[2024] Calling All Heroes: 2023-24 Championship [Day 2]

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1135s	it's time to put up her shut up we're in
1137s	the grand finals and I can't wait to see
1139s	what ends up happening here this is the
1141s	true text for both of these teams right
1143s	now it's going to be about who wants it
1145s	more who has been on the grind
1146s	practicing this so
1149s	much getting to the Grand finals that is
1151s	a huge achievement on its own not to
1153s	mention all that is a stake with the
1155s	prize pool on itself coming away with
1158s	that Championship Victory say that you
1160s	can do it this is their chance to get
1162s	that first place for
1164s	Redemption they're here to make a name
1166s	for themselves come out of these Gates
1168s	Strong send a statement to all of the
1170s	people that have ever doubted that in
1171s	this
1174s	tournament Luigi with the Tracer alone
1177s	she has to try to keep this one up
1179s	especially now that the Sal going on ala
1181s	keeps guessing alive and allows the r to
1183s	come through the mering rims on and Kuni
1187s	never ever give up that's so much
1191s	out not for drag comes out of the SE now
1193s	it's bar code it's a real good shot and
1197s	Genji is split in half
1199s	make your final stand on midt about to
1202s	get crazy out here but some need to make
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1218s	third look at they focus down the enemy
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1225s	key goes over the top immediately takes
1227s	down Halo he goes down no support in a
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1239s	without the Blass the rer onto the back
1241s	line and the blizzard coming through
1243s	from Zone going to pressure out Kindred
1245s	and they just get melted there needss to
1248s	be some way for them to keep on to only
1250s	the players are falling one by
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1275s	good morning afternoon and evening
1277s	OverWatch 2 fans we're back for day two
1280s	of the calling all heroes Challenger
1282s	Series championship it's been a wild
1285s	ride and we had some sweeps knocking
1287s	teams down into the lower braet
1288s	yesterday before we get too F much
1291s	further again I'm your host Ash and I'm
1293s	going to be joined on the desk by my
1295s	lovely casters we've got two pairings
1297s	this time and we've got Dogman and got
1301s	Moxy welcome back you guys Moxy how are
1303s	you feeling I'm doing good it's been a
1306s	while we were last here with the major
1308s	free we got to see a lot of these teams
1309s	in action that has potentially moved on
1312s	since then especially moving from Sigma
1314s	towards the ratra but with this first
1316s	match up I think we're still going to be
1318s	seeing some very similar things coming
1320s	through from Michael wave which is good
1322s	in some ways but has a couple of
1323s	shortcomings that we'll get to in a
1325s	little bit yeah I'm looking forward to
1327s	it but we've got to talk about how these
1329s	teams have gotten here o overall I mean
1332s	it's been the season long yearlong
1335s	season I should say actually for the
1337s	very first time um down in 2023 so we've
1340s	got five teams that ended up qualifying
1342s	through those Challenger circuit points
1344s	and then the three teams through the
1346s	last chance qualifier earlier into last
1349s	month um Dogman when we're looking at
1352s	the expectations here though what have
1355s	you got to say well I mean obviously
1357s	both of the Timeless teams have those
1359s	high expectations you know they've been
1362s	dominating throughout this whole you
1364s	know tournament throughout the entire
1365s	year and maybe for some of those lcq
1368s	teams they don't have high have high
1370s	expectations but they still are very
1372s	talented a super super good team in
1374s	kunoichi who has been really standing
1376s	out in the lower bracket so far
1378s	obviously with that three over Titans
1379s	blue so although you know a lot of these
1382s	teams have a variant of or a variant
1385s	degree of expectations I think at the
1388s	end of the day these Timeless teams are
1389s	looking to win it all and maybe they
1391s	have the most on their back yeah so
1393s	overall storylines for you guys at home
1395s	to keep your eyes on overall that
1398s	consistency from those circuit Point
1399s	Challengers teams and then to the
1401s	surprise factor from our lcq members
1404s	there that have come into the fry but we
1406s	also have to chat about what they're
1408s	playing for right the money that's on
1409s	the line the prizing that we have to
1412s	Vive for and not only is there that
1414s	money Moxy these trophies are so cute
1418s	you've got one for the MVPs and the
1420s	Champions and even those participant
1421s	space bars I was going to say the money
1424s	is one thing the Merit is another but
1427s	the trophies are the true showstopper
1431s	but I think there's a lot on the line
1433s	for a lot of these teams but none more
1435s	so than for ESS aerial this is a team
1438s	who have been competing since the very
1440s	beginning of the 2023 circuit they've
1443s	come they've taken every single major
1445s	every single Championship if they don't
1448s	manage to take this one surely they're
1451s	going to be a little bit gutted that
1453s	they're not able to complete the
1454s	Infinity Gauntlet and add this last
1457s	gemstone to the mix that's the thing we
1460s	but overall on top of that you've also
1462s	got to take a look over towards the
1464s	money um I mean sure the prizing is
1467s	there we do have those expectations for
1469s	Timeless ethereal that they're looking
1471s	to take it all the way home and what
1474s	better driving Factor than that 20 grand
1477s	prize pool pot of course you guys get
1480s	the overall breakdown here on the screen
1482s	as far as that individual cash that each
1485s	player will get to pocket at the end of
1487s	the day but we also have to look over
1490s	towards where they're going to be
1491s	playing on top of what they're playing
1493s	for here Dogman there were some changes
1496s	I know you and Moxy weren't quite around
1497s	there for the lcq so we did have some
1500s	adjustments to the maps that we're
1501s	seeing coming in through compared to
1503s	manger 3 yeah I mean a lot of these maps
1506s	are you know I think who is it that
1509s	talked about it yesterday I think it was
1510s	CB who talked about you know the fact
1511s	that Kings Row and Midtown have been
1513s	thrown in there for the hybrids I mean
1515s	there has been a lot of brawl regardless
1516s	of map it seems we go to ba based on
1519s	like I would say less on the map pool
1521s	but I think things are definitely
1523s	decided you know whatever the meta may
1525s	be right whatever comes through with the
1526s	most recent patch and those are the
1528s	things kind of deciding you know what
1530s	kind of happens obviously you know with
1532s	maps like Kings Road rout 66 some of
1533s	these older Maps it's maybe a bit easier
1535s	for these teams to maybe want to play
1537s	those as they have the most experience
1539s	on them however at the end of the day a
1542s	lot of what's decided in game is
1543s	definitely based on you know which
1545s	heroes are the strongest at the time and
1546s	Moxy talked about it I mean ratra has
1548s	been absolutely a force to be reckoned
1550s	with so far in the championship series
1553s	Racha definitely has been but you also
1555s	have to keep in mind like teams like
1556s	kenoi teams that are going to be
1558s	bringing out some of those funkier
1560s	compositions to uh kind of highlight
1563s	some of their star players such as Sky
1565s	skiest um on that uh that trademark
1569s	Mercy if you will but not only are the
1571s	players playing for something you guys
1573s	at home actually have a chance to get
1575s	those lovely twitch drops down in chat
1578s	as well as a reminder to get those hours
1580s	in here on stream because Moxy these are
1584s	stunning like they slay make sure that
1587s	you're account is linked on Twitch as
1590s	well we've all been there we've all done
1591s	it we've been like okay cool I've put in
1594s	six hours on the stream I'm going to be
1595s	able to bag all of those goodies and
1597s	then you look to try and claim that
1599s	dropping you see the connect and you're
1602s	like oh no not like this so definitely
1605s	make sure that your battl net account
1606s	and the correct battl net account is
1608s	actually linked to that twitches like
1610s	you said there are some really great
1612s	cosmetics and I mean the Cosmetics team
1614s	never disappoints lovely to see as well
1617s	that far has actually been seeing some
1618s	play time in ch as well considering she
1621s	is very much the mascot hero for this
1623s	tournament the fact that we did actually
1625s	get see kinichi as you said broke out
1627s	not just that staple Mercy pick from sky
1630s	but also the far alongside it yeah the
1633s	farm Mercy was going hard yesterday that
1636s	is for sure but let's take a revisit
1639s	over towards how yesterday actually
1640s	ended up handing out there Dogman again
1643s	I think I talked about a little bit in
1645s	that show open they were those three
1647s	and0 sweeps over in the upper bracket
1649s	quarterfinals for the very first matches
1651s	of the day there for day one and
1654s	honestly seeing three's across the board
1656s	was a little bit surprising to me yeah
1659s	yeah it was but I think while that is
1661s	surprising I think it can bode well for
1663s	you know viewers of the tournament so
1665s	far just to see that three happen or so
1667s	early on you know that kind of sets us
1669s	up I think for the long run of okay
1671s	maybe today we have some close matches
1673s	in the semi-final no jinxes of course
1675s	but there's a good chance that because
1677s	early on in the quarterfinals all those
1679s	three happened that's kind of maybe what
1680s	you expect and as the tournament goes on
1683s	you know the script writer is almost
1684s	doing too good of a job where maybe
1686s	today tomorrow in the grand finals have
1689s	some exciting matches to look forward to
1691s	um because also like you said even in
1693s	the lower bracket I mean we had kunichi
1695s	that also got the three the only the
1697s	only difference was Fable um obviously
1700s	going 3-1 in their series as well which
1702s	it was a really hardfought series from
1704s	both teams down there in the lower
1705s	bracket so obviously moving forward both
1707s	of these bracket teams also look really
1709s	good so really Whoever has to drop down
1712s	a low bracket from the semi-finals is
1714s	probably going to be worried about both
1715s	Konichi and Fable three's and 31s also
1718s	don't necessarily tell the whole story
1720s	about what a map in itself that score
1723s	line ended up being right I know for the
1725s	Fable versus inarizaki matchup those are
1728s	pretty close on some of those Maps but a
1730s	bit heartbreaking also to not even
1732s	really get that opportunity for a team
1734s	like VT blue to get that momentum
1737s	started it seemed like they didn't seem
1739s	quite like the Vancouver Titans blue
1741s	that we had seen previously Moxy and
1743s	unfortunately we did have to say goodbye
1745s	to them yesterday yeah I mean they got
1747s	delt a really tough hand to be honest
1750s	coming into to that upper bracket having
1752s	to go up against immediately Timeless
1754s	celesti who are a very smart team the
1757s	mechanics are incredibly clean but I
1759s	think honestly the best point that times
1762s	Celestial have on their side is how
1764s	they're able to look at certain
1765s	situations that they're in and
1767s	immediately adapt scenarios on the Fly
1769s	we would see where they would look for
1771s	trades they would be able to sacrifice
1772s	their tank to actually find themselves
1774s	in a better positioning to bait teams
1776s	into them with things like on King's Row
1778s	that absolutely amazing amplification
1781s	Matrix to set up this soen as everyone
1784s	from VT blue sees a lack of that remat
1788s	and thinks full steam ahead it's go time
1790s	and walks directly into it when their m
1792s	is still respawning and as a result the
1794s	second the app goes up VT blue go
1797s	packing to that spawn point and I think
1800s	that dented their confidence like you
1801s	said they didn't really get to start
1803s	having that momentum they were very
1804s	hesitant to actually put their foot
1806s	forward against Tom Celestial because
1807s	they were always having to second guess
1809s	whether or not this is actually an
1810s	opportunity we can take or this is
1812s	something that they're making us think
1814s	that it's an opportunity that we can
1816s	take and as a result they just got
1818s	incredibly nervous incredibly hesitant
1820s	and when you're going up against her mat
1822s	and may hesitation is something you
1824s	cannot afford it definitely isn't but
1826s	we'll have to continue the but that
1828s	lower bracket run for those other teams
1831s	a little bit later because we have to
1832s	get into the upper semifinals to kick
1835s	off our day and for the first matchup of
1837s	course Timeless ethereal versus Michael
1840s	wave and Moxy again these are two teams
1843s	we didn't get the opportunity to see
1844s	them on stream yesterday on day one but
1847s	they have both obviously made a very
1850s	consistent Splash throughout the entire
1852s	season yes this is a team that well
1855s	these are two teams that are incredibly
1857s	known in the cah circuit ESS aeral
1860s	you're not going to know that name
1862s	unless you've been living under a rock
1864s	because they have taken every single one
1866s	of these tournaments by absolute storm
1869s	arguably some of the best players in
1872s	fact I would say bun is definitely the
1873s	best May that we have in cah s Hill is
1877s	actually going to be starting on off in
1878s	the roster so excited to see what tank
1881s	matchup is going to be there cuz the
1883s	last time they went up against microw
1884s	wave they were going into a Diest and a
1886s	Genji and they changed their composition
1888s	around it regarding whether or not they
1891s	had bun on that mate mirror or if they
1893s	needed to put them onto that Tracer to
1895s	be able to keep an AR on the Genji
1897s	looking to infiltrate into the
1899s	backline and I mean Timeless ethereal
1902s	without a bad doubt being the team that
1904s	everyone is looking towards to be the
1906s	ones to take it all but the question is
1908s	if they're going to actually make that
1910s	clean upper bracket run or if Michael
1913s	wave can potentially give them a run for
1914s	their money being one of those dark
1916s	horses that everyone has to keep in mind
1919s	here Dogman yeah I think that Michael
1922s	wave are those kind of underdogs right
1924s	if we take a look even at the most
1926s	recent major right before the
1928s	championship series I mean Michael wave
1930s	had a real shot of kind of taking down
1932s	those Champs really making like a
1934s	statement that they are a team that can
1936s	definitely compete at the very top I
1938s	mean the whole lineup has been very good
1941s	um realistically I we need to probably
1943s	see that step up to the next level from
1945s	them maybe whether that be from their so
1947s	storm player in death or some other area
1950s	they definitely have it in them to do
1952s	that as well as they've been a team to
1954s	always do well in the clutch too so
1956s	realistically Michael wave is an
1957s	underdog that is not only capable of
1959s	winning the whole thing but taking down
1961s	Timeless today would be absolutely huge
1963s	for them which I definitely think it's
1964s	within their right to do so we'll have
1967s	to see what they've been cooking so far
1969s	but overall we also have to consider now
1972s	that we're heading into this next
1973s	matchup as well maybe I don't know Moxy
1977s	if for this first map do you think there
1979s	could be a m pick that could favor
1981s	Michael wave in the sense of trying to
1984s	find that early Advantage I know we
1985s	immediately see Leon cower coming in hot
1988s	here as Timeless ethereals pick but
1991s	sometimes that map pick ban as far as
1993s	what we see actually coming into these
1995s	options it can make a big difference in
1998s	how a series plays out yeah I mean the
1999s	last time we saw Michael wave and time
2001s	ofil actually match up against each
2003s	other was back in the major and it was
2005s	Michael W who took control point so that
2007s	is something to remember like Dustin has
2008s	said they are an underdog coming into
2010s	this but they are an underdog who' have
2011s	already proven that they're able to
2013s	stand up against this team however as we
2016s	head into Li Jang we're potentially
2017s	going to be seeing a lot of that ratra
2019s	come through on control center but if we
2022s	do head over to Gardens that's the
2023s	potential the possibility that
2025s	opportunity to see a junker Queen pick
2028s	coming in through as well where you have
2030s	that chat you have that Rush the ability
2032s	to immediately position yourselves onto
2034s	the point and then you basically bait
2035s	them through that choke so that's
2037s	someone can get grabbed out by the
2038s	Jagger blade pulled out of position made
2040s	vulnerable for your soan to absolutely
2042s	shred down and there you just spiral the
2045s	fight for numbers well we're going to
2047s	have to see if Moxy 3 crafting does pan
2049s	through here for some of those hero
2050s	swaps we're going to head straight into
2052s	this first match up you to have
2054s	fun thank you Ash and the Jang Tower of
2057s	the map will be starting on as we uh
2060s	load on in Moxy I mean early predictions
2063s	you obviously think that there
2064s	potentially could be that JQ um
2068s	what do you think the chances are that
2069s	we actually do get to see that though
2070s	right I mean both of these teams
2072s	obviously like that ratra but you know
2074s	we have seen that JQ come out at points
2077s	what do you think we're actually likely
2078s	to see as we load in obviously it
2079s	depends on the submap
2081s	but so if we go somewhere like Night
2084s	Market we could potentially see a Diest
2086s	come out from Mari however when we saw
2088s	Mari the last time she did actually play
2091s	a ratra over on I believe it was
2093s	Icebreaker for Antarctic Peninsula if we
2096s	head into Gardens I think I think that's
2097s	potentially what we're going to be
2099s	seeing soill pick up the junker Queen
2101s	whether or not Mario's going to mirror
2103s	it or come out on something like ratra
2105s	cuz you still have a lot of distance
2107s	line of sight angles that you can take
2109s	advantage of you want to be able to
2110s	block off the potential of the jagged
2112s	blade picking those players out of
2114s	position as the fight begins as well but
2116s	it looks like we're just going to have
2118s	the clean mirror matchup neither of
2120s	these teams really wanting to deviate
2122s	too far away the Jan Queen into a mat is
2124s	an incredibly tough match up for the JQ
2127s	actually be able to take advantage of
2129s	particularly because the rat just has so
2131s	much poke and is such a huge presence as
2134s	the fight begins that a lot of the time
2136s	the junker Queen doesn't get close
2137s	enough to actually have 75% of her kid
2140s	even available yeah so both both teams
2143s	running that ratra has been kind of
2145s	dominant so far throughout the
2148s	championship series so now Michael wave
2150s	and Timeless ethereal both go towards
2152s	that bridge take off some poke initially
2155s	saw Hill already the first one to take
2157s	take control of that pillar side as well
2159s	force that maywalt early nothing really
2161s	comes of it for Michael wave so that
2163s	utility already gone could mean that
2165s	Timeless just push onto microwave
2168s	however they've kind of locked
2169s	themselves around the Doge that's a
2170s	great area that's given death the
2172s	opportunity to take out FN as she tried
2174s	to go aggressive for moves bur from the
2177s	server now you don't have that man
2178s	anymore and you still have death pumping
2180s	that damage in from the backline sill
2182s	dangerously low and so is x0 on the
2184s	other side of Timeless but they've
2185s	managed to keep everybody alive for now
2188s	that second mayw comes out from soe
2190s	separates Timeless away as mic wave
2192s	looked to cap the point out they do have
2194s	some members back and in fact it's
2195s	wicked to go down so Timeless working
2197s	themselves back into it yin and yang
2199s	they've done quite well bun also finds
2201s	death so that damage removed from
2203s	microwave and although microwave had the
2205s	edge had the advantage they built up
2206s	some ultimates first it doesn't matter
2208s	because Timeless ethereal came back and
2210s	are going to take the point first yeah
2212s	soill livs that's the huge thing
2214s	microwave find that first pick like
2216s	you've said they had to to rotate onto
2217s	the point however because because they
2219s	put themselves onto that Dojo angle so
2222s	that when the mayol was cool down they
2224s	still had all the defensive capabilities
2226s	to dodge around the potential sodium
2228s	pick it meant that when the point
2229s	started to unlock they had to challenge
2231s	time with spal by walking directly into
2234s	them and as a result now they're going
2236s	to get picked apart time and time again
2239s	on these approaches losing that Baptist
2242s	is the absolute worst thing because you
2244s	have the amplification Matrix to try and
2246s	rely on on using setting it down
2248s	breaking apart the space that t fa will
2250s	have holding on to to just get out of
2253s	Choke alive so good what they do over
2257s	mic wave finally has regrouped nearly
2259s	40% on the board ultimates nearly even
2262s	except that overclock not going to be on
2263s	death side and same with the
2265s	annihilation Mari Bard by bun is here as
2268s	well as microwave tried to walk in
2269s	immediately removes Mari sill tries to
2272s	take some space with the annihilation
2273s	forces the beat drop also has the Pucket
2275s	here I mean what better way
2277s	close out on this team fight in
2278s	particular with just that blizzard in
2280s	Annihilation Michael wave you both
2283s	support yeah what's the golden rule of f
2287s	never commit both support ALS in one
2289s	fight unless it's the last fight and to
2291s	make Ms even worse Timeless aerial hold
2295s	on to both of that so Zoe can try and
2298s	use that blizzard to just put themselves
2301s	onto point and force ESS aeral off of it
2303s	to try and find that flip but time have
2305s	all of the sustainability to keep a tank
2307s	an could use the amp Matrix make sure
2309s	that they stay alive and just not allow
2311s	the contest to go through and Tim should
2314s	be aware that so's got the blizzard so
2315s	they're probably trying to play around
2317s	that too however at least one person
2319s	should get caught out by it however
2320s	they're using that pressure just to take
2321s	the point for now Michael wave nearly
2323s	60% towards the flip now a counter
2325s	engage by Z with that amplification
2328s	Matrix there's the blizzard to stop it
2329s	overclock is here on the outside allowed
2331s	them to find Death as well so no more
2333s	overclock in sight for Michael wave yes
2335s	they took that point however no more so
2337s	Jordan here and look who's taking all
2338s	that space in Saw Hill however W oh my
2341s	God what a B on to bun however does cost
2345s	W for wife sadly so no more Lucio here
2347s	and yeah everybody just kind of closes
2349s	out on this point and what an amazing
2351s	job by Timeless ethereal overall and
2354s	that's map number one Gardens goes in FA
2356s	or submap number one goes in favor of
2357s	Timeless ethereal yeah Timeless ethereal
2360s	know that they have banked up enough
2362s	point percentage that if a blizzard
2364s	comes through they can abandon that
2365s	point they can regroup later because
2367s	it's only about 10% that microwave are
2371s	allowed to pick up and then Mari has to
2374s	turn around and use Annihilation not to
2377s	push back onto the players of time
2378s	Seal's front line but to actually peel
2381s	for the backline of your own team and as
2384s	a result yet again the flip goes over
2386s	seesaws onto to Aerial side and
2389s	microwave just don't have the point
2390s	percentage nor the bodies as they lose
2393s	one by one player by player dropping and
2396s	they lose so so many plays in such a
2398s	quick succession that no one is able to
2400s	actually get back in time to start that
2402s	contest fight and now we had over two
2404s	Night Market it again is going to be
2406s	that mirror it again is going to be that
2408s	overall swap but we're going to see Zoe
2409s	this time actually taking a far longer
2412s	off angle try and infiltrate and put
2414s	more pressure on the back line yeah I
2416s	mean maybe it's tough to get really good
2418s	May walls off here too bun finds so
2421s	early two on that Left Flank I mean they
2422s	took care of it they sent three to deal
2424s	with two on the Left Flank and microwave
2426s	didn't even react
2427s	Perfect re-engage by Timeless etheral
2429s	they're looking like a well oiled
2430s	machine right now it's such a hard one
2433s	to try and break as well you don't want
2435s	to get stuck in that original choke
2437s	because that's where the Mayall is going
2438s	to have all of the value you want to try
2440s	and flank into the back line so you can
2442s	potentially something like the M or to
2444s	break line of s side of the heal from
2446s	that Baptist onto s heill to try and
2448s	deny the tank presence from stopping
2450s	Michael away from walking forward
2451s	they're at least going to be able to
2452s	pick out x0 before they can move out of
2455s	that choke but bun is just being an
2456s	absolute for in their side at the moment
2458s	not allowing them through passage onto
2460s	Point yeah but this is this is how
2462s	microwave can kind of like get
2463s	themselves back into it you know with
2465s	that pick off from soe this is what you
2468s	wanted from that a garden it's it's a
2469s	lot harder I would say on that map
2471s	because of how much cover is here maybe
2472s	Night Market gives them that retake
2473s	potential but microwave they fli that
2475s	point Moxy and they're not too far off
2477s	in terms of vol charge either yeah now
2479s	they have that choke you can see as well
2480s	microwave is splitting their team
2482s	they've got that may with Zoe and also
2484s	wicker on the Lucio in case you get run
2486s	down down on to be able to use that
2488s	speed and get everyone out safely you
2490s	can see it t they tried B wanted to wall
2492s	off but zo's able to get away with the
2494s	help of wo zo we using a lot of those
2497s	resources to stay alive now had to use
2498s	ice block so they're caught out at the
2501s	moment this window really just trying to
2503s	save Zoe but Zoe Falls I mean kind of is
2506s	tough for microwave unfortunately Zoe
2508s	really trying to exhaust or just
2510s	exhausted all of mik wave's resources
2512s	trying to save him now mik wave back
2514s	towards the point without their M they
2515s	get engaged on by time who dropped their
2517s	own amplification Matrix to microwave
2518s	want to use any ultimates here they
2520s	already lose agmr so yeah everything is
2522s	kind of falling apart at the seams for
2524s	microwave towards this point Timeless
2527s	will take the point flip it back in
2528s	their favor microwave however coming in
2530s	with a lot of ults to this fight have to
2533s	be careful that they don't get CAU out
2536s	however losing another player in choke
2539s	are we going to see ESS fi try the same
2541s	thing by keeping that may on the off
2542s	angle yeah you can see F just trying to
2544s	keep an eye out make sure that microwave
2546s	going through that choke immediately
2547s	meeting sill rather than looking for
2549s	that off angle yet again so is that such
2551s	an early Mayall and as a result bungus
2554s	throw the blizzard knowing it's not
2555s	going to be blocked in line of sight oh
2557s	my God but there was a gap the microwave
2559s	could fit back through counter beat from
2560s	Halo to keep their team alive as well
2562s	Zoe drops the blizzard onto the front
2564s	line so s Hill is frozen finally will go
2567s	down the lamp a little bit too late
2568s	there for Z that was a slight mistake
2570s	that usually we don't see Timeless make
2571s	counter overclock from x0 trying to make
2573s	a hero play but everybody's already gone
2576s	from timeless
2577s	surely eventually they'll fall to yet
2579s	they do and M wave will come back
2580s	they're making it close here on Night
2582s	Market AJ is going to be coming in of
2584s	the ant Matrix death is going to have
2586s	the overclock Mario that potential to
