportunity for that.
It might just be baiting to also even these overclocked.
There you go.
You got to put the limit break.
Not a lot of follow ups.
I think shield's quite low here.
The title class wears great.
Maybe I'm trying to go with that one.
No knockdown off of that,
but the survivability might have been desirable.
Yeah, still.
Canada are no closer to the event than they were before.
They've got to get these skates on.
And he breaks their house.
He's entangled last just to be able to stay alive.
And he uses his cruel move for nothing.
Oh, that's a huge limit break there.
Break there.
Go Susan.
No you're here now.
With a pretty safe sightline to find his overclock and all of Canada basically have to spread
on out.
Katsumi Rush has been used and has now expired.
Big ultimates on everyone but both teams in this fight have still locked it in a bit
of an uneasy status quo.
Alex might have a fight ankle here and Gala is going to pull.
Finally the War of Attrition is one out by Canada.
And even if Sati is still bringing in a bit of an issue, they should be clean
up now.
She's quite low trying to make it back and now that you've lost both supports
That was like, you know, in a world where there was, I know, canales still lie,
that you're able to heal that demon that's gonna be a stagger,
Canada trying to get back up.
The legless demon.
Yeah.
So that is a big stagger, man. Like, point it out.
Yeah, Canada's gonna get close here to, like, tying it up, you know.
Now, in this position, Spain would be able to find a nice pick on Gravedal,
but Exodiel pushed up.
Something like that wouldn't go amiss here, though,
20%
Paying our mind full of it though. We're not really giving you three opportunities. So it is on that off angle and not just
Prochance to get the better. There's a bit of a group up here in the high ground for Spain
They want to try and set this balcony. Noxious is going to rotate accordingly and maintain the longest distance possible
You can't always get trapped there by an overclocking. Alex is up to finish the job
The perfect one to punch between the Canadian DPS sets them up now for a run of the round
Yeah, I mean you don't even need to use your required there if you're an option
That's a real gunshot that goes right into Gala.
Finish up that Lucio and Spain is just not able to make it out of this position near Mitch.
Quick enough, right? I mean, you're going to get up to like 95% here.
By the time these members of Spain die, still one more player here.
You're going to be in a great spot. I mean, you're just going to go into the title box.
It looks like it's going to be bones here. Or no, it's Exodio on a blank.
Not going to be able to get a touch. This is going to be Canada taking round one.
On face these two teams look pretty evenly matched. It was Spain that opted to try and set up on the high ground and find the way towards the point
But these are very clever rotations from Noxiousen
Managing to get so much of that early free damage and Alex being able to swoop in and pick up the kill
That's just it's just perfect. It's exactly how you draw this comp up
This would be a bit of a rough loss though, right? Poor Spain in map number one
if you were to just kind of look at like those back lines, right and
And it's Gala and Kanaeo playing Lucio, Kiri, I mean, that couldn't be more comfortable, right?
Playing against Graveyard and Kale, where they're trying to play, like, Wiyong, Kiri, like,
they're not exactly a super strong backline combination in the meta.
Uh, you know, we can't go on. It feels like you need to win this one, you're spain.
See, Canada really value having this point Fio, and there's a speech ring thrown out, and you're gonna SIMTP.
I am rewarded for this setup. They're gonna have, I guess, a total position, but it looks like Spain is going to get collapsed upon here.
For me, mine could have been stoned. It's kind of like the unit collapsed in first match.
If I'm right now, it's not going to be too meant to be, so now it's going to be a run down.
So they kind of set themselves up there though, Spain, right? They play so far deep into like the Canada side of the map once they go through the high ground.
It just allows Astro to wrap through. Sure, I mean, they get that first pick off, but Canada just way healthier at that moment in time.
time it will be Spain who gets control of the point here first bitch but I don't
know if it's gonna be for long. Now Astro Shield got cracked as soon as he
walked up to the point trying to contest it so that split second they step off
did allow for an early flip with us. Only to the tune of 8%.
And now, again, you start looking for some of these early picks, not just as
already working a bit of a flank angle. You also just don't want to take that
poke there if you're Spain and then end up in that corridor right? Just trying to
to get really aggressive. You've taken so much poke, you know, you trade the Sojourn,
you get Sojourn out of the way, Noctis falls early in that first fight, but you give up
so much health over the rest of the team. Now Spain decides to take the skin, like,
a fight over the point, Gala being so aggressive, I mean, no path to be able to survive that.
That was giving Dintro Jeff to Eagle up there. This is very much surrounded by...
These odors are just nailing them to you. These railguns are ridiculous.
All of a sudden, Spain are back in control after losing Galo early in the fight.
They do get aggressive, but with that push from Spain, they actually are able to have
Santi and Exodiel wrap over towards the point and they deal with Astro in the back.
It's kind of where you can like, if you put enough pressure down onto the tank,
like the, you know, the heal pressure, I mean, you know, can be pretty devastating to deal with,
especially when we were trying to play Avouillon.
was trying to make sure Alex can't get in.
Great job, dangerous, hasn't quite had the mobility to get away from this.
Just gets out.
And that's going to be a bit awkward now in terms of your setup for Canada.
Maybe we're going to have to pull out early on.
Alright, let me break this.
I'm not something you avoided that was the Suzy involved.
Canale with that Katsune rush as Kala's going to be the first to fall.
Astro out of mech, this is good.
Sides now, 14 Spain.
After Exodio, paved the way in that previous fight,
the exchange of demon ultimates just favored the Spaniards.
Yeah, Spain really starting to amp up that pace and you think about some of the points here on Zimbabwe?
Like maybe we kind of look back at the end of this map that's Spain victory where the first map with those longer sight lines
And a little bit more high ground easier to play this wheel, right? I mean, this is a very close quarter map the rest of the way through
Drive out here, look for that early poke down my top
Reversed!
Sons of SHIELD!
Final boss for Alex!
Get good connection!
Soundbarra comes out preemptively and Cal's already been picked off!
It's already your mouth!
Lookin' dangerous with the overclock!
Finding Cal first is absolutely massive!
And Alex!
Not long after, this is Spain!
Set themselves up to land the plane on their second round of Samoa!
Big kick for Noxious!
Get the point touches!
Overclocked use here too!
That's huge!
That shot on board is massive!
Where's the overclock?
What's supposed to come from Noxious is...
One cool customer, man!
Rarely back tonight and it saves the round.
It just decides to kill everybody there with the OC just on real play from Noxious.
That keeps Canada in this round.
It's a chance to steal them out.
Spain is so good here in round number two.
There's no credible ultimate here.
Oh, that exchange fast.
Could have gotten that click.
He does get a Suzu.
It's not getting the worst of this exchange though.
Yeah, it's not getting just pouring it on.
Yeah, she should bully them.
Yeah, Gragas is taking down my bones here.
out of the control, there's Tracer flank angles for the entire round, apparently, and the flight is over essentially.
How about that from Spain?
It's a high flying duel between the Soju and plays, but eventually,
playing even on the map.
Yeah, Santi and Exodio put so much pressure on Astro early.
Astro's health bar basically just ripped off before he even gets to the point, and then,
something she realizes the advantage, right in terms of overall HP, just able to kind of push that offensive button.
Yeah, I did find those chances we could really start to lean into the enemy demon
Played a little bit more aggressive winning the demon matchup. I mean you take a look at some of the stats here, you know 15 and 3
If for me, it's just the it's the three deaths. It's pretty huge down
Astros
More than happy to fight through that front line here
But I mean behind this right there's the fact that we've seen Cal get constantly picked off by bones
So as a tracer is getting in, Alex will have a really, you know, pre-empt where the enemy tracer is going to start to make their way in.
I don't remember the Wuyang difference, frankly, like we've seen a couple of Platoplasts, but they've been dealt with with some defensive utility for the most part.
It's a great starter, so I feel those and tell you what puts him on notice.
Nox just gets toped up and the poor graveyard is dragged down.
Bones, by the way, another crucial first pick.
Oh, the healing from Kao has to go in the notch, right?
So you don't have that support to be able to help out Wuyang.
We Young really struggles in like, matchups where an enemy is like, really directly in front of We Young.
Like, I know the Orbs are obviously not as effective there, and uh, see Grigour just kind of curbs on around the corner at distance.
That time, they were able to deal with bones.
Look how safe Grigour is in the spot, right?
Unless Bones is able to pressure, you are virtually poking some of the same spots as WPF,
and so you should kick your audience while you're in Grigour.
You're going to watch out, there's demon appears without warning.
The healing from Cal is there.
Yeah, Cal's also playing in a bit of dangerous spot there, down on the point,
but was able to get over those walls, graved up when they were needed.
Now Astro's feeling the pressure.
They're chasing their propones, graved up, just capping M1,
trying to find an extra little bit of damage.
Healing Amp also being deployed,
and Bones is being buffed around by some of these waterfalls.
Exodia wants to take the fight though,
and that's a railgun, trolling,
you can't afford to miss, but it ends up being a trade.
Cal brings Exodia down, and Astro was able to get a flip.
And Cal, just this insane healing though, I'd agree.
you're great. Sondie and Bones commit trying to get rid of the Wooyoung. They're not able to do so
so she ends up losing her neck for it. That allows Canada to flip the point. Also, just look at
the cows impact here early on. Already had a Katsune rush. Look at the other clock difference,
but between Noxious and Exodiel. Now, typically you would see that Spine should be up at like
60% now. Like running away with the round. Spine kept close for sure. Here he is.
Noxious went down for Exodiel, had a chance to hit the right click. And Mutual lockdown,
Actually Astro is about to find that soldier, but it's only already kind of done the damage
Cowals picked up. He's a limit right from Astro, but then a little bit earlier than Saki
He can now fall for Saki. She's still fancy. He's a little bit of a brawl. Running down Astro with a DMech
This will allow Spain to flip behind it
Cowals trying to use that. Suzu had a spawn there
Keep Astro in mech just a little bit late. So this is gonna take a ton of time
huge force Spain as that's also the good student rush use there from Canada Mitch
now Rush plus you're gonna get that sound barrier and we're gonna get up to
like 60% on the point and this is not even Spain having to use like a no demon
band like you were potentially alluding to really on to get a map this to be
massive yeah exactly I gotta mention that that check could be pretty definitive
here is a movie for most of our teams
Exodiel's 2-6 with a 3-views fight.
A huge storm, and Opsis is going to go down first gallon
with that trademark and presence of the final elimination
but the title blast has to be respected or not.
As Exodiel just cuts through that over shielding graveyard falls,
faster enough trying to draw some attention back to the throw
but doesn't fully want to commit, which makes sense
because Cowell is also under some pressure.
Alex has a chance to step up here.
Maybe you can click a back cap,
but immediately he's accosted by Bones.
He doesn't fancy the fight.
This is going to let Spain get within one fight of victory
and a sidebar is through it.
This is Spain's lose here, I mean, you know, you have this sound barrier right a massive advantage graveyard over the Lucio here
Only a three player feet. It's actually not that bad for Canada
And also Canada look like they're over the way to that for some degree
Canada's getting pressure down, but he's still alive, Santi wants the fight
Desperate to challenge Astro, his graveyard eventually falls to Gala
What's more, I first pick off the Lucio, pay for Gala is huge
And it begins a landslide that Canada simply cannot avert
Alex, do you have any cash for these here?
Or are the gala picked off eventually?
But that level of aggression, I'm not surprised to find them on the kill feed.
Sooner rather than later,
Spain step up
into a must-win game
and take Samoa.
Oh man, that's uh...
I actually thought they had an opportunity
to hit the air for Canada.
Like, that beat was not really that great there.
From Spain, right?
Three player beat, they used it really early.
They're able to just kind of like kite the point for Canada, they don't really get anything
but that sound barrier but not able to totally kill in the end, it's just hard to count that.
So it was 28 and we saw an island here, it's not just 11 and 11, in terms of the damage
outcome too, right, 80, 100 to almost 11 paint, right?
That was one worry for Canada, looking at that series of island yesterday, whether
it be like soldier, Cassidy, things like that.
Great God has a ton of damage, but barely any healing in this game, only like 3.9k healing.
Kale has to do 4 skinning K, healing on the carry.
You mentioned Kale was basically F1 held down for most of the time.
Great God isn't maybe able to find that striking out balance between offense and just healing up.
Yeah, just not. Obviously the Wion can, you know, just gonna bomb it out tons of poke, tons of healing.
It looks like we're going to get a Southern Prince of Tengen here.
I see.
False standing guy with a mousepad keyboard in hand.
Interesting.
Yeah, I know.
That is what, you know, Astro, at least the game of the day, is playing at a high level.
And I know, obviously, I play Demon at a pretty high level.
So, false is a very experienced player.
And you see that this is a good one.
So, you're not blind.
Yep.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Much of this team, Canada, like the experienced team,
like they said, managers here,
they were also part of that fight franchise
to the team of the league, so.
Falsets certainly been around the traps.
And, you know what?
Talking about a player who stepped into adversity
during the late years of the Overwatch League,
his bank of the times franchise,
that was still really looking for those wins.
Never forget, RedSticks,
and he had to step up here to grow out very quickly
and take on some world-class tank players
by his place quickly.
So that would be a very interesting substitution.
And again, we talked about how pivotal the tank matchup was going to be,
and we did already hint at the fact that Astro would be more challenged
than maybe up against Ace in that Thailand game.
Yeah, I just think like, you gotta get a hit-scam play that's on par at the moment, right?
yesterday that's kind of when Thailand started to get a little dangerous
he's not like he's idealist, he's creating too much of a gap
yeah and then Nox just like really kind of came alive towards the end of that Thailand
so he's not kind of put it away right
so he kind of get that same plank
at the Canadian hitscan player that we've seen at this event
well then more consistently I think you win, you win maps like this
I'll take the Jetpack Cat ban
it feels like a hurt cat no more than it helped them
or at least the WuGang approach on
Well, it was Spain getting rid of the cat, so it was Spain getting rid of the cat, yeah.
Canada got rid of the cat, played the Wooyah guy, went fast, you know, thought.
But yeah, it was a diva ban from Canada early on, so I wanted to get, you know,
something she's really good at diva, so I wanted to get that out.
Yeah, who's the Lucio player who's being Gregioed and Cal?
Simply not Cal.
But that's where I was like, okay, you get in a situation where it's like,
You know, Gal and Canale playing Lucio, Kiri, I mean they could do that in their sleep, right?
They've done that for years.
And the Gal and Lucio look great. Very aggressive as we expect to see.
Well, our first point is the longest one with the sightlines that Guiyang could really benefit from.
That's where they win.
They're playing every sight.
Oh, what are you gonna play? You're not gonna play Kiri there?
I'm not gonna play Juno, Kiri, right?
Yeah, we mentioned how like the Kiri's floatiness already...
Rather, Juno Slytherin, this is already a problem as a Wooyoung have to deal with that issue with the push-ups from both the soju and players looking for early picks at the start of these fights.
So, now we're in a situation where, like, Foss comes in, right? Obviously, someone who's had a lot of diva, that was, like, kind of his Britain butter early on, but we saw him play a number of different sort of West-Tang rolls back.
But, like, if you're ever being Foss, you assume this is D-mon ban, a place a little different? Or, like, are we just kind of bringing him into play as D-mon here?
I mean we don't know but if the demo matchup is one that you're not finding
success in then this is a complete script from what we saw yesterday between
Canada and Canada. And if you're Canada and you lose the series it better be
close. Yeah a little 3 or here I mean it might make a
type record scenario a little bit easy to figure out. That's because obviously
Canada and Germany went the distance here so. Canada are hoping they can
They fought their flights this morning. They better hope they were fun to play
They'd be in a rough spot.
Yeah, because the Germany feels like the game against Canada means it's very close
down to the wire, very in. You know, I think Jury is going to deal with Thailand, you know,
3-0 today. Right? Thailand is a little bit of a frisky team. Yeah, we need a one map
I think against Canada. It does give me some hope. Also, their ETS line is really good.
Partizzo is the pick, so take that in hand with Vulse getting subbed in.
The D.Va band's already been utilized from one side.
It's like if you ban Demon here, do you believe that like Vulse can come in and play some
SIG into Sandi?
Maybe she wants to play D.Va as a backup?
Possibly.
I think if Jetpack Cat doesn't exist through his band, I kind of want to see if we
ever go to Partizzo with a Jetpack Cat band.
And then, can you honestly play D-mono like that without the cat?
Do you really think that you have the mobility to cover some of those?
But I also think Canada, you want the cat in so they would never ban the cat to like, you know, somewhat ban the D-mono, right?
So like, Canada feels most comfortable when it's like, here he cat, you know, with graveyard playing that cat.
This feels like Canada potentially banning that D-mono as we talked about Fawce coming in here for Astro,
cover that swap in terms of tank if you're Canada do you ban them on here
you're can I also would be worried about soldier the way that it's audio play
number one I remember what the guys cast of these like I know it feels like a
little bit of a throwaway it's not like I don't why I don't I wouldn't bother
targeting his hero pool frankly yeah that's a bad idea okay Canada
They play a ton of Ana, so this is an Ana-Cat here for Ana.
And again, this also invalidates any other tank picks, like the Malga that rely on healing as opposed to damage mitigation, because the cleanse is pretty important against the Bionade.
It's a Hindu character.
I mean, I don't think... We're talking about Garland canal like that, they can play Lucio, Curio in this league.
They also are the ones that played the spiciest support duos anyway.
They really can kind of do it all, but they're just like, let's like pretend Kat Bastion is just not even gonna be on, you know, a thing in this series, right?
You know, KatBand, map one, now BastionBand here, map two.
I don't think it's crazy as well, like, Exodiel probably prefers to get to play the more traditional hitscans, and, you know, on a map like this, probably doesn't want to feel like he's forced into taking up the Bastion in order just to have that insane window of burst damage that his opponents might look to leverage.
I'm not, I'm a little bit nervous for Canada here.
I feel like against Thailand they were able to deal with like high vision, maybe being the higher output
Pitscan player in the server because other aspects of their team comp were purring along, their backline was looking really good
Their trace plate was solid, Alex had a great series, they got to bring the Shee on in later on
Here though, if they're struggling at Pitscan and at tank rolls, that might just be too much
So Fosk here really has to get them going
It's not like all of Knael can't match, like it can't honor, right?
No cleanse available, so that kind of makes it very difficult to be on a place like Maga,
so.
They're the kings of the greedy backline.
Yeah.
That's what they used to do, and they got so much mileage out of it, like VP were
playing like Ramatra Baptiste Iari constantly during that era.
Yeah.
They looked pretty good.
Oh, when it works out, it looks really good, when it doesn't work out, then
you're...
I mean, it is freestyle fun, right?
Yeah.
shape but only like 3k healing I think the Lucio of Gala had like 7k yeah so
like that's there's levels to this road like he was a lot of pressure on false
pretty relaxed I do kind of wonder what his function or on the roster is like
is he like a pinch hitter or is like you know because Astro clearly is that
the primary tank player here otherwise you would have seen false baby
play in that previous can the one that would sort of have qualified the
and potentially to BlizzCon, but curious to see what we have, what Falz has been up to,
what he's been cooking. He just wants to play into a demon matchup. He has got years and
years and years of experience. Yeah, maybe like after yesterday's series with the Canada team,
right? We obviously don't know, kind of like the inner work being something maybe they saw
some stuff in that series that the Thailand that they weren't super thrilled about,
and then it's like, hey, you know, drop map number one, maybe we need a little bit of a
different luck. Oh, I want to forget this.
Also potentially, uh, to my mind was D.Va. This is a, uh, um, way Mizuki. I told you, man.
So, there is so much like verticality on this map that like D.Va obviously is, you know,
very strong where Demon cannot really provide that access to the high ground, but we can't
I didn't do it anyway.
That's pretty crazy, right?
Alright.
Yeah.
Mizuki and Baptiste.
Can I hold the Baptiste?
I remember it well.
Certainly gonna be a threat in all aspects of the game.
Defensive utility, healing, damage.
He's not at all.
Just that little lack of mobility that can be problematic.
I'll say this is not a fun pump.
Like, even in-suit though, if you're at fault.
I hate all of them.
Uh, like, the Mizzouki, Emra, Baptiste, uh, very difficult.
Cal needs to get set up on some really favourable sidelights that don't leave exposed to the
goad by Sathi.
A lot of poker early.
I mean, Zodiel's living his best life.
He doesn't have to do a whole lot.
What's the plan here for Alex?
Ken is trying to figure out how they can attack this, right? Like, okay, can we get the Tracer in?
Mizuki's the softest part of this setup, I guess?
But everyone's grouped up quite effectively.
Mizuki obviously offering that healing war to anybody in proximity, so...
Mizuki playing around the back, Tiso with regen, Burst, and then we're down, if you will, so...
There's so much AE we're dealing, yeah.
Dr. Slow's got a pretty safe side-line, but that damage falloff is a bit annoying for pressure to deal with.
Don't you?
Yeah, it's too much to think about.
face there is Alex steps up the challenge if I like to grenade in the stairs and
denies Alex that potential escape route grenade catches on the
Exordial though not just nobody fits into a trade gala is at the strike
now we're gonna form a swarm. Look at that positioning there on something that's awesome
alright she kind of sits in the middle of where that like Anna right cut
cowl is trying to get some healing on a fall through the distance so she's
that defense major she's denying that sight line. This is like an awkward look at annoying part of my honor to be with that
You'll feel the impact of the Mediator by Defense Matrix.
Yep.
Very large.
So, let's have a canale look.
I guess.
I'm gonna go through an Ampli-Metrix, exactly what Balz wanted to submit in the playoffs.
It's disgusting.
Alright, here's the play.
This is a panel early!
Vols gets up, but is he close enough to really spiky for me?
Canale, then in the ladder, might be able to get out?
Don't spray him!
He might try to feel good pulse, but I've been turning that into a trade at worst.
This is terrible.
It's hard to get what's taken out of those firsts.
If both Divas aren't the mech, Exodians somehow have been kept alive and the Pulse Bomb was kept to the music team.
Great timing for Galavad, a use of TP to shrug that off. There's a vulnerability frame involved with that.
Don't think the mortality field was available at the time, so there he heads up to avoid the tracer elimination.
Yeah, Bones just can test there for a little bit of time. It'll actually be something she'll come back.
Just gonna can test there for...
Oh my God, nice canap here!
Sanzi gets dragged out of the garage, out of the open, she has a self-destruct, a chance for a remake if needed.
Cows are a lot of kill and grenades.
Xergyul, what a tight little sideline.
Noxious does get tipped on his overall protocol, but hey, the death pack here is a real new day.
Xergyul is usually pretty favored in that kind of matchup.
They were great, they're not close and personal.
Sanzi, we'll control them by ground now, this is kind of a moment they need to get on this point.
They're busy fighting up on the high ground, not contesting just one tick for them so far.
They're fortunate that Boston end up dying there as well.
Nice shot from Graveyard to get the T.V.F.A.C.
allowing them to get back into play.
Did I hear available, you're gonna have the Sanctuary though,
or the Mizzouki.
The Fence Matrix 2 defies at half time.
You're not supposed to just week this out.
I think Canada have time though
to get set up in that window, right?
They can get on the high ground themselves.
Now South of Spain to re-establish themselves
and try to find a way to get a small room
that is hard against the Fence Matrix.
Galakies are checking out Sanctuary
to try to give them a way to push out
and shrug off the poke here,
But this is looking uncomfortable for Spain.
I think they'll...
Ah, so she loses back. That's rough there.
Okay, you do get killed.
Bones was able to get into the back line eventually.
Down under a lot of pressure though.
Noxious might start at stake.
Bones hopefully still looking pretty darn healthy.
The K-9 sentry to come down.
Pulsebot is used outside of the sanctuary.
Both Bones and Bones?
Taken down by a Pulsebot?
Noxious here playing at my ground.
He's enrolled in a position, but he's over here.
He was playing this one safe.
Playing it comfortably.
He knows it. 10 seconds left here.
Canada's getting a cap!
Canada's not getting a punch there, she gets a punch!
Oh, nice catnap from Graveyard!
Just take Sundy off the point just a little bit.
She's not going to eat a white man.
I could have given the end of the attack round.
Canada and nice edge able to get our first point.
There was so much time though on this attack slide.
This next fight of the map is treacherous.
Oh, catnip.
I'm going to go to the braggado slash.
Now, we'll die for the Mali here.
Emplification matrix ready.
We're gonna try and turn this into something in a pinch.
My actually just uses out in the open.
Yep.
Hopped out on the car.
This is all because of the falls now.
And the back way behind the building is chased down.
There was noxious exodium.
Finds connection through that.
Emplification matrix.
And now, all of Spain in their search for its faults is going to stagger here.
It's not the spot you want to be stuck with, like, a minute on the clock, right?
Canael, I think, might be keeping himself there.
Misses an opportunity to just throw the draw over to Wurtsonsi.
She gets de-mech and take him down.
This does take a little bit of the...
We've got to defend the side.
Yeah, it's going to be hard for them to actually hold close now, right?
But...
Second point still has been pretty difficult for teams to camp here in Busan.
Beautiful map spot.
Oh, the rework. I mean, you know, sometimes here in map rework,
and it's like, here's like two or three spots.
He's a whole, like, a different, different player.
Oh, it's Tyree!
He's already was able to fly on the way.
Still, by the way, he knows the right protocol.
Still with an opportunity to make use of it.
He's getting some back up in the high ground.
He's a cyber-blaster now trying to fight noxious up close.
He's dangerous, and his brave guard resists from above.
But again, false.
Like you mentioned, playing to this composition is a nightmare.
Bro, he's been playing mini-devil simulator 2K26.
He's not been able to stay in mech, really, at all.
So now you have nano debuff, that's what they used the last time, but that
finding chain right just kind of stops that even their tracks so.
I think you have the best value out of it, you're going to get another image.
Is it nano or the cat?
Yup!
Graveyard's going for it!
Electric claws baby!
Canal don't want to go, I'm going to be slashed to pieces!
Graveyard is going to have to dodge away though.
I've seen everything now.
Look at that pulse, nice defense mate, just to get Graveyard ducked out.
Still 20 seconds or more on the clock.
Gala and Kanae are going to be back from the fight.
There's another Kekai Sanctuary at the ready.
Some really good dealing here from the support.
It's a spin.
Wow, it's something to play pretty aggressive.
She's able to kind of contest this constantly.
You're going to get everybody back in the fight here as we hit the T.
It's only when Octus actually switched heroes now.
We're going to be in the Canadian side.
False one here.
Sancti.
Actually out of position is right now.
Kanae loses that mortality for the false.
Okay, he's ever sweep away from it though. Santi's picked Cal up before that and I want to pulse on Canale on the high ground
The counter is not bad, but it's not enough in the end. Exodiel's super high on the defense matrix
Spain hold it down
Santi, Gal and Canale, you're a great job buying so much time for bones at Exodiel to make it back in that fight
I I feel Canada needs like
they need a sick first point hold here right I think if you like if you start
to see that payload moving on to that second part of the map Spain I think
is gonna figure out a way to get at that point that's not a that's not
incredibly close that second cap bones 15 and one you know just really playing
it's a DKS line of spades pretty nasty right I mean we talked so much about
on a Gala, Canale, and Zumpy like, greatly so. They're really tremendous players, but like, you know,
Exodiel and Bones have played sixth this area. I'm not even looking too close at the D.Va stats in this
game because this is such a technical matchup. Yeah. I really think it's more about how
defense mechanics gets employed and how you fight for that space and it is how much damage the
D.Va's do. But that does shift emphasis towards your D.V.S. to get the job done. Whereas
Like you're diva you're like 80% of the time you're peeling you're doubling back
Especially if you have a Mizuki on a backline like you have to keep them alive. See it's actually pretty impressive from Spain, right?
Lucio carry no can't met number one. They're not playing the cat here and no demon
number two
Oh, yeah, it might just be offer it to saudi
No, that's foul. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, let's just uh, let's just fix this real quick
Back to the deeper matches, like Kroc saw something in the lobby and was like, let me tell you, Roadhog, hear me out.
They're coming from the play that's abused only D.M.O.N.
Yeah.
Okay, so S.I.M. is the pick, Bones folding it down, of course nobody would mitigate this damage,
and, okay, Alex, try to go early into the backline.
I can see the temptation going after these baddies,
and because if you combo, getting an early mortality field seems great value,
but not if you die on the way.
The S.I.M. one is interesting, right?
We have not seen any sim really at all here, after sim has been like what a mainstay and competitive overwatch for like more than a year I feel like at this point.
It's a nice TP, you're able to collapse right on top of Cal.
No way to keep that on alive. It's a nice chain there.
Ball gets taken out, Freya far the response here, right?
But I think this is just the first point play here for Spain.
I think Phones once Phones falls will switch out for this, but maybe not any Phones.
It takes out the Phara.
I mean, maybe you switch off the Phara in your phallic.
Freya Phara, they are two heroes who try to soften up teams from safe distances, but not necessarily to secure those eliminations.
And Simp can't really engage with either, right?
That's true.
Both can't even arrive with them.
Let's say TP forward.
Yeah, this is obviously a hyper poke composition.
Who's gonna kill the kill?
Bones is gonna go play Tracer as soon as Bones dies.
I think he's just trying to die from the rest of the band.
Yeah, it's something really long.
This is gonna allow them to get, you know, an ant matrix also gonna get close to a sanctuary.
It's just free push.
This is nice.
Force Sink, right?
The pulse is getting a lot of cooldowns drawn out, but I think we can get there again.
Strange the Ant Matrix, Martin. It's a little bit too far.
All spent a great play in a moment turning around and seeing Xodiel overextended but then wrapped to the corner and ran into four players.
Got changed. Ant Matrix in the way. He just fell into the trap.
Yeah, Xodiel over to Tracer because Spain knows it's just one more fight.
They have looked fantastic here early. Graveyard gets a bit of it to the Nanna.
The Catnip, they're going to grab one player.
Can I grab bones off the side?
That's fine, what about a touch? Gravedown tries, false drops in, and ultimately,
Tariza represents a flop for this Canadian roster. They bring in veteran presence,
false, and they still can't slow these Spaniards down. Sati's emoting across the stage, and she is
filling herself. And they've been awesome here. This morning is Spain trying to give themselves
a great chance to go to BlizzCon, Spain, you win this year, you put yourselves in a great
chance of evening at the top of the group. You are playing at that point because you keep
the back line, right? Yeah. Because you keep those once, they'll have those once in this game.
But if you can't punish this team for playing greedy back lines, go ahead and run you over.
And what does Canada do? Where can they find an advantage in terms of style of play? Obviously
Bastion Cat has been targeted by Spain early on. The cat available there but Spain is
able to deal with it with ease. So two subs are going to be happening here.
Canada. Wow, we're gonna get Riza and Astral. Riza and Astral coming in. This I think tells me
we're going to Flash play. We've seen Razor come in for like all of their Flash
point games pretty much. You know, Esport, we see them leave Alex in for a little bit more
flexibility. But, are we going to do that? Like, what is that? Are we going to YouTube?
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I think you leave Spain could ban Emon in that space, Spain could ban Shion, Spain could
you know, they could look over and say, Zodia what hit scan do you want to play, and Spain
the other one, I mean.
It is funny how it there in the stairs, so let's see that, that's the kind of expected
I gulloped really good there. I think you just don't want to give your opponents that option.
I also think like sound barrier against like spree is pretty potent as well.
Like you could deny like some of the more defensive utility focused options against those shopping or wombo.
You know DPS ultimates.
Do you just spam Shion?
Oh, if you're spamming.
Well if I could see more razors here at pool if that's the case.
Like Razor has come in and played when we've seen it. Shion the entire time.
Oh, okay. I like this.
If you'll think it like if Canada think along the same lines as me like the same
We just gonna try and win a mirror a demon because it looked okay. Also, they just brought in false play diva
It's not like
Right even very reasonable on this map. I think in some instances are even more likely to see ball tanks though. Marga. Yep
D mom yeah like Marga obviously
You don't have like the delucius people Marga. So it's like me in the other day
I liked it because I liked Queen, it was interesting to see that leverage on a couple of occasions
but we were speculating what the Queen does in the Demon matchup, that was why I was interested.
He was interested for 3 seconds.
I saw at one teamfight and I was like, I test doesn't really look favourable for that
kind of setup.
I liked it in my metal line.
I think both teams have made correct bans, if I'm going to be honest with you.
Gala and Canale are probably the more flexible backlines as far as we can determine, so taking
that option away from them here, it doesn't really deny any Brawl comps though, you absolutely
can still play like you're a marcher through Malgus.
Well, are you going to play, if you're going to play, if you're going to play Rizgar again,
if you want, if you're Spain, right, if you're in Mizuki and you know if they're
going to be forced to play D.Va on the other side, you know, they can.
But Gala has one death on the entirety of that previous map playing Mizuki.
And I think like the Batsy's guys are a normal number of times, like it's nothing crazy.
We saw Alex trying to dive them at the start of Spain's attack side and he just died in
the neutral, trying to approach them.
Again, the way the party is as a map change means that Tracer who likes vertical mobility
can get up there a bit easier, but it's still a challenge for it, still a struggle.
Because even if you are translating Tracer's lateral mobility into some verticality it
still takes for a while to get in position.
It's so easy just jumping up on a ledge.
Most of the thing in your Spain
you sense a little panic
from Canada at the moment.
I'm packing my decks, yes.
I mean, Canada is like, you know,
they're a little, like...
I gotta predict the Australian
in this game.
Yeah, they're, you know, I think
like even like, you know, I think
it's just that you're so close to
Canada, you're a little bit of an underdog.
There's so much like, you know,
you're just anxious to like
get it done
and Spain with some obvious
experienced players like a sewi highlighter right like you know just a
loss early on is not gonna like kind of ruin their whole tournament they're
gonna continue to kind of play on through it and I think you kind of sort of
to see like okay we're making all these like you know the subs at times like
racer they brought in a lot like you know and then you try and play false
empire you said maybe get an advantage from the tank but then you
definitely seems like you know Canada sometimes these days that you're
like, ah, we're first game of the day, it goes so fast, and then like you find like they're on the end of like a 3-0 loss,
and then you're just kind of like, what happened?
Like we were so good, and then like, just blank series, and it's just gone.
Yeah.
Which is why I don't mind that we saw like substitutions in map 2, because kind of we're not waiting to try and like, come up with an answer.
Unfortunately none of their theory is standing up to the actual, uh, you know, ballistics tests, uh, you know, across these maps.
It's now returning to a configuration that we've seen from them before on New John City, but the elephant in the room is that, okay, Canada find a way to win this map.
What is it, race this series supposed to look like? You have to reverse sweep this Spain team. You don't get any more map picks.
Spain have carpons here to sort of stack the deck to favour them as much as possible, and they already have favourable matchups.
It's tank, it gets scanned DPS, and frankly, in the back line.
Yeah, I mean you got like the escort pool of maps still available, right?
So I know like a shit, you know, Spain would have, you know, pick up the litter there and
then worst case, right?
You know, you know, point 15 Esperanza in Colosseo, but I mean what?
Canada, you're banking on getting the Blizzcon off of like two reverse sweeps pretty much.
The top teams in the group.
Hell of a way to do it.
That's how it's going to be.
And I'm supporting it demon and Lucio bands here waiting to jump into new jump city
Spanish team looking pretty good. I mean it's auntie. She was flexing literally a
Big lad of Vamos at the end of the round for the Spaniards
It looks like
people I
loved when we did one of the player pieces
Where I think it was that with gala and canale it was like who's the lad is on Spain?
They're like awesome. He's always asking for healing. It's just pressing out
Yeah, it's not that she takes any damage, but she's calling for healing.
Yeah, heck yeah man.
He's like, you keep me up, we're on an LA.
We're going to Anaheim. We're going to a peace-take factory every night.
Book it.
It's the way you've been jumping into New Junk City. This is Canada's last map choice.
Last has to be burst in the pick ban, unless there's a deferral later on.
In many senses, despite being only three maps into this series, it feels like their last game.
If they win here, I wonder if they even know what the heck they're supposed to do after that.
But we'll cross that bridge if and when we get to it.
Getting the win here, like on this map,
and then losing would at least give them a better shot in terms of map differential, right?
Like just kind of keeping it close.
Ryo, worst case scenario.
Alright, so Razor will come in, they're gonna play Vendetta here, so,
we've seen Razor play like Vendetta, we've seen Shion as well,
Shion Vendetta, quick, the Moga as this is an E&B classic here from Spain.
Let's see if you can look, here's the charge coming in from Astro.
There's no damage being taken by Spine.
All of that damage was eaten up by Connecticut.
Something is about a thousand HP at the end of that exchange.
Those health bars, you thought this was an inch.
This is such a good read from Spain, you know, she's getting a little cross-action and
a high up on the stage.
She's pretty big, she's tearing.
Dominating.
Damn, I mean that was a listless Malga push, I feel like I've never seen, but we watched
the Malga push and you're like, okay where's the rest of the people that are pushing
with Fog, I just like didn't see anybody.
Astro will drop to the point for a time and then off as I think the issue is
positioning right now for Canada they are completely spread also that part
possible having event data in your composition we talked about it's at the
gift shopping tip by 2 right now we talked about in the pregame 2 like this
just sets them up to being able to play the Mizuki car
and phone playing more sim but I'm spamming the group up button right now
Haha, if I'm Astro, like yo, get on me.
Hell, it's so disjointed.
Stomp hits no one.
Astro is in no man's land.
So you don't get brought down here.
Hold on to Sif.
I'm only able to get so much done.
Razor having to pick him up.
Finally, Canada get a bit of an edge in not a moment too soon now.
That point is beckoning.
Mmm.
That encounter, not what you want to see.
Tanti just got very comfortable back behind her shield.
Canalis falling low and there's Alex.
Good execute.
Well, Pandetta should be really strong into the sick, right?
If like, there's no accretion out, you also do have the bind you don't have to worry about.
And the flashbang.
Yeah, how do you shit here?
Well, yeah, but like, into the sick, right, it is kinda good.
You do have like, a cleanse available for it, right?
Like, you wanna save some of those like, just tell me four things.
Yeah, but you wanna save some of that CC for like, whether it be Alex or the Vaga as well.
They kick our sanctuary in place. There's not a lot of healing, but it's enough.
There he goes Razor.
Tuntable dead eye there for Exodiel. And now Spain simply moved back to the point.
There'll be a bit of a fight, but there's not a lot left in the tank for Canada.
Ultimate-wise, there's plenty of some fairness.
We need to see a big old Tatarikus pre-human.
Razor is going to get caught pretty early on. They try to go for a catnap and a port down.
This is a health damage pretty effective there against Astro.
And if the time we sue you from Cal to prevent the big chunk damage,
still not remotely enough. Not by miles.
I mean look this is a comp that has been an EMEA staple it feels like
coming out from Spain
Canada searching for answers yet again
It will be Alex on the maze so we saw Alex pick up some a yesterday
I think this like I think there's less than like so may is like, you know
You can wall off the cigarette stick is like main issues like mobility
but
It feels like we're grasping at straws a little bit here for Canada. Maybe find a comfortable
get up.
I don't know if it just feels like it suits Alex.
Here's the chance of the fact that Rastro again basically ignored Razor though the second
line of offense.
Tiki is going to get most of Spain's out though.
Taneway built here for Razor but there's nothing on that first four, they still know
how off the point get though.
The Bones is sitting on what's going to be a very impactful wall.
Even up against Mugeta and May, first going to get through the ice block around the
wall.
That's an issue.
Nicely done.
Razor.
a sundering blade that maybe not even was needed.
It was just a really good naval from Alex to spin them up.
Yeah, and that's the main where you put it right behind that
signal, nobody else is going to move up through the choke.
Exhilarial flaws here at the end, so.
We'll see if Spain feels a need for you to make any
adjustments at least at the moment.
Like if you're Spain, you could just keep basically
this shell and match the maga, right?
Eventually you probably ditch the Mizuki as well, but.
It seems like Spanner happy to have the Sigma here.
Obviously the stop is really bad for Sigma,
but like if you choose your way,
obviously there are ways you can try
and like play around that form of crowd control.
I'm trying to rotate the seat on this floor, by the way.
I'm trying to rotate the seat.
Okay, fight through.
Oh, that's the guy!
That's just gonna be brought down.
And he got the Sims,
so this cage is not the hardest to break through by.
The losing is well timed by Alex there.
Nice combination.
That is a perfect one to punch.
That should be enough there at the end of the point.
I think now you have to start thinking for Spain,
yeah, making some changes, so it'll be a May of their own year.
From Bones, no Reaper will be the response.
Curious to see if Santi stays on SIG.
OK, so we will get the Sigma still in play.
It's a rotation here early from Spain.
Over to the next flashpoint.
Canada must win match scenario for that.
Catnap comes on in, Trace, Sanzi though.
She's an alive boss. Yeah, she can chuck a lot of that off. Razor's brought down, it goes, it just takes that 1v1.
Sanzi is chilling. She backed full health. Kegiak's Sanchu was huge, but I mean, the only place to find that value is probably going to be here.
Dragyard indeed, watch out for those fights being down with Astro, will also be forced to succumb.
That's both your support ultimacy from Canada, the kind of fizzle out.
And not only is the Reaper really good into like May, but also pretty good into Vendetta as well.
Moga too, the Reaper just a ton of like frontline damage.
Now Reaper also inside of the Katsune Rush right here with the SIG, a lot of damage.
Not a lot of way to mitigate it if you are Canada.
You've got to be tracking these riveting blocks at the moment, oh nicely done!
Tell me she's got some weights out that are unstoppable.
Weights fast, throws her, you know, pop another important cooldown, and then hits them with a bit of creation.
Gravitic Flaks to follow up.
More than enough burst damage to answer the Malga.
