Anatomy of a Perfect Overwatch Earthshatter

Overwatch League Season 4 kicked off this weekend, with new players, some fantastic upsets and a perfect match-winning Reinhardt Earthshatter by Houston Outlaws player Myung-heum “Jjanggu” Cho.

Two-time Overwatch League champions, the San Francisco Shock played Sunday against the Overwatch League Outlaws. Traditionally, this is a one-sided match. The last two times these teams met, San Francisco beat Houston 3-0. But 2021 is a new year, and new rosters, new coaches and a returning veteran have made the Outlaws one of the most exciting teams of the new season. Yes. I’m serious.

The Outlaws and Shock were tied 2-2 in Havana for the sixth and final card of the game (an early draw forced teams to play beyond the required five cards). Havana is an escort map that requires teams to push a payload as far as possible within the allotted time. Before the map started, it looked like the Shock was about to complete one of its famous runbacks. After losing 0-2 at the start of the game, they came back to a tie, and after Houston’s attack against Havana, it looked like the Shock had finished that game. To win, all they had to do was push the payload a little further than the Outlaws – an easy task since their defense stopped Houston’s payload at a measly 85 yards, or just before the first point. over Havana. It’s a short distance – if the Shock had won one or two decisive team fights, it would have been over for Houston, and it was almost over for Houston.

Then came God’s most perfect Earthbreaker.

Jjanggu landshatter is the definition of perfection in terms of deviousness, number of players captured, and overall impact. Watch how Jjanggu slipped into position, sneaking up to flank the Shock as their attention was only focused on the rest of the outlaws. His timing was impeccable, as fellow outlaw and tank partner Min-jun “Piggy” Shin unleashed his D.Va’s self-destruct as Jjanggu’s Earthshatter landed. Together, the Earthshatter and self-destruct combined at the perfect time to incapacitate and then kill, ruining the Shock’s chances of victory. In an instant, everyone on the Shock was dead. The overtime fuse was extinguished, and just like that, the Houston Outlaws planted their flag as a team to watch in 2021.

He’s the kind of Earthshatter that gives me goosebumps. Of all the great pieces to watch in competition Overwatch, there is nothing more satisfying than a good earth breaker. Long ago, when the Overwatch League was still the Apex tournament and all was well and nothing was wrong, Sang-hoon “Kaiser” Ryu, main tank of the legendary RunAway team, made his reputation. on these grueling shards.

Later, the Vancouver Titan’s Sang-beom “Bumper” Park (and former Kaiser’s RunAway teammate) brought his signature “flank smash” to the League in all its devastating glory.

Now Jjanngu can take his place among these holy comrades, and add his “Hammer to the ground!” to the gods highlighting reel.