2588s	entirely shut down all of this base with
2591s	Annihilation but soill has an
2593s	annihilation of your own and that means
2595s	that if the amp goes through theat can
2596s	just pop all and wol right through
2600s	it playing this CH Point drops the
2603s	vortex still holding around this corner
2605s	as well trying to make sure Timeless
2607s	fight for all of this space but they
2609s	already drop back towards the point Halo
2610s	on the flank again has been so proactive
2613s	on the loose R amplification Matrix here
2615s	big window with the overclock to does
2617s	the annihilation slow it down from s
2619s	Hill does have the immortality field can
2621s	they actually find S Hill in time they
2623s	do with counter Annihilation but it does
2625s	cost soe their life however Michael wave
2627s	maybe just with that one kill because
2628s	the ratra is gone this is this is
2631s	potentially fight winning and map
2633s	winning for microwave they drop back
2634s	towards the point 90% of the board
2636s	counter window from Z but not really any
2638s	value found just there only some space
2641s	created yeah back on the doomfist comes
2643s	back towards the fight the boots again
2645s	from Halo but nobody's off the map Halo
2647s	then tries to fall back towards the rest
2648s	of the team but it's Mar death to find
2650s	two again in microwave they're coming
2652s	together in this overtime to shut down
2654s	Timeless ethereal they only had this
2656s	blizzard here but bun you know saving it
2658s	for next map basically just kind of
2660s	cosmetic as we're going to round number
2662s	three on the very first map of the day
2664s	yeah Michael way making it competitive
2667s	able to take Night Market they're able
2669s	to exhaust a lot of the ultimates that
2671s	Timeless had going into what was last by
2673s	territory and Tim of they know it's last
2675s	white territory you see that overc
2677s	commitment that overstep that you
2678s	normally wouldn't make if you lose a
2680s	tank that usually signals trying to back
2683s	on off regroup and save ultimates for a
2685s	later fight they know that they don't
2686s	have the percentage to be able to play
2688s	it that way however so we see the full
2689s	commitment come through so heill
2691s	swapping onto that Doom trying to come
2693s	back in time with the roll light over
2694s	from Cliff side to regroup group while
2696s	those ultimates are still active but
2698s	microwave expect it they're able to see
2700s	the Doom frad away Zoe even coming back
2702s	in on a Genji of horon so she can do
2705s	pretty much the same thing as now we
2707s	head into Control Center and if you
2709s	thought the May was valuable before that
2711s	value just went up exponentially these
2714s	walls are going to have to be absolutely
2716s	Pixel Perfect from both of these players
2719s	100% agreed this is definitely a map
2721s	where May tends to shine a lot more at
2724s	least this submap compared to the other
2725s	two
2727s	meanwhile Michael wave they have full
2729s	white control on the right side but
2731s	they're bit split right I mean they
2732s	maybe get mayal here like he said from
2734s	fine however yeah they lose Zoe already
2736s	I mean just the counter gauge is there
2738s	everybody's too split death wanted to
2739s	kind of play from Main so you could see
2742s	you know kind of a difference in terms
2744s	of how they wanted to play that however
2745s	death does find X10 at the very least so
2748s	they're kind of working themselves back
2749s	into this off of death's positioning
2751s	they'll have their players back before
2753s	Timeless do so Timeless do get that
2755s	first point Capa however they're in a
2757s	four versus five now Michael wave do
2759s	they take advantage of it they drop onto
2761s	sill but sill drops forms changes forms
2763s	to stay alive and stay healthy so they
2765s	trade pack s however death still finds s
2767s	Hill and now with the ratra you don't
2769s	have any more Frontline pressure it's so
2770s	hard to win without your tank and now
2773s	time with yeah they're just going to
2774s	back up build some ultimates and wait
2776s	for sill to come back yeah towns fa not
2778s	able to find that store that they were
2779s	looking for bun was playing towards
2781s	control uh room rather than on the point
2784s	itself so you don't have that store
2786s	presence with the ice block and the war
2788s	instead now we're going to see the
2789s	regroup and Matrix coming on out early
2791s	from microwave to buy position so they
2793s	can try and flush P the aerial back off
2795s	of that point into death who's building
2798s	up so much all charge on the sojan but
2801s	neither the window has come from Michael
2802s	wave time with aerial bite back nice
2806s	window with X10 to shoot through it
2808s	gives them that kill and now saw Hill
2810s	also takes down Mari Michael wave just
2812s	slowly falling apart here we're going to
2815s	have 40% of the board here but Timeless
2817s	etheral will get the objective back on
2820s	their side so he's going to have
2822s	Annihilation Mari as well he going to be
2825s	able to have it to much both of these
2827s	lucios holding on to the sound barrier
2829s	are we going to see the commitment of
2831s	that Annihilation to try and flush out
2834s	that support ultimate to set the stage
2835s	for these blizzards to find more value
2838s	ex and death also Incredibly Close and
2841s	similar to those charges on that
2844s	overclock as melave takes an off but
2846s	Halo spotted them out yeah and into the
2849s	Vortex too oh my gosh before the beat
2852s	can even drop the save death
2854s	unfortunately happened far too fast for
2856s	death to react wi now will go down to
2858s	x102 Annihilation here from sill just to
2861s	kind of inish off everybody from Michael
2863s	wave and they do so quite well nearly
2865s	60% of the board now for Timeless
2866s	interial Michael wave trying to sneak
2869s	yet again this is a very sneaky team
2872s	whether it's Zoe playing pseudo Tracer
2874s	with the m looking to dive in into the
2876s	back line of death wanting to taken off
2878s	angle with that overclock and catch
2880s	someone unawares before the S comes
2882s	through in time to save them and
2884s	unfortunately it meant that they were a
2885s	little bit too predictable as BN is able
2889s	to ice pick Dev who yet again is sent
2892s	packing the wall making it even harder
2894s	for microwave to be able to retreat as
2896s	with control of all of this space
2898s	Timeless a will just burn microwave out
2900s	of so much point percentage we on last
2902s	fight yeah now buns got to pretty much
2904s	the world in her hands at the moment
2906s	with that blizzard trying to distract
2908s	her at the moment towards the white room
2910s	wait for their so Jordan to come back in
2912s	fact soe goes first with their own
2913s	blizzard sill gets caught out but the
2915s	immortality field with the window here
2916s	should keep sill alive through that and
2918s	now a counter engage X1 finds one with
2921s	the overclock annihilation in Desperate
2923s	Times to try to counter but you can't
2925s	that's a 3K for X10 in this fight bun
2928s	finds the fourth rck goes down and
2930s	Timeless ethereal will take map number
2932s	one in this first to three yeah there's
2934s	just no iWood pressure on the soan when
2936s	that overclock starts to come through
2937s	because everyone from microwave all of
2939s	their attention has to go onto that
2941s	point if they step off of it the round
2943s	is done regardless so all they can do is
2945s	just stand and take all of that damage
2948s	as XM is able to pop on off it looked
2951s	close on Night Market but this is
2954s	something that th s are incredibly good
2956s	at it's something that we actually saw
2958s	them taking advantage of the last time
2960s	these two teams matched up against each
2962s	other they stumble for a moment a miss
2966s	second and then they look at your win
2968s	condition they look at how your team is
2969s	operating how they're positioning they
2971s	download that strategy and they figure
2973s	out your next step before you even take
2975s	it and you could see every single time
2977s	they were in control of that point it
2979s	wasn't just the point they were playing
2981s	in control of it was all of the space
2983s	alongside it as well every time Michael
2985s	wave thought that they were being one
2986s	step ahead Timeless aerial were already
2990s	standing there tapping that watch yeah I
2992s	mean that was you you see some of these
2995s	like really dominant teams kind of like
2996s	if we noticed on Gardens they maybe
2998s	slipped up slightly at the very
3000s	beginning you know maybe you take that
3002s	like first map warm up or something but
3004s	you know Timeless they really didn't
3005s	lose a step like you said sure Night
3008s	Market didn't go their in their way but
3010s	you know besides that they looked really
3012s	good Moxy I mean throughout the entire
3014s	map everybody kind of stepped up X10 bun
3016s	saw Hill Halo and Z all had their own
3018s	moments meanwhile microwave what can you
3021s	give them really I mean it was just kind
3023s	of like soe had a had a good pick off at
3026s	one point I mean what what what takeaway
3028s	do we have if you're on the side of uh
3032s	microwave to give them some sort of you
3034s	know excitement coming into this next
3036s	map I mean I want to see more
3038s	Shenanigans come through from them
3040s	they're risky because if you are
3042s	splitting your team off you were ready s
3045s	right Timeless aerial they started
3046s	figuring out that they would be playing
3048s	split apart rather than the May with
3051s	that ratra to try and find Value and
3052s	isolate some of those targets down and
3055s	as a result we saw three players from
3058s	Timeless aerial committed rather than
3060s	one or two to watch the flanks because
3063s	they know it's not a sort of guessing
3064s	game it's not a maybe we'll put a couple
3066s	of players here and it could potentially
3068s	find Value it's we know they're going to
3069s	show up here so we're going to make sure
3071s	that we always outnumber them in a fight
3073s	so I want to see either the full
3075s	commitment to that strategy from Michel
3078s	wave where they all go for those
3080s	rotations so that it's five players
3082s	rather than two that don't immediately
3083s	get overwhelmed or they mix things up
3086s	and temper that strategy a little bit
3088s	more because doing that once is good it
3091s	leaves your opponent guessing it means
3093s	that you're always going to be turning
3094s	around trying to watch your back figure
3096s	out whether or not you need to be on the
3098s	lookout to keep your back line safe but
3100s	doing it twice and then fice falls into
3103s	a pattern which becomes predictable and
3105s	when you're predictable and OverWatch at
3107s	this level unfortunately it's on the
3110s	same level as being
3111s	dead basically 100% it's for microwave
3115s	coming into this 100% agree with you
3116s	it's like they got to mix something up
3118s	here um obviously it's not the
3120s	composition because really at the end of
3123s	the day you know you see fans be like
3125s	okay we need to play something else
3126s	different comp maybe something you're
3128s	getting kind of smoked on this current
3129s	one why don't you try something new but
3131s	you can't really do that right
3132s	especially on the next map which is
3133s	King's roox mean you know him better
3135s	than anybody this is another really good
3137s	ratra map um you don't change anything
3140s	up except your play style maybe like you
3142s	said and Kings Row is a map where
3144s	Timeless ethereal are still very good
3146s	team I mean you talked about it as well
3147s	in the previous major the one map that
3149s	microwave did win was control now you
3152s	don't win that too I mean you got to be
3153s	a little bit worried right yeah
3155s	especially I mean like you said King is
3158s	a very good map for the May for the
3161s	ratra it's also a really really good map
3164s	for the soen a lot of off angles a lot
3166s	of space that you might not necessarily
3169s	be expecting a DPS to be already
3171s	occupying and something that we haven't
3173s	really talked about is the difference
3175s	between these two surgeons a lot of it
3177s	is down to the fact that because
3179s	Timeless will keep winning these fights
3181s	keep controlling that space X10 is
3183s	already set up for victory right already
3187s	having that Advantage already having
3188s	control of that off angle gets to
3190s	pre-fire before anyone from microwave
3193s	steps forward so Zoe is always having to
3195s	play on the
3196s	reaction but again when you're able to
3200s	come out with 32 eliminations in three
3203s	rounds of control that imediately Sparks
3206s	alarm bels this is a play that you need
3208s	to be able to shut down and you need to
3210s	start doing it now yeah I mean it's I
3214s	guess I guess it's tough though boxy cuz
3215s	it's like it's just easier to said that
3217s	done cuz like what do you do against
3220s	Timeless theal where you shut down one
3221s	player but everybody else kind of plays
3224s	to to that same level that other player
3225s	did that that has been the star of this
3227s	team you know it's it's an absolute
3230s	monster that you're dealing with on the
3231s	side of Timeless ethereal is's a reason
3233s	they've done so well in every single
3234s	tournament so far leading up to Champs I
3236s	mean maybe I guess on the opposite side
3239s	for microwave Moxy you could I guess
3241s	give them a takeaway like maybe now that
3243s	the the lights are brightest that it
3245s	could potentially impact the performance
3247s	of Timeless ethereal but on map number
3249s	one I mean they didn't even seem phased
3251s	right Moxy I mean they just were
3253s	constantly like a just a well Machine
3255s	just going moving forward making sure
3256s	you didn't have any space always finding
3259s	those pick offs and and I guess the best
3262s	thing you could do is just try to fix
3263s	those tiny mistakes and hope that it
3265s	pans out yeah th safal they were a very
3268s	smart team even if you think about you
3270s	know that first fight that they took on
3271s	leian Gardens where they lose they they
3274s	draw well they lose First Blood right
3277s	Michael wave were able to find that
3278s	first pick because they have that
3279s	forward positioning already into Dojo
3282s	but time and the ferial are again
3284s	looking one step ahead they know that
3285s	Dojo is going to be a strong position at
3288s	the beginning of the r because the
3290s	natural cover but as soon as that point
3292s	becomes capturable it actually becomes a
3294s	lot more problematic than positive
3296s	because it means that you have to rotate
3297s	on to point through the open space and
3300s	if a team is already set up on point
3302s	they get to continue holding that
3304s	natural cover with the pillar directly
3306s	in the middle of the point and they also
3308s	get to set their soen up to already have
3309s	that line of sight on that rotating
3312s	repositioning team and this is something
3314s	that time aeral took advantage of time
3316s	and time again because when we were
3319s	seeing the may flanks come through from
3322s	Zoe it meant that the May was away from
3324s	the confence
3326s	you were trying to set them up you're
3327s	not already in that fight and as a
3329s	result May is in this composition not
3332s	just an incredibly aggressive tool but
3334s	also an incredibly defensive tool things
3337s	like that wall or even the ice block in
3339s	itself being used to be able to absorb a
3341s	lot of the damage and frat coming
3343s	through from that soan all of that was
3345s	removed in its entirety and Exon got to
3348s	Free Farm yeah I mean I I like how you
3351s	brought up earlier you know Timeless
3353s	theal thinking like one step ahead and
3355s	you know that is what all the best
3356s	players do right it's just always
3358s	thinking you know before you know
3360s	instead of reactionary right always
3361s	thinking okay you know if this happens
3363s	then I'll I'll do this as a team will do
3365s	this and it's that you know overall High
3367s	mind mentality that Timeless ethereal
3369s	like like you pointed out are just
3370s	really taking advantage up right now
3372s	it's not just time with FAL it's also
3373s	time with Celestial might potentially no
3376s	there it is actually just going for a
3378s	little bit of an attempt of a night bun
3380s	looking to maybe come in with that Mercy
3382s	pocket to a couple extra shots of damage
3385s	as is able to immediately shut the
3388s	defens of sergeon down and that is all
3390s	hands on deck green sign is go Timeless
3392s	aeral moving forward and trying to take
3394s	a off of first fight I mean that was an
3397s	absolutely nice shot from bun and then
3400s	xpen finds off Zoe too yeah everything
3403s	just falls apart at that point right Mel
3405s	wave at best they could hope that they
3407s	get quick deaths here maybe get a
3409s	recontest but definitely not at this
3412s	point Timeless ethereal they're just
3414s	going for more they even far death again
3416s	I mean death I don't know we need to
3417s	look at the deaths per 10 after this but
3419s	you know death might be up there with
3421s	the leading category after the end of
3422s	this game yeah that is really
3425s	unfortunate again time aerial they count
3428s	out that respawn timer X and just power
3430s	slides into position knowing that death
3433s	is going to be using that Mobility to
3434s	try and regroup with the team as fast as
3436s	possible and takes you down Mari onto
3439s	that orisa is going to make it even
3442s	harder for Michel wave to find this
3445s	because that orisa is just an absolute
3447s	walking hit box will be able to use
3449s	things like the javelin spin to absorb a
3451s	little bit of that damage but you're
3453s	just giving exent so much charge at the
3455s	moment there's no Shield to stop the so
3457s	from shooting in to your back
3460s	line This choke point at the moment one
3462s	of the hardest to get through however
3464s	Timeless do have the ultimates to do so
3466s	however Zoe also has built up near
3468s	towards that blizzard interesting
3470s	decision to drop this amplification
3472s	Matrix on the cart horizont or vertical
3476s	gave the K onto Zoe So Zoe's not going
3477s	to have that blizzard in this fight
3478s	wicker did trade it no overclock here on
3481s	Timeless side so ultimate kind of
3483s	building up slowly everything being a
3485s	stand still in that department so it's a
3486s	big neutral game fight until ajmr comes
3489s	through with that window Mari comes back
3491s	for the peel on sill who has been so
3493s	aggressive taking that space for
3495s	Timeless ethereal kind of gives Michel
3497s	wave a solid position overclock comes
3499s	through though Javelin slows down X10
3501s	for now M has to drop back beat drop
3503s	from wi here to keep them sustain
3505s	against this blizzard from bun who
3507s	doesn't actually find anybody just yet
3509s	either time trying to buy time for sill
3512s	to come back with that Annihilation is
3513s	the second Mari also has teror surge in
3516s	just a moment nice peel now that that
3519s	the annihilation comes out from sill but
3521s	a counter blizzard to stop sill from
3523s	going further gave him the kill there
3525s	too so mic wave one pick after another
3527s	actually slowing down Timeless ethereal
3529s	and holding this choke oh they spot bun
3532s	they know that bun didn't manage to make
3534s	it through choke really good wall coming
3536s	through from Zoe to stop that may from
3538s	being able to regroup with the rest of
3540s	your team and now this is where Thea
3541s	actually starts coming into a lot of
3543s	value because you can hold around that
3545s	corner you can wait for thas to feel for
3546s	sill to start to make that movement
3548s	forward you can use the javelin throw to
3550s	push the tank back and then everyone
3553s	from microwave can collaps onto the
3554s	players left vulnerable behind them may
3557s	coming on through so that everyone from
3559s	th can try and kite the actual
3562s	consequences of that overclock and it
3564s	does his job perfectly yeah swops the
3566s	ultimate but no one
3568s	Falls counter window amplification
3571s	Matrix there but it's met with a Terra
3573s	Sur Mari obviously was holding just for
3575s	that situation and it works out just
3577s	well dropping the amplification Maj from
3579s	as ajmr as well gives them even more
3582s	kills and this is looking really good
3584s	for microwave at the moment however
3586s	Timeless etheral still have 3 minutes on
3588s	the clock X's going to be coming up to
3590s	an overclock as well Wick is going to
3592s	have the sound barrier there it's going
3593s	to be an absolute magnifying glass on
3596s	this Lucio to be able to time it
3598s	properly we've already seen s take
3600s	advantage of how long it can take for
3602s	SAR to actually connect to the ground
3604s	with how quick overclock can take one of
3607s	these pushies down Zoe not going to be
3609s	playing quickly going to be playing as
3610s	slowly as possible try and find Val with
3611s	the wall have they been able to isolate
3613s	anyone no she hasn't and as a result
3615s	Michael wave finally forced off of that
3618s	choke and actually having to regroup
3621s	entirely W with this B drop's going to
3623s	have to be huge cuz X10 like you said
3625s	has that overclock ready to go wall on
3627s	the backside from soe to stop them from
3629s	falling back so thinking one step ahead
3631s	is the side of microwave perfect be drop
3633s	from wika to slow down X10 in the
3636s	overclock also the blizzard is here on
3638s	the inside of the pub amazing Blizzard
3640s	from the side of Michael wave and Bun
3643s	also dropped the counter blizzard but
3644s	nobody's there to follow it up so bit of
3646s	wasting ultimates here from time was
3648s	ethereal and Michel wave holding strong
3651s	and Mari didn't even have to burn
3652s	something like a terror surge to be able
3653s	to counter the blizard something that we
3655s	see so often from Arisa into the maze
3657s	taking advantage of the fact that Terror
3659s	automatically gives you that four to
3661s	five forms so you don't get affected by
3664s	that blizzard now you're going to have
3666s	it to nullify the ant Matrix yet again
3668s	from T looking to buy support ultimates
3671s	and that space as amp goes up but it's
3673s	from microwave side as Halo has to get
3675s	aggressive and try and knock those
3676s	players off of The High Ground Halo
3679s	playing Super aggressive with that beat
3680s	drop available now that amplification
3683s	Mar goes down X1 find soe to on that
3686s	flank that was consistent that we saw in
3687s	the previous map for soe being found
3689s	first now with the annihilation saw Hill
3692s	goes aggressive make sure Michael wave
3694s	don't try to fight back I mean they use
3695s	the ter surge to no avail and Michael
3698s	wave just kind of gets that reset now at
3700s	the moment I don't know if they get a r
3702s	test in the streets phase here they
3703s	bought a lot of time off the clock
3704s	though Mo ESS had to commit so many
3707s	things as well make sure that they
3709s	didn't have to go right back through
3711s	that choke they used two support
3713s	ultimates and the annihilation
3715s	to use that aggression and finally pick
3718s	up that checkpoint that checkpoint is
3720s	not where things stop getting hard for
3722s	these attacking teams on Kings right now
3724s	you're moving into the most difficult
3726s	area to push forward and because of all
3729s	of that time that got sunk in your time
3730s	bank you've only got 2 minutes to do so
3733s	and since you had to burn free ultimates
3734s	to be able to guarantee that the time
3736s	continues you have to push right into
3738s	these fight to oh my halo what a Boop
3742s	onto wi there overclock here from death
3744s	on the flank not going to result in
3746s	anything X10 just shuts it down without
3747s	their own overclock and now I mean
3750s	Michael wave just running towards that c
3751s	maybe they'll get a kill or two if they
3753s	can make it messy it's definitely not
3755s	out of the question but all of this kind
3757s	of started from that Boop off the map
3760s	there from Halo now a blizzard comes
3761s	through from soey and no followup is
3764s	here either here time Li just comes back
3766s	they I guess had to use the overclock
3767s	the very at least X10 we'll get 3K in
3770s	this fight trying to die on the card is
3772s	microwave at the moment I guess they'll
3773s	be happy with x using that overclock
3776s	yeah Zoe sees that the May isn't working
3778s	is going to swap onto that Genji to try
3780s	and put a little bit more pressure onto
3782s	this back line and also Dash up onto The
3785s	High Ground to X10 is currently standing
3787s	that soier needs to be pushed off of
3789s	this angle or he's going to have the
3790s	terrorist so can always playing getting
3792s	into position one Das on The High Ground
3794s	but time is the burial figure it out
3796s	they know the swaps coming through and
3797s	they peel oh but the terror surge is
3800s	there to counter the amplification
3802s	Matrix we saw this previously on Street
3803s	phace Moxy oh my God Michael wave DS
3807s	down Timeless for now however Timeless
3809s	only used that an Matrix the 40 seconds
3812s	left they have a Rec test here as well
3814s	yeah but the great news for Michael wave
3816s	is THV used the ant Matrix and Terror
3818s	search displacing everyone meant that a
3821s	and Halo were not able to get damage
3823s	through to pull their ultimates up for
3825s	this next fight wicker is going to have
3827s	a s barrier and Halo is still missing
3829s	hers like this from soe making it mes he
3833s	drops back but unfortunately goes down
3835s	you know nobody was trying to go as
3837s	aggressive as soy was there death though
3839s	does find X10 Mari here on that Left
3840s	Flank has the immortality build wi still
3842s	has that beat available do they use it
3844s	in time to save Mari no they hold on to
3847s	it for now and back the card's falling
3848s	back somebody touches some Timeless I
3851s	mean Halo still has a beat drop
3852s	everybody's got ultimates here but now I
3853s	mean overtime ticks down this is getting
3855s	scary for microwave if Mari is able to
3858s	Javelin spin the blizzard that's going
3860s	to be absolutely huge cuz wi will be
3862s	able to hold on to the sound barer they
3864s	have to try in touch you can see her
3866s	just trying to use that javelin's been
3868s	anticipating when the B but she uses it
3870s	early and sire as a result has to come
3872s	through the blizzard with the beat Dro
3875s	late there from Halo 2 so it layers on
3877s	top of microwave at the moment
3880s	Annihilation here towards the car death
3881s	finds one but the annihilation I mean
3883s	makes it so nobody else could touch
3884s	Timeless etheral and overtime cap out
3887s	and honestly Moxy that was not too
3889s	shabby for microwave considering how bad
3891s	first point went right yeah the recovery
3894s	was huge they landed really well on
3895s	their feet being able to swap onto that
3897s	Arisa and take advantage of that choke
3900s	that really brutal corner of these
3901s	attacking teams to be able to push past
3903s	very slim to in the past how we see
3905s	reinhardt's playing around those Corners
3907s	waiting for their cool Downs to be able
3908s	to cycle back online before getting to
3910s	play aggressive again really helped out
3913s	the orisa if you get walled off by the
3915s	may you have things like the fortify and
3917s	the javelin spin to be able to keep
3918s	yourself safe it means that there's a
3920s	lot less pressure on the Baptist to
3922s	throw immortality field and every single
3924s	time your tank gets isolated out plus
3927s	you can put more pressure on the mate in
3929s	terms of how not just the walls are
3930s	being used but also the blizzard utility
3933s	so a lot of the time it becomes a lot
3934s	more telegraphed when that ultimate's
3935s	going to come through so Wier with that
3937s	Lucio can make sure everyone's tided di
3939s	around it but really crucially the true
3942s	counter in play was Mari coming in those
3944s	Terror surges to stop amplification
3946s	Matrix from being that domino effect
3949s	that toas will use to pave the way to
3951s	Victory it's not just an Matrix buying
3953s	themselves the space it's also being a
3954s	able to shoot through it and do so much
3956s	more damage and build their ultimates so
3958s	much faster than their opponents and
3960s	that Avenue that wind condition was
3961s	drained entirely by the orisa yeah I
3964s	like I like that swap that that is an
3966s	interesting decision to do that like you
3968s	said Mario was doing a super good job at
3970s	shutting down Z and the rest of Timeless
3971s	at points however you know coming back
3974s	to it Timeless still capped out right
3977s	even in overtime they capped out now