Yeah, great play there.
From Santa, she sees that the charge is used by that Malga.
The damage is crazy that they put down on the Malga.
But the Cassidy and the Reaper, the drop down here from Ashrow,
it's a nice Tuzu from Cal, prevents a lot of that damage.
But still, not able to keep that Malga alive.
I have to get like a fucking white Galio off this Taniak Overdrive as well.
Big Astro basically using it as a self-heal cooldown a lot of the time.
Alex Puckett playing close client.
Submarine Blade.
Ooh, Gala call for the ultimate, that's a big bit of Xodil, trades a big Xodil and gets the better pick.
No Malaga?
No wind, surely not in this fight.
Galo be forced to wait.
Kanae is sitting on his Kichunia rush and hasn't really had a reason to have to use it.
Grave Yart over the right click, Xodil.
does NOT miss these stunning work!
Spain once again dazzles and pick up their second flashport of New Junk City.
Nice adjustments from Spain as Bones goes over to the Reaper and that's all they
have needed to do to get this advantage.
Life is so simple.
Just switch Reaper.
Go Reaper guy.
There'll be Astro going Ramatra here.
Razor back to the Sheehan.
This is what we thought Razor would be.
They're now picking up the shield. Yeah, it was Alex on the shield earlier
Canada look on still for configuration and suits you. You know, this is good
For Canada into the sick right the romantra
Can they execute it though, right?
Switching so many takedores, you know, they like to do get a favorable matchup
He's gonna cut the muscle against the sick equation and open it you
Gatbloss is the bottom looking for a person to drop down and SPENCITUM!
That's a title headshot there from Alex, importantly Zodiac!
Basically dispensers him as if he breathes him!
Picked up by Graveyard, though.
All response for Sachi to BKK's Sanctuary, right?
Is this going to give you the value you need? Sachi's still alive!
Eventually burst down, but Gala is having to turn that into a trade.
Canale was dragged down to the fight early at all.
This has been a long, drawn out engagement that has given Canada a 40% total.
Oh, and Gallardo finds Graveyard, how does that happen?
So aggressive, so aggressive this guy.
You cannot let that happen for Canada.
I mean, Graveyard will be able to get back in pretty quick,
but now Spain realizes it's the moment here where
might have a pretty sick advantage.
It's off the dead eye.
This is the prescribed location to use this ability
by some time.
And it's shield-grip tech, Alex.
He does intuit his ice cross timing.
Where are all the death costs and costs?
Okay guys, a bit of overkill perhaps?
Well, whatever gets you the result you're looking for.
A 90% spanner over the flint, feels it back. It spins pretty heavily.
Oh, I mean, yeah. Flux, Deathboss'em, Dead Eye early on.
Now kinda hoping you can get like maybe a pick off here early, get an advantage, build up towards those support ults, and close it out.
Oh god.
Oh no, I'm giving you annihilation, big trade! The race has already gone down!
Tati's trying to back up. Annihilation still active by the way. Can they heal this Sigma sufficiently?
Tati up against the wall. Yes, Astro just gets a little bit too close to the side of Bones, he's there to put it out of his misery.
Before they'll be inflicted back, there's a TP under the voice. It's a little risky for Bones, but Wraith walks available.
Plenty of invulnerability frame.
I mean, that could not have gone better for Spain, right?
Annihilation comes on in. The first skill that happens, Exodiel just rips Alex.
Early in the fight, this allows Spain obviously with the amount of healing they have to do on a Sunday to keep her up.
Get both support ults here with one bite, let the close it out.
Good creation, that's disrupted paradix.
I don't love this scene here, nope.
I can see it, but you get free charge off the SIG shield, I guess?
I ain't playing against Reaper.
Ah, Reaper may die.
Yeah, Dangerous thinks he'll get for me out of the fight, he's tiny at the time, he raised it up, he picked up points, he's able to chase it down, 99% here for Spain, and they maintain control of the point.
There's a continually roster for this K-Ki sanctuary, it's an embarrassment of riches for the Spaniards, and they're looking for a clean win here.
At 3-0, we throw this group into chaos, and apparently, they've got nothing more than have us scratching our heads.
I'm sure with the Dukes I'm not enough to stop the tide away from Dangerous and Exodiel, he's going to plug away with the Peacekeeper and have a large cheer from Spain.
Does they take it?
Tolman in victory!
That is as good as it feels like any team is looked.
Wow!
Throughout the group stages here, you see how excited Spain is.
They know how important this victory is, right?
That puts them in a great spot now to attend BlizzCon.
And they came out on fire today, like they knew they needed to play at this level
Canada and for Canada
Couldn't be a worse loss
Obviously a lot of these teams expect to be two and one but to lose oh three
Really rough and I know we have a shot of Exodio just how much it means to him
And making his way over towards Canada, but Spain so exciting
The emotion of these players feel like it this win is massive turning some real hot. Yeah that guy and also
So it's kind of wild that looking at this paint, Spain were in such a dire position coming into this series at all.
They look incredible.
Some of the issues that we saw creep in for Canada against Thailand, I feel like they got really exposed here.
Really exacerbated.
You know, I think Astro constantly jockeying for a favourable matchup.
A tank just could not find one against Auntie at any point across the series.
You're trying to sub in, you know, falsely, to give you like a safe steady pair of hands to play the Dibamir, loses that one out as well.
Just getting knocked out of mech constantly by this very high damage backline that we saw from Spain.
And after that point, after that point, they're brilliant with confidence, walk into this map.
Spain look like they believe that there isn't really a map or hero band configuration, combination, permutation that could take them down and I'm inclined to agree.
They didn't need to rely on the demon, right? No jetpack can't use from Spain either, so
really impressive. They pull out a comp here at the end. That's a, you know, a bit of an EMEA staple.
And with some sim early on, you know, Razor and Alex, we can all the adjustments try and make
something work, but it's too strong. This is so, I mean, for Canada, this is gonna
of shatter your confidence. But I saw Graveyard's face after that game and you know, like you
kind of mentioned it coming in, sometimes in these three hours you feel like, yeah, like
the game is just over before you have a chance to come to your senses and actually play.
Put your hands on the keyboard and do something to influence the result. The Demon Banner thing
is heads up here for Spain as well. In that last match, they say, hey, like, we're
not going to give you any chance to find an edge. We're going to take you back
to this classic EMEA Sigma Mizzou. Come on, but we're going to make you work
We're gonna make you beat us the old-fashioned way and there's just no answer from the front line
Okay, you know we thought that Spain could potentially top this route kind of coming in
And I think like when we look at like our prediction like I think you probably got a little bit too high on Canada
You know, I'm really not serious. Perfect. I knew you just
Australia still got it
But we said it as we were making our predictions
We did say that this is by no means gonna be a one-sided affair like Spain has been leveling up
within this competition. They have shown us how close they can play it and even though it didn't result in victories
they always came just this close and this was a fantastic showcase from this team which
Have we run the mafia?
Does that mean this?
No, there it will be
No, it's gonna depend on Germany as well
It does depend on that guy. It does. Yes, but getting swept is very bad for Canada
Yes, getting swept, losing Rio is generally not great
Jury's got to be Thailand, Jury's got to be Thailand, but the map differential is terrible for team with two wins.
This is really bad for Canada.
Have we mentioned that it's really bad for Canada?
It's not that joking.
I'm not sure if Canada does relate. I think Canada does relate to how bad it was for me.
They look good to me.
They look good to me.
Yeah, no, this is rough because especially because of what we've seen from them, right?
They started things off really, really well and the group as well playing it so close.
They're a very talented roster, it'd be a shame not to see the McCloskott.
Well, probably we play the whole group, right?
Here, I got one game, I moved them on, we're good to go.
I mean, there's a lot of games, and sometimes it takes some time for some teams to get going here at the Overwatch World Cup.
And then you see Spain, right? Obviously they fall to Germany, but we think Germany is a very strong team.
And they take care of this. That was a really impressive win there.
And in so many of the metrics we care about, you know, Overwatch, right, like how the tanks
are doing, the backline output, how the healing is looking, just the DPS gap, like every boss
was checked here by Spain.
They look like they've really made the most of their time here for us.
And they did that when it really came down to the liar, right?
This was a do or die game for Spain, so for them to not let that pressure get to them,
despite them having some more inexperienced players on the roster as well, for them to
show up with such confidence.
Sadie was feeling herself in that stage.
It's incredible. That's incredible. I love that.
They were, they were farming.
I mean, and they didn't have to rely on Jetpack Hat.
They didn't have to rely on Demon.com.
They were able to play so many different things throughout the series.
And I think Canada thought they were going to get one on them,
go into Paraiso, maybe, and like kind of play in that diva type of style.
But the great read by Spain, I mean, they are just also like.
Exodiel just kind of dominating the hitscan battle really throughout it.
Like, there's no real answer for him at all.
Which is good, because I feel like Sodeo, in their last match, got shot down a little bit.
It was more quiet than the DPS department.
For them to turn it around today, like, that is nominal.
It was very hard, I think, for Alex to apply the level of backline pressure needed to keep Sodeo quiet.
Right, the fact that, like, someone like Gala, I think, on the Mizuchi, has one death for all Karizo,
means that your tracer is struggling to...
And look, it's the kind of map that does make it harder.
You play safer backlines, like, that's why you play Ana,
because you know it's a bit harder to come at you on a tracer there,
like you have to be more you kind of let music just run around and hold m1 and just get insane healing
and i think it probably just feels like like probably feels like they didn't even play today
really like it's like uh they were never really able to get any momentum and any of the maps really
attention honestly i'll say the first point in samoa right where they play like a wuyang and
like just like kind of the the map able to just kind of give them so much more space uh to
to be able to make that comp work outside of that I mean like it was Spain
from the jump I mean there was nothing really that Canada could do to really
make Spain sweat I mean the map differential is looking ugly that's a
rough one there would you say again that the three all also is really
difficult extremely undigit right now that Canada is asking for Thailand
Jersey in the back and the hard support in the first run map differential
Because Germany obviously, they 3-0, okay, they're plus 4 as well, that makes that sort of top spot a little bit more complicated.
But man, it's, I can't believe how this group has opened up.
Yeah, no, this is such a competitive group.
Sandy joining us now, first of all, congratulations on the top and the dominant fashion within which it was gotten as well.
You came off of a loss yesterday, short turnaround of course.
What was the mentality heading into this duo or die match for you and the team?
Basically, we said that you have the three of them.
And you did?
And you did.
Yeah, like it was no pressure because it was either 3-0 or 3-1, right?
We were like the underdogs, the one with pressure, so it was really easy to perform good.
You have like almost no pressure, they had only to take the ones.
It felt like you guys had no pressure today.
You were on stage, you were popping off, you were crazy.
What were the vibes like from the team?
But did you guys feel like you had a really big advantage over Canada early on?
Not really we're like
Not the fittest but like we thought we were like loose. Yeah, right. What point did that change for you?
Exactly, man. Okay. Yeah in a moment like
Everything I started clocking in like
You in your tank matchups were excellent across this series. You played the Demon of Sina first map
You looked really good there and then you had to play against false who got sucked in you
Played this really technical diva mirror. How did you feel in that series because you guys man demon even though
You're winning that kind of matchup. Where do you feel like your strength is right now?
It says with you are cool my strength is like
Pocket exodiel and I come to town as the best clip pretty pretty good strategy
They were the way exodiel play today. I mean
Dominic we're talking about your dummy the hips can
When you saw the group, how did you feel about the group?
Did you expect it to be this competitive because quite frankly looking at the potential
freeway tie here coming into this last match was really incredible?
We thought Germany was going to be really competitive but we didn't know Canada could
pull off a wing against Germany so we were not expecting that and Thailand is there.
Probably not the main one.
That's right. Well, it was great to see you and the squad in action.
Now, of course, we're going to cross the fingers here in the last match
to make sure that you are, by all ways, of mapping it out through to BlizzCon.
But for now, thank you so much for joining us.
It's been a pleasure. Share some love to Santi and to Team Spain
as they just completed their last match of the Orange World Cup.
We're heading into a very quick break afterwards.
We are back with our second match of the day.
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It's not bad, not bad.
Of course, I think you mean it's not bad as in like, yeah, sure, we got the win, right?
And you guys definitely needed that win.
Let's touch base about what happened yesterday.
Just really quickly.
You guys, unfortunately, did lose to France.
What were some of the takeaways?
Like, what did you guys talk about as a team after yesterday's match?
You just said it wasn't that bad.
You talked about yesterday, and I think we should move on.
What did you say about the game after yesterday?
Did you have anything to learn?
Honestly, it hasn't been long since Dimon came out,
so I thought it would be easy to play other than Dimon,
but I don't know if Dimon is that good, so I think we were a bit bored.
I think we'll do our best to deal with what Dimon is good at.
Demon is the newest hero in Overwatch right now
And we didn't really know what to expect when it comes to fighting against Demon
But now we sort of know, I think we have found our answers
And now we feel a little bit more confident going forward
Alright, well, now you guys are with us when you guys are 1-1
Team Korea needs to win the next one against Denmark
Simple, how confident are you going into that match against Denmark tomorrow
Tomorrow is the 1st game of the day, and tomorrow is a very important day.
There is a match against Denmark. How do you feel about that match?
I think I'll win if I don't just focus on the players who are good at the match.
You know the system?
For a person overwatch, right?
For a hero?
We're gonna do that in real life.
So here we are with Team Denmark's
Kalex and Shockwave
doing IRL perks.
Let's get started with the first one.
Would you rather never have to eat again
or never have to sleep again?
If you can skip the downsides
of not sleeping.
That is assumed. Let's say...
If not, I think you'd die in probably about a month.
Yeah, no sleep.
That's pretty good.
For me it's just too good.
It's too good.
Yeah.
I'm sleeping is also nice, but you know, you can try so many different types of food.
You can't really sleep many different ways.
Would you either walk twice as fast, or jump twice as high?
I mean, I think walking twice as fast is probably the most logical one to take.
So I'm gonna go with that one.
Would you rather speak every language in the world, or play every instrument?
I feel like every language.
like convenient for just everything. I would prefer to play every instrument because I really like
music. I mean language is nice, it's organic everything but I like music as well you know.
Okay would you rather never feel hot again or never feel cold again?
Hot for me, yeah. I prefer it like ice cold, cold like a true day. Yeah I'm with him on that.
Okay I think we really prefer the cold. Yeah thanks for having us. Bye.
Bye bye and hello also because Denmark is about to play on this stage in South Korea that's
our second match of the day and on the bikes with Matt and Mitch here to break it all down
and set the stage but yet another match.
It is well and truly said I mean the controversy surrounding South Korea in terms of then
and not winning the video game has been...
The co-election of the game.
The desire video game.
The video game.
Not that one.
This team feels like it's engineered to win the video game.
So when they do not, in fact, win the video game, the effluent tends to hit the fan.
Yes, that is exactly what I would have said word for word as well.
Now, let's talk about it though, because they did lose, of course, the game against
France.
It was a reverse sweep.
And it kind of looked like they... did they underestimate them, did they just not
expect them to come out this strong on especially demo like it was that France
being everybody down with a crocs on the deal speaking of about South Korea here
like they still should have been the winners of it like just on paper if the
means a conversation about flaws and ceilings I think the South Korean
ceiling is unbelievably high but this is the best time to try and get one over
on a team like this because maybe they're just not adopting this matter
as quickly as Brats, for example. As time goes on, these guys are inevitable. Give them enough
time to maybe work their demon into their wheelhouse, and I think that they're going to be in great shape.
Obviously, this wasn't much of a game. We sort of expected them to look very, very strong here.
Exactly. Keep the content vertical. Keep it nice and snappy. But this is the
This is the must win game for them. I think they've probably been pretty hard on themselves
after losing for France. And they will come back with Flier and their bellies today.
Yeah, I'd expect K-tion obviously high if you're looking at this particular roster.
Star started from the back.
I think this is the nasty team, right? I'm so excited to see Sunjin in simple play with
this kind of, you know, crazy working core, you know, those two players, you know,
you see Sunjin on Dallas Fuel and then simple and twisted minds have a really strong
performances I felt a little bad after they lost that first one like you know
they would end up taking up runs at the blame but I think they're gonna bounce
back just fine you know obviously Denmark is a feisty opponent on the other side
of the stage but I still feel pretty good about Korea here yeah as you should I
mean especially with Denmark coming off of a pretty tough loss it was a O3
against France now you can argue of course France also won against South
Korea you know so like transitive properties who made it closer but
No Francis in fact not our banana for scale. Let's talk about this Danish roster
Dome because we know what to expect from them, right? Like we've been familiar with a lot of these players
We know that they have an aggressive backline. We know that they have a lot of great pieces to work with. I
Don't feel like these guys were nearly assertive enough against
You really have to be playing at the French pace. I think this really challenges
but SkyTour was constantly looking like he was being left behind just by the pace of the play.
He was also Crocs' target apparently, heading into this one for absolutely unknown reasons.
For no reason, I mean, listen, you've got to pick something right.
I agree with you. I also think that's what really worries about me for Denmark in this series.
Is that like the pace from South Korea is going to be as fast, if not faster, than France plays.
And they kind of crumbled under that pressure
Eventually are there some throwbacks here that Denmark can end up playing like no, can we get slower comps in the mix, right?
I would say South Korea hasn't really
I want to see them pilot the demon against a really good team before where like okay, they figured it out
Can you do some stuff that's like, you know more EMEA killed here for Denmark to be able to take it all
more conversely, I want to see Jonovitch try and play at that same level of aggressiveness
that we saw against France and in a way that's not as punishable, right?
I think that like South Korea, someone who's going to like absolutely just die, you know,
I mean, I mean, it's not going to blow him up if he gets too close on that.
You're on a dead mark!
Yeah, totally.
No, I went through and I changed his prediction on the sheet.
Are you kidding us?
That's actually correct. I was training for this one, too.
Well, he did pick a shape. Eric gave him, so I was like, you know what?
He's rolling with the archer.
Ben Mark Lindsay's gonna look so smart
Yeah, I'm just not I just want to take credit for that big I
Do not think Denmark everybody when this game
Because then Mark surely has something to say about that let's head into me do must we do
There we go
And a recent in here for Denmark
Obviously like a tank protect here potentially as well. Japan can't gone for Korea's so
They are not missing a man. We are we are live folks into the server
You're back at thank you
We're gonna lose your cherry for both sides. I think this is like I kind of okay, so
It's gonna be tough for Denmark. I think to find like any advantages, right?
But in concept play like this. I think that's like there they're clear path to win
I mean jumping's playing Malgo. This is just a throwback to two years ago
I don't know man, Sunchens have a play to Genji?
Sarkis is just going to shoot everybody?
These guys definitely feel like they're going to look good here.
So I want to look closer. I want to put Denmark under the microscope map.
I want to look at Jolovic's positioning.
Shockwave's ability to win these goals.
And Skytour to swing and not take too much faithful damage early on.
So Denmark is going to try and get control here over the bridge.
bridge. There's a lot of pressure here on that jumpy. And if they move him out of that
position, perhaps they'll see a lot of damage, so they're going to heal off jumpy, get him
into the mix. It's simple, does find the reaper, and now you're way less scared here to play
these aggressive positions, right? The reaper, that large source of damage up front. This
has been all South Korea here early. Yeah. Now you're going to drag us into the
or T-stiverse sooner rather than later I think.
I think uh, I think even so we've lost your minds I think.
Oh yeah, you were the beacon of sanity.
I'm glad you're here to keep us, keep us steady.
Coming to this fight of course, we'll use that Katsune Rush
before Zathgaria will be imperative.
Braavus had a couple of opportunities to find you,
they've been pressuring down, but yet these stomps are devastating
and the pile in from Zathgaria after the stomping is kind of scary and hard.
Katsune Rush community at the simple, they really want to
Force back and not give an opening here, but you can get the lingers a little bit too close to those held by shotguns.
Raptor is going to be punished for it.
South Korea, at least that would be exact their power of flesh for the trade and watch out.
Skytel needs to make sure he stays on solid ground.
That is nasty as the rail gun shot there from Stalker.
Sunjin finishes off Jonowitch and now you don't have this beat to respond to Choronging of using his.
Now that'll buy time for Chonbun to get back into play.
Very much a solo end, but look at all of South Korea are ready for this H5 going to be thrown in, and Sojin has full support for the rest of his squad.
Round is the first to fall now, the H5 connects.
Jun been great, he's with that Mavro Ultimate.
Sojin eventually falls, Jonovic just giving his good as he gets, but it's not enough on aggregate here at South Korea.
A set up to take the rounds.
Yeah, it looked like Jonovic there, maybe just trying to sneak in, get a touch, but that will be round number one.
Flawless!
That missed rune filled up real quick.
I'm sorry, yeah, it did.
We were talking about your predictions for a while.
We had a chance to take a look and it is filled out here in Busan.
An amazing host for the group stages here.
Obviously, South Korea trying to advance past this point.
On to BlizzCon.
This game is really kind of a decided, right?
right with us France you assume obviously gonna go undefeated in the
group I feel like it should be said at this point that anything less than us a
domination is unacceptable from South Korea oh yeah anything less than making
an example of Denmark and booking a tactic ticket to this comment I'll be
not in top seed you know there's been so much talk about how obviously I know
You know, EMEA has performed at internationals around, trying to make a play, but not able to do so.
But, you know, obviously seems, you know, like Twisted Minds, Katya Gike, you know, a lot of these players from EMEA and KSA,
you know, making through at internationals for OECS and WIN.
So, for South Korea, you still want to show like you are, you know, the dominant country when it comes to overwatch them.
And then like it's like okay one thing to lose the KSA at this event, right?
And then it's like oh my god, we get these EMEA teams, right?
I mean these guys lost to China in 2023.
They want to put down the rear view mirrors.
They have thought that the Lancer watch will come down to Finland.
Dejected by that point.
I think that you want to erase that from history.
And honestly you're not a full great start here in 2026.
This is still keeps on correct.
This is still from the very, very fast.
It's just no way in for Denmark.
Norsha in their face at every turn and Shokla first to fall in this fight.
Skyfall is low and Wukid only healing and Jonovic is going to get picked off.
Johan doesn't have a sideline to his Malga player and has to switch them to get the safety,
but he throws himself deep into the frame giving so.
Sonja with just a nasty Genji play.
I feel bad for the supports here.
Denmark is Jonovic and Johan.
We see some great performances from them, but it's been rough really for all of Denmark so far.
trying to come in here with the vendetta, change things up.
Quite honestly, it probably looked a little bit better with the Reaper.
Or at least easier, I think, for them to play like the...
The vendetta is going to be so hard to be here by Korea.
Trying to retake with the Reaper, though, it feels like a pretty difficult prospect.
Got a bit of a divide across it.
He's showing you he wants to tap his fingers on here.
He's immediately shot by trying to slide away with the dash.
He's perfectly with the soaked slide.
Stalker 4, this is why I wanted to see from Jonowich. Still find ways to channel that aggression, pile in and get elimination, but Jumbin finds a big stop here.
That was a very important Susie deployed by Yo-Ham, and now Katsune Rush, it's a flattering of support all the time, but this is the last chance for you for Denmark to go for everything in.
And even with the Russia having to beat it, still might not be enough. South Korea had those analogs on their side too.
And on the high ground, Denmark just are in disarray.
Yes, I assume you're just constantly moving forward here.
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I think it's a good point, because the game is very similar to what we've seen in the
game, but it's just, it's just a very different game.
It's just a very different thing.
Like, um, we just, we can't be, we just can't be mirroring Naga.
We just can't be running that down.
If you want to ban sewage to play like some Cassidy here, also kind of protects
Bastion in a way.
If you wanted to play that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Like, well, obviously, like, he's like, comes in here.
So, it's very, it's that career.
Trying to make sure they, I kind of have all the bases covered where it's
it's gonna look like it's gonna like maybe run the tracer in here is fine you can play
the mate right on this mountain and see that for a few teams okay there we go he
same comes in though I do think like you want to respect this a little bit
you're farer I would I say prolific on this particular map but much like the
frayer again like kind of use on the attack side to soften up defenders use
tracers the other edge of pizza reasonable I'll be a little odd
Yeah, I mean, down into your second map of that demon, you could ban, like, even if you wanted to ban, like, Eerie here and play like, uh, yeah, I know it's gonna be demon. I was gonna say, like, simple can play a lot of other, I know, different supports, right?
Yeah, kind of interesting with the back line, but it feels really comfy for Korea, right?
Front and out of the way.
You can see around the back, it's going to be hard to answer that.
They try and play like a SIG here, and maybe like SIG.
Are they going to try and play like SIG, like SIM, like kind of comms, like the EMEA comms there?
I don't know how to fold the Mizuki in. It's the kind of map where you do see that time to time.
Like, Pharah can be annoying into those pumps as well and also protect Sim, so like, maybe that's the thought here for Denmark.
I feel like, I think you have, like, the freighter is kind of the analog for this Pharah, in a number of ways.
Vendetta, still an option, yeah.
Basically, do you start seeing like, Sim front lines, right? And you mentioned it earlier today.
Either those Sigma setups, like, Vendetta can be quite good, as long as there are like, four or five pieces of disruption against her.
All of a sudden, that becomes much more uncomfortable.
And then there's also the question of like, you know, Slay, what is he, what is he coming in here to sort of play alongside Johnowich?
Is there like a particular configuration they're looking for? Do they want to play like the EMEA-coded Sigma Mizzouki? Look.
Yeah, just if it takes a substitution, we didn't see Slay in their most previous series.
Like is it like the Atmissouki type of calm? Like, something along those lines, like really bunkery, like...
This was a really popular map in EMEA.
Since it's been introduced, a lot of sim, Cassidy, things along those lines, but it feels like that meta has kind of escaped us a little bit, at least early on here in Busan.
Even the very best teams on their road to glory and overwatch with its World Cup or other competitions, they do run into speed bumps, right?
The game moves quickly, but how many heroes are just being out of the game?
It's at a feverish pace, and so our pro players have to adopt them at quite a high rate.
And bear in mind, a number of these South Korean players have been very tied up with mid-season championship,
with their OWCS competitions, remember Korean teams playing their age OWCS as well.
It's like a lot of competition there for them.
So it's very lively.
split that time, you know, with the sort of-
I love the new hero to like, kind of throw it into the mix though.
Like, changes the game, gives a lot of, uh,
different variety to it, right?
I think when you kind of like, this still overwatch down to like, uh,
you know, we kind of have a counter and here we go,
we got both teams on each side playing each team.
I think like, what's really awesome about it is like, you get like, kind of the,
okay, Fran's playing this crazy D-bond comp and like,
can you stop it? What do you do? Like, you're like, searching?
Yeah, I love that.
This for me is obviously one of my favorite parts about being here in Busan.
The Korean fanbase is really singular in that there's such a reciprocal arrangement.
The players deliver excellence with regularity.
That's what's expected, but the fans always turn up.
They are always here.
They're here before the doors open.
They fill the room, you know, what we call it a symbiosis.
But like it's such a close relationship between the fanbase and the players, right?
Both of them spur each other on.
Yeah, it's been awesome to see kind of the South Korean fans come out here to Busan's port, their team.
I bet a lot of these people will be going over to BlizzCon, right? Like, you know, heading over that way.
It just means, it just feels like it means more to them, right?
I feel like I see the same from the Chinese fans as well.
French fans.
Yep.
Right?
Genuinely the lifeblood of events like this.
And the players do know this, like they really do go to great lengths, I think, to acknowledge that, like, the fans are
like a huge component of all their success. This pressure that comes along with this, right?
Yeah.
It's so gratifying when you can celebrate big victories with them, and that's what the hope here is for,
is that, you know, South Korea will get reinstated at the top of the global hierarchy, right?
I think Saudi Arabia really disrupted them back in 2023. China got in their way as well.
You seem like, you know, obviously when you're going to a yard, like the fans in Saudi, like they love, like, you know,
We're so nice can't see as the those teams and then I feel like Japan is dying for a team that they can like really
Kind of like yeah get behind feel like has a shot
I mean Paris like a level the barrel fan base work. Yeah, they really turn up in numbers
I think that like the uncomfortable reality about that barrel squad is that you know
They I feel a lot of the power from that team come from the import slots
Yeah, that's land top dragon really loud. We'll have to take them to great heights
But I saw the fan base just adopt them entirely, you know what I mean?
Like, they really made them a part of the experience as well.
But yeah, you know, obviously it's a blow for Archbend once again
to be denied the chance to sort of play up Luzcon in front of those fans.
But man, the competition has never been fierce.
Oh, right. The era of Overwatch we're in, especially now with this
infusion of young talent, you see like across Spain, across Denmark,
for example, you know, France as well with these players that have
been sitting at high FICIT master OWCS.
I think that's what happens though when you have these regional leagues, where we have
the import slots now, and just like constant competition at that really high level obviously
gets everybody better, where you're seeing now even NA at the midseason championship
there starting to go a little bit further.
USA looked really good here, right?
I'm sure Varro will learn from some of their players
obviously coming to this event now, going back to Asia
to compete, just more competition globally
and international competition, more just opportunities
to play high level Overwatch.
Like the addition, for me, of like that mid-season
championship has really given so much more to play for.
Dark Korea, though there's plenty on the line here,
but so far they've been demonstrated
To be the better team, we still got more of what's to play though.
Now it's time for me on Junction.
And that's it.
For every ounce of energy that the South Korean players deliver,
the fans give it back 50 times over.
This room's about to get loud.
For Denmark, it's signs of life.
even if you lose here right taking maps you know we talked about time breakers
it would obviously be pretty rough for them to make it out right you start to
get in the like head to head some stuff they don't have a they don't have the
right they're kind of back out there they obviously need to win this even get
to one right yeah so
we'll see on this defense side a couple ready starting to form jump in the
Over to the Orisa, banned in the first map.
Obviously, Skytort didn't want to have to encounter, as Mauga.
Now he'll have to reckon with that destruction.
Effective zone control that Orisa leverages.
He's hanging on the shield here.
It's okay, happy to take a Cassidy matchup.
Okay, Curies.
Characteristic hero, I'd spice me rather than have to find some attention on the Widow out of gates.
It'll be slain coming in to just playing the curies, it's just like maybe something different
on the other side, but at least right now it'll be like just a different look.
It'll be a sick of these cat-fashion comps, interesting enough they're also not playing
Cassey with it, right?
So double hitscan, and it backs you, a rather un-shockwave.
The little odd, it also might be less pressure on the backline here.
Raph is more concerned about trying to chunk and jump it down once you knock the armour off the Orisa.
She tends to fall like a lawn chair.
Getting to that point, those are our challenges.
He's saying he needs to evade away there and shockwave.
Your Orisa's not a great pick into this though, right?
Like, Sig can just kind of constantly hook the Orisa back.
The passion can kind of get that armour off.
Ah, Stalker though with two, I mean, it doesn't really matter if it's a great pick up if Stalker is able to do that.
So Sigma is also not resilient though, so he's displaced with it.
Yeah, he doesn't want to mitigate that, so Jaffa is annoying for him.
Brutal.
If you knock Sigma in a position where his shield can no longer be useful to his teammates,
ah, it becomes a bit uncomfortable for the six.
Also, like, you just fortify when the accruation comes in, because it's such a wind up.
If you can close that gap, right?
Now, Sigma is on the attack side here, so fundamentally,
SkyTor has to walk up into Jhin's effective range, like that's a little uncomfortable.
You can't really just keep the Erisor at arm's length with this tank matchup.
Ooh, he's... dead high.
SkyNu, if you will. Jhin, then.
Nasty time, gets out of the way.
Ah, we'll get some priority at least here in position for their mark.
It's now South Korea to make their way back into the retake.
Look at that. Shockwave folds.
Now Stompi gets his high ground spot. SkyTor had better hold on to that kinetic grasp.
As I say, he has to use it to stay alive.
Raph?
It's a good match if you get stalker, at least at that range, but flashbang connects and now...
The Hatsune rush.
The Hatsune rush also helps there.
Get the extra shots off.
Now is it a peacekeeper recovery time?
Yes, it's sped up, so you can just go ham.
Right. Not right.
Not the most auspicious of beginnings here for Denmark Shockwave.
This might be someone who pushed up here, but that doesn't seem like that for him at all.
Skynoon available here for South Korean.
Flux for SkyTor. Doesn't really seem like the...
...Yarisi can just fortify it. It's not the most exciting proposition against Yarisa.
I think you need to try to cast again.
He's got the playing back, but he doesn't knock it a little bit.
I'm probably up for the play ground here. Skynoon flies in.
Shockwave! Not an answer in the world!
To deliver the Salkis question!
John which also caught inside that terror surge and in an instant the fight is over
Sky tour gonna get staggered out here as well
They
So they needed that one to connect right I mean give themselves a little bit of a window here
Under a minute to go
Yeah
All right. Now I think the last time we saw a real, like, widow meek replay.
Oh, man.
It's been a while.
This does pretty change the game though. The paradise is different.
Now you got to play on those two side lines as much as possible.
He's not going to have to go looking though for this widow.
I think we found him.
Simple force here. Oh, that's dirty. That is dirty.
So I'm going to tell him that he's down here with a three.
The first activation doesn't give you much value after the sky we go.
Oh, and left a bit to be desired, that one.
Jumping ball? Okay.
Simball's gonna have a rush.
And Reads, it's so difficult to get them
really out of these fights.
Then third down by Willsmode there,
second team picked up, Rolls back in,
they continue to rush to try to power him.
And it's gonna be tough to shift him, but he's low.
He's a duck behind, still healed up almost to half
and ready to fight again.
Shockwave's gonna be spotted off towards the side
That was more what he's accustomed to.
It's selling by Stalker!
Stratas low!
And if it's to get better than this, folks,
Zadkario can test with the wrecking ball to deny the cap.
I said just that.
I'm just saying, that is just nasty work there
from Junbin, and it's simple.
Junbin gets on, gets a touch, dangerously low,
gets back, allows simple to TP to him.
It's soon a rush comes down.
Jumbin does like two little spins there over by the payload and then just kind of sits by the wall, right?
Knock some of those players back on, uh, then 400 hills. Yep. And then somehow Stoker is in Nani.
I think it's simple to stra- uh, we got dragged back into the fight, I think, by the cat and was able to flank to the Cassidy?
Yeah. God, that's- that's foul. And then they kind of sim come back there at the end.
Yeah, pretty impressive stuff.
Rob's down line there for Shockwave. We've got easily seen now. It's been awesome to see Shockwave back in action
Just never really able to get comfortable. This is a twisted mind staple here from Denmark
the good old Reinhardt
With they typically run it though with like a capacity and have it up on the high ground
They send a run over the
Bastion round bestie
Yeah, okay
I mean again, we've obviously seen this in eras drawn by
Namely the London Spitfire
So how well South Korea going to be able to intuit this this sort of reshuffling of resources
From Denmark with the TP
They're gonna be ready for the Bastion to turn up in their midst
Assessing the comp here stalkers just waiting
Well, that's a fun time. That's a lie.
Kronz is showing this footage to the coaching staff of France.
I mean, again, this guy, I don't think we've seen this before.
Yeah.
Oh, wow.
I mean, they're trying to reward the roadhog.
I just don't see that as being a great option.
And this is not good enough to trade.
Literally against South Korea.
South Korea is up there.
I mean, it's funny.
He's saying he was able to pick him off,
and without so much as a whimper,
Denmark have been felled.
They own Junction!
As good as it gets in South Korea, they are looking to make quick work up Denmark and I mean
We're kind of sat like over to the side where you can see the Denmark players and they just kind of
They'd like that smile on like man, what are we supposed to do here?
The rough draw for them
I mean, let me say something
That actually going up against South Korea definitely felt a big way through the series
You know we kind of talk about France and how to get started against this South Korean team. You needed a bit of
Delusion or someone across the belief that you keep you know truly beat this kind of team
It's kind of hard to dig deep for that now after two maps away. Nothing back in my control is really stuck
Yeah, typically at moments like this you're trying to find
like something you can be
positive about right for Denmark of like hey this went really well or we want to
play this now moving forward no maybe we think we had a little bit of an advantage
there for a while not not the case so far here for Denmark
So I think Yo-Ham is gonna come and sit back down, you know, so yeah, okay, so we have the right honk out of the gates
I don't really need to just do my folks
Rightful folded pretty quickly. I like the idea that TP after the high ground I try and set up there, but
They obviously didn't have much chance to get advanced notice on what the South Korea conference going to be
It was always going to be a little bit of a gambit. Yeah
The demon ban there
for South Korea you also saw them ban Jetpack Cat in map number one they've
gone up to both halves of this composition right yeah so obviously your
options now for you know the Sakurai can't avert everyone Jetpack Cat sort of scenario
but frankly is it a is it terrible for them to just have a crack at it get
some more reps on the clock that is definitely going to be part of the
game and it's definitely gonna be present at BlizzCon 2 and I'm not even sure we're
We're going to get a sub here. I think it might just be, uh,
I'm seeing players come out. I'm seeing Sunjin return.
Okay, Sunjin's coming out. Yeah, but I think for, uh, Denmark, it looks like, uh,
I know how his, you don't have his staunching slight.
Yeah, I actually didn't see his stuff in his hands.
I thought they were just, like,
Plays like, are you sure?
Well, this is the only way this series is going to get out to a normal length.
Yeah. We need these substitutions to,
You know, get the,
I don't know what I'm supposed to do with that.
He's like, I don't know what to do.
Yeah, your hand's like, I get a break.
Keep shooting me in the head
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Sundin coming in as well so
They think is that Sunday's song evening for he sang yeah, so
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Have to force mistakes out of the South Korean team are not just going to make mistakes
They're not just going to trip themselves over you need to like you need to apply pressure to like
Like the most susceptible parts of their team, right?
And we kinda saw that in the first map, like I did see like the pressure on the ward simple,
but like it's so easy for Kiri just to be elsewhere.
You can't really punish positioning errors, Kiri can just play how she wants.
The faster the pace, the obviously higher opportunity for their Dubey mistakes.
There's Zuki ban here.
Coming in from Denmark.
This might be, is it like a Kiri protect type of thing?
I also like South Korea aren't afraid to play slow as well. They can do that. Yeah, okay
You don't want to run at us. You don't want to play chaos. Fine. We'll just sit we'll just sit here
Or maybe some people just don't blade you every now and then like get something going on. You know I mean
She on
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They hit he sang in the place and she on so she on spin pretty good into like Boga she on spin pretty good
Uh, you know in combination with other like gonna flankers, right? So high health obviously like
having percent health damage is pretty important right there are not a lot of
examples of that in the game outside of gravity flux so getting the perk with
that extra 20% damage against that there's low health targets can be really
helpful just to try and like get that critical massive damage on like a very
sort of star wars tank I don't know if that maga loves it I don't know if you
also the fact that she can use that ability from like pretty extreme range
Yeah, it's like and if they had shells for like people just getting absolutely new
When we saw that from South Korea actually the first map. Yeah, Denmark obviously they have to give you a France here reverse sweep
To try and keep themselves alive here
You know, did you imagine this place we had a game five?
Seems like
Oh.
Very clever.
You know, based off the first two maps, it seems like a, a reality we may not be in.
No, look, and, you know, we sort of talked about it with Zoe earlier on here, like, none
of us realistically.
Look, I think if Denmark can make a better showing against France and not look like
they just rolled over, then the narrative coming to this game is completely different.
It's like, hey, here's an upstart team that, you know, loves the, that relishes
the challenge to go up against these like established names that got you know talented
players that can actually win matchups in some of these roles but like pound for pound like
you don't feel that way about this dangerous team like it's good a shockwave is I'm sorry
like I'm voting stalker yeah in that kind of matchup guys you know pretty absurd and
then even then okay so if there are teams that are not winning the pound for pound
matchups you can also move on to are they better than the sum of their parts right
are they able to you know are they super coordinated are they very good appealing for each other
other they are you know excellent at like identifying the weak points and opponents of mid rotation is there a chance to catch someone who's a second too slow
But those windows to exploit a reason narrow for a team like South Korea. They just don't make those mistakes
Can you force them we took that earlier you gotta amp the pace up
Right, but this is not Denmark. They are not a fast-paced team
It's not exactly M. Yeah, I'm sorry.
Johnowich, Johnowich Loki, they'd like maybe, you know, follow his doctrine.
They'd play a bit up tempo, but...
You know, it was... It was even more obvious, I think, against Frank. I think it was
exposed in the Demon Mirror. The difference in, like, the play principle by pace of play.
Like, oh, I'm like, oh my god, like, these guys are, you know, definitely
running at different speeds. I mean, I felt so bad for SkyTor in that
series right felt like they're trying to pilot that demon like give them an
advantage never really able to kind of stay alive so also gonna need obviously
some better play just from the whole of Denmark to make this one competitive as
potentially their final stand here in the Overwatch World Cup will happen on
Esperanza
And the final stand for Dan Mark, strong team in their own right but being thrust into a
group with two of the potential front runners, two top four competitors decidedly as we are
heading into BlizzCon.
It's not an enviable situation at all.
I think this is you know early on I was like maybe it's some blogger, you know slow the pace down and clearly not
Fort Denmark, I think this will be more interesting, right?
Seeing it there take on the demon can come out on top
That bastard
That's probably no surprise now obviously your Jetpack Cat fans gone, your Demon fans
have been exhausted. You know at some point they might be going to try this. I am
fortunate to try this. I think this is the one axis that's not being tested in this matchup.
And that's part where we stand around and fight Smite or at length in the frontline.
However, when Sonja cracks this shield, South to Force is ugly positioning. Now you can
start to pick your opponent's apart. Now you can start to punish. Now there's the V-SUS
SkyTour are alive, it's a lot of damage.
