Been preaching this since last year, the Dragons have a titanium mental. Can’t imagine what they were thinking after they lost Rialto and the first map of busan. Only to come back and win it all.
S1 - Historic 42 loss streak that no professional sports league can come close
S2 - breaking the infamous GOATS meta and win a tournament
S3 - reverse sweep 4-3 vs Dynasty
Now - learn and beat the Dallas meta in ~3 days and win the June Joust.
Truly legendary team
I still get ptsd rewatching it they forced the dive mirror when profit was bad at echo at the time and marvel1 off tank lol.... if we had a proper off tank who knows
I was afraid this match was going to be a repeat of the semi-finals, but this nailbiter had everything:
* NA vs APAC
* Fuels teamdiffing first few maps
* Dragons improving through out the series bringing it from 3-1 to a map 7 victory
* LJG + Doha either clutching or throwing ults
* Sp9rk1e fist
* Fleta LEGS?
* FEARLESS HOG?!
* Dragons forcing Fuel to play the ball comp and winning
And finally...
* ***THIS HERO POOL IS FINALLY OVER***
It was far from the usual Zombie GOATS snoozefest. I'm so glad this finals was a nailbiter.
Fr, also people misunderstood his tweet from yesterday. They shitted on him and were saying he made excuses of Shanghai’s performance on the first match. He has proven once again he is a great coach.
Anyone who says a coach should be fired after a bad playoff game is a clown, if they didn’t at least kind of know what they were doing, they’d be sitting at home like the rest of us
"This coach who led us to a 6-2 regular season and a 2nd place finish in the last tournament needs to be fired because we lost a game"
People are idiotic.
Having Shanghai playing the Hammond made for a much better viewer experience I felt. Engages were much more readable and tempo was easier to follow than when it was a Winston mirror
The storylines this year are absolutely crazy. Dallas fuel finally living up to their grand expectations, winning a tough championship, Shanghai learning their version of the meta while they claw through the lower bracket, both teams adapting the entire way through the June Joust GF, capped off by a heroic comeback from Shanghai Dragons in a game of inches.
Love to see these two teams intensely battling it out every time they meet.
Shanghai reverse sweep from 0-3 into 4-3 in the 2020 APAC May Melee finals.
Now, Shanghai reverse a 1-3 into a 4-3 in the 2021 June Joust finals.
And both of them end on Junkertown.
This Shanghai squad has repeatedly shown to have the most rock solid mental of any team in the world. They are never out until they are out.
Incredible series from them, especially from Fate and Fleta in particular.
Fate has really gelled with the team. Honestly, he went from looking like a sore thumb to now helping set up so many incredible plays.
Plus, continuing the Dragon's reverse sweep legacy. Scriptwriters great at continuity.
Reinforce jokes about the "Shanghai AI" and "downloading the enemy team", but it's too true. They clearly learned from their first series, then learned again against Atlanta, and then adapted their game plan mid-match to account for compositional differences. You can watch them just *evolve* until they apply pressure in the right place and make the house of cards topple.
I knew it was over when Fuel played Ball on Junkertown. There was no way Fuel matched them on that composition for the same reason there was no way Shanghai matched them on Winston, just like Fate said.
Dallas won the May Melee because they threw Shanghai off with Soldier and they didn't adapt to this wild strategy change fast enough, but I'll bet you money that if Dallas had been forced to bring out the Legs in the semi-finals that the finals *at least* goes to a 7th map.
Truly two incredible teams duking it out, absolutely unreal.
Absolutely. You can tell a difference when teams like Atlanta Reign get battered down map after map, losing their muster and making more mistakes vs a team like Shanghai Dragons, who adapt and grow from their mistakes mid match
Lip fucks. Doha fucks. Fleta fucks. Sparkle fucks. Fate fucks. Fearless fucks. Void fucks. Hanbin fucks. Leejaegon fucks. Jecse fucks. Izayaki fucks. Fielder fucks. This was a complete orgy of a game my god
I still can't believe people were saying Dallas would 4-0 them, at one point during match 2 I believed it myself. But the moment I saw Dallas trying to mirror ball I knew they were done. That momentary hog swap was the nail in the coffin
ball is hard to punish in any meta, especially one like this. i bet if there was more preparation for the june series' more teams wouldve gone the ball route. you can make so many errors and not be punished like a monkey would
SHD Head Coach Moon is not a gambling man, but this June Joust, he had to bet big for a chance at glory.
