2018 Overwatch League season

2018 Overwatch League season
League Overwatch League
Sport Overwatch
Duration January 10 – June 17, 2018
July 11 – 28, 2018 (Playoffs)
Number of games 40
Number of teams 12
TV partner(s)
Regular season
Top seed New York Excelsior
Season MVP Bang "JJonak" Seong-hyun (New York)
Stage Playoffs
Stage 1 champions London Spitfire
  Stage 1 runners-up New York Excelsior
Stage 2 champions New York Excelsior
  Stage 2 runners-up Philadelphia Fusion
Stage 3 champions New York Excelsior
  Stage 3 runners-up Boston Uprising
Stage 4 champions Los Angeles Valiant
  Stage 4 runners-up New York Excelsior
Grand Finals
Venue Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York
Champions London Spitfire
  Runners-up Philadelphia Fusion
Finals MVP Park "Profit" Jun-young (London)

The 2018 Overwatch League season was the inaugural season for the Overwatch League, which began on January 10, 2018. Regular season play continued through June 16, 2018, while post-season play ran from July 11–28, 2018. The London Spitfire won the Grand Finals over the Philadelphia Fusion to become the League champions, with the Spitfire's Park "Profit" Jun-young named the Finals MVP. An All-Star weekend was held following the post-season from August 25–26, 2018.

Schedule

The season's format and schedule were announced in November 2017. The inaugural regular season ran from January 10 to June 17, 2018, broken out into four stages. Each stage lasted five weeks, with a one-week break between each stages. Each regular season week featured twelve games, three matches per day from Wednesday to Saturday, with each team having played in two games that week. During stages one and two of season one, at the end of each stage, the top three teams across both divisions, based on their standings in that stage, played a final set of matches to win a US$100,000 prize with the runner-up taking a US$25,000 prize. As of season one stage three, four teams made each stage playoff. The #1 seed chose their opponent in the first round between the remaining three qualified teams. These matches are played on the final day of the stage.[1][2]

The season's free agency signing window opened on January 22, 2018, and closed on April 3, 2018 (the start of Stage 3). During this period, teams could sign any eligible free agent player or make trades with other teams. Any player on a new team contract before the start of Stage 2 on February 21, 2018 was eligible to player during Stage 2. Otherwise, they had to wait until the start of Stage 3. After April 3, team rosters could not be changed until after the completion of the post-season games.[3]

The post-season playoffs were held over three weeks in July 2018. It was a single-elimination playoff featuring 6 teams: each division leader, and the next top four teams from both divisions, with their position seeded by their standings.[1] The Grand Finals were held on July 26 and 27, 2018.

All matches in the inaugural season (excpet for the Grand Finals) were played at the 350-seat Blizzard Arena, located on the former soundstage for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in Burbank, California.[4] Games were broadcast on the Overwatch League's website and through Major League Gaming (owned by Blizzard), and by third-party broadcaster Twitch.tv. The Grand Finals were played at Barclays Center in New York City, where all 11,000 seats available were sold out for both days of the event.[5]

Pre-season

Pre-season matches were held from December 6 to 8, 2017. Pre-season matches are exhibition only, and do not count towards the regular season standings. The Philadelphia Fusion had to pull out of pre-season play just before these events, citing "player logistics issues".[6] After pre-season matches, the teams had the following power rankings, according to ESPN:[7]

  1. Seoul Dynasty
  2. London Spitfire
  3. New York Excelsior
  4. Dallas Fuel
  5. Los Angeles Valiant
  6. Florida Mayhem
  7. Houston Outlaws
  8. Los Angeles Gladiators
  9. Shanghai Dragons
  10. San Francisco Shock
  11. Boston Uprising

Broadcast and viewership

The Overwatch League has a two-year exclusive contract for Overwatch League broadcasting. The following statistics are based on aggregated data collected from the English, French, and Korean Twitch channels. Its debut week held an overall peak of 441,000 concurrent viewers, with 392,000 English, 65,000 Korean, and 11,500 French viewers.[8] Through the season, average online viewership ran between 80,000 and 170,000.[5] At least 310,000 viewers watched the final match during the Grand Finals.[5]

On the first day of the season playoffs, Disney and Blizzard announced a multi-year partnership that would bring the League and other organized Overwatch competitive events to ESPN, Disney XD, and ABC, starting with the playoffs and through to all of the following season.[9] Nielsen ratings for the Grand Finals include a 0.18 rating (approximately 218,000 households) for the Friday match airing on ESPN, while the recap of the series airing on ABC on the Sunday after the event had a 0.3 rating (approximately 359,000 households).[10] Blizzard estimated that over a million people were watching the Grand Finals at any time, between broadcast and streaming formats, with a total viewership of over 10.8 million.[11][12]

Regular season

A team's standing is based on both their overall match win/loss record, with ties broken by their overall round record.