With Stalker obviously coming in and playing, it has to be here as well.
The pain point for Ben Mark here is, what are we supposed to do when Saundra rounds the
corner in wheels mode?
We don't have defense matrix, we don't actually have any form of damage mitigation, so we
need to disengage.
Okay right, where do we disengage to?
And SkyTour's shield is not infinite, right?
It's like 600, 650, right?
The version gets rid of that in seconds.
That's the problem.
Sentin's blanking.
And he's blanking.
Oh, okay.
No ham shows himself here, but...
Sentin's gonna be out of wheels by now, so you survive that, but then Storky's gonna
find another pick.
Rabbit's going down.
You're at the risk of being pinned to die.
See Chorong making a B-line for all of these players.
No ham doesn't have streaks to provide, but now it's an easy pick off.
Yeah, now it looks like SkyTor is out of mech over by the objective, as that
is checkpoint.
So, this one might be quick.
You are figuratively big and good if I see it.
Look, there's not a lot here.
This is South Korea just showing like, you know, obviously in a must win scenario here against Denmark,
they're absolutely maxed.
They need to do something about this match, Matt.
Until that happens, I'm not even going to be getting conversation about win conditions.
It's just anti-loss conditions.
Is that it?
It's a derby!
Shelf revenue had to go down.
And this is looking like less than...
Overwatch game and more like ritual sacrifice by the moment.
They had not been like, you know, they get maxed.
It's de-mecht and gone.
But, obviously, they're not able to up that pressure.
This is...Katsunei rushing can't now.
Going towards the spawn. This is...
We're gonna stop the Katsunei right here now.
Shock waves, nobody going. Sanjun just, shit, really loving playing inside the rush here.
And there's nowhere for Skye to really be either. Honestly, playing this matchup with our D. was so challenging.
Every time Sanjun throws that wheelscreen, it was a line of a thing.
Raph was a line somewhere. I don't know exactly where he is. I think he's behind them for a sec.
He does have a pulse bomb. Artillery available here for Sanjun as well.
as well. You like artillery, catnap, stun, artillery. There's your artillery.
There you go. As I switched it pretty early. Switched it forward a bit of the pressing spot.
Salka always an issue. Keep with that. Limit break now. The dive comes in and still SkyTour.
Comes up short. Catnap to make sure that Salka remains deftless in this game. And 134 meters,
folks. This is about done. A speed run of a series. There'll be a touch on Jonovic.
tries to catnip and take it down after the fact and so the sacred timeline is preserved South Korea will be a blizzcon
I mean that is as much of a feat now that we have seen I feel
that Denmark has obviously had some great performances in the NEA and here in Busan, but
that is a motivated
South Korean overwatch team that they just went up against then
And that is the level we expect that this team is able to get to constantly.
And behind that result, there's a strong statement emerging.
That is, we do not need to play Demon. We do not need to go for the new shiny thing
in order to exact a crushing toll on our opponents.
We can do things our way, the way we've always done them, and still get there.
I want to see that be true against some other teams.
I want to see that be true against the KSA if they ever decide to pick it up, a team USA.
Maybe another game against France, that would be quite fun.
I see that pretty much.
I see those teams go outing it.
I want to see if that is true.
We can just kind of play our style and bravely get past it.
Just because it also saw like we saw Denmark train play this against France and they got railroad
I mean they got done and I like an answer to
South Korea KSA and
France who's the force to you in that big for you say definitely
Well, I mean that was a pretty close to me in Sweden. Yeah, I don't know if there's a decisive force necessarily
But we do have some problems of emerge off this week of play and I'm very glad that definitely remind a mother clear top two
I think KSA and
Oh, there isn't, isn't it, right? So we cut that face.
South Korea, the top two.
Who put France outside of that bracket after what we saw?
France is right there, but, you know...
As soon as I saw you say, actually, in top two,
you pulled the face like you'd made a grave error.
Yeah, because I love the French, but I would want to see them have, you know,
like they destroyed Denmark, like, you know, they were not really stopped.
And look, if that's the style of play we're going to have at BlizzCon,
France is going to be in that conversation to win this.
Like, that's how good they have been on that, Dimon.
If teams now have a week or two to kind of craft, get into it,
like, we'll see if there's some change there.
I think that's my caveat here, right?
Like, now, obviously, I think some teams have been caught by surprise
that the user trade of Dimon, I think not every team had it
on the radar to be like that impactful.
then the teams that practice heading into this, such as France, they were obviously having a bit
of a leg up, right? Heading into the competition, but I don't think a team like South Korea is going
to get tripped up twice by the same thing. So there will be repair in a different kind of fashion
when we're heading to this point. It definitely felt like there was not a clear answer for the
Dmoncombe against the Jetpack at Bastion. Look, you were simply forced to disengage and put
yourself in a disadvantageous position and maybe they might rotate back more wisely. I guess they
can fight against it but like South Korea have an answer to this new fangirl comp.
Did you ask for a better layout of a series though? I mean, though Kat, no bash in South Korea is
able to get rid of and then also G-mon for a game, right? I mean, it's a, well there's not
really any answers for Denmark, right? It's not like, oh, Denmark, yeah, they give them this
and it would have been completely different. It's just, you know, and I think that's
It's also where when we go to BlizzCon, you get later into that tournament, right?
Like, you know, we have a final and give like a, you know, a first of four scenario, right?
Or whatever.
That's when you start to get a little bit scarier, right?
Absolutely.
Yeah.
And I mean, the teams can practice differently as well as they know more what to expect.
There's going to be more footage on those respective teams and how they got there.
They wrote to BlizzCon specifically.
So I think we're going to see another level of gameplay heading into BlizzCon
for now.
obviously redeeming themselves with good performance the last two days here in the group stage.
Yeah look I mean it's a relief to me honestly obviously I love to see it upset but I don't
necessarily want to see the global order of things rearranged to that degree. South Korea like
I think it's a big blemish right you know this is there's a bruise that's going to be left with
you know a lost suffered here on the road but for them it's about being results oriented
it's about thinking about getting on the podium and regaining that gold medal so
So, for me, that plan is still intact.
Every great team faces a bump in the road on their way here.
As long as they can land the plane where it matters,
in Anaheim, that was good.
One of the pilots offset plane is with us on the couch right now.
Charon joining us together with Dany.
He's a flight attendant, I guess.
Flight attendant?
I'm only specifically translating for team Karina.
That's crazy.
That's for sure.
We have so many questions here.
Obviously the obvious ones are regarding Dimon.
Like what was happening that first game against France?
Was it Dimon just catching you guys guard?
Or was it France in general getting like going under the radar?
I think there are three options. What's the answer?
This is a big accident.
We didn't practice a lot against Kim Hong.
We just practiced with one team.
I think it's just too much.
Can I recommend it?
against a lot of Demons in scrims, they didn't have a lot of scrim partners for the World Cup
and they unfortunately didn't have a lot of opportunities to face off against Demons and
you know that was probably one of the big things with that, how to like fight against
Demons, they didn't really know how to like do that when the time came against France.
We noticed in the last map they weren't able to ban Demons anymore right, that
They've already banned it on the series, but they played like a jetpack cat,
fasty in composition that worked really well against it.
So I kind of want to know if they feel like it's necessary to play Demon,
or if they feel like they can stick to their own style and not have to adopt that composition like everyone else seems to be.
Do you think you have to use your D.M.O.S? Or do you think it's okay to push your Korean team's style?
We have to win today. We have to use our Blizzcon.
We've done our best. We have a lot of basic responsibilities.
If you go to the U.S. to play BlizzCon, you have to prepare harder.
So they have the capacity to win. There wasn't more about like focusing too much on like strategy for now
It was like believing in their strategy that they already have something that they're good at and using that to really win
And lock in a blizzcon. So when the when time comes for blizzcon
That's when they will try to when they that's when they will try to focus more on
Strategizing and try to come up with new systems like every type of aspects today. Yeah, so is that what we gonna?
Can expect from South Korea heading to blizzcon
Is that what you're gonna work on the next couple of weeks? Is it just like coming down to strategy?
As you just said, it's been confirmed that you will be preparing for the next few weeks before the BlizzCon, so what are your plans for the next few weeks?
I think I will practice for the next few weeks.
And it's hard to practice right now, because other teams are also trying to play, so I think we should practice as much as we can to get the right result.
He said that they would they will try to focus more on utilizing you here
Well, you guys qualified even though it's not in the number one seed
But we will be seeing you and the entire team again at the list Congress so excited
So thank you so much for sharing some insight and joining us here on the couch. Danny. Thank you so much for your
Thank you. It's always such a pleasure. Love you guys. It's great being here. I miss I miss you guys
Don't worry
I'll be here, maybe. Bye.
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Even you guys are 1-1, you guys do need to win another one for your chance to go to BlizzCon.
You guys are facing off against Thailand, right?
How do you feel about that match coming up tomorrow?
I mean, looking at the scores, like obviously they've been losing to Spain as well and
we're beating Spain now, so I think we have a good chance in the match, but obviously
hard opponents, they're a great team, so gotta really focus on the game.
We're gonna go prepare for the match now as well.
And yeah, just gotta see what we can do.
And also, we were talking a little bit before the camera lights came on and you told me that
this was actually your first time in Korea.
Did you get to do anything fun at all in Busan?
Well, I mean, so far we've been only practicing and most of us got like sadly back home sick
from our boot camp so we're still a bit on the recovering side so we've been taking
it with chill, staying at the hotel or like using the preparation rooms, been at the
PC coffee and preparing for the games and yeah, that's mainly what we've been
after but in the evenings like we got to taste Korean barbecue yesterday. It was really good actually. Yeah it was insane.
Did you learn Korean words?
I think some of us did but I haven't done it.
You did it? Well you're in luck because that's my job. I'm a Korean translator. I'm okay at Korean.
So do you have any words that you want to learn?
Hello and thank you.
Thank you. Very easy. Hello, 안녕 and 사랑해, 안녕 is hello. And then 사랑해 is I love you, okay?
I think you can do it to the camera, right?
First, 안녕, 사랑해.
All right, Akku, thank you so much for that.
We'll best of luck tomorrow, okay? Thank you.
And we love you too, Akku. Actually, her entire name is Akku Foster, which means battery is
almost empty. Oh, she got something in there though, because they need a convincing victory
today. So we're here back on our desk with the jacket, Masi!
She almost copied Jake. I did not.
She always copied Jake.
How dare you? How dare you? I just tried to make it a grand opening, a grand intro,
because you do my favorites.
Yeah, what now?
All right, all right, all right.
Tempest makes mistakes, but Germany can't
make any mistakes, Zoe.
Wow, wow, the segways, the segways.
They need a 3-0 here.
A clean 3-0 to make it.
Thailand literally in this series,
two upset them. They take one map.
Boom, it's done.
Let's talk about this German squad
and their strength. They climb as a big surprise,
obviously, through their qualifiers.
as it topped it and even here like they've been they've been really really strong. I think a lot of
teams underestimated this German team. We obviously know you know IceNom at the helm of it. He's a
star player despite how quote unquote new he is but everyone else was following suit Moxie.
Yeah, Accu as well. She's been popping off being one of the best GapPack cats especially
when it comes to survival right but that lost to Canada that grueling five map series
on day one, that could cost them that chance to get to BlizzCon. Like Jack said, they have to be
absolutely perfect, drop one map here and that's then out of that groove.
I think what stood out of course is if you're looking at their previous matches,
one-one their current scoreline in the grooves, but they had to dig deep in all of those matches.
So we know they can go the distance, it just couldn't always close it out.
Yeah, and being such a short group stage two only three games.
It does demand perfection.
And as soon as you kind of start slipping,
yet series ends up getting close, that map differential can really bite you.
And that's exactly where Germany have found themselves here.
So Thailand could do the funniest thing.
Yeah, I mean, Thailand, this is a team that we're always excited to see
because the players are always high energy.
They're always just so loveable and they can back it up with so much skill
as well in the Pacific region, they're making waves, but here so far, especially in their
last match, it was, I have to be honest, a little underwhelming.
I will say this though, Thailand don't really bend to the winds of the meta and because
as Jack said, there's only three matches that you have, that means that you're really
having to dedicate a lot of your strength to very specific things, right?
Demon surprised everyone by how powerful it was, but I think the fact that Thailand
play some out-of-pocket stuff like the Winston that we had a little bit earlier on through
San for their first match, that might mean that Germany, the time that they've had to
spend scrimming, practicing versus that demon composition, they've been a little bit short-handed
in terms of being able to practice for some of the other stuff, and when it's a case
of it has to be a 3-0, if something slips by, if they do slip up against that doubt
composition. Thailand could find that upside. Ace on DPS this time around. Ace definitely has been
pulling out lots of different things out of the bag, right? We saw Ace on Moga on Demon on Sigma,
you name it. So there's definitely some some depth to it. Also, of course, their DPS duo is
definitely something we need to highlight here with Yoshinori and High Vision. They both represented
the last time around in 2023 and
high vision is always going to be
a standout player. They're the
strongest in the team right now.
I think the DPS lineup for
Thailand kind of always have been
and I'd say if you look at
previous World Cup performances,
they have been the flashiest on the team
to very easy to be flashy on DPS
of course, but right now high vision
in Yoshinori. Those the players that
you want to take maps here for the
team. And yeah, like I said, Germany
qualify for BlizzCon anymore and they are mathematically out. But they can also just ruin all the fun for the Germans in the fans.
So there is that. Oh, also, of course, we have to highlight that Korea, although we already mentioned it, but Korea are definitely through.
That would be making it to a BlizzCon alongside Spain as well.
Because regardless of the results of this match now, Spain is going to be through it.
just is a matter of which seed I guess at this point, but they have officially qualified so you know
We're starting to really get to the end of this tournament. Yeah, but we kept it interesting until the very end
I love that the last day still has so much movement within the groups. Yeah. Yeah, sometimes you get to learn tournaments like everything
Decided already, but there's a few little bits here and there and I love that the math
I don't sort out the math
Thankfully, but the mathematical like you have to three you have three one two in order to kind of get through
Canada obviously want Thailand to take a match as well or a match sorry if they do guess what they're chill
They're gonna go to close on to it as well. And I will say in the front seat
Yeah
Around I will say on that career point to my goodness
It almost fell at the skin of their teeth although that last series was fairly one-sided
They were convincing in the end
But obviously like is in typical fashion of an Overwatch fan
We just completely overreact after one loss seriously as we do as one does moxie, but they're redeemed themselves
Yeah, they were dealing themselves
But what we've seen from the 2026 World Cup so far is that there's not just two regions competing for the tech anymore
We're not just a two team region
Looking at the midseason championship, I think the other regions also stepped it up again
So I think just in general it's getting more and more competitive each and every single year you can't
There's no guaranteed victories
I think the group stages here have shown that very much right like in each group like we obviously had like group a like
That's the group of that but like really the other the other groups played it so very close now
Here we are very last day and still so much to play for for our teams Germany need to make it clean
Every oh is what's gonna get their journey further down the road to blizzcon. So please
Take it away for this third series of the day. Thank you very much. Sorry. Yeah, look oxy one map
That's all it takes
Sometimes you can fluke it or sometimes you get a reverse with against career if you're france in that case
Yeah, it's gonna be an incredibly exciting one
But also well for us at least but for Germany is gonna be incredibly nerve-racking like the amount of on-stage
stage experience that team Germany or like the individual players have had, it isn't really there
compared to a lot of kind of franchised overwatch players. So playing at this point where you need
to be perfect in a series is definitely going to be weighing on their minds a little bit and I'd
imagine. Yeah and as we said right playing a team that plays off meta stuff is Germany will ban
out the she-ons are also keeping up those DPS spots available. But this is what I was
talking about right? The fact that we'll have to see how exactly Germany can handle dealing
with well more matter. But who likes this time? Like we just have the demon versus demon there.
Yeah it does feel like cats, demon, hand in hand. Yes, agreed, we have both parmometer.
Nice to have lost the recoil there by ice, pretty down low. Good shield shotgun
Kallen though is able to kind of keep himself alive in the 2v1, Kat's gonna try and swoop and help Ice Albow.
Actually, Naurian's are getting the T-Map.
Yeah, Ice out of the fight, Lumi's out of mech though, so no tank adunters just yet.
Ooh, Akku, dangerously low.
SxJ dodging out of the way of that Rouga and has to hit recall, fearing for his life, but it will be Thailand taking the point.
I do see Akku off to the side, but I think she's gonna be fine.
Yeah, she's flying away now. No Chaser. No Tracer to Chaser.
Yeah, but no high ground position currently held, and Ice is going directly for the point
into the big airlifted hit to backwine.
Ice-man's going to try and force Tyla to try and deal with him on the point right now.
And there it is, they're going to send the cat, but oh, he's just trying to use to mine.
There's way more backup there than I thought the cat probably thought.
Lumi also just trying to turn the tables on him slightly, but it looks like Germany are fairly reinforced in their defence.
and they ended just kinda why they team-tired off the map.
It wasn't really a fight there, Moxley.
No, it was the Tracer going to contest the cap,
then being run over by the entirety of Team Germany.
Looney tries to go for the capacity one,
the rest of the team aren't that appeal and can't find the kill,
as Ice will be now lifted up onto Tiger in position to be able to shield the angle,
but also cut down the rotation if Talon try to go directly to the point.
Also, allows you to keep up with Looney's position right at the chugged-down Pallet.
Yeah, Polly, very, very low, and Hatch's gonna drop Looby off, but afraid of kind of going down, but it looks like Direct U is gonna find the kill anyway.
They trade DPS to DPS, but Looby's dead, and a limit rate perfectly placed on 5-bit, and it's gonna force him down to kitchen side, and unfortunately for Ace, no chance really healing that up.
The damage gap is just almost too much without a Susan.
course the power slide as well right with the lack of the Kiriko there to be able to
cleanse it so propulsors just kick on off the ice to be able to stay on top of the
so position as SXJ has the pulse bomb. Ace with the Kirikusune rush could be the
difference maker within this fight as Tylinf will try to rotate through
kitchen and walk on to it. Looks like ice! Ice almost focusing on me. It's on this
high ground, making Lumi rotate to point.
See, QRX2 can get something done with his high noon, kind of, but it also might be a
spy noon.
But I'm speaking of which, the cat map's gonna come in for Argu.
She doesn't have any dealt with there, with both demons picking up large kills in this
fight as QRX2 falls off the map.
Okay, curious.
I'm not entirely sure what happened there, maybe just a swift roll away.
Should be easy to get into FESXJ.
There's a Germany.
I'm gonna lock this round down.
Yeah, that's job done. One touch from Pallae on the cat, tried to keep the other time.
Plot burning, catnap to continue it, but that's not really a lot left that Tilell can do.
I knew it! Oh, Q-Rex you! Yep!
That's the W. 99% all Q-Rex. I'm curious what happens to that cat, I think, but...
It's all Q. They're going around anyway.
Yes.
Yeah, it's rough for Thailand, it feels, because Ace has first Kitsune Rush,
but you can't go just directly onto point to be able to clear off the players from Germany.
You have to first clear out Ice, which then allows Dockly to be able to build up the rush
to match it. And while Akus does get killed during the Catnap, she does do enough, right?
She slams directly through that rush right on top of Lumie, so that the demon can't just
Sit inside the rush, use all of the advantages of it to pummel damage into the German side,
so they don't even have to scatter off the point to give up the flip to play for a retake.
Yeah, almost guaranteeing the tank support DPS, like, can't use any of their abilities,
is enough really just to focus fire.
It's really good on the tank as well, thinking about not even like a demon,
but like a diva for example, just making sure she can't use the Zax matrix.
Oh ice, hello, you mean not expecting us to be there whatsoever?
I'm having a good spot, taking a very proactive approach.
Less learned, always check your corners, especially when Kat is in play to drop the Tango.
Oh dear, Hygiene in trouble, lot of healing being pumped in and thanks to Ace right of his back.
Oh, the double ding!
Okay, okay.
How did you take him out of the Kiriko really early on?
I sense Jay's gonna have to play scared at this point.
It's like they're trying to push the monsters mega outbodies nowhere, I don't want to be once, whether...
Ah, SXJ actually still able to potentially...
...thread past the demon...
...and hit onto that vulnerable character's...
...Ace Falls Lola and will fall entirely!
Oh yeah, that part has so much damage too, from the ice, the heavy cannon...
...alright, with Ace dead...
...SXJ is free to camp.
That's insane because that started with Dockley going down and then Germany were able to find
the trades and stop Talon from guessing the cap for free.
Now they can stop the choke, you'll have limit break around corner soon for ice.
And that's a huge advantage to be able to deal with looming.
Yeah, that's going to be the campaign here, it's just kind of pull back slightly, make
sure ice doesn't go too low, but bait them in and bam, hit that limit break.
Looks like Pali is trying to turn ice over and or distract him a little bit, but
But apparently could push in, Limit Break's gonna connect as well.
Ah, that looked simple.
That plan executed to perfection there at the Germany.
Yeah, Palet tries to go to be that distraction course, essentially.
The mosquito on the sidelines, but Kitts tell me very quickly,
in the fights with the movement, propulsors in, Limit Break's the entire team.
Everyone from Germany walks to be able to back with the 3-2-1.
S6J now lane controlling, making sure that Yushinori does not manage to get past
with that all-spom. No early advantage at the moment for Thailand to be able to
brute force some of these altifights. If I pass the church, Dothi has the rush to be able to
match. Big thing is that Lumi has limit range.
Canem's available too from Akku and Pali. It will be a sky-moon. Initiates here for high vision.
All Akku's moving there was just nice. Ah, but unfortunately, the cat naturally
dragged the Gatsby back in. Gothi's cat. It feels like he needs to deploy some match-up
a match repellency to get these little pesky flies away from you.
I guess Suzu's somewhat of a repellent if you think about it.
Sure.
It was also an early Suzu from Darkwing which was not present for when the high noon actually
connected as Thailand had been able to find the flipper but also still sit on one sided
rush.
Oh, the silver bullet.
Just a misposition there from Pali has got to be said, a sky noon, a high vision,
kind of coaxing.
Very cute, there's a large swing, will be a post on the ground here for Yoshinori, and a DC onto Ice, was playing on that rush initially there, so just took too much up for a damage, cat that onto Lumi, not able to get the kill though, shield deployed, the rest of Tylai group around the tank.
Oh, but the rush was off the point, which allowed Germany to actually sneak the flip.
Thailand flipped it back, it's at 90% for the side of Team Germany, and DokT will have
rush ahead of A, so Team Thailand have to find something, some way of just delaying out
the battery of the Kirka Ultimate to be able to walk through.
VyVision on the cast at least now has the space to be able to poke the team from
afar, but no one's really reading into the cast's position just yet, they're
playing it so slow.
That's a really early recall there from S.H.J.
Kinda scatting in double tap by Lyb...
But Lyb just loses mech!
Awww nooo...
This is disaster!
Oh, Hyvison's gonna buy some time now.
Hopefully the spawner's gonna come in.
He did try the born and...
Oh, the flashbang from QRXU!
What a headshot to follow up to, Yoshinori down!
That's both DPS out of the fight!
That could honestly be round 93%.
You can see QRXU scouting at West Hall.
Like a bee, no cat to be able to close up the distance on point and touch!
And that's round.
That's round, that's map!
Alright, Germany, they have to be perfect,
and that's one way to start off a masterpiece.
Oh...
Cardinal Sin, Cardinal Sin.
Using Curico all off of objective,
it's so rough.
It feels like sometimes on Sanctum to find value
with a Curico ultimate because sometimes you use it
the way the Terlan did, where you're sort of like
sitting on that side lane and you want to provide it
to your castie to be able to have that additional focus path of spamming down the team as they
try to walk through from Chug. But that comes with the downside of leaving point entirely
undefended. So Germany just do exactly the right thing, which is ignore the goings-on
of the rush, send someone off to heist the point, which finds the flip, and then
yes, they lose the fight because one side of rush, they lost a lot of players, but
They're still sitting 90% and the moment that they find the track within the next fight
They can start widening it until the entire foundation comes
And Lumi is losing that mech
She's using a tracer
Into that fight too, yeah
Not good, not good
It's a big mistake there
Lofo's like Ice was kind of doing his part there too where
Yeah, he got de-mech but he was biting against the rush initially
the left outside of the map, a little ramp, so it was gloomy kind of trying to trade for
ice, but ended up with ice kind of surviving, and you were going down really quickly.
Kyrraco, undefended as well, because of that, right?
Kyrraco gets left out totally to the waist, I'm not a lot of people close by to be able
to feel, and then Team Thailand they sort of get desperate, they've got the high noon,
they try to send out a high vision with Pallae on the cap, but it gets punished
white bath on this moment of purex you who just dinks the headshot finds the kill
takes out the fret and germany just have to deal with the potential of the cat touching for extra
all right yeah she on an amalgaban uh in that map
all right tie that maybe a little warm up here just kind of locking in a couple of smiles on
the faces of the the Germany players too. We'll see how um Thailand end up kind of pivoting
the maps and I'm gonna play the the random blob block game again. That looked like New
Junk City to me initially but I want to say Watchpoint Gibraltar but that's not in the
pool so I'm gonna get some New Junk Cities. Okay Jack I really am starting to think
you might be colourblind. I'm not colourblind am I crazy? People in chat what is that map?
What point do you think is primarily white globs off of how scientifically lab-like all of the building is?
There's also a blue blob for this guy.
Again, I can't cheat the screen that we cast off is right behind.
So I could just look that way, but I'm not gunning.
I'm a man of principles and a man of honor.
I don't trust you. You tried yesterday. You sat here. You said that you were guest.
Yeah, no, you saw me look and then you dob me in. I wasn't there.
No, you admitted it yourself.
Yeah, you're right. I was afraid I was going to get caught.
That's the problem.
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Yes. Also, we started to see, with Demon being out, right, D.Va could potentially come into
play. So taking out that Mizuki having a tank who, especially for ice, ice plays a
lot of the D.Va. And it means that you have more verticality attached to your own
herself as opposed to having to rely on Akku's uptime which then frees her up to go off with
the rest of the team, right? She can go for SK to be able to enable something like Tracer
or she could potentially go with QRXU to be with the Kasti or Dast depending on the
DPS line that Germany want to choose.
Alright, we've got to clock in some hours on the diva. Again, yeah, like you said
nice. Not exactly gonna scoff at the idea. I think with Germany now, how are you feeling?
You are the, I wouldn't say it was like, oh, smack down, like you actually destroyed them
on that first map. It was pretty, like, back and forth. Yeah, no back and forth, but Germany
definitely felt like they were in control, definitely strong in that game type. Are
your confidence probably rising here? Yeah, I wouldn't say that was like any weird
plays from Germany that raised the hybrids, right? The old usage of Vesemann, which good,
no one was really drastically out of position or overextended. I think it was just clean
overwatch, and they were able to sort of punish Tyland to go for some really good base, especially
pulling Looney's attention, having to chase down targets that can still escape things
like the demon life. Wild goose chase versus a tracer almost. It feels like plus we did
not really see the connection of the demon alongside the cat outside of an expense of
it on village but again Jeremy felt very much on top of things quite literally with eyes
just holding the high ground and being able to shoot Pally down to the point that the
cat panicked and tried to drop the demon early so that she did not get badly split.
It feels like you already know what they're doing.
Uh, addressing this cat demon composite.
I was just thinking, the cat, a good cat skin would be like a DJ cat skin.
She kinda has the um, little control things.
Sure, yeah, yeah, like an instrument of some kind.
I think that would be kind of a fire skin.
Maybe a little double DJ set with Lucia.
That would be really cool, the emo-
Free skin idea!
Love giving out my free skin ideas.
Alright, here we go. Germany on attack, SXJ with a quick pop, but it will be Ice on 6.
So just a kind of a clean, classic Sieg matchup.
For now, SXJ, no Tracer, band in the first map. Back on the Shion.
Yeah, back on the Shion, able to flank comfort, put a lot of pressure on the high vision.
Ice is already utilizing those stairs to get damage onto the backflip of the tank.
Yeah, we'll see what SXJ, left side, force a south, get the high ground, see what he can get popping.
Oh, that shift goes so early.
Yeah, we're gonna say, just gonna shoot in the Sigma at the side there for free.
Scaliwag behaviour from QRXU. God, dodge, nice as well.
Wow, it was like Lumi just kind of played that.
Yeah, Lumi just again burned Hans super early off of the float from QRXU, who was entirely uncontested.
As soon as they have to be used to ace to be able to save themselves after that flashbang attempt,
and without the Sigma there to be able to anchor Team Tile in back,
they just have to give up point gracefully and close hold for a second to try to find a fight
when also ace having a higher use to save from all of the flow and having forced rush,
but Duffy will have soon to match two.
It's kind of funny when defenses drop, well like that you use one, it's like, well that's over.
Time to retreat, they're already in a good position.
Nice headshot onto Yoshinori.
You don't even have to match Rush as well. You can use Flux. Or you can just go for Flux before support.
Yoshinori dead. Aku gets the solo kill, no problem. Loomie down. There's the Flashbang. Alright. Enough said, enough done.
The corner's broken entirely. Ace losing the opportunity of using that Rush trying to item so I can attack.
Oh, a nice drop.
Yeah, accretion hits the Kiriko directly,
and that will be potentially not just corner broken,
but half-whippers and map.
If Thailand are unable to regroup cleanly,
as Germany has so far forward, pushing for more,
getting that late kill into the Kiriko,
just means that they're not ready to regroup just yet,
and no one's contesting the point too.
Yeah, it's felt like it's been a bit of a non-fight here
from Thailand. Not really finding their own footing. They've got to find him. But at this point in the map can be quite tough sometimes.
QRXU ends up getting pole spot. And they tend to steal on the Kiriko. And in fact, they don't set shade dead. I mean, this Rush has to be massive now with Ice Noem kind of leading the charge against Lumi.
But maybe a little bit in this place, they've lost their Kyroko, and yeah, rush for rush, sure.
They managed to at least get Ace to use his.
But it was a creepy fight there.
So holding that dead eye though, Pallet was playing with Yoshinori.
Instead of setting up high vision's dead eye up in the sky, uses the catnap actually
to play off of the pulse bomb placement from the tracer.
And they're able to find the kills, now you have to cast the ultimate to be able to try to zone
I think also potentially play of the loonies box set up, but here comes QRQ and
Germany want to be able to push first
All that to spray wow high vision
No way near the rest of his team there Yoshi Nori's at least able to kill one
But a nice little flick of the wrist a stylish little headshot with a peacekeeper on another one as well
Wow! Woo hoo hoo!
You're ex-you!
Okay, what did you boy up for breakfast? That was...
kind of filthy on the tracer, follow up.
I don't think they get a recon test unless Pallae goes down.
It's just no way, right?
Because the tracer goes down.
Looney's on the wrecking bull.
There's no way you have the opportunity to touch.
You're using wrecking bull on Bird?
No, there's no way, I think.
There was probably an idea there.
Maybe we get a final touch, but yeah, yeah,
Alright, into the switch back, this is a free this time.
kind of mess in the front line when it's happening with this 1v1 versus Ice, it's Yoshinori with 3.
Time's just not helping the rest of the team.
Lumi has to use all of his abilities to keep himself alive through that flux.
The rest of his team just gets hung out to dry.
As Yoshinori, still though, the trace of the Cassidy,
able to take advantage of everyone looking at that Zarya,
he'll have that flexibility as Ice goes onto the ramp, so, okay, you want to move fast.
Oh, hello.
You want just one crew past Nazario?
Oh, the boss!
Ooh, Josh, you know who stepped on his own pulse there?
What was that thing?
All right.
It's the dead eye.
What's going on?
TP from Kirito's already been used.
So that is the after effect there.
Kirito's usually on this high ground too.
Lumi's.
Oh, surely.
Surely this is a kill on Nazario.
Yeah, it's just so bad.
Easy.
Didn't even wait for the skull.
New eyes could easily follow up.
That's not the wrong side of the map, obviously, by the way.
is Germany are just gonna flip the whole thing on Thailand and this is gonna be a dump
oh they're on the wrong side to be able to contest the failure to jack yeah well let me back okay maybe
just maybe and i still go oh it's just no way they push them all the way back and Thailand don't
even get a chance to touch yeah wrong side of the map they hide attack side away from the flyby
with this guy noon and Germany sees the opportunity. They've got rush, they've got
their back to the point. Ireland have to wade through the players before they can
contest. Looney's walking back from spawn and then when you try to go into the point
you just get fully pushed off of it. Fast time bank as well. We've
said this so often it feels this week that we so rarely see a full push through
on Junction, but multiple times now we've seen teams just be able to brrrrrr
pull us down with tempo. It was what, two good fights from Thailand's defense? We don't count
first, that fell apart at the drop of a hat, at the drop of a cowboy hat with QRXU getting that
angle for almost absolute free. And in second was just as snowballed, it feels like just no
opportunity for the defense to be able to leverage greater ultimate economy or
find kills, stall out the attack with the threat of the cat house of you pushing
Germany back, something that we've seen done multiple times on this map to make up
for falling over on first.
Yeah, 2 27 is quite the time back for this map.
Normally finishing emotes. All right, Looney, starting out on this area.
We'll see if SXJ should have a poke used, the fact that they're playing Zarya.
Unable to defend a couple of angles at once, so SXJ is going to be able to poke.
That's it, the Oshinori. It allows them to do that.
Looney is guessing absolutely different as well.
Trying to cross, to cover a statue, so that if he goes close without a bubble, he can at least try to stabilize.
That's our is not controlling multiple angles. It's like
I've got a high-end energy guys. I could push but I've got no bubbles then the bubble comes up and then I
Right he's just not getting close enough to be able to use the high charge then it gets shielded off by the sigma
You have a cover to cover now to get within distance of putting the crash on the safe
Bubbling his VPS on the backlight
Focusing somewhere else now good teleport ensues you there from the Kirikou journey side
Lumi is found and that's just stick to it.
SXJ.
Okay.
Ignore the Sigma.
You kind of saw the game plan changing in real time there.
It was like, well, we're going to ignore Ryze.
Just run to the back line instead.
Hey, it worked out.
That's off to Ace and Pally as well, keeping Lumi up through the onslaught of Poe.
As it will be first point taken almost as quickly as Team Germany,
we'll see if the defense will be able to stand their ground this time, though.
That's a high vision with the dead eye, but all eyes were full so they could see their rush trade.
What's going in?
Now we go.
Oh, there it is. Okay, let's bring it in.
Ah, all the Suji was so damn good.
Donkey has a pinning up massive on the three people.
Right, he's in trouble. Already had a problem on him.
Got my slams of perfectly timed rock in the spears.
And that is the rush trade.
But still Germany invests a little bit more, but Moxie I mean
With this graph from Loomi that's coming up in a minute
It's gonna be tough to actually stick back to somebody ever just think so far back on this point
Well sick shield hands as well that you have to sort of wait around cure it to you to almost untouchable with the
Cacity up within the sky. There's a lot of defense potential that Germany have is Loomi
He's looking for the graph from he'll try to wait out the ship so I see holding on to it
Just sitting there, eating all that being damaged for Topkid to be able to pull back rush.
Can that?
Uh oh, there's the graph.
Oh, we did pass that, Ant, as well.
Suzu matches to hit a couple, but they're all in one place.
They're all stuck.
And Yoshinori, I mean, that's the easiest box for them all time.
Everybody's grabbed up there, put it on the floor, no problem.
Beautiful team kill from Looming.
Get all big bang combo in 2026.
You love to see it.
that will allow Team Thailand to keep this payload moving but still look at the amount of ultimate
that Germany has to all that space that Thailand just had to fight so deservedly for with the
ult bank that can all be eaten right back up the moment QRT pops the ult.
As Hj has gone all of his own, both DPS ults for Germany. Now this one,
this point specifically really gets dangerous for the tanks. A lot of people with the
The cat has to be anywhere near decent.
On the left side of King Kailah.
I think it might be Hyper.
Yeah, it looks like it.
Hold the train.
It's gonna go back to the train.
Haha, it's all good.
Didn't die just yet.
Oh yeah, just...
Buh, just threw the shield to that high noon.
Then the training tanks were...
Kirishin used to win this fight on the side.
And he's really desperately hard vision is gonna take it to a low.
With a spree, domestic shade, at least evens it up.
A good execution killer onto Ace is now Joshinori.
He's gonna fall nice wrap around here initially there from Thailand and high vision look like he was just gonna wipe the entire
Team the sxj comes up with a big spree. Yeah
It's also a very long rotation that I don't have to take right taking into account if they play too
I should be open that dead
I will eat them alive as swaps will come out now
I've written one ability on the sojourn to be able to slide around ice shield position
on the diva. Having that verticality, he can start challenging on main, cross ice's position
to have to deal with him, float up to the high ground, bait the ramp's position, then
try to walk onto the rest of the team on an objective of that.
He in support bush, runner over ice-none, Suzu nemesis wall, done, here comes the
return rush, thanks to that health being healed up on the ice-none. Gotchi Nori already
dead, high vision taking a little bit too much damage and Naiso not afraid to fight
on the point, despite the enemy rush in play.
match with better value for the side of the defense, Iceman as well, having that annihilation
as... It feels like Thailand they don't really know what to do to be able to break this one,
Jack. We're seeing a lot of different hero swaps now that we have the Malga in play,
Yoshinori onto the Reaper, still having to deal with the ultimate bank on the side
of Journey though. Palle has one Katnap potentially able to grab Ice, shove him out of position,
Shove him out of position when Annihilation's feeding Verso, it doesn't just shred down the team, speaking by shredder, that time bank shredder too.
Yeah, one minute and fifteen seconds to go.
And that kind of not really sure how to approach the comp has led Lumi to change up to the Malgett instead.
Bit more back to front now.
Ali doesn't have go for it, can that be? It looks like it's gonna be on SXJ.
Aku misses her, unable to save SXJ who was plopped into the back line.
IceSnome is got two within annihilation and that's another third and that means there's
one more fight now for Thailand.
Uh-oh.
Ace is gonna get not quite staggered, should be able to make it out alive despite Aku chasing
him.
Okay, sure.
That would have been curtains if the Kiriko went down that late.
74% of rush as well. Yeah, now you can play the magell with the front back on the objective
But you also have to worry about the zoning potential of the dead eye
The spree went over times by to hit and Japan's his force. Thailand have to clutch up for a vaulting. This overclock
This rush have to find value and fast because they have at least two more fights to cap second
The strongest aspects of the team need to come alive in high positions already found SXA was mid-spreed
Look at that as Brugex, Aku won HP, but no! Q on HQ! With an unbelievable dead eye over the top, thanks to Aku's grapple.
And now Lumi fighting on the rush can very easily dismantle this frontline, as Ice is on the retreat.
Aku's dead to heal off the frontline, tank like his payload is still moving.
OT for Thailand now, but we do see Yoshinori jumping onto the Reaper.
Way more back to frontline we mentioned with Lumi.
Picking up back now that there's gonna be a rush in play now for IC is just swinging this to the front line
There is no more health to deal with and this should be your ass. It should be curtains for this map
Germany up to oh we said two fights
Two fights left for Thailand to win. They won the first but at the cost of everything they had
had within the tank, which means there was a separate wind condition coming into that
last fight.
Kill the Kyroko, they had to get Dockley, they had to deny that second rush from the defense
onto the objective within the overtime when they don't have ultimates to try to overpower
it and they don't have the players to spare to go disrupt Germany consolidating their
defense around it. And they tried. Goshinori, we saw the reaper so deep in the backline,
fully chased out for critical health. Has no choice but to just say, I can't find the kill,
I have to back out. I'm required to be there with my team, so that we have to front back down and
bumble through and find kills on objective. At least I've been able to temporarily chase out
the Kiriko, but temporary sadly did not allow them to hold their ground when Doki nipped it all after.
Just the map choice Neon Junction going to somewhere that demon
can be played a little bit less or you can play other things then obviously
patterned the demon too so now I think they're gonna have to suffer the raw
advice back on the demon.
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They now need to pick them up, they have their first ban as well.
Do you want to take a guess before you even have a spot to call?
No, I just don't think it really matters where they go, it feels right now, Germany aren't
just gonna run this home, like I don't see a world where this isn't a 3-0 at this point.
I think you avoid push, I think honestly I think you have to try to avoid push
Just because I feel like if Germany win that first fight, it lands fights from there.
I think especially off of like how much slower talent I've wanted to try to approach those fights,
staying away from a fight, a map type which forces you to have to continue to fight around an objective,
especially when Simon and Jetpack cap are potentially free,
you stay clear of a map like Esperanza and you try to go to jump-sitting.
I'd say as well avoid Esko, isn't the same kind of regard maybe?
New Jump City is the pick for Thailand, okay.
See Nozarina up in the crowd as well, one of the backroom staff for Germany.
Got that Nozarina.
Um, yeah, Thailand obviously out of contention for BlizzCon, just here to play upset.
Here to play a few more games on stage as well.
Playing in a different country, always kind of nerve-wracking, I'd imagine.
Playing in a different kind of climate.
There's the Jetpack Cat Band that we expected. Can't ban the demon. Let's take one of her tools of mobility instead.
So Cat will be sitting out this map. Also locks up that support rule too.
So Germany, what did they decide to try to target? They could go for something from to back.
I don't mind it. Yeah, there we go. Taking out that Reaper.
Take out the Reaper guy.
It was one of those options, right, that Thailand tried to turn to as a last ditch effort to be able to break their head versus the wall of that second hold on the Unjunction earlier.
It puts a lot more freedom onto your tank lineup as well, if you're playing the Mauga
or the Demon.
You don't have to worry about those shotguns constantly being within your face.