3979s	they're in the lead coming into their
3980s	defensive side all we going to see the
3983s	same come through from Michael wave Tas
3985s	were able to fall pitch onto a so
3986s	quickly off of one pick but it's just
3989s	not happening at the moment Michael wave
3992s	having to contest they're already
3993s	starting with the orisa which is nice to
3994s	see no Ultimate Reset to try to
3996s	circumvent that amplification Matrix
3999s	we've seen what works and he TR to
4000s	Double Down they're trying to go past
4002s	sill but sill says no so go back to the
4005s	spawn doors holding around this statu
4008s	side now has the rest of their team I
4011s	mean Timeless ethereal just shoving away
4013s	Michael wave in one fatal push W almost
4016s	goes down but lives at the moment
4018s	already nearly a minute shoot off the
4019s	clock for Timeless ethereal and that's
4021s	the drawback when you're running the
4022s	orisa right we talked about being able
4024s	to play around those corners and wait
4025s	for those cord Downs to cycle back you
4026s	don't get those if you're trying to
4028s	approach the point on the attack every
4030s	single time Mari is forced to use
4032s	defensive she becomes so much more
4033s	vulnerable and time can immediately
4035s	pressure that tank even further so
4038s	microwave just don't get the space to
4040s	set these DPS up to
4042s	prosper look at trying to set up a flank
4044s	off the top of the clock tower at least
4047s	have zo we kind of deal with that sojor
4050s	meanwhile block guard used by bun nice
4052s	wall there with the amplification Matrix
4054s	from AJR and fors them that kill counter
4057s	window from time with atherial down
4059s	their M player though so no blizzard in
4061s	sight for now however at least get some
4063s	time for bun to come back to spawn now
4065s	with a minute and 30 off the clock Mari
4067s	tries to come back through with that
4068s	spin so that cool down is used zo gets
4070s	the wall off too so they're trying to
4072s	find saw Hill fast however the heals are
4074s	too good there from both Halo and C be
4076s	drop now available teror surge available
4078s	on the side of Michael way who uses
4080s	their ultimates first here it's bun to
4081s	get found again actually after coming
4084s	back from Spawn so great work from Mich
4086s	wave to find that kill be drop counter
4088s	engage by both lucios Zoe still has that
4091s	blizzard ready to go doesn't want to use
4092s	it just yet now Annihilation is here
4094s	from sill but everybody's CED it away so
4097s	that Annihilation doesn't get any value
4099s	at all saw hill now I mean this is going
4101s	to be tough to live right just shoved
4103s	into the corner deleted by death and
4106s	microwave capture that first point after
4108s	about two minutes yeah are we going to
4110s	see microwave push aggressive for to
4112s	deny Timeless aerial control of that
4115s	choke yes we are they're not able to
4117s	find a stag of pick but they are able to
4119s	move forward instantly because they know
4122s	that first choke moving into B is why
4124s	you lose most of your time if you're an
4126s	attacking team it's always going to try
4128s	and play quiet not get spotted out over
4132s	into Pub if you get spotted out it's
4136s	really a death sentence for the mate if
4138s	you don't however this blizzard is going
4139s	to be huge and time absolutely another
4142s	the WIS not 20 stealth check paused it's
4145s	a huge blizzard I've never seen a
4148s	drunken stealth build before Moxy but
4150s	you know having a pine at the pub
4151s	allowed them to find those few kills now
4154s	overclock comes through with the
4155s	blizzard oh my God so hits the shot
4156s	before Frozen are you kidding me what a
4159s	Kill from SE maybe affords Michael wave
4162s	a chance in this fight too and it does
4164s	so T Hill goes down Timeless use
4166s	ultimates to no avail now they just get
4168s	to push that card even further through
4170s	the streets phase it's been so far
4171s	Flawless for them here yeah absolute
4173s	showstopper of a fight for Zoe coming on
4175s	through with that may pick death as well
4178s	getting to play a little bit more
4179s	forward with the overclock trying to
4181s	shut down Timeless aerial if you can
4183s	pick apart one of these players before
4185s	that contest can probably be launched by
4187s	the defense that is absolutely huge
4190s	however you do know that you're going
4191s	into an amp Matrix coming on through and
4192s	you can see Michael wave positioning
4194s	around the payload
4196s	accordingly back off towards the main
4198s	side a still here he actually comes back
4203s	to deal with this overclock over the top
4204s	just using it to kill death oh my God
4206s	that is absolutely BM doesn't even want
4208s	to use the rest of it now comes back
4210s	through the top side as well and what a
4212s	counter window there to Michael waves
4215s	engage maybe a bit overzealous there
4216s	Moxy what do you think on microw wave's
4218s	push I'm a fan of it to be honest if you
4221s	can actually use the overclock and find
4224s	that pick think about it that catwalk
4227s	angler is only really going to be taken
4228s	advantage of by either xent or Z and as
4231s	a result that H would have found next to
4233s	nothing microwave other than a Maya
4234s	wouldn't really have had anything else
4236s	to be able to counter it at least now
4238s	it's off of the table yes you do
4239s	sacrific to soan overclock but soan is
4241s	deadly in her own ride all the way
4244s	through neutral as part of why she's
4245s	such a strong DPS ride every single time
4247s	that charge hits 100 you essentially get
4250s	a mini over clock even though X is going
4252s	to be coming in before one going to be
4254s	able to C around it but Mar's not going
4256s	to be able to I that one huge War comes
4258s	through from BN isolating the tank
4261s	immediately blits down and microwave
4263s	have to press reset and this is where it
4265s	gets dicey because that sacrifice for
4267s	the overclock once can work but if you
4270s	have to keep throwing ultimates then
4271s	just to be able to BR force your way
4273s	through choke your ultimate bank and
4275s	that time bank is going to dwindle down
4276s	very quickly while ESS aeral can afford
4279s	to just Bank up ultimate so even if they
4280s	lose B they can stall you out in
4283s	C sure see how mik plays this minute and
4285s	17 seconds left in the clock time is
4287s	that darel's defense is going pretty
4289s	well in the street phase after looking
4292s	kind of sus at the beginning bun hits
4294s	those shots fors the ice block of Zoe
4296s	but in a safe enough position where it
4299s	doesn't matter can't catch him out with
4300s	that may wall in fact so is using it to
4303s	to her advantage on that top side AAR
4305s	meanwhile with the window and
4306s	immortality field keeps an alive for now
4308s	nice speat drop from Halo with that over
4310s	top amplification Matrix I mean double
4312s	supportal and the Blizzard from from bun
4314s	there gives them that win for now and so
4317s	Mari actually comes back to the teror
4319s	Blizzard is here as well Mari finds one
4321s	kill now forces that overclock from X10
4323s	all Hill finds Mari too so even though
4326s	they come back in with ultimates they
4327s	don't find the value from them and now
4329s	it's just absolutely terrible for
4331s	microwave they only have an overclock
4333s	for next fight there the adaptation that
4335s	we were talking about coming from fromal
4337s	they see that Mari has been countering
4338s	the amp matrixes with the terror surge
4340s	so what's the solution drop a matrix on
4342s	The High Ground where the orisa has
4344s	absolutely no way of being able to use
4346s	Terror surge to contest it and as a
4348s	result X is able to take full advantage
4351s	of that ultimate heading into last fight
4352s	we have Annihilation on the board so
4354s	taking a lot of pressure trying to stay
4358s	alive knowing that you're going to be
4359s	that Target of focus for microwave to
4361s	take you down because it's the only
4363s	ultimate that the defensive team has gu
4366s	got to find those kills overclock
4367s	unfortunately does not and now bun with
4370s	the help of the amplification or the
4372s	annihilation able to find D too I mean
4375s	this is brutal now for Michael wave
4377s	right I mean they lose soe yeah soe goes
4379s	down Halo also finds that immortality
4381s	field everything else is falling apart
4383s	for Michael wave although at points they
4385s	look good timeus ethereal really just
4387s	capitalized on Kings Ro to go up 20 in
4389s	the series and put us a map Point yeah
4392s	there was a window that was there that
4395s	was open and a jar AS Michael wave
4398s	approached that last fight but the win
4402s	condition hint
4404s	on being able to take down before
4408s	overtime started or at least pressure
4411s	the ratra low enough that you have to
4414s	utilize that Annihilation before it goes
4417s	down to that timer burning on the
4419s	payload because the way that you
4421s	counteract Annihilation is you move out
4424s	of the way of it it's one of the
4427s	simplest strategies in all of OverWatch
4429s	to deal with a win condition in a fight
4433s	but there's a t little asteris that's
4435s	there at the end of that sentence and
4438s	that is until overtime comes into play
4440s	because what does overtime not allow you
4442s	to do move off of the objective so
4446s	Annihilation when you're in that
4447s	overtime fight is one of the best
4449s	ultimates to have if you're a defensive
4451s	team and I think to maybe lead the
4454s	conversation towards these individual
4456s	players MOX I mean X10 you know was
4458s	playing Amazing throughout the series
4461s	and you know who also has kind of
4462s	interested me too because obious ly as
4464s	for as good X10 his I I think that also
4467s	bun has been a standout player on the ma
4469s	so far Zoe I I think has been somewhat
4472s	struggling on the m i I think she a
4474s	fantastic player especially as we saw on
4476s	previous major so playing some of that
4477s	Genji I believe she is really good at
4480s	those other characters that aren't made
4481s	but I think a reason why bun has been
4483s	such a standout player MOX is cuz bun
4485s	can Flex onto whatever and make a huge
4487s	impact right yeah Bun's walls as well
4489s	are always incredibly creative a lot of
4492s	the time we see the mayol being used to
4493s	to sort of isolate a Target down manage
4496s	to pick yourself up a kill in those
4498s	first moments of a fight so you can
4499s	immediately spiral with just numbers
4501s	alone or you play to try and support
4503s	your tank if your tank takes a little
4505s	bit too much damage and your supports
4506s	don't necessarily have line of sight or
4509s	the confidence and being able to keep
4510s	them up you're able to utilize that may
4512s	by themselves a little bubble of
4514s	downtime for the tank to be able to
4516s	reposition and back on up look at that
4520s	look at the damage that Mario was doing
4522s	but still lost that's yeah it it comes
4525s	down to this thing called meaningful
4527s	damage and meaningless damage and you
4529s	have to remember as well that Mari is
4531s	shooting into a shield tank as opposed
4535s	to everyone on Timeless side who was
4537s	shooting into an orisa which means that
4540s	every single time you're damaging that
4541s	orisa you're directly impacting the
4543s	health bar as opposed to soill who gets
4546s	to psycle through that ratri time in
4547s	time again and that ratri Shield is
4550s	actually something that we do have to
4551s	talk about because it's problematic for
4553s	every thing it's not just problematic in
4555s	terms of providing meaningless damage
4557s	for the statistics on microwave side
4559s	it's also incredibly problematic to
4561s	splitting off veins of support onto Mari
4564s	side because if you have that Shield it
4567s	stops the B heel you have to utilize the
4570s	boots or even a high ground position
4572s	where you're a lot more vulnerable a lot
4573s	easier to pick out for the May and the
4575s	sergean to be able to Target because
4577s	you're constantly having to maneuver
4578s	that line of support around the shield
4581s	standing in your way we have all been
4583s	that we have all been a support like an
4585s	Anna or a Baptist where you're playing
4587s	into something like a ratra or a sigma
4589s	on the other side who understands that
4592s	not necessarily the value from having a
4594s	shield is for your team it can also be
4597s	such a detriment to the other side as
4600s	well yeah 100% great points and
4602s	obviously at Saul Hill who has been
4604s	doing well on that ratra so far
4606s	meanwhile everybody we will be going to
4607s	do a short break when we come back we'll
4609s	see you guys for that at number three
4610s	we'll see if microwave can make that
4612s	reverse sweep
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4797s	welcome back everybody in the
4799s	championship series of calling all
4801s	heroes we are finally here at the end of
4803s	the year or beginning of the year Jesus
4805s	it's 2024 Moxy I'm going I'm losing mind
4808s	may have felt like an AG DUS but we're
4810s	still in 2024 we are we are and uh in
4814s	this series between Timeless ethereal
4815s	and Michael wave we're in the semifinals
4817s	of the upper bracket currently Timeless
4819s	theal up 20 on microwave Kings Row was
4823s	at least CL well it was about the same I
4825s	would say even that leang Tower wouldn't
4827s	you say that so far Moxy I mean time was
4828s	ethereal 20 semi close I would say what
4831s	do you think yeah that was like a little
4833s	bit of a stumbling block where again
4835s	time aeral had to figure out how to deal
4838s	with that orisa swap coming on through
4840s	forari but the second that they did they
4842s	were Off to the Races they hit the
4844s	ground running they were like okay if
4846s	you're going to use Terror resurge to
4848s	just block those amp matrixes on the low
4850s	ground we're going to take the fight to
4852s	The High Ground because we have so exp
4853s	and we're still going to be able to take
4854s	full value but speaking about low we're
4857s	going to be heading over to Sur Vasa
4859s	which means that we're probably going to
4860s	be seeing potentially a little bit of
4862s	the junka queen I mean some teams do
4864s	like flexing the junka queen so that you
4865s	can arrive at the point faster than your
4867s	opponent but again this is a huge gamble
4870s	because junka Queen into ratra struggles
4873s	so it's sort of rolling the dice and
4875s	picking your poison of whether you think
4877s	you're going to be going into a ratra
4879s	mirror or whether you think the other
4881s	team is also going to be playing the
4882s	Jung Queen and you want to go for that
4884s	forward positioning or go for the ratra
4887s	knowing that you have that advantage
4888s	over the other side anyway yeah and you
4891s	know Zas like you said I think we we
4894s	have to wait and see what these two
4896s	teams play however you know at the end
4898s	of the day the ratra has just been so
4899s	freaking good yeah I mean we've already
4901s	seen teams attempt the junka queen on
4903s	this map into the ratra it did not go
4906s	well Dustin it resulted in one of the
4908s	fastest flash points I have ever seen it
4912s	was
4914s	it was rough to say the least but I feel
4917s	like we're going to get the mirror maybe
4919s	Michael wer going to swap to something
4921s	from like the junker Queen if the first
4922s	fight doesn't really work out for them
4924s	and they want to try and get to another
4926s	point a little bit faster but I just I
4928s	feel like their R miror is just too
4930s	strong to for go I like the idea I like
4933s	what I like what you're going for you
4935s	know I think Mari as well has kind of
4937s	shown I I guess in that in this series
4938s	in particular the the gissa so that
4941s	definitely could be a swap to come
4943s	through however at the end of the day
4945s	like like you said about you know saw
4946s	Hill and Timeless ethereal how they're
4947s	playing their amatra at the moment um
4949s	they just play it so flawlessly right I
4952s	mean they just managed to make those
4953s	rotations with their own utility
4955s	incredibly well um I say that as saw
4958s	Hills obviously hovering over the orisa
4961s	so you know we could see sill
4963s	potentially mix it up I guess why not
4965s	considering up 20 and he could try
4966s	things out right Golden Rule especially
4968s	on flash point never talk about the
4970s	composition until the team is out of
4972s	that spawn do microw wave going to be
4974s	starting off on the ratra we can talk
4976s	about how strong the ratra is on this
4978s	point there's a lot of opening angles a
4980s	lot of different rotations that you can
4982s	take ratra is very good at being able to
4983s	shut them down with things like that
4985s	Vortex and the shield being used to
4987s	influence every single approach possible
4989s	as there it is sill rolling out on the
4993s	orisa and all of the things that we were
4995s	just talking about all of the utility
4996s	that ratra has orisa for goes entirely
4999s	if you get Vortex off you can just
5000s	fortify or better yet you can javel and
5003s	Spin and Matrix it up before it even
5005s	hits the ground and look at that time
5007s	aerial off of s being able to use the
5008s	momentum already on that point
5012s	first this ra gun shot from Death there
5014s	but at least forces him back oh my God
5017s	Wier gets removed and now that spin
5020s	comes out from sill to try to push out
5022s	Mari from that immortality field they
5024s	find it anyway they find Mari eventually
5026s	anyway in the first point Timeless F
5029s	will pretty much take it with E Yeah
5031s	Timeless the fal going to look for those
5033s	stagger picks as well to come through
5036s	Mari immediately going off of the remat
5039s	Seeing it's not going to work soill is
5041s	just able to utilize all of the orisa
5043s	defensive capabilities to Brute Force
5045s	through all of this ratra aggressive
5048s	capabilities and we're going to see the
5049s	sigma The Shield being in place to put
5051s	more pressure onto X and trying to find
5053s	some of these other angles you've got
5055s	the accretion to try and knock back some
5056s	of these players of time SP when they do
5058s	get too over aggressive and look to
5060s	punish and already we can see that extra
5062s	pressure with those SP coming out on to
5063s	x0 to force you off of that High Ground
5066s	angle so that you're not in a position
5068s	to take one of the backline down push
5070s	back for
5072s	now utilizing as much of that Shield as
5075s	they possibly can to get some space here
5077s	but you a lot of this fight does rely on
5079s	these so Jordans at the end of the day
5080s	right both death and X10 popping in that
5083s	damage nearly 80% of the board for
5084s	Timeless etherial this point these
5086s	points go very very quickly X10 gets
5088s	poked down low force them back for now
5090s	and with that so tries to drop that May
5093s	well to take some aggressive space with
5094s	that bti amplification Matrix they
5097s	actually give up the point Timeless
5098s	theal does for now come back through use
5101s	their own amplication Matrix with the
5102s	wall Mario gets pushed into the corner
5104s	and deleted as do Zoe so although they
5107s	gave it the point temporarily it didn't
5109s	really matter Timeless ethereal take it
5111s	back will take the first point of the
5112s	three yeah there's the rubber band
5114s	Timeless etheral they see that they're
5116s	taking a little bit of pressure that
5117s	Mari is forcing xent off of the angle
5119s	that they've set up onto The High Ground
5121s	the thing is the sigma with that
5122s	pressure
5123s	isn't a wi condition so Michael wave
5125s	like you said have to commit that an
5126s	Matrix just to find the flip and
5128s	Timeless the fal because they've already
5130s	banked up of all of the stall the deck
5131s	and buys them with the sojan so much
5135s	point percentage that they can just step
5137s	off the point C around the amp and then
5139s	come back in with one of their own
5141s	absolutely no sweat off of their backs
5143s	and worst for microwave RNG falls into
5147s	Timeless Aerials favor this is one of
5151s	the problems that these teams run into
5153s	with flash point is going to spawn
5155s	closer to some of these other teams to
5157s	respawn and unfortunately microwave now
5159s	have to push the sigma around the
5161s	environmental Cliff with the orisa
5163s	having the capability of shutting
5165s	everyone off blun actually goes down
5167s	first of all people and also agmr finds
5170s	sill in that blizzard also gratic flux
5172s	was there to try to capitalize he will
5174s	find agmr but the damage is already done
5176s	at this point right
5177s	Timeless just going to have to reset at
5180s	the moment they don't even want to
5181s	contest this point just going to get
5182s	some Hill back for another fight they do
5185s	manage to build up 12% with that initial
5187s	control but it is a very fast flip and
5190s	microwave now having things like the
5192s	sigma and the may they have that stall
5193s	sustain potential so that if things
5196s	start going a little bit siy they're
5197s	still going to be able to bleed a lot of
5200s	point percentage cuz like you said flash
5201s	point goes up incredibly quickly tphal
5204s	taking that Cliff side faking it out
5206s	however try and bait those utilities
5208s	from microwave side yeah blizzard off
5212s	that push actually catches out Zoe Z
5215s	does find Zoe in that five B drop
5217s	already after they've lost one also the
5219s	Matrix is here so a lot committed for
5221s	mic wave and what appears to be a lost
5224s	team fight so far though all Hill goes
5226s	down death finds them at least so M wave
5229s	kind of coming back into this as well
5231s	amplification Matrix here so they're
5232s	able to find wi Mari trades back Halo so
5234s	they are trading but there's too many
5236s	people for Timeless at this point a lot
5238s	of ultimates committed there to not even
5240s	capture the point that's kind of tough
5242s	unfortunately the fight going on
5245s	incredibly long actually falls into
5246s	Michael wave's favor as we're going to
5248s	see 77% picks on up for this team soill
5253s	on to that ratra immediately looking for
5256s	that poke face to try and delay Michael
5258s	wave's approach for as long as possible
5259s	to be able to play catch up with the
5261s	percentage that they're
5263s	missing now mic wave go around the
5265s	outside nearly 60% on the board here
5267s	pretty much last F territory on this
5269s	point in particular for both te
5271s	compositions by the way mari's
5274s	now that is super interesting what these
5276s	teams are deciding admidst the match in
5279s	terms of composition pointed out with
5281s	flash point maybe these tank players
5283s	will try to do that saw Hill backs up
5286s	doesn't have to worry about that may
5287s	wall anymore either nearly 90% of the
5289s	board for Timeless M wave have all the
5291s	members of their team on the point no
5293s	ultimates for either team just yet May
5295s	wall perfectly placed again Mari goes so
5297s	low down to 80 HP but immortality field
5300s	here to keep him healthy as well that
5302s	cool down remov death finds X10 that's
5304s	huge for Michael wave they also have the
5306s	blizzard first as well 80% now on the
5309s	board they want to find these stagger
5310s	kills time try to back up not lose
5312s	anybody here however it's far too late
5314s	Michel wave they kind of hooked this
5317s	fight very very late and it worked out
5320s	for them 98% on the board they're surely
5322s	going to take this point tie it up so
5324s	far on flas point and find some stagger
5326s	kills what a set play coming through
5329s	from Michael wave that swap to the
5330s	Orissa is huge every every single time
5333s	Zoe want to try and use that may to
5335s	isolate time the they're already playing
5337s	clumped up so Mari actually uses the
5339s	javelin throw which does a lot of damage
5342s	but also has a significant amount of
5344s	knockback so every single time sill is
5347s	actually playing with their team whoever
5349s	get played behind theat get shoved back
5351s	in the Wall comes up to isolate and now
5354s	yet again we're going to see the
5355s	blizzard being used to isolate sill away
5357s	from the back line away from the
5358s	defensive capabilities and with the tank
5360s	having to back on off T have no space to
5363s	be able to utilize the two DPS ultimates
5365s	that they have you were talking about
5367s	RNG earlier going in favor of Timeless
5371s	now it's swap back for Michael wave
5373s	right finding that kill at that choke
5375s	point with the wall ends up working
5377s	perfect for them now death comes with
5378s	the overclock over the top right
5380s	counters he drop from Halo but also
5382s	another one WI a key death using this
5385s	overclock as many shots as they possibly
5387s	can get off here is going to give
5389s	Michael wave a huge Edge sill tries to
5391s	come back with the annihilation but will
5394s	go down far too much healing here not
5396s	enough damage for Timeless aerial who
5397s	are pushed back yet again by Michael
5400s	Wayne yeah microwave committing in
5402s	massively but again they've already been
5404s	able to buy themselves 52% and Counting
5407s	off the point they've got the May to be
5409s	able to stall ESS F do have the
5411s	ultimates however so you can see M being
5412s	a little bit more hesitant try and hold
5414s	that forward aggressive position but
5416s	still so much percentage still up in
5418s	counting before T the field are even
5420s	able to get into position and they have
5421s	three ultimat they can't afford to use
5423s	all of them but because if they lose the
5425s	next fight they're still going to be
5427s	down a
5429s	pointless comes through from this back
5432s	left taking their time use the
5434s	amplification Matrix first the microwave
5435s	want to disengage they do around the
5437s	corner so that's already one ultimate
5439s	out but they've got two more to have to
5440s	work with at the moment Michael wave
5444s	still waiting fighting their time time
5446s	it'll take that Point Flip now X10 goes
5448s	aggressive drops the overclock through
5450s	on that flank we find two immediate
5452s	mediately Michael wave will sink for now
5455s	that's three for X10 back to the spawn
5458s	they go however they like you said marxy
5459s	have built some time bank to work with
5461s	yeah Bon's able to hold on to the
5462s	Blizzard as well that is absolutely huge
5464s	like we said Timeless F they needed to
5466s	be able to find that flip it goes into
5468s	overtime so Michael wave no matter how
5469s	long that fight goes on they're not
5471s	going to be able to pass 99% so Tas will
5475s	have all of the time necessary to be
5476s	able to stall now they themselves get to
5478s	stall the approach coming through if
5480s	Michael wave are able to onto that point
5483s	it just plays into Bun's hand it means
5485s	that the blizzard is going to be able to
5486s	connect onto so many more of these
5488s	players you don't want to use the
5489s	ultimate out in the open instead you
5492s	want to bait Michael wave into walking
5494s	directly into it by dangling the point
5497s	in front of them as
5499s	bait bun with this blizzard is going to
5502s	be huge right I mean ajar has to come in
5504s	with that ant Matrix we use it early in
5506s	fact so maybe that confuses the side of
5510s	Timeless for now however it doesn't look
5511s	like an ex 10 finds death blizzard is
5513s	here from bun Frozen May on the point
5515s	get saved by the morality field both of
5517s	these Baptists have been playing so well
5519s	however who's been playing even better
5521s	it's X10 on the sojourn two in this
5523s	fight make it three overtime now ticks
5525s	down unfortunately it was far too hard
5528s	of a point to retake Timeless there will
5529s	take this one to put it on M or I guess
5533s	it's like point point what do you call
5535s	it map Point what do you call it
5536s	whatever my point it's really good
5538s	Target Focus coming through from tphal
5540s	as well they know that Zoe is closing up
5541s	on blizzard ofone they make sure that
5543s	the M goes down so that once buns
5545s	blizzard has run its Co microwave don't
5547s	have the win condition or the confidence
5549s	to be able to Pro ultimate in AB said
5552s	they're going to have it to use now
5554s	we're going to see the blizzard
5555s	immediately drop from Zoe the follow up
5557s	is there and this is huge for microwave
5560s	that is one fight win for the cost of
5563s	one ultimate now Dustin they have the
5565s	next wi to be able to we the storm and
5567s	keep building up this Bank of percentage
5570s	yeah both teams May is coming alive here
5572s	on surasa will take the point like you
5574s	said now going to play with some
5576s	ultimates in the bank W some poke they
