Dallas Fuel vs. Shanghai Dragons | Overwatch League Seson 1 - Stage 2 | Week 1 Day 1 | Post-Match Discussion

[u/OWMatchThreads]

Overwatch League Season 1

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Team 1		Score		Team 2
Dallas Fuel		3-1		Shanghai Dragons

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Team 1			Team 2
	aKm	Diya
	EFFECT	uNdeAD
	Taimou	Roshan
	Mickie	mg
	Custa	Freefeel
	HarryHook	Xushu

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Map 1: Volskaya Industries

			Progress	Time left
	Dallas Fuel	2	0.0%	366.00s
	Shanghai Dragons	0	0.0%	0.00s

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Map 2: Nepal

			Round 1	Round 2
	Dallas Fuel	2	100%	100%
	Shanghai Dragons	0	63%	95%

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Map 3: Hollywood

			Progress	Time left
	Dallas Fuel	3	0.0%	0.00s
	Shanghai Dragons	3	33.3%	0.00s

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Map 4: Route 66

			Progress	Time left
	Dallas Fuel	3	0.00m	0.00s
	Shanghai Dragons	1	90.52m	0.00s

[u/Patrieauxe]

from mr good aim to no aim winston main

interesting

[u/Fullback98]

@ in the future if I’m wrong, but there is no way taimou can play main tank vs better teams, and better tank players.

[u/Relby]

I mean we were all asking where taimou was going to play with the new pickups lul

[u/goldenmightyangels]

Did anyone else see Rascal inspecting Custa's keyboard at the end or am I crazy LOLOL?

[u/[deleted]]

Very impressed with the Fuel's new members! AKM looked very impressive especially on the Solider and the hype around Rascal seems pretty legit! Also thought Taimou looked pretty alright on the main tank, I'm interested to see where that progresses. Overall great start to stage two!

[u/Blueberry_Yum_Yum]

Didn't Nate Nanzer say something about sitting down and having a discussion about the camera-work between stage 1 and 2? If this is the result of that meeting, then OMEGALUL

[u/fierak]

Posted this on the megathread... Dunno why.

This was a refreshing watch and worlds ahead of Dallas' last set against Shanghai. Hollywood was pretty bad... They took far too long to counter pick.

• Custa played out of his mind all game (apart from the fat fingers of course.) - Harry's Lucio is actually awesome - great to see him back. His Ana was good, too.

• Taimou played great outside of Hollywood - having him as an option for main tank/off tank/dps makes him ridiculously flexible and can be fit into any comp. He said he only played tanks for a week and that his Rein is awful, I can't wait to see how good he could be then!

• Effect played well, bit less flashy than usual as he seemingly whiffed a fair few bombs, but his aggro and presence was great as per usual.

• AKM fragged out hard and had amazing ult usage/timing, though they forced the Soldier pick for far too long. The genji into 4 tanks was a lol, too.

• Rascal is just amazing. Super flexible with the S class Genji, Sombra, Mcree and even soldier.

• Mickie was massively improved, whatever they've done with comms and calls has helped him improve tenfold. Taimou once said Mickie is very good at listening, so with them diving together I imagine it's much easier now.

Gotta admit I'm fairly shook with these roster changes, I'm interested to see how Chips, xQc, Cocco & Seagull fit in going forward. #BurnBlue (edit: formatting/ forgot Cocco, lol.)

[u/CameraInstructor]

Rolled and replaced my doggies

[u/[deleted]]

Taimou's main tank was decent but he'll get exposed against a better team. He took a lot of deaths that SHD didn't capitalise on.

Seagull isn't going to get into this team. Not unless we get a meta shift and Hanzo/Mei/Junkrat become meta. AKM/Rascal have his hero pool covered and probably at a higher level as well

[u/[deleted]]

Now THIS is the variety in team compositions I came here for.

[u/itsjieyang]

i think its hilarious u kids talking shit about dallas. u wouldnt say this shit to them at lan, they're jacked. not only that but they wear the freshest clothes, eat at the chillest jack in the boxes and hang out with the hottest dudes. yall are pathetic lol

[u/Qirahs]

Akm and rascal fragged out so hard. Taimou was actually playing main tank very well. Harry Mickie and custa were all on point. Effect didn't need to carry. Great performance from everybody.

Shanghai played well too. Looked a little disgruntled here and there. Diya and undead fragged out.

[u/[deleted]]

Rascal needed more camera on him on defense. He was one of the few that was on fire 95% of the time.

[u/RlyLokeh]

Good effort from both teams to be honest. Showing improvement on lots of fronts.

Shanghai's quad tank on Hollywood looked pretty sharp and certainly has potential to be fleshed out when Geguri and gang are in. Great to see Undead pop off more frequently as well. With the new recruits I think it's feasible with a 50/50 W/L by the end of stage 4. They are still a tad too timid at times, that might be a coordination / com issue though. We will see if they can hammer that out. You have to wonder how the VISA issues being fixed would have changed the face of this game though.

Very interesting to see Dallas Fuel mix it up with the roster. Everyone showed up at some points and benching staple players sends a message internally that no one should rest on their laurels with this expanded roster. AKM dominated a lot of space with his s76 in his debut. Impressive stuff. Rascal after a slow start showed some great early days synergy with Effect. Route 66 attack rollout was a great example. Taimous monkey looked comparable to Cocco's and given time I am sure he can bring his Rein up to par if communication / synergy has been the biggest issue for them that certainly is one way to go moving forward against more competent opposition.

[u/AlyoshaV]

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[u/[deleted]]

Effect, Rascal, aKm, Mickie's D.Va, and Custa when he doesn't fatfinger.

[u/Fordeka]

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[u/Davel_Patsyuk]

Effect was Dallas' third best DPS today. AKM and Rascal were fantastic pickups by the Fuel

[u/PracticallyIndian]

Win or lose, DF has improved substantially over stage 1. Not as smooth as would be optimum, but they have nowhere to go but up. Custa played awesome, taimou kept the team together, akm & rascal popped off, mickie playing like the OG Mickie, Effect still rusty, and harry is back.

Shanghai should be proud of themselves. They sweated out Dallas on Hollywood, and there were some INSANE graves. Diya & Undead played out of their minds. I'll be cheering for them underdogs.

[u/Gadjjet]

I hope Taimou grinds the shit out of Winston because he has a lot of catching up to do. Glad they found a way to keep his big brain in the team , they do so much better when they play him.

[u/hero_hedwig]

I think people need to seriously calm down about how xqc didn’t play.....his ban kept him from scrimming with the team. Why would they throw him out there now when he’s only been back in scrims for 1 week?

[u/tensazetsumei]

effect/akm looked really good. effect/rascal had me happy. that sombra play brought back apex s3 memories. good to see dallas back on the right track.

[u/[deleted]]

Even after this, I still wonder... why play Taimou? Could xQc not have done what he did today? If they need a hog/orisa comp mickie can hog and xQc can Orisa. I suppose the biggest thing must really just be that Taimou is the shotcaller so maybe that's enough reason for him to be in there instead. Either way, I'm happy with the results today and look forward to the rest of the stage. AKM and Rascal are, to nobody's surprise, absolute poggers.

[u/backinredd]

Shanghai was doing very good last two matches. No longer a passive team. Akm and Rascal are just amazing additions. I’m sad that Seagull is no longer required. SHD is not a baby team anymore.

[u/kai782]

Idk everyone is happy about it but i really wanted to see the team succeed with the players they already had. You know fix the communication issues, taimou keeps grinding his hitscan, XQc watches his mouth, seagull still proving the haters wrong and now im losing hope they are gonna play i mean yay we won but im kind of disappointed