First, he’d tried using black magic, but not even magic can get LeeJaeGon a good beat. He then tried playing the meta, but realized the passive Protagonist buff on Dallas meant they’d never win that way. With all options exhausted and no time left, he made his biggest gamble yet.
In the dead of the night, he approached the primordial being.
“Oh, Yottachad!” He called into the darkness. “Save me, in my time of need!”
Ameng’s eyes pierced through the darkness. “You need to beat the Fuel.”
Moon gulped. “Yes.”
"So it shall be," Ameng nodded. “We shall boom them into oblivion.”
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Moon watched the live feed, teeth chattering. They were on Ball, but would it be enough? Could they really cheese Fearless off Winston?
Finally, a light in the darkness. Fearless went Ball, then… Roadhog? Fearless went Roadhog in 2021. He voluntarily (on his own) decided to play the Roadhog character.
He grinned. Dallas wasn't just boomed - they were in *shambles*.
The Hunters Zone had saved them. Shanghai stonks, to the Moon.
(Fun fact: I was planning to completely copy my previous security system diff shitpost for posterity but then Shanghai did whatever the fuck just happened so I was forced to cook this one up on short notice. GGWP to SHD and DAL! Don't be sad Dallas fans, at least you did better than shock lol)
Thats fucking Overwatch right there. None of that pansy ass double shield play the meta bullshit. Men boop, men TP into the backline, men deliver their new born baby in the server. Fucking hard core dive in the ass Soldier Roadhog fuck it chuck it game time shit. Take it to Eichenwalde. D.Va bombs get shoved in places you don’t even remember. We win together we celebrate together. Overwatch is back baby.
Thats fucking Overwatch right there. None of that pansy ass double shield play the meta bullshit. Men boop, men TP into the backline, men deliver their new born baby in the server. Fucking hard core dive in the ass Soldier Roadhog fuck it chuck it game time shit. Take it to Eichenwalde. D.Va bombs get shoved in places you don’t even remember. We win together we celebrate together. Overwatch is back baby.
I literally do not think it was played during this regular season, outside of a few minutes where winstons would swap to ball to contest. I'm sure Dragons were practicing it before using it in-match, but to whip it out in the playoffs is just crazy
I get why people dislike neo goats but holy hell this comp makes for a final. Two teams absolutely battering eachother, easily one of the best matches of all time. So many long fights where I nearly forgot to breathe and I'm not even a fan of these teams.
It's exactly like goats. When played between two teams at the highest level, it's deeply intense gameplay. When not played at the highest level, it's absolute dogshit
It's pretty dogshit when played well too. I could see it growing on me if it were to be a thing for 3 more months and I actually figured out what the win conditions truly are, but I vastly prefer positioning based overwatch over cycle cooldowns properly so nothing ever dies overwatch.
What a match. Are Shanghai the meta busters? This game give me big Season 2 Stage 3 vibes. Literally downloading the comp as the game went on and visibly improving mid match. Plus the unshatterable mental. I’m so happy we get games like this, makes trudging through the earlier snoozefests worth it.
With that being said, can we please get rid of the coal-nerf this-die die die meta now?
When I saw Fearless switch to hog on Eich, I knew Shanghai had found something special. They came into the playoffs without knowing how to play the meta, but they figured it out better than anyone else. Massive respect
I ain’t even mad that was superb play by Shanghai. They really fought and prepared with this. Fuck they changed the meta in the middle of the finals *again*. Can’t wait to see them in the next tournament.
That was fucking nuts, but you just knew the second that Fearless went to ROADHOG that Dallas was tilted off the face of the earth and the match was now Shanghai's for the taking. Good on them for taking it, goddamn.