5579s	could easily do so build up towards that
5581s	window here time was aerial right the
5583s	pressure is on them on their own retain
5586s	saw on the orisa that was going Mari on
5588s	the Oris as well with a terror surge he
5590s	does have that at Matrix but we have
5592s	seen Mari engineer the terror surge to
5594s	counter it entirely and unfortunately
5597s	isn't able to give the opportunity go
5599s	solo as the at Matrix comes up has to
5601s	fall back behind cover of Fountain no
5603s	chance of using the teror to shut it
5605s	down counter teror surge now here for
5607s	Mari but will fall it it's tough I don't
5609s	really know how you get surprised there
5612s	if if your microwave you have so many
5614s	ultimates you somehow still get caught
5616s	out by a window in Saw Hill right it was
5618s	just one phase of ultimates it felt like
5620s	it was bait right you look at where the
5623s	at Matrix actually comes through from Z
5625s	it's right on the choke which is
5627s	perfectly measured for Zoe's M it very
5629s	much was microwave trying to force
5631s	timeless into a game of Ultimate Chicken
5633s	so that the mayw is able to perfectly
5635s	cover the ant Matrix but the mayw
5637s	doesn't cover the ant Matrix in time and
5639s	Mari takes so much damage XM by then has
5641s	already been able to break free from
5643s	that choke put yourself onto that high
5645s	ground with all of the damage coming
5646s	through from the soan that when we see
5648s	both of the orisa drop Terror surge
5650s	because that pushes you into a static
5652s	position Mario is the one who loses the
5654s	gamble because of the additional damage
5656s	coming
5656s	for and Pops the overclock in this fight
5660s	has to deal with a Lucio who's harass
5662s	ing him no kills just yet for death just
5665s	found some pressure for so to find the
5667s	kill onto Halo but now X10 comes back
5668s	through with their own overclock however
5670s	down Halo some of that healing and
5673s	potential speed boost is just out of
5675s	here so X10 overclock will eventually
5677s	get ran through so counters with the
5680s	blizzard here able to find saw Hill too
5682s	bun has their own blizzard but nobody is
5683s	here to follow up at this point right
5685s	you lose your orisa and now everybody
5687s	just kind of funnel through on the point
5688s	for a potential recontest with that good
5691s	W do love from Zoe directly on the choke
5693s	to disconnect the front line and the
5694s	back line the however playing last fight
5698s	the blizzard you're going to have a
5699s	terror surge as well Mari having to swap
5701s	off of the orisa onto the sigma did
5703s	reset a massive chunk of that poke
5705s	pressure coming on through from the
5707s	sigma composition however now you get to
5708s	play defensive around those capabilities
5711s	Javelin from no Mari goes over the wrong
5714s	side of the wall oh my God but the bo
5716s	back to safety never mind brought back
5718s	through to the terrce surge X10 will
5719s	find them however death finds one on the
5721s	downside saw H go so low and is found by
5724s	death oh my God what a round in
5727s	particular for death here two kills in
5729s	that fight without the overclock to just
5731s	some nice rail gun shots and the
5734s	amplification Matrix there from ajmr
5736s	turns this fight and now we're all tied
5737s	up on map Point here Moxy on suros
5741s	Redemption Arc for the soldier and death
5743s	coming in absolutely clutch Mari going
5747s	into the wrong side of the May well
5749s	toppling directly into ess's full team
5752s	forced AJ into utilizing that
5753s	immortality field way too soon before
5756s	ultimate started to come into play but
5758s	death on the sojan doesn't need an
5760s	ultimate to still have that insane
5761s	amount of kill potential that is
5763s	afforded to the DPS and now point
5766s	percentage is reset microwave still with
5768s	this sign going to be coming in to the
5769s	flux as well Halo holding on to that
5771s	sound barrier doesn't want to have to
5773s	use it early however because you've got
5775s	to deal with fre with it now here's that
5777s	overclock early wall or may BL block
5780s	used by bun keeps them alive for now so
5782s	it almost works out however Z drops the
5784s	amplification Matrix to get shut out by
5786s	a body shot from that there and then
5788s	Mari with the Poke damage great work
5790s	from Michael wave so far bundas comes
5792s	through to die on the point a reset
5794s	coming through from time with atherial
5795s	and Michael waves counter swaps counter
5797s	picks have been working out there we go
5800s	that's the bait the same bait that we
5801s	saw coming through from microwave the
5803s	last time that we had Z dropping that
5805s	ant Matrix onto choke this time around
5807s	however you are able to take advantage
5809s	of the sigma's defensive capabilities
5810s	you make it look like you're pushing
5812s	onto time the superial side Z as a
5814s	reaction immediately drops the at Matrix
5816s	to try and punish and immediately
5817s	microwave just cut noise pull back and
5819s	that at Matrix Point has absolutely no
5822s	value and as a result you're not going
5824s	to have it for the next push whereas AJ
5826s	is still holding on to one of your
5829s	arm M wave sitch back has to deal with
5832s	the overclock from X head who doesn't
5833s	find any kills gets damage but no kills
5836s	microwave also drops the beat and on
5838s	this map it seems like X10 the number
5840s	might have been found from death who
5842s	comes from above to get that kill bun
5844s	does trade pack soe e drop here to try
5847s	to keep everybody alive but the gtic BL
5848s	still finds value on a saw Hill yes time
5851s	was to a trading but it's not enough at
5852s	this point ant Matrix in the back
5855s	everybody else here microwave will steal
5857s	a map and potentially start this reverse
5860s	sweep oh really good stuff coming for
5862s	from microwave again being able to
5864s	recover flash point is a map that is
5867s	probably one of if not the most
5869s	stressful to play into second to
5872s	potentially only push this mode goes by
5875s	so incredibly quickly if you think
5878s	trying to just keep a track of ultimate
5881s	economy and how aggressive you are being
5882s	and temper that aggression into
5884s	defensive capability is hard on some of
5886s	these other map types it becomes even
5888s	more important with flash point with how
5890s	quickly that point percentage actually
5892s	progresses unlike something like control
5894s	it's not a case of when that point is
5896s	finished all of your ultimates lose
5898s	value no it is when the next Point
5900s	finishes another unlock so you have to
5903s	make sure that you can win a fight out
5905s	while still holding on to something else
5907s	to be able to win the fight out
5909s	afterwards or if you indeed lose that
5911s	fight identify as the fight progresses
5914s	okay this is not a fight that we're
5916s	going to win we're not going to make it
5918s	easy but we're still going to make sure
5919s	that we don't overcommit so that we can
5921s	come in with a better Advantage for the
5923s	next one and that is something that
5924s	Michael wave took too hard because at
5926s	the start of that map it looked really
5929s	rough yeah it did I mean that that's a
5931s	great point that microw wave really were
5934s	able to make those rotations early
5935s	because they got those fight wins like
5937s	you said I mean every critical moment it
5939s	appeared like Michael wave just came out
5941s	on top with either that Blizzard from
5942s	Zoe laid into the fight on the rotation
5945s	before the point even unlocked I mean
5947s	like you said everything kind of went in
5948s	their favor because of how they've
5950s	played and you know maybe this goes back
5952s	to what we were talking about earlier
5954s	where when the lights are shine
5955s	brightest right how does Timeless
5956s	ethereal react at the moment on this map
5958s	in particular x10's been playing Super
5960s	well throughout every single map until
5962s	this one where it did feel like death
5965s	kind of found their groove were able to
5967s	shut down X1 at points yeah and I mean
5969s	if you look at the stats as well the
5971s	deaths are pretty equal death does die
5975s	five times compared to x107 but everyone
5977s	else is very much even 77 89 85 and it's
5982s	down to the fact that microwave they
5985s	don't necessarily only play aggressively
5987s	they make sure that they play into what
5990s	used to be predictable they've sort of
5992s	pav of conditioned Timeless into
5995s	expecting actual full commitment onto
5997s	all of these pushes right if you look at
5998s	how Le Jang started with how aggressive
6001s	this team was being when they started to
6002s	take those flanks they were fully
6004s	committing into all of those fights and
6006s	it's something they started taking
6007s	advantage of towards the lad half of
6009s	flasho because they started pulling
6011s	their punches they started going for a
6013s	couple of faints they went for some of
6014s	those left hooks when they actually made
6016s	it look like they were going for an
6017s	uppercut punch and as a result Timeless
6020s	aeral reacted wrongly they dropped
6022s	things like the amplification Matrix
6024s	they try to go too aggressive they
6025s	wanted to try and match some of those
6027s	ultimates for ultimates and as a result
6029s	they play directly into Michael wave's
6031s	hands and that is something that is
6033s	crazy because normally that strategy is
6036s	timeless' own it's l like microwave when
6039s	okay that's what you do well I can do it
6041s	better yeah it's it's it's absolutely
6044s	amazing to see what microwave have been
6045s	able to do on suras so we'll have to see
6048s	if they can keep doing it right
6049s	obviously waiting for that next map pick
6051s	coming through we saw the map pull
6052s	earlier on Moxy I mean for this series
6055s	in particular I think it really matters
6057s	for this team for Michael wave to really
6059s	get things going here and now right
6061s	obviously you talked about potentially
6063s	um death having to step up make those
6065s	amazing kills on the sojourn having to
6068s	have uh soe do well on the May right on
6071s	that map in particular things have
6072s	changed but do you think that this is
6074s	just a flash in a pan do you think this
6075s	is a on map type of thing or is there
6078s	things here that they've learned that
6079s	they can move forward with in the next
6081s	map I think there's things that they've
6082s	learned 100% if you do one strategy once
6085s	you can think okay maybe it's someone
6088s	having a little bit of a moment or maybe
6089s	it's a fluke maybe they want to go
6091s	aggressive and then they saw the ant
6092s	Matrix and they went okay this is a
6094s	fight we don't want to take and they
6095s	pulled away but they saw the value that
6097s	that got and they continued to do it and
6100s	going back to that pattern right if you
6102s	do it once it's a surprise if you do it
6104s	a second time it becomes somewhat
6106s	predictable if you see it three times
6107s	happening you know it's going to be
6109s	coming but that still applies to being
6111s	able B to work out these Solutions if we
6112s	see someone do the same thing multiple
6115s	times it means they've caued onto a
6117s	strategy and if it's working they're
6119s	going to double down on it and that's
6121s	exactly what they did so moving forward
6123s	in the series I think ultimate economy
6125s	is about to become a lot more up in the
6128s	air between these two teams I think
6130s	we're going to have some slight of hands
6131s	come through Dustin we might we might I
6134s	mean obviously the next map is going to
6135s	be ESP Pancho we'll have to see if
6137s	things are changed for either side and
6139s	it seems like microwave are to do that
6142s	and same with Timeless ethereal like you
6143s	said that was kind of the game plan was
6146s	a little bit ripped off from them right
6148s	that kind of change up between uh
6150s	compositions amidst the series right
6152s	it's very tough to do that too I mean
6154s	that has been a big evolution I feel
6156s	like for a lot of the players in
6157s	OverWatch 2 is to figure out you know
6159s	what Heroes they can swap to throughout
6161s	the series to instead of just locking to
6163s	okay let's play goats you know for
6165s	example back in the olden days and it
6166s	seems like for push in particular we
6168s	could really see a mixture of things
6170s	Moxy you could see anything from that
6172s	ratra composition to the sigma to the
6174s	orisa which composition do you think is
6176s	favored here on ESP panche on push in
6179s	particular um because that's obviously
6181s	the map we're going into and it's such a
6182s	crucial map to cider too R 100% we've
6186s	seen him so much and I hate to say it
6188s	but we're probably going to continue to
6190s	see him he's just an incredibly strong
6192s	tank he has a lot of defensive
6194s	capabilities so that when things like
6196s	the May or the sergeon start to come
6197s	into play who have that amazing burst
6200s	potential one if you're playing into a
6202s	may you don't want to be running that
6203s	Sigma a lot of the time because that may
6205s	primary ignores it it's not one of those
6209s	projectiles right it doesn't get matrix
6210s	by the shift instead it's like that Echo
6213s	focusing beam where it just rips through
6216s	that shift rips through that one
6217s	defensive capability and if the SAR is
6219s	close enough he just integrates in
6221s	seconds Ram doesn't really have to worry
6223s	about that especially since they've
6225s	removed the full CC on the May beam your
6228s	tank no longer gets frozen up so for the
6231s	ratra who is that touted Tempo tank who
6234s	wants to be able to play a little bit
6235s	defensive a little bit slow with the
6237s	Poke phase which plays perfectly into
6239s	setting up your so but then when you
6241s	want to get aggressive when you want to
6243s	get the ball rolling you have all of the
6245s	aggressive capability and better yet the
6247s	defensive capability to be able to
6249s	survive having that aggression and
6251s	wanting to move
6253s	forward see what the two teams decide to
6257s	choose moving into here and you're leing
6259s	more towards that ratra for orisa in
6261s	particular like you said there's so many
6262s	different ways to play it very crucial
6265s	map this one here Moxy in the
6268s	semi-finals obviously whoever wins here
6270s	will move forward into the upper bracket
6272s	Grand finals the other team
6273s	unfortunately is going to drop down the
6275s	lower bracket will still have a chance
6277s	moving forward but it's a very important
6279s	map in particular whoever wins this
6281s	right for Michael wave they'll
6282s	potentially have the momentum if they
6283s	win it here right Moxy but for Timeless
6285s	they can shut it out right here and now
6287s	yeah these two teams have been learning
6288s	a lot from each other as well we've seen
6291s	multiple strategies carry over we've
6292s	seen multiple picks as well coming on
6295s	through from some of these other players
6298s	if Michael wave decided to go the
6299s	pharmacy Route Asun is definitely one of
6301s	those Maps where you can find a lot of
6302s	value there's a lot of The High Ground
6304s	there's a lot of those rooftops very
6306s	similar to Kings R streets phace and
6308s	also Dorado a that the far can use but I
6310s	think we're just going to be seeing
6312s	standard meta unless microwave deite now
6315s	is the time to pull out that old
6318s	identity of the Genji doomfest I'm on
6321s	the fense about this Dustin though
6323s	because the last time we saw them use
6324s	this Timeless eeral broke its back
6328s	within
6329s	seconds yeah we'll see if it works out
6332s	for him that's definitely a a strong
6335s	choice to make right now on espira you
6337s	know maybe it forces Timeless to mix
6339s	things up though right I I think we it
6341s	might win them the first fight and on
6342s	push that is huge because the last time
6344s	we saw Tas real deal with it they had
6346s	fun on the Tracer to actually stop Zoe
6349s	from being able to get into the back
6351s	line and POS the thre as the Genji and
6353s	th they didn't expect the Genji they
6355s	didn't expect the Doom first they're
6357s	entirely unequipped to be able to have
6359s	that Avenue of Choke control aore
6362s	obviously going to set up a lot of those
6363s	anti grenades that's where we're on the
6364s	N at the beginning misses the first one
6367s	however just goes for a set now kind of
6369s	knows where everybody is just tossing
6370s	out cool Downs understanding that you
6371s	know they can't really be Dove on by
6374s	Timeless there's too too much of a
6375s	distance Gap to really make here nade
6378s	misses again from microwave side so they
6380s	really look they're kind of poking and
6381s	prodding for that anti grenade meanwhile
6384s	ESS zero taking some space with that
6386s	robot already 9 M minute off the clock
6389s	to here not a lot of ultimates built yet
6391s	either neither team doing a lot of
6393s	damage just yet another anti Miss yeah I
6395s	mean that that's really what microw wave
6397s	needs at the moment for them to find
6399s	this dive however at least they've not
6401s	lost anybody just yet so it's not really
6403s	gone too terribly for them here we go
6405s	off cool down yet again Nano building
6407s	the Nano for times the charm with the
6409s	anti grenade zoee doesn't even need it
6410s	just finds X10 we talked about so being
6412s	a great Genji having to play M
6414s	throughout the series now makes that
6416s	Swap and really doesn't seem to have
6417s	lost the step finding that first kill
6420s	and now with that I mean microwave
6421s	surely can maintain this no never mind
6423s	sill comes back finds Zoe trades it out
6426s	equalizes it now on the four versus four
6429s	they sto that robot from pushing forward
6430s	now here's that Nan boost but it's on a
6431s	doomfist right is the damage there
6433s	immortality fi to keep everybody alive
6435s	no the an grenade finds Halo with the
6437s	final blow so Mari just there to create
6439s	some space with the Nano boost and now
6442s	they're actually able to get that first
6443s	fight win it was an incredibly long
6445s	first fight seems like Timeless are
6447s	still fighting it though they want to
6448s	find these kills but no eventually
6450s	Michael wave will get them and control
6452s	that robot immediate swap from Zeo as
6455s	well you can see that those antines are
6457s	going to pose a problem and the KIRO is
6460s	straight away brought on out for the
6462s	Suzi to be able to cleanse that effect B
6465s	still not swapping onto the Tracer most
6467s	likely because you have that blizzard
6468s	you do not want to give up such a
6470s	valuable ultimate the problem is is the
6473s	blizzard going to be able to find Value
6475s	wicker is playing protect the Anna so
6477s	not on the Lu to be able to kite around
6479s	it so the backline is Prime real estate
6481s	for the blizzard but everyone else the
6483s	doomfist the Genji the soan they all
6485s	have the mobility to dodge it
6488s	entirely AG marander going to get
6490s	blocked by the shield now a rally to
6491s	keep Wick alive here overclock as well
6494s	the help against the push from Timeless
6496s	sleep on a saw Hill gets woken up
6498s	immediately ultimate still available
6500s	from Timeless after beat nice an grenade
6501s	slows down X10 but eventually cleansed
6503s	off from z w that got thato like you
6507s	mentioned Moxy bun find soe too who went
6509s	for that dive no Genji now here for M
6512s	wave a lot of that damage gone land to
6514s	Mari as to back up out of there for now
6517s	they do have a lot of that cart space so
6518s	as long as they don't lose anybody
6519s	they're in a decent spot but we'll see
6521s	if they can do that yeah it was
6522s	definitely wishful thinking Mario will
6524s	get staggered and Timeless have control
6526s	of the robot okay we're going to have
6527s	nanoblade for this next fight and that
6529s	is one of the Tim com the time seal
6532s	struggled with and this is what they're
6534s	going to do to shut it down they catch
6537s	the back line away from the sojon AJ
6541s	taken down kept in position by the
6543s	blizzard alongside your Bria that's the
6546s	problem a lot of the time that you run
6547s	into normally we see it with pulse bombs
6549s	right if you find pulse bomb stick onto
6551s	either the Anna or the Bita they play so
6553s	close together a lot of the time it
6554s	results into a double elimination it's
6556s	the exact same mentality coming through
6559s	from buns blizzard because he C an away
6561s	from the Genji you delay the prospect of
6563s	the Mano blade but it's only been
6565s	delayed they're still going to have to
6566s	rip the bandaid off eventually and
6568s	eventually might come sooner rather than
6570s	later there it is Halo deleted suzu out
6573s	can't save X10 here that's two in this
6576s	fight and so he's going to live for now
6579s	Annihilation from sill actually got two
6581s	on the the side make it more oh my God
6583s	the counter push on the the side we're
6585s	watching Genji POV it ends up not
6587s	mattering because ESS ethereals
6589s	annihilation in front line has killed
6591s	everybody slight of hand Dustin slight
6595s	of hand you think the nanoblade is going
6597s	to be the most important but sill sees
6599s	an opportunity rally has already been
6602s	used by Wicker in a couple of fights
6603s	previous soill knows no one can shut
6607s	down that Annihilation no one can kite
6610s	it out either and as a result the
6612s	objective keeps moving and yes you lose
6613s	your back line but you still put up so
6615s	much more distance in comparison to what
6617s	microwave have achieved and now they
6619s	have to cycle back into the link of
6620s	nanoblade I don't know if they'll even
6622s	get another one online I don't think so
6624s	either I mean that's just absolutely a
6626s	back breaker 100 m now and climbing for
6630s	ESS etherial it seems like the suzu from
6632s	Z as well has just countered every
6634s	single anate from ajmr I mean they're
6637s	playing this very well at the moment yes
6639s	they find sill at least but Moxy I mean
6641s	they've already built up 112 M and
6644s	they're climbing even even farther yeah
6647s	you're going to have overclock combined
6649s	with K Rush you do lose exent but You'
6652s	still got B on that may Michel wave now
6654s	going to take advantage of the soier
6657s	missing to push that objective a little
6659s	bit further back there Halo's just
6660s	delaying not allowing microwave to be
6663s	able to break past those early spawns
6666s	coming through from time who refus to
6668s	give up The High Ground that safe
6669s	vantage point that they can hide when
6671s	the dive comes
6672s	for has the back gun out there doesn't
6674s	want to use a d just yet H connects on
6677s	the saw Hill for now overclock flank
6679s	from X10 immediately though Mari came
6681s	back with the slam oh my gosh what value
6683s	found for the doomfist that is a huge
6686s	kill to get but they did have to use the
6688s	rally as well as that ultimate just for
6690s	that overclock there in this fight
6692s	particular Michael wave will win and
6694s	find these stagger kills to get control
6696s	the robot with 3 minutes and 40 seconds
6698s	left two for the price of one and
6701s	crucially the one that you're able to
6703s	draw out from toless aerial side is not
6706s	anything that can be used to counteract
6708s	the nanoade coming through this is the
6709s	true win condition for Michael wave
6711s	right it all anchors and Cycles around
6715s	this nanoblade but Timeless will have
6717s	the beat drop to be able to sustain
6719s	through it or bun can even just use that
6721s	counter blizzard to stop Zoe from being
6723s	able to find the dash resets Zoe's the
6725s	one pushing the card though as the back
6727s	out nice pocket there but the May slowed
6730s	down also Nano death in back of the
6732s	overclock this time to mix it up I like
6734s	the change up beat drop here from Halo
6736s	Su stains for now and they actually find
6739s	X10 that was a huge kill find because x0
6741s	has been a thorn in the side of Michel
6743s	wave every single time they go for that
6744s	push so they deal with those flankers
6747s	and come back towards this robot off of
6749s	a nano overclock play so this is huge
6751s	this is Big Burn coming through from
6753s	microwave in two ways one you bait out
6756s	Halo into utilizing the sound bar to
6758s	counter the Nano overclock which means
6760s	thoughe doesn't need the nanoade to have
6762s	enough damage to chunk through the
6763s	health B from from aeral side to
6765s	actually convert into kills and two bun
6767s	could not use the blizzard to be able to
6769s	counter it because like the Genji who
6770s	needs to get close to melee slash
6773s	through you the soin can play out of the
6775s	range of blizzard so Tam just had to
6777s	take it on the
6778s	chin yeah Mari and Zoe probably just
6781s	going to go have to go really hard here
6782s	in this fight but bun finds the kill in
6784s	the wi while they're setting up oh my
6787s	gosh and now they try to go forward AE
6789s	comes through cleansed immediately by Z
6791s	I mean perfectly played by them but now
6792s	that blade comes through Annihilation to
6794s	force back soe I mean that's the value
6796s	out of the Genji blade dry there's not
6798s	really much else you could do as long as
6800s	they don't lose anybody they might be
6801s	okay however looks like Timeless are
6803s	always in a position to find these
6804s	stagger kills now from the top side
6806s	sahill comes through ajar goes down no
6808s	speed boost or peel Mari actually
6811s	commits that doomfist ultimate as well
6813s	that finds one in the flank they don't
6815s	have a lot of healing just the Bita can
6817s	they find Halo if they find Halo it
6819s	might be winnable or Z able to find Z
6822s	that could be something here for
6824s	microwave as they're still on the top
6825s	side of the bridge the robot really
6826s	isn't pushing too far oh just kidding
6828s	it's actually moving in favor of M wave
6830s	so they they've managed to come back
6832s	towards this robot and a counter push
6834s	there for microwave is successful yeah n
6837s	overclock as well potentially on the
6839s	cards as well for this next fight Bon is
6841s	going to still hold on to this blizzard
6843s	to be able to shut it down T will have
6845s	not had to use it so far is still
6847s	holding on as that emergency pre glass
6851s	in case of solution as microwave having
6854s	to try and figure out how to formulate
6856s	this Ty for punch is making it so much
6858s	harder for death to actually have that
6860s	go on The High Ground try and pick some
6862s	down and as no one's low enough to find
6865s	a kill while they're trying to save bun
6867s	there counter push comes through from
6868s	microwave however X10 it's rid of Zoe in
6872s	that fight sill also finds Mari and this
6874s	car or this robot has not pushed far
6875s	enough yet either not even halfway to
6878s	how far Timeless got on their original
6880s	pushes now 30 seconds left Moxy it's
6883s	it's looking very very dicy at the
6884s	moment for Michael wave yeah Michael
6886s	wave just can't formulate this dive time
6888s	aeral aren't being brought down enough
6890s	so when Mari punches in it's only a
6892s	distraction there's no actual threat to
6894s	it and time have identified as such as B
6898s	goes onto that off angle challenging
6899s	microwave death's going to have to pop
6901s	that overclock and try and find kill
6903s	Halo goes incredibly low will be able to
6906s	hide behind that ball and keep herself
6908s	and the sound barrier safe as somehow
6910s	she still gets healed up clocked out
6913s	from xtan comes through death on the
6915s	flank wi also stuck in that blizzard
6918s	will go down to saw Hill x0 waits for
6920s	death to peek around the corner and this
6923s	should close things out for time as
6925s	ethereal to cement themselves in that
6927s	upper bracket finals finding Zoe on the
6929s	Stagger that blade is negated pretty
6932s	much throughout the entire map and
6933s	especially at the very end time with
6935s	ethereal are moving forward in this
6938s	tournament I said I was on the fence
6941s	about that Genji doomfest I like the
6945s	idea of it it's something that you pull
6947s	out in the hopes that it's surprises
6949s	time was a fairly you did see that they
6950s	were running out on that composition
6952s	without the KIRO which they immediately
6954s	swapped to when they identified okay
6956s	they're going to be formulating Dives
6957s	they're going to be trying to play off
6958s	of the setups of these antonides we need
6960s	that suzu in full effect so that we can
6962s	hold on to our cool downs and abilities
6965s	as well as our own lives when that
6966s	starts to come into play but
6968s	unfortunately that surprise factor that