At the end of Stages 1 and 2, the top three teams overall in the current stage, regardless of division, made the stage playoffs. The first seeded team earned a bye, with the second and third seeded teams playing a best-of-5 series to advance to the stage finals. Beginning with Stage 3 of the 2018 season, Blizzard announced changes to the Stage Playoff format. Introduced was a four-team Stage playoffs going forward, so that both teams in the final match will have played the same number of games on that day. The first seed has the option of selecting their opponent for the first round and has home team advantage, with the remaining two teams assigned based on seed ranking. These stage playoffs have no effect on overall standings and are only for bonus prize money.

Teams' overall standings are used for placement in the post-season playoffs. The top team of each division has an automatic bye into this, while the next top four teams, regardless of division, will fill in the remaining tournament slots.

Overall standings

Pos Teams Div Pld W L MR MD Pts Qualification
1(y) New York ExcelsiorATL40346126-43-4+8368Season Playoffs
2(y) Los Angeles ValiantPAC402713100-64-7+3654
3(x) Boston UprisingATL40261499-71-3+2852
4(x) Los Angeles GladiatorsPAC40251596-72-3+2450
5(x) London SpitfireATL402416102-69-3+3348
6(x) Philadelphia FusionATL40241693-80-2+1348
7Houston OutlawsATL40221894-77-2+1744
8Seoul DynastyPAC40221891-78-3+1344
9San Francisco ShockPAC40172377-84-5−734
10Dallas FuelPAC40122858-100-7−4224
11Florida MayhemATL4073342-120-5−7814
12Shanghai DragonsPAC4004021-141-2−1200

Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2018. Source: Overwatch League

Notes

  • y – Clinched division title
  • x – Clinched playoff spot

Stage 1

Stage 1 ran from January 10, 2018 to February 10, 2018, with Stage playoffs occurring on February 10, 2018.[13]

Pos Teams Div Pld W L MR MD Pts Qualification
1New York ExcelsiorATL109131–10–2+2118Bye to Stage 1 Final
2Houston OutlawsATL107330–13–0+1714Qualification to Stage 1 Playoffs
3London SpitfireATL107329–14–0+1514
4Los Angeles ValiantPAC107326–13–3+1314
5Seoul DynastyPAC107325–16–2+914
6Boston UprisingATL106427–17–0+1012
7Philadelphia FusionATL106420–24–1−412
8Los Angeles GladiatorsPAC104616–26–0−108
9San Francisco ShockPAC103716–24–2−86
10Dallas FuelPAC103714–25–3−116
11Florida MayhemATL10199–31–1−222
12Shanghai DragonsPAC100106–36–0−300

Source: Overwatch League

Playoffs

With a league best 9–1 stage record, the New York Excelsior earned a bye directly into the stage finals. In the semifinal match, the Houston Outlaws took an early 1–0 lead over the London Spitfire, but were ultimately defeated 3–1. In the stage final, the New York Excelsior took a commanding 2–0 lead over the Spitfire, but New York could not secure their third match win. The London Spitfire completed a reverse sweep, winning the series 3–2 and their first Stage Title.

  Stage Semifinals
Saturday, February 10, 2018		     Stage Finals
Saturday, February 10, 2018
                 
    1 New York Excelsior 2
  2 Houston Outlaws 1     3 London Spitfire 3
  3 London Spitfire 3  

Stage 2

Stage 2 ran from February 21, 2018 to March 24, 2018; for the Stage playoffs, Blizzard took input from players and fans from the Stage 1, and moved all future Stage playoff matches to Sunday, with Stage 2's matches taking place March 25, 2018. This avoids a twelve-hour day of matches, which could see a team playing as many as three different matches in the same day.[14][15] Stage two introduced the Overwatch patch that weakened Mercy's resurrection abilities, which outside of League play had caused her to be played less frequently.[16]

Pos Teams Div Pld W L MR MD Pts Qualification
1New York ExcelsiorATL109134–9–0+2518Bye to Stage 2 Final
2London SpitfireATL108231–11–0+2016Qualification to Stage 2 Playoffs
3Philadelphia FusionATL107327–15–0+1214
4Seoul DynastyPAC107325–16–0+914
5Los Angeles GladiatorsPAC106425–16–1+912
6Boston UprisingATL106421–22–0−112
7Houston OutlawsATL105522–22–0+010
8Los Angeles ValiantPAC104618–23–1−58
9San Francisco ShockPAC103715–22–1−76
10Florida MayhemATL103715–27–1−126
11Dallas FuelPAC102813–28–1−154
12Shanghai DragonsPAC100102–37–1−350

