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This week the Overwatch League returns to play two weeks after the conclusion of the May Melee. With the Dragons and Shock champions of the Asiatic and North American regions respectively, a new quest begins. This month, the Summer Showdown, and qualifiers begin this weekend. They’ll last for the next three weeks before the tournament…
This week was the May Melee tournament, and your Los Angeles Gladiators are looking to take down the top teams and win some serious prize money and bragging rights. Reviewing Week 15 Washington Justice: 3-10 The Washington Justice were the Gladiators’ first opponents in the tournament, given the 10th seed. With Stratus and Corey recently…
[The June Tier List is Now Out] Competitive Season 21 has come to a close. And with it, the majority of the Overwatch playerbase waves goodbye to Hero Pools. From now on, the pools will only affect matches in Masters and above (3500+ SR). Additionally, map pools no longer exist in Competitive play. Horizon Lunar…
The Overwatch 2020 Anniversary Event will begin May 19 and with it as always comes some incredible new skins. In the week leading up to it, Overwatch will normally show off at least the Legendary skins ahead of time in tweets or videos of their own. There are normally about five or six legendary skins…
Tiger Nation knows the pain that comes with losing. The flip side is when the Dynasty beats teams that have been a brick wall, the victory is just as sweet. Week 14 is the first week that the Seoul Dynasty will have only one match to prepare for. The Shanghai Dragons, on the other hand,…
April sees the middle and ending phase of Competitive Season 21, and a unified hero ban system between the Overwatch League and Competitive Play. Matching the bans across all levels of play makes it easier to understand, but also takes unnecessary stress off the OWL and Contenders players. Blizzard has also forgone the limited map…
With the release of Echo, Jeff Kaplan confirmed that she would be the last hero in the initial game of Overwatch. That means that the next hero coming out will be arriving when Overwatch 2 is released. While the release date is not yet revealed, most people believe that it will be sometime in 2020.…
Weeknight matches have returned to the Overwatch League, and last Thursday night was when the eighth edition of the “Battle Of LA” took place. The Valiant certainly had some tricks up their sleeve, but the Gladiators were able to prevail in the end, having to go the distance in order to do it. Reviewing Week…
The Spark continue their season this week against some familiar opponents. With the Overwatch League splitting into regions, for the time being, Hangzhou will need to rely on their knowledge against their division why still creating some mix-ups in their play to keep their rivals on their toes. This week, the Spark face the Dragons…
After three absolutely fun weeks of creating this series, it comes down to the final category: Hitscan. These Damage characters are well-known for their game-changing capabilities and are the primary factors in most team fights with their instant-kill abilities. Here is the final part of TGH’s “What Game Would Each Overwatch Hero Play In Quarantine?”,…
On this week’s docket, the Spark face the Chengdu Hunters (Saturday @ 4:00 A.M. EST) in a rematch from Week 8. Hangzhou played a well against Chengdu in their debut, taking a 3-2 victory. This weekend they look to make it 2-0 in the season series against their Chinese rivals and improve to 3-2 overall.…
Against all odds and most predictions, the Toronto Defiant have another win under their belts. In the first of many matches that focused Torbjorn over the weekend, the Defiant showed a positive upswing in their playstyle. Rookie main tank Adam “Beast” Denton showed massive strides of improvement while main support Kristian “Kellex” Kellar stepped up…
Overwatch ranked can be, for a plethora of reasons, headache-inducing. One of these reasons is centered around a few heroes that are particularly annoying to play against in ranked. These might not be the most overpowered heroes but they are certainly the ones that require the most coordination and teamwork to defeat. Things that are…
According to images allegedly leaked to @OverwatchNaeri via DM, it appears that internal playtests for Moira and Brigitte in Overwatch 2’s PvE will feature some interesting new abilities. Chief among them, Jetpack Cat. The images leaked to Naeri can be seen below, with abilities in PvE for Moira and Brigitte listed out. On Brigitte’s, there…
Overwatch’s latest patch (1.46) has shaken up the meta for heroes in each of the three roles, which affects heroes all across the game. For example, the nerfs to several of the different DPS heroes in the game have greatly affected which Tanks and Supports are viable as a result. Because each change in this…
[April Tier List is Out] With March comes a new Competitive Season and a new hero pool system that cycles out a set of heroes each week. This, along with some much quicker patches coming through from developers, have combined to make Overwatch feel fresh and new at the moment. However, with all of this…
It’s the week of Bringing the Mayhem. This week it’s the turn of the Florida Mayhem to have their first-ever Homestand in Miami. Will the Mayhem Light it Up and destroy their opponents? Paris Eternal: 4-2-6 The Mayhem have not played against the Paris Eternal yet this season. While the Eternal were defeated by the…
Before the Florida Mayhem host their own Homestand they have one more stop; the Homestand of the Washington Justice. Facing their opponent the Toronto Defiant. Toronto Defiant: 1-3-4 The Mayhem played the NYXL and the Spitfire in week 4 taking a loss on both matches. Up against the Spitfire, they looked really strong, taking it…
It’s now week five in the 2020 Overwatch League season and the end of year picture has become no less clear than it was during the preseason. Half the league has still yet to play their first match due to the coronavirus outbreak, teams with harsh travel schedules have already had to endure lost baggage…
According to a Twitter account, @OverwatchNaeri who has leaked several of Overwatch’s previous events and skins, has posted images of what appears to be an upcoming Mardi Gras event for Overwatch. Only pictures of what appear to be skins earned from viewing Twitch have been leaked thus far, which could indicate this is simply an…
