Very, very concerned about the first roster, but maybe they'll surprise me.

The second roster... hell yeah.

S H O C K harsha

The CIS Hope will BURN THE FIRST ORDER DOWN

Interested to see how Wanted performs

ooooh I like this roster, lots of potential, especially in the DPS duo of Tseini and SharP.

Ooh that’s dirty

Your puns are fucking fire.

Burbank Studios

Ok scrub ok

Boring titles ResidentSleeper

The Brooklyn Vibrant

BV

...who is Shax

I believe so.

I presume they'll have Unfixed learning the genji to add to his projectile hero pool, unless Kensi decides to play genji along with his hitscan/tracer prowess. Not sure about Engh and Mayn simply because they're unproven, and I haven't seen Sharyk on anything except Winston, so I'm a bit skeptical.

It’s preeeetttyyy

Ok, here goes my rankings (with reasoning!)

1) Seoul Dynasty
While many would think this to be a painfully obvious choice, I actually don't think the Dynasty are that much ahead of the rest of the league- both Excelsior and Outlaws put up extremely good fights, making every map close. However, as of this moment, Dynasty stands ahead due to their experienced and phenomenal tank/support core (the additions of KuKi and Xepher are also great), but it's the new DPS group, especially the talents of Fleta, that allow them to take the number 1 spot. However, this could change .

2) Dallas Fuel
Despite a slightly underwhelming performance in the preseason, Dallas Fuel has everything it needs to be a league-winning team, and it shows that they were attempting different strategies and comps in their first couple games. I expect them to win many of their games in the upcoming stages in dominant fashion, especially with the new added flexibility of Seagull, xQc, and Custa.

3) Los Angeles Valiant
While many also see their preseason performance as underwhelming, keep in mind that they were without the talents of Agilities and SPACE, two players who have proven to be able to turn the tides of matches in the past. Plus, with Silkthread's endless flexibility, an incredibly strong support core, and a great Korean tank duo, Valiant are destined for some great victories.

4) New York Excelsior
Excelsior and my number 5 team are kind of interchangeable, but I believe Excelsior will skyrocket once they implement Jjonak on the support and Libero on the DPS, with the potential to upset any of the top teams.

5) Houston Outlaws
Same case as Excelsior. They have a great tank and support core, but they need to figure out their DPS situation. Four very talented players, but they need more concrete positions to avoid confusion and incoordination in the future.

6) London Spitfire
I still stand by my long-passionate case of GC Busan falling out, which they've already seemed to do. Profit and Hooreg are strong as ever, but the rest of the team looks lost. If they implement more of the Panthera core, I see them finding more success.

7-10) SF Shock, LA Gladiators, PHI Fusion, BOS Uprising
Simply need to see more of these teams. They all have the potential to be at the top, they all have great players, but with more playtime we'll be able to rank them better.

11) Shanghai Dragons
A rather inflexible lineup, I can't see them making much of an impact this season, especially since they're lacking a talented projectile player.

12) Florida Mayhem
I've expressed my disappointment before and I'll continue to do so. A non talented and a mess of a team. TviQ is obviously still a phenomenal player, but he can only do so much, and Manneten does an incredible job on all his offtanks, but the two of them can't carry the team all alone. Cwoosh is a mess of a tank player, their supports are in jambles, and Logix plays way too passively for the aggressive name he built up for himself. They need roster changes as soon as possible or they'll be staying in this number 12 spot.

I’ll make a list later with explanations.

POGGED ON!

Happy holidays everyone! Lots of love for this community.

-Your friend Pixelfish

#2 👑😎

This is an awesome roster.

Vallutaja has always been a star tracer

the goal has been reached!

Star Wars vs. Overwatch match-ups

Kreygasm

Get well my doggie

🅱️ O O M F I S T

FailFish title

Agreed. Any major force user would destroy Genji.

Unexpected

Happy that Nanzer is willing to discuss things openly about OWL.

Pharah vs Boba Fett 🤔

Figured you’d say Renegades would win.

Amsterdam Blaze, in my opinion, is the most OWL caliber team.

The guy is such a good player, happy to see him back

Not having cross region games is a wasted opportunity.

Don’t believe MY or 1246 will be playing, so we’ll have to see who replaces them.

Ayyyy Nesh and Meza

Phaz not FaZe

Another addition, for NA specifically- NerdStars has gotten off to a slow start, but starting Christmas and on, a lot of us will be more active and we’ll be able to queue and scrim more often. We have a decent sized roster so far, but still looking for more:

Pixelfish- Captain/DPS
Blue- Assistant Captain/Tank/DPS
Darkcvc- Assistant Captain/Support
CamRa- Off tank
GoldenSun- Flex/Support
Toki- Flex
Asago- Tank
NoFactual- Flex
Raisin- Support
KuroiRyuu- Flex
Scrubasaurus- Off Tank
Bweesh- Flex

As an addition, be aware that there is an NA squad (NerdStars) and an EU squad (FlagMeta).
If you’re interested in joining a large roster of people that you can consistently queue with (gold-diamond range), and scrimming and competing against the opposite region team at times, come join those servers!

If you want to join NerdStars, let me or Dark know.
If you want to join FlagMeta, let Murasaki, Remiska, or Dark know.

Hope to see more people join our roster!

I’m so incredibly hyped for it to start.

👑🕶

Surprised that AKM or Hqrdest aren’t there in place of Nico.

Oputo one man army

Not as impressed as I thought I was going to be.
But, out of my love for Meza, I wish them the best.

REEEEEEEEEEE

Awesome job on these, poi. It's awesome to have someone as passionate as you making these threads to keep us all up to date.

You're always and will always be my FAVORITE.

FailFish

J A C K I N T H E B O X

This is cool! I'll definitely take a look and try to use it.
Thanks for sharing :)

The only thing I’ll pay for will be the OWL stream, Over.gg, and Battle.net.

Kappa