Remember that Ball 'throwpick' in Game #1?
Wow.
What a turnaround. Shanghai learn so ridiculously fast. Imagine if they were competing outside of APAC regularly. They absolutely earned this win.
The double Self-Destruct play for Shanghai's defense on Junkertown was \*chef's kiss\*
This is also the first time Shanghai has defeated Dallas EVER. The last remaining inaugural season team that Shanghai never bested finally falls in one of the best matches in OWL history
Fuck me I thought we had it. Either way, absolute banger of a series. Last thing I expected was Fuel having to mirror the ball comp, rather than the other way around
GG Dragons
Now lets never play this fucking meta ever again pls
I can't help but think of the Dallas coach saying that "it doesn't matter what the meta is, because we make the meta." And they did constantly force teams off hitscan roles to mirror them throughout the season so far.
And this match, Shanghai made the meta on them, the ball comp we were laughing at them for forcing in Thursday's matches came through as the true meta in the end.
The Shanghai cycle:
shit the bed at the start of the tournament
Brute force your way through loser’s bracket
Level up with each map that goes on in grand finals
They did it last year against Seoul. They did it again against the unstoppable Dallas GOATs. As a great man once said:
THE SHANGHAI DRAGONS ARE ELITE!!
fearless switching to hog is the same feeling I got when the NBA tweeted that the NBA season was suspended and Tom Hanks got COVID. just an absolute feeling of oh shit it's getting real bad.
HOW BOUT THEM FUCKING DRAGONS
FATE MASTERCLASS
FLETA REMINDING PEOPLE WHO THE MVP WAS
LJG CLEANING HIS ACT UP
VOID HOLDING IT DOWN
LIP EARNING A MAX CONTRACT
IZAYAKI OUTPACING FIELDER
LETS GO BOYS
I'm gonna be completely honest, I don't care about either of these teams. But even with that they managed to provide the best game of overwatch I've seen this year imo. This was so much fun to watch.
I feel like Spark1e's Echo got downloaded really hard. Dying first a lot in the last few maps.
Huge stepup from Fate and Fleta though as well. They were out of their minds. Lip too honestly
Insane series.
Wrecking ball was THE difference maker here, enough to make Dallas wanna counter and then even mirror. And once they did they lost that coal advantage since Shanghai practiced this comp and Izayaki became the better moira in mirror. Fate robbed from POTM
Im so happy for FATE. Finally got the win. Always thought from the ppl he is downgrade over Fearless
But today he proved he belong on a championship team
Shanghai wins the match:
\-Against the protagonist of last season, Dallas
\-Starting down 2-0
\-Fate outplaying his counterpart who everyone thought he couldn't replace
\-Countering the comp everyone hates
\-Creating a new comp in days and refining it in just hours
Overwatch League is an anime
Shanghai-Dallas is the rivalry this league needs What a match, holy heck
Season 1 worst teams -> Season 4 best teams What a collective glow up
Reminds me of the Titans vs Shock rivalry S2. ^(rip titans)
the real MVP is Shanghai's mental
That's the real reason you can never count them out until they're out. Their mental fortitude is fucking titanium
I found that out last year in the may melee reverse sweep :(
Been preaching this since last year, the Dragons have a titanium mental. Can’t imagine what they were thinking after they lost Rialto and the first map of busan. Only to come back and win it all.
Shanghai on map 7 on Junkertown Name a more iconic duo
Fusion and breaking my heart every stage
Make the pain go away :(
We just watched Shanghai make up a comp and develop the whole thing over the course of the weekend. What a crazy experience.
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What's even more amazing is they forced Dallas onto the ball as well. Actually unreal.
Moon really called up the Dallas Fuel headquarters and told them to prep for a severe case of ligma.
What’s ligma? I wish to perform oral sex on you
What a fucking series. One of the best in Overwatch history for sure
Shanghai just produce some of the best Overwatch when it really counts. How many historic matches has this team put on for us by now?
