League Overwatch: Playoffs – Predictions for All Teams

It's getting hot: the playoffs for the opening season of the Overwatch League are on hold. Six teams will play the first title of the league and a prize of one million dollars over the next three weeks.

London Spitfire, Los Angeles Gladiators, Boston Uprising and Philadelphia Fusion will play the first week of the quarter-finals for a semi-final in Week 2 There, the winning teams meet New York Excelsior and Los Angeles Valiant, who each have to 39 to face in the semifinals as champions of the Pacific and Atlantic Divisions.

All teams performed well in the last six months and weaknesses revealed. For whom are the chances so high, who meets whom?

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Rating of the team: Philadelphia Fusion

Our prediction: 3/4. Location, $ 100,000

Phase 2 was the strongest phase for Philadelphia Fusion. Here, the team shined and even qualified for the finals of the mini-offs of the phase. Only the giant New York Excelsior was too much for the Philly team. Since then, the team has not shown the best performance. In phase 3, he was only 8th and in phase 4 was a 5th place shared.

In the quarter-finals, Philadelphia plays 3 best of 5 games against Boston Uprising. During the season, both teams played four games against each other (two wins each), while in Phase 4, Philadelphia defeated Boston 3-1 . The only point you can choose Boston in King's Row. They were inferior to Hanamura, Lijang Tower and Dorado.

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How is Philly going to hit?

A look at the statistics of the map reveals a disadvantage for Philadelphia . The cards already selected in the first round (Dorado, Oasis, Eichenwalde, Volskaya and Junkertown) favor Boston, the cards of the second round (Junkertown, Lijiang Tower, King's Row, Hanamura and Dorado) are more balanced.

In the third match, the cards are not predetermined and are chosen live, here no forecast. If a sixth decisive card is needed in one (or all) matches, Philly is in the lead. Because in sudden death, Nepal is still played

In principle, Philadelphia showed an improvement in phase 4, the final victory against Boston should help. Especially since Boston had problems in phase 4 with the new gameplay Brigitte Meta. The card pool is important, but not everything. We estimate a narrow victory for Philadelphia. Then, the team would meet again on New York Excelsior in the semifinals. Here we give no chance to Fusion, with the semi-final over.

Team Rating: Boston Uprising

Our Prediction: 5./6. Location, $ 50,000

Boston Uprising completed the third phase of the league until the playoffs without defeat – League Record . But the team won the finals only at eighth place, and with more defeats than wins. The main problem was the new heroine Brigitte, who promises a new approach to gameplay and Boston was neither well played nor well countered.

With the fourth weak phase, Boston has just qualified for the playoffs. Can the immense success of Phase 3 be recalled, or is the trend so unique in the playoffs?

How will Boston beat?

In principle, Boston is not a bad team. Among the playoff teams, however, Boston holds the role of the outsider. In none of the games against the other 5 playoff finalists in Phase 4, Boston triumphed. A bad omen.

The odds are for Boston despite relatively good cards rather bad. If they still win the first round, they are waiting for LA Valiant as opponents who have played better and better in recent weeks

Team badessment: London Spitfire

Our prediction: 5./6. Location, $ 50,000

At the beginning of the season and in the first two phases of the Overwatch League, London Spitfire was considered one of the strongest teams and contenders for first place of the season. Since the first phase, however, the performance of the team has steadily declined. In Phase 2, it was only enough for third place, in phases 3 and 4, not even to qualify for the live playoffs.

London Spitfire is a strong team, but with a lack of positive development. With Fissure, he lost a strong player who has since strengthened another team. Initial Integrity Crumbles Quickly

How Will London Hit?

London's opponents in the quarterfinals will be the Los Angeles Gladiators. The Gladiators have not lost a game against Spitfire in the regular season. Worse still, London had given the flagship Fissure to Los Angeles which now dominates the formation of the Gladiators. He knows exactly his time with the Spitfires, how opponents tick.

After a convincing 9th place on the table in phase 4, London probably does not flourish in a rosy future. Even though card prices look pretty good, London lacks teeth in most games to stay strong until the end.

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Los Angeles Gladiators, Valiant of Los Angeles and New York Excelsior have every chance of winning the title. Who do we consider to be the winning team?

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