6971s	sort of faint into a jab that Michael
6973s	wave will hoping and gambling the Diest
6976s	and the Genji pick would be is just too
6979s	well read by time with Sao because it's
6981s	something that they've already played
6982s	into with this team and Genji struggles
6986s	so much at the moment in this matter
6988s	because of the amount of shutdown there
6990s	is you don't have to swap onto something
6991s	like a tracer to control all of the
6993s	Avenues of the backline because the May
6995s	does the job for you you can't deflect
6997s	the beam it does so much damage in
6999s	seconds every single time the May is
7001s	there the Genji can't fully commit in
7003s	and use Sora as a result when Mario was
7005s	punching forward a lot of the time Zoe's
7007s	presence was entirely absent and on that
7010s	note I know you pretty much just kind of
7012s	talked about it there Moxy but I mean at
7015s	least I guess for the in terms of
7016s	Michael wave to get your take on it do
7018s	you think that what they've done you
7020s	know mixing up that composition map bym
7022s	basis um and then ultimately going for
7025s	that full commit on that doomfist Genji
7027s	sojourn I mean do you like that at the
7029s	very least that they're willing to you
7031s	know step out of bounds per se and
7033s	change that composition up to a very
7034s	high degree even though it cost them in
7036s	the end potentially I like the fact that
7039s	they try I don't like the fact that they
7041s	continue to only run it as the map
7046s	progressed especially because we saw
7048s	time and time again even though they
7050s	would mix things up right we saw not
7052s	just the Nano going on to Zoe for the
7054s	blade it was also going on to death with
7056s	the seran for the overclock which found
7057s	a lot of value the problem is nano is
7061s	only going to be up so often you have to
7064s	be able to win those neutral fights when
7066s	ultimates don't come into question
7068s	especially on push where a a lot of
7070s	these points go down to players choosing
7073s	the right moment to be able to keep that
7075s	objective moving or hold it in a better
7077s	position for their back line to be able
7079s	to actually keep themselves alive a
7081s	little bit longer and you don't have
7083s	that When dive comes into the mix
7084s	because you have to be hesitant you have
7086s	to wait for all of the pieces to fall
7088s	perfectly to bait out some of those
7089s	abilities to be able to punch on forward
7091s	and as a result it means you're always
7092s	going to be playing split and that
7094s	objective gets nowhere near the amount
7096s	of push distance in the neutral as it
7098s	does for the other side so even though
7100s	they were coming of some amazing Nano
7103s	overclocks and some really strong Genji
7105s	blades as well it just wasn't enough it
7107s	was free good fights compared to just
7110s	overall consistent damage output and
7112s	threat and space control as a result
7114s	coming from ESS aside looking good
7117s	Timeless ethereal so far to put
7118s	themselves in Upp bracket but we'll
7120s	break everything down in a second we'll
7122s	go to a short break when we come back
7123s	we'll see some of our analysts I believe
7125s	we have Christopher and Ash on the side
7126s	to break everything down with me we'll
7128s	see you guys in just a second for that
7134s	[Music]
7147s	[Music]
7158s	breakdown
7159s	[Music]
7186s	[Music]
7198s	[Music]
7199s	[Applause]
7202s	[Music]
7236s	[Music]
7287s	[Music]
7317s	Timeless ethereal just secured their
7320s	spot there in the upper bracket finals 3
7323s	to one versus Michael wave but Michael
7326s	wave started making it a bit tough as we
7328s	headed into that third map where they
7330s	were able to get their one match win
7333s	there Chris and also welcome to the
7336s	calling all her broadcast than for
7339s	having me
7340s	like that's first off the gate so
7342s	excited to have you here with us and
7344s	join us on the analyst desk but second
7346s	off I got to get your overall thoughts
7348s	on this last match up I think this the
7350s	series was pretty high quality I was
7351s	really impressed with both teams met a
7353s	read it for like strategically I think
7355s	everyone knew what they were doing um
7357s	even Maps one and two I think that we're
7359s	actually really close um I think for
7362s	Michael wave they'll obviously be
7363s	disappointed to lose but I think that if
7364s	they if they go back and and kind of VOD
7366s	review it I think they'll see that that
7368s	that that series was really really that
7370s	for them to
7371s	win yeah they definitely had the
7373s	opportunity to do so there Dustin I mean
7375s	it was tough I think because Timeless
7377s	ethereal they're kind of the raid boss
7379s	in this overarching tournament this
7382s	entire season right but Michael wave as
7384s	they were a bit of those slow starters
7386s	earlier on in the series the adaptations
7388s	were definitely coming through yeah for
7391s	sure I mean I mean they got they got the
7393s	praise Michael wave got the praise from
7394s	you know two time wait no he just one
7397s	time second place OverWatch League World
7399s	Champ not really World Champ What do you
7401s	call that second place your finalist
7403s	runner up yeah run runner up coach of
7405s	the year one of the goats in our scenes
7408s	I mean that's obviously High Praise I
7409s	think that they I think 100% Chris
7411s	touched on it microw wave if they look
7413s	back at the vaud 100% need to maybe just
7415s	like take what they did moving forwards
7417s	and uh they'll probably be solid in the
7419s	lower brackets I mean they saw that we
7420s	saw that last major this team was just
7422s	really good super talented um definitely
7425s	a dark horse that isn't you can't just
7427s	push aside Timeless etheral really did
7428s	their prep ation and their work ready
7430s	for Mich wave in the series yeah Mich
7432s	wave definitely a team to keep your eyes
7434s	on if you're out at home and looking to
7437s	root for somebody to be that dark host
7439s	to make that lower bracket run because
7440s	again this being the upper semi-finals
7442s	they do have that second chance of life
7444s	to try to continue on and make it
7446s	through the remainder of this weekends
7448s	but we also have to consider the fact
7450s	that Timeless ethereal I mean they were
7453s	the top team throughout the entirety of
7456s	this 2023 calling all Heroes season for
7459s	a reason I think their macro gameplay
7461s	the way they look to set that up Chris
7464s	is definitely was shown here in this
7466s	last matchup yeah I think absolutely I
7468s	think that one difference when we talk
7469s	about the ram comp compared to the sigma
7471s	mirror is it feels very difficult for
7473s	the ram to die so if you just group up
7475s	as five and run the Ramy won't die so
7477s	what ends up happening a lot is both
7478s	teams try to send off angles on retakes
7480s	you start to see the Lucio sojan flank
7482s	from microwave here and what Timeless
7484s	was so so so good at is they predicted
7486s	these flanks either they set traps like
7488s	you see here there was numerous times
7490s	where I started to see um they would do
7492s	what we would call overloading where we
7493s	see there was a 2v2 on their left side
7495s	so let's send our serjan to go match it
7497s	so that we have the 3v2 and what they
7499s	always made sure is they won this side
7500s	fight and as long as you win the side
7502s	fight your Ram's just going to live
7503s	forever the hero is genuinely unkillable
7505s	no matter what happens um and I thought
7507s	that was a really really smart meta read
7509s	and I really feel from a strategic point
7510s	of view that's where the series was won
7513s	yeah it's where you see them kind of
7515s	being in their illegal their own in that
7517s	kind of sense and those setups are also
7520s	obviously for the GPS players to
7521s	capitalize on so when you think about
7524s	the sojourn plays that we saw coming out
7526s	their X10 was making quite a name for
7529s	themselves in the first two maps but we
7532s	slowly actually saw death starting to
7534s	catch up especially on surasa where it
7536s	felt like in that second half Dustin
7539s	they really started to heat up yeah I
7542s	mean it's tough because we we keep
7543s	wanting to talk about microwave like I
7544s	said and even in the stats game if you
7546s	just looked at this alone you'd be like
7547s	okay you obviously the so Jordan with
7550s	the better Stat one but in fact no I
7552s	mean Timeless in in xent in particular
7554s	was really just good in this system as a
7557s	team and as a player in particular so it
7559s	was it was tough to kind of shout them
7560s	out all the time but realistically
7563s	obviously X10 came out on top most of
7566s	the time in these so fights yeah I think
7568s	one thing that I was really impressed
7569s	with X10 was whenever MZ had the the
7572s	bapti that amp Matrix X10 would group up
7576s	with it and would look just to charge
7577s	rail body shot we saw numerous fights
7580s	exactly like death is doing here where
7582s	we were able to just win team fights off
7583s	just a body shot which was a really
7585s	really like I think a big difference
7587s	between the two surgeons especially on
7589s	map one and
7591s	two yeah the difference makers in those
7593s	kinds of plays for sure but I feel like
7596s	we also need to highlight Z I think
7598s	Chris maybe you want to say something
7600s	about this Flex support that was coming
7603s	through just like their ability to help
7605s	with that sustain also the windows
7607s	coming in to help extend capitalized as
7609s	well I think exactly I think both B TS
7612s	had a really solid series I think to be
7614s	honest everyone who played can be pretty
7615s	pleased with that their game playay but
7617s	I thought especially when it comes to
7618s	ult Value Timeless were able to get so
7620s	many wins purely off the amp Matrix
7622s	which is a huge factor in terms of the
7624s	overall swing of the
7626s	economy well yeah and I mean thank God
7628s	Landon's not here Chris right you know
7630s	we don't have to hear any more glaze
7631s	about Landon in this series I'm just kid
7634s	both both these Baptist are really good
7636s	obviously you know even at at that level
7638s	we're Landing nearly is right yeah one
7640s	day maybe you can get
7644s	there well it's just so much fun being
7646s	able to talk about the plays that were
7649s	happening and the way that Timeless
7650s	ethereal were able to just continue to
7652s	adapt even after that map loss but we do
7655s	have to give a congratulations and Kudos
7656s	over to the team and also head over to
7658s	an interview this time we're going
7660s	having the chance to talk with their
7661s	coach LEP hi LEP how are you doing
7664s	congratulations on winning that upper
7668s	semi-finals
7676s	unfortunately I don't think I was able
7678s	to hear you there you may even M it
7680s	on sorry my mic was down uh it's been a
7683s	long day I'm really excited really happy
7686s	to be here to be able to represent my
7687s	teammates and to be able to represent
7690s	the Thomas brand pleasure to meet
7692s	yall it's a pleasure to meet you too
7694s	thank you for taking the time to do this
7696s	interview um so kind of curious like for
7699s	Timeless ethereal obviously your team
7703s	was reigning Supreme over the entire
7705s	season undeniable performance in that
7707s	kind of sense with the consistency and
7709s	seeing that they were always kind of a
7711s	step ahead of a lot of these teams um
7713s	despite the competition still looking to
7715s	catch up of course but overall what was
7718s	what did preparation look like heading
7720s	into this Championship
7722s	weekend was were things kind of carrying
7724s	on as usual was there anything special
7727s	you guys ended up like leaning into
7729s	knowing that so much more was at stake
7732s	um not really I think for me the biggest
7735s	thing is especially coming in and
7736s	coaching a roster that's been playing
7738s	together for a while um a lot of things
7740s	that I wanted to focus on were more so
7742s	out of game there's things in game that
7744s	I can't really talk about with regards
7745s	to strategy um so a lot of like
7748s	adaptation whenever it comes to strategy
7750s	but I really wanted to make sure that
7751s	the team was able to maintain composure
7753s	especially go being able to go down in
7754s	these Maps um taking a team that's
7757s	really successful like Timeless and and
7759s	going into playoffs and having a lot of
7761s	pressure on their shoulders I really
7762s	really like uh we have this saying
7764s	maintain a a deep calmness and we
7767s	associate that with the color blue right
7769s	so being blue and being like like really
7772s	really calm and being able to come back
7774s	from these situations is the biggest
7775s	thing that I wanted to wanted them to be
7778s	able to do and have so that's that's
7780s	kind of what we focused on going into
7782s	this I love being I love hearing that
7784s	the fact that you guys really just focus
7785s	on like keeping grounded and whatnot
7787s	because I was actually planning to ask
7789s	like if the team actually felt a lot of
7792s	that pressure like knowing they were
7794s	playing so consistently throughout the
7795s	entire season and looking to secure that
7800s	first place spot for the championship
7802s	series to earn that Infinity Gauntlet as
7805s	Moxy was saying earlier on the broadcast
7807s	was that something that weighed on their
7809s	shoulders um that's not really a
7811s	conversation that's like very open right
7814s	like that's not something that's like oh
7815s	we're worried that we're not going to
7816s	get the trophy um lots of confidence I I
7820s	will say and that's really really nice
7822s	to have um but I just want to make sure
7824s	that even even if it's not like an open
7826s	thing that like subconsciously like
7827s	we're we're all on the same page and
7829s	that we're all like you know we just G
7830s	to go in we're going to do our job and
7832s	we're gonna get the trophy at the end of
7833s	the day you know yeah the big thing is
7836s	just being able to focus on playing your
7838s	own game and not getting too in your
7839s	heads of at everything um we did see in
7842s	this last series there was a lot of hero
7845s	swapping there forari on the side of
7847s	Michael wave with the tanks and on the
7849s	analyst Des we're talking a little bit
7851s	about how Michael wave looked like
7852s	they're really trying to kind of get
7854s	ahead in those hero swaps and looking to
7856s	try and counter that um how did it feel
7859s	in the moment trying to work around
7861s	those changes because Mari swapped up
7864s	really really frequently and I'm curious
7866s	to see if that kind of affected the
7868s	approach to the game coming out from
7870s	Timeless oh no it did not um I will say
7874s	that normally hero swaps are kind of
7877s	like a an interesting thing to think
7879s	about uh but going back to what I was
7881s	saying before about like just
7882s	maintaining composure um we've prepped
7885s	we had the Reps we had the practice
7886s	especially scrimming the teams that were
7887s	scrimming um so really really not
7889s	worried really uh sill is able to pick
7893s	whatever tank they feel comfortable on
7895s	and just win with it and that's what I
7897s	wanted and that's what we
7898s	did man you guys are so like you're just
7902s	on it I feel like not even I tunnel
7905s	vision is the wrong word because that I
7908s	feel like has more negative connotation
7909s	but just very focused in the way that
7912s	you guys are able to kind of just carry
7915s	on and play your own game as I was
7917s	saying before and not really allowing
7920s	those external factors to kind of affect
7922s	that and just move like water around in
7924s	those adaptations um oh yeah
7927s	but it was a pleasure chatting with you
7930s	left and I want to give you a chance to
7932s	give any shout outs or thank you here
7933s	while you're on stream um yeah I'd like
7936s	to give a special shout out to my
7937s	teammates right and by my teammates I
7939s	mean cuz I really feel that we're family
7941s	at the end of the day and everybody has
7944s	their own piece to play everybody has
7945s	their own part to play whenever it comes
7947s	down to actually getting into these
7948s	matches and I want to throw a shout out
7950s	to all the players all the staff um me
7952s	included you know got to give it some
7954s	props to myself and that's really
7957s	it awesome well thank you so much for
7960s	taking the time for this interview and
7961s	good luck to you and time atherial on
7963s	your upper finals matchup later on we'll
7966s	see you guys later bye
7971s	that such a sweet interview always love
7972s	being able to talk to the coaches and
7974s	get like that kind of perspective on the
7976s	team and everything like that but we are
7978s	going to throw to a quick break we're
7980s	going to be back with the other side of
7981s	the upper bracket semifinals in just a
7984s	bit and we'll see you guys
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8292s	hope everybody grabbed a drink and some
8294s	snacks for some more OverWatch 2
8295s	gameplay as we head over to the other
8297s	side of the semifinals that was just a 3
8300s	to1 win for Timeless ethereal up against
8303s	Michael wave who are knocked down to
8305s	that lower bracket and will be facing up
8308s	against kenoi later today but I mean
8311s	Moxy that matchup that we just saw was a
8315s	lot closer I think than maybe we
8317s	initially expected Michael wave really
8319s	got to give them some props there yeah
8321s	it's definitely a lot closer than I
8323s	think anyone really expected like you
8326s	said so I think this is such a huge past
8329s	of confidence to a lot of the other
8331s	teams in the bracket they have a lot of
8333s	potential VOD that they can go back and
8335s	look at and discover okay what exactly
8338s	were microwave able to take advantage of
8339s	because they found weaknesses in
8341s	Timeless aerial weaknesses that we
8343s	haven't really seen thus far so I'm
8346s	really excited to see how these other
8347s	teams are going to adapt moving forward
8350s	when we see that winers final yeah but
8353s	we also just heard from coach left who
8354s	talked about the fact that Timeless
8356s	ethereal they know how to keep their
8357s	cool keep themselves grounded so they
8359s	earned themselves that first upper final
8362s	spot like you just mentioned there Moxy
8364s	and now it's time to head over to that
8365s	next matchup Dogman the fact that we're
8368s	looking towards Timeless Celestial
8370s	versus wisp Embers coming up next what
8373s	are your
8374s	expectations um I I think this is going
8376s	to be a dog fight right between both
8377s	teams I obviously I think behind the
8379s	scenes we were talking about it how you
8381s	know whisp Embers actually is a very
8382s	very solid team and Timeless letio
8384s	looked super good in their upper bracket
8386s	matchup as well both teams obious
8387s	obviously getting that 3 0 I think we're
8390s	just in for a barn burner of a series if
8392s	I'm going to be honest with I know I've
8392s	been jinxing things a little bit cuz I
8394s	said the last series would be close
8395s	which it still was uh but this one I
8397s	think in particular definitely has
8399s	everything in the works to make sure
8401s	that goes the distance yeah and looking
8403s	over at the WIS members roster as well
8405s	as we say hello to these players here
8407s	Moxy I mean we have to
8410s	consider this team the individual pieces
8414s	here and I you got to tell me a little
8416s	bit more about them I mean I just really
8418s	looking forward to as DUS said a Bomb
8420s	Burner of the match but there is one
8421s	specific match up that I am so looking
8423s	forward to and it's sosla versus H key
8426s	these maze are going to be so
8429s	interesting to get to watch and see how
8431s	exactly the wall is utilized whether or
8433s	not it's utilized aggressively whether
8435s	or not one of the other maze decides to
8437s	hold on and try and play a little bit
8439s	more counter so that they can play a
8442s	little bit more Shenanigans with some of
8444s	those off angles we've seen a couple of
8447s	different pict as well coming through
8448s	Streit has definitely impressed as well
8450s	a
8451s	incredibly aggressive ratra player who
8454s	just decides to go all in forwards and I
8457s	know something that Christopher is going
8458s	to be really excited to see is that
8460s	something that he talked about where he
8462s	was saying you have your soan who
8464s	actually pairs up with the Baptist when
8465s	those amplification matrixes are right
8467s	to become available that's something
8469s	that time Celestial also does as
8472s	well and I mean Dogman looking over at
8475s	Timeless Celestial on top of that who is
8477s	your or or I guess swapping over to WIS
8480s	members actually who is your player to
8482s	look out for in particular um well
8485s	obviously you know Moxy already talked
8486s	about hkey so I obviously is a fantastic
8490s	M player one of the best players
8491s	mechanically in all of calling out
8493s	Heroes um so obviously we have to shout
8496s	shout out hki right just such a
8497s	fantastic player Senna as well playing
8499s	more towards that soge really has to do
8501s	a lot of work in that department so
8504s	probably look more towards there for you
8506s	know who's going to step up I think on
8507s	moxy's point hke is definitely a
8509s	standout player that always plays well
8512s	right so that's going to be consistent
8513s	for Wisp embas right it's a matter of
8515s	who else can step up to that same degree
8517s	are the supports going to play to that
8518s	level that we saw in the previous series
8520s	I think we talked about the Baptists in
8522s	that Series in that match up in the
8524s	other semi-finals match can an you Andor
8526s	play to that high level as well I love
8529s	that you mentioned Anu andu there
8531s	because that's who I was actually just
8533s	about to bring up those support players
8535s	I mean anun especially on to look toward
8537s	but for you able to still step up on
8539s	that Flex support and get to that level
8542s	and support anion in that supporting
8545s	role there Moxy we've s seen a lot of
8547s	elevation coming out from that backline
8550s	yeah supports at the moment are an
8552s	incredibly strong role in OverWatch I
8555s	think they've always been an incredibly
8556s	strong role but at the moment in this
8557s	meta West supports have that damage
8559s	potential as well as the means of
8561s	ability to be able to try and one V one
8564s	some of these DPS it is so important
8566s	that you able to hold your own when
8569s	things like those backline flanks try to
8570s	come on through so that you don't
8572s	deplete resources coming through from
8574s	your other players and it's something
8575s	that Christopher talked about right if
8577s	you have a ratra he doesn't really need
8580s	babysitting 24/7 like some of these
8581s	other tanks so you have a lot more
8584s	downtime for these supports to get a lot
8586s	more damage hungry and we're seeing it
8588s	in things like the Lucio breaking off
8589s	with the sojan or the Baptist just
8591s	looking for picks because you are
8593s	technically a hit scan which means you
8594s	also do a whole chunk of damage to the
8597s	of a team as well well I'm looking at to
8599s	seeing how both these squads step up to
8601s	the plate we're heading over to
8602s	Antarctic Peninsula up first and dogin
8606s	said it was going to be a dog fight so
8608s	I'm gonna let you two take it away and
8609s	see if things get
8611s	Scrappy thank you Ash I appreciate it
8613s	and you know what a series that we have
8615s	on our hand second one of the day
8617s	obviously Antarctic Peninsula will be
8619s	map number one like ash pointed out and
8622s	you know we haven't seen it at least
8623s	today we did see some Antarctic
8625s	Peninsula yesterday Mox I mean do you
8628s	think that compared to just taking today
8631s	into account what are the major
8633s	differences that we're going to see
8634s	probably from these two teams compared
8636s	to like leang Tower from earlier Moxy
8639s	it's still sort of the same even though
8643s	the scenary changes you still have that
8645s	identity of rat just being incredibly
8648s	powerful May again a lot of these maps
8651s	and over have been built with those
8653s	chokes in minds and with choke control
8655s	comes maze value Rises and skyrocketing
8658s	there's a lot of different angles as
8660s	well from approaches to these different
8662s	points which means that the soan with
8664s	the off angle is able to find Value in
8666s	the past we would see the Bastion
8667s	alongside the me but the Bastion
8669s	requires a little bit more support
8672s	coming through from your back line and
8674s	it also means that you have a lot of
8675s	less space control you don't get to take
8677s	as many off angles which means that if
8679s	the other team is running a soan a lot
8681s	of the time you can find yourself
8682s	getting boxed in and claped on and in
8684s	control that can feel very
8685s	claustrophobic so we've sort of moved
8687s	away from the era of the Bastion and
8690s	very much settled on the sojan and made
8694s	tag team and it works
8696s	perfectly yeah I mean from a spectator I
8698s	always love watching sojourn I know I
8700s	know it's a controversial tank but to be
8702s	honest I mean the Bastion is just not as
8705s	exciting to watch as soj for me at least
8707s	I don't know I don't know I mean we we
8708s	we've had this discussion before MOX
8710s	you're like can we uh Bas is also sort
8713s	of a lot easier to know the timings of
8716s	right there's the transformed mode where
8718s	you have to immediately bait out and
8720s	then try and hide and a lot of the time
8722s	it comes down to being able to utilize
8723s	the May wall to be able to absorb the
8726s	brunt of the damage when that
8727s	transformation comes through before
8728s	everyone kites around the corner sojan
8730s	doesn't really have that downtime button
8732s	and it actually pushes a lot more stress
8734s	and pressure onto your alt tracker
8737s	because not only you're having to alt
8738s	track the charges of the other team
8740s	you're also having to keep a track of
8741s	the all fire on the rail gun and there
8743s	it is we're going to see the soans come
8744s	through as a r on the OWN actually going
8747s	to see full commitment however for one
8749s	whsp and the center and poru going to be
8751s	sticking right next to each other to
8753s	provide that off angle position yeah
8756s	wall already removed from wisp Ember
8758s	aside they'll play Slow Street lord well
8761s	also forced out that immortality bu and
8763s	sna finds the kill through it I mean
8765s	what a nice shot from Senna on the point
8767s	side take out AER now that soan has been
8771s	removed there's not a lot of damage here
8773s	M's able to find HD at the very least
8775s	but no too much damage here now whis
8777s	Ember took the point and took that first
8779s	fight win look at the difference as well
8781s	in Old charge compared to Senna and azer
8784s	and all of it comes down to the fact
8786s	that wisp Embers actually assigned the
8789s	Lucio to just F the sojan into a better
8792s	position before the fight began so sen
8794s	already had control of that off angle
8796s	and time Celestial walk directly into
8799s	all of that damage already coming
8800s	through and they just didn't have the
8802s	position to be able to return the favor
8804s	and as a result wimers gets just control
8806s	so much more of the fight is yet again s
8809s	going to be coming that disrupting shot
8810s	disrupting all of tless Cal before they
8812s	can walk on coin and try and threaten
8814s	the face on the front
8816s	line has that rail gun shot ready to go
8819s	the back already using that remra Shield
8822s	as well tops it for now immortality
8824s	field plus amplification major in a
8825s	great spot so they can sustain on the
8827s	front line and get the damage on the
8828s	street Lord who goes down in this
8830s	particular fight another Lost first
8833s	member of Timeless Celestial and whisp
8835s	Embers are looking strong at the moment
8838s	there it is again amplification Matrix
8840s	used for Sen to be able to find that
8842s	damage you don't need the head shots you
8843s	can just find the body shots and as a
8845s	result it charges so much of the
8846s	overlock but the kill finally taking the
8849s	sojan down allows azer to start to
8852s	actually challenge that space and B up
8854s	the overclock to have it too much we're
8856s	going to see the disruption shot come on
8858s	through as HQ for a defensive blizzard
8860s	to keep that point and to tank aive
8863s	counter blizzard now comes through stops
8865s	that may from retreating too far HT will
8867s	go down to snar with this overclock to
8870s	Timeless Celestial able to get a lot of