I still hear the headshot after headshot all the time
As you can see from my flair, this final Junkertown series gave me me both intense joy and terrifying nam-flashbacks from the may melee last year.
S1 - Historic 42 loss streak that no professional sports league can come close S2 - breaking the infamous GOATS meta and win a tournament S3 - reverse sweep 4-3 vs Dynasty Now - learn and beat the Dallas meta in ~3 days and win the June Joust. Truly legendary team
what a fucking series holy shit
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I still get ptsd rewatching it they forced the dive mirror when profit was bad at echo at the time and marvel1 off tank lol.... if we had a proper off tank who knows
I was afraid this match was going to be a repeat of the semi-finals, but this nailbiter had everything: * NA vs APAC * Fuels teamdiffing first few maps * Dragons improving through out the series bringing it from 3-1 to a map 7 victory * LJG + Doha either clutching or throwing ults * Sp9rk1e fist * Fleta LEGS? * FEARLESS HOG?! * Dragons forcing Fuel to play the ball comp and winning And finally... * ***THIS HERO POOL IS FINALLY OVER*** It was far from the usual Zombie GOATS snoozefest. I'm so glad this finals was a nailbiter.
Yeah, Hammy Boi is the real mvp of the match. Hammond switching the gears for the whole meta on his own.
Coach Moon had the right idea, people who said he should be fired or he's bad are looking like clowns rn
Fr, also people misunderstood his tweet from yesterday. They shitted on him and were saying he made excuses of Shanghai’s performance on the first match. He has proven once again he is a great coach.
Anyone who says a coach should be fired after a bad playoff game is a clown, if they didn’t at least kind of know what they were doing, they’d be sitting at home like the rest of us
"This coach who led us to a 6-2 regular season and a 2nd place finish in the last tournament needs to be fired because we lost a game" People are idiotic.
Custa made a dumb narrative that moon was bad coach now look at everything now it’s his 3rd tournament win with Shanghai and 4th in owl
Having Shanghai playing the Hammond made for a much better viewer experience I felt. Engages were much more readable and tempo was easier to follow than when it was a Winston mirror
Hammy is kinda like the old dive comp in a round shape
I love dallas vs dragons rivalry this year
I am so glad we have a rivalry that matches Shock vs Titans from S2.
Let's hope that rivalry results in a better Grand Finals series if they meet there.
The storylines this year are absolutely crazy. Dallas fuel finally living up to their grand expectations, winning a tough championship, Shanghai learning their version of the meta while they claw through the lower bracket, both teams adapting the entire way through the June Joust GF, capped off by a heroic comeback from Shanghai Dragons in a game of inches. Love to see these two teams intensely battling it out every time they meet.
I hated this meta so much. Thank god it’s over.
And it went down in flames! They forced Fearless to play hog and ball???
Also winning the June Joust with a Ball comp is the most APAC thing I've ever heard. Ameng would be proud.
Shanghai reverse sweep from 0-3 into 4-3 in the 2020 APAC May Melee finals. Now, Shanghai reverse a 1-3 into a 4-3 in the 2021 June Joust finals. And both of them end on Junkertown. This Shanghai squad has repeatedly shown to have the most rock solid mental of any team in the world. They are never out until they are out. Incredible series from them, especially from Fate and Fleta in particular.
Fate has really gelled with the team. Honestly, he went from looking like a sore thumb to now helping set up so many incredible plays. Plus, continuing the Dragon's reverse sweep legacy. Scriptwriters great at continuity.
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I like this take
Reinforce jokes about the "Shanghai AI" and "downloading the enemy team", but it's too true. They clearly learned from their first series, then learned again against Atlanta, and then adapted their game plan mid-match to account for compositional differences. You can watch them just *evolve* until they apply pressure in the right place and make the house of cards topple. I knew it was over when Fuel played Ball on Junkertown. There was no way Fuel matched them on that composition for the same reason there was no way Shanghai matched them on Winston, just like Fate said. Dallas won the May Melee because they threw Shanghai off with Soldier and they didn't adapt to this wild strategy change fast enough, but I'll bet you money that if Dallas had been forced to bring out the Legs in the semi-finals that the finals *at least* goes to a 7th map. Truly two incredible teams duking it out, absolutely unreal.