You also don't have to worry about the DPS just teleporting past, ignoring the tank and
trying to hit the backline, which forces you to have to play more reactive to pill
your team, and means that you have to slow down your regression, which, as we've
from demon players like crocs yeah demon just sort of wants to keep fighting instead of playing more passive
dial up the speed instead of slower down
all right let's lock in thailand still looking for the map win in the series
i mean germany making it to a blizzcon like this would be
early historic as well thinking back to all the way to like 2016 when they did
very well making it to the Vizcon although kind of getting eliminated at the
group stage after winning the qualifier in Europe I was gonna see my side of the
might work that's a happy cool days back in 2016 an age ago marky have a look at
Lumi though no queen action okay we sing that we sing sprinklings of this yeah
colander as well try to run the jump screen as the ocean area will teleport the
team I prefer swapping into the traces or a very go fast composition on the
side of team Thailand being able to push on board with both the jump
and speeders, and you've already been outfined in isolation on the cast.
Yeah, I couldn't actually secure the kill though, that's the question. There it is, okay, finally.
Good run down there of the backline, Essex, Jena, Iconon, the only ones left alive for Team Germany.
Very fast and furious. Dominic Toretto will be grabbed.
I do like this, right, because it also means you're alive.
As long as you're accurate, you should be grabbing people live, because that Demon Shield,
It's so thin, it's so narrow, it does not cover the squishies.
So it's very easy to actually grab someone outside of the demon and deposit them within the range of everyone else from Team Thailand, just one in the top of them.
Someone, SXJ, I would assume, is threatening that back cap to try to split the rush back.
And it worked! Halley's already dead.
already dead.
Valley down, hydrogen guard, all your damage cut in half, I'll need to do a fair amount
but against the demon it does seem a little bit unfair despite the axe being up to obviously
going through that shield, smack ice note.
At least decent percent start though, again but it has to be quick, it has to make sure,
obviously Blu's still staying alive, it's the most important part there of getting
one kill into the next, into the next kind of snowballing the fight.
We've also lost the surprise factor. Now right off the go fast composition, so Team Germany,
this will test the discipline. Poke up to keep Blooming low, and then when you see the
shout, when you see that speed engage, try to kite it out before someone gets grabbed
off.
Alright, there's the knife. And I'm going to give them a free entrance. They're going
to want to make them burn something first. You can see them testing the waters now.
Axe swing, there's the Suzu-Lumi.
Decently close the rampage, and we're going to take Shaco in down this Monday.
It could start, but with Ace dead, now you're relying only on the Lucio heals.
And, but unfortunately, yeah, that rampage, while only hitting two players, it might be enough.
Lumi gets healed basically to full HP, but there's just too much sustained skill for Lumi to get through.
Yeah, Germany perfectly kiting out the real key window of the engagement composition on the side of Thailand.
Washington at its finest as Essex, Jay, Polskom connects on to Lucio.
Sambaria's Beapoo's denied. They're still going to try to win over the Rush Bones.
Yeah, they're going to try.
Oh, those headshots were so damn clean.
By vision out of there, what?
Just unloaded a couple of clips into everybody's heads.
And yeah, that's going to shut you out of that first point.
None-and-dusted Germany of one.
It's rough as well for this composition
because there's only one way that the Queen really can play,
and that is engage off of the shot.
So once that gets kited out, she's just too vulnerable.
So Lumi now will go for something that has a little bit more staying power,
opting for the Mow-der instead.
My vision's still going to be on the She-On, it has that spree,
but I feel with the sound barrier, so if you're in these timing,
I said Forsythe should be able to survive.
That's the perfect hit.
Oh, the sound barrier-
Oh! Goodbye! What a boob from Arcee!
Lovely stuff.
I can't shoot a fight there.
They...
Stag in the m-
I don't-
But actually we're at just go two.
You can't be staggered in the maca like this.
Come on.
I mean, the Tracer's still up.
Actually,
Has the Rekord to be able to remain alive.
And will still be close by.
They're going to try to hunt him down!
And Ice with the same asslikes
will both elucidate.
And the Tracer, this is really bad for the island.
They are not getting the chance to reset.
They've lost the Tracer for the early Crasher.
to stop Germany from this close holding, to deny more max space,
and you're still having to wait for Pallet with Sandbarrier.
It's actually just killing Aces to our Moxie, I don't need to call it a Ripper.
It's very, very, very bad.
I mean, now, A is having to respawn, Ice Blame's super far up like this.
I mean, this Sandbarrier has to be perfect from what he's doing.
Well, it'll be shredded by Ice of Limit Break.
Sure.
If Ice of Limit Break refers to Akku 1 has the match,
or 2, you save Sandbarrier and you just use Limit Break to shred.
Alright, Germany coats them in. Almost 5-0s. There's the charge. No one to be found, but...
Down in the low ground, Yoshinori already got a kill. 5-man peeps there. 4-Germany, okay.
Hardly not quite so lucky. Spree from 5-ish, but he's already so down low that the limit break.
He's being chased down!
And this is... this is Team Germany playing at a different level.
That's two points back-to-back. One more point! And they locked themselves in at BlizzCon.
Yeah, that limit right pressure onto high vision through the screen just forces the shield on to have to try and bail out of the fight as yet again, Tylen backs the drawing board.
Swaps, Pallet, off of the Lucio, so no speed to be able to disengage the tempo that Germany have been playing for, much more poke, and also punishing the over extensions with the chain.
Okay, no loonies already.
Kind of right, pops out the cage, there's the false SHJ, says yes, you're free to fight to me, I've got no problem with it.
And that should be a pure ex-you, but a free firing range.
My vision is gonna try and get out, but I need Germany.
I just dominant right now, I mean, it doesn't feel like Thailand, I'm in the game.
I mean, I don't like when teams light swap onto Mizuki because you don't have the perks to have the high heal capacity.
And that means that there's a lot of weight on Aces' shoulders with the Ophuda to be able to out-heal the damage that Cure XU is pumping.
This cast is too tapping, shredding for the players with no chance but onto the heal backup before the kill comes back.
Loomi onto the Malgenau onto the Demon's Mash. It feels a little bit too late.
Well, here comes the rush, time to come at a better time on this sleep.
After almost 50% here at Team Germany, but they've disengaged fairly well.
Taking a little bit of damage on the exit, but they're going to be able to wait this one off, and maybe even get back to the point.
And they're going to let them catch it.
Here's the iceman back on in, Akku's got the beat in the back pocket too.
I mean, there's just too much really, that what can the back lane of Thailand do now?
It feels like absolutely nothing, just going to get run over again.
And this might just be an epoxy. 80% online.
Looney's gonna get staggered too.
I mean, this is it.
10 years in the making here for Team Germany.
The last time they touched up BlizzCon's fate
was back in 2016.
Yoshinori chased out of the fight.
And it's actually a pure focus on his face.
And Germany shut out Team Thailand.
A 3-0 to book themselves at BlizzCon.
Congratulations to Germany, celebrations I am sure this night.
The pressure is off, you do not have to worry about being perfect, you were perfect.
With this composition too, they look so comfortable.
Thailand again and again, a rotating carousel, but no fairground here, no fun to be had,
no ultimates to be bolted up as well.
to be able to try to out damage hinder, find a way of dealing with Germany's composition,
except avoid going to push because it feels like it would snorble away from you, but that
flashpoint was an absolute landslide.
Yeah, beautiful stuff from Germany there having to come away with a 3-0 and they do, I
mean this is a big achievement for the team.
And unfortunately, they're not claiming a series in, you know, was well cut here if you saw
So it feels like Germany that one of those teams that we now really do have to think about
Being within I don't think it's even really like
I feel like all of these teams that adapting so quickly some
From adapting to the new meta, playing this very fast tempo, the EMEA teams that do so
love to go fast and work perfectly disciplined to anticipate Kylen trying to go for very fast
compositions here. The fact that they swapped on to that Mizuki, that Akku was able to
remain on the loose here, so a lot of the time on that third point, Germany just
perfectly kite out when the aggression, when that burst window, when its team Kylen's
turn before swinging back with a rush of their own to cement control of that point.
But then we also have teams like Five Korea who just decided well we're so good at what was
good before. We don't have to play the new stuff. We can simply just kill you with our own skill so
it will be a true melting pot at BlizzCon to see which of those ideals is able to prevail.
Yeah there's going to be a leiton from the back room staff as well.
Look, I think, yeah, BlizzCon is going to be,
it's fairly close too, but it's going to be a heck of a tournament.
I'm obviously extremely excited for it to be back in Germany,
finishing their run here in Busan on a massive high.
Absolutely. A clean 3-0 victory.
That's what was needed to punch the tickets to BlizzCon.
Germany has done just that.
What a phenomenal tournament it's been for them,
starting already, really, in the qualifiers, right?
like talked about how they came out as the biggest surprise of the group.
People didn't really have them on their radar, just like obviously the individual
ice gnome, which we hailed during the OWCS is like such a standout, such a
glow up player who's really come into his own.
And the fact that we're now seeing that from the entirety of Team Germany,
it's just so, so freaking cool.
So I am excited that they managed to do this feat here in Busan.
I'm pretty sure they are too.
It's just smiles across the board.
Yeah, definitely. I mean, look, I think with how hard they've seemingly worked here and
beating out a group where everybody was thinking Canada were going to come in the number one
seat. I mean, it's them in Spain advancing from this one. I mean, I don't think anybody
really expected Canada to be in that third place now. Kind of ridiculous. A lot of
these groups surprising us with, you know, oh, it's the group of death. It's the
group of death. And then we see upsets. We see teams that we thought we'd make
it cleanly just being eliminated in the group stage. Yeah, this is a workup to
watch. Yeah it's also like a lot of these teams have done all of this work here at
Busan because we talk about you know how good ice is but he's also had to
split time with Virtus Pro in terms of being able to scrim for OWCS and not
always be there for scrims with Team Germany that and the fact that the
meta changed they won surprised a lot of people the hotfix caught a lot of
people by surprise they have got less than a week to start thinking okay
demons actually really strong we have to work out how to play her and
And we're playing at a really fast tempo of Overwatch as well, which forces a lot of support players to have to adapt, DPS players to.
Suddenly have to play without a tank always there to be able to give them that sort of larger body of cover you saw from QRXU that on the Flashpoint,
he's playing entirely on an island a lot of that time, having to be self-sufficient and hope that he's accurate enough to be able to hit his shots and kill them before you can kill him.
you make a great point about that splitting time, right?
Because a lot of the key players for these teams that are, you know,
not necessarily known, but like just the ones that we don't like have really on our radar
for the Overwatch World Cup to make it to BlizzCon, like the Germanies of the world.
Their key players are the ones who didn't potentially join them in those scrims, right?
They're the ones who had to split the times, get ready for the mid-season championship
and focus on the regular season as well of OWCS with such a short turnaround for them to look so gelled,
So synergistic on the server and also adapting to the meta that's a fantastic beat for any team that made it. Yeah
Definitely, especially with the new hero coming out to you. I mean like you said the turn arounds really quick
We were just in France, so
Not even like two weeks ago that we were there
So yeah, it's a really cool thing to see especially with
Regions that maybe don't have much representation in OWCS. And yeah, I'm excited to um
I'm excited to see how well they can do on the big stage because it's going to be a bigger arena,
it's going to be more people and more weight on their shoulders as well to do well.
I'm very excited for them and what they have accomplished. Of course the day is far from over.
This was just, what is it? Match three out of six so we still need more to go.
Still some more things to be decided before we're heading to BlizzCon which is coming up soon as well.
Well, I love the recent BlizzCon announcements as well, you know, like, we're gonna be popping on the OWWC stage.
We're so back.
Oh yeah.
So back.
We're big fans.
I'm a big fan.
What?
Do you want to specify we're on a big battle?
The half time performance.
Every thing, the half time performance.
I can't wait.
And new skin reveals please.
Please, please.
Give me more reveals.
As many reveals as you possibly can.
All the good stuff.
And of course, amongst the good stuff is Team Germany and Team Spain.
And we now have the one and only
Ice-Gnome joining us for a quick word here after this incredible run through the group stages here in the Sun.
Ice-Gnome, welcome to the show. Thank you for joining us.
Congratulations! That was incredible.
I think a lot of people didn't really have Germany up there to make it out of the group
or like be this impressive.
Why do you think you went on the radar?
First of all, thanks for having me.
I think, I felt like we were rated pretty highly in our group as well, we got sort of an easier group than some other groups
like if you're looking at group A or something for example, so we got a little bit of an easier group
but the first match for us was a bit of a struggle, it was like the first land for a couple of people
and I myself didn't perform like, I think I should or like how I would expect myself to play
so that's why we lost and then the past days we kind of locked in, we had like a day break
break that was really good for us because we're able to like practice and get
used to each other a bit more so yeah I think that's it. I did want to ask
obviously you're kind of a household game at this point in a what you
sports in in EMEA who on your team do you think needs more attention about
them from the audience? Honestly I think everyone I've been like super
impressed with how all of my teammates have like developed across this year
you know we started like the tryouts quite early in this year and I
I actually couldn't be prouder of how much they've like improved in like such a quick span of time and like how good they've all become
So I mean it's kind of a shit answer, but
Yeah, good answer
So talk us a little bit through the timeline because obviously the meta change just before you came here
Were you ready for that meta change when like demon drops?
Did you think okay?
We're going to have to play her did you suddenly have to start learning her after the hotfix drop because you're the time player
How has it been having to learn a hero this important, this close to such an important tournament?
Yeah, so I was actually on a vacation right before the tournament and then from there to here.
So I was hoping to not have to play Demon, like don't have to learn a new hero.
But then like it appeared that she's quite strong and maybe you have to play her like almost all the time.
So I did need some time to adapt because I've only, now I've only been playing her for like five days.
5 maybe of playing demon so I've had to adapt but the hero is actually quite similar to the
release hazard you know like strength wise as well like super powerful and I'm really
comfortable on that hazard from the release that's kind of what my career started of course
yeah the OP hazard yeah so you chose on the server she seems within your wheelhouse
like you're seemingly very very comfortable despite the short turnaround now looking
at the group stages here in Busan as like a whole just like your experience what's
What are the biggest takeaways that you can head into BlizzCon with?
I think as a team we kind of just need a lot of time.
We need a bit more time than we had for this tournament, so we don't get what happened in the first match.
We didn't really have a long bootcamp, and on our bootcamp a lot of team members got sick,
so it wasn't really a good bootcamp and not that much preparation going into it.
But I feel like if we get the good preparation we can hang with the top team, so that's my biggest takeaway from this.
Well, that's our takeaway too, because you guys performed so well, it was so great to see and learn more about Team Germany and all the members in it, so thank you so much for joining us, we can't wait to see you and the entire squad at a BlizzCon, three more matches to go and some more things to decide, so don't go anywhere, we'll be back with our next match after a short break.
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Welcome back everyone to the Overwatch World Cup group stage here in Busan, South Korea.
I'm Ash, and so we get a break for the rest of the final day now,
and we've got another match underway.
Guys, Group D has already solidified its standings.
Who's going to be going all the way to Anaheim?
But we still have to wrap up this group with this match between France and
Columbia.
Columbia is this team with so much heart behind them with the community.
And they have such loud fans in the crowd supporting here as well.
Yeah, I saw someone with a giant flag the other day too.
They've been rocking that for I'm trying to pick if they got it now.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, they've been fun to fun to cast as well.
Cause yeah, the audience really does make half the cast sometimes with
the team. Yeah, they're
cheering and chanting and all
the sides and everything else,
but yeah, they've been a fun
team to watch. They're
unfortunate. Obviously. A
region that hasn't really had
so much success at World Cup
or an overwatch, but nonetheless
experience on stage is going to
be good for the flights. Yeah,
I mean, you can hear the
crowd already starting to ramp
up the support for Columbia,
which I'm sure when we get
ready to head into those
matches will continue. I feel
like Columbia is one of those
by the change of meta, which really did catch a lot of people unaware. They've had some
good fights, especially when we were seeing them with this sort of default composition. They loved
to play here, Malga, the Reaper, the Sojourn, but with the Kyuropa and the Lucio, and I feel like
even though that's a very speedy engagement composition, we've now hit a composition
which can move even faster with the Jetpack Cat, and the fact that they don't really play it
is making it much harder to make
them out of the world. But this
is still a really great learning
experience here for these players on
Team Columbia. The opportunity to
play up against a team brand who
has been honestly driving the
meta thus far with that demon.
There is no better competitor that
you can really get those reps up
against. Yeah, beast mode. They
have been so good. Who expecting
people? I guarantee you as
coaching is out there that went
game and we're like that'll be fine it'll be fine like Korea gonna win this one and then France comes
out of the gate reverse sweeping Korea and I've been internet explainer the Korea blew up
socials blew up I mean France has been so fun to watch and yeah I'll be a little scared if I was going to be a part of the line
proxies hog is way into the wings yeah I think as well like overnight that victory versus Korea has
just balloon them to superstars in the eyes of the Overwatch eSports community.
Crocs for sure. Everyone is looking at him to see how to play this new tank hero, Demon,
really, really strong, especially with the Jetpack Cat, FD God. Made a name for himself
going for that Lucio, but he's really starting to put himself as a cut above our cats as well.
He has been looking really good and he crocs. He wouldn't be able to do everything he's doing in the circle without that backline of zero and FF
God being that support that's absolutely necessary. We got to talk to dip a little bit yesterday as well, but what it's been like playing with
Crocs on his team. How much of a difference that kind of player can make with bringing the energy to this squad in France.
They're not looking to slow down.
You're telling me these were taken before they want to get to career. Obviously a media day. You're telling me that smirk doesn't tell you everything you need to know about Francis run. They they're probably going to win three over the brooch like number one seed like
cool. I'm going straight into BlizzCon man. If the fans aren't loud enough here, they're going to be even louder for the French at Anaheim, California. Oh for sure. We have our predictions though for this match up guys. I got to say
by the team pets.
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Cox is going to say when we have on the desk
of course. Yeah, I went with
France too. Ash, yeah, I agree with you.
Straight up, I think they're just too good running.
Yeah. It has to be France, right?
It has to be France. I think we're all expecting
a free-off. The jet pack
cat, the demon. France has
been absolutely unstoppable. They've been leading
the charge literally in terms of how
to play this new matchup and they've looked the best at it so far.
Yes, France have cemented themselves at the best.
Being the best right now within the meta,
like Masi was just saying in Colombia,
they've got a lot of loud voices
though looking to cheer this team on.
Let's see if they're going to be able to do anything in this matchup.
Let's get straight into it.
All right, last game here, the France and Colombia in group D.
It's a first to three.
France picking the map first,
that I'm expecting some silliness here. I'm expecting a few shenanigans from the French.
I'll obviously be pulling out some in silliness. I'm expecting a Jetpack Cat ban, which I get.
Colombia will go as it looks like France actually deferred the ban. They pick the map,
they defer the ban to Colombia, and they will ban out the Malga, so even though the Jetpack Cat
was removed. Mauga follows suit. Demon is still available on the server for Crocs to be as aggressive.
Dispressing W, even without the jetpack cap, but now Columbia do have the opportunity to
pounce on the overextended tank without the lifeline support to airlift Crocs out of those situations.
I think we did show it, but if you got saying to me like, look, I want to face somebody,
I want to face funny Ashford.
Look, at the end of the day, there's always been a big French British rivalry.
Of course, he's like, Lucio, I used to be better than him now, he's better than me.
But I think his cat is really like kind of where he has shine, like mentioning on
to death. I think the cat has been such a good tool that France utilized almost to his
fullest potential in this meta, which the meta right now just seems to be, you drop your
demon into the backline, you have a tracer to back you up, and then your cat is just
almost a solo operator chunking people and then fending for himself with a flash.
Well, Lich likely going to be swapping for the vendetta that we've seen him play
multiple times once the sim teleport has been ticked off the checklist to send the
the team forced, set up a little bit faster on the angles, but no, besides the Tracer instead,
the difference will be the Sojourn vs the Calf to do more positioning power for 10th
of the Power side, but here with that Jedi can still be just as detrimental as the
Two-Taxi.
Get on this map as well, very open space, lots of cover on the point of course,
but you can't get caught off real quick.
Speaking of which, Super Go-Bers, 40 about 25% HP.
Tamsun falls off the angle, he has the rail charge, he will discharge it, but he can't quite land onto FD God.
As, wow, Trance already kept the point, no contusion left.
Trunful's CD, wow, both TP and Suzu already used, and now they know Chains are going to be very vulnerable, several Tepkis there as well.
Wow, there's FD God going in, it's a super Gomez, yeah, it's going down, sure, but realistically, as long as you've got Super Gomez to lie,
Crocs alive, sorry, it shouldn't really matter all too much again, they forced the TP from change and France still in control of the point.
Turicul is so close to Dip, that's Suzy gone too, that should be a dead support.
There it is instantly, caught her perfectly. Dip with a little Schmack to the face.
Supergod is at least picking up the ones, but you need a lot more than that.
Well, they did trade for Xerion though, so no Turicul advantage here for France, but Crocs still alive on point.
Full health with shield on hand, we'll be able to defend it handily, and the attack is pushed back.
Columbia force a regroup, and re-walk in, then firing shots, I'm trying to hold up that charge,
but now he has to play properly to retake, to clear those angles I get again.
No one from France should be within distance with the search into shield.
There's the limit, break already, alright.
Superdice now is, what, 3% away?
One sword to break a fat?
Ah, there it is.
And an instant Suzu. Now Crocs can maybe out here as a way with Super Gomez. Sorry, dangerously low.
D-Metal's gotta come in too. And it's a trivial cleanup.
And D-Goran kinda farming on Lucio.
Think there's a difference, Kita? He's always been a farmer.
I mean, they did lose Keo very early onto the disruption shot from 10th, but Xerion's able to
laugh back the damage missing. Absent cast, fine, present Kitsune Rush.
doesn't mean a change though has one side of kids in our stock crocs without limit break and just stay right for
Really early rush the cost already killed 10 to
Really does give a new meaning to big tracer
Um, uh, super domes is at least going to secure a kill, but this is all falling apart now for columbia
It's like a false bomb just going to hit the ground
Who's fd gone anyway?
All good
The choice over time though. Yeah, not re-triggered 100 to 0 on the first round
Yeah, France very much just feeling fully in control a few kills here and there on the side of something like so dream as to be expected
Right. She's one of those heroes that you don't have to be able to keep winning fights building up ultimate economy one-sidedly to still have
impact within the fight itself with the watch of potential of that rail charge
but it's not something that wipes the team all within one go and it punishes the
fact that the Sojin's finding kills onto the DPS. No one's really killing Crocs.
In fact, Crocs pretty much just lifts the whole round. He's having a time this
matter as Columbia have tried to match the D1. Now Ivel directly tried to counter it.
This is what we've seen from them before in controls, Zarya bubble engagement with the Vendetta.
Going back to a couple of minutes ago with a bit of dead up.
There's like a couple of patches behind here that's going to be able to cross the battle.
Oh, it's just dirty work.
Yeah, Q on that, Shion just has the damage to be able to puncture those bubbles with things like the execution.
So, Lick denied his engagement, shut down with a motorbike directly to the face.
No helmet for safety as strapped in, Columbia in for a wild ride as they now have to walk back in again to a right corner.
Two of them are already burning one bubble on Lich.
Now comes the overhead slash, another bubble used and while Trink's already dead, Ten secure a kill on the enemy Kyroko.
So Lich is not going to receive any kills at any time soon, sadly.
We've all been there, Lucio players, the hubris, they think they're immortal with the speed,
and how hard it can be to try to shoot one of them down, as at this point Columbia is
trying to ignore Crocs, pretend that the demon does not exist and go directly for the squishes
with like closing at the distance.
They can't even see Crocs right now.
The frontline like you said doesn't exist.
Crocs is just going in.
He is the flight character in this situation.
He really is just large tracer.
Yeah, large tracer.
We always use cool tracer.
Well, Div is also a big tracer.
Maybe D1 is large tracer.
We have to find different residents.
Sword tracer.
Sword tracer, yeah.
Credit Sun goes down to none other than Crocs.
10th very low.
also kind of trading in the dual somewhat honorably.
Someone's gonna hit him there for some point up, and there's Gear of Gank.
And the cleanup's gonna come in. This is gonna be a flip, of course.
But see, it looks about over. Yeah, Super Gomez's gonna fight the dust.
Cross. Up to a technical strength.
I don't think Cross has died yet.
I think so.
Super Gomez will be close to a Graviton, but this is sort of like the issue for the Zyra, right?
Don't have the range to be able to keep up with how spread all of the fighting has been so you're not actually beaming down plays
The ball up the ground which means that something like that. So too is Samurai and so too is Crocs
You might have to grab this fight, but you don't have to get it to follow up. I mean
Foxy
It's over touch the spawn door challenge
They're gonna dorm the keep it unlocked. Perfect. You're gonna do it too. That's two. All right
On the ground
Super gonna make jumps in
and Lich to try to get the off off as well.
Would have been the perfect, perfect time to use it,
but unfortunately, FT got top definitely self-files up
with that beat.
Greater Sun down, OT here, but,
they're just gonna be a pile of dust now at this point.
They're gonna break.
All good.
France, I mean, this is just an unbelievably dominant
showing here in the final day
of the Overwatch World Cup group stage of Busan.
Only granting more like 19% to Colombia.
This is also them being very smart about how they play the demon without the jetpack cat,
right? Because when you sort of look at Columbia's game plan that, especially on volcano, it's
very obvious. Ignore the demon, try to send liquid Zarya bubble to engage with overhead
slice gun to just be able to CC one of the squishies for the rest of the team to
to then pile on two. Without the cat there, the demon cannot very quickly go from playing
aggressive in Colombia's backline to playing close to his team and being available to peel
with things like the shield or that dash. So what D-Franc's do, they go for a very fast
move in composition, which means that the demon can play separate, and everyone
else on the team, they all have their own means of mobility to escape, one that
Vendetta closes up the distance, she on her bike traces the blink of recall, Kiriko Suzu
to be able to cleanse the overhead when it tries to hit her as well as the swift step to teleport
away, and Lucy with the speed boost. So that's why it feels that even though Colombia are able to
get past the chokes, which sometimes slow up teams trying to play retake on control points,
they have map space but they have no value from said map space. It sort of just becomes this
game of cat and mouse throughout the entirety of Volcano with no one from Brands Glenbould.
Yeah, that is the big benefit of playing the Vendetta, sticking to people, building up
to five charges and then just running people down, but I mean, you're almost playing a different
or even a better game with the demo, because you have more health and you still have a big
sore. Beautiful stuff from France to start off the series, the 1-0 and Columbia,
Of course, they're not quite finding a grasp of this series.
Although considering how the group has gone,
France are the scariest in their group at the current moment in time.
Looking to make this one a 3-0, not even in this match,
I mean just overall in the group, create, to make it too blizzical.
I mean, honestly with how all France have been playing the demon,
it's almost like we can say they're looking not just the scariest within their group,
but they're looking one of the scariest within the teams as a whole
that we have going to BlizzCon, especially because Korea don't play the new meta, we're
yet to really see how they adapt to the demon, and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia likewise, they
don't really like leaning towards that demon, they still play their own style, so it feels
like we have rock, paper, scissors, Overwatch meta yet again.
Hey, there's still time. There's a little bit of time between now and BlizzCon, so
they're gonna be locking out.
Once this LAN is done, guarantee that those two teams are scrimming demon non-stop.
Triple blocks.
I know a lot of these teams here because as we said, not a lot of turn time from hotfix
to official playtime.
Teams with triple blocking absolutely exhausted six hours of scrims with about one hour break
in between to eat and rest and then go right back into scrimming.
It's been a rough work time for these players.
There has been no holiday, no vacationing.
It has been work, work, work.
Yeah.
I was actually speaking to Changsik, ex-Van Coover
Times player, does the Korean broadcast now as well.
But I do VCS and Overwatch work up too.
And I was saying like, look, Korea, what's happening, man?
Like, they're not playing the D1 right now.
And he's like, don't worry.
As soon as you start playing it,
it could be pretty damn easy.
No issue.
So yeah, that little bit of time there.
Yeah, jump in Max. They're going to be practicing and they're going to bring that a game when it comes to players console juncture
It believes I believe to I think that small all this kind of I was going to say small tournament
But like this group stage has been four days. There's been a lot of games
But with how quickly I think demon has been shown to be or how quickly she's been shown as how powerful she is like
There's no choice at this matter. Yeah at all. There's you play her or you don't you're gonna get
or you don't you know it's you get one chance to ban her exactly and then you
have to also worry about another cop yeah it might be rock-paper-scissors but
right now it's all demon that's all I'm saying I think it's rough as well off of
just how entrenched cat is because you get one chance to ban the D1 then
potentially you get the second chance to sort of weaken her value by taking out
the cat the cat's tied to all the other comps that you've been screaming so if
you take out cat you're also sort of shooting your own foot by taking the
the potential of the cat Cassidy and the cat Bastia. It's not like okay we're playing something
that we would not touch unless Demon was within the pool like take Lifeweaver, which means that
we're seeing the Jetpack cat stick around for a whole lot of these matches. Absolutely. I want to
see where we go next. Columbia and the fans are raring to go every kill, every single map. It
It doesn't matter. They're always cheering. We have a substitution coming in two for the back line
We're gonna see a mix you back in for Columbia
We've seen this a couple of times being subbed in now, and it's gonna be a new junk city pick
Yeah, Columbia, we know the composition they like to play on new junk city
Do France decide to replicate history and go for the Lucio ban or the Kiriko ban rather to force out that
Moira or
or do Columbia since they have the chance to ban Phyrrhus.
Instead of banning Demon, this is the conundrum.
If you ban Demon, you take out the tank,
but you also do leave yourself open to being forced
onto that Moira Lucio.
If you ban the Curico, you do get to, or rather,
if you ban a support, you do get to safeguard
your backline option, but you do still
have to play into the hands of Crocs on that demo.
Get the final player sat down and changed over.
Just an empty spot of the lobby waiting to be filled,
but we'll be underway in just a moment.
And doesn't matter the opponent.
I see Crocs right now, headset off, ear buds out,
almost taunting the Colombian fans.
Well, that's why.
The lobby's on the side of the stadium.
They just banned us tank.
There it is.
It's gotta be done at some point.
Gotta be done.
This is a must-win map now for Columbus. If there is one time for you to take the map here, it is when this demon is out of rotation.
We'll see how France decides to respond if they will try to force that Moira Lucio.
Nope, they'll take out front to back angle. Reaper band away from lick instead.
Those ever a time you could play at the hog crocs, it might be here, do you have to play about a river?
Sure, Anna's there, but you've got to carry, it's all feared.
He did say that, you know, playing on the bigger stage for the World Cup, a BlizzCon would be quite the sight.
So maybe he's saving that secret weapon later down the line.
Now, you're junk city, there are your bands as we jump into map 2 in a second.
Yeah, no demon. So options to play the diva, but I think we're both expecting this to be
Mauga vs. Mauga. At least out the rip, but Columbia have lost parts of the default composition they
play alongside that Mauga. No reaper to be able to teleport on through. Follow up off of a player
who gets stunned. Take advantage of everyone turning to shoot at the tank and letting that
DPS slipped by unnoticed. Temp, what does he go for as well here? He's like to go for the
sojourn, I feel like you have to go for range to be able to match the poke potential of France.
But Columbia seemed almost averse sometimes to playing poke, and instead like to really go for
this Tracer's shield on the outlook a whole bunch of times too. Only one way to five hours,
Let's get into map two.
France versus Columbia.
This group has been decided pretty much,
so France already booking their ticket to BlizzCon.
Columbia unfortunately unable to make it.
New Chunk City with Crocs not able to play Demon.
What's the, if Super Gomez ends up just pivoting Malga
as we've seen them do before.
I think this is the time for France to make a statement
that here we're not just one-trick ponies.
We don't just do well when Dimon is on rotation and Crocs is able to play her.
We can still play other compositions and be one of the best within this E-O-W-W-T circuit.
What will the compositions be? That's the mauga that we expected.
And that is the hog which I expected.
Ah, 20 seconds or so left.
I think he's doing it.
He's got a smile on his face.
He's doing it, especially with FTcon on the jetpack cat.
I wish I could disable my sense of smell.
Looking at his DPS, like, look, just play distraction. I'll hook, I kill, all good. No problem.
FTGod, make sure you just fly me around. All good. Just hang me from the sky, like a chandelier.
I'll hit people and kill him. There it is! Okay, we're doing it.
Crocs on the hog. Super Gomez deciding now.
Not today. Gonna play the Malga. Here we go! Over the top!
Farrox, you're gonna have this look buddy. This first one's gonna be the most important.
It's already used up, Rither's gonna get lifted up to the sky again. Score for Lucio, initially.
Now maybe you've been looking for Lich. Oh, easiest hook of your damn life, Farrox.
Aww, look at the bend ever seen!
That's too dead already. Oh, I mean this is just unfair.
I'm giving him the whole dispatch mobility.
Yeah, he's playing games today.
What are you supposed to do, Bruce?
You can't go Reaper because that got banned out.
And now, oh no, Crocs will just sit on the rooftop
with the jetpack cat to scout when they're coming.
And your roof slide with the hook available.
Okay flashy hook denied but still Columbia have to gain entry on to this point past the
road.
He's a moat now.
My guy was a moat-ing third person around the corner.
Oh!
The Lucio!
Getting subbed in like that and immediately dined to the hog two fights in a row.
You gotta be feeling a certain type of way.
Oh, Super Gomez.
Oh no!
Not that.
No!
hook into the aura taker breather.
Bumps up.
There.
Yeah.
He's emoting in real life now.
Crocs is the canonical roadhog, I guess.
They're dropping it again.
They're dropping it.
Oh, he's just behind that spawn.
He's trying to catch someone late on this rotation.
There he goes.
He's playing a crane machine at this point.
The Lucio's having a place.
Alright, dims down.
Hang on.
Oh, look again.
I've been walking to the Gomez do observers. We have one job and one job only
crocs
There's no for a couple of seconds
He wants the melee kill two he tried look a solo. He's doing the piece of water. Hi guys. I'm voting
Did you know our crocs actually did the like the capture?
The mo-cat for Hog? Yeah, I don't know if you guys knew that.
Hot Law Tip!
Put that in the other details on the Likovedia profile.
I'm waiting for the headbang.
You'll get the whole Hog off map!
That's when we see that one!
Straight out of the cage! Straight up of the map!
Oh, he charges away! He's looking for someone else here!
He's gonna try for it!
Oh, but it's free!
Okay!
Someone else has to take a couple of kills here.
It can't all be Crocs.
Oh, the cage just broken instantly by a whole hog.
And probably the spirits of that fight broken by the spree shortly after.
Crocs, yet again, are back to be airdropped.
Probably this time looking at 10th position to deny the overclock since
no Lucio, no sound barrier.
This could be the opening for Columbia. They have the kill potential.
Even pulling so hard of Lucio, it's hard to build the beat.
And the fight is being done so quick as well.
There's the Poshmore Skewer though, okay.
4v5, Crocs.
Yep, still on hog, so it's gonna be a danger.
Hook, over the top, oh whoa!
Okay, I think that was a grapple, actually.
Oh, dearie, me.
Yeah, Tedbezler going down as well.
And...
Well, I mean, at least they got the point.
Yeah, but it's not gonna be for too much longer.
Crocs standing in his face, Super Gourmet says,
nah, ain't no way.
Okay, I take it back.
Earlier I said Crocs is a crime machine.
And that has elements of RNG. At this point, he's a Gatchapon.
You're guaranteed to find something with your money, as this Roarthog is having so much value, plus the fact that Crocs is playing out of line outside of 10.
You're not trading off of the Roarthog's health, soaking up so many shots.
Sorry, Moxie. They have to look in the sky just in case Crocs is on the roof.
Yes.
Roarthog has become dived now, Jack, apparently. Or, I guess, more fittingly, F is...
Oh, we call the jetpacker!
Oh, Shredo's spawned!
Oh, surely Croc's dies here.
Looks like FPGog might be the one to suffer in this instance.
There's the Lucio dead already.
And this is going to be the points.
2-0, currently 4-France with Croc still going.
Oh, there, just give him a rest, man.
Give him a rest.
Do they get the chance to work point?
Because here's the thing, they have good holds, right?
We're about to have double support ults. You have Magikage 10th on the Widow in case Crocs is staying closer to that spawn.
Yeah, he's behind them with Holehawk and a hook, which is terrifying. You can see the pinks are trying to work out where exactly the Warthog is before they can walk point to use that rush.
But finally, they will touch feet onto point to gain value from changed ult.
I mean, this is really their only choice here. You can't run around chasing a hog.
No, and we've tamp on the cast as well if crocs gets closed you should be able to split the lifeline with the flashbang at least
All right double support now
Rocks trying to go for another hurt there's the cage hold on though. He's going to be a real king look at that
That's the counter to the Malga apparently yeah, the whole organ the cage
Nice to do very big value there actually nothing more for people of the South by so good for for real four players
is there. More Hawks die, that's the question. Crocs no, he doesn't, he just says is there,
takes a breather and that was that. Supergoves gonna extend this calculation for a brief
moment as they get 45%. Point at least closer to the side of Team Columbia as FDGuard sets
up Crocs on rooftop yet again. Nope, he splits. FDGuard's looking for the opposite
angle to be able to land the catnap as the hook lands from Crocs. Pulling Shepard
go on there's out if that all right here go to get down and he got his lips
catnaps gonna actually take away that cure both easy TP uses though and now
crocs in pursuit or you gotta get out of there they're gonna try to get a
flip they do so successfully they're up to 50% now we're probably the front of
the hook yes be so careful of this dead I to know cat if you get hooked out
to cancel the ult, it's curtain.
This hook, better move though, makes me at the corner,
massive of the move onto the Roadhooks,
make sure he can't connect the left click.
Crocs do not dead though, that's a running away.
See, Columbia, find the solution, do the maps, right?
Crocs after you've got constantly split,
three players on four left,
everyone from Team Columbia, they're five players.
Ignore the Roadhook, ignore the cat,
just draw a point, just walk on the rest of the team.
They've never had to give up this point, you know.
Well they do end up touching, it's the Tracer on point, dip.
She's there probably for another one.
They're gonna cage on the point.
They're gonna solo cage on the Tracer.
To be fair with you, don't blame it.
It's drugs that's been deleting it.
Nice headshot from...
Oh, it hit for the bag as well.
Yeah, come on.
Lifted the spirits here for Team Columbia.
Actually got playing off of the map.
And there's the points.
There'll be a fans on their feet to the moment too.
One point picked up for Columbia, remaining within this map.
I mean, at this point, you're just trying to push cross the swap off of the Roadhog.
As Lick will have that pulse bomb, good flashbang, but I mean,
the Roadhog has the health, plus two supports right beside him
to be able to survive the impact.
Columbia though, set up one point, but without that cast,
they don't have the dead eye to zone out the ult jump that's available here for fans.
Paulson Lich, here's a nice two-click.
There's the hoods on Super Gomez. Here comes the rush and the whole hog as well.
Super Gomez immediately ejected from the fight.
No chance of winning that one, even if you try to rush match.
You just be pushed off of it by the whole hog as
here comes the Roadhog hook yet again.
Temp, hasty retreat from the cast but not fast enough.
FD God on the couch, chases him down.
Swing and miss, but it's fine.
I mean,
Glock's main weakness always has been
very big, beefy target.
Like no armor.
Kind of hanging around.
All the hook misses.
TP though for the character.
He has to force the Suzer.
Glock's very low, 60 HP.
Still healing up.
And there is the kill.
Okay, Glock's
FINALLY put down.
Yeah, the super gun has just body blocks.
Locks the roadhog into the 1v1
to lie the rest of his team behind him to go for that cap with the rush and there it is!
Columbia! Not going to lose to Roy DeHawks, shenanigans. Crocs on to the matter to match.
Columbia found the solution and now adaptation has been made.
We call that a sampling platter, an appetizer for what's to come to France at BlizzCon.
Crocs isn't going to give us the whole show, at least not just yet.
Yeah, moves, moves.
Exactly.
There you go. There's the stomping from Crocs.
Oh, he's on his own! He got no heal, though, by the way.
He's got quite an overdrive, sure, but they were...
Don't take a breather.
I see Rago shock and Kyo though.
Actually, he's already found two of the sub-arrow.
Columbia is going to hit three.
This cage is going to get deployed today.
He's got Zario just locked down.
Yeah, defensive cage.
Because of the vision of our overclock,
so two Ops for the price of one sojourn.
That's good value for money for France,
but Columbia have been able to hold on to the plate 93%
lost by territory so they're still to find the plate.
And the numbers have been for a long while now, our plants,
they lost them at the very end of the plate,
the loot she has been affording,
no crocs have got his one.
So there's patience for Columbia,
they've got time to play with.
Not a lot of time though,
crocs coming up to that cage,
Jerry I'm pretty close to a rush as well.
You take too long to wait,
dip finds a pulse bomb,
delays out the fight,
you're looking lost by territory here,
There's like a zero space to walk right now.
We're gonna try and make some space to their own vanilla style top right or top left.
The high noon deployed now pretend there's the cat now.
Red Deagon cancelling that high noon and securing the kill of Old Spawn from Dip, Chunks out Superdome.
Look at these amalgam after all.
Rich stopped there, changed dead, good overrun by Crocs, cage deployed too.
And that is gonna be wrapped 98% and Frans claim that second map and get match points.
Yeah, the cast is just too vulnerable on the low ground with the dead eye when Mauga is in play.
Charge cancels out the dead eye and cancels out any opportunity really for Columbia to find footing within.
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What do you see in this image?
Ah, a neon junction.
That would be a crazy thing to say for a Rorschach.
I see a neon junction.