8872s	that space Kindra just kind of tries to
8875s	stagger towards that point don't think
8878s	any more ultimates are going to be used
8879s	here for whis members but it's going to
8880s	go for a reset and time of celestial
8881s	will claim the point now yeah but off of
8883s	just a blizzard and Kindred surviving
8885s	that long whis Embers are able to buy
8887s	themselves over 90% of the point that's
8890s	insane time Celestia have to win all of
8893s	these other fights in a row which means
8894s	that they have to be so careful that
8895s	they do not overcommit in those ultimate
8898s	economies wh bers in the metime can
8900s	afford continue poking pressuring until
8902s	they find a fight that's favorable to
8904s	take end push forward time Celestial com
8907s	to the left side drops the beat on that
8909s	engage from Wiis EMB who had used the
8911s	overclock Now counter beat for you is
8913s	here On's already down though even
8915s	through it don't even know if any Got
8916s	the Beat in that particular situation
8919s	but looks like they don't need right
8920s	everybody else on whisp em able to
8922s	capitalize off this Annihilation from
8924s	whis from Kindred and now they move
8927s	forward towards this point Timeless
8928s	celesio has nobody here they got snar on
8931s	that symmetra to come back and maybe try
8933s	to touch 97 98 Lucio almost here can he
8936s	touch in time yes Lucio does touch but
8939s	Falls immediately now just the Tracer as
8941s	well staggers coming through now I mean
8944s	what else could they really do Timeless
8945s	sles right just a bunch of staggers
8947s	towards the point everybody else here
8950s	will get out of this map whisp embus
8953s	will take round number one yeah and
8955s	unfortunately they just have to walk
8957s	directly into yet again an at Matrix
8959s	with Center directly behind it with
8961s	control of that point and when you head
8963s	into overturn you do not have the point
8965s	percentage to play R to wait it out you
8968s	just have to throw yourself directly in
8970s	front of that damage it looks like it's
8974s	definitely whisp starting to pull ahead
8976s	Timeless Celestial really faltering not
8978s	being able to pick up that momentum a
8980s	lot of the energy and confidence off of
8983s	having that seran got knocked out of
8985s	their Sals off of just the first fight I
8987s	really want to see AZ getting a little
8989s	bit more support coming through from the
8991s	rest of their team as we've seen whisp
8993s	ambers they're fully committing to make
8995s	sure that Senna finds so much more value
8998s	yeah this has been really good for West
9000s	ambers and
9001s	Senna and they just TP out of Spawn same
9004s	compositions on both sides here Moxy as
9006s	surely both teams meet towards the right
9009s	side we'll have to see who actually has
9011s	the advantage though and actually
9013s	controls the top side both may walls
9015s	used disruptor shot on both sides pretty
9017s	much mirr from both sides however
9019s	immortality field has to be used first
9020s	on time of celestial side Senna and the
9022s	rest of whisp Embers are just doing far
9024s	too much damage forcing out those cool
9026s	Downs early and now without one member
9029s	of their team surely the rest of them
9030s	will fall street board will go down set
9033s	a 4K in that for 3K in that fight in
9035s	particular and the point will also go in
9037s	their favor first yeah Kindred having a
9039s	really good initiation engagement as
9042s	well goes onto that High Ground drops
9044s	down directly in front of Timeless
9045s	Celestial team but has that wider angle
9048s	so even when the May comes through still
9050s	gets to be healed by an and that Lucio
9053s	and as a result when we see the wall
9055s	isolates straight that does not happen
9057s	for tus L they have to invest
9059s	immortality field to keep the ram alive
9060s	and the second that cool down go off the
9062s	Fus get such a leg up to be able to win
9064s	the fight this time around we're going
9066s	to see theic get isolated but no Kindred
9069s	is able to jump around it before it
9071s	comes through kindred's already built up
9074s	towards that Annihilation however freet
9075s	Lord and Aire actually come back on top
9078s	from their counter push two for the
9079s	street Lord what a fantastic Name by the
9081s	way love it now everybody else on whisp
9083s	Ember stagger towards the point As Time
9085s	Celestial finally have found some ground
9088s	and take the point 44% picked up for the
9091s	side of Wis bembers they going to have
9093s	that Annihilation like you said because
9094s	of the amount of pressure and movement
9097s	up close that Kindred has been able to
9098s	find with that Nemesis form and as a
9101s	result the mo is not really going to be
9103s	able to utilize this and Matrix to hold
9105s	down the space CU whisp em can just use
9107s	matate to move through it as we're going
9109s	to see amp for amp come through both of
9111s	these teams holding on the mat Al as a
9114s	result but time you have to for the
9115s	blizzard in defensively just looking so
9118s	dicey from a bapti POV M pretty much
9121s	entirely reactionary to everything that
9123s	was happening no precise positioning
9125s	just throw out lamp throw out
9127s	regenerative bur jump over the wall
9128s	immortality field down to cap it works
9130s	out for them because they found that
9132s	first kill and now HP also will fall too
9135s	sosler what a shot keep things moving
9137s	forward finally finally in the series
9139s	Timeless Celestial look to have that
9141s	point Advantage however beat Dro counter
9143s	engage with the overclock they find a
9145s	Kill from it nice Bob and we from AER
9147s	but eventually they will fall no trade
9150s	just yet Annihilation here from Street
9151s	Lord does have immortality field to keep
9154s	moving forward but Kindred also popped
9155s	their own Annihilation so it is back and
9159s	forth back towards the point no flip
9161s	like you said they're still touching the
9162s	point waiting for their so to come back
9165s	but the help pools aren't looking good
9166s	for time Celestial they're slowly
9168s	getting the back the blizzard is here
9169s	also with the ant Matrix so two
9171s	ultimates committed to finally clean up
9174s	time Celestial and they find everybody
9176s	here and flip the point oh that was such
9179s	a long stall whisp ERS eventually
9182s	understand okay we're not going to be
9183s	able to take these players down without
9186s	committing ultimates in and as a result
9188s	that is going to have a butterfly effect
9191s	into this next fight time CES are so
9193s	close to so many ultimates they just
9195s	need to give a little bit of a little
9197s	bit of pressure and then they can
9198s	immediately drop on point with the
9200s	blizzard to buy themselves all of that
9201s	space shout out to the supports for
9203s	doing such a good job on Timeless
9205s	Celestial sign oh no as I say that kqa
9209s	will go
9210s	down over the top does have at least the
9213s	amplification Matrix but no kills are to
9215s	be found it's only healing not a really
9217s	great angle for that Matrix May wall
9220s	here though could give them a kill but
9222s	no everybody has focused around just
9224s	living on WIS Ember side they already
9225s	built 83% of on the
9227s	board he don't drop one point either so
9230s	they commit to ultimates but they don't
9231s	get the flip off of the back of it 90%
9234s	at least the Lucio in this fight whisp
9236s	Embers still playing back no ultimates
9238s	here just yet until this speat drop has
9239s	been built what does whis Embers
9250s	want and everything kind of just happens
9253s	at once apparently as I pretty much
9255s	lagged out there rest of wisp Embers
9257s	with a beat drop able to find the kills
9259s	time celes will get wiped wisp Embers
9262s	you know was looking dicey early on win
9264s	this map although it was a little
9265s	strange in the end for me in particular
9267s	they're going to win antartic Peninsula
9268s	and go up one in the series wisp em is
9271s	able to take that first control if your
9274s	time is Celestial Dustin you owe an
9276s	apology letter to this team the one
9280s	fight that they needed both of their
9282s	supports up to be able to coordinate the
9285s	drop down from goinging to low to be
9288s	able to take advantage of the ultimate
9291s	deficit between these two sides of
9293s	having the blizzard and the at Matrix
9295s	two tools we should immediately buy
9298s	yourself all of the space to be able to
9299s	find that flip and the Lucio goes down
9303s	at the worst moment that is a tragedy
9308s	that Shakespeare can only dream of being
9311s	able to reach the levels of oh my
9313s	goodness that that domino effect of
9316s	lacking those two ultimates and not
9318s	being able to find the flip off of it to
9320s	be able to spiral into having the stall
9322s	effect with that ratra cost them the map
9325s	that's
9326s	crazy that's that's tough as uh
9329s	basketball player Dennis Scher would say
9331s	fire Emoji at the end of that as well
9333s	yeah I don't know like like what do you
9334s	do about that if you were the sign of of
9336s	of um of Timeless Celestial because yeah
9340s	I mean everything was just going in
9341s	favor of wisp throughout the series it
9344s	just seemed like they continuously had
9346s	that pressure from Front Line I mean
9348s	Kindred was pumping damage if we just
9349s	look at the stats alone Kindred had like
9351s	four or 5K damage do you think that's
9353s	more so to just how Kindred was playing
9356s	on the ratra or is that just because
9357s	their supports were doing a better job
9359s	potentially on wisp side oh Kindred was
9362s	like you said absolutely escalating in
9364s	terms of the remat damage but Sosa was
9366s	actually doing so much more may damage
9367s	as a result here she holds on to the
9369s	Blizzard and by the time the H actually
9371s	utilizes but blizzard snos has almost
9373s	built up 60% of one already having used
9377s	the ultimate and that just goes down to
9378s	the fact that the ratra is always in the
9380s	face and just pushing continuously but
9382s	like you said that's reflected in terms
9384s	of the amount of heals so much
9387s	sustainability to be able to keep that
9388s	ratra up and alive and keeping that
9391s	space under control because again fatra
9395s	alone has so much stall so much
9397s	potential to be able to just cycle
9399s	through the shield cyle for Nemesis use
9401s	the block to be able to just mitigate a
9404s	lot of the damage so that it is
9406s	survivable until things like y Lucio and
9408s	your Baptist are brought back into the
9411s	fight or they're able to cycle back into
9413s	things like that regenerative burst or
9415s	immortality field I mean that was rough
9417s	I think we were talking about earlier
9419s	with Ash where it's like yeah you know
9420s	you don't look at you know map score or
9422s	whatever else you know it doesn't really
9424s	tell the full picture um but I think a
9426s	20 on inter Peninsula I think that that
9428s	was the full picture right I think that
9430s	in particular it just felt like wisp
9433s	emers just were always in control I mean
9435s	if you just look at stance if look at
9436s	the map how everything went you had
9438s	points like you said but if if you're
9440s	relying on that one moment like you said
9442s	Moxy where you can't have your Lucio die
9445s	I mean that's always rough you can
9446s	always fix those tiny things like that
9448s	however throughout the series it just
9450s	felt like whsp were not letting go of
9451s	their advantage right yeah again they
9454s	were able to find these forward
9455s	positions before fights began where they
9457s	were always at a better vantage point
9460s	they knew to be able to bait things like
9462s	the May well they had to sell that idea
9465s	of the ratra being V unble so that the
9467s	May immediately goes okay this is my
9468s	time going to be able to burn a lot of
9471s	those cool downs but yet again it's
9473s	Timeless Celestial baiting you into this
9476s	full sense of security where you think
9478s	you have the upper hand and then two
9480s	seconds later immediately revealing that
9482s	surprise this has been their game plan
9485s	all along and this is something that I
9486s	was talking about when we had that desk
9488s	segment at the start of the day Timeless
9491s	aeral are incredibly good at masking
9492s	their intentions but Timeless Celestial
9495s	are true masters of this they are
9498s	absolute magicians out being able to
9501s	divert your focus into one thing while
9504s	slightly pulling off another entirely
9507s	and a lot of the time you don't realize
9508s	it's l too late and then suddenly you've
9511s	already lost the map already lost the
9513s	fight and moving forward this is
9515s	something that we're going to actually
9517s	see being utilized against them now with
9520s	whisp Embers doing exactly the same
9522s	thing making you think that you have the
9523s	upper hand against the ratri going for
9525s	that first m and then immediately
9527s	revealing that all along it's actually
9529s	the shoe on the other
9530s	foot what a team whisp Embers we'll see
9533s	if they can continue their prowess as
9536s	they've kind of shown up more so towards
9538s	the later half as well of calling o
9540s	Heroes right I feel like this team is in
9542s	particular has been good right a solid
9545s	team in terms of just points they have
9547s	been third throughout the entire
9549s	tournament but in the Champ series in
9551s	particular they do appear to be kind of
9552s	coming alive Kings Row will be that
9555s	second map
9556s	is it going to be a similar story
9559s	Antarctic Peninsula or is this maybe
9561s	where we see Timeless look at the
9562s	drawing board and say okay and we
9564s	figured this out we can kind of play a
9565s	bit differently well it might not be the
9567s	same story but it's going to have the
9568s	same characters it's going to be the ram
9570s	it's going to be the May it's going to
9571s	be the so and obviously you've got to
9573s	have your loo and your Baptist to be
9575s	able to utilize that speed boost kite
9578s	aggressively forward with your own remat
9580s	or split off with your soldier make sure
9581s	that you protect them on the off angle
9583s	but also have that speed boost to be
9585s	able to negate and navigate around the
9588s	opposing rat ultimate as well this
9590s	mirror match up is so interesting to see
9593s	CU a lot of the time when one ultimate
9595s	comes from one side the opposing
9597s	ultimate of that same hero also comes
9599s	from the other side and it then goes
9601s	down to the mro on which team is able to
9604s	come out on top and a lot of the time in
9606s	fact the majority of the time on that
9608s	first control map it was whis Embers
9610s	yeah I like you mentioned the micro cuz
9613s	in this particular instance it was like
9614s	this mechanical prowess that Kindred and
9616s	the rest of whis Embers were really to
9618s	really able to show right I just think
9620s	that a little bit of a diff you know
9621s	potentially MTD Moxy main tank this no I
9625s	wouldn't say MTD cuz again it's just
9627s	wisp Embers getting to play that forward
9629s	position putting a little bit more stock
9632s	into things like those forward positions
9634s	utilizing for you on that Lucio to be
9637s	able to get Santa into those approaches
9638s	of Kindred into the right angle to be
9641s	able to take full advantage of her kits
9643s	as we're going to see whest members now
9645s	on on the attack first of all yet again
9647s	time SL are very similar in terms of the
9649s	positioning Lucio and sojan up on that
9652s	High Ground to be able to pre on the
9654s	players as they knew for yeah we always
9657s	see the sojourn spot for the top left
9659s	and as a is able to capitalize off of it
9662s	in the previous series we saw sojan get
9664s	picked off there not in this case and
9666s	look who swaps the Widowmaker real quick
9667s	it's Center back from the spawn no kills
9670s	B from it just yet either though but
9671s	already 40 seconds off the clock on the
9674s	aing side for w members
9676s	no merry go around unfortunately this
9678s	time as we're going to see a still
9680s	holding on to that position disruptor
9682s	shot is so good in these scenarios
9684s	because you can utilize that ability to
9686s	slow down these pushes and rotations
9688s	from the attacking team which means that
9689s	they St can choke a little bit longer
9691s	but the second that they're able to
9693s	break her staircase it immediately comes
9695s	whis bers running the show they don't
9697s	have to worry about the choke splitting
9699s	them off they can just p on the soan and
9702s	immediately sh out down yeah you got to
9704s	you got to react to that didn't even
9706s	fall back to the Clock Tower or anything
9707s	just thought they held that position
9709s	maybe they wanted to go aggressive there
9711s	at the choke but they just reacted far
9712s	too late regardless wh Ember did a
9714s	fantastic rotation like you said Mar
9716s	yeah really fast as well this is
9718s	something to having that Lucio puts into
9721s	motion quite literally you can go from Z
9723s	to 60 in the absolute blink of an eye
9726s	and like you said sometimes it catches
9727s	some of these players on thew speaking
9729s	about CAU on W what a May coming through
9731s	from H yeah I don't know SN did not
9734s	expect that amplification Matrix to try
9736s	to equalize it but no I mean everybody
9739s	in W member is able to fall back s it
9740s	will get merer too as he as they Peak
9743s	the corner oh committed as well yeah
9747s	yeah early on they could not find the
9749s	kills with it either and now there's
9751s	just a bunch of staggers this is
9753s	absolutely falling apart this scene for
9754s	Timeless Celestial you got to be worried
9756s	if you're a fan of them yeah this is sea
9757s	salt in the wound right now Timeless
9759s	Celestial losing the Baptist early and
9763s	then the tank late that is so much
9766s	payload distance and that is the payload
9768s	sailing a free pass through one of the
9771s	hardest chokes to break normally in the
9774s	game wh members have to be so happy
9776s	about that one because they didn't even
9778s	have to commit that many ultimates to be
9780s	able to break it as now we're going to
9781s	see oh time Celestial CL where the amp
9784s	is going to be no oh my God shut down
9787s	after peing that by the Lucio of all
9789s	players however H ke with the blizzard
9792s	and the rest of their team able to find
9793s	Street load here as the right with the
9794s	overclock tries to find a kill jumps
9797s	over to the top of the train but no
9799s	kills are found just a bit of
9801s	positioning and now whis Embers do they
9803s	want to come back through they did use
9804s	some ultimates
9805s	earlier to some success but really
9808s	they've not breached to this choke point
9810s	just yet now into the blizzard goes
9812s	Kindred nice job from snar however the
9815s	immortality fi is there to keep him
9816s	alive too beat drop by kqa or kqa is
9820s	there however a counter one by poor youu
9823s	whis Embers try to go aggressive then
9825s	Kindred will commit
9826s	that Annihilation Street lower trying to
9828s	counter with their own however the
9829s	damage is already done snar will go down
9832s	in does fall lower the heals there it
9834s	looks like they are regen burst keeps
9835s	them nice and healthy as well those
9837s	right clicks now an amplification Matrix
9838s	from mer they really want to win right
9841s	here time of celestial they're buying
9843s	time as well for some of their players
9844s	to come back from the spawn doors icicle
9846s	slows down merer for now but after that
9849s	ant mrex right ultimate used no kills
9851s	found whis Embers now to come back in
9853s	with their own on the cart even further
9855s	pushes away Timeless Celestial now
9857s	towards the mega health pack do they
9858s	potentially get a re-engage before
9860s	they're out of meters to go
9861s	amplification Matrix Falls one M left
9864s	immortality feel committed here as well
9866s	now that eventually will be gone no cool
9869s	down here for that player on whis are on
9872s	Timeless Celestial s now whis to use
9873s	their own against Aur who drops the
9875s	overclock do they find the kills at
9877s	Senna on the other side without the
9878s	overclock able to find them and the
9880s	blizzard here too it was a long fight at
9882s	the end of the streets phase but whisp
9883s	EMB are able to close out it's a long
9886s	fight but it's actually towards the
9888s	halfway mark that W members are able to
9890s	land on their wi condition and that is a
9892s	disruptor shot from CER into a more May
9895s	from H key to keep time Celestial stuck
9897s	inside that corner where they forc to
9899s	utilizing that immortality field so when
9901s	we see azer come in with the overclock
9903s	which should immediately swing things in
9904s	their favor they do not have the cool
9906s	down to be able to keep the sojan
9908s	standing and utilize the ultimate to
9910s	shut whsp Embers down and as a result
9913s	they sunk the overclock into a l fight
9915s	and Senna gets to utilize hers with an
9918s	absolute Shooting
9920s	Gallery just just flies forward even
9923s	further two kills no hex given Lucio
9926s	back to the spawn one fight remaining
9929s	and this this card's so close to the end
9931s	here yeah with Bas they've got the
9933s	sustainability in PA sign bar Kindred
9936s	going to have the annihilation as well
9937s	the Trac SW coming through from a
9940s	immediately shut down however Timeless
9943s	Celestial not able to utilize any of the
9945s	ultimates that they were about to come
9947s	into that fight with Dustin and that was
9949s	huge getting the Tracer out of the way
9952s	that quickly with the respawns for the
9954s	defending team being that close and
9956s	three ultimates coming into play that is
9958s	massive for Wiis bembers they're able to
9960s	shut down so much to potential for the
9962s	defense and finish off King row with 2
9964s	minutes and 55 so often we see teams
9968s	full push King roow with barely a minute
9970s	to their name that is a master class on
9972s	how to play this
9973s	map what a collapse what a collapse I
9976s	don't mean to be toxic but that was uh
9979s	that was amazing like you said from whis
9980s	bembers but Timeless Celestial I mean
9982s	what happened what happened with them
9984s	oxy I mean they just like got picked
9986s	multiple times it felt maybe like
9989s	compared to the previous map there
9992s	wasn't a lot of fight in the situation
9994s	whisp ERS just kind of rolled over him I
9996s	mean there was like one point in streets
9998s	phase but ever since then it was it was
10000s	just not comparable it was positioning
10003s	coming through from WIS bambas it was
10004s	really small when SN want to try and use
10006s	things like the blizzard sen was always
10008s	playing an off angle so as aay wasn't
10010s	able to take advantage of any player
10012s	getting frozen out as a result Kindred
10014s	might have been caught in the crossfire
10015s	but with the fact that you don't lock
10017s	down either the Baptist or the Luci
10019s	there's always going to be enough St
10020s	sustain potential especially if you get
10022s	caught out in the namesis form you get
10024s	to just keep all of that damage
10026s	mitigation for the longest time and AER
10029s	was having to continue contest with CA
10031s	without getting to take advantage of the
10033s	natural win conditions for this
10034s	composition West is doing a very good
10036s	job of being able to shut the mirror
10038s	down time alas if they want to keep this
10040s	competitive they cannot afford to slow
10042s	down a singular moment in King's Ro they
10045s	really
10046s	can't now we'll see what they decide to
10048s	do here's that sojourn off angle that we
10050s	tend to see on first point King's Row
10053s	really is the thorn of the side of
10054s	Timeless as they try to walk through but
10055s	azire finds Senna you know that's an
10057s	amazing first pick from azere really has
10059s	been a stand up player for Timeless so
10061s	far whenever it feels like Timeless
10063s	Celestial do good it's off the back of
10065s	this player they rotated towards this
10067s	point Timeless Celestial now starting to
10068s	get up those ticks wh Embers this time
10071s	playing it slow with the Lucio in the
10072s	top side Miss shot from a keeps for you
10075s	alive also immortality field here gives
10078s	them the opportunity to fall back but
10079s	they're being chased down by three
10080s	members did they live no way regroup
10082s	with their team now going to have five
10084s	players whisp Ember somehow escaped such
10086s	a dicey situation in The High Ground s's
10088s	back s's back as well they try to come
10090s	back through whis Ember we get a walk
10092s	towards Street Lord who's already forced
10095s	use that block in change of form so a
10097s	lot of that tankiness already removed
10098s	asre goes aggressive or sorry tries to
10101s	fall back to the rest of their team but
10103s	it's caught in the middle of the open
10104s	snos was able to find C to whis Embers
10107s	they've almost made the comeback here
10109s	but the ant Matrix over the top now I
10110s	mean that's far too much damage and
10112s	healing no counter RS here from wisp
10114s	Embers I mean they potentially could but
10116s	HT goes low and Matrix here there nobody
10119s	here to touch the bo oh my God wait
10120s	Kindred almost was there but just
10122s	couldn't still stays alive still I don't
10125s	even know if they expected to live there
10126s	in that situation honestly but now
10128s	they're going to back up just give up
10129s	the choke point and take the streets
10131s	fight kri gets out a
10133s	lot that's huge cuz now you get to
10136s	retain this position in streets you've
10138s	got an Annihilation to come through
10140s	there's no ammage from either of these
10141s	teams so whoever has that forward better
10143s	positioning around this corner is
10145s	already going to be coming in with that
10146s	Advantage as HP looking for the off
10148s	angle through that narrow hallway trying
10150s	to scope out where to place this
10152s	wall now forces that block then bses the
10155s	blizzard I mean that's just perfect how
10157s	you're supposed to play that sosler
10159s	panics uses their own blizzard doesn't
10160s	get anybody because the cool Downs
10162s	weren't used for HK so amazing work we
10164s	talked about that match up between HQ
10165s	and snar in this particular instance HQ
10168s	comes out on top yeah just a little bit
10170s	of pressure to force s into utilizing
10173s	that ice block so that you don't have it
10175s	available to dodge the blizzard freeze
10177s	coming through and then whis able to
10179s	catch onto the May isolate them down so
10181s	they don't get any of that initial
10183s	progression with the BZ
10185s	as wiers with a defensive position with
10188s	the overclock Center comes in and shuts
10191s	AZ down so much more value for the
10194s	defensive soan than the attacking this
10196s	is what we were talking about right
10198s	having that cushion of safety of cover
10200s	to be able to fall behind that is why
10202s	it's so problematic to be able to push
10204s	through some of these choke spaces and
10206s	soan especially now that you get to
10207s	retain some of that all fire charge is
10209s	just benefiting massively from being
10212s	able to hold all of that power before
10213s	the fight even begins luc's jeweling in
10216s	the top side puu has to back up for now
10218s	ultimate Advantage is finally in favor
10220s	of Timeless they use the wall here
10222s	finally force that cool out of HT that
10224s	could be huge for them and Matrix is a
10226s	bit too far back though I mean from
10228s	merer unfortunately now they can't use
10230s	it here it's easy to disengage for whis
10232s	members they just back on out of there
10233s	have their own amplification Matrix anun
10235s	over the top towards the boiler side
10237s	could use it for themselves but don't
10238s	even need to the May wall was huge
10240s	blocked everybody in the pub side and
10242s	time of celestial just collapsed against
10245s	the Mayall by
10247s	itself hq's May is just magic I'm so
10250s	happy that I get to see it again it
10253s	really just feels like H has such a good
10255s	grasp of when to use these Ms and like
10257s	you said as a result of how good these
10259s	walls are being wisp Embers gets to
10261s	retain hold of these ultimates and as a
10264s	result they're running the economy Hess
10266s	Celestial used the amp Matrix and found
10269s	nothing with it because H not only is
10272s	able to find the wall to shut it down
10273s	but also sets up the wall for the pick
10275s	to come through so they lose a play and
10277s	have to try and run through with the
10279s	tail against their legs and now anion
10281s	gets to hold on against this corner with