Source: Overwatch League

Playoffs

After another dominant performance in Stage 2, the New York Excelsior finished with the best stage record, earning another bye into the Stage Finals. The semifinal match featured the London Spitfire, looking to repeat on their Stage 1 championship, against the Philadelphia Fusion. The match was a back and forth affair with the Spitfire taking an early 1–0 lead. The Fusion fired back to take a 2–1 map lead, but the Spitfire held on and won the next map to force a game 5. Philadelphia won game 5, sending them to their first Stage Finals.

In the Stage Final, the Fusion looked to be unstoppable after their semifinal match win, taking a quick 2–0 lead over the Excelsior. But New York came roaring back and eventually won after completing a reverse sweep over Philadelphia, winning their first Stage Title.

  Stage Semifinals
Sunday, March 25, 2018		     Stage Finals
Sunday, March 25, 2018
                 
    1 New York Excelsior 3
  2 London Spitfire 2     3 Philadelphia Fusion 2
  3 Philadelphia Fusion 3  

Stage 3

Stage 3 ran from April 4, 2018 to May 5, 2018, with the Stage playoffs occurring on May 6, 2018. This Stage introduced a four-team Stage playoffs going forward, so that both teams in the final match will have played the same number of games on that day. The first seed has the option of selecting their opponent for the first round and has home team advantage, with the remaining two teams assigned based on seed ranking.[17] Stage Three introduced the Hybrid map "Blizzard World", previously released in November 2017, to the map pool. Stage Three also introduced the patch that buffed Sombra's abilities, making her become a more frequent component in winning team combinations.[18]

Pos Teams Div Pld W L MR MD Pts Qualification
1Boston UprisingATL1010031–13–1+1820Qualification to Stage 3 Playoffs
2New York ExcelsiorATL109133–11–0+2218
3Los Angeles ValiantPAC107328–15–1+1314
4Los Angeles GladiatorsPAC106425–19–1+612
5San Francisco ShockPAC106421–20–0+112
6London SpitfireATL105524–21–1+310
7Philadelphia FusionATL105524–23–0+110
8Seoul DynastyPAC105522–21–1+110
9Houston OutlawsATL104620–24–1−48
10Florida MayhemATL102811–28–2−174
11Dallas FuelPAC10199–30–2−212
12Shanghai DragonsPAC100109–32–0−230

Source: Overwatch League

Playoffs

Following the conclusion of Stage 3, the top seeded Boston Uprising became the first team in Overwatch League history to go undefeated in a stage. As the top seed, they earned the right to choose their first round opponent for the stage playoffs. They chose the fourth seed Los Angeles Gladiators, achieving a 3–0 match win. The second seed New York Excelsior also defeated the Los Angeles Valiant with a 3-0 win. The New York Excelsior won the final match over the Boston Uprising in a 3–0–1 victory, marking their second stage championship win.

Stage Semifinals
Sunday, May 6, 2018 		Stage Finals
Sunday, May 6, 2018
      
1 Boston Uprising 3
4 Los Angeles Gladiators 0
1 Boston Uprising 0
2 New York Excelsior 3
2 New York Excelsior 3
3 Los Angeles Valiant 0

Stage 4

Stage 4 ran from May 16, 2018 to June 16, 2018, with the Stage playoffs occurring on June 17, 2018. Teams will compete using the version of Overwatch which first introduced the support hero Brigitte into competitive, but prior to a patch that adjusted her strength and which introduced a revamped skill kit for Hanzo. The decision to play on the former patch was made due to a bug in the later patch that could not be fixed before the start of Stage 4.[19]

Pos Teams Div Pld W L MR MD Pts Qualification
1Los Angeles GladiatorsPAC109130-11-1+1918Qualification to Stage 4 Playoffs
2Los Angeles ValiantPAC109128-13-2+1518
3New York ExcelsiorATL107328-13-2+1514
4Dallas FuelPAC106422-17-1+512
5Houston OutlawsATL106422-18-1+412
6Philadelphia FusionATL106422-18-1+412
7San Francisco ShockPAC105523-16-2+710
8London SpitfireATL104618-23-2−58
9Boston UprisingATL104620-19-2+16
10Seoul DynastyPAC103719-25-0−66
11Florida MayhemATL10197–34–1−272
12Shanghai DragonsPAC100104-36-1−320

First match(es) will be played on 30 May 2018. Source: Overwatch League

Playoffs

After the group stage, the Los Angeles Gladiators earned the right to choose their opponent for the first round of the playoffs. For the first time in this selection process, the team with the best record did not choose the lowest ranked team. They choose their rivals, the Los Angeles Valiant who had the second-best record in this stage. The Valiant won the series in 5 games. In the next series, the two-time Stage Champion New York Excelsior took a quick 2-0 lead against the Dallas Fuel, but the Fuel played much more aggressively after halftime and tied up the series 2-2. Dallas could not complete the reverse sweep, the Excelsior won the series, 3-2.