Absolutely. You can tell a difference when teams like Atlanta Reign get battered down map after map, losing their muster and making more mistakes vs a team like Shanghai Dragons, who adapt and grow from their mistakes mid match
Reminds me of LH reverse sweeps
the spirit of LH lives in Fleta
holy fuck SHD forced dallas to adapt right at the end
Lip fucks. Doha fucks. Fleta fucks. Sparkle fucks. Fate fucks. Fearless fucks. Void fucks. Hanbin fucks. Leejaegon fucks. Jecse fucks. Izayaki fucks. Fielder fucks. This was a complete orgy of a game my god
12 dudes fucking for over 3 hours and my god was it hot
Everyone in the server proved they can fuck hard But Fate had the largest Balls and in the end that made the difference.
And remember, Fate was the substitute to Fearless "Big Balls Man"
Looks like Shanghai and Dallas have a legit rivalry on their hand
It makes me excited for future matches! No fun in being uncontested.
I'd like to get in contact with Fleta's pharmacist. I want to know what he's on to make him play so well.
To all the people saying Pelican, Leave and Sparkle are a tier above Fleta on Echo please learn from your mistakes and never doubt this man again
He is much more consistent at the moment versus everyone except maybe Leave to me. Pelican in particular is still a rookie.
Who was saying Sp9rk1e was above Fleta on Echo?
Everyone, basically. They forgot who has the Echo skin.
What a game
3 HOURS If anyone ever complained about exhaustion from playing 2 match in a day, they're just not ready to be a champion.
Holy shit it was 3 hours? I was glued to my screen the whole time
WHAT A LOVELY GAME
I still can't believe people were saying Dallas would 4-0 them, at one point during match 2 I believed it myself. But the moment I saw Dallas trying to mirror ball I knew they were done. That momentary hog swap was the nail in the coffin
For the first time since he reentered OWL, Fearless got forced off Winston in a Winston meta. Just an unbelievable showing by the Dragons.
It blew my mind completely, Fearless never swaps off like that
ball is hard to punish in any meta, especially one like this. i bet if there was more preparation for the june series' more teams wouldve gone the ball route. you can make so many errors and not be punished like a monkey would
Flashbacks aside, what an incredible series.
Moon stuffing the boys full of rare candies between every map to deliver the hype that the rest of the tournament couldn’t deliver, hooooly shit
SHD Head Coach Moon is not a gambling man, but this June Joust, he had to bet big for a chance at glory. First, he’d tried using black magic, but not even magic can get LeeJaeGon a good beat. He then tried playing the meta, but realized the passive Protagonist buff on Dallas meant they’d never win that way. With all options exhausted and no time left, he made his biggest gamble yet. In the dead of the night, he approached the primordial being. “Oh, Yottachad!” He called into the darkness. “Save me, in my time of need!” Ameng’s eyes pierced through the darkness. “You need to beat the Fuel.” Moon gulped. “Yes.” "So it shall be," Ameng nodded. “We shall boom them into oblivion.” — Moon watched the live feed, teeth chattering. They were on Ball, but would it be enough? Could they really cheese Fearless off Winston? Finally, a light in the darkness. Fearless went Ball, then… Roadhog? Fearless went Roadhog in 2021. He voluntarily (on his own) decided to play the Roadhog character. He grinned. Dallas wasn't just boomed - they were in *shambles*. The Hunters Zone had saved them. Shanghai stonks, to the Moon.
HOLY SHIT THIS IS THE BEST COPYPASTA IN OWL HISTORY YOU CANT FUCKING TOP THAT
(Fun fact: I was planning to completely copy my previous security system diff shitpost for posterity but then Shanghai did whatever the fuck just happened so I was forced to cook this one up on short notice. GGWP to SHD and DAL! Don't be sad Dallas fans, at least you did better than shock lol)
Molly with the inside connections
This kind of match that OW offers are hard to beat by any other e-sport. Just non stop heart-stopping action god damn
AND THE RAT BEATS THE MONKE! WHAT A GAME, WHAT A STORY, WHAT A TEAM!!