10284s	an ant Matrix to slow time the
10285s	celestials push down early soft
10288s	disengage from with members now they
10289s	come back through a magx ready at the
10291s	choke wall already used by themselves as
10294s	race finds that pick though on the Lucio
10296s	for has been playing pretty aggressive
10297s	so far so maybe that's what resulted in
10300s	their de my stre Lord also finds H will
10302s	find Senna and then finally now Timeless
10304s	SEL sh we able to get through kred finds
10307s	merer on the Stagger that's pretty s but
10309s	in this situation right we're entering a
10311s	massive old fight coming up if this is
10315s	anything like the last long fight though
10318s	it's going to go in whis B's favor
10320s	remember they are incredibly good at
10322s	bleeding immortality field out from MOA
10325s	Before Time of celestial are able to
10327s	utilize it to set themselves up
10329s	aggressively for things like this
10331s	overclock this band are going to try and
10333s	do the exact same thing over block used
10335s	early from a noar sitting on an off
10337s	angle on the left side now uses that
10339s	Blizzard at the choke 3 m to go can
10342s	anybody touch either there's an ant
10343s	Matrix help stallord goes really
10346s	aggressive uses that Annihilation on the
10349s	inside but doesn't get any more value be
10351s	drop here counter engage unfortunately
10353s	Timeless Celestial cannot keep the front
10355s	line alive and with 3 m to go it all
10357s	falls apart 1 minute now on the clock
10360s	whisp Embers even get to hold on to
10361s	their own Annihilation you can see how
10364s	afraid Timeless were of the deja v as
10365s	well to the point that they start off
10367s	the fight with the overclock before whis
10370s	bembers are really even able to be put
10372s	into a position where they fall pre to
10374s	it as a result immortality field gets to
10376s	be held on to and Tona Celestial don't
10378s	get to utilize either the overclock or
10380s	the blizzard to free up the space on the
10381s	pay to pick up the checkpoint now we're
10383s	down to 35 seconds they've only got one
10385s	ultimate to play around it's going to be
10387s	the at Matrix but with spers that's
10389s	giving up this space they're going to
10390s	have H look for a flank to set this wall
10392s	up but they are getting challenged time
10394s	making sure H does not get that free
10396s	range to try and shut these players down
10399s	yeah and got the immortality on the left
10400s	side meall in the front because of this
10402s	positioning from HK Kindred was able to
10404s	come through with this uh Annihilation
10406s	now 12 seconds left nobody else here
10408s	moxim they're going for the spawn Camp
10410s	potential 8 second yeah they touching
10412s	Time Tracer Lucio coming through I mean
10414s	they're going to try to try to touch but
10417s	you know Moxy whisp ambers don't even
10419s	care about people coming to touch
10420s	they're up 2 now in the series and if
10422s	that last series was a chest match up
10424s	this feels like like a checker one wisp
10426s	Ember is just absolute Gods at the game
10429s	right now 2 over Timeless Leal which is
10432s	also supposed to be a very good team
10434s	making them look like amateurs today
10436s	yeah you can see that time of celestial
10438s	they were very aware of the amount of
10440s	time that they had left they knew that
10442s	they wouldn't be able to cleanly get
10444s	through those chokes uh in another fight
10446s	that they had to take and as a result
10448s	they had to full commit onto the fight
10450s	before we hit into that overtime and it
10453s	just it shot them in the foot they had
10455s	to go incredibly aggressive early on
10456s	because they didn't want to be too
10458s	hesitant where HQ would be able to shut
10460s	one of them down before the fight
10462s	properly be as a result we saw that full
10465s	commitment all of the ultimates invested
10468s	and no one from WIS bambas Goes Down And
10471s	even worse time CES when they actually
10473s	utilize those ultimates to try and push
10474s	whsp ERS either away entirely and just
10477s	Zone them off of the payload or force
10479s	them to contest and walk directly into
10480s	all of that damage and kills they pop it
10483s	too early and they don't get either they
10485s	don't get the payload moving forward and
10487s	they also don't get any of the kills
10488s	that they're looking for and as a result
10490s	whest members just wait them out and are
10493s	able to sustain through all of the
10494s	damages before coming back in swinging
10497s	and th Celestial after that fight where
10499s	they fully commit in they have nothing
10501s	left in the tank to be able to push any
10504s	form of attack especially when H key is
10508s	baiting them all onto taking that fight
10510s	up toward stairs for Kindra to just come
10512s	through with the annihilation and as the
10514s	ultimate suggests absolutely rip through
10517s	the entire team I mean it's tough it
10521s	really is I I I think that you you said
10523s	how they're kind of like it feels like
10525s	time with Celestial are kind of shooting
10526s	themselves in the foot at times like
10527s	like they're take they're making the
10528s	game Scrappy and you know that could be
10531s	good if you if you really have insane
10533s	mechanical prowess but at the same time
10535s	with if you're just kind of going in and
10537s	expecting something to go your way
10538s	without a plan b or something else it
10540s	just feels like it falls apart right
10542s	there was that instance where they came
10543s	through on that Pub side like like you
10544s	said and then immediately just died to
10547s	no ultimate so maybe time of seso can
10550s	take this break and kind of come back
10552s	recall what they did good in that
10554s	previous map and bring it into the next
10555s	one but at the moment 20 for Wisp
10558s	they're on that map point we'll have to
10560s	see what happens after the short break
10562s	guys so see you guys in just a
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10749s	welcome back everybody we're in the
10751s	middle of a matchup 20 at the moment for
10753s	Wisp who are making this game against
10756s	Timeless Celestial make sure not to say
10758s	ethereal looking pretty easy for them at
10760s	the moment I thought this match would be
10762s	close today Moxy break break down what's
10764s	happening at the half at the moment
10765s	between these two game or uh teams yeah
10768s	I was on the same lines as you Dustin I
10770s	thought it would be really close
10771s	especially looking at how Celestial were
10773s	performing yesterday against BT blue on
10775s	Kings Row it looked like a different
10778s	team entirely they were the ones
10780s	punishing yesterday VT Blue's hesitation
10782s	and setting up all of these really AI
10784s	angles looking for these really nice
10786s	trades if a tank went down no sweat it
10789s	was actually something that they were
10790s	disguising as a little bit of a smarter
10791s	play later on down the lines but you can
10794s	really see that something against wisps
10797s	has unsettled them and that something
10799s	has come in the form of H key hkey has
10803s	broken this team entirely every single
10806s	ultimate is finding value every single
10808s	wall as well as being able to cut and
10811s	isolate these targets worse instead of
10814s	applying pressure on the ratra a lot of
10816s	the time it's being used to apply
10818s	pressure onto snla and without snosa
10821s	having those abilities things like the
10822s	ice block when your own blizzard kicks
10824s	in you don't have that self- sustained
10827s	tool to be able to find fire of the
10828s	ultimate and with the may remve not only
10831s	do you lose sustain you lose that Focus
10834s	threat coming through with that massive
10836s	dump of damage you can do on the primary
10838s	with the 100 per second and you lose a
10841s	lot of the trust in your tank too
10843s	because Street just does doesn't have
10844s	that safety line that's available for
10846s	Kindred when HK is still standing yeah I
10849s	mean fantastic points Marx and you know
10851s	I'm curious you know obviously the
10853s	series is not over just yet but you know
10856s	whis bers look to be in the driver seat
10857s	I really am curious at the end of the
10859s	series when you and Chris break
10860s	everything down you know what exactly
10862s	happened for ESS Celestial potentially
10865s	obviously it's not over just yet maybe
10867s	onor ofasa they've got something planned
10870s	um but like you said I mean h key and
10871s	wisp Ember is mock they're just looking
10873s	they're looking at another level right
10875s	now they're looking like they can win
10876s	this whole thing as we head into flash
10878s	point these maps are going to get a lot
10880s	bigger these objectives are also going
10882s	to get a lot wider with a lot of
10883s	different angles and flanks you could
10885s	potentially take I want to see the same
10887s	strategies that th celester were doing
10889s	yesterday where they would split their
10891s	team into different Pockets so they
10893s	could take these off angles and apply
10895s	pressure all around as opposed to just
10897s	having five people run directly at wisp
10899s	who have just so much more space to be
10901s	able to shut them out entirely if if you
10904s	see a sojan isolated with only a Lucio
10907s	run at them it's something that whisp
10909s	did to such a good effect when they were
10911s	attacking Kings and it's something that
10912s	Celestial are just ignoring
10914s	entirely well now first fight on
10917s	surasa in time with Celestial flip the
10921s	course of the current timeline and make
10924s	this reverse sweep happen wall already
10926s	out from them they play actually back at
10929s	the moment whisp Embers the on trying to
10931s	take the four positioning a May wall
10933s	block off the sigma makes sure Street
10935s	Lord is always pressured out and kindan
10937s	stays healthy oh my God Senna almost
10939s	goes down because they were in such
10940s	aggressive position but o unfortunately
10943s	doesn't get the kill and now with Embers
10947s	I mean they got full control of the
10948s	point they took it aay goes low on this
10950s	off angle too but in fact it's m to go
10952s	down first the Kindred this unrelenting
10954s	pressure from this front line and
10957s	everybody on whisp is too much I mean
10959s	they not only took the point first but
10961s	also sent Timeless back to spawn and do
10962s	you know what guaranteed that that they
10964s	picked up their first flip it was the
10966s	split again wisp committed players onto
10969s	The High Ground to separate and provide
10972s	a different angle of control and time
10974s	the celestial did not have the sustain
10977s	to keep Street confidently standing on
10979s	the point alone they got bullied off of
10981s	those angles they had to pull back and
10983s	as a result whis Bas take control of
10985s	that point and start the percentage
10986s	building and before T CEST even able to
10989s	mount a second push wisp already about
10992s	to prach 70% of this point oh snaz what
10996s	a pick on a CNA though that's kind of
10998s	what they need these these opening picks
11001s	these flashing the pain stuff from snar
11003s	two kills in this fight amazing work
11005s	from the M player of Timeless Celestial
11007s	the cleanup just comes through and at a
11009s	time when you desperately need something
11011s	like that too they still use the ant
11012s	Matrix but so did anun however they've
11014s	got to hold this now for for 100%
11017s	against 99 and pushes like that where
11019s	you're trying to play aggressive and
11020s	have everyone play off of the angle and
11023s	damage and fret that the ant Matrix
11025s	provides that's when you can commit five
11027s	players on the same Angle now when
11029s	you're in a defensive position I want to
11031s	see them take up more space and I'm not
11034s	seeing that at the moment there's no
11036s	split off from azer with kqa to be able
11039s	to try and find value with this
11041s	overclock instead they're all bundling
11042s	very much up on point which wh ambers
11044s	are just going to be able to utilize to
11046s	run straight up wall off Kindred goes
11049s	low beat drop here though to keep
11051s	everybody healthy counter beat from kqa
11053s	over clock from as eventually run out bu
11055s	lizzard also used with that now Kindred
11058s	gets to come in however Street Lord only
11060s	finds one Kindred finds three on this or
11063s	two on this engage and the immortality
11064s	field that potentially could come
11066s	through but they don't even need it just
11068s	yet cuz they're just getting all the
11069s	damage be that low ground Lucio almost
11072s	said in fact aay to fall I mean there's
11074s	not much that Annihilation is going to
11075s	do at this point could have potentially
11077s	saved it for the next one with Embers
11079s	now come back take that point and will
11082s	take point in I'm going to start the
11083s	sign like a broken record but again it's
11085s	the off angle that whisper able to
11088s	utilize to translate into a fight win
11091s	Sena and Paul show up behind the point
11094s	time Celestial have to immediately
11096s	divert half of their attention to
11098s	dealing of shutting the sojan down they
11100s	don't find the pick they do scare the
11101s	players off of the space but the damage
11104s	has already been done Kindred has
11105s	already been able to infiltrate the
11106s	space and utilize that Annihilation to
11109s	claim all of the kills and when Whi
11111s	already playing with so much percentage
11112s	to their name they just need a couple of
11114s	moments to be able to pick up the point
11116s	in its entirety and now worse for th
11119s	Celestial not only whis to the point
11122s	first they also pick up two kills this
11125s	is brutal this bember just close out and
11128s	it's exactly how you said Marx he just
11129s	feels like every single fight you know
11133s	is time of celestial keeps getting
11134s	surprised but whatever whis Embers are
11137s	planning and we're going to see the same
11139s	thing we SP this when you see this map
11142s	when you see the positions that they're
11143s	play playing look at how close Senna and
11146s	Pa are playing and look at how bunched
11149s	and bottled up time of celestial
11152s	are my God I mean it's going to happen
11154s	again 40% nearly on the board now we
11157s	still have members of their team back
11159s	towards the point but there's that off
11160s	angle Finally checked by Timeless
11162s	Celestial forces them to regroup as five
11165s	but they're still strong as the unit cuz
11166s	they have this ant matric so it was all
11169s	in the game plan incenta finds the kill
11171s	on azer even through M's own
11174s	amplification Matrix no immortality
11175s	field to keep their soj alive that
11177s	damage has been removed overclock will
11179s	not be built snar is going to be the
11180s	only savior with a potential blizzard
11183s	but sosler goes down too wh members are
11185s	playing this perfectly nearly 80% of the
11187s	board now they're going to close out on
11188s	this one and make it m point so when you
11190s	don't take off angles and utilize these
11192s	ultimates you have to remember this is
11194s	an ultimate being used in front of five
11197s	people that's five people reacting to it
11199s	and one of those players includes a m so
11202s	the ant Matrix comes up and H is
11203s	immediately able to react then is able
11205s	to take a pick as well before Tom
11207s	Celestial are able to take advantage of
11209s	that ultimate their own ultimate being
11211s	utilized and yet again wisp Embers are
11215s	able to win the point time Celestial
11218s	still not mixing things up as are going
11219s	to provide a little bit of a distraction
11221s	to try and slow whis B's rotation down
11223s	and it's something that has to be done
11224s	because they're coming with way more
11226s	ultimates than ESS have available they
11228s	need to be able to set themselves up
11230s	onto this point as Center yet again look
11233s	for an off angle to surprise Timeless
11236s	that they lose a lot of the value of
11239s	these defensive capabilities the peel
11241s	was there oh my God that beat just save
11243s	sen like one HP no freaking way a goes
11247s	down Kindred on the front line meanwhile
11249s	with that Annihilation Timeless
11251s	Celestial could even buy any time for
11253s	their own tanks to find those ultimates
11256s	whisp Embers again take the point first
11257s	yeah an insult injury even more Destin
11260s	time Celestial may have been able to put
11262s	themselves on the point first but
11263s	they're not able to claim it wisp Embers
11266s	start picking up percentage and ESS
11268s	Celestial only have two ultimates to be
11272s	able to try and put themselves on top of
11274s	it anion's going to be coming in with
11275s	the ant Matrix wants to hold on to The
11277s	High Ground as a result to set CER up so
11279s	that she can utilize that angle
11281s	potentially as tyus have to just try now
11283s	and divert whis's attention but the Poke
11285s	is going to be so much more percentage
11287s	picks up for their opponent and they try
11290s	to come in over clock here on the back
11292s	side any kills yes and finds center now
11295s	that so joint is removed who's been a
11296s	thorn to the sign of Timeless two in
11299s	this fight for a looking good so far 70%
11303s	going to be building towards 75 for whis
11305s	Embers as the point flips back for
11306s	Timeless who just used the overclock in
11308s	that fight I want to see the off angle
11311s	MOA has the at Matrix the last time we
11313s	saw this exact point there we go they
11315s	used the off angle the bapti set up on
11318s	the exact building so that azer could
11321s	have such a bird ey angle onto whisp as
11324s	they move forward with this not even
11326s	overclocked but just Al fire and Body
11328s	Shots coming through Amplified with the
11330s	damage from the Baptist but they give it
11332s	up I guess they had to I mean they just
11334s	want to come back towards this point
11336s	regardless I mean they they have to
11338s	regroup right they have a Skyline angle
11340s	to at least pressure for some rail gun
11342s	shots now on you the rest of with
11344s	members right deciding what they want to
11345s	do like you said Moxy they're giving all
11346s	the space to the side May wall here to
11348s	slow it down they know the engage is
11349s	coming but mer finds HK great work for B
11353s	to keep Timeless alive in a series that
11356s	has been so dire for them overclock here
11358s	on the point both as ra shot as well
11360s	they don't even need use an overclock
11362s	shot or rail gun shot to get the final
11363s	blow whis Embers tries to reset quick
11365s	for a potential recontest time Cal not
11368s	really wanting to utilize any other aler
11371s	I think whisper just going to give this
11372s	up entirely they're not going to be able
11374s	to touch easily they're too close to the
11376s	Blizzard and the annihilation they're
11378s	not going to have either support
11379s	ultimates either so if you actually go
11381s	into another fight before putting
11383s	yourself onto that next point you risk
11386s	doing too much to allow kqa to hit that
11389s	sound power and give th Celestial a
11391s	bigger advantage in terms of overall
11393s	sustain in a composition that's already
11396s	absolutely drenched in
11399s	survivability look at this monks whisp
11401s	Embers are actually at the point first
11402s	so don't actually opt to hold the choke
11405s	point necessarily it's a bit too hard
11407s	open this entire section is rotation
11409s	around from Timeless Celestial they come
11411s	from the main they're actually kind of
11412s	on the attack side in this instance HQ
11415s	ready with the wall knowing this is
11416s	where Timeless likes to go maybe in
11418s	practice in scrims they understand what
11420s	Timeless game plan is and now at the top
11422s	they come oh is there blizzard it's
11424s	countered everything with time celesio
11426s	is trying to do however the change of
11429s	form keeps their tank player alive for
11431s	now so wh great counter play by Timeless
11434s	yes whis cap for now Santa finds the
11436s	kill in AER 2 and now one not that so
11439s	the damage is gone sosler will toss in
11441s	the blizzard to try to equalize it but
11443s	but nobody nobody's found in fact they
11445s	don't even have the point either so not
11446s	really is is going their nothing is
11448s	going really their way at the moment
11449s	immortality field to back up for now
11451s	they're still down one waiting for AZ to
11453s	come back from Spawn Annihilation engage
11455s	from Kindred they know this is their
11456s	chance to win they'll find Street Lord
11458s	even before the sojourn is back snar
11460s	Falls to and that's already 50% off the
11462s	board for just one fight yeah that
11465s	blizzard was literally just to put the
11467s	pressure onto streak so that wisp could
11469s	be able to cap because they know they're
11472s	about to hit support ultim if the fight
11474s	goes on long they can utilize those
11475s	support ultimates and stall it out and
11478s	Bol percentage to win in the overall it
11481s	is such a long con and it plays out
11483s	perfectly T Celestial now coming into
11486s	this next fight for ultimates but they
11487s	know that they can't afford to just dump
11489s	all of them in but with 85% and counting
11491s	on the board P wi they have to make a
11493s	move soon uhoh hiding with AO over clock
11497s	ready no pills found on whis either just
11499s	yet speed drop reengage there is that
11502s	overclock onto the an Matrix they
11503s	actually fight off S for now but s
11505s	doesn't go down that's the problem and
11507s	now s comes back gets the May oh my God
11510s	what a shot from the soour if we're were
11512s	talking about HQ earlier now we're
11513s	talking about sen on this map two kills
11515s	for them there and whis B just Clos it
11518s	out I mean nearly Flawless against
11521s	Timeless Celestial to put themselves in
11522s	an upper bracket finals yeah wisp Embers
11526s	we thought maybe this would be a bond
11528s	burner we were wrong they just had such
11530s	a better understanding of how to utilize
11532s	the space
11533s	how to utilize the mobility of things
11535s	like the Lucio and the ser and looking
11537s	at the th Celestial that we saw
11539s	yesterday against BT blue those were
11542s	exact conditions that this team was
11544s	meeting I do not know what Chang in
11547s	between then and now the only thing I
11549s	can say that was the big Difference
11551s	Maker was just not having that same
11554s	level of trust or finding the same level
11556s	of value around the May utility and I'm
11559s	sure that's something that Christopher
11560s	will love to touch upon because May is
11563s	so just absolutely bombarded with
11567s	different values that you can find in
11568s	terms of micro and macro and being able
11571s	to coordinate in a team environment as
11573s	opposed to how you would play May in
11575s	your own solo unranked games yeah I mean
11578s	it's just amazing work from wisp Embers
11581s	and you know it does feel like Timeless
11583s	Celestial did kind of seem like a a
11585s	shell of their former s throughout the
11587s	entire year they played very well but
11589s	leading into this you know through
11591s	whether it be the M play like you said
11592s	or over team cohesion it just it just
11594s	all fell apart in the upper bracket um
11597s	and this is obviously where everything
11598s	matters most right we're in that
11600s	championship series this is the end of
11602s	the road for a lot of these players in
11604s	the calling all heroes Grand you know
11606s	tournament um and obviously whis B
11608s	showed up today they just look beautiful
11610s	as a team a 30 series versus time of
11613s	celestial really I don't know if there's
11616s	anything you could take away from that
11617s	if your time is Celestial is there Moxy
11619s	is there anything they could take down
11620s	to lower bracket I think for them this
11623s	is where they need to learn their lesson
11625s	that share outwards aggression with all
11628s	five players just piling in on the same
11630s	angle does not work it will work
11634s	sometimes when you have things like
11635s	amplification Matrix and you just want
11636s	to Brute Force Bullhead your way through
11640s	these fights as quickly as possible to
11642s	be able to find those kills and lock a
11643s	space down but when it comes to spinning
11646s	the long con and keeping control of all
11648s	of these different Avenues especially in
11651s	the setup two fights you have to be so
11654s	much more controlling of that space and
11656s	I hope it's a lesson that they take into
11658s	the L bracket and that they learn from
11659s	where they see okay this Lucio and the
11661s	sodium were running rings quite
11663s	literally around us this was a problem
11665s	that we had to turn around and deal with
11667s	it depleted resources from elsewhere in
11669s	our team resources that were immediately
11672s	punished by the other side this is
11675s	something that we did for pre too but
11677s	it's also something that we can use to
11679s	our own Advantage this is something that
11680s	you have to utilize to your advantage if
11683s	you want to be able to find success in
11685s	the mirror match up of the Rat sojan and
11687s	Lucio I'm looking forward to seeing you
11690s	and Chris break down that entire series
11692s	I mean there was a lot to to there
11694s	probably is a lot to talk about from
11695s	that series but I'm going to be heading
11696s	out for now we'll see you guys after
11698s	short Brank with Chris and Moxy to break
11700s	everything down what happened in that
11711s	series
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11895s	the expectations set up going into the
11897s	semi-final series by Dustin in the
11900s	pre-show was that this was supposed to
11902s	be a dog fight but instead it looked
11904s	like wisp Embers had that dog in them
11908s	because Chris we really saw the way that
11911s	they were able to bring everything to
11914s	the table in this series but this is
11916s	upset since they will never trust Dogman
11918s	that's been one of my lifelong lessons
11921s	um I think you're right I think I think
11922s	that um on paper this looked to be a
11924s	really close game it felt you know I
11926s	think Moxy you were spot him with
11928s	everything you said on the broadcast
11929s	really it felt like hmer really
11931s	struggled to get any form of angle
11933s	pressure they kind of funnel themselves
11935s	into this this narrow fight a lot of the
11937s	time and if you want to play narrow in
11938s	this meta then you have to at least win
11940s	the ult trades which they almost never
11943s	did it was really painful as well
11946s	sometimes to watch them go always for
11948s	the same angle cuz it was it was so
11950s	predictable from wisp side and there was
11952s	so many different things and different
11954s	abilities in this composition that can
11956s	shut those ultimate pushes down which
11958s	again is another reason why you want to
11959s	try and take those off angles cuz it
11961s	burns through a lot of that right the
11962s	ratri can only put his shield in one
11964s	location the May can only put her wall
11967s	in One location so if you take an off
11969s	angle a lot of the time it's to bait
11971s	some of those abilities out so that on
11973s	another angle you can find the value but
11975s	since you're always going from the exact
11977s	same approach one of those abilities is
11980s	always going to be online to be able to
11981s	shut whatever you have planned down I
11984s	think you're exactly right sorry I think
11987s	you're exactly right because I think
11988s	especially with ratra 2 I think that the
11990s	way that we do blocking it can only go
11992s	in One Direction too um and I feel like
11994s	that's um that's very much the off angle
11996s	is the way to be if it's Sigma I think
11997s	it's slightly different The Shield is
11999s	wider he's more squishy but with ram we
12001s	have to find a way to like angle round
12003s	and shoot him in the back of the head
12005s	and you saw like they understood that
12007s	right from wisp side when they were
12008s	trying to push uh and take back that
12011s	first point on S when they lost control
12014s	they sent that soan round the back with
12015s	the Lucio to make the ratra turn around
12018s	and have to like you said Christopher
12020s	utilize a lot of those defensive
12021s	capabilities that then just led to such
12024s	a huge deficient in the tank 1V one that
12027s	spired really quickly out of
12028s	control I think something to keep in
12031s	mind here as well is the fact that for
12033s	Ty Celestial it didn't seem like they're
12035s	playing at that level that we've seen
12036s	them play at in the past even going back