Stage Semifinals
Sunday, June 17, 2018 		Stage Finals
Sunday, June 17, 2018
      
1 Los Angeles Gladiators 2
2 Los Angeles Valiant 3
2 Los Angeles Valiant 3
3 New York Excelsior 1
3 New York Excelsior 3
4 Dallas Fuel 2

Playoffs

After the regular season, each team leading their respective division will receive a bye. The next 4 remaining teams will be seeded according to regular season record, regardless of division. The third seed will play the sixth seed and the fourth seed will play the fifth seed. The winner of each quarterfinal series will advance to the semifinals. Each series is a best of 3 matches (each match is a best of 5 maps). The first team to win 2 matches wins the series. The Grand Finals series will take place at Barclays Center in New York City on July 27–28, 2018.[20][21]

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
July 11–14, 2018		 Semifinals
July 18–21, 2018		 Grand Finals
July 27–28, 2018
                           
  3 Boston Uprising 1 1 New York Excelsior 0  
  6 Philadelphia Fusion 2 6 Philadelphia Fusion 2    
      5 London Spitfire 2
      6 Philadelphia Fusion 0
  4 Los Angeles Gladiators 1 2 Los Angeles Valiant 0    
  5 London Spitfire 2 5 London Spitfire 2  

On May 25, 2018, the New York Excelsior clinched Atlantic Division title and the top seed after a win over the Seoul Dynasty.

On June 9, 2018, the Los Angeles Valiant clinched the Pacific Division title and the second seed after a win over the Houston Outlaws.

Quarterfinals

The Fusion pulled off a 2-1 match victory over the Uprising, who had been seeded early into the finals during the regular season but had lost momentum in the latter half. Fusion used a tank-heavy roster, including Reinhardt played by Sado, which forced the Uprising to move away from their sniper-based strategy. Fusion's Eqo and Carpe also showed skill across several heroes to help with the victory.[22]

The Spitfire had been underdogs in their match against the Gladiators, having never won a regular season match against them. The Gladiators took the first match, 3-0, including a trick play that involved Surefour staying in the spawn room as a different hero until well into the match before changing to his regular Widowmaker hero and readily picking off the remaining Spitfire. The Spitfire responded in the following sets with adaptive changes in their team composition that prevented the Gladiators from maintaining their defense lines.[22] Notably, the Gladiators chose to bench their primary main tank player Fissure, who came second place for Season 1 MVP, for all of their playoff matches, opting instead to replace him with the team's other main tank player, iRemiix.[23] The official reason given for this decision was that "the Gladiators believe that the most effective practice and preparation is necessary in order to perform well in playoffs."[23]

Semifinals

After each quarterfinal series, the lowest-seeded Quarterfinals winner faced the 1st seed, and the highest-seeded Quarterfinals winner faced the 2nd seed.

The semi-final saw upsets in both brackets with the lower-seed Fusion and Spitfire winning over the top seeds Excelsior and Valiant. Fusion had taken the first set of matches 3-0 over Excelsior, leading Excelsior to be off-balance during the second set to prevent elimination. Fusion's Carpe, playing as Tracer and Widowmaker, was able to keep Excelsior's Pine at bay, allowing the remaining Fusion team to secure rounds. While the second set ran for all five matches, Fusion won the set and the placement in the finals. The Spitfire had kept their traction from the victory over the Gladitors in the previous round, and took their spot in the finals after two matches, winning each 3-1 and 3-0. Spitfire's Gesture and Profit were instrumental in stopping various Valiant attacks, with help from both Bdosin and Birdring, while Valiant's star player Agilities seemed to be off his game.[22]

