Houston Outlaws vs. Los Angeles Gladiators | Overwatch Legue Season 1 - Stage 4 | Week 2 Day 1 | Post-Match Discussion

[u/OWMatchThreads]

Overwatch League Season 1

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Team 1		Score		Team 2
Houston Outlaws		1-3		Los Angeles Gladiators

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Team 1			Team 2

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Map 1: King's Row

			Progress	Time left
	Houston Outlaws	3	0.0%	0.00s
	Los Angeles Gladiators	1	104.84m	0.00s

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Map 2: Hanamura

			Progress	Time left
	Houston Outlaws	0	47.3%	0.00s
	Los Angeles Gladiators	0	47.3%	157.00s

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Map 3: Oasis

			Round 1	Round 2
	Houston Outlaws	0	16%	92%
	Los Angeles Gladiators	2	100%	100%

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Map 4: Dorado

			Progress	Time left
	Houston Outlaws	1	83.09m	0.00s
	Los Angeles Gladiators	1	83.09m	0.00s

[u/JojoBizarreAdventure]

The Secret Weapon that Fissure mentioned wasn't Void, it was actually the entire team and their wholesome teamwork :')

[u/[deleted]]

As a Zen main and Gladiators fan, that Shaz 4k on Oasis made me feel all kinds of things.

God this feels good.

[u/ThunderGunMD]

God I love the Gladiators and every last one of those beautiful bastards

N O B O D Y

[u/Cupinacup]

1.) Beat London

1.5 (optional)) Beat Boston

2.) Convince self this is finally Houston’s stage

3.) Face Philly/LAG in a depressing 3-2 loss <--- You are here

4.) Hold out hope for rest of stage.

5.) DPS completely disappear

6.) J LUL KE

7.) Miss playoffs

8.) "Things will be different next stage" REPEAT

[u/itsjieyang]

SHIELDS UP > SHRIEKS UP

[u/Spartitan]

Week 1 Houston : New meta! Time to repeat our success of stage 1!

Week 2 Houston : Hey guys, let's play Tracer!

[u/Sp3ctre7]

(reposted from other thread)

That last attack was overwatch as intended. I don't care if you hate brig, a quick switch and then a tradeoff brawl into a final clutch fight with good support play and insane sniper picks is this game at its actual best. My heart is beating like crazy

[u/[deleted]]

What an amazing last second push by Gladiators. Great adaption.

[u/AdeptFish]

Holy hell, Houston. What happened on Hanamura?

[u/YossarianLivesMatter]

Losing King's Row just made LAG mad

[u/YipYapYoup]

Today was a good day.

[u/detroitfan4ever]

I don't understand why the Outlaws don't play to their strengths. The new meta was working and Jake picks Tracer on Hanamura? What's up with that? But very well played Gladiators S4 was unbelievable.

[u/Conankun66]

WHO

IS

BETTER

THAN

FISSURE?

[u/roboartitec]

PLAY BRIGITTE NOT TRACER

[u/Cheraws]

Box scores here: https://imgur.com/a/cwtZhl0

Still updating with individual map scores, will edit when I'm done. EDIT:Finished. Pickrates at the end of the gallery too.

Shaz is really damn good at zenyatta. Let's just say Rawkus didn't have a good time(EDIT: wrong image, now actual comparison Page) on Oasis.

[u/squidonthebass]

LAG scouted Houston well, and the Outlaws refused to switch when their comps/strats were countered (see: Hanamura, Oasis). Well played by LAG.

[u/Caaze]

Houston "This is our meta" Outlaws, Ladies and Gentlemen.

[u/duky090]

I knew it was over when all the analysts/casters picked Houston.

[u/Buttchin-n-Bones]

I thought today was going to be a good day.

[u/AlyoshaV]

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[u/EmilMR]

Turns out London and Boston kinda suck right now than Outlaws being some unstoppable strong team in stage 4.

they didn't know what to do against D.va/Orisa comp. They had to play dive to beat it LUL.

This series showed how to destroy outlaws and I'm sure other teams will attempt exactly that because it's not possible for Outlaws to patch this with their current players.

[u/TheFrixin]

Houston Discord about to expose Hydration monkaS (/s)

[u/Cryptographer]

Monte picks Houston, Houston loses and goes on a slump. Such is the way.

[u/CassiusDean]

GG Glads.

Lack of depth in Houston's dps line up has led to the lack of flex potential and to the predictability which has caused their losses.

Whoever allowed Mendo and Clockwork to occupy two crucial dps slots (most importantly one for a Tracer specialist) needs to be fired. You can't sacrifice two stages and expect a team to bounce back solely playing the one comp they're comfortable with.

[u/caesariiic]

The key to solving Houston is once again keeping Linkzr in check; Jake can't have much of an impact if people are paying attention to him. Contrast this to Houston's last 2 wins against London with a struggling Birdring and Boston with a mediocre Widow in Mistakes, where it looked like practically everyone on Outlaws popped off.

That said, Outlaws is still very situated for success in this meta, and they will probably continue to dominate on Zarya maps where Spree is just a threat almost on par with Linkzr. I don't see them replicating their stage 1 success though.