12039s	yesterday to day one and Chris I've got
12041s	to get it from your point of view as a
12042s	coach what do they need to do now
12044s	dropping down into the lower bracket
12046s	again they have another opportunity to
12048s	make this run they're not eliminated
12050s	we'll be seeing them later today but
12053s	that's also a blow to the mental on top
12055s	of that in-game strategy I think when we
12058s	look at double brackets I think there
12059s	was something really interesting to
12060s	consider there's two challenges right
12062s	there was a challenge to win and the ler
12063s	bracket later today there is maybe an
12065s	argument that due to how Timeless paid
12068s	yesterday we we are good enough to win
12069s	this so we keep keep doing what we're
12071s	doing but the has to be a feeling that
12073s	the three teams that we've seen today in
12075s	this Ram mirror look very very strong
12077s	and there is a real question somewhere
12079s	tonight do we go into vodw do we try to
12081s	cook something up is there a queen comp
12083s	that we can make work do we bring out
12084s	some sort of dive comp assuming our goal
12087s	here is to win the whole event is our
12090s	Ram mirror at this moment in time strong
12092s	enough to beat all three of the teams
12093s	left in the
12095s	tournament I mean it's a big question
12097s	that you have to throw out there in that
12099s	kind of sense but overall I think the
12102s	undeniability also has to go towards the
12106s	DPSS on the side of wisp Embers s to be
12110s	the first one that I want to highlight
12112s	because I think her performance Moxy was
12113s	Stellar throughout the entire series and
12116s	so consistent at that yeah and again
12119s	this sort of goes back to the problem
12122s	that we were seeing coming through from
12123s	the opponent in that you're always
12125s	coming from one angle so the surgeon
12127s	always knows where to expect actually
12129s	need to fire so that actually leads in
12132s	to not just a lot more damage coming off
12134s	of alt shots or rail gun but also a lot
12138s	more damage coming through off of those
12139s	disruptor shots too we were seeing that
12141s	wisps off of those disrupted shots would
12143s	actually be able to follow up with mayal
12145s	coming through from hkey to force things
12147s	like the immortality field out it is so
12149s	rare that we see teams back quite
12152s	literally against the wall having to
12154s	burn through a immortality field to be
12156s	able to save themselves from going down
12158s	to a sojan cool
12161s	down and I mean damage output is just
12164s	one part of the story right Moxy I mean
12166s	you have to consider also on the other
12168s	side of things here Chris I know you
12170s	really wanted to highlight and had your
12172s	eyes on H key as this DPS player while
12175s	not having that same kind of damage
12177s	output had insane value with her utility
12181s	so obviously I'm a coach that's coached
12183s	quite a bit of May in my time and and
12185s	one metric I always have for May players
12187s	I think even if you don't get the
12188s	highest value from wall or from off
12190s	angles if you can feel really consistent
12193s	at maybe an 80 90% old win rate our team
12196s	is going to cap second on every single
12198s	map at the bare minimum and my soj can
12200s	carry the rest of the fights that feel
12202s	really good and for hkey she was amazing
12205s	I think almost every Al I saw was a
12207s	fight win and what was doubly effective
12209s	is sometimes both Ms be using all at the
12211s	exact same time and if you can not only
12213s	win the fight with your M but then
12215s	commit The Other M to using the old at
12216s	the same time the old economy is in
12218s	total shambles for the enemy team I mean
12221s	it's it's pretty insane like how
12223s	consistently she was able to make that
12226s	turnaround happen and whatnot but Moxy
12229s	we are going to have to say goodbye to
12230s	you for now I know you're going to be
12232s	joining us again tomorrow but thank you
12234s	so much for casting earlier or today
12237s	just now and we'll see you on day three
12240s	and Christopher is obviously going to
12242s	stick around for the remainder of the
12243s	day but we do have to say hello to
12244s	another special guest on the desk we're
12247s	heading over to an interview now this
12249s	time around with cap congratulations
12252s	um Mr coach on your win here in the
12255s	upper bracket
12257s	semi-finals thank you it feels
12260s	good um what were your expectations I
12262s	guess going into this matchup against
12264s	Timeless Celestial your teams have gone
12266s	head-to-head again like previously
12268s	before uh did you expect things to be a
12272s	little bit different didn't seem like TC
12274s	were playing to the level that we
12275s	usually see them
12277s	at yeah I mean um we knew that they play
12281s	the ram mayom and that's our most
12283s	comfortable match up just because we've
12284s	been prepping mostly for Timeless
12286s	ethereal who plays that as well so like
12287s	we kind of knocked out two birds with
12289s	one stone by preparing for both of them
12291s	at the same time but um we weren't
12295s	underestimating them but we weren't um
12298s	too worried um we just don't play scared
12301s	and we treat every match the same and
12302s	we'll do the same to the other Timeless
12305s	team yeah because I was going to say
12307s	you're heading up against them coming up
12309s	next so I I already have a bit of your
12311s	thought
12312s	into that but curious about whis Embers
12315s	and how you as a coach have been
12318s	prepping your team heading into
12320s	championships I've kind of been asking
12322s	everyone the same thing because I think
12323s	that sometimes the amount of work or
12326s	time that you put in can adjust if you
12328s	know you're that you're heading into
12329s	like the final event of a season so has
12332s	anything kind of changed on that front
12333s	are you guys putting in more hours or
12335s	just operating as
12337s	usual yeah I mean um I was working with
12339s	one of the teams that was in the berry
12341s	blast tournament as well well so for
12343s	like a little bit of the time we were
12344s	preparing I was kind of split but um W
12347s	and tensa have helped me a lot with
12349s	taking over stuff when I can't be there
12351s	and they're both very very capable as
12352s	well and the players especially um like
12355s	Annie Yun is very good at like um I was
12358s	actually with her on both teams so like
12360s	a lot of the stuff I was doing with one
12361s	team I could kind of transfer to the
12362s	other and um they luckily I just made
12365s	them both play the same comp the whole
12366s	time too and the map pools were the same
12368s	so um we really locked in this week and
12371s	we did a bunch of double blocks and um I
12374s	think we're really really well prepared
12375s	for it the players have put in a lot of
12377s	time but I mean it's definitely showing
12380s	in the server right now and a bit of a
12382s	fun question I'm actually curious I
12384s	don't know if you've had the chance to
12385s	take a look at the lower bracket as it
12387s	stands but if you were to beat Timeless
12390s	ethereal in the upper bracket right now
12392s	who do you think makes that lower
12394s	bracket
12396s	run um so is lower bracket right now who
12399s	was in that besides um so there's
12402s	Timeless Celestial Fable Michael wave
12404s	and kenoi and then in theory if you were
12407s	to win the upper bracket final Timeless
12409s	ethereal would also be dropping
12410s	down oh okay um I would probably be
12414s	looking out for Michael wave to be
12417s	honest um okay I think they're a really
12419s	strong team especially um last series
12421s	when we played them we had a very very
12423s	difficult match against them um but yeah
12426s	I would expect them to make some big
12428s	adjustments probably going back and I
12429s	think they are a really serious
12431s	Challenger but okay you guys he it here
12434s	on broadcast uh Dark Horse to look out
12436s	for for sure but cap thank you so much
12438s	for taking the time to do this interview
12440s	with me and before we go want to give
12442s	you any opportunity to say thank yous
12444s	shout outs or anything in general that
12445s	you want to put out there on
12447s	stream yeah I mean um first would be to
12450s	uh all the players um I expect a lot out
12452s	of them and I do a lot of work for the
12454s	team but that means that they have to
12456s	read a lot of stuff and show up to a lot
12457s	of stuff so it's definitely not easy to
12459s	keep up with all of it but they're doing
12460s	a really really good job and um tensa
12463s	and Wy other coaches on the team are
12465s	doing a really good job and then um
12467s	special shout out to Annie for um having
12469s	to deal with me on both of those teams
12471s	is probably not easy
12474s	but hey I mean it seems like you guys
12477s	are cooking regardless so thank you so
12478s	much C for the interview and wishing you
12481s	the best of luck heading into the upper
12482s	bracket finals tomorrow but we still
12485s	have the lower bracket to look out for
12487s	heading over to the corner quarterfinals
12490s	where CB and Tiny shiny we'll be back
12492s	right after this
12520s	break
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12865s	we had an interesting start to our day
12866s	in the upper bracket but it's time to
12868s	drop down to lowers again I'm Ash and
12871s	welcome back to the calling all heroes
12873s	Challenger Series championship presented
12875s	by radiant and I've got to introduce
12877s	some more casters to you guys we said
12879s	goodbye to Dogman and got Moxy earlier
12882s	who brought us that upper bracket action
12884s	we got to say hello to Tiny shiny and
12886s	cie they were both here these lovely
12888s	ladies we here from yesterday day one
12891s	and now we're heading into day two and
12893s	you guys get the fun elimination matches
12895s	CV how are you feeling fun elimination
12898s	matches is a good way to put it I kind
12899s	of like I'm a fan of all of these teams
12902s	so I'm looking at it as like yeah tiny
12903s	shiny and I we have the very dubious
12905s	honor of saying goodbye to two more
12907s	teams who have worked their hard out all
12909s	season long to get this far but you can
12912s	only go so far before your journey
12914s	unfortunately has to come to an end and
12916s	for two of these four teams today will
12918s	be that end and there's a lot of fan
12921s	favorites down here in the lower bracket
12924s	tiny and I think that just makes it even
12926s	the more difficult and I'm sure that
12928s	there's a ton of fans in chat right now
12931s	also just waving their Flags hoping that
12934s	their team is the one that moves on to
12936s	that lower bracket final every single
12938s	team that we have in this lower bracket
12941s	currently has been in basically all
12943s	Colonial Heroes events that have been
12945s	happening over the past 10 months I mean
12947s	even myself have become a fan of all of
12949s	these teams and it's so sad that we have
12951s	to say goodbye given all of the hard
12953s	work that they have put in which all
12955s	means that all these teams are going to
12957s	be fighting twice as hard to keep
12959s	themselves alive it's going to be a
12961s	difficult one and we've got an
12963s	interesting matchup as our treat for the
12965s	first lower brackets quarterfinal that
12967s	we get to look towards it's going to be
12969s	Michael wave versus kenoi and I think
12972s	the story here CB is that we're looking
12975s	towards kenoi as that kind of fan
12978s	favorite as far as a lot of the players
12981s	on this team but they're also going up
12984s	against quite the boss of a team in
12985s	microwave I you you got it right like
12988s	huichi are definitely fan favorites not
12990s	just for the personalities that they
12991s	bring to the table you know fan
12993s	favorites like SK and ski very popular
12995s	streamers but also because they come out
12998s	with this very unconventional
12999s	composition that completely not only
13002s	breaks the mold but shatters it and
13003s	reduces it to atams every week I'm
13006s	seeing a new post on r/ competitive
13008s	OverWatch about how wrecking ball is so
13010s	terrible literally unplayable EV says
13013s	Nah uh-uh wrecking ball is playable
13015s	watch and learn pal I got
13018s	this yeah it's pretty insane the way
13020s	that kenoi have that prowess to even
13022s	just Flex around skti in her main hero
13027s	that being the mercy and just
13028s	consistently being on that kind of one
13030s	trick and
13031s	but at the same time there is that
13033s	concern of okay does that limit them
13035s	especially knowing tiny a team like
13038s	Michael wave have that ability to adapt
13041s	around those kinds of situations and
13043s	break down those weaknesses Michael wave
13046s	is the one other team that is currently
13048s	within this bracket that has made some
13051s	other adjustments to their lineups
13053s	playing these unconventional Heroes and
13055s	that really can boil down a lot to Mari
13058s	on this tank an incredibly flexible play
13060s	player that can showcase high levels of
13062s	Talent on so many different tank Heroes
13064s	and even that alone having Zoe on the
13067s	Genji death playing a variety of hit
13069s	scan Heroes and the stability that this
13071s	backline provides Michael wave of all
13073s	the teams that kunoichi have faced so
13075s	far this is the one that will swap right
13078s	back in their face and potentially give
13080s	them a taste of their own
13082s	medicine it'll definitely be interesting
13084s	to see how that ends up panning out with
13087s	that kind of adaptability but even with
13089s	the interview with quoi coach Kobe
13091s	yesterday talks about how there were
13093s	some tricks in their back pocket that
13095s	they didn't really need to pull out so
13097s	I'm interested to see if that will come
13099s	to fruition today as we head into our
13101s	first map here CB and Antarctic
13103s	Peninsula I I think it better start
13105s	coming out because if you're going up
13107s	against a team as flexible as Michael
13108s	wave then you definitely want to start
13110s	pulling out some of those tricks because
13111s	just like tiny shiny was saying like
13113s	they can match kunoichi's Madness all
13116s	they want cuz Mari can play just about
13117s	any tank Under the Sun and make it look
13119s	good and I think this also kind of F
13122s	that like playing that rock paper
13123s	scissors play style also kind of masks
13125s	one of Michael wave's Key weaknesses and
13127s	that being when we're playing the ratra
13129s	mirror matchup May is absolutely crucial
13131s	and you got Zoe who is in my estimation
13133s	the best Genji in calling all heroes but
13136s	kind of falls behind when it comes to
13138s	the may play you don't have to have her
13140s	on May here if you're you know just
13141s	embracing the silliness and going with
13143s	kunoichi's
13144s	game well we're going to have to see how
13146s	it goes it's going to get fun it's going
13148s	to get silly and it's going to get
13149s	Scrappy in this server you guys take it
13151s	away for our first series in the lower
13155s	bracket thank you very much Ash C I do
13159s	have to say Michael wave have done their
13161s	research today we will not be starting
13163s	on Le Jang Tower they have not picked
13165s	their own Doom it is Antarctic Peninsula
13168s	no Shenanigans at least to a terrifying
13172s	degree will happen on this map a much
13175s	more even Playfield to start us off
13177s	right out of the gate you're sub
13178s	tweeting Vancouver Titans Blue by
13180s	calling out that leang Tower pick I mean
13183s	yeah Vancouver Titans blew more like
13184s	Vancouver Titans blew up as soon as they
13186s	had to pick their own map it didn't work
13188s	out antartic Peninsula I think will
13190s	still have some points especially
13192s	Icebreaker where that kind of flyer
13194s	style composition is viable but sub
13196s	level in Labs not so much and I think
13199s	that might have been a better pick
13200s	retroactively for VT blue to go uh you
13203s	know before they ended up being sent
13204s	packing by kunoichi but hey you know
13207s	kunoichi like we've said have more
13209s	tricks and we have also seen kind of
13211s	flex and adapt to various different
13212s	styles even when they're being
13214s	counterpicked by the heroes or indeed by
13217s	the map so I wouldn't count kunoichi
13220s	from playing their own game out entirely
13222s	I would still kind of expect to see
13223s	something come out from their side it's
13225s	it's kind of like how is Michael wave
13228s	going to respond right are they going to
13229s	dodge that blow they're going to come
13231s	back with the jab of their own something
13232s	kunoichi can't see coming what's it
13234s	going to be what are we going to do is
13236s	Michael wave even going to like try and
13237s	come out with something meta or are they
13239s	going to go right out the gates trying
13240s	to go for a counter to what we expect
13243s	kunishi to come out with well uh we
13246s	really can't say much while the spawns
13248s	are still active but with the way things
13250s	are being teased as of now Michael wave
13254s	look to be switching it up against what
13256s	we kind of got a taste of Vancouver
13258s	Titans blue pulled out a a version of
13261s	what Michael wave have up now with the
13263s	junker Queen the echo in the sky Zoe
13266s	picking up a different hero mind you not
13268s	currently on the Genji Runo CG they are
13271s	with Good Old Faithful ball Pharmacy
13274s	Lucio and Tracy I'm liking this uh this
13277s	Echo Mercy pick though cuz I think it
13279s	plays very well into Zoe's hero pool
13281s	playing something that she can be strong
13282s	at you have a very similar set of skills
13285s	to the Genji you know you're still
13286s	flying up all out the far but you're
13288s	still looking for those assassinations
13290s	like you would not trying to section
13292s	people off like you are on the May so
13294s	this I think does work out but the
13295s	question is are they going to be able to
13297s	get the better of the esos skti do on
13300s	the other side
13301s	it's a battle for the skies and a battle
13304s	for the ground and this is where Michael
13305s	wave has the chance to set the
13307s	difference the junker Queen isn't going
13309s	to be as quick as a wrecking ball
13310s	absolutely not but you can have more
13313s	Point presence once this objective
13314s	starts to unlock and identifies that as
13316s	a threat commanding shout out Mari under
13319s	a bit of pressure ajmr was able to come
13321s	back pump that healing on in and El can
13324s	continue the focus up into the skies
13326s	wcgl though will have to continue
13328s	without a tank the objective yet to be
13330s	capped The Continuous pressure onto elel
13333s	having Zoe and wi up there has been a
13335s	great dampener on the effects of
13337s	kunoichi's comp with that going down
13340s	only the trade for the two elel Still
13343s	Remains with it is the flyer comp out of
13345s	the sky eeve is already identifi that
13347s	the wrecking ball is not going to be
13348s	playable on this some point here with
13350s	these particular hero compositions
13351s	commanding shout from Mari coming out
13353s	just to try and keep her backline alive
13355s	like wa aren't able to keep gmr alive
13358s	much longer though absolutely abolutely
13360s	beautiful I mean death is doing their
13362s	darnest to keep Kun HC cgl at p and you
13366s	just can't stop the Rockets piling in
13369s	from above and you had that swap go on
13372s	in SK ends up falling down this is so
13374s	Scrappy it's literally just taking these
13376s	little skirmishes at several points on
13379s	the map is there really even a plan set
13381s	in place right now C right now the plan
13383s	for kunoichi is to just take that kill
13384s	onto wi and run with it you can either
13386s	go in aggressive to try and get another
13387s	pick off or you can just rest on your
13389s	laurels wait for or sorry wait for
13391s	Michael wave to play into you maybe find
13393s	another pick but continue to build up
13394s	the capture percentage and force Michael
13396s	wave to be the on to make a mistake but
13397s	it's barode that gets caught out by
13399s	death death has been dominating in terms
13403s	of the effectiveness of the Tracer hero
13405s	and it's really been sh kunii or either
13407s	down a player or that player is entirely
13410s	offi unable to support the team and it's
13412s	on to elel to make up for that deficit
13414s	it's a 2v2 trade each team losing a DPS
13417s	and a support death still being alive
13420s	they will be constant damage peered on
13422s	in eay has decent amount of Health to
13424s	spare and it's not going to last too
13426s	much longer the support for Michael wave
13428s	is simply greater in this instance and
13430s	will allow them start getting more of
13433s	presence on this objective even if it
13435s	takes them a little bit longer clear
13437s	kunoichi cgl how quick their
13439s	compostition moves but even if they're
13441s	able to clear kunoichi it's not clean
13443s	they lose Wicket towards the tail end of
13444s	it barcode has to be dealt with she is
13446s	going to fall there and that's going to
13447s	allow a window for wi to try and get
13449s	back in but somebody's going to have to
13450s	back up to try and let her fly back in
13452s	it's going to be Zoe so you're losing
13454s	all of your Sky presence that's going to
13456s	open the door for Ence skiest to get
13457s	back at roughly the same time and we're
13460s	at a neutral fight where now Michael
13461s	wave can't really leverage any sort of
13463s	positional Advantage they only have the
13465s	ults to rely on and kunoichi are coming
13467s	close to matching
13469s	that is going to last long and Zoe knows
13472s	it has to be taken advantage of now
13475s	sound Bearer prop from SK a little bit
13477s	earlier nobody was in an incredible
13479s	amount of danger so Kuni get the
13481s	greatest value out of that ultimate
13483s	scared by Zoe's presence with the
13485s	Rampage and now that will be going down
13488s	completely like wave get the opportunity
13491s	they don't have to use anything they're
13493s	still very much in control of this
13494s	objective and W took SC to the skies the
13496s	pistol comes back out she gets both of
13498s	them oh we talked about Zoe being the
13501s	one to keep him a check how about W the
13503s	GL shut it down H let's have a look at
13505s	the calendar boys I think it's a wick of
13507s	weekend over here she's pulling out the
13509s	Glock taking out the Flyers all on her
13511s	own doesn't even need Zoe to be the one
13512s	to clean it up even though Zoe
13514s	definitely could and has been thus far
13516s	it's getting a little bit dicey though
13518s	look at kunoichi's old Bank they're
13519s	going to have three big ones coming up
13521s	online only a pulse bomb for Michael
13522s	wave they have to try and this ksun rush
13524s	and utilize it or get something big with
13527s	this pulse bomb from death for the the
13530s	Rampage in first from Eevee going to
13532s	have to be able to work with this tank
13535s	has to have a lot of press on the point
13537s	T Rush making it slightly difficult the
13539s	resurrection though is will be
13540s	guaranteeing their fate Michael wave
13543s	will not be getting the point this time
13544s	around and have to come back for another
13546s	attempt and they use that cun Rush that
13548s	I was calling out from ajmr that was a
13550s	lost fight now you don't have that
13551s	you're only going to have this one fight
13553s	to try and build up to mari's Rampage
13555s	you can see wi and death making some
13556s	swaps actually Zoe going a follow as
13558s	well they're going full on junker que
13560s	composition and I think they don't have
13561s	to worry about elel in the sky anymore
13563s	now that they may is in play so we're at
13565s	something a little bit more favorable
13567s	for Michael wave here looking for WI to
13570s	try and take death on an angle if
13571s	there's time and hopefully burn down
13575s	elel already has to use that ice blocket
13578s	now yes he is in a tee of trouble the
13580s	angel falling first is never a good sign
13582s	for KI SK can only provide so much
13585s	support and cide any with that aning
13588s	effect online both these teams at 99%
13591s	yet it is Michael wave strongly in
13593s	control of this objective that will
13595s	start burning on down and after a close
13598s	battle on Labs Michael way sque it away
13601s	and you know this might not be a huge
13603s	surprise to a lot of the people watching
13605s	in chat the big fans of kunichi but it's
13607s	kind of a surprise to some of us to see
13609s	kunoichi taking it to what is quite
13610s	literally one of the top teams in
13612s	calling all heroes and making it that
13613s	close they don't win but 99 to 99 and
13616s	there was a realistic chance where if
13619s	the trades in that last fight had gone a
13621s	little bit more in their way maybe if SK
13623s	had found another pick somewhere that we
13625s	might be singing a different tune here
13626s	we might have been caught off guard
13628s	kunoichi might have taken the first
13629s	Salvo there but Michael wave able to
13632s	stabilize able to come back in get the
13634s	trades it's mostly Mari coming through
13636s	with a lot of those throwing knives
13638s	getting the kills getting all the value
13639s	she needs now as we go into suble Lev
13642s	though there's going to be a low ceiling
13643s	throughout both teams still want to bust
13645s	out the flyers I don't know about this
13647s	one I don't know how long we're going to
13648s	stay on this obviously you know there's
13650s	still some angles you can utilize these
13652s	types of heroes from but I don't know if
13654s	this is going to stick for too
13656s	long this is such an interesting swap
13659s	you would have expected them stay on the
13660s	soldier that may pick but Zoe will be
13664s	taking the battle to the skies cracks
13665s	predicting for elel is going to be and
13668s	it's a very good assumption zoy has done
13670s	an excellent job keeping theora in check
13673s	the cool Downs don't get as much value
13675s	it's all the safer this flying Duo has
13678s	to play the hamster wasn't able to get
13680s	out alive very limited support for your
13683s	tank with that Lucio Mercy especially
13685s	with your support being Tethered to the
13687s	farup player for Michael wave go ahead
13690s	start getting that percentage up on the
13691s	objective where we need to see Kuni get
13693s	a quick reset to have their tank back in
13695s	Fr and Michael waiver doing something
13697s	that you know other teams that have
13698s	played kunichi thus far have failed to
13700s	do but I mean the death fails to get out
13702s	of alive Barco gets the kill there going
13704s	to fall Kuni aren't out of this SK and S
13708s	absolute s tier players look at them tag
13711s	teaming this with the boops flopping
13714s	them into the sight lines of these
13716s	Rockets I mean this is coordinated
13717s	damage that Kuni cgl can get their R and
13720s	that's what Michael wave are so afraid
13721s	of happening I mean I was going to say
13724s	how Michael wave were you know doing a
13726s	good job of finding a pick and then
13727s	keeping the pressure up so skiest can't
13729s	go in for a res but kichi they know how
13731s	to play that game as well so when you
13732s	have death going in that deep and dying
13734s	there's no shot wi is going to be able
13736s	to get in there especially not without
13737s	the valkyrie so kunoichi they keep up
13740s	the pressure they put the pedal to the
13741s	metal and they put Force Michel wave
13743s	back just root force them with those
13745s	Rockets coming up from El and those
13746s	don't look to stop anytime soon oh but
13749s	what will stop death is death itself
13752s	elel got that straight damage D damage
13755s	boosted rocket onto the Tracer following
13758s	it up with a third and a fourth this is
13761s	why you got to keep the far player in
13762s	check if you let elel run wild Michael
13764s	wave do not stand a chance look how far
13766s	kunichi are willing to push this almost
13768s	all the way into Michael wave spawn they
13770s	know they don't have the ult advantage
13771s	but they know they can make these fights
13773s	Scrappy long bloody make the trays go
13775s	out in their favor and force Michael
13776s	wave to try and just win a war of
13778s	attrition to to even get on the point
13780s	here they're going to back up and give a
13782s	little bit of space here try to bait
13784s	Michael wave into their trap though but
13786s	death has a pulse bomb get again where
13788s	is it going to be placed SK goes little
13790s	dangerous there oh and death has SK in
13794s	their sight and something needs to land
13795s	up H pump had to hit but it doesn't oh
13798s	