Grand Finals

(5) London Spitfire vs. (6) Philadelphia Fusion

# Team 1 2 3 Total
5London Spitfire33x2
6Philadelphia Fusion10x0

Match 1 - July 27, 2018

Team E C H A E Total
London Spitfire2222x3
Philadelphia Fusion3011x1

London leads series 1-0

Match 2 - July 28, 2018

Team E C H A E Total
London Spitfire324xx3
Philadelphia Fusion203xx0

London wins series 2-0

The London Spitfire defeated the Philadelphia Fusion in the Grand Finals series in 2 sets. The Spitfire's Jun-Young "Profit" Park was named the Grand Finals Most Valuable Player; Profit was observed to be a key offensive player in the series, in one match using Hanzo's ultimate ability to eliminate five of the six Fusion players. Profit along with his teammates kept the Fusion's Lee "Carpe" Jae-hyeok, normally a formidable sniper playing Widowmaker, out of key battles, allowing the Spitfire to easily outplay the Fusion and take the championship.[24][25]

Awards

2018 OWL Awards
AwardRecipientRunners-up
Most Valuable PlayerBang "JJonak" Seong-hyun (New York Excelsior)Baek "Fissure" Chan-hyung (Los Angeles Gladiators)
Lee "Carpe" Jae-hyeok (Philadelphia Fusion)
Dennis Hawelka AwardPongphop "Mickie" Rattanasangchod (Dallas Fuel)N/A

All-Star Weekend

The season's All-Star Skill Matches will take place on August 25, 2018.[26]

Lúcioball Showdown

The Atlantic and Pacific teams will compete in a 3v3 best-of-three series using standard Lúcioball settings on the Busan Lúcioball Arena map. Each match will last five minutes. If a match is tied at the end of five minutes, then the next goal wins.

Team 1 2 3 Total
Atlantic Division3142
Pacific Division2231

Mystery Heroes

The Atlantic and Pacific teams will compete in a 6v6 Mystery Heroes game using standard competitive settings in a best-of-three series on control maps Ilios, Lijiang Tower, and Nepal. For Mystery Heroes, players will be assigned a random hero at the start of each map, and a new random hero on each respawn.

Team 1 2 3 Total
Atlantic Division1222
Pacific Division2001

Widowmaker 1v1

The Atlantic and Pacific coaches will select their four best Widowmaker players for this mini-tournament. The four players from each squad will compete head-to-head until there’s one Atlantic and one Pacific champion. The two champions will face off in the final. The winner for all matches prior to the final will be first player to reach five eliminations. The final will be decided by the first to seven eliminations. Eliminations are headshot only, and automatic firing will be disabled. There will be no capture points, but after 30 seconds player locations will be visible to both players. A match will result in a draw after five minutes. This mode will be played on Castillo (quarterfinals), Necropolis (semifinals), and Ecopoint: Antartica (final).

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Carpe 7
Sayaplayer 6
Carpe 7
Atlantic Division
Striker 3
Striker 7
Pine 6
Carpe 6
Surefour 9
Soon 7
Architect 5
Soon 6
Pacific Division
Surefour 7
Surefour 7
Fleta 5

Talent Takedown

Prior to All-Star Weekend, the Atlantic and Pacific coaches will draft two teams of casters and analysts. The two teams will square off in a 6v6 best-of-three series using standard competitive settings. The first map played will be King’s Row (hybrid). The team that loses the first map gets to select the second map. If the series is tied 1-1, a game of Lúcioball will be the tiebreaker. If the Lúcioball match is tied after five minutes, the next goal wins. Overwatch League players will help call the game along with the casters and analysts not playing.

Team 1 2 3 Total
Atlantic Talent42x0
Pacific Talent53x2

Lockout Elimination

The Atlantic and Pacific teams will square off in this 6v6 competition using standard lockout elimination settings. The winner will be determined in a best-of-three series. The maps for this mode are Oasis University, Necropolis, and Castillo.

Team 1 2 3 Total
Atlantic Division1321
Pacific Division3232

Official All-Star Game

The 2018 OWL All-Star Game is an exhibition match which will take place on August 26, 2018. The game will consist of the league's star players from the Atlantic Division matching up against their counterparts from the Pacific Division. Each division team will consist of 18 players, making 36 in total. The starting lineup for each roster is selected by a fan ballot, whilst substitutes are selected by a combination of Overwatch League players, coaches, casters, and staff.[27] The All-Star Game will be one full five map series where all 18 players on each team must play at least one map.It will be played at the Blizzard Arena.

Rosters

Source: Overwatch League

a Replacement Player selection due to injury or vacancy
b Injured/suspended player; selected but did not participate
c Retired player; selected but did not participate
d Promoted to starter due to injury/vacancy
e Traded to new team before All-Star Game

Atlantic Division vs. Pacific Division

Team H E A C E Total
Atlantic Division234234
Pacific Division323121

Winnings

Teams in the first season are competing for a total prize pool of US$3.5 million across regular season play, stage finals, and playoffs.[2] By League rules, at least 50% of these winnings are split among the team's members, the remaining going to the team's owner.

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