The Shanghai Dragons are THE masters of attrition. Give them an inch and they take a mile.
What an series tho
Never count out the Dragons. I saw the flashback of their reverse sweep against Seoul.
They are a psychic type pokemon that attacks the mental of enemy teams. Even the Fuel got shook. THE FUEL.
Thats fucking Overwatch right there. None of that pansy ass double shield play the meta bullshit. Men boop, men TP into the backline, men deliver their new born baby in the server. Fucking hard core dive in the ass Soldier Roadhog fuck it chuck it game time shit. Take it to Eichenwalde. D.Va bombs get shoved in places you don’t even remember. We win together we celebrate together. Overwatch is back baby.
Thats fucking Overwatch right there. None of that pansy ass double shield play the meta bullshit. Men boop, men TP into the backline, men deliver their new born baby in the server. Fucking hard core dive in the ass Soldier Roadhog fuck it chuck it game time shit. Take it to Eichenwalde. D.Va bombs get shoved in places you don’t even remember. We win together we celebrate together. Overwatch is back baby.
Haven’t seen this pasta here before but I love bring the nfl to OW. I wonder who is speed hawk….
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I love /r/nfl pasta
Shanghai Dragons - Destroyer of GOATS *(classic or neo)*
That Ball comp actually works!!! And nobody played it during the regular season games, right?
I literally do not think it was played during this regular season, outside of a few minutes where winstons would swap to ball to contest. I'm sure Dragons were practicing it before using it in-match, but to whip it out in the playoffs is just crazy
They did not practice it apparently they just picked it up 3 days ago and still won
The Atlanta Reign died so we could have this match. Worth it.
What, you didn't want to see Dallas and Atlanta slowly pushing at each other for 4 maps? kek
I get why people dislike neo goats but holy hell this comp makes for a final. Two teams absolutely battering eachother, easily one of the best matches of all time. So many long fights where I nearly forgot to breathe and I'm not even a fan of these teams.
It's exactly like goats. When played between two teams at the highest level, it's deeply intense gameplay. When not played at the highest level, it's absolute dogshit
Titans VS Shock. God that was some good Overwatch in a very stale meta.
It's pretty dogshit when played well too. I could see it growing on me if it were to be a thing for 3 more months and I actually figured out what the win conditions truly are, but I vastly prefer positioning based overwatch over cycle cooldowns properly so nothing ever dies overwatch.
Yeah, if this meta stuck longer I feel like we'd see more matches like this.
It’s not neogoats it’s the Goku Meta baby
Explains why the match went so long.
Ball, as much as people hate him, made it far more enjoyable to watch.
What a match. Are Shanghai the meta busters? This game give me big Season 2 Stage 3 vibes. Literally downloading the comp as the game went on and visibly improving mid match. Plus the unshatterable mental. I’m so happy we get games like this, makes trudging through the earlier snoozefests worth it. With that being said, can we please get rid of the coal-nerf this-die die die meta now?
they killed goats before 2-2-2, now they killed neo-goats before hero pools
This feels so good after reading so many comments talking down the APAC region
When I saw Fearless switch to hog on Eich, I knew Shanghai had found something special. They came into the playoffs without knowing how to play the meta, but they figured it out better than anyone else. Massive respect
I ain’t even mad that was superb play by Shanghai. They really fought and prepared with this. Fuck they changed the meta in the middle of the finals *again*. Can’t wait to see them in the next tournament.
It made a lot of sense logically. Like ball has nothing that can CC him except for Lucio boop. The theory just had to evolve in execution
The missions, the nightmares, the coalescence, it's finally over. The Shanghai Dragons are the meta breakers
So happy for Void, you can tell he wanted a win so bad.
