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As the Overwatch League ends its fourth season, many teams will be looking to make moves in order to either completely rebuild or bolster their team for 2022. This is especially true with the game moving over to Overwatch 2. With 20 different teams and over 200 potential players in the Overwatch League it is…
It all comes down to this. The London Spitfire Countdown Cup dance begins. The last chance to secure that ever-elusive first victory. It has certainly been a rocky road for the pilots this season. Coming in from their storied run with British Hurricane, expectations among fans was reasonably high. Yet an avalanche of disappointment has…
As the Overwatch League ends its third season, many teams will be looking to make moves in order to either completely rebuild or bolster their team for 2021. With 20 different teams and over 200 potential players in the Overwatch League it is hard to track what every team and player is doing. Luckily, The…
All the matches, headshots, and pulse bombs so far this season led to this point. The Valiant’s back are against the wall. They are on the brink of elimination but have so much more to prove. Now is the time for them to prove it though. They are staring down the barrel of the red…
Before playoffs kick off, it is time for one last stonk report for the 2020 OWL Season. Instead of the traditional change from week to week, this one will be different. This is a look at where they stood before the season to where they stand now at the end of the regular season. Without…
The Gladiators finish the season on a three-game stretch. Each opponent is considered tough coming into the final leg of the season, so how much fight is left in the purple and black? Reviewing Week 29 Florida Mayhem (16-6) The Mayhem are a formidable team this season, and they certainly gave LA a run for…
With five games remaining, the Gladiators played two this week and managed to win both of them. They return to .500 in their win percentage as a result. Reviewing Week 28 Dallas Fuel (7-10) LA’s game with Dallas was short and sweet, but also satisfying, with all the thrills happening at the very start. Dallas…
East Coast meets West Coast in this week’s LA Valiant Match Preview. They Valiant and Florida Mayhem will meet again in a clash of fraggers. This match is especially important for the Valiant who sit just behind the Atlanta Reign for the fifth seed in the playoff bracket. A win here would massively help their…
The clock struck midnight as the Countdown Cup, the Cinderella’s never got their kiss at the ball. The San Francisco Shock and Shanghai Dragons won their respective tournaments confirming their ranking in the league. They don’t need to be talked about though. Other notable stonks changed during the Countdown Cup. Here is whose stonks changed:…
This upcoming weekend we’re going into the last big tournament of the 2020 season of the Overwatch League; The Countdown Cup. Teams in the NA region face each other, as well as the APAC teams, face one another. The top four teams of the NA will pick one of the teams, that progress from the…
After a week off, the LA Valiant return to play this week. Their opponents this week are less than friendly. The winged Valkyrie must go against the embodiment of Jesse McCree and some chemists. Nothing will be easy this week, the Valiant must take it. Here is this weeks preview article. Vs. Houston Outlaws These…
The Fusion started their march to the Countdown Cup and the postseason last weekend. Their first game was against a high middle of the standings team in the LA Gladiators. In typical Philly fashion, they had to force a game five and finished victorious. The Fusion’s second match of the weekend was against the Toronto…
This week the Overwatch League heads into Week 25 about seven weeks out of the playoffs. Hero Pools still consist of Widowmaker, Mei, Orisa, and Ana. Many teams have continued the Genji meta that dominated the Summer Showdown, none more so explosive than the Paris Eternal and Yeong-han “SP9RK1E” Kim. For the first time, multiple…
After the Valiant’s 1-1 week to start the Countdown Cup, it is time to look at what the future holds for the team. Specifically, it is time to look at their schedule to close the season. After all, this team is on the precipice of getting a bye into the top eight. The rest of…
This article series has already gone through half of the Overwatch League pre-split divisions of the Atlantic South, Atlantic North. That means it is now time to dive into the Pacific Region of the Pacific West and Pacific East. This week’s article is going to be focus on just the All-Star roster for the Pacific…
This week the Overwatch League had a wonderful Week 20 with exciting games throughout the weekend. With reverse sweeps completed by the Guangzhou Charge and the Shanghai Dragons, the APAC region had its fair share of drama. Last week’s touted match was between the Valiant and Mayhem, and the teams delivered. This week is littered…
Now that the second week of Summer Showdown is over, there is time to account for what happened across the league. More specifically, it is time to look at the perceptions of players, teams and how the league has changed through the 2020 OWL Season. After all that has happened this year, stonks are very…
This will be the second best matchup of the entire NA Summer Showdown. The only match that can possibly be better is the SF Shock vs Philadelphia Fusion matchup next week. That is how good this matchup is. The winged beasts versus the fighting Florida men is the most anticipated matchup of the week. It’s…
Many films have been set in DC and LA. The _ Has Fallen Trilogy, Dave, San Andreas, Den of Thieves and even Blade Runner 2049. But now the two cities are heading on a collision course. The Washington Justice will face off against the LA Valiant in a battle of the law versus the rough…
Now that May Madness group stages are in their final week, the Valiant have a chance to do something great. A win this week would make their group stage record 3-0 and almost ensure a top four seed for May Madness. After a win versus the Uprising, the Valiant look to finish off week three…