Philadelphia Fusion completes anger, send New York Excelsior packaging

New York Excelsior said he was confident in the Philadelphia battle for the playoffs, qualifying the series as "winnable" despite a 1-0 shortage.

Philadelphia Fusion completed the surprise of the most dominant team in the league Overwatch beating New York Excelsior in a 3-2 series The match was much tighter than the 3 Surprisingly, Fusion gave Excelsior Wednesday to open the series – most of the five cards of today have come down on the wire, but the mistakes that hit New York on Wednesday finally sentenced them. Fusion made smarter and more efficient hero exchanges throughout the series, and while Excelsior was more proactive with their own exchanges, they still found themselves on the back foot in many current cards.

Excelsior lacked the confidence that supported them the season – they had an almost arrogant attitude that they could win any game and any series, no matter the situation. They are usually the other team trying to cheese, but today, they seemed to need to resort to off-meta tactics like a random Sombra opening on Lijiang Tower and Nanoblade combos to open up cards that produced little results. Even if they regrouped in the fourth and fifth cards, a few meters to force another series, that was not enough.

Finally, Fusion seemed superior in the kind of disjointed and drawn fights that the series produced – their individual mechanics on a wide variety of heroes have just discounted what New York brought to the table.

Whether it is the new metagame, the end of season break with the competitive New York accent or other factors, it was not the New York team. posted a record of 34-6 in regular season

The series opened on Junkertown, and Philly methodically plowed the map, finishing with a decent time. New York looked flashy with incredible combinations between his two elite shooters, Kim "Libero" Hae-seong on Hanzo and Kim "Pine" Do-hyeon on Widowmaker , using their ultimates to disrupt Fusion's positioning and give them choices. But Fusion has been revealed superior in cart-based chariot battles, with a little help from the MVP Lee "Carp" Jae-hyeok series on Tracer.

Excelsior bounced back to take his first series card on Lijiang Tower in a close back-and-forth fight. While Carpe seemed to make the most of Pine in many face-to-face meetings, New York took the card.

King's Row was next, and that should have been an Excelsior victory. They were dominant on the card in the regular season as Philly struggled. But instead, Fusion destroyed the Excelsior in one of the most one-sided cards of the season, finishing with 4:13 on the score before preventing a desperate Excelsior from capturing the first point .

Excelsior finally showed some of his indomitable spirit on Hanamura. Despite a quick drop in Fusion's first attack, they set up a solid defense and finally took the card, which gave them a chance to continue their season. The league's most outstanding player, Bang "JJoNak" Sung-hyeon, in particular, had a strong game against Ana, picking up some sleep darts to open the door to New York's victory.

The last map, Dorado, was one of the closest fights of the season. On Wednesday, Fusion beat Excelsior after a continuous three-minute fight on the payload in the last section of the map. Today, it was the same thing.

New York was 4:44 to finish the last segment of the map, but they ran into a brick wall. The merger seemed stronger in Brigitte's battle on the ground, and Josue's flexibility "Eqo" Corona proved to be essential in some hero exchanges to close the map. With the time that has pbaded, New York became desperate and Pine traded from Widowmaker to Hanzo. Eqo retorted away from Brigitte and Pharah, and he towered above the sky. One minute from the end, Excelsior made a last effort by picking up a triple tank and a triple support composition. But the desperation movement is untimely – Pine never had the time to build Graviton Surge with a minute in advance, and the Pharah of Eqo reigned supreme

"Not even a once we underestimated the strength of our opponents, New York and Boston, we practically gave everything we had in practice, "said Eqo in an interview after the match.

Fusion will meet a team with a similar story at the OWL finals in New York next week, Fusion was the sixth and final seed to enter the playoffs, but their last opponents, London Spitfire, were fifth. were waiting for one or the other team to succeed in the playoffs, but both teams seem to have reached cruising speed, and both teams have similar strengths Most players Polyval ents of the league, Eqo for Fusion and Park "Profit" Joon-yeong on Spitfire. They both managed to flex a tank or support other heroes, Choi "Bdosin" Seung-tae playing the three roles for Spitfire and Choi "HOTBA" Hong-joon shining on heroes like Roadhog and Tracer since the flexion position. Both teams feature incredible mechanical skill and thrive in disconnected fights where a key individual game can make the difference.

It should be an incredible series.

But it will not be the one that many were hoping for. New York Excelsior will not play in front of the local crowd to end the inaugural OWL season with a dominant performance. Instead, their regular season 34-6 will be a footnote as they finally met a meta that they could not handle.

New York Excelsior seemed immune to meta changes throughout the season, only staggering in the loss column they were taking a break to get ready for every game.

But the recent meta moved the MVP from the league of the character on which he won the prize. JJoNak was a real puzzle like Zenyatta this season, displaying numbers that no player had the talent to replicate. But in the playoffs, he was forced to play heroes like Roadhog, Ana and Moira on more and more cards. Even when he introduced Zenyatta, the importance of the dual sniper compositions left him in the queue of reappearance more often than not. While he's an incredible player on heroes like Ana (her Sleep Darts were the key to New York's victory over Hanamura today), it's not the same New York without that he posts ridiculous totals on Zenyatta.

finish what might have been a season for record books. It will be difficult for any team to repeat the 34-6 record of the New York regular season, but ultimately, the reason the teams play is to win the OWL title, and New York will have to wait for it. Next year for another shot.