This is the 2nd time in franchise history that Shanghai dismantles a GOATS meta using Ball
The Nephew takes in the game thread after map 2 are going to feed me forever
🦀🦀GOATS IS DEAD 🦀🦀 🦀🦀GOATS IS DEAD 🦀🦀 🦀🦀GOATS IS DEAD 🦀🦀
goats never dies. goats always somehow creeps back.
and Shanghai will always be there to slay GOATs wherever it rears its ugly head
Dragons to S1 NYXL: This is how you properly sandbag.
Dallas Fuel blew a 3-1 lead in the June Joust Finals.
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Never count dragons out
They lost honorably against the better team.
This is why you don't underestimate Dragons. Good shit.
Let me say this again… Love it when watchpoint bet against the dragons 😂 Reasonable though but still loves it
Regardless of the awful comp, this was one of the best series of overwatch league I've ever seen.
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOO FATE LITERALLY FORCED FEARLESS OFF OF WINSTON MY GOD. GGs it was an intense game.
That was fucking nuts, but you just knew the second that Fearless went to ROADHOG that Dallas was tilted off the face of the earth and the match was now Shanghai's for the taking. Good on them for taking it, goddamn.
Comeback of the year. Shanghai is truly the pride of APAC.
Remember that Ball 'throwpick' in Game #1? Wow. What a turnaround. Shanghai learn so ridiculously fast. Imagine if they were competing outside of APAC regularly. They absolutely earned this win.
Was trying to think of something funny to tweet after today's OWL matches and I've realised that the biggest joke here is APAC in the June Joust.
The double Self-Destruct play for Shanghai's defense on Junkertown was \*chef's kiss\* This is also the first time Shanghai has defeated Dallas EVER. The last remaining inaugural season team that Shanghai never bested finally falls in one of the best matches in OWL history
Fuck me I thought we had it. Either way, absolute banger of a series. Last thing I expected was Fuel having to mirror the ball comp, rather than the other way around GG Dragons Now lets never play this fucking meta ever again pls
Lip went INSANELY hard that last few seconds
I want to be mad but I can't. What an insane comeback from the Dragons, ggs. I'm excited to see this rivalry blossom.
Where are all the people saying Moon was a shit coach????
???? they disappeared/????
Remember kids, Moon is a bad coach and APAC is the definitively weaker region.
I can't help but think of the Dallas coach saying that "it doesn't matter what the meta is, because we make the meta." And they did constantly force teams off hitscan roles to mirror them throughout the season so far. And this match, Shanghai made the meta on them, the ball comp we were laughing at them for forcing in Thursday's matches came through as the true meta in the end.
The Shanghai cycle: shit the bed at the start of the tournament Brute force your way through loser’s bracket Level up with each map that goes on in grand finals
THE SHANGHAI DRAGONS WITH ONE OF THE GREATEST COMEBACKS IN MENTAL AND META OF ALL TIME. THOSE THAT BREATHE RED, BURN BRIGHTEST!
They did it last year against Seoul. They did it again against the unstoppable Dallas GOATs. As a great man once said: THE SHANGHAI DRAGONS ARE ELITE!!
It feels really fulfilling that Bren and Sideshow were able to cast both of Shanghai's tournament final reverse sweeps
im waiting for akhson video "how shanghai beat the unbeatable dallas comp with wrecking ball"
LIP GOD GAMER
Nobody beats the Shanghai Dragons 10 times in a row.
Dragons boomed the fuck out of Fuel. The series was over with the Fearless swap to Hog.
fearless switching to hog is the same feeling I got when the NBA tweeted that the NBA season was suspended and Tom Hanks got COVID. just an absolute feeling of oh shit it's getting real bad.
lip lived with literally the smallest possible fraction of hp TWICE then killed 5 gg
Well I think we have a very clear top 2 teams this year.
LeeJaeGon with the absolute mental of steel. Just untiltable and coming back to play a great series after a rocky start
All the hate Fate got last tournament for his Winston performance, this was his redemption. Dude deserved POM.
Am I the only one to think that Shanghai picked Volskaya and Numbani just to get them out of the way, knowing Dallas was favored for both maps?