I feel context.
I see neon junctions.
So you're a sigma player.
You're a zuki player.
I get it.
I get it.
Yeah, it's very hard to try to narrow down a cap player's main map that they play
because that hero just plays pretty much everywhere so for sure we could see some of that stigma but
I do feel like it does just get heavily out of tempo with the pacing that demon plus cat brings
to the match. It's up for France by the looks of things but support swapping out looks like
Varian's leaving the stage, Prancer, with a single map left potentially in this series
and in this tournament as well. This is the final thing, obviously, the group stage here in Busan.
So what do Columbia ban here? As we said, they can't ban the cat, they can't ban the demon.
Do they try to ban something like the Kiriko? To move away from the Kiriko cat?
potentially play a slower version of the Ana, because that also takes away the
opportunity of playing things like the Mizuki as well, and you could go for a
sort of double a heavy poke backline, something like that, Wu Yang, have the
shift to be able to disengage the propulsors from the demon, potentially
push back as well with the wave when shield's not up. I haven't seen all
all that much boolean this tournament, mostly because when people see him they pivot to the
diva to be able to directly counter it, as yeah, your Rorschach test, your spot of color
was correct. You did indeed see a neon junction.
Yeah, they banned the cats, they banned the cat, they banned the demon, so we're going
I don't see Dmike here, I imagine.
Yes.
I don't know what.
Go for it.
Cast.
Cast.
Alright.
Okay.
Don't hate it.
I've spoken about it over the last couple of days, but it feels like a safe ban.
It's like, okay, it's pretty default.
Like, cool.
I also feel like it takes away one of the main ways that the defense rustle back
control and the attacking side to creating space forcing you to have to respect the
the damage potential of that fly-by with the Cat-Cas.
As France will remove the engagement potential
of Columbia, removing that Lucio for this team
to be able to go fast-speeding away from Crocs
when he's at full strength.
And yeah, punishing the fact that Columbia very,
very reluctant to play the Cat-Cas to be
more than Cat at all.
Yeah, I mean, you have to just,
FD God's just gonna rock the cap.
No problem. No shots there.
No hidden information.
I've been Columbia now.
Just give us a good showing here.
It feels, it feels very one sided up until this point with France
and how well they've done so far.
You never know? You see?
The crats behind them, for sure. The fans here have been going absolutely crazy every time
that Columbia players find a kill or win a fight. So they have a lot of energy. The
chance starting to pick up as we head into what could be the final map within this series.
Neon Junction for our hybrid, so no rework, no Iconvul, no Tarariso.
Very similar playbook, I feel like Neon Junction, a lot of teams have already cracked the code
in terms of especially taking first fight, right on the attack.
It feels very much just splitting your team, being able to take away those high ground
positions.
Pinch the defense, force them to be very uncomfortable and have to pull back almost
entirely to have their tank to touch point the rest of the team, the backline especially
backed all the way up to second point already.
And it feels like for the defense, a lot of teams just give the ground, right?
They prioritise not directly contesting first, they're more than happy to let it slide.
Just to be able to cement having an easier setup, a faster setup, for that first fight
of seconds, which a lot of the time we see them win and totally stall out the attack
to sometimes even a full halt.
Yeah, this map has been quite, I'd say, eye-opening for a lot of teams where it is a much more
defender-heavy, slower map, whereas the meta's over the last couple of patches or
last season or so or a couple of seasons maybe even. I've been like Zarya with Vendetta
like bubbling her in and just a lot of like a lot of malware obviously like just a little
bit more quicker a little bit faster comp so you know in terms of being thrown in there
to slow things down a bit it's been it's been quite fun. Hey yes obviously subbed in
for Xerion on the French side just warming up make sure all the settings are good and
and then he's going to join the lobby. He's about to log in now, so it shouldn't be too
much longer before he gets Neon Junction.
Yeah, especially because what was the last map before they added Neon Junction Atlas?
Right? New flash bomb that we had. That's a very go-fast kill everything before they kill you.
Sort of map. Trying to think the last time we really had a map that of course
teams do have to play that slow.
sure not released I mean I don't know I can't really remember yeah to be honest
I guess slow pace map but a lot of push maps obviously because it was the new
mode so yeah which are inherently quite quick unless it was policy which oh that's
such as camp mid the record for like no kills is like three minutes or something
Yeah, peak sojourn matter when you were just like, exchange sojourn one-charts.
Hell, I casted that.
Then I casted it with Matt.
Or maybe...
Chod?
Hey, I can't remember who I casted that with.
I remember having to coach.
The drop, like, the release colosseiro,
and have to tell players, like, the discipline that you had to have,
to not greed peak a fully charged sojourn like back then.
The Con Cycle was so great because you did not just have to Ultrack, you also had to Relgum Charge Track.
You had to call out when the Soju had High Charge that people would not peek, then you would bake the peek,
and then you would go with your own Soju. So it was this back and forth and back and forth.
A time of old for sure. Yes, release Soju when she could one tap you.
with the crowd. It was a little busted I'd say. A little broken. Alright here we go.
The most broken DPS hero on release. I always say it was. Oh yeah. Oh sure. Ridiculous. Ridiculous
character. All good. Here we go. You're on Junction. Matt 3 in the series for us.
Being 2 over ready. Verne is showing us off. You just missed Crocs on point. You're
I'm sure Osho off on socials like for sure after this match Crocs himself will be
going back and clipping some of those points. As we'll see what the Columbia
decide to mix things up with. Mixby is now with the roster currently playing
that poker heavy backline that we talked about. We'll be starting on defense too
So this Wu Yang will remain at least for the first fight and I do like this
It feels that we haven't seen a lot of teams attempting the Wu Yang in response to the D1
Yes, so this will be I think a good test for a lot of teams
You don't want to play the demon themselves who want to be able to play a composition that can react to
There's gonna jump out real quick on the Widowmaker I want to have to go for the grappler looks like
Yes, there it is, okay. Widow peak. Whoa, there's Warlords getting real close. Little change though, only a little bit of damage on two gunners.
No cap bastion, dip, swaps onto the tracer, cure the shield on Zia, split push potential here.
But just overwhelming, walking onto the point, already forcing that melee wall, not for isolation, but to just provide disengage opportunity.
Alright, Crocs up on the high ground already.
A very quick reaction there.
I changed to try and get a Suzu.
However, now, this wall, now we're getting quite quickly actually.
Super Gome has just falled over.
Again, that's all on FD, God, kind of putting Crocs in a position where he can force the CDs of the Curie, and then that is really bad.
Yeah. That's the thing about Wooyoung as well. He runs out of heals very quickly,
and you also have to be heavily within line of sight of your team so a super
Gomez is out of position or dropped onto you very quickly by that demon. Not a lot
of help will come from his backline to keep himself pale and hearty as
Rammatra experiment has ended onto the demon match we go.
Yeah I don't think Columbia were really expected to let go of the point
that quick supergome has forced into this not one be warned but head to head
go to the train first before you make any more moves on the high ground
rock story about that limit right now I know you've got to be scared and of
course liches block first and then throwing it it would be ideal for
blocks straight over the top though hold the Kiri's in trouble
forced to suzu and TP at the same time there's the limit break on the
high ground Kiri dead FB got it with one kill and super get gobez
This is going to get DMG'd.
Should just be it for this.
Small low defense.
They got the most value they could, at least from the defense, right?
You know, if your Suicide gets forced, if your Suicide gets forced,
Linnabright will kill your team, so at least Lyck, with his final moments,
is able to stall out Cod, and allow Columbia one extra fight potentially,
where four France are able to cap second.
Chainsaw have rush as well to send the team forward, Lyck's talking on the three,
More from the back.
Well, there's Super Gomez, dropped it.
It's actually dropped straight on top of Crocs.
FD gone, going to go for the catnap.
And she's just stealing Super Gomez away,
dragging him around that corner.
He's going to get stuck on the roof there for a brief moment.
Both rushes have been utilized already,
as Lich finds a solo kill on AES in the back line.
A stick from Dipo, a decent amount of damage,
which is going to apply some healing on Super Gomez.
And unfortunately, Super Gomez ejected from the mech
and immediately dealt with.
And that's going to be second point.
Yeah, Keir's free, softens everyone up, France, Wardenave, take them down.
Head into third, but not with the ultimates to be able to snowball, attempts able to come up for
watch with this overclock, still like France's approach.
London might be able to hold their grind for more fights to come.
So far, there is a surge, will be chased off of a high ground by Feta Cat and the Mag.
2v2, both Cat and both Demons.
Super Garmin has eventually managed to force Froms off of the aggressive angle.
Limit breaks in-hand for Super Gomez as well, but he will be correct in position to use it on the back line.
He has to try and find an isolation, but realistically, again, this bomb is just so difficult, and Froms is just way quicker flying up here.
The mobility, right from Froms, they see the demon coming and just run.
Oh, well Crocs is hit by that, but Nemebius, who should sort of out, should sort of out proper.
There goes the cat, and that is going to be a super Gomez down.
Meaning this final push is going to be fairly trivial for France.
I mean you've got the overclock, but you don't have the space to be able to use it
after you've got two of the catnip can slam down onto Tens position.
Shelf the Sgt's all the way.
Okay, there we go. Strap dive, and again, 10-some trouble.
Like you got the score doors right behind a bit.
You see the point, you know?
Bonnetrape, Makiokamma's gonna come in as well.
Now Crocs is playing on the point, and really all he needs to do is just get him destroyed.
Oh my goodness.
And there's the cap.
3 minutes and 30 seconds in that time, man.
Kissed just sublime.
I mean, we've talked about Croc's being so good on this demon, but it really is.
The synergy between him and FD God being able to just clear Temp out multiple times.
When we head for it, Temp has to go overclock the walk 40 fights, deny the opportunity to use it
every time being cleared out early from those positions where he could snipe someone
when the demon mech is not there to be able to provide that formal cover for the backline.
totally cleared out, especially that last fight too, FDGodCrox, lifts that demon mech up on top of
Temp's position, yep, and they just clear him with the catnap as well, no overclock, allows that payload,
he's so close to the checkpoint, like you said, all Crock has to do is split the backline, force
the tank to have to peel his supports, no one's there to be able to hold the fight for point
long enough attempt to return. Oh man, I have to pat Johnny on the shoulder a minute.
He's gonna be on the cast soon. That three hour makeup session is gonna have to get cut
short Moxie. We'll see if this is a full holder of
Columbia we'll be able to match the time back. As we've seen, we haven't seen a lot
of cool holds on the Onjunction. We've seen some so far this week, but not as many
as you would feel and it does feel like more teams are starting to be familiar with the
way of fast sweeping out Forest Temp, not finding that first kill off onto Dip the Tracer too
mobile. The lick will remain on the Faray here to just hammer these different chugs and
they've already forced A to use that little step out.
There's not a Sonjin and Snorker have done it the past, played as Faray to this
cop, they haven't had it at all. Yeah there's such a massive range disadvantage
as we're here with Dim.
Still though, that can't be negated, of course, with FD.
You've got kind of just lifting someone in front of a fire
and saying, OK, you kill Mal and then dropping them off
once the job's been done.
There's no real hit scam here
on the side of Team France to be able to deal with this.
I hit these directs though on FD.
Oh, that's a couple.
Nice little kill, OK.
Backlight dead.
This is going to be point.
Yeah.
I mean, it hits a notch rocket
It's a midfielder to be able to find the follow-up kill onto the cap.
One tick picked up, split on Dean Brands.
They're so close enough to go for a contest, though.
They're definitely going to play around this strategy.
They've got 66%.
There should be the two ticks.
Because they do lose licks in the meantime.
But Super Domains against the one big one, the skier.
Oh, it wasn't two ticks.
Yeah, 66.2%, not quite enough for the second one.
And they actually managed to hold all of that, a mirror.
Somehow, Diff kills the Pharah.
They weren't touching.
Oh, that's on two, uh, Columbia.
Everyone from Columbia was just off of the point.
They don't have the tracer to be able to anchor it.
Climb flips are separate from the main fight to go hit the backline pressure
the way that Diff was able to.
So he picks up changed after he deals with the Pharah threat.
Returns freeze are propped to now do this.
So sport no challenge, pick two.
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on the school and go touch it
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off of the little on to the
repops that was banned out
previously should be able to just
teleport past the demon try to put
more pressure on to ace position
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begin now they're going to try and
force the points
pretty good it's against the demon
sometimes you get this avoid season
Oh, the stick!
Can't map as well actually, they've raised a whole bunch into this fight and they're living very easy.
Still gonna miss.
Not quite, Krox.
Try getting another hit.
I mean, they might try again now, unless A's falls here to the repulse,
hitting in deep onto the backline, denying France playing slow for A's as a rush back onto point.
Second tick picked up potentially the third here, as we will not have a full hold.
No full hold, even with that D-Vot getting more...
Recall for difficulty in use, surely not another, you're gonna short for some extra time, all good.
Make it a little bit more painful, you're gonna get squads in.
How impactful now is the fact that France tried to fight at that point
instead of setting up the first corner hold here on second.
Crocs denied the angle of holding versus Super Gomez,
and already Colombia have been able to see themselves passed under pass.
Can't quite engage too far forward though, you have to have the room to run away from
Ares off.
Oh, 10-10s are going down to Crocs.
I'll do it, Train's going to come in in a second, so can't play on the high ground.
Here's in the backline by the way, so that's the spree, excuse, just going to hit the
body off, Super Gomez, these shots off all the arm, there's the Limit Break, being
confident as well, he's such a good hand out from that, you've got the stuns
worth.
Really nice.
And now Crocs, they're not in the soup, it don't matter.
Super Gomez will be won! Oh he's gonna punch him to death!
Brogues, the single kill there. Ends up getting Railgunned in the face by Temp.
Great catnap from FD, they're disrupting the follow up of Super Gomez's limit right when they're all confined in small room.
Temp does have the overclock, no one's currently scouting out or marking that sojourn.
So he will be unleashed, but at the moment no one challenging him.
him. It means that he doesn't have anything to shoot. So Crocs will already be able to close up the
distance, take high ground and drop behind the dean. Well there is the rush from France.
Fishing in front of the damage there actually forced a great form really far back in his own
back line. Limit break from Crocs as well. And good set going down. Say it with chains. I mean
this deathbloss from Lych is just passive. FD God, AES. Dead set again. I don't think Crocs
to buy too much longer here, Physic and Abbey, and you saw a hero play either.
They should be able to snowball as well.
This next fight, second overclock buys you the time.
Stalls out front from being able to keep this farm contested.
The life's limit rate to be bought for super-go-mars to have.
One of the second checkpoints available.
Lipsy's storm camping is totally stalling out to push from the defense.
Well, there's the overclock. It's already sent FDGOTS going for cover. The Tempest are coming down anyway, Crocs.
Using that large health for this to get super close to the Sojourn.
For the Wraith, Crocs, Lich.
Supergonas, right by the mid-wraith, didn't manage to get a kill.
FDGOTS is going to put Crocs into position 2 on that high ground, so Supergonas just goes directly past the Demo Mag.
Once the Sojourn forces the Power Scythe from here, so the Sojourn at least is repositioned,
But now you have to get past the tanks!
Yeah, they did use Columbia a little bit of time now to push that payload, but they really were just waiting to get healed up to a full HP again.
They're just gonna hit that raid for a while and get full HP.
Hold around the corner! That's Suzu! What a long range there from changed!
He's gonna assist in the kill on the dip!
That's a double kill for LH2.
They're pushing this one in, boxy. I mean, this is point path.
And then it breaks kinda come in and ah, Super Gomez.
It's like he does done to that one.
There's a croc who loses Meg.
Actually, I've got a mixed view.
And the closer we are to here, this might not be close enough, Jack.
No, Super Gomez.
Always gonna lose Meg, the execution.
Oh, that's gonna leave him off as well.
There's only 20 seconds to go.
Oh, the staggered.
No, Super Gomez.
15 seconds and that just might be it.
The staggered should be enough.
I mean, it's all up to the people touched, but they don't have to help us, they will go desperately for death.
They've got some lead, try it in the sky, it's a 10-point as well.
Croc's though, he's got to kill on the cat already, they just let him away for a while, don't worry about it.
And Keo is just going to be the nail in the coffin.
The cherry on top, France are going to 3-0, and a clean sweep in their group,
picking up a 3-0 scoreline as they move into Blizzcon.
Yeah, Croc denies the cap.
Sacrifices his life, lays it on the line. The setup that limit rake have the damage and hit the players of Columbia on the payload.
So that the rest of his team regrouping with the closer respawns push through the fight.
Deny Columbia having death blossom, kick suene rush, coordinated setup.
Time Bank was just too low. Being able to stall I have to kill two onto super donors, deny the tank
to be able to keep that fight still there.
Brands complete the hold and complete their group at the top of the scene.
Yeah, real nice stuff.
Low surprise coming out of this group, but in France it's just been so fun to watch.
Player Gans being great. And then the play in front of being bigger audience at Lisbon too.
So they can actually kind of keep up the mental rolling. This one is not too far away, Moxie.
I mean, a couple of weeks, like, we're going to be in Anaheim, California.
Well, I'll tell you, give me in California next week, but everybody else will be in Anaheim,
California very soon as well. It's going to be a good time. I think France, they feel like a
team that is going to play up to the crowd as well. They're not going to be-
Cross especially.
Yeah, cross especially. They're not going to be fazed all too much about the crowd being
even bigger and on a very historic stage too.
No, I feel like Croc's will have the Goku buff,
or it's like people will just lend him the energy and he'll just perform to even greater capacity
as if that New Junk City was anything to go by.
He's been enjoying his time here, having fun getting to just play super aggressive, fast-paced tempo,
Very little downtime, no opportunity really, punishing a lot of the board positioning, right?
Columbia, understanding they were short in time of a high long-term capping at first,
really sort of feeling that pressure trying to play much closer to the defense side of the map,
which just allowed the cat and that demon constant free entry past the chokehold,
since no one shooting the cat to chunk proclone off.
Yeah, it was definitely tough in that regard there for Team Columbia,
It's such a great job on the side of France to build to pride crocs that support when he's just
He's going in. He's having a great time. Love this life. Dude. We saw him playing hog into Mauga, bro
What are you gonna do at Columbia?
I think they did try to pull out a couple of ideas to
Slow the role there from France not quite finding the success that they wanted to but again
It's been such a great opportunity for this team to get to play on this stage
the fans, their families and friends, also being here to support them as well, being
so loud cheering them on, you love this show.
It's been really nice, I think for the players especially, it's definitely been a good experience
for them.
From a region too that hasn't received a crazy amount of support over the years,
so playing on an international stage in such a different country and like climate too,
I mean look, you're playing in Korea, what you would say is the mecca of esports
as well.
from their perspective, despite obviously going 0-3 in the group, it's been a good time for them too.
And I hope they can take something away from this as well.
Yeah, we definitely hope so. It's a great learning experience here.
But let's take a look at our group D's standings.
Now that we've finally finalized all of the matches in this group,
we already knew that Korea was joining France at LISCON due to their win today up against Denmark.
But, guys, still at the end of the day, this group's not really supposed to look like this.
No, I think a lot of people will sort of look at that score line and rub eyes in disbelief like
What career took a loss but when you see fans playing as long as they have been it's a matter that fits that playstyle
Perfectly, I think crocs. He's like that perfect timing, right?
The perfect tournament to highlight his potential and the perfect matter that allows him to play the playstyle
And it's obvious that the rest of the team are with him like he's not just going in alone and punished for being split
If France plays a little bit 50-50 you had such a forward tank and a really passive backline or DPS
They would be absolutely slaughtered because players would just do the maths go. Okay. Well, the tank's out of position
Let's just walk on the squishies that we can absolutely now kill but everyone from France is all on the same page
The communication is obviously there and they're finding the full value and resources and benefit of having a tank like crocs within them
It's really awesome, and you know crocs
He's leading the charge in that regard to be able to rally the his team behind him and ensure that
Everybody is going to be locked in when it does come down to what they're looking to accomplish
It's not match though France they continue to demonstrate their dominance here in the Overwatch World Cup
So we do still have one more group that we need to determine.
So we're going to go to a quick break and we'll be right back.
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We have one last group to straighten out here for the Overwatch World Cup in Busan's
group stage, and it is group B. Guys, the next matchup is going to be Saudi Arabia versus
Great Britain, but we've got to get into some details. First, the permutations for this
group can get kind of crazy for that last spot. Saudi Arabia, they have already qualified
all the way to BlizzCon, but there is a world where we could get into a really weird
scenario with a 1-1-2 score line for the remaining three teams and be in a high-brake
situation. It's really complicated though. So we're not going to get into all of those
nitty-gritty details. I want to focus in on this first match up first because it's
the most important one in group B right now. Great Britain. They need to beat KSA to keep
control of their destiny and head to GlyzCon and if they do lose to them, that also means
that it's probably a really high chance that Australia will be advancing but that's
also what we're going to get into a little bit later. Jake, we're focusing first though
on the fact that JBR they have a insane team
that they have to go up against here in Saudi Arabia.
They need to win to control their destiny.
And to win is to do something that no one has done,
not only this year, but also last year
with the Saudis being the champions.
And so this one's certainly gonna be an uphill battle
for Great Britain, but a lot of strong players
on this team, even with an upset loss
to Australia earlier in the tournament,
they could make a run back here,
but came to a Saudi Arabia,
it's just fielding such a strong roster this year.
It's hard to see the way it's been played by Bretton Johnny.
I was hearing a content piece earlier today and I think I saw my dad just like,
yeah, I think this team is stronger than the one that actually won the World Cup.
And then you look at their roster, like, yes, Yacht wasn't part of the crew last time.
They won the actual World Cup.
And so this is a region that kind of, you know, came out with a huge statement back in 2023
and were like, oh my God, like, sorry, Rabius actually, like, amazing at this video game.
And then since then, they've just improved.
Like, these guys, Lada used to be a far-of-one trick.
Now then, it's been a whole storyline of LAPD are going head to head against
Bards for who is the best Hizcan player.
And obviously like, Quarters have damaged that title now, but I feel like it's been
a journey for Saudi Arabia, not only when they became the eventual champions of
2023, but since then, this region continually to be an absolute Overwatch
powerhouse, something we really could have expected going back to the
last three days.
This Saudi Arabian roster is also a team that hasn't been playing into that
a demon meta that we've seen developing.
We've seen a TBNC and Zad mainly really just sticking to that team
and sticking to those comfort picks that we see them on.
And they're still rolling through it,
marching to the beta.
Yeah, I mean, so far, to be honest,
I can't say that the Saadi's have been truly tested, right?
In any of the matches, you know,
they've just been kind of running through the competition
and it's easy to understand why, you know,
to be honest, guys, my brain just turned off.
I just watched sports,
actually crashing people like a demon.
being on the other side of that is a little bit scary for this great Britain squad.
They're gonna have to pull something out because they already had the win taken out of their sales
earlier in this tournament and now a much tougher test in this match.
Yeah, I feel like, wait a minute, they kind of got punched in the face a little bit by Australia
because you're going to the tournament prepared, like feeling good.
You probably are expected to finish second in the group and then you take that loss to
Demon and Australia and you know, day two, like, we were still figuring out how strong
Demon really is and since then now, coming up to the last couple of games of the weekend,
We truly established that Jetpack Cat and Demon just are unbelievable heroes to combine together.
And so now it's a matter of like how the Great Greatsmen have actually responded to this.
And what do they think is the best option in this matchup today to take down the reigning World Cup Champions?
And that's kind of what I want to dive a little bit deeper into you guys.
The fact that both of these teams, neither of them are really looking to play into the Demon.
It might be a good opportunity for Great Britain to find some openings there.
Golden Pants has been an insane ball player.
But also during the Australia matchup,
we saw the strategy that they had going into that
to really target you, Pete.
I will say for this team that the wrecking ball look
is actually probably your best case scenario
to take on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
I think if you're going like in a head-to-head matchup
and kind of playing a standard slow game,
making it a question of whose hitscan can produce more
consistently, more effectively, that's not
the way you want to find yourself up against sports.
I think a lot of people say the best in the world
in that role, in that kind of scenario.
But you dive on top of him with the wrecking ball,
you put a huge amount of pressure on him.
It's going to be a big test for the support
of the Gaming West Ivory, but can they survive that kind
of an onslaught?
Can they deal with the pressure and keep
Quartz alive and fighting?
And that may be if there is a weakness on the starting
team, it's arguably the supports, right,
with a little bit less experience.
Although once again, I mean, you're really
honestly grasping for weaknesses.
I was going to back you up.
I actually do think that that is the weakest department.
I mean, the tank player, we are glacing the tanks,
and damage players all the time.
But Socks and SurmaJet might actually be
where Golden Panthers can have a massive impact
on that wrecking ball,
forcing bad teleports, forcing bad sussus.
And if you unlock those two abilities,
any team fight could go great Britain's way.
So I think it's a good culture.
Well, we aren't gonna have to wait
too much longer to find out how that's gonna pan out.
We do have our predictions, though.
And guys, I gotta go inside the area for this one.
You know, reigning world champions.
How can you not?
I mean, we're opening the door just a crack
for like the possibility,
Because wrecking ball always, it is that chaotic hero, right?
That introduces a little bit of a raxxer team.
A lot of raxxers are open.
A little bit.
But, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are a ridiculously strong team.
I would not be surprised at all if this is just three overwatch, right?
If they just got the download, if the court's Cassidy is just picking up players left,
right, and center, turning the screws on to Great Britain, because you remember
Casey, they're not going to play a passive slow team.
They will get active and take the fight to Great Britain.
They're bringing a band out of Bastion here.
On the first map it'll be Nepal.
King of Saudi Arabia throw in a Mercy Band.
So they are not really showing a lot of respect.
They could have the layup they want.
But I think we're actually getting right into the game here.
Yeah, we're already in the game.
10 seconds remaining until a point on Lux here.
Taking a look at the composition.
It's going to be Golden Pass.
Ondar or Rissa for starters here on Sanctum.
Reckon ball pretty hard to make work in this scenario.
But the Mima pick from Ziad seems to have been ready for this eventuality.
eventuality. And the Saudis take draft first cap, the limited mobility of the
Sarissa, proving to be a bit of an Achilles' heel.
Tia, though forced to come contested, jabbed on a cap, but playing slow with point control
to comfortable spot, UK got to disrupt this equilibrium.
It's really scary for Golden Pass to push up here, Chris could take some poke damage
as well, great, great, and on the back foot already, Kai goes down.
I'm on, getting some good point damage, but can't actually finish any kills, the
But still comes in, but it's plus one player advantage. Kai off the field.
Surely it's just a formality here for the Saudis to recap, and they'll do just that.
Gravefri is in force to regroup. Don't want to force a 4 vs 5 scenario, he only said waiting now for Kai.
But how do you open this one up?
Can you see where I'm just going to go? Size?
That I owe money. Fine, to kill. Quartz, step back for the moment, ignoring the Sarissa completely.
Keeping pressure off the damage here, but Jett adds on, takes down another, came to Masadi Arabia, sweep through, great Britain, evicting them from this first control point.
And I mean, this is fairly straightforward here, Drake. That time is great for them playing the Orvisa, feeling like they have to work forward on that flank.
They're not really setting up my moan, they're not really combining, putting pressure on to the point that time.
So they want to move forward, but it makes things easy for players like Quartz to deal damage on the Cassidy.
And as good as Kai has been as a player, it's exactly the scenario we talked about.
You're not wanting to bind yourself in against this audience.
Zoxa Catnap goes wide, he's low as well, but slips away before he goes down.
Still, a moment of power play here.
Portrayed Britain, but Latha already in the mix of the back lines.
Yacht gets mech, but has to self-destruct to stay fighting fit.
And an aggressive defense here from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
This fight looks like a decent opening to the fight.
opening to the fight and I mean this round is going to slip between your fingers before
you know it here.
I mean I guess saving Grace here, Great Britain they have a lot of ultimates.
It's almost like Saudi Arabia forced them, it's such an awkward position that Great
Britain didn't feel like they could pop the ult but 90% here Jake and you got to
string a couple team fights together.
Rengar is startling a big spin, but the cleanse blocks all the damage.
Gord's pull speared out of the sky, huge connection from the floating pants.
Just a shred of a chance now for Gravemen, but they need to convert into kills.
By mode, can't quite do it.
Flip does come in, but the catnap is already available, there's a chance to clutch here.
Then I hit over the top, Shadnesses Gord sidesteps it, proficiently here on the cast.
Kai finds himself in an uncomfortable spot here, down on the point, surrounding, on all sides.
It's up some big damage, but Ziad comes in for one and a second.
Great Britain now bumbling in the final moments, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will have this first round in spades.
Tense trick for Ziad, untouched on the round.
And despite a couple cheeky point flips here and there, very clear show of dominance here from our reigning champion, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Yeah, I just felt like Great Britain, they weren't ever really in control on that point.
Even the last fight, you have so many ultimates, but you're forced to take that fight on the
point itself, that sky and moon, it's like you need an elimination or two to really just
push out there and not isolate the point.
I tell you, you need an elimination or two.
Johnny, you need an elimination or two, you can say it again.
I'll start with one.
You just got to start with one.
I'm like, oh, that's brutal.
I mean, to be honest though, playing the Orisa feels like a place right into
The D.Va is so comfortable peeling back little by little, stalling for time and the Saudi DPS players are so consistent with their production.
But this is what we are hoping for from Great Britain. The Wrecking Ball, Ken Goldenpence, Young Finaw known for his proficiency on this hero.
Make a difference. He has to now. There's any hope for the Brits to make it to BlizzCon.
Scouting out Sir Majed here. Must roll in at first. No real commitment, but I'm already going down. What an engagement on your radio.
I mean, who's playing the wrecking ball? It's the SOTI diving into the back line.
The golden hit, drags on right back. And with Cassidy's off the field,
if anybody's guess will come up in this deathmatch,
I'll have to land the ticks down my moan.
It's gonna mitigate some of the follow-up for this wrecking ball.
And the support's now coalescing.
SOTI's playing comfortable here on the point, pushing things back.
Cassidy can be a real struggling moment such as this golden hit.
The Slamming gets absolutely decimated!
Each people in Shambles is going to go back for a Mega!
Yeah, they need to recover here.
You can't go for those kind of engages, take so much damage,
you're already seeing how we gotta heal this back up.
My Moon on a flank.
If my Moon gets recalled for sure, it's just going to keep this team this way.
High on a flank.
Up against one of the goats right now in Overwatch.
Can he produce something?
How can he be so respectful and knows what that's Yacht is proposing to,
and so aggressive all day on that D.va?
All tournament lawn, here comes Forge as well over the top,
bringing a big channel onto Golden Pants.
Becky Bones got his life this, and he doesn't respect you at all!
A misread from Golden Pants.
He goes down early, by mode, looking for something, anything, but
clasps is the one bringing the fight to him.
Sounds like Golden Pants will fall there,
on the cooldown, and couldn't quite get away.
And that's going to be punishing the Wrecking Ball now,
it's essentially the entire composition dead.
So I'm ready to continue with the pressure here.
It's going to be a Catman on the Golden Pan.
They're going deeper, Johnny.
This is going to be worse now.
Great within his 5 volts, Cam, no.
They're all giving up room to drop their ultimates.
They're getting spawned, Cam, Johnny.
This is getting ugly.
Starts to go like an open and shut case for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Big ults now.
Poor Great Britain, but can they leverage them?
That's the question. They have not been able to so far get in this mouse.
I don't want to talk loud, but isolated, he's there.
I'm turning now.
Father's a spoiler. You got to keep sooner rush here
Can you actually turn this power play into a place a better rush to keep it with this that I could break the back of the grits
Of course if you channel across the board they're hiding there come the corners. Oh, it does some damage, but no finishing blow
See I'm not gonna super gorgeous down
Still a chance here for great Britain
Should be enough to win this fight to grab the foot back talk to laughter though
They won't let it be easy
Yacht out of the suit, the foot comes in, just three players alive from Great Britain.
Not out of the woods just yet.
Laptop, one more kill, with him being up to swinging his back.
And the Sadi's favorite, some long-sponsored Great Britain in three a while,
until they get back into fighting shape.
Yacht might get big back.
Oh, that is brutal. Back in the suit.
And the Sadi just, they never really backed out from this fight.
The foot came against him, but they're absolutely still here.
Stabbing the foot, that heel comes in.
Diving in Africa, he's out of skills, out of resource.
And even with courts falling,
Player's invention has started to put a pulse for my mode!
Equalize to the score now!
Two supports behind the odd, it's such a difficult task to deal with this EVO!
Got a stall for time, and Britain's solo, he goes down!
And with him surely the hope for Great Britain in this first round.
Yes, a recall from my mode there, just desperation at this point that can't get back in time.
It's Dominant so far from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
2-0!
I'm not even letting Great Britain into this one.
We were hoping for the wrecking ball to put a crimp in the style of Saudi Arabia.
I think we're still looking for that because man, even in the fight they gave him, you
know, one and he got to put air force on that.
They never really got pushed out of the map, right?
They never really got backed out of the area that they wanted to contest.
They gave up the objective, but it was a tactical choice.
It never even felt like they're playing this Racking Ball Tracer combination
And it's not even that they had a good opportunity to take a proper team fight because
Usually you want to play with some pace and force some pull-downs, but it just felt like
Saudi Arabia was on top of them before they could even set up the right conditions to execute with the composition
I mean usually when you're the team playing Racking Ball
You get to take the pace right usually the other team is responding
They're defending, they're marking the flankers and they're trying to just inch their way forward.
Mercedes have completely turned that narrative around, like they are taking the fight to you.
They are running after Kai.
Khorch is coming in with the tag alongside the jetpack tag.
And Golden Panties, I don't even blame him, he's a great wrecking ball player,
but how do you match this pace, how do you ever deal with the hitscan flying above like that?
Yeah, and also Chai is, you know, target number one for Kinimosa Uribe.
That's seven. That's there in seven minutes.
I mean, it felt like, okay, Golden Pass, my man, you got to set up on the flank here.
And while that is happening, this sucks immediately on top of Chai,
not giving him room to operate with.
And also, I think, reflecting on the composition that Kinimosa Uribe
dominated with here on the ball, it's like a player like Lata,
who is notoriously a hitscan player now, actually, these days,
days, you get the opportunity on Xion to kind of combine the flex damage, you got a tool
set with some of the Heatscan capabilities and Xion seems like a perfect hero for Sory
Radiant to excel with here along Side Quartz.
The Astro Christopher there, cat in with the Lads, Grindrally the Spirits find some
way back into this series.
Definitely a statement map from KSA.
you need like proof that this Wrecking Ball can work and that Nepal is such a
like it is not expected it's not expected to dominate with I think we
reflect on the Australia series actually on Junkertown that's when the Wrecking
Ball really was effective and really worked for them and you're like okay
this is proof that this Wrecking Ball composition is just a menace when it's
working the right way but then later on in the series against Australia's
like Australia you know they feel pretty comfortable with the demon and
And I just feel like Great Britain now on this second map, like they need at least some proof that the Wrecking Ball is the hero that can rely on to come across the finish line.
Surely we go to Junkertown next, right?
Surely we're going to Junkertown, maybe a D.Va ban, and honestly, I think you almost need to because Ziad has been a huge difference maker on that map one.
Like, he was running rampant on the D.Va.
I feel like with the cap to kind of protect Quartz to play around him and enable him to get active.
And with Labda doing so much with so little on Shion, right, using that mobility and still putting out huge damage,
he's not, he doesn't have to protect somebody, he's not defending the backhand, he can, he'll assist, but he is like running down for kills.
Ty is playing so scary that he has to. I mean, Cassidy, what are you gonna do when a one-to-one against D.Va? Die pretty quick.
Yeah. That's what you're gonna do. And same perfect for my moment.
Same perfect for the bow of the bowl.
More often than not. Yeah, and I think you gotta protect man in the ball.
Yeah, I like it.
When it's a British map pick and if they're going to Junkertown surely the sides have studied up to know like okay
The ball is a big threat here. Yeah
Especially the way they dominate it on drunken town. It's like, okay
Like they're good on drunken town like you respect what they can do there
So yeah, and in fairness, you know, that's kind of the nature of wrecking balls and hero
It's so map specific. You're playing a very unique style of overwatch
And it really is a lot of how much disruption can ball bring and how can you you know play the objective in
in concert with that disruption and aggression.
Ascores is a good map type in general for ball.
Being able to just harass the enemy, move the payload.
Harass the enemy, move the payload.
That kind of loop, you've got to cotton a trap
on defense a lot, where you're like struggling,
just give up inches, inches, inches.
You never really get a decisive team fight.
That's what Wrecking Ball wants.
And so, yeah.
But also that also puts you in a corner
in a sense of like, this is a must win map.
Assuming we're going to a Junker town,
I remember God was assuming we're going to a good ball map.
If we're not, I don't know what they're cooking.
Going to be a Junkertown indeed.
I do think you really need to protect Van for ball here as well.
Like, that's...
The other problem though is even if you protect Van for ball,
there's something like the Tracer ban,
really came in the side of the area.
I think the Tracer ban really hurts Wrecking Ball.
Because those are two heroes that work incredibly well together.
And here's the D.Va ban we expect.
Also a bit of a respect ban on Syod.
You know, he's crazy on the D.Va.
Turkai is gonna be happy to have just a little bit of relief
From the relentless pressure of that Saudi think they're
They go with the honor pin. Okay, interesting interesting. I
Would have gone for tracer but
On it can also be a problematic threat right working Nate's in there's no diva to eat them
Maybe you're on the back foot dealing with the wrecking ball and on it gets a lot of value
I'm looking forward to see what kind of pace will see from Kenos are a bit in this one because I feel like Australia naturally
They look really good on the Demon composition, but you comparing Australia to Saudi Arabia
Like there are two very different teams in the level they're playing at and so even though Great Britain
Dominate it against Australia or Drunken Town
There's no guarantee for that here at all
And I think you have to pay very heads up that like they could just throw Cassidy into our backline at all times
We have to be ready for that and you cannot like you said need to control the tempo if you're playing the wrecking ball
So you can't allow yourself to be caught off guard of all times and always be on the back foot because at that point like my mom golden pants
But you won't be able to do their bidding. Yeah, I think my mom is gonna be a really key player as well
Alongside golden pants. He's got the tracer through on this one
And I think his ability to find some big pulse bombs some big individual kills
We've seen what a top tracer can do in this tournament right?
That's just been lighting it up a lot of strong performances from a lot of different teams
You'd want him to edge out, love that, and that's not you, you need to if you're going to win the series.
It's a tough ask though, because Lipter himself has been a phenomenal performer.
So many exciting young players on this Saudi team really.
Yeah, they've got a bright future ahead of them. I mean, Siad, so young and yet so incredibly talented, going to be on the scene for a very long time.
And this grooves his confidence, whenever you talk to the guy, you just feel like he's not only one of the best he knows you.
And honestly, you know, from a coachy perspective, from a teammate perspective,
that kind of confidence is worth its weight in gold.
That's the kind of guy who, you know, you could be down 0-2, you could be facing elimination,
and Ziad, his belief in his ability to win is not going to waver.
And now you give him an advantage position, and yeah, watch what happens.
They're going to go with a wrecking ball, obviously, but up against the Moga, defensive choice for Ziad.
I don't mind this one, man. Cage fight dominates wrecking ball.
Opening for top cat here.
Got Eurelia, two wise four at this one.
I'm curious to see who Socks is going to play with here,
because we saw a lot of Quartz being dropped into the backline early on in the call,
but now playing the Mauga here as well.
Like no one on Great Britain's composition really deals well with the Mauga,
so if you could just like toss this Mauga around,
it's going to be a problem for Great Britain.
Fart, really going to be the key objective here.
And the choke point is where it truly gets into question.
I'm only getting a good trade, taking a bit of a flanking control in the high ground.
Quartz trying to hunt and peck from the off angle.
I make sure he's under pressure constantly.
With the tree behind Quartz, not gonna be in real trouble here,
but Golden Pins just want to push him off the angle.
But now, push comes to shove and Quartz, he won't be denied.
He keeps taking these peaks.
Every chance, an opportunity.
I mean, look at this defensive setup here, Jay.
Quartz, permanent defense by Sermajed.
I mean they're thinking about like who do we engage on until you're really there's gonna be a push deep into the backline here
I loved that. Taking some opening shots, but it's just really a big problem with sort of the Ray-Bat Gold, that's gonna go to Stalin.
Slow and consider here for the Saudis. They just keep the pressure on.
Great friend of not being able to develop anything, and that was 90 seconds of poke trade.
Exactly what you want on the defense.
Quartz, I mean he hasn't necessarily been lighting up the feed, but it feels like whenever we're on his cam, every headshot he lands.
Just slows down the British offense yet more.
Going to be the Sky Noons here, Jake.
Oh, that's going to be crazy.
It's going to get crazy.
Will the Saudis blink first here?
They've been aggressive on this wall.
They can see the sky noons in so close.
Oh, getting it score!
Of course it's score!
Down to the absolute wire.
Mid air.
Eww.
Yes, he's snappy with it.
Slightly faster read and a millisecond.
All the difference you need to win the course.
Can't even find a picker. He almost needs it.
GP, off the ball.
Over to the Eresa. Need something a little bit stronger in the front line to bully back Zyoth's Maga, but...
It's a late slot time.
He's slipping through your fingers like so many grains of sand.
And the side, he's just cruising now.
Gord takes a bit of pressure though. Come on.
The hitting chipzoo in the rush is here.
Who's going to drop it first?
So there is a soul patient.
Wake with and surely feeling the pressure at this point.
here from GP.
The clap on his yeltsbox is exchanged.
Both teams really the same time.
Can't understand my own fight.
