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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…
The Philadelphia Fusion is fresh off being brought back to reality by the hands of the Paris Eternal. During this past weekend’s Overwatch League matches, the Fusion had an uphill battle early and almost pulled off the reverse sweep. They fell 3-2 to the Eternal. The best thing the Fusion can do is learn from…
On Sunday, the Overwatch League announced the first heroes to be banned from professional play. In a new experiment called, “Hero Pools,” Overwatch is banning four heroes each week in competitive play to try to break the game’s reliance on metas. Each week, one tank, one support and two DPS characters will be banned based…
To the shock of many fans, the Toronto Defiant had a rough weekend in Houston. A game they were expected to win with ease was flipped on its head, earning the Houston Outlaws their first win of the regular season. For Outlaws fans, the team showing some signs of life in this gridlock meta is…
Week 5 was going to be the Seoul Dynasty’s first batches of matches at their own homestand. That was unfortunately canceled because of COVID-19. If they were to play this upcoming Week 5 matches how would they have fared with the hero bans of Mccree, Widowmaker, Rein and Moira? Hero Pool Draw | Watchpoint |…
Three weeks into the 2020 season of the Overwatch League and it seems like a meta has already been established. Teams have seemed to have made compositions around Reinhardt, which is flanked by a D.Va or Orisa, the damage being a Mei, McCree, or Reaper, and supports sticking to Ana as the main healer. For…
Week 4: The Ground and Pound Metagame Once again professional Overwatch is showing fairly typical meta trends. Things start out relatively varied in this metagame, but the meta has very quickly stabilized into a select group of heroes that are all seeing a pickrate above 50%. This metagame report will take a weekly look at…
Although its an event that many saw coming due to the many leaks, Ashe’s Mardi Gras Challenge is now officially live on PC and console. The event is a sort of micro-event, only running from February 25 to March 9 and will allow players to unlock a new Epic Ashe skin, seen in the image…
Yet another leak has been released concerning Overwatch’s next seasonal event, this time revealing details about the event and a new skin to be released. According to a tweet from popular streamer @Metro_OW, the new Overwatch Mardi Gras event will feature a new skin for Ashe and will only run for one week. The image…
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…
This player profile is for Lee ‘’BQB’’ Sungbeom, born on July 3, 1998, in Yongin, South-Korea. Before he joined the Mayhem as their DPS, BQB was a pro player with X6 Gaming in Overwatch APEX Season 4 and in Season 1 Overwatch Contenders Korea 2018. Most of BQB’s teammates joined the Hangzhou Spark while he…
This player profile is for Ha ‘’Sayaplayer’’ Jungwoo, born on July 29, 1998, in Busan South-Korea. Before he joined the Mayhem as their DPS, Sayaplayer was a pro player with Meta Athena in Overwatch APEX and Overwatch Contenders Korea. Sayaplayer and Kris were teammates within Meta Athena before they joined the Florida Mayhem. His major…
The first week of the Overwatch League is over and the LA Valiant played two matches in the first week. This will be a weekly article series that normally recaps the previous week and prepare fans for the next week’s matchups to ensure that they are caught up on the games. Without further adieu, here’s…
Hype for the start of the 2020 OWL season is in full swing, with the start of the season just one day away. Several teams will be flying out to Dallas and New York with the hopes of starting their season off on the right foot. For players, the pressure is the same, only they’ll also…
Min-ki “Viol2t” Park has came into the league as a rookie in 2019. But in this short time, he demonstrated that he is one of the best flex-support players in the world. Informally dubbed ‘Jjonak 2.0’, here is a look at how he set out in his rookie season to become arguably the best damage-dealing…
February marks the final month to experience Competitive Overwatch as it has been played thus far. With hero pools on the horizon and a plethora of patches having recently gone live, Overwatch feels like it is in a bit of a renaissance at the moment. A big part of the reason the game feels this…
Part 14: The Snipers Check In for Battle Someone that hasn’t been talked about here for a while is Hanzo. The bowman had always had a very large upside, but his unreliability compared to most other projectile heroes as well as the other long ranged heroes tended to make him a poor option. This changed…