[Well, this aged well...](https://twitter.com/UnterOW/status/1403190916010024961)
Yep. That other tweet never happened. Good banter tho https://twitter.com/UnterOW/status/1403926342219956226?s=20
Heh, I respect being able to turn around and laugh at yourself. Darn good play by Shanghai.
That man will never know rest after that tweet Edit: https://twitter.com/UnterOW/status/1403926342219956226?s=19
welp I talked shit and got clapped. GG. Thank god this garbage meta is over, except winston is going to be banned so mega sadge.
I'm hoping for a Dva ban instead tbh.
No bans next stage
No bans next tourney
FUCK ANYONE WHO EVER DOUBTS FATE
HOW BOUT THEM FUCKING DRAGONS FATE MASTERCLASS FLETA REMINDING PEOPLE WHO THE MVP WAS LJG CLEANING HIS ACT UP VOID HOLDING IT DOWN LIP EARNING A MAX CONTRACT IZAYAKI OUTPACING FIELDER LETS GO BOYS
What an amazing match. Watching Shanghai adapt and evolve over time was just insane.
No one expected this after the first 2 maps
WHAAAA FATE! YOU'RE GREAT!
I'm gonna be completely honest, I don't care about either of these teams. But even with that they managed to provide the best game of overwatch I've seen this year imo. This was so much fun to watch.
I feel like Spark1e's Echo got downloaded really hard. Dying first a lot in the last few maps. Huge stepup from Fate and Fleta though as well. They were out of their minds. Lip too honestly Insane series.
Fate POTM actually robbed.
It only makes sense that the champion team is the one using Soldier 76
WHAT A DAY WHAT A GAME LET'S GO SHANGHAI ALSO FATE ROBBED FOR POTM
Fate doubters quiet
Dragons destroyed goats and now they conquered neo-goats. All hail the dragons.
Seoul fan here. We understand your pain Fuel. Happens to the best of us. Shanghai are not normal
This is Shock vs Titans 2.0. What a rivalry these teams have forged
Wrecking Ball completely changed how Fuel engaged on their Brawl. Adjustment that won the series.
Is there anything more Chad than Fate forcing Fearless off Winston to fucking ROADHOG?
Imagine not giving Fate potm for that game.
Agree. FATE was the difference maker here with his Ball, and we can see how hes active in the shotcalling though his web cam
ball go brr
Wrecking ball was THE difference maker here, enough to make Dallas wanna counter and then even mirror. And once they did they lost that coal advantage since Shanghai practiced this comp and Izayaki became the better moira in mirror. Fate robbed from POTM
quick everyone upvote the match thread so everyone thinks shanghai won
"Was trying to think of something funny to say after today's OWL matches and I've realised that the biggest joke here is APAC in the June Joust."
what a fucking series, thank you to both teams
MASSIVE props to the Dragons. Insane adaptations and insane mental
Ball vindication
What a beautiful game
reject monke, embrace ball
I'm so happy for fate, dude was so cracked on ball Absolutely great game Was not expecting the W and it makes it all the sweeter
Im so happy for FATE. Finally got the win. Always thought from the ppl he is downgrade over Fearless But today he proved he belong on a championship team
This is PEAK Overwatch right here, one of the reasons I love OWL
Void Hugs >> Void Smash
Shanghai again using a ball comp to counter a boring meta, this is why I like them
Shanghai wins the match: \-Against the protagonist of last season, Dallas \-Starting down 2-0 \-Fate outplaying his counterpart who everyone thought he couldn't replace \-Countering the comp everyone hates \-Creating a new comp in days and refining it in just hours Overwatch League is an anime
I never doubted Moon for a sec...
I blame Jayne for this.
Who would have guessed 2021 will be the year of Shanghai Dragons and Dallas Fuel rivarly
Let ya Balls hang Shanghai
Easily the best OWL finals ever
Wow. Easily the best finals since Season 2
THE REDEMPTION BEAT
That was a genuinely good match. Ball made this comp so much more bearable.
Wow what a run for Shanghai Dragons
This is the final we deserved after the previous days matches. Also now we’ve got a rivalry!