Big connections.
And even with CR, dropping the ultimates,
trying to bring this one back,
still alive, still fighting.
He's got him on the top!
He's a stun!
Golden pants for the big spear.
And that provides all the opportunity
that guy needs to clean house.
Zod stays alive though.
Still a chance for a retake.
What a javelin from Golden Pants.
To barely hold on to this point.
Doubt there's gonna be a re-engage here.
Mow guys here actually.
They're going for it.
He's running through, playing it slow, stalling for time.
Quartz back in the window, this is so scary, one shot!
Whoa!
Can't find it just there!
Take some damage from the cat!
Zox though is going to find a Riso, what is going on down on the payload?
So much respect given to the Quartz window and it's still not enough to prevent the kill!
Great for them now, scrambling, 30 seconds remaining, they need something!
They're trading out, but can't be enough!
Cass is so deep on this flank, but now finds Amaka!
Oh, it's a stagger.
More than happy to receive him in... oh, okay!
A little bit of a grease down, of course. Of course, course takes him out of the way out.
And now the widow is a little bit scary.
Oh no, I could surely not. I could surely not have to.
Surely not a widow killing the air.
Oh, okay.
Surely this guy needs devastating beats, minutes, welcome to GP.
But everyone's into the quarters.
Golden base, burned down.
Player advance to the side of Sjaas.
Still alive, even with ports falling.
Player advance to the kingdom of Sjaad and Rape.
And Rape Britain, they looked so hopeful at time.
This Junkertown attack is over in the first four minutes, a devastating blow.
There were moments where it really started to come together, but you start to feel the weight bearing down on you.
From this Saudi squad, they are so damn good.
I feel like we watch some teams in this World Cup group stage dominate with pure mechanics.
But it feels like Saudi Arabia are just completely in control of the tempo, the defensive positioning.
And it kind of left Great Britain staggering a little bit, just like how do we crack this defense?
Who do we pressure in a situation like this?
And it leads to these long setups like 90 seconds to even get an engaged going that just falls short as well.
Saudi Arabia, the reactions are so perfect in what they're going to respond with against Great Britain.
I'm not going to lie, from a coaching perspective, this is like a nightmare game.
You know, watching this, you're losing on every front.
Zod, no deaths on Maga.
Incredibly stable consistency from the tank.
Keeping the point always in contest.
DPS, ports, consistently gapping.
Taking better trades.
Where is the way in for Grapefruit? I don't see it, Johnny. I don't see it.
You know, this is not about an obvious mistake.
This is a team that is more than just world-class individuals,
Which is honestly enough to go very far in the Overwatch World Cup.
This is a team that...
With a gold medal around their neck, wants to do it again.
It's a confidence that is so impressive to me.
It's like the certainty, just preordained when Saudi Arabia enters the server.
And like, look at this.
Of course it's brimming with confidence.
Brokeling up with the Widowmaker.
Why not?
Why in the air?
Why not?
But this is so difficult with the Widowmaker.
I mean, these shots are like insane.
I was going to say you cannot hit these shots, but he's allowed not to say that.
This is so difficult.
It's good though, because Great Britain are giving him so much respect, he let the cart roll.
Like it doesn't matter that he's going back to the front, he's right back into the fight from the cast.
Now he's going to work up into the flank.
My mode can't really challenge us on the shield, it has to back off.
Weird as great, we just find the opening.
It's a pie truck from Golden Pants, no success.
This place honestly, yeah.
Those on the wrong side of the roof, beyond continuing to roll this payload.
This is the spot where Great Britain struggled to open things up.
Krispy's so low, okay, Senn comes in, but Gord's in perfect position.
The support is very much there to protect him.
My bone takes the risky peek and will finish the job, okay.
A good fight for Great Britain.
They need to keep it clean, they do lose Krispy.
Also, Kai dropping.
A little bit of a delay on Seat is nice, but...
Things actually could get scrappy, there's still a couple SOTY players looking for further kills.
My bone can't go down here.
Has to win this one, he wanted to get the support behind him, both carries in the fight.
Great work from the JED.
With golden pants dropping low, Poser spawns for the attackers.
This setup is broken, GP just needs to stay alive, it's up to our re-engage now from Great Britain.
Golden Pass needs to recover here, bring that health back.
Of course his engine closed at a two-down sky, and we're in one fight territory here.
One mistake, he's waiting with them, about to lose the second map.
In kaiosicacity, the sojourn has been effective, okay?
That's nice.
That's nice.
Big catch from Crispy.
This is what they need for the Brits to secure a map win on Junkertown, which we said they
had to do to keep hope alive in this series.
And some staggered reset kills are actually exactly what the Doctor Hornets clock continues
to run down.
And finally, sorry for Leaf here from Great Britain.
They need to continue to look for openings.
I mean, they're playing the soldier here.
They got an overclock in hand, but this guy noon could be devastating.
They need to print perfectly positionally.
He's not going to go to the top!
He's not going to go to the top!
A little bit of grief before it gets punished!
Inside of the room, who's going to come up with the kills?
It's all of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 5 in the feed!
And with 3 ultimates still in the tank,
Graprin will not find the chance to get them off on Junkertown.
2-0 in the series.
And the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are all business today.
There was a good response.
I'm going to go to the top.
I'm going to go to the top.
I'm going to go to the top.
I'm going to go to the top.
I'm going to go to the top.
There was a good response to the Sky Noon to hide indoors, but Saudi Arabia there were one step ahead.
And that was a prime opportunity for Suyaji to jump in with the MAGA 17 and one here on Junketown.
And it's getting desperate now for a great return roster that knows they have to win this series
for an opportunity to get to BlizzCon.
But Saudi Arabia not letting them in in the slightest.
Not to show a lot of respect to Majed. He's really clean on the carry as well.
Coming in from out of professional play for a year now, it's been a while since we've really seen him playing at the top.
He was killing at the top.
Oh, on the Galcazi Eros there.
Yeah, but come on now. Come on, now we haven't seen him in the server, right?
Yeah.
So we haven't really had a test of how he performed.
He spent so long on the Falcons, like taking a break like that.
Yeah.
Which he did on Falcons, it's like that affects your performance, but showing here, he's still got it.
Like, I love the combination of him and what's there, how they're setting up on the defense.
Because it just makes it so difficult for Wraith to kind of find that opening.
Yeah, I feel like he actually fits really well with this Saudi roster because
Majed is not the superstar on this team.
What you don't want to carry on this team is trying to be a superstar.
You want somebody keeping these young guns fighting fit,
stable play, good ults, better in presence,
and that's exactly what Majed brings to this team.
And I think that's really important not to discount because of course we're going to see the shining stars,
Exciting young players focus on these big pop-off moments
But I'm thinking about that fight where it's just not the image that if you stay alive on the plank to keep the pressure on
Very Britain can't finish them off. They kind of fall back off the play those kind of opportunities
Come from stable consistent Caraco played, you know, you're down to two players
It'd be understandable to maybe I'll go for a hero play trying to clutch kill
But more likely than not that they just kind of throws lives away and puts you back on your heels for a reset
And for Machete, I think just the stable place.
Keeping the healing flowing, not doing too much.
With the firepower on this team, I think that's incredibly well-coached for the Kingdom.
Yeah, I like the point you make about the vibes as well.
Just like as a leader, like a presence in the communications for this team.
I would say like, when it comes to vibes out of all the teams here in the World Cup,
like every time you meet the Saudi Arabian players, they're just great vibes.
They're having a great time here, and obviously they're very confident in their ability to already get fans.
I feel like a family, but yeah, like a family, but like, yeah.
And so you combine like the veteran presence of someone like so much yet, but also like it, you know,
so yeah, like it feels like he's been around forever at this point.
He's like maybe 19, I believe, but it's like it feels like your key.
It was a rookie last year. He was just, yeah, he was like one of those rookies.
You think our players like proper, he was like, came in and his rookie year.
Oh, he's just one of the best players.
Yeah, like, he just saw him and he's one of the best players.
All right, like there's no, that's a crazy trajectory.
It's not even a trajectory.
You start at the top, beginning of starting at the top.
Funny Astro is going to come in, it's been at the top of the game for quite some time.
I'm honestly just kind of confused as to why Funny Astro hasn't been consistent in starting.
Right.
I mean, I was on paper looking at this game, like, shoo, he's just playing.
I mean, this is one of the best made sports in the game period.
Yeah.
Yeah, it was a question that people have been asking online about how you made this decision.
And I'm sure we'll find out later on maybe like what the preparations were like at the boot camp,
going into this event and what the reasons were.
You know, honestly, like he's a veteran, so, you know, maybe he's feeling a little bit like he wanted to take a step back, you know?
We'll have to see. We don't know the answer. We can't try and light on it here, but it's been a question of considering just how good Funny Astro is like a player, right?
So, brought into the mix here, I mean, back against the wall to great Britain, you need to win this match. You need to reverse.
He's coming in in dire circumstances. I mean, you know, I think Props is Funny Astro. I don't expect that to affect his play because he's been around the block.
He's been in tough spots before.
I think he is still going to be able to come in and show us strong performance,
but hard not to lose hope in a series like this.
I mean, this has not been competitive.
You know, there's been a couple moments for Graven.
I mean, it's better than a lot.
Some other teams have done it against King or Zodra, but
better is not good enough for Graven.
They need a win here.
Yeah, I mean, it feels desperate.
Like it's almost like when I watch them on Junkertown there,
it's at some point like as time is dwindling,
it feels like you need to make a move.
It's not about like can we set up for the right move, it's like almost desperation at some point, we're like, we just gotta go win.
Like we can't set up for like 90 seconds every single fight, like we have to make a move here, we have to make a change and like maybe Fanny Astro being brought in here for New York City is one of those like, we have to make a change.
Like we just have to change something up and find something that works for us because so far this series, we're back against the wall, nothing is worth a great Britain at all.
To be honest, this is like when you just get brutalized in the neutral the way this matches going like that that's you know kind of
Slow poking phase before the fight if you just like in Overwatch modern Overwatch 5v5
You need to have some kind of opening in the neutral
You need to just he's not as that to be a kill just a headshot of the enemy
Yes, that backs him up for one second that lets you kind of push in deep on the angle
Yeah, that's enough to start the play
damn not getting any of those chances I mean quartz is just on demon mode every
time you peek your headshot what are you gonna do like walking into the machine
gunfire I mean that's not a good play either I really just think this this
Saudi team is too damn good they're not gonna unless they they need to like slow
down and start making mistakes for great Britain to get back into this one
wrecking ball fan for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia interesting choice I wonder
I mean, maybe we would see Recu-Balls around, maybe with the Cat Band.
But with the Cat Band, maybe that's like, hey, Bunny Astro, bring out the Lucio.
Talk about a way to change up the series and put yourself in the driver's seat.
I think that is a fantastic way to approach it.
And honestly, I kind of don't like the ball band from Fantastic,
because I was expecting maybe Golden Pants to play more of a Russian.
Yeah, but a little more like an Orisa here.
We've seen almost like a 50-50 times with Orisa, to be honest with you.
So, maybe you could have expected that from Great Britain in a scenario like this.
They need something, they need a drop of energy.
If I'm sort of a rabier, I might even bring out some disarray.
Like out of spawn, knowing that your Risa is very likely to come out.
Because, say what you will about Golden Pass, like people are talking about this guy,
like he's a top 5 working ball player in the world, like top 3, like,
and that's like players, coaches saying that, like, this guy is insane in scrims, like so good.
But so far, just like zero impact, hasn't made that impact fail.
I will say, I feel like he, I still think, I've been really impressed with this hero,
Like like the Arissa has been sharp. He's been cancelling ultimates. He has been finding open. That's happening. That's like you're doing what you can
Yeah, I mean if there's anything to criticize him for it
Maybe it's the hero pull itself with like ball just looks difficult by pinch the maga against an incredibly well-practiced team with
Absolutely monstrous best in class DPS here in Busan
It's just very hard to get a wrecking ball style moving against that
especially with cat in play as a hero that ball really struggles to get on top of
compared to most of the supports. I mean it's been a very quick rise to fame for
Golden Pounds. The recent stage where like wow this guy is amazing
wrecking ball. He said himself in interviews like I saw the practicing
wrecking ball because I knew there was like a gap in the world of sports. Like if I can become extremely good at this hero
I have a better chance of landing on a team but now you find yourself here as a
specialist of course to adapt. Like you said your reason has been good but I
I also think that this is his first event at something like this.
He needs to get the opportunity to maybe expand on that for a full event.
He's a white in the pool.
If he had like a really threatening like a D.Va and a demon on top of what he is currently
doing, I mean, I just, D.Va is like notoriously one of the hardest characters for a lot of
tank players to actually succeed on.
How about us for that?
Yeah, one of the OG, like, like, there's a lot of, you know, you're up against
some guys who've been playing D.Va for 10 years.
You know, like, John, was he playing when he was 8?
Probably?
Yeah.
John is probably with his skill level.
Bally came out the crib.
Mouse, keyboard in hand.
But it's just to say that, like, Codepan's coming into this event is inexperienced.
And sometimes it might be showing here, but I think we're all really impressed with the Rookimaw play at times.
Really exciting young player.
Can't wait to see more from him.
But in a situation like this, it's been very tough.
It's showing against a very respectable, reigning world champion that saw Arabia.
Maybe a little bit too much is a good way to put it.
Maybe a lot of it too much.
We'll see if this change up for Great Britain is enough to put one on the board in the series.
Maybe just a moral victory for the Brits, but you gotta start somewhere.
You gotta start here on New Junk City or you will be down and out.
With Cat Band, Funny Astro able to deliver most likely a signature Lucio performance.
I think this is their best hope to win a map.
I like it.
They can off-sauria.
I mean, the Saudis have also played the rush comp.
They like this look too.
Ooh, actually, even more, I like GP starting on the Zoryak.
If I were the Saudis, I would be expecting Arissa through and through, I would be building
a composition to respond to it, and with Kai even hovering sojourn, he's like, he
predicts him I'm going to come out as well.
So, welcome, sheer creepers!
So, you're all fine, EMEA Overwatch on the board.
Both teams are looking Lucio carry.
It's going to be the Tracer and the Shee on here.
Of course, there will be a lot of tempo in this one.
They're about to go, no, put it here, press the beer, Jake.
Gotta keep guy fighting fit.
He's real so critical, fight him on the Zogs.
Put the Lucio on the back, but here comes Ziad, dies in, breaks it onto formation, trades coming in, Lucio is in hot of the form.
Luke in fight, but with a tank train, looks like it'll get a kingdom.
Ziad, still healthy, still fighting in his lap and in court, both find one in the feed.
An easy first fight victory for the Saudis.
Taking things moving as expected in this series, but there was a little glimmer of hope there.
I mean that actually got a little bit close for Ziad.
Speaking of not expecting the Sauria to come off a great Britain, I don't think they expected the Tracer Shi'an to come out.
They're a little ten-footed, so we're just bringing two of them at it.
I mean, it feels like you're getting choked out. You don't have any time to grieve, any time to make a decision.
At all times, you're under this constant threat that the dive is coming to come in, and you're just looking to stabilize now.
You need a big individual moment. You need to pick off from one of these DPS, my moan, on the flank.
It's been an exciting player to watch, you never watch esports, can you bring out something
here in a team's moment of need?
Once again, Ziad, snatches the tempo, diving in first, Tracer in the backline, lived assisting.
Both mid boxes Ziad go into an awkward angle, the team focus firing down to the mouth of
Mokko Mokko does so much before he goes down, and forcing a touch from Mimone gets things
offered for the Saudis, but they seem to be cleaning up here in the front line.
Socks with two left and with another, they give the flip over, but a decisive
teamfight for the Saudis and I wonder if Mimone...
for France that decision yeah if I'm on that bed in that fight you might have been
able to just clutch things out but because the she on was missing yeah the
11% of the board but that's nothing on life what a team fight victory would have
meant for them there's great written in a hundred percent thanks they're setting
up but already push it here from Saudi Arabia great height from the
principal they rotate around after pointing the key to survive knows the
odd brains down by our infuriates the McGill the spree from courts down
Shots down Kai! And he's got more in the tank. Lucio by his side, teammates flanking into the back line.
First my bone dead Kiwi. Snatching back the point is just the formality here. The sides put the first point on the board.
Formality indeed. Another day at work for Saudi Arabia. As we go up 1-0 on Newjunk City.
Still plenty of ultimates to go here. Kai has this overclock in hand. This is where you kind of need a signature Kai moment.
Really open things up, but it's not a super target rich environment here because of how speedy and mobility
Mobile these charges are sorry right there. It's gonna be tough to find one. I'm finding a bit of a comeback in his career these days
The pressure may be never been higher on this veteran page fight
Struggling to get big value here the beats are out the exchange
No huge damage on the manga
feel a chance for the Brits
HV broken, Seattle to the back foot. Huge ultimate exchange, but the Brits pay a lot more just to walk away from that one.
Golden Pancil. Crucial open are in a great connection from Mimone. Surely this will be a capture for the Brits.
Yeah, this should be enough to stabilize Mimone, Teenia with the rest of his team here.
And this could now be a good position to start from Great Britain. You're going to have to point them.
Positional advantage here to start.
Kai could start building a lot of railgun charge here onto this Moga.
And then if you're able to poke and proc, land a simple railgun shot onto one of these damage players,
maybe that's enough to secure an early pick.
This is where I'm going to see Grape with a poke and proc and try to open this thing up.
Got this.
Double hits can con.
You need to get the pressure on Grape's spear from GP.
It's going to slow Ziyak's roll significantly,
but also puts a lot of kills, a lot of ult charging to the bank from a jet.
Rush is now online.
First move to the point.
But Jett joins the frame, ready for the rush.
And on the point, it's a difficult choice now for the Brits to respond to.
They drop with a rush of their own, don't miss, takes a ton of damage, but again,
my own huge production from him.
Both support off to the field.
And Great Brittle run away with this one, still left at Gorg's.
Some Almanac have produced kills that are on Gorg's,
but no shit if they bring this back.
That is unreal from the Saudis.
Brits need to finish this fight.
And they will.
Why is it always too close for comfort?
Oh, they're already back.
Kai has to stay alive in this one.
Being hunted down right now.
But it's going to be love to recalling at this point.
Socks.
In a tough spot between a rock and a hard place to shove the shuttle.
K, he slips away.
But yet, good heals.
Because he ought to go over to the D.B.A. now.
Over time touches.
Ultimate's coming in very close for Great Britain.
He's off-dropping extremely low just to keep this point in contact.
More comes over to Spree.
Huge damage!
Where's the finishing blow?
There's one!
Can he find the second? Just take the course, okay Golden Pit!
Even though I want the one, but they're very low-key on an OSEAPER guy.
This will be Britain's chance to equalize the score at Junkertown.
That's a really good point there from Great Britain.
It felt like they were finally in control of what, sorry, we were throwing their way.
You played this very high tempo composition with the tracer and the shield.
You always tried to set up, but Great Britain, they handled it well.
I loved my most follow-up with Sir Majed to open up that fight.
And Great Britain, they reap rewards because of it.
It's like you can just feel BunnyAstro's presence in the server.
A calmer, a more composed Great Britain.
Can't think about the magnitude of the task ahead.
There's nothing to stay here in this moment.
My...
Rail in hand, can you get the connection?
No, Link dodges, Zox, Meteor's Force, BunnyAstro with a better response.
Better in hand for Britain.
Can they produce more? Is my moan again?
Fighting a critical opener?
And the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia now, struggling to get something going in these fights.
A new lease on life for the Brits, as they fight for that life.
Fight for a chance to head to Anaheim to BlizzCon.
Here for the Overwatch World Cup.
I mean, in these Lucio-Kiriko compositions,
every few Lucio players I'd rather have been funny Astro.
It's so good staying alive and dropping the better beat.
I would say there is no better than this.
Man, on your screen, one of the better and one of the greatest of all time in Overwatch, especially in the looser one, Kai!
He lights in a big opening pick!
They're all mine now.
Momentum's starting to build!
A rush is up for Magen, a risky choice here!
Later rush responded by Kiwi.
Kiwi thinks simple, straight forward.
With a TP up for Magen, 10-force as well.
Precers is stopping low for the sides, but if we've seen anything in the series that they are downed but not out in this fight,
Kai drops, Quartz, G-Production buttons, Yad is out of the suit and it's an expensive one.
And with the point stealing control of the Great Britain, they are racking up.
GP with this bitch, Charlie's having it just to fight Mike Clemens from a chance, though.
Sorry, Ravea, gonna keep poking the Claudine here.
Finds a couple of pigs smaller, and they're still in this one.
Ninety percent of the Great Britain, so this needs to be in for sorry, Ravea.
To all this one back here.
Sorry, Astro.
They need to finish them off.
Oh, is he alive still?
He's alive. Can he just get out?
A reset.
What the doctor ordered here for the Brits.
just one more flip enough to bring them back in Johnny with 90% cap there will
not be an overtime if you flip and instantly end before a Saudi player can
touch something's gotta be mindful of potential of a C9 in this fight with
funny Astro sound barrier ready boys big temple beats here they're all
they're looking for it golden bands keep in the back line now running down
courts key priority but he bikes away no real impact from this beat the
side dance away now Zox has the counter where to respond
King Masabi Arabia playing this one slow.
Getting a gap, the beat comes up this in time!
Gord produces a kill onto my mode!
Who's been really consistent on the Shea, but not enough in this fight!
As Lab defines Astro, the Brits their ability to get back in for another fight.
All into question as the Saudis pass 70%.
I mean, the aggressive sound very funny Astro there, it's so brave.
Thinking that maybe the opponent Luzio hasn't built one yet, but they can't find it and it picks with it.
The the rare tempo barrier. You just don't find it takes them. It's just results. It's Arabia. It's a clean up with a better beat there
And the Saudis were boarded for their wanton aggression the value of playing past the point in the OT fight
Despite a huge performance from Kai in that critical moment
not enough to get a second point on the board and the Saudis on series point
Great Britain's life here in the Overwatch World Cup flashing before their eyes
They've looked good though, he's last couple of points, it's far from over
It's been better, but is it good enough?
100% here, can he find something?
Oh, he's going for it, he's going past the under fire
Zarya drops incredibly low, has to self-stir to get back into the suit, and he won't be
allowed to. Golden Pants, great run down to the Zarya, can he produce more? Horde's
runs for the hills, Zox falls as well. In a wealth position, first fight from the
young tank. Gives great privilege here, but if we've seen anything, it's that
nothing is guaranteed. Every fight has to be earned, but a high energy Zarya is
a hell of a way to start.
They've got the rapists in their hands now. It's all about getting the ultimate parry.
Don't want to become a hostage to Fortune.
Start looking for the Graviton Surge, building that sound barrier.
Secure this point to keep their hopes alive.
I find another opener. A real headshot.
From the soldier and a comfortable look for him.
My modus ball over the top with a huge pressure on C.I.
Great take focus here from the Brits to give up the flip for it.
Will that be worthwhile? They need to clean up this fight and fast.
With Ladder low, Donbets stepping up to the plate.
Got to be so careful.
Sadi's poking and brought him from all sides.
They get one kill on the Astral, but my mode...
Doing really well in these clean up deathmatches, just to ensure that the fight goes as expected.
Ladder even hops up the map, takes the reset, but Ziad goes straight back to the Moga.
Because of this slow reset here,
Sardaribia won't have to wait for Ladder to get back.
This is going to guarantee last fight scenario on this point.
Surely, with your life on the line here, opportunity to close out at this point.
We're going to be grabbed on search and the sound barrier.
Socks here, get our watch out for the A.J.
A big grab would be well enough here, the Saadi is showing a lot of patience building up that beat
before they step onto the plate.
Ziad, hearing the gravity from out here, happy to tank it on the Maga.
Gotta look for these DPS in the backline.
Oh, so drink it slow, wait for the promote bin.
Keeps him fighting, the beat comes up, first your master.
They want that response to beat out of Saadi, he will not apply.
waiting for the grab. Here it comes. Oh, it's Brutal and Axley!
The odd-nine's running after him, but he drops as well, still a chance of killing him.
Just when they needed the soldier, this changed everything for him on this land.
Lighting up the feed, and Great Britain will take us to a fifth and final flashpoint.
They will not go down so easily.
The veteran with the saving grace, their golden pants, gets booped at a crucial moment.
Tempted value from the Graviton search, but the Overclock from Kai, just enough to keep Great Britain in this one.
Care not about Ultimate Economist, it's about securing points, hard earned points, and now still a chance in this one.
Maimaw with a screen here. See what you can do with it.
They struggle on this tank match up though, Johnny. How will it go on the vision final flashpoint?
And with the rush behind, maybe the toughest test yet for Goldenpin.
Ziad steps up, pushes him up a lot, the rush is good!
Ziad stays healthy, my mode!
Drops on the exit, a big pulse on the exit!
No chance for Kiwi, he's out of cooldowns to survive that one!
With an opening rush, pulse bomb as well.
Sadi's happy to take first down, oh no, not the stagger on the golden tansy,
he needs to run, force the kill to come in, and it will now!
But an off-stake spawn has little injury Kai again, though!
Does Han let this number this series?
Bro is a month.
This map I should save, maybe not this series overall.
You gotta be careful about these railgun shots.
Good thing about...
Wait, wait, they're here.
They didn't have to drop any ultimates, they still have a good old ultimate cycle to go here.
They just need to get value with these ones.
Feels like Kai's called upon here with these rails.
Choosing the Maga gives Kai a lot of opportunities, but can he make use of them?
Of course.
They don't want to get too much of them because they're big teams, but the damage is huge and great, man!
They're starting to fall!
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Shouldn't be a shock that this country can feel such a ridiculously strong overwatch World Cup roster.
It is wild. I guess for the side of KSA, this is what we expected, right?
And it is so impressive how they continue to demonstrate this dominant.
This is a squad where we knew that even though they felt very confident and comfortable about their run heading into Anaheim,
they still want to ensure that they're making their stamp in the server.
for GBR, definitely heartbreaking in that regard. They're not necessarily quite out yet.
And even if they had one up against Saudi Arabia, they technically still wouldn't have been in
control of their destiny either. But now it gets even more daunting because, great friend,
they need Australia to lose to Mexico in our next matchup at an 0-3 or a 1-3. And still
even then, they fall over weird.
What do you think?
I'm so sorry, Great Britain.
It ain't looking good.
You don't need to worry about the numbers.
The people know.
I think it's fair to say it ain't looking good.
Mexico is 0-6 in maps.
It can be left unsaid, maybe.
It can be left maybe fair enough.
Maybe fair enough.
It would be an enormous effort.
It's extremely unlikely.
I mean, you just don't want to be in that position.
Australia, like with Kafa,
we'll talk more about that match I've copied out,
but like, they've looked so fantastic with this game
kind of meta, also big reason why they overcame Great Britain in the first place and why Great
Britain found themselves in this matchup against Saudi Arabia, needing or essentially needing to win
were any hopes of making it out into groups in the first place. So this is going to be a very
tiny small amount of hope you can maybe hold on to. Yeah, I'm not that great at math on air guys,
but slim margins, slim margins, that's all we really got to say on the broadcast here for
great Britain definitely tough spot to be in that kind of regard. It just honestly wild how
these groups have come into standout in general like so many upsets in fact that great Britain
that lost to Australia was a tough one that we weren't necessarily expecting to be as dominant
coming out from. Yeah I mean every group has had something happen that I don't think we truly
expected. Yeah I think it's fair to say I mean I think that's the great thing about coming
back now to run this Overwatch World Cup after a few years. There's been a real shake up, right?
And like, how strong some of these teams' rosters are. And look at, I think,
Team Sweden has hugely impressed me, given like, maybe what we would have expected
coming into this tournament. I think we nearly beat Team USA.
I know it was Swedish, but like, if Sweden had beat USA, like, three to two,
like, going into BlizzCon, like, I would have peaked. Like, I would have been like...
I will say... But I'm still like, aww, they're still hanging around.
They're still hanging around.
A medal placement at BlizzCon is not out of the question for Sweden.
I don't even think that's crazy.
Like they are maybe that next team right behind the top three.
I think Australia, I mean, with Cuffer's leadership, it's been great to see him
have a moment to really shine and representing his country.
And like that win over Griffin is massive.
And now to lock up their spot in BlizzCon.
All they need is a win over Mexico, which, you know, is looking great for them.
We've been performing, seeing a guy like Color X still here, still fighting.
It's still showing up big time in a meta where your capacity performance is crucial.
What's going to inspire you? You could still do it.
No, no, no. They got a buff junkrat. I don't think they're going to, but they got, I guess, a crazy junkrat buff.
No, cut the cameras, cut the cameras. I think I'm okay without the junkrat buff, guys.
That's what I wanted. It's been a while. Come on.
We're throwing to a break. Jake is getting cut off, and we'll be back with the next matchup.
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Hey, what's good everybody? I'm here joined by the man of the hour, the greatest tracer
player. Soggy from Team Australia. Huge congratulations on getting the win, I can
see Britain. Man, that was, that was insane. Like, I want to hear from you. Like, what's
going through your head right now? How do you feel?
Obviously really happy, because like, these are the teams we were like, hard practicing
We didn't really practice much for the Saudi because we just suck I think but
At least like UK we have a chance and our scripts have been really good as well and it showed you know that we did pretty good today
I mean, yeah, let's talk about let's talk about Britain team Britain first
I mean we saw that they were they really like using the wrecking ball comp
Right and I feel like that was one of the problems that you guys had to solve on stage
And at the end you guys did so like how did you guys come to that conclusion and get the win and got the win today?
Mostly it was just like a cool smash, telling us the answers like in between maps and then it was me like telling the team how to play around it
giving the game so it's mostly just implementing what we've learned from our coach
but our coach is just doing it, so he told us how to play it, I told him how to play it, then we just won
And also we got to talk about your insane tracer plays in our Neon Junction especially that man
I think you're a great whole match but like that map you were just popping off like what happened?
I don't know, I think they just play badly, I can't lie.
No, you gotta give yourself a little more credit for it.
They were just running at me in no straight lines and stuff, and I think it wasn't really that hard to kill.
But yeah, we really just played well, and I think the map really sucks for that as well.
So I was dropping as good, and there wasn't much space for them to move around the map,
so it's not hard to mock them and kill them.
I feel like you should give yourself a little bit more credit.
a little bit more credit, you know, be like, yeah, I'm the greatest, uh, the tracer, but
I mean, all right, well, let's move on.
I mean, this was a very, uh, huge win for you guys, because, uh, the next match you
guys have, the last one you guys have left for the group stage is going to be against
Team Mexico.
What are your thoughts on Team Mexico and how is that going to play out?
Um, hopefully they suck.
And we don't play good, I mean, I mean, I mean, we play good, I mean, so,
yeah, we're just obeying on that, I mean, hopefully they just suck.
If you guys just play your games right now and you get everything will be good and you guys are will be okay, right?
That's all this all all right. Well, that's it the the server the interview of soggy. Thank you so much and again big congratulations. Thank you
We have one last match now for the overwatch World Cup group stage here in Busan
I was feeling a little inspired by move in if you guys couldn't tell
But it is going to be Australia versus Mexico guys
things are still getting a little bit weird when it comes down to these permutations
we would need some crazy things I haven't heard Johnny play in there
I know Mitch said permutations earlier in the day but we can't allow Mitch's
dictionary to just become like we just keep saying permutations
sorry I didn't mean to call you out but I'm just I've just heard permutations so many times today
Where do you want me to do?
Give me a synonym then.
Swedish, I don't know.
I just collected a plan.
Oh, OK.
You can't even bring a synonym into the table.
I'm complaining, and then I'll bring any alternative.
Wow.
I actually got that on myself.
That's actually a great thing.
I just got called out here.
But let's walk into this match up, guys, because.
I don't want to press on me.
Yeah, well, you know, we'll take it to HR later.
Oh, my God.
Oh, God.
Donnie, you still have your job for now,
and it's going to be breaking down this next match up,
because for Australia, they're feeling pretty confident.
I think they're about their chances heading to BlizzCon
after we just saw the three and oh there from Saudi Arabia
up against, up against.
You good?
Great friend, we're good.
Sorry, Johnny is just like completely.
He has that effect on people.
And he infiltrated my mind at this point.
Are you sunblocked?
What's going on here?
I might be sunblocked right now,
but that makes it pretty comfortable here for Australia.
There's still the world though.
Mexico, if Mexico can beat them 3-0, 3-1. If Mexico dominates them, there's still a chance that things get funky, but let's be honest,
Mexico, they're 0-6 in maps so far. They have not won a map in this tournament.
Australia with a huge upset win over Great Britain, they took fate into their own hands with that victory.
Now all they have to do is close it out against, to be just brutal, one of the weaker teams in the tournament.
Like this should be an open and shut case for Kuffa and the boys. The squad is really rallied around.
Players like kafa and color hex, but soggy is also hugely impressed. We saw this guy in these sports world cup
Obviously with a tough ass in that tournament playing for one of the weaker teams
But he showed up in a big way here in Busan and that's the difference maker right when it comes to getting that win over great Britain if you just
Keep on going keep on rolling. Surely Australia are going to blitzkopf
I think that's the pivotal point to make about the damage prayers as well because you go into this in like okay kafa
great players. And you realize, oh, they're actually on top of the meta, like your demo
player is really good. And then you have Colorex just racking up the clips about this,
getting headshots all over the place. And Soggy coming in clutch. Soggy came in clutch so
many times against Great Britain. And you were suddenly like, wow, this roster is performing
spectacularly against all expectations.
Yeah, and then when it comes down to this team Mexico, it's quite a different
story here right under dog that is for certain in this upcoming match and it
what what do we want to see I guess out from extra guy no guys I'm sorry
is a crime in this matter it is a crime jetpack cat versus Gen G is like a
crazy matchup to go for meta be damned elemental guys are going to get ranked
forever all right how you gonna hit cat with the blade three times make it
makes sense what if he's flying what if he has to carry the Genji blade or you
can carry the high noon I mean just I think if you carry a Genji it might
actually be like it's like you're actually not giving Genji anything and
you're actually like meaning that cap can't do anything apart from finding
Genji around so don't fly the Genji around that's that's for me a poor use
of resources I think Mexico's best chance is to have unhelpful auto in
play the Tracer battle, still gonna be uphill, I mean look at the individuals and yeah they
are gonna have a hell of a start, but they can at least play the top meta right now,
I mean there's room to like innovate, right?
We've seen teams who look good on the Freya, we've seen Saudi play the Diva, like it's
not like things are fixed in place, but I'm sorry guys, the Genji is not taking
it home, it's not one of them yet, it's not gonna start here against Australia, who
has the download on how to respond to this net, they are very comfortable in what
we're seeing right now and they can execute well. Yeah, they definitely can. It's quite
the uphill battle like we were talking about there for Team Mexico. This Team
Mexico does still a team that has a lot of heart, a lot of spirit behind them.
Great fans there as well. But when it comes down to those predictions,
unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to back the Mexican fans. A lot of love
for them. But really, Australia, they just look too strong.
Hooper's got Australia 2 guys.
I love how we fly this one.
Just in case there was any question about who's driving.
Who's driving?
Huge favor for them.
It should be open and shut for the Aussies.
Now it's a ticket to BlizzCon on the line.
I can't imagine they slip up here.
Maybe a little bit more pressure on some of the end players.
But I mean, honestly, there's a lot more of that in the Great Britain game.
So it's just hard to see the way in for a Mexico squad that hasn't shown us they can compete at the highest level.
Last match of the weekend. See it.
Looks like we're going to Nepal here on this opener.
We haven't even mentioned the demon so far, Jake.
How do you deal with the demon? All good and well. You've got some mechanical players, but how do you deal with the onslaught that Kafa really brought in this one?
I need to be needed here though. Oh, well this opening matters covering the hazard. I don't I don't fully believe just yet
In the spawn room. I do like for Mexico. Wait, it is. Oh, wait, I lied. It is elemental guy. We had the wrong starting monster
He's in I guess they're gonna go for it here in fairness. They were able to
Go a little bit of threat with these faster rush looks
Australia those seem prepared to bring the pace the other way
I mean, you just gotta go for it if you're Mexico like we going into this match right here
Mexico they are one of the weaker teams in the tournament, but you got to play for the census
Mexico in the shambles that is one of the most brutal midfights I have seen folks
Australia team that's they like to finish things off here
Kappa sniffs out hiding cast the all gets peeled out. Good little send him to the moon
See maneuver from laying right to like almost get it out of there. I thought he was dead to right
Oh does go down to the end though. So no harm no foul the Aussies
Oh, I love couple playing over the top here. I sleep Santana
Jaguar people won't be able to back out. It's the base trade though. Not so mad about that as a diva
Australia not ready
It's Elemental Guy, hold on! Finds one under the tracer!
Fights in contest, but Lay is the cost!
And with Double's Portal ID, he's gotta keep Pelorax fighting!
Genshin isn't on top! Another kill for Elemental Guy! Hold on!
I didn't believe it! But, Elemental Guy does not care!
He's gonna find enough picks to open up this capture point for Mexico!
Yeah, as soon as that Haster loses the forward hold and forces him to withdraw towards the point,
you're forced to play around, you're called down, it's an opportunity to engage, but Elemental Guy gives them none of that.
I have to find the opening pick on Tsoggy, and now it's just a question of what kind of
template you want to bring in this one.
Colorex asked me a dead eye here.
Earlier dead eye.
Here it comes.
Getting some big channel.
On the team again, GSU Steve Black.
Running out of defensive tools.
Oh.
Nature is up and all hell knows what guy.
Fourth into the site, lead for Cassidy.
Karmus, it's a few shots through the body that'll slow down the Mexican cast.
I feel like I'm back here maybe.
I feel like I'm back here maybe.
for Cassidy. Carmess takes a few shots through the body that'll slow down the Mexican cast.
I feel like I'm going back here maybe.
Ah, they're not at the point to go.
Mexico give them flips, they stick around to the fight, here comes Carmess with the dead eye.
This guy knew no kids, nothing, so he doesn't let him get the flag and he gets turned down!
Caught on the wares, rushes out from Ferris guy, gonna try to hook out here,
hands up, responds in kind for the kill, starting to come in for Mexico.
Papa brings one back the other way, keeps Australia fighting for this point,
but he dropped so low, Elma to dive back into the fight.
Whoa!
Yeah, he was clean up, y'all, he's out.
Wow.
I mean, he's Genji, I've got the mechanics,
but those down here pretty late in this one.
Oh, that's a big enemy here for Australia to get back into it.
Now, a little overheat on the Genji.
There's a lot of free space here for Australia to take back.
There's no time he's doing so,
say it's in or has to self-destruct, though.
A lot of bars to play with here.
On this point, here comes the downpour test.
Oh, big under the back line! Where's the follow-up though?
Where's the damage? Permit!
States alive! Here's the play now! A mental guy!
Fights one! Looking for a second, he's so low, goes down!
Sucking produces one on the other side, the blade not coming too much of anything now.
And with Cat, four stops at the off angle.
It's just the same thing, not playing the point.
If you're going to put a good amount of soul in, but Karma's going down.
It's a big chunk of damage.
Sometimes it doesn't even deploy to self-destruct.
Knowing that's all about over in that fight 78% here though for Mexico
Colorex is gonna get to this dead eye up next
It's gonna be a pivotal tool in the arsenal for Australia, but Mexico with an opportunity here in this opening round
Try this in crazy, fix the path to Jagadwal, isolate the Genji, just barely dashes back to deep blood kids him alive
But Mexico they can't produce anything off of that. They're pulling back out of the bush
So mission accomplished for Australia
And still over the top, still looking to oppress these Mexican players so they step to the point.
Santana in here alone but where's the support?
And Steve are dropping so low.
Then I am available.
Marble Colorex like to go with the Kappa.
Finds the kill, carry down first.
Crucial find is Hamster.
Stays alive and stabilizes.
Australia on the verge and with that kill from Kappa, surely enough to take this
first control round.
It's two kills but it cost the life of the cat and in the end not enough to change the
tides of that fight.
No one expects it to self-destruct the bomb to come around the corner.
That's the cat I was trying to do.
Oh my.
Oh, I was almost scared myself I saw the cat around the corner with the bomb.
We're getting cheeky on this one.
I mean, they were waiting so long for that then, I had to come out.
Then, by the time it did come out, they didn't actually conjure up a response, but it was just...
I mean, it's so difficult to know, why don't we take another look here?
That's a crazy highlight.
I mean, he gets through, but it's just not enough.
Probably those fights is like, even with some big moments, like, okay, the self-destruct can do some cool stuff.
Carmad is going to find a pick here and there.
Amant's guy has kind of popped off to hit these crazy, ultra-mechanical kills.
But the deaths are just, it's just coming in a flood, we don't even see them having like,
the Mexican players are dropping like flies, right?
They are not able to stand up in these extended deathmatches.
Sagi is just nibbling away and eventually the kills just come, Cufflatch dives in on top
with those aggressive leaps and jagged walls and it is proving to be a struggle
even with some big moments for the Genji.
Not enough in these deathmatch engagements.
sitting in a pause here between the rounds, that's why it's taking a little
longer to get into the second round here, but it's like you say, and especially
you're playing that hazard composition from Australia, it's like
Mexico, they want to walk up, they want to set themselves up for an engage, but while
Australia they're just, it's a hazard wall, you try and look for a pick. Back
a little bit, wait for the next wall to come up, and while that is happening,
we've got Soggy on the trace here poking and throwing, trying to look for
picks, and so Mexico at all times, in this kind of like defensive bunker
position just trying to gain some ground and then in that very last fight it was Aki with a beautiful cat that as well
Try to capture the Kiriko first guy an opportunity like that and it just becomes
Overwhelming for Mexico to try and stay alive every single engagement from the hazard
Yeah, I really I mean it's something like we saw a little bit of in the last series is
When you're losing these angle fights
It's very hard to get something going and for as good as Genji is in those explosive moments when you go for the hard commit
The problem is, just walking up onto the map is hugely difficult against Tracer.
You really aren't nearly as effective at fighting with low resources.
Maybe at closer range from point though, could present an opportunity for elemental
attack.
Once again though, come up.
Be isolated or you'll lose big damage on the leg.
All the feet need to be joined immediately, mark the hazard burning him down.
We'd hope to get in and grab that mega but Mexico did well for the nine
Now they may fight a big win something needed for Mexico to put some wind in their sails
Yeah, Mexico, there's clearly more of a chance for Mexico than I was giving them credit for there's a long way home in this series, but
They have proven that they can't expose it. Yeah, they gotta throw it out, right? You gotta rely on their mechanics
trying to fight this one against Australia and Australia, opting into it with the Hasser
play. This is also the Demon Band map. It's essentially a muttering for Mexico here. Give
yourself the best chance possible at succeeding. Australia pressure onto the point here.
This is the trouble for Genji. He struggles and he kind of fights.
Tresor running him down. He has to reach back to the Kiriko. Provides an opportunity
here for Pelarex to step up over the blade of Karmes. Crucial fight onto the
Tracer, that's gonna really slow things down for Australia.
And once again, the D.Va marks the aggressive.
And the connection is there from Mexico to team play.
Really coming together in these last few fights.
Yeah, the execution has been on point.
I need the high ground, looking for opportunities
to find fix and Karmus and the mental guy come through.
Going to withdraw once more through this high ground.
Polarex has to dead at this moment like this.
It needs to be respected.
It's going to force the movement from Mexico.
Oh, that is not very respectful, eh? At least he's so strong.
The shot.
The first guy's gonna go with it, dropping the rush.
Maybe that's enough to make up for their lock
to the second 4-tellers.
So low for that G on damage, but cannot be finished.
Good heal from Hamster.
Oh, but a great connection again!
Parmes, the shield has been lights out here
on this second map.
Cup of the whole great shot from him.
Still a chance for Australia.
They need to force this point.
You want to stag him, Mexico.
And if you could get this Katsuna rush out,
That would be huge.
Oh, that's a guy super low.
He's the back up for the kill.
Santana down in question.
Australia struggling to find those decisive picks that defined the last round.
The catnip on the enemy catnip.
But it's not clear that's going to go their way.
I don't know if those guys though,
punishes a soggy, maybe caught looking at the stars.
But the cliff does come in for Australia with the catnip in on Ferris guy.
This one would be a big one to pull back for the Aussies.
They're stacking up the captain points with the duration of the fight.
I don't know if that's close to playing.
Slashing will become a hard to deal meaningful damage to this house, but he'll get the job done!
And with the spree up from Carmen, he's not to take color hacks, and maybe even the round!
Yeah, you just have to fight this one out until they're forced to deploy.
So it starts on the objective, start dragging up the percentage of Australia now.
So we call force, forceful out, hamster.
Brawling a little bit as well.
If you're still losing members here for Australia, it's going to be a long and recent here.
In Mexico with an opportunity here, with 83% already, they can push up, they can put pressure on Australia,
Pressure on Australia. Make it difficult to touch this point.
This point is a lot better for Genji.
Able to utilize the verticality around the point to great effect,
slipping in and out of the engagements.
Australia has some difficulty running him down.
The sky moves a huge problem.
A silver bullet on to the carry to open things up the overtime.
Taking as well.
Ooh, and a dead eye on the off angle. No joy from it.
Everybody's looking for that opening.
No one wants to be the one to make the mistake, but Saki will force it onto lay.
low, but with this upstuck on that, who's to fight? It's a risky one out of movement. Who's out now?
The flip comes in for Australia, Mexico. Will they reset?
It's an awkward spot for them. They're trying to trickle out of this fight, but
Australia's showing some interest in running them down. Do they chase into the spawn?
Seems the answer is no for now.
Mexico, thinking better of it, wants to take a proper engagement here.
It doesn't matter how many opportunities will they get. Force it onto the point there.
It's a rush drop.
The Russian public, oh!
Huge shock from the cast, the veteran!
Shows up in his team, throwing a beat, Santana out of the suit!
But with this up-circle, Elevator guy will slip away, but hamster!
Don't want to run him down, Santana getting brutalized!
As they climb back into the suit,
in Australia, filling up the feed,
a big win for them into this up-circle, into the rut.
Arguably their biggest test so far in that round,
and now, Johnny, they have a huge say.
It's so difficult now. I mean, Mexico dropping that Kitsuna, it's getting no value.
They're facing an eventual sky noon. Kitsuna are from Hamster.
There's so many Osamus on the board for Australia and Mexico.
It's gonna be nigh impossible.
Oh, there.
Green, Tracer over the top.
He's diving into the back line.
Forza, the TP out from Jericho.
A pull, all come and get him again.
Save!
Well, save.
Great grab from Aggie, more than ready for the play.
And it was a rush on the point. He looks so dire now.
Down floor comes in.
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I always call that I call this the Genji one trick play when you dash for max range and just triple headshot
Somebody just delete them off the server. That is like yeah, that is that is what makes I mean like I'm I'm still a Genji player to this day
You know, I mean like it's still in my veins
It hurts me to be real with you guys about how difficult it is to make work
But that's the play that you have on Genji.
Is dashing for match range into one-shotting somebody,
or else they're just getting cleansed, and then you die.
The reason I'm laughing at this is because you might not know this,
but I like to play Genji with no-
Oh my god.
And I can never do the dribble-in shot.
To no avail.
I can be in practice range for hours,
versus bots, it's a lot easier.
But I get to box, Johnny.
Doing perfect dash range in an actual game,
it's like, I don't...
You say this, and I'm like, no.
I don't think there's any evidence that any human has ever done a perfect dash, triple headshot.
That's impossible.
Honestly, I don't think I did it a couple of times in this match.
He is that good on Genji.
You really will only see from the best to the best.
To your point, there's not more than 10, 20 players in the world who can actually find that in a high-stakes match on full pressure.
Give me a Haxel on the phone.
That's what I mean. There are legendary players from Overwatch history who've shown that it can be done.
Who are you?
That's the one I want to bring along.
Real.
But it's so hard to find consistency on.
No one has ever done it consistently.
It's not a consistent play.
It kind of requires the stars to align,
even if you are one of the best players of all time.
It has a little bit of requiring the stars to align.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And maybe that's the world Mexico live in now.
So how do the stars align here so that you
could pull out a map win in this tournament?
You could do something against Australia.
I mean, if you're an elemental guy,
You can get some, like, kills out of nowhere.
If that's kind of what you need, if you're Mexico,
you just, like, you need kills out of nowhere,
and being able to have a Genji player like that
could be something you could lean on.
We'd be remiss if we didn't talk about Karmas as well.
Like, a lot of big fights in the She-On in that second round.
It's not just elemental guy strats.
Like, the She-On is real, but I mean...
The reason we're talking about elemental guys
is because, like, we said he's the exact same.
It's the actual fact, seriously.
Yeah, like, Karmas is like...
It's what makes them unique.
Sorry, Karmas, like, we take it to grabs.
But Karmas is like keeping them in the fight.
Yeah, we need you to do a hit-step.
If you're just praying for a Genji kill, like, let's be real, that's not looking good.
You need the hit-scan to produce, and Cormaz has kept them in the action in some tough series, right?
Like, even putting up a big clip against Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
Khaled also going to come in here.
See if that changes things at all, or this Mexican squad.
They'll lose your gameplay to a little more standard push-pull, maybe.
Yeah, could be a good look.
They could maybe look to ban the cat away.
I think that could be a good look for me.
I think Cat is, partly why Genji's so hard this minute,
is Cat itself is, I mean, good luck in that matchup.
You're like, run away from the cat on Genji.
The cat is a scary hero on Genji.
That's a problem for DPS.
When the cat is bullying you, it's not looking good.
Yeah.
To be honest, that's,
that kind of bullies a lot of heroes these days.
Like Cassidy Tracer, okay,
you gotta respect them on Cat.
And that's why we see so much of them.
Shion as well, the Sojourn.
But with the Cat Band, maybe that actually does think,
this is the real problem from Mexico, right?
The strategic problem for them.
Cat Band makes Genji sound interesting.
And then the Genji Band is the response.
Right.
So I don't, for me, there's not a way around that
unless, you know, okay, well,
once we lose two maps and then both the bands are gone,
then we can start, and then we have one map
where we have like a favorable band, I don't know.
It's a...
Yeah, I mean, Australia is one of these teams at this tournament where it's really flourished.
Yeah, yeah.
With the team on and Cat composition, they're just like playing it so comfortable.
Not to be a junkie-town pick here from Mexico.
But that one, Jake.
They picked this against KSA as well.
In fairness in that series, you know, let's say there wasn't much analyzing to be done.
Yeah, I mean, maybe bring out the honor.
Yeah.
Maybe.
Maybe get the long line.
Sightline's going here.
I know here's not the bands here, for Mexico.
Like, do they see another way through?
I don't know.
If you tech ban a DPS for the Genji, like, you could ban Tracer, maybe.
Could get interesting.
Or maybe the Cassidy.
Okay, it'll be the Cassidy.
We'll write this over time.
It'll be the Cassidy.
See, the problem, I mean, the thing is, this is nice, but does it really move
the needle like does it really change things I mean for color in fairness actually color
X is really wanted to play Cassidy just turn it like and I think a lot of things are fucking
nice cast kind of the definitive hitscan hero right now yeah I think it's such a reliable
option just like to have a Cassidy who the last few months has been like a really go-to
meta pick for so many hitscan players it's like position output but then I was like it's
amazing but it's like well it's it's so efficient with ultimate value because I
I mean, historically, you get from Atherai.
It's crazy compared to what Atherai was like years ago.
This historically, Heindun is a throwaway ultimate.
I mean, back in the day, you got the reload.
You were just canceling that for a reload to start to fan
the hammer one more time against the take, you know?
And you didn't even feel bad about that.
Now you can feel like a big blight.
Yeah, from the hammer.
You're like, it's the cancel Heindun.
There's not many ultimates in the game that have the honor
of being instant canceled for a reload.
But with the Skydune, now we're talking like,
that's one ultimate.
And you open up the map in a crazy way, like a retake pushing into the enemy territory.
There's a lot of threat, a lot of opportunity and flexibility from that old combo.
So, in taking that off the field on Junkertown, one of the better maps for a Sky News,
it does interject some chaos into this match.
What's the hitscan choice from Colorex?
Carbaz is great on the Sheehan, so it's not exactly hard to figure out where he's gonna look.
First to see how Colorex is going to respond to this.
Realistically, you have a flying bastion going around.
It's not like it gets much easier for Mexico.
There's still some reliable hints and options.
It's like, okay, you get the Cassidy away,
maybe freeze some elemental gal,
let it expand the Genji as well.
But it's not like it, it's going,
I don't think it's going to weaken Australia much
by the Cassidy was target fan at the end of the day.
Yeah, in fairness, Color X has looked by far the best
on Cassidy, hero, and he's played almost exclusively it.
So it will force a little bit of,
I think discomfort for Colorex is fair to say, I mean this is like a veteran player who's been around for a long time, he's been in Casper years and years, but probably a lot less experience, certainly I can promise you a lot less experience on the Shion.
On the Shion? But also a ranked demon, and you know ranked demons, they like to do a little bit of flexing around, they'll jump onto someone different here, you're a streamer, you know, you want to get some good content for the viewers and more, so you might play some Bastion back in 2022 or something.
Yeah, in fairness to Mexico, I think they've done as well as they could with this map pick with the ban
This is a must win that. Yeah, this is a must win that
No reverse lose today. Yeah, the other worry though is our quota of this tournament, no more reverse lose. In my mind
isn't demon like very good against Genji because Genji
Usually against a lot of the tanks is actually one of the better DPS at base tanking you and trading with you
You've got that right-click shuriken puts a lot of damage in a close range
punishes yours with big hitboxes and
The deep like to be really annoying for a lot of things like diva hates it a lot of things really are annoyed by that
But in my mind, I'm like isn't demon like you pull the blade out and demons like yeah, I got one of those
Yeah, I got one of those. I mean the verdict is the only thing you really have the verdict
Yeah, I'm like I'm at like junker town
Because like if you like you can play the card if you're a cuff up
But it feels pretty bad to play the card if you're going to just play the demo
Riticality right on village second round in Nepal where
Now month the guy was able to do a lot better around the point having a place to retreat to on the high ground
Utilizing that wall climb unrestricted by cooldown
But for color X I love the Emory choice simple straightforward effective
And with an ultimate that is really nice against Genji,
lets you fly to the Skybox, essentially, ignore him completely.
Ana's coming out though for Sparrow Sky and Hamster.
So definitely a twist in the support lineup.
Ana, a hero with much higher highs, but also much lower lows,
and certainly a lot more volatility when Genji's on the field.
Like the Nano Blade can come out.
It is an awkward combo though these days.
It's just so hard to keep up with Ana's farm rates.
Like, if you've been sitting on nano for a long time, it kinda sucks.
This is going to be an interesting approach from Mexico, because they'll have to navigate Hamster's positioning so far back.
Yeah, you're playing Genji, but you still have fairly limited mobility.
They're gonna go out of the sauna.
Characters are in big trouble now. Very exposed.
Holding the sleep dart.
Forces that we call out does well to do so.
But in the chaos, Cormez.
Run down by Kappa on the Zmon.
And Kappa is looking for more action.
I think this is what I'm really worried about. It's going to be Australia's game.
They look a bit... hey, active. With this tracer, try to get up to the back line and...
It's a matter of like who do you find if you're Mexico here?
Tracer-Cat is a really scary combination to be against for a lot of this Mexican backline.
They're gonna need to pull out all the stops in the deathmatch to equalize at all.
Australia though, settling into a defensive hold, but Akki finds Carmez.
Akki and Saugy together open up so much of the backline, and the moment you turn around to peel,
Kogla just dies in here dagger to the heart of Mexico. I mean this hum so yeah
That's not gonna get it. It's just too much of a bargain as well for the back to make do promise us what over
To the soldier near I mean you can form a little bit of rail here against the demon trying to get a way
I'm short which could shut down a tracer immediately
Oh the tracer damage is good honor your chest repair is gotta keep all that fighting, but you know also
Extremely vulnerable
So many weaknesses for Mexico. They need to somehow get on the front foot
The way to do it and all palette
Also torpedoes bring down the cat now some space for Mexico
They send the nano into the back button to
Buy the Aussies in kind
Except one of them up to that needs more than that and with the bio-nade on him cannot pick up that health pack
So we're going one though.
Oh, come on.
What the baby form has already found out?
Santana has to buff the limit break to finish this fight,
but it's only Santana and Kaulette now.
Surely a retake available for Australia.
This positioning is going to be good for Mexico though.
You get an opportunity to spread out here,
put the first guy in a good position, Kormas as well.
Elemental guy approaching that dragon blade.
But you've got to survive the limit break
and the upcoming Override Protocol from Korak.
Who's going to deal with this Override Protocol?
Have a big name, great man Ferris guy.
Lunarik has to come out to stabilize us.
Oh, that's a guy who's in such big trouble.
He's dominated their five.
Kappa, hold up, beat Shoptop on men!
Shots down the ultimate.
And hold on.
Even Santana giving in to the makes and the baby form.
Kappa's too low to finish that kill.
And so, Mexico is still fighting for the Santana.
They need to get back in the shooting arm.
Just can't quite manage it.
That is a heartbreaker for Mexico.
Yeah, the rest of Mexico forced to withdraw there
and left Santana to their own devices.
There's going to be a continuing defense here on the first point for Australia.
One minute remaining.
Good thing for Mexico is they got a good amount of openness going into this one.
The question is the Dragonblade. How far can you really reach with this one?
We've been right here.
It needs to be made. Two kills minimum here.
But the pressure is already coming in from Australia.
Mexico!
They're waiting on a big finish on the Colorex.
The image calls are good.
Shrunch up a slip here!
There's two Sharks with the aim.
Stay on the line.
Eyes on the air, we're going for the clutch.
We're going to throw it onto Kufa.
If Kuzma can bring something back, this game is still in contest and he will find Ferris
Guy.
A critical kill, now he has a scored answer position.
Kermans is flanked all the way around for this kill.
It will cause his own life.
Akis here.
Wads to finish this one off with the captain coming in.
Santana's in trouble, Akis will finish off Fowlet.
Kuzma's out of the Super, but Santana's so low.
They're going to touch this one off.
Oh god, this is too much.
Australia's starting to recollect themselves.
Colournecks back into the fight, and a close bomb to end things.
Mexico!
Just a few players left, how let on the cat, but...
They're not gonna...
Have to go for the obvious desperation rush to the payload.
Conmez dies first, and with him, the hobes for any kind of a dominant offense on this
Dunkerjump.
They will not see the second point, Johnny.
What a clutch from Australia there.
Huge plays from Hamster.
Yeah!
I didn't find the sleep, but stays composed, shot after shot into the Genji.
He's swinging that Dragon Blade, but it feels like a wet noodle.
I mean, the entirety of Australia, providing in that one, all 10-5 members stepping up.
Sony doing work on the Tracer, Kafa surviving, getting some value with the Nonibus, then
Aki coming in from back from spawn, helping out as well, nicely timed stun, and they
just keep the stagger going on towards the cart.
enough time for them to close things out here and we talk a lot about Mexico
the opportunity for an upset here but this has been all Australia this is them
looking to secure their ticket officially here after their previous upset
against Great Britain in this tournament a spot which few people saw this team in
Kaffa 13-1 he's been an absolute beast on the demon so far this
tournament and they're surely now just moments away from advancing to
BlizzCon. Demon mode. The pun. Too obvious, but have no choice. He's been phenomenal, really
leading this Australian team. I don't think it's a stretch to say that without Kappa,
they would not be in this position. On the cusp now of sublinifying this placement, going
to BlizzCon. Just a few maps away. Tricky setup, Paladin, okay.
It's gonna bring up Iliari. That's a risky choice. It's gotta be scary with both Colorex
and Soggy ready to punish these greedy supports. Mexico say they've got to go gambling.
Soggy has so many favorite heroes in this one. It's just a matter of who does Soggy
want to engage on a big point. Oh, Colorex just beaming at me.
That's exactly what they need to find.
Kappa dies into the backline, pulls a lot of attention to himself.
The Tracer kill looks nice in the feed, but it doesn't mean anything for this objective.
The car marches in extrovertly forward here, Johnny.
Getting closer and closer.
Essentially, it's just going to be the one fight before his desperation for next go to this one.
Kappa, take the car here.
Going to another favorable corner here.
Play on as the car keeps moving.
Both of us building towards this node boost is going to be the first element online after you show them these fuels.
Elemental guy!
Doing some protective...
...dealing here on this flank.
Soggy, bring a tremendous in the backline.
Aw, big kill on the honor!
And with that crucial backline, the cracks begin to show for Mexico.
The Altana crowd's too bad!
But Kappa's still healthy on this Demok and very well punched this fight out.
The Santana out of the suit.
They wanna finish up this baby Eva, but Kappa even staggers it just a bit.
The Spamway getting off, and Elemental guy far from the payload.
As it begins to roll forward.
Now on retake without a single ultimate to work with a brutal situation for Mexico
It's not a is going to get back as he swaps to the diva
I'm serious about this not it was way earlier and that's cool could be enough to see us at the theater
I'm trying to come those like this coming to company is destiny
After the payload for a second on it will take some shots with a plank and here it comes
Soldiers live for just a moment longer couple finish is the job and with three in the feed
This one is done and tested. Australia picking up their second map, a celebratory post-bomber
Sagi, and it'll just take one more to bring the Aussies to Inon.
Australia now, looking so cool, calm and confident on stage as well.
This bombs, looking like another day in the office.
They obviously came into this match up knowing they have to win to secure their ticket.
You want to take every match seriously, you don't want to leave anything to doubt, you
don't want to give your opponents an opening, but they're showing so much confidence in a
match up like this one, trusting your abilities tough enough.
Not over-eager to get in too much on this demon, over playing your hand which you can't
do sometimes with these aggressive pangs.
It's been, you know, very borderly from Australia, getting the work done in.
Getting the work done, that's for sure.
There's been some exciting plays from Mexico, some big shots from Gomez, opportunities for
elemental guys that cannot find any cleanup, but it does feel that across the board, Australia
are the stronger team today.
But there are moments, there's also moments that things fall flat.
The risks now being made apparent.
The choice to run this Genji really struggling to stay alive deep into the fights.
And Saugie on the other side, you know, we leave the flanks open to the enemy tracer
But let Ferris guy, that is a rough spot to beat, right? They have Saugie just
heating up on your back line, still got a weak one, still got two blinks, you know like...
This is a full resource tracer
on top of the solo support and like the couple's gonna come join that instantly. The moment that opportunity comes out.
Look at Mexico's composition, really. Yeah, you'll take that any day, it's a great...
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That's necessarily hopeless here.
It's less for me about maybe like one individual player doing so much more and more that all
five of these players from Australia really having big performances coalescing around
really experienced leadership in the tank role from Kafa and just looking like a pound
per pound much stronger team.
Mexico, they've been outmatched and outclassed at this event.
It's mentally a really rough spot to be here.
Coliseal will be where they make their final stand.
Yeah, you make that point about Mexico.
It's not about one individual.
It's about a team effort, but it's such a difficult position to be in
when you're at an event as a team and you're like, OK, well,
things are not working for us right now.
Something has to change.
And you just know that, OK, we can play better.
But like, how do you do that?
It feels hopeless in a way that you don't have an action you can do.
You can't necessarily change up the composition, you can't sub someone in and it feels like, like, do we have to do a different approach in, like, how we engage, like, our productivity, the comms?
You want, I think it's human in a way, as a player, to be like, we need to change something in order to do better.
Just the fact that, like, oh, just execute better on our ultimate timings, you know, or engage, just like, define, advise those stuff.
That is so difficult to mentally, kind of, like, improve in the middle of a game.
And then this reality of Overwatch played at this level,
Cat Band is gonna come in from Mexico.
Maybe they want to bring out something like the Junker Queen?
That's maybe a way to play for them.
Yeah, they could, yeah.
Could really change the tenor of this series.
Change is certainly what you need.
I mean, they showed that they went away from the Cat on the last map, even when it was in.
Definitely not something they really want to play.
And the band is actually going to be the D.Va from Australia, with respect shown to Santana.
They look pretty good on map 1, playing the D.Va.
Yeah, I think whenever we get these D.Va bands as well, I think it changes the tank
matchup quite interestingly because D.Va is a valley versatile hero after all because
of the defense matrix.
It's like you have a defensive tool to kind of operate with the rest of the team,
but now you're looking at, you know, if you play a demon, like, there's a really
toolset for like actually protecting your team and like withdrawing and like
playing different kinds of play styles it's essentially like all out or nothing
and that favors Kafa in a much bigger way in like a tank matchup like this
whereas maybe the Santana would have been more stable on the Diva instead here
now your force is gonna like take an aggressive duel against Kafa playing
Kafa's game
let's see what it is though yes those some options for both squads they
look to formulate their strategies.
And look, could be our last map here in Busan.
It's been an amazing event here, the Overwatch World Cup.
Everyone's excited now for BlizzCon.
A lot of storylines have really bubbled up,
come to the forefront.
A lot of teams have surprised us, broken our expectations.
We're very close to having our final top eight teams,
who will of course be coming to BlizzCon in just a few weeks to compete with the Overwatch
World Cup for gold on behalf of their nations.
I mean, it's beginning a micro-competitive career, right, really for a lot of players.
The moment that they burst onto the scene, you know, what young player are we going
to see lift that gold?
Everyone's excited to see Australia.
They want to stay in that conversation to do so.
We want to end things here short and simple.
One of the most prestigious titles in Overwatch Esports is lifting that Overwatch World Cup trophy.
Just the opportunity to attend a BlizzCon.
That's something I dreamed of as well, just being on that stage at BlizzCon.
As we all do, we love this game, being able to be there in Anaheim, alongside the developers
of Crafty this game.
Complete.
One of the best players in the world.
Here in general for Overwatch.
And so to have BlizzCon back at a moment like this for the game that we love, I mean
it's really rich with meaning, I think for both of us, right, with our personal stories.
Hey, it's been amazing being in Korea, like, when was the last Korean event here for us on the international, like, English-speaking stage?
It was maybe like a contender's finals event back in like 2022, or something like that.
It's been amazing.
It's been way too long, it's fair to say.
It has to be.
Busan has been so good to us.
What an amazing city.
We highly encourage people to take a visit.
As we get into the action here on Coliseal, the last best chance for Mexico.
Doesn't drop slow, but ColorHack's back to the signature Cassidy.
Very comfortable here on the server.
The public's continuing to pull on the aggression, goes a little bit too deep.
Ferris guy in leg, deep Santana fighting, advantage Mexico.
And I said that it's human to look for answers here if you're Mexico.
And this Xi'an Tracer composition with a Wu Yang to boot.
It's an interesting composition that gives them a bit of a different playstyle there
as they look between things up.
So he gets an exit track on the first guy, but this is going to be, let's go Shirley, unless actually, so he gets another one.
We have two Dallas players here for Australia. If they get spawners back, let's look at this thing.
That's not really the hero for this situation. Color X in a rocket-hard place all alone on the flank.
Eventually run down. By Santana, my old couple of punishes run at the same time.
Cormiz off-sync on the play.
We need this to be decisive, Jake.
That's not exactly the opposite that you wanted.
Let's do on the plank highly consequential.
Taki has recall.
Australia though not many hurries.
Still a couple.
He wants to keep the tempo fast.
Taki in the back.
I'm going to go out of the restaurant.
Taki finishes the job with some good connections
from the support of Australia.
Set that kill up a little close as well.
Taki lights out on the tracer.
And he's looking for more.
He's not done yet with this fight.
It's a 10 already at the suit.
Will be cleaned up. The bot continues to march.
Harris guy in the lane.
The tunnel up, just stay alive and take closer to these ultra-trolls.
Now come on, go ahead and break all the controls on both of them here.
Ruiang forced the ultimate.
So convention may still go down.
If Song has anything to say about it, but hold on.
Santana brings one back to the acu.
Stepped up a little too aggressively at that moment.
Yeah, I think I can actually call there by the title of Aston
and get picked for it.
I can hear them, holorex!
This is more push.
I forgot you had to walk through this whole thing.
What?
And a post-mortem on Alpalado will shut him down!
Next go, sweeping back forward over the map.
Armazel, they've done soggy now.
The next target, come up a suit.
Both hamster and ackee behind.
He flies to the bot and mid map is the best attack Stoke on all fours.
This is where you need to start racking up some momentum here.
Next go, you need to prove that you didn't propel this boss forward.
Time to composition UR, limit break in hand here, it's in rush to boot.
Now the tool is required here.
Keep putting this both forward.
Double steps up once again, straight to the heart of Mexico.
Rush is forced out, but responded to by the rate.
Overwhelming front line pressure on St. Canada right now.
Eventually, the demon drops.
Double finds another.
The beat starts to fill through the white.
Australia doing well under this one.
McCormick has on the flank, it's shut down!
Great head, even Colorect.
and help a lot of try to play spoiler into this one but out of gas and Australia
stem the bleeding deal with the rush the limit break the dead eye fall very much
back in their court yeah the damage of notification of the rush is not enough
win that one out that that's the power movement you get one back here though
against Colorex five versus four situation this should be a freebie here
for Mexico they will have to punish someone else but Australia going to be
the wiser here. Keep retreating here as well. Guarantee value with this Kitsuna rush. No need
to force an error.
Poke pressure from Wuiyai not to be understated. Australia with push advantage here. Mexico
has to equalize. Zaki cooling in the flank forces the first recall. There comes Akki with
the rush. Challenging moment for Mexico. Santana out of the soup. Mexico with level
bigger cleanup. But Wuiyai no continence. Tell him the baby demon is none of the
doesn't eat much, leg goes down, next go!
Maybe feeling the pressure now, good money after bad advice.
Australia, keep doing what they do best.
Coming out on top of these teamfights with a lonely kid sooner watch.
Limit break in hand now for Kafa, Colorex getting close to this guy noon.
The way they're so efficient with these ultimates Jake, it's not like they're letting Mexico back into this map.
What a teamfight win that is from Australia as well, it took a good long while, but again
they're not letting Mexico back into it, Mexico unable to find picks in that one.
They have the benefit of an ultimec bank now, SkyNude in hand, if you could win this
one cheaper from Mexico that would be preferred, you can't let this meterage get out of
control.
Not such a threatening tool without Cat on the server.
But Rush and Limit Break, good beat to have us in here it comes, Limit Break connects in
on to Akim, he cleanses it right off.
No meaningful impact from that ultimate, Mexico will need more, but Australia backed
into the corner, it's not clear how they can fight out from this position and with
the box stolen away, Mexico are doing their best to play the economy game.
Kuff up over the top, tries to get into the back line, but Lay, marks the Tracer
off well.
Supports working together, they get the rush out though, and that may be all
What do you find for Australia? They post-sac on the payload, Colorex falls as well.
And let's go with a clean fight actually, who get their chance to make a bit more progress.
Yeah, but it's like you say, that Kitsunor is being forced from the first guy.
Now what great tool do you really have to round this corner?
Australia, they're going to have the high ground this time around. They have a limit break.
They will come up on those double supports as well here.
You need more from this one.
That is an opening frag actually.
That could allow Mexico back into this one.
Can he take the high ground here?
Great beam on Colorex. Perfect tracking from Santana with those headshots.
Colorex not expecting that level of pressure and it's going to win a lot upon progress.
Australia though, the checkpoint is what they really value.
Little bit of progress, not the end of the world here.
Now Colorex back into the fight, peeking in over the top.
He reconnects with the silver bullet, but Wu Yang, taking a fight to him.
Alpha with the limit break on the low ground, clear what that accomplishes.
Opportunity though, and Wu Yang falls, Colorex finds another.
And even with Claremence shutting down Zaki, far from a clean fight for Mexico.
Oh straight at him.
Great hits from Colorex.
Great hits indeed.
That's what you need in Mexico with drawing here.
They don't have the members.
You need a really good fight to be able to contest with that high ground.
You make some progress, 63 meters.
There's an opportunity the next time around to reach that checkpoint. You have these amount of ultimates, but so does Australia here
Kappa out of the suit. Okay. He's actually going back to spawn spot back into it
I love that play from Kappa would have been a huge Achilles heel to have a baby demon to open the fight
Call her in a vulnerable position here though always on the low ground you got a fight for this Australia
Cannot back down here from the dead eyes. Oh, it's a jewel if you okay, girl
Color X wisely backs the opponent but doesn't read the position correctly.
Carmes finds that kill and now on top of that he is Santana.
Two kills for Carmes, one for the tank of Mexico.
This is really bad news. Aki used the lines that Katsunora did as well.
And now, you'll get the checkpoint here for your Mexico.
You have Katsunora in hand with the limit break.
This could be actually what gains them to leave.
They could very much stay in this.
Limit break comes out.
Wait for the rest of Mexico to keep on this game.
Mexico's antenna so low, a big healing wave from Muyaik.
Keeps antenna fighting.
Bob Brubber's starting to mate now,
very close to taking the lead for Mexico.
Ferris guy drops the rush, wants to force it.
Soggy dancing well, keeping this payload in contest.
Massive job with the boot,
denies good connection for the bulls bomb.
Australia need to clean this one up.
This could get scary.
Hamster fight, Ferris guy carries a huge cut.
Oh no, disaster scene from Mexico.
Just when things were looking hopeful.
Oh, some critical errors.
And once again, Australia pushed back into enemy territory.
I mean, just that small effort from Saki is huge, buying so much time in that Kitsunorosh.
But Australia has been cleaning things up and they remain in the leader.
Minute to go now.
Four Mexico.
It needs to get value with this title best.
It needs something here to keep this push going.
Mary's small margin here for Australia though
Far from an easy situation for them. The mid break is out from Kappa
Will this might be good play it's slow. He's getting assassinated. So if you want to find this warrior
But here it comes the title blast over well it's coming for the class is perfect
From Aki. There was a dead eye channeling big hit coming in but no kills just yet
Australia need more and the rush will be just what they asked for. Aki throws it down. Mexico though
Spreading to the four wins and actually they're the ones who come up with the kill. You need to stay blind though
The top is dropping so low here, as Australia keeps pushing this one.
Here comes over the gray as well.
Everything thrown into this, Australia desperate for kills.
Mexico bending but not breaking.
Big hits on the couple of them.
The MEC broken out.
Last fight.
We're down to the overtime but it is still winnable for Mexico.
And they're getting a couple of frags as well.
A couple goes down alongside the Holorex.
Now it's going to be the backflip as well.
So, Mexico with a good opportunity here in overtime.
time. Many of ultimate to spare as well. Clean up UDs so it goes down but Australia
they'll get a good opportunity to reset. Gain this high ground but it's going to be
a tough task to defend there still Jake. Honestly Johnny, Australia got two goats
for the sun there through and everything after that fight huge ultimate
advance from Mexico. Ferris Guy goes on a one HP here that is way too scary but
Zintana just forces the payload to limit break. In hand Ferris Guy drops
Rush first. So much damage being poured in from these Australian players.
Soggy once again, folding the veil of playing the attractive game.
Linus breaks out from both sides, couples make breaks first,
or the pulse bump.
Well, he sends in a suit behind.
Baby team is now fighting for everything.
The dead eye is out, Carmen.
It's a sound, Carmen.
It's good for it and lay.
With the kind of blast on himself,
it's funny.
He catches the traitor on the recall.
Mexico are doing it in this map, Johnny.
Aki finds one, but it won't be enough.
The bot marches towards the line.
and nowhere to be seen, and Mexico will put one on the board.
Even Busan, the series is not done yet.
Smiles on the faces of Mexico here as they win a map.
Like you said, Australia investing a lot of support on this
towards the tail end of that map on the opponent's side.
And that just makes life so much easier for Mexico in that one.
But it was a heroic effort throughout.
It was not like a singular mistake from Australia. That was Mexico. They were hanging on.
They were fighting properly. They spent the later half of that map on the side of Australia, making progress.
And so an impressive team fight effort there from Mexico earns them a map in this series. Keep going.
That's big for Mexico. They haven't put one on the board yet in this event.
And now they do. Now they show that it's still possible.
Still possible indeed.
Formus.
Doing some good work on the hitscan here, and I mean, no elemental guy in the mix.
Volado.
Doing some great job outside that unfortunately.
Is it falling off the map there?
I mean, he goes off the map, sure, but he puts a map one on the board for this team.
Oh, totally.
100%.
Right, and then...
This boob gang looks...
It was well, so impressive, yeah.
Yeah, late played well.
In the end, I do feel Australia, they're gonna really wish they had this penultimate team type back.
Yeah.
of Old San and props to Mexico they played that fight so patiently even in
overtime I mean facing elimination you haven't won a map everything stacked
against you you know honestly it's hard to even believe in a situation like this
but they have the patience to weather the storm in that fight and then as they
step back here on the other side of the map they've earned their place
they've earned that team fight and they earned the map win.
Just a just a shred of a chance now,
just a just a little pinch of possibility for Mexico and for Australia.
You really want to end things here.
You do not want to let things go to a map by that is where it would get truly scary.
A spoiler for Mexico would become a complete shocker in this series.
I mean, maybe one of the more shocking series we've seen in this tournament
and there have been quite a few of those.
Indeed, plenty of officers to recap this past weekend here.
That is the jetpack at the band deployed by Mexico.
There was going to be an uphill battle from here.
But at least you know, you have the confidence
of like, hey, we won one map.
Johnny, a lot of British fans just sat up in their chairs.
A lot of Brits leaning forward right now.
You don't have a choice.
A little bit closer to the screen.
It's not. It's like, you can't, you dare not really believe it.
It's, but it's impossible to discard.
Just that tingling sensation of hope.
Of what if?
If it's happened once, Johnny, why can't it happen again?
The possibility.
The possibility again.
From zero to one, changes everything.
And for Mexico,
On Halvalado, really a hero.
Come in cold, in a brutal map, a series that looks nigh over for you, to deliver a really
strong performance individually.
But I think you're right, it was the team as a whole.
It was also, gotta give some credit where credit is due, a few individual plays from
Santana.
Yeah.
Kappa getting the mech broken quite often first.
Yeah, Santana was doing extremely well in the Demon Mirror, and for me, I think that's probably the biggest individual contribution from an Mexican player in that map.
Yeah, it seemed like Kuffo was trying to replicate kind of that aggression we've seen, and when you have the benefit of a jetpack cat, you have a little bit more room to play with.
But it was an interesting backline choice from Xperia as well, playing the Wu Yang.
I feel like that changes the matchup in a few different ways, in that soggy, has maybe a bit more of a difficult time, like securing picks in the backline.
And I feel like overall Mexico did a good job of like dragging out these fights
Australia they like to play with aggression getting picks early in some of these fights
But as these fights stalled out, it was actually like the impact of the Wu Yang
Karmus finding picks required as well and you know is a serious poke like that hero does damage and it almost
Forces you to get aggressive as Australia with the Juno like you got to use that speed ring get a pick or else
Ruyang is just chipping you down little by little and honestly it becomes down to comp selection with cat off the field
I think I do take Mexico's drop there. So
Important for them to have every advantage they can get Australia though. That's not over dramatizes. They're so far from out of this
They've got two map picks two sets of band control and love drama pig
I mean we love drama. We love drama. That's over here, but but I just got to bring it back down to earth
Australia surely they can close out here. They have some powerful map picks to bring it to
They control the band phase from here on out
Yeah, like fans are so powerful so that yeah that
Is the definitive band of this meta like
Like game-changing band you can deploy because cat is the most game-changing hero in the server right now came a drama Jake
Don't drama what Australia is thinking the same thing like they think it's anything. Oh, they just won because of the cat
Yes, that's exactly what they're thinking.
So what if Mexico wins another one?
And they're like, no, it's not the Cat Band.
We're actually competitive.
If Mexico wins another one, this conversation is going to be very different.
We are going to have to talk very seriously about what's going on for Grave.
But we need to get a great Britain player in on the cast.
If Mexico wins one more map, I'm calling an audible.
You're going to have a little side camera to show the great Britain squad as they're watching the game.
They're leaning forward.
Yeah, neon junction the map selection for Australia and more than that ban control
What are they choosing and I here? What do they think is the critical threat?
Or do they just defer me? There's no band that jumps out
Yeah, not necessarily
Okay, I see this actually I get this a lot
He's a really intelligent band. I didn't I didn't predict it
I wouldn't have found it myself, but Carmes has been really strong in the show. We talked about this
We've been focusing on the big highlights from the Gen G, you know
The front line battle but Carmes has slowly and steadily producing picks on his scan and she on has been a key part of that
Mexico ban Juno, but to be honest, I think that's kind of an expression of
The fact that they're kind of a raft of meaningful bands. You could ban tracer, but that hurts you just as much as it hurts
Australia may be more unhelp a lot of that really is his signature so they've
used demon Cassidy I think we should address this question given what we
just saw on Colosseo do you think there's any possibility that makes go
keeps playing the way I'm here or just have to look at like if you're playing
on a payload map like you're gonna withdraw you're gonna back down so
much like give up so much room I think it's gonna be a thing I think supports
like we hang any cat would like run you over the cat will like come scratch
you to death like almost solo and then you add a soggy tracer plus a cat on top
of your back I mean that's what I think what people underestimate about Jeff
that cat how good this girl is at getting in on the dives I mean we're some
of the players were joking about cat being the best DPS right now and while
I don't necessarily think it was a pretty awesome really I joking about it
it's a combination it's like there's no other support in the game that can
be where tracers and the enemy backline maybe behind enemy lines and
And on top of that, you can put the demon in the same position.
I mean, it completely changes the game.
Like, when you play this cat, tracer, comp, you don't really have a backline.
You're all, you're all timers.
I mean, I guess your backline is like a Cassidy and a Kiriko, but Cassidy is such a huge
threat.
And with the Kiriko behind, it's not particularly vulnerable to aggression.
So from my perspective, if the comps are fixed here, I think what Mexico have
is gonna be played in mirror we got a pause start off this game make sure we
got all of our issues sorted it's tough I guess he's on his fair general
positive he's wanting to make sure that everything is perfect I mean let's come
on the line in fairness yeah there's huge stakes on this match crucial the
field of play is level oh yes thumbs up actually okay and he's good yeah no
devices use this time around I was gonna say this about Mexico at least you're
in the mindset of like we got one of them like we got something done we I've
been in ranked games where you're like nothing goes our way nothing is happening
and then you win like they have a good half and you're like okay like this
is working for us this is working for us whether it's like they're very small
micro stuff not over extending or like having the right kind of aggression
Like just that belief that like yeah, you did it you did it right in the previous map now
You have to replicate that but different circumstances with the cat
But that's at least a little nice for your confidence to bring that week to go into this one
Yeah, just to know that
It can be done right you can compete
You can't achieve a victory
You've done it once why not again?
The cat is gonna be the question they have not answered yet
In this meta Australia have run the table
The Cat Band is enough to turn the tides.
But you don't have access to it if you're on the Unjunction.
Think it's Unhelpful Auto who really needs to step up because Saugie has been finding so many openers.
Now let's see what that goes to get kind of concerned.
Getting behind the Tana, we go for a 30.
Not a great start.
The Australian Tracer.
Hermes.
Yeah, Greshan is there though.
Yeah, showing a lot of presence on this flank angle.
In a risky position, Santana starts to drop low, so does Lay.
Australia getting a good purchase now in this first fight.
Colorex parking the flanks as well.
Aware of any threats coming in on the headshot, on down hell for Lotto.
Down one, but we've seen a lot of comebacks from this position in this tournament.
In the modern game, Kava wants to make sure that does not happen until Theta TP for Ferris guys.
Sends him into deep trouble.
Kava will dispatch in post-haste.
The Snatters continuing to come through and Australia will pick up this first point.
Seemingly back to a very comfortable composition for the OZs.
And that's a display of skill in and of itself.
The mid-fight rotations from Australia that time.
Colorex finding the pit necessary after their initial skirmish there.
Gets them onto the board as they keep that tail of moving forward.
Early consideration here from Hamster as well.
They still gotta be careful and not be caught.
Santana shield broken. Pass the back off.
Hart starting to move forward.
Ultimates coming in soon. Lay, laying over the top of the train, little education to the folks at home. I didn't think you could do that.
ColorHeads always skydiving.
Oh, no, that's brutal! Skydiving over the top, he already goes down! ColorHeads draws first, finds blood, and it's only a baby demon to stall the payload.
Oh, a painful first down for the Kiri in that fight. Spells disaster for Mexico.
They throw a lot into that engagement, but don't get much of anything out of it.
Indeed, Korak's playing the anti-Urtor at that time with the Jedi.
Planning a pick up the corners, as well.
Now it's going to be a battle of the demons here.
Kall finds that out on both with limit rage available.
Can you utilize that damage amplification?
Maybe combine it with the pulse bomb itself to de-mech the opposing tank.
Oh, you gotta stop the car. We're down to a one-byte scenario.
Haki goes for the cat-
Whoa, he twosers.
It's super low. Hamster finds one onto Lay-
Oh! The movement break chops the pieces, but Centenna finds two of their own!
Still just a chance, but it's only the demon now.
And with Saga and Kuffler coming back in,
Haki just flying circles around the neck.
Australia in pole position to cap out second, but
the staggered nature of those kills means a retake is still very much possible.
A pulse bomb from Unhelful Auto called upon right now to make a difference only if Kupai is so low!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
It's a kill on the Saugie!
The Australians maybe just getting a little bit over their skis in this one.
And Mexico will be happy to take the cleanup.
Laying it in is to jet back cap.
And that buys enough time for Mexico to get back into this one.
Mauga!
Okay, I mean deciding not to take the demon, you'll...
It's an interesting one. Mauga is an option here, but...
They need to prove to us that they can do this with the Cardic Overdrive.
Very defensively minded, maybe, here.
He was going to blink for it right now.
Australia can tense, just poke and prod.
But for the defenders, kind of a status quo is good.
Colour top super low.
All of the melee is off-sync.
Colour X stays alive.
Santana with a big stop on the tube.
Cover.
The mag is broken.
The front line started to crumble.
Mexico.
Finding their nerve here in a critical moment.
Carmez.
Big kills in defeat.
And maybe some doubt now if we begin to Australia.
What a fight, looking scary for them.
What a hero so this is from Santana.
You're playing the meta composition with the demon, you're actually doing some great work with the limit right here as well.
But instead opting for the Mauga here, just to change up the duel in and of itself a little bit.
And now you're staying at 2 minutes early here for Australia, many ultimates available for Mexico.
A bit of a different matchup, blips this match on his head.
A lot of anti-value.
Sky Noons are everything here.
Naga was out of meat and cleanse here.
Sky Noon with Top Carmes is big channel,
but El Carme has it up first.
El Carme has isolated, surrounded.
That's that 10 I should say, and it's all Australia,
picking up a huge team fight victory.
The dead eye, just a little bit quicker,
but it makes all the difference in the world.
ColorHack's veteran hands holding steady.
And that's a tough loss to take.
for the cap. Over to the Wu Yang. You mentioned this is a possibility. How will it pay off
this third point? Very claustrophobic. Difficult for the Flanks to come in, but maybe they're
not even. If another X would just open up a rush from Ferris Guy, oh no! Okay, the
start comes in, but next door bleeding out now. Sentennos with a cage right there,
all in on this! Can they bring him up back? With a connection on the core, it's
It may be possible a big cleanse from Hamster and hold on!
Forces!
Oh, but that's a nice hit over there!
It hurts on Mock and hurts so badly!
And in the chaos of this deathmatch,
Mexico has found their way through it's incredibly expensive in Ultimates and Kappa is still fighting!
But not a total loss for Mexico!
Yeah, yeah, the trades actually benefit them in this one, but they threw so much in that one.
Realistically, the next kind of ultimate cycle here is going to benefit Australia.
Give them a great opportunity here.
The Stokey Swap's over, so Genji!
These are good picks.
It almost like allows them back into that open cycle as well as we look at it.
Australia heard that. Now they have the dead eye, they have to consume their rush, but late will eventually come up to that title mask themselves.
They're probably stalling out to get to consume our short spell. So, nice go. Minutes fifth here, and they're very much in this evens field.
Here comes the rush from Hamster. This is the big problem. Don't get cycle turns against them. Dead eye hits, but not enough for a kill.
Katnep finishes off Carmez. Without him, who will be the standard bearer for Mexico?
Brother X looking for the head. Of that enemy tracer. Won't find him and he'll get too better.
a rare double kill at the flashbang and an elbow auto waiting in the wings and the
outside for the retouch winnable but only just a decent spawn way for nice to
go here they have a couple of support over the spot this dead eye this limit
break could be backbreaking oh they got a respect to spend that up hold up over
the top no meaningful damage though from the ultimate couple of the limit break
Who would make the difference, and Dennis already found one, couple with a lot to do, and with just a minute on the clock, you do not want to be resetting now, Mexico fighting tooth and nail, defending their spawn here, Ferris guy fighting critical signs, in that, Sokky pulls the blade there, he got one, thus he had four, needs to finish this fight post-Ace, the spotter's coming, taking fast now.
It's gonna be enough, Karmash is back on the Veda.
It's just not enough for Australia.
Saki goes for an amazing play there, but can't find the value required so difficult in this arena.
And without the 40 seconds here, Karmash?
Whoops, really low.
As Satura swaps here back to Mow Gantry.
Slow swap, didn't get better for the fight, it's getting weird.
Mexico's starting to get bold over the take swap.
Maybe ill-fated.
Australia taking any opportunity as one that's good enough.
Karmash tries to assist in the front line.
Here's the shot from Moga, stabilizing as well.
But Saki into the back.
Does it on the Genji with Cat behind?
Surely now enough for Australia, Santana though, still healthy.
And a Tracer kill on Pulse as well!
Whoa!
Milano!
Pulse went out of his hat!
And this Mexican defense is really starting to come together!
Holding strong, yeah, this way up to overtime here,
Crop from No-Vec, get two to our Shard from after,
but no one there to take the benefit.
I keep closing in on it, but it's going to be all of Mexico with these fall advantage.
Winnable.
It is winnable for Mexico on Neon Junction.
Australia, they've got three back-to-back series points.
BlizzCon points in these maps.
They failed on the first one.
Now, not capping last on Neon Junction.
I mean, Ari, still very winnable for Australia.
We can still see a strong hold from them.
Mexico cannot slow down.
But some of these players and Helvolado came alive on that tracer.
Santana committing to clutch in some crazy scenarios.
But it actually works out for Mexico.
Very much achievable this for Mexico.
It is a...
We've seen this develop throughout the tournament as well.
You know it can't be difficult to approach this map but I mean in order to see us
we've also seen this map finish a fair amount of time.
So I don't necessarily want to provide a percentage here of how unlikely it is for Mexico to get back into this one.
The most important thing is you can't secure your second map win here on this attack.
Fate is in your hands. You just have to act on it, step up, keep making plays.
They've looked better these last couple of maps and the way they're playing now,
it's worthy of at least consideration that it is possible to bring this one back.
And with every team fight, because Mexico's way, they start to believe a little more.
And for the Australians, the doubt knocks at the door, little by little.
This first fight, there's so much rest in the balance right now.
Who can step up? Will it be Kermez? He's found many opportunities before.
Let's kick this dog!
Oh, big shot!
Can't quite finish this play.
An Elven Lotto, though!
Walk on to the cats!
Now, Australia!
Really!
But Zantana goes a little bit deep.
Supporting his foot, stabilizing cover.
Nose of the retake is very reasonable.
Cat should be back fast.
A flake fight for Carmen.
No major opportunities.
They put him up on the high ground, though.
This could be wild.
Valorant has to market the point.
Starting to become big shots!
shots from the Mexican Cassidy so many heads connected slips away definitely
stays on this high ground the point cap still marching forward Australia has to
do something about the position things are starting to constrict around them
soggy force out he's down color X now sees is the opportunity on the high
ground but when can he produce a kill? Lay is too sharp with the bucket in these
oh and this is starting to look good for Mexico
things are coming together Carmen seizes the high ground up rushes out from
The answer, but it doesn't seem to be enough.
A big dead eye over the top will break the suit from Kappa.
And with it, this first point defense.
They just can't find it into these sides of Australia.
Sitting back for so long, Kitsumura's dropped by Hamster.
It's just a tiny bit too late as Colorex goes down in that one.
And now, going into this second point, there's going to be Mexico.
Kitsumura's limit break in hand.
Plenty of opportunities to keep this payload going.
Well, gets to recon force here. Forced to withdraw for a little bit, but no, not to worry.
That's the second point, he's still in his infancy.
Twillia sets up here.
No ulti that's in hand here. Can't need to get this dead eye up and running.
Secures some value if you can.
Always wanna force out a couple of ulti that's here, and he's going to be the Kitchener of Storm, the Ferro Sky.
See if this dead eye finds something in good connection!
With the Kiris out the field!
Australia could still fight this one out!
Mexico, keeping a lot of progress on the cart.
It's turning into a bloodbath.
A pulse bomb on the Santana.
Marked by the Limit Break, the mechs are barely alive.
Paul suits off the field.
A tool in the corner with the baby demons.
But with Sargi's assistance, the couple will reign the victor.
The cart continues to march, but there's so few players left for Mexico.
They may just have to retreat from this one.
Hold on, Akiko's deep trying to get up kills,
but instead throws his life away.
A power play for Mexico.
He's insane! He's hit so deep he's alone! It's cat!
Oh, big mistake from Lay.
Over his skis and Colorex will cling on to the second point defense.
Spawner's back in, coupling off the suit.
Sounds like Mexico knows they need to find a little something here.
Stuck in this alleyway for now, looking for picks.
But they got no room right now. They need to reposition themselves.
The best chance really is Comet building towards his Jedi.
So close.
Way ahead of ColorHex. In that department, the Sky Noon could be huge in this open-air second point.
Kappa's limit break though. You gotta respect this. Here comes Sky Noon.
Garmad's gonna build up. Big channel for memory kick!
Like it's a connection. ColorHex rolls away!
The limit break chops him in half!
Santana now low as well. Cart marching forward for Kappa.
His eyes are on the kills. Who wants to clean up this fight?
And a T-shirt on Santana is gonna turn into a nasty stagger.
So much time off the clock here. Should he wait for the train instead just
Forces soggy tan running back
And Australia now find themselves in real control of the ultimate economy. Yeah. Yeah, they got a firm grip here now on this one
It's really a mistake. They kind of need to come through here
Ex-goer allowed to get back into this one two minutes 30. I mean you want to advance with a third one
But as much time as you can, obviously, just to give yourself an opportunity to round those very difficult corners on the third one.
So how does Australia play this one?
Plenty of ultimates in hand.
You want to play liberally or cautiously?
So get get picked! Fibers is the core situation!
Get to and rush up from Hamster!
Farm has the hero in that fight! Can Australia bring this one back?
Pulls Bomb into the back with the catnap! He's caught!
He can't get away from his own bomb!
An Elvalado goes down! Colorex on the off-angle!
The deadites zone away! All the assistance Santana is in all on their own!
And Gullirex bleeds out to the Silver Bullet!
Australia looking for the regroup, Santana wants to deny it, steps up with a limit break!
Will they go for it? Holding for now!
Playing this for my pressure game! As Levi's acting, Mexico starts to find momentum here in this critical second for Ben Hamster!
A huge kunai headshot! And a second as well! The carry! Disgusting performance from Hamster!
But Australia, they might need more.
Leigh finds a few, and comes out of the soup.
Mexico, on the verge of capping the second point.
They need to finish in here and now before the spawners get back, but Santana is just
cutting through players left, right and center.
And a redeeming fight for the Mexico jetpack cat.
Leigh, huge finds in that engagement.
They're gonna keep marching forward on this offense still.
Took a lot.
This is a good position here. This is where Kappa Bay can start to thrive though.
Limit break coming up. It's a very broad centric point.
No, no, no. Why are there so many ways? Favors, the skills that don't demon here.
Parmes. With the dead eye.
And Leib will open it up under Attu. Once again!
Precks begin to show for Australia. They pull back.
They don't want to throw this one away in a 4v5.
This will be their last best chance.
But the time they far from healthy for Mexico,
seeing that I swung into the back,
but it keeps me away, it's perfect for Manchester.
Into the back line though, and Alvalado comes in for the assist.
Oh, Bacombas is so deep, he has no way out.
Double clean house.
Slow, unsteady wins the race.
For Mexico, this kind of a chaotic might will not be good enough to finish the map.
Not good enough to get Stela's Australia holds on to this one.
They got ultimates as well, but hold on to them if they can.
So straight, Mexico here rather, minute 30 now.
Plenty of ultimates on the board here to try and close this one out.
But you have to secure that value, you can't get greedy with it.
Bit of a flak here from Karmus, looking for any kind of openings if possible.
Volano as well, dueling with the tracer on the high ground.
Coming up with the goods into this one, Johnny!
Just come for it, Abby!
Surely it's just a matter of time now, Australia!
Trying to get back into this one, Colorex for the dead-eye, but they don't really have room to operate.
Kappa, with the last inch effort trying to touch the point, Carvis finds another one!
A close bump can end it on Colorex with the dead-eye over the top!
An impossible ask! He gets one on the Ferris Guide!
The respawner's coming in!
But they're so low on Albalado, Centella, they will not be denied!
And they will count on Leon Junction! They will set this through decisive game five!
In a shocker of a series!
The anxiety, more than just a glimmer, more than just a whisper in your ear.
Australia now, doubt has to creep in.
I mean, you want to end this tournament with a win so bad.
After some of these heroic efforts over calming Great Britain,
really to be reversed like this I mean that would be absolutely devastating
we are on the Mexico team it's just they just keep fighting into this one we
are on the cost of a legendary spoiler performance from Mexico one for the
agent yeah well let's see us how this one unfolds still we've seen so many
upset this turn and somebody reversed me so now we're going to have five yet again it is it is
anybody's game on the server we have pencil this one in we have pencil this one in a day of
three overwatch surely not this game deliver the shocker to finish the event
we were we were 15 and oh we were 15 and oh going into this one and we're thinking in
Mexico you know unfortunately they haven't had a great time so far it's been
tough but here they are now forcing a map 5 just for the sweet taste of victory
on stage
it's one of the great joys being a player here at the Old Boys World Cup come out
big warriors representing your country even though might not have a great
opportunity to qualify for BlizzCon of course now as we're taking those two
early losses just ending this tournament on a win the opportunity here to travel
to Busan compete alongside so many other teams here at Overwatch World Cup it's
it's a truly a special thing here in Overwatch eSports that may be going out
I mean what a comeback this is I told you the Jetpack Cat Band was one thing
on CoZo but winning a second one here on Neon Junction with all heroes
available for Australia that's now we're getting a little shaky here we got to do
the calculations the scenarios are getting absolutely crazy in this group
but with two map wins for Australia it may just have been enough I'm hearing
now from comp ops that Mexico are showing incredible heart in this series
but for Australia they may have already clinched it Johnny the map the
And I mean it was a 3-1 victory from Australia, great, yes great, and that matters, that matters quite a bit here as well.
Just a win here, I mean just a win from Mexico, like what an achievement that is.
That they could come alive in this moment from Mexico, right, that they could resurge here, and like for Mexico, for me this is their story.
Yeah, you know that they could come alive at the end of a tournament that has been losing for them
They made it here. They qualified, but just seem to be coming up all against them
throughout the event and
Here with the backs against the wall
They feel forced maybe to come in play the meta mirror and just show what they've got pound for pound turns out
Maybe more than even even they expected. Yeah, I mean
What an unreal comeback I mean
the restlessness creeping in after Australia, the impatience of like, come on guys, like how is this series not over yet?
Yeah.
It's really similar to, you know, the vibe we got when South Korea were reversed with
by France the other day, because it gets to a point where like, come on guys, we're favorite, we're 2-0.
We should have closed this one out. Why is this game not over? I'm hungry, I want to go to dinner.
Why are we still in the server?
And suddenly you're forced to play map 5.
This would not be the way.
Your wishes you want to qualify like if you squeak in yeah, I really want to win this series as Australia just to
to lay your mark
That you can have the follow through the consistency
Honestly, I think there's a lot of is an ill portend for BlizzCon if you can't close it out here, right?
Like you're gonna be under more high pressure scenarios in Anaheim in the round in a historic venue for Overwatch
Then you are in this series
Australia? Take us to Atlas. It's been a good spot for them in the past in this tournament.
Yeah.
But the momentum has completely shifted in this series.
Yeah, they have the comfort of beating out Great Britain here on this.
They can take that with them into this final map here at Overwatch World Cup,
Busan group stage that leads into BlizzCon in just a few weeks' time
we'll take on the able to work up playoffs.
Australia versus Mexico in the final map here,
in the final match in the zone.
And the Mexican players have shown up in such a major way.
And for a team that kind of came into this event
thinking, you gotta play the Genji,
we gotta get wild with it.
That's our only hope.
And Helvalado and Carmen has shown that
they can go blow for blow.
Yeah, mulatto. Now a great job on the Tracer view.
Mauga is going to need a ban.
Or Australia. I wonder if they ever think about the hazard here. Is that completely crazy?
Yeah, I mean, Koffaburra is out on the very first map, obviously.
He's thinking of your hero up until Demon, really.
It would be maybe striking, and it's Mexico's turn to draw Mercy bad in.
I mean, that's a set of confidence. We're happy to take this match up.
Wait, you know you did it on neon junction. It was one thing to do with the cat bed that completely shook up the meta
Hard fought victory on Coliseo
But then finding their way through on neon junction a map full of twists and turns and challenging engagements
Individual prowess
Saves the day gotta say a phenomenal cat performance from leg
Tons of frags picked up by the jetpack cat in those chaotic engagements and that's key.
In this meta you will find yourself thrust into that chaos and you can find the way through,
find the way to produce, survive, be that last man standing.
While you're rewarded with victory, just one more map from Mexico to notch a victory
against a team that is a country that has often fielded successful teams in the Overwatch World Cup.
Yeah. A very respectable roster indeed.
As we're taking a moment to meditate.
Going through the right mindset here, here in Mexico.
When I go into this one, the best way possible.
It's been sort of fun meta to watch as it was unraveled with Southern Division.
obviously winning a Nidzis Championship on the back of Violet's deathback cat.
You know, for so many years we were relying on the macro gameplay of Lucio Cary, push and pull,
and now we get an opportunity to see main support step up with mechanics, just the
unstopped aggression coming in from either team with so much mechanics, like the tracers,
the hitscans, the demon, so much going on in this Overwatch meta, and it allows for some
Big names to step up.
Big names indeed.
And new ones.
Wandsley may have not come into this event.
Respecting and expecting that they would deliver big showings.
But it's incredible how this event always lives up to that height.
Always showing players who may have not had the chance to compete on land.
plan to play against some of the best in the world, that they can do it, they can upset
some of the goats.
We have had no shortage of upsets.
One more close out the event, it would almost be poetry, but Mexico, they cannot rest on
their laurels just yet.
Australia, may qualify with map wins, but they want to win this series, they want
to close things out in style here, and the heartbreaker would be just the way
to do it.
Kafa! Oh, I crossed the front line, both attention to himself, but some more respect given in the posturing from Nesteema.
Carmes, though, swings in wide.
D-Suit on Santana, but the front line is so incredibly low for Australia.
Carmes is just taking head!
I do clean up duty here for Carmes.
Finishing the work that his team started.
Hulking it as well by lane.
That's going to be Mexico taking this first fight. Kafa there.
just wanting to take matters into his own hands, wanting to go aggressive, find the picks required,
but loses so much health in the progress that as this fight kind of devolves,
he becomes clean of beauty for Karmes on the Cassidy.
Once more, it's going to be Mexico getting on the board here.
What can the Tracer find? Sorry, you've been a difference maker
throughout this event. Now finds Karmes on the flank,
blasts Fane Dodge, looking for more, color acts.
Punish the Slave for daring to challenge this Cass and Karmes.
Off on an angle all on his low some.
Papa is happy to step up and gobble down that Cassidy.
Centenna now finds one, but would need more to keep this fighting contest.
Maybe a stagger on the point.
All they can find, here he comes in to buy just a few seconds more,
but that's all there'll be.
56% for Mexico.
Colorex finds the crucial opening that time,
and the trades just aren't there from Santana.
Giving Australia the edge.
So we're building up to this first ultimate cycle.
Soggy, close bomb, in hand.
Difficult to get the value out of this one.
Against the Susu from first guy.
Let's see though, Australia constantly aggressive.
Playing these corners.
Trying to find an opening, hoping and prodding, but...
Kafa, Lucy got a lot of shields earlier. Shield broken.
Now gotta be forced to withdraw. This opens the door for Carmes.
Here it comes, Daniel the top, deep channel.
Colts his nerve, waits up the cleanse,
experience for Carmes in a critical moment,
and find another kill as well.
Big performance from Mexico. They'll dominate this fight. Major investment of ultimates to get it done, but if you put a flash point up on the board, all is forgiven still.
Another key fight before that mission is accomplished.
Yeah, they got the ultimate out though from Hamster. That's the Kitsuna rush, which again, PolarHax has the Jedi in hand, but at least on this opening stage here, maybe you can find an opportunity to play around it, find a way to let late do work,
Good crash to party with us.
Beautifully timed.
Kidnapped.
You need that little something if you're Mexico though, and they're hunting for a player.
They're hunting for an opening.
Farmess is tricky with this one.
But the dead eyes.
May catch him out.
Compass hit over the top.
Shot straight down.
Cleans his good from Ferris Guide.
But the damage is so strong in that frontline.
Sintata pops out of the suit.
A wild place to catch up from Colorex.
Cleaned up by Tuffa.
And it'll just light up the feed now.
Really looking snappy on Metacity.
They get the flip.
Delay even a little bit on the car man. Oh, oh, and that might be enough now Johnny
Yeah, it's a staggered reset for Mexico. This flashpoint is looking grim. Yeah, it's a poor spawn wave
I mean maybe you can get back there. Well, what's the point?
Please subscribe. You're not gonna win this one. The Misco gonna let this one go. It's Australia claiming the very first point here
on out this in stead
A race now who can get towards that objective first assert themselves in position
Looks like it'll be Mexico.
Australia have to work their way in from this coastline.
Just in for a position here.
The Cat's pocketing the Tracers as well.
Want to maintain his high ground collects.
Could provide a bullet here to aid in that jewel.
Just one shot from Kasky.
Could make all the difference in the world.
Cat gets low.
Soggy though. Boxed out. Forced to recall.
That was Aggie's turn.
Under scrutiny as the Cat.
With recalls out, is anybody's game on the flank fight?
Now here in the tank trade, no, things going just a little bit better for Kappa. Still, no one really blinks you first.
Then I... oh, actually great moves. Dashes away to the low ground.
There's no one to be found. Maybe a flip from Mexico would be a worthy prize, but here comes Kappa with a limit break.
Beat the image. See, the baron's guy is out. Kappa finds a second, and Mexico now in real trouble to pick up the flip, but he doesn't mean much.
Only gonna have 20% on this first cap.
It's an awkward moment for Mexico because the sweet treat of the point capture to rack up the percentage is too good
But Kafa capitalizes on it with a well-timed limit break immediately afterwards and the damage amplification is just too much
As Australia gets the opening picks but there which will earn them even more percentage now now play with the benefit here
Oppositioning to the whole point Correx has a dead eye in hand
Now be careful every Mexico
Certainly a scary one. You don't have great tools to crack this. The rush could be very
valuable. We've seen how the Sky Noon can be a problem. Rush comes out, she comes immediately
response. Picked up just in time to evade that pull-spot from an Alpalado. When the
brick is out and all the Kappa trying to kill the Kiri though, what does she say?
She slips out of the fight, then lays in Kappa. He's broken though. And that
Suckey will maybe end up, but hold on, from this dice for his trouble.
He needs to be the Catnap to get him off the map.
Mexico has to clean up this fight.
He does look good for them.
And they're going to Indy, but there is so many Ultimates invested into that one.
Hit Sumerosh.
Catnap, Limit Break.
A essentially threw everything at the wall there.
And they get out with a couple of teamfights in a row, yet still here.
To get away with this point.
Australia with a couple of opportunities here.
Now we need a great Ultimate here for Australia to work with.
You're gonna have to poke and prod.
Maybe take their time a little bit.
Put up in the door for Mexico.
Really? Poor sponsor here.
Wow, 100% pressure.
Take your time on the Colossus. This is far from the objective and they still find their man.
What a dive from Mexico.
Yeah, impressive.
And Alvalado, deep in enemy territory.
Pulling respect, pulling attention without the casky.
So large a challenge in Mexico.
With an aggressive forward play about themselves, a final fight on this second flash point.
Yeah, you need to win a couple in the role, but that's one, so...
Job well done for Mexico, but still, Australia in this one with a real growth opportunity to seize this point.
Limit break coming up, Kitsunrosh as well. This should be Australia's point to win.
Kitsunrosh, so hard to fight in an overtime scenario.
He comes out first, forcing the point with Colorex, gets a one kill,
kept the funds a second in Australia, ringing it back together.
When things were at their darkest, a fight here wins them a second flashpoint and they will have it, Johnny.
Mexico showed so much heart to bring us to map 5, but a heartbreak seems to be all that's on the cards for them now.
The gameplay has been so smooth from Australia this time around.
Really haven't made any crucial errors whatsoever. Playing it patiently, playing with the ultimates,
winning the fights they need to win, and deducing once more.
Good chuck of ultimates for either side here. Opportunities to make individual plays.
Play! Finding the clutch into this one with Ferris guy's rush and with that Helmogato also finding something in the feed.
The supports for Australia have to just re-treat out of this one, but again, it's a fight win, but at what cost?
Yeah, it's very expensive here, Jake.
At some point, all you care about are teamfight wins and point fight. Combining them, racking them all up together, it's a challenge.
Now, how do you find an opening to this one?
Volnara with a pulse bomb? I mean, he needs to be. He has to find it.
Oh, and it goes just wide. Colorex opens up with a car, Mez!
The hero in so many of these key moments, you'll find a second!
Colorex, can he finish the job in this fight? Surely. A third in the feed, now a fourth.
And Mez go. Throwing so many ultimates into that last fight, they cannot even find the finish on the casting.
I mean, on the contrary, for this fight here, Jake, Australia, they don't really invest anything whatsoever.
they find the opening things without any real effort whatsoever.
So even though Mexico they have 49% here, opportunity maybe at some point here to capture the point,
Australia are actually in a really comfortable position in this one, to close out the map
and the series.
Mexico, no ultimates and nothing even close.
Things look so dark for them now.
Papa steps up, boxing in that front line.
Respect shown.
Forcing Mexico to step up and change something.
But what can they do?
Oh, big shots though, Carmez!
He's the one to find something!
Watch out for the attempt to go over!
Oh, the beautiful TP away, Carmez!
Not out of the fire just yet!
Hammer and end, no soggy!
And Kappa with the flip comes in, and the chaos!
And he'll blow it over too!
Mexico! All right back into this flash!
That's the limit, right? That's the Kippsula rush to deploy there for Australia.
And this is trading a little bit here, Kappa.
In this Romsite Bud, this should be clean up for Mexico now.
Ultimate in hand.
This fag around the cuff right here as well.
This should go into Flashpoint.
A little bit of additional points.
Prime here.
Surely it's the Flashpoint.
Tough of the whole line.
Still alive in that baby form.
The cat now.
Throwing in, but it goes wide.
That is too high up in the air.
The channel is good, old guard man.
This is so scary.
Nobody still gets a kill.
I'm also licking the pillar.
Mexico fills up the feed.
And Australia crumble here.
One on the board.
The reverse sweep needed on Flashpoint
To complete the reverse sweep of the series, still two points to go.
And they got the crowd on their side at this one.
Excited for the potential of a reverse sweep here.
Australia just can't close it out, even though they have plenty of ultimates in that one.
It's a fight they really wanted to get back in this one.
Mexico, they're going to look forward now.
Point on the board here on Atlas.
Dead-eye in hand.
Opportunity to make things difficult for Australia.
All spawns in play.
And if he's possible, and held the lotto.
Finds the Cassidy. A critical over it, but hold on, Kappa brings it back!
One more connection, and all of the- EW, the cat comes right into it!
Sagi finds another, and how the lot of brings it back, Kappa's still fighting!
With the flip being forced by Australia, they're playing the objective game!
And with Santana falling out of the suit, a stagger on the baby D-Bot!
Just when things were looking awful, Mexico stands to lose everything!
Oh, this is so much time. This is so much time here where sometimes-
Now the rest of Mexico, they have to back away here.
I mean, Soggy, what an individual player to step up on the Tracer.
It's been an amazing tournament for him.
And yet again, wins a team fight with Team Zero.
Australia now.
I'm doing what it's all for, this guy goes down here as well.
Covered boxes away, the allies of first guys out of TP range.
Soggy gets the kill.
So one forces point though, and Alvalaro,
teams are really honest.
Crucial objective play from him and stays alive behind.
Realistic here, Jake.
I mean, you are a team fight to win away here for Australia, essentially.
SkyDune, teams have been so good at adapting to it, it's slipping inside.
Colorex caught me open, though!
Teamfight!
Oh, it's over the corner for the dad!
I just swung one!
All in the room!
Lonerbots, comes with turns with the limit break.
Tracer bring the fight back.
Two kills in the feed, acting with the catnap.
Seemingly no joy on that.
Both demons, incredibly low.
Tracer's tooling could be hugely consequential now.
But Australia is still in point control.
Laid tries to bring it back with Catnip of their own, Santana's the one out of two first.
And I'll come with now, ready to run rampant on this server.
He's picked up his opposition number, a full-fuckered soggy, maybe not needed.
Ferris guy in desperation now grows the rush on the point.
Carmez, a hero called upon from Mexico to keep them alive.
Australia back here, sometimes we'll sort of do this, but this is Australia's fight to win.
Albalon with the pulse needed now, with the close, Staley and Rush.
Surely this will break the back of Mexico, and Albalon who's low, he's entered the pulse of Scott, though!
But not good enough!
Sagi fills up the feed!
The Saber cuts across Santa Ana!
The Australian's all firm!
Oh!
An incredible effort from Mexico to close out this event.
This is why we brought the Overwatch World Cup, a beautiful game.
And from a team with nothing to play for but heart
but a real love of the game.
They take Australia to the absolute brink,
commanding respect in this series in the crowd, showing their appreciation for that.
In Australia as well, putting some respect on Mexico, when that map ended and the series was over,
the Australian players, they're like, oh my goodness, wow, thank God this one went our way because
they did not expect to find themselves here in a fifth and final map.
Now, come out on top, they do some great individual plays all around,
Stokis stepped up on the baser, big time in Truffa.
Doing his signature work here now on the demon.
Asked, well, what a fun series he wrapped himself here with.
Really impressive individual pop-up performances from Mexico
to bring this series back to the brink
and keep it in contention until the final moments.
But out of respect, Australia, soggy, huge breakout
performance for him.
Going to be a player that a lot more teams might
have their eye on after this event doing an odd land meaningful for his future
career for color hex a veteran of the game standing firm under huge pressure
for kappa as well an ackee and hamster matching that level of play from the
front line just a beautiful series here an unexpected kick of anger but I
wouldn't have to any other way yeah I mean this is a great opportunity for
Australia to shine really because obviously not participating in OWCS and
AOEBA or the popular regions that get broadcasted. They have of course
Pacific which seems secret, obviously performing at the midseason championship
but these opportunities to showcase yourself underneath the national stage
they come rarely but Australia doing a fantastic job here at Colorex with
some amazing shots throughout this tournament and like you said the
backline for Australia doing some great work so great to see in a
We'll see them again at BlizzCon.
Yeah, we definitely will be seeing Australia at BlizzCon, but I don't think any of us were expecting this to turn into the 5-Math Bigga Banger that it turned out to be.
Mexico showing up to...
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from some exciting players on Team Australia, great opportunity and to make it to the top
eight to go to BlizzCon, a really meaningful accomplishment for them. And for Mexico also
proof that, you know, maybe next go around, they can go pound for pound. They don't need to be
looking for a cheese, looking for a way, and like they showed as individuals, they can step up
and play on this international stage against some of the most experienced greats in the game.
But in the end, Australia, they bring it back together.
They absolutely do bring it back together. Taking a look at these standings here, Johnny.
We've locked in Group B, their final group here in the Group Stage.
Yeah, I mean, Kino was sorry, Ravius. They coasted through here.
The dominance we saw from them earlier today as well as they took down Great Britain, they was just massively impressive.
And I can't wait to see what the reigning champions got for us at this point.
Yeah, absolutely. But we still don't get a chance to talk with Team Australia before we close out the show.
guys we have soggy on the desk with us congratulations on your win your
qualification all the way to blizzcon and anaheim how are you feeling after that
match I gotta know because you guys are up to maps and then Mexico they really
had a fight back what was the energy like
um I mean okay the game just ended so we were really tired but I don't know
they just randomly put up like a we income which we weren't really like
Used to especially when we don't have like often clear the counter, but uh, yeah
Let's just blame it on like the setup because we weren't really like listening much to each other in the we're all talking to her in the game
We're really listening so let's just blame the setup and we played good
Yeah, I mean overall it's a huge event for you guys
I mean I think that win over great Britain was really a head turner for a lot of fans
Who probably would have pegged down as the favorite in that series
But you guys are the ones who're gonna be going to BlazCon
For you, would that be your first opportunity to play at BlizzCon in front of the fans in the round?
Oh, yeah, for sure.
I mean, what does that mean to you? Were you ever watching some of the old Overwatch World Cups at BlizzCon?
What's your relationship with this event now as a player coming to BlizzCon?
Well, I mean, I'm from Singapore, so I'm playing for sure as a breakthrough player.
And obviously, Singapore is not really a good enough country. I wasn't old enough before.
So this is my first time going to BlizzCon, and I've always watched the games online,
and I've always been interested and passionate about the game.
So this is definitely really interesting for me, exciting to play on a big stage.
Talk to me about playing for the World Cup in general.
I mean, getting the opportunity to come here to Busan in the first place,
I mean, it felt great to just be here, probably hanging out with some of the other players
from other teams as well.
It's an opportunity that doesn't come around that often for all of us.
So what's it like being here in Busan and being able to play on stage?
Yeah, it's really nice. It's really accommodating as well, but mostly coming to Busan with Australia
has been the most fun thing about this whole trip because I already have friends here like
Hunter, Smash, the other Smash, we have two Smashers. We're all really friendly. We're
kind of close as well, so it's been really fun. We've been taking the game seriously
with lots of scrims and our results show that we've been working hard. Especially
against Britain. That's like a good upset for us. Yeah, I mean for them, not us.
No, it was an insane upset from you guys, Sluggie. I also want to know now, looking
ahead to BlizzCon, of course, we're not really going to get to find out how the
playoff bracket is going to look, but who do you want to play up again?
Who's up in here?
I just want to boost like the worst team.
So we can make, I won't say any names, but...
I respect the honest answer there.
Coming to BlizzCon there's definitely some extremely heavy hitters,
but wins there, anything's possible.
I think that's what's been made clear by this World Cup.
There's been a ton of upsets, a ton of teams that countries,
especially with Breakthrough players such as yourself,
I feel like that's been an incredibly positive thing for this event
that a lot of teams and countries have been able to kind of come together in a more solid way with the assistance of folks like yourself.
Yep.
I mean, for you, I guess, you know, to go to BlizzCon, what are the expectations?
I mean, this is already a huge performance for you and for Australia.
But do you, is that enough or are you really gunning for those top slots?
Is that something that the team really believes is possible?
Yeah, we're doing really good right now, even in our scrims as well.
And I'm pretty sure people are saying that you care good scrims, so I assume we're pretty much up, we're kind of up there.
Okay.
Yeah, and we're obviously playing to win, we're not just going to like this competition, just for fun.
I mean, that is like the main part, but we are trying to win.
And yeah, we've been doing good, and I think we can do better as well.
So hopefully we can get some more.
Yeah, I mean, you never know right, it's the World Cup, we've been seeing some of the teams this weekend are playing.
ramps just like upset
It does like there's upsets everywhere. So like I believe that you can always end up on top
You don't get bring that listen on but I gotta ask you like wrapped up things. So you're now closing down a stage
Everything gonna pick up hard all the equipment and all that how we celebrate tonight
Well, obviously we're gonna go drinking
Hopefully on to face phone with dinner because we made it. Oh, yeah. Yeah
Okay, you heard it here first. Bill is on unserved.
He had a heavy bill like last night. It was actually really bad.
Oh, so I was going to run it back now. A second night in a row.
I hope so.
Okay, well, best of luck with that.
Well, thank you so much, Soggy, for doing this interview with us.
And congratulations once again on your win.
I also got to say, guys, you guys can't fully see the outfit right now,
but Soggy's ripped out. I got to give him credit for the fit right now.
But again, congratulations and cannot wait to see you in any time.
Yeah, Jesse we do have the standings though to go over for the last day here of group stage as we're closing things out
Everything has all wrapped up and we've had some insane upset so far this event and
Honestly, just give me the breakdown
Let's go left to right
First off China not making it to BlizzCon is
Is devastating heartbreaking like this is a country where the fans show up in Los Angeles
They come across the world cheer their team on everyone laugh the year Chinese team at BlizzCon. That is a stunner Sweden
Huge performance from Swedes. That's gold. I can see Sweden making it to this call. Let's go
Let's go. Yeah, I mean, but look as a neutral observer as well
Like it is a bit change because like China were in the previous grand finals
They were on the cusp of actually winning the Overwatch World Cup and obviously this time around, leaving shy and gang essentially from
Weber Gaming, often not to participate here and the other Chinese members couldn't really make it happen this time around.
It just wasn't good enough against the likes of Sweden and it's going to be Sweden and USA advancing to BlizzCon rather.
Group B here, which we just unfolded as well.
I mean, Saudi Arabia, as we talked about the rain is absolutely really clean in Australia with that big ups that are going to sweep it up.
I mean, KSA, looking like they're going to repeat. I mean, that is, it doesn't get more dominant than what they showed here in Busan.
Only team that is not enough.
Zero crack in the armor, right? They absolutely destroyed all comers, did not have competitive series.
Australia, Great Britain, like did well against one another. There was interesting matches there, but the Kingdom of Sinovira event, we're in a tier of their own groupie.
That they definitely were, but talking about our last two groups there within group C and
group D, group C, that was kind of, that was this group that ended up surprising us with
how close I think those games ended up being with Germany and Spain finding that qualification,
but they, Canada, they were fighting also so hard off the game.
I mean, Spain especially, highs and lows, because when they come in and they, when
they lose to Germany, it's looking like, is it lights out for them?
And then they just come in and cut a bloody swat through Canada.
And that was the kind of that had come in looking pretty good.
So, props to Spain for like recovering after a tough series riding the ship.
It'll be those two European squads coming to represent at LISKON.
Maybe the strongest Spanish roster ever in the world cup.
It's not a country that really feels the top team.
It's so much fun to watch Spain play.
Like, you know that whatever matchup they're going to end up in at LISKON.
They're just going to full send it.
Xodor is a beast.
Yeah, Xodor is a beast.
something there a fantastic go on the tank roll as well so really impressed with them Germany a powerhouse back at this
Con as well group C settled Canada
Fantastic say after that, you know, so when why'd you look at me when you said that?
There's no reason. There's no reason. There's no reason. There's no reason. Yeah. Yeah, look if we are talking about shockers though
Transversy, but we're Korea absolutely ridiculous and I mean it throws the whole bracket into chaos because now Korea or a
second seed at Blizzcon
Things are going to get wild and wacky in the bracket.
I don't know. It's going to get absolutely crazy.
But in a way, maybe a good thing for Korea, right?
To like, you know, wake up.
This event is so competitive now.
The wake-up card.
You cannot come in no matter how strong the country has been historically.
You cannot come into this event and take it for granted.
Yeah.
There's respect to Daemon have been found out.
Of course.
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And that's a big win for France. Honestly, it couldn't be a more deserving country, right? And some more deserving players
There's been a real generational shift in France
There's like a new generation of players and for them to carry the flag to get a win over Korea to come in as a top seed
to BlizzCon
Maybe they make a deep run
That's not a country that I think you were really thinking about in top metal contention
But if you can be Korea, why not the rest of the world?
Hey, the men is looking real clean for them. That is for sure. But we have our eight teams now walked in for blizz fun in Anaheim. That means that the group stage for OWWC 2026 has all wrapped up. Guys, thank you so much for joining us this week.
A big thank you to my coworkers, of course, on the desk with me. Everybody else who has already wrapped up their shifts for the day and everyone who has organized this event as well and production behind the scenes.
Much appreciation to you guys at home, and we cannot wait to see you once again on September 12th and 13th for BlizzCon in Anaheim and the Overwatch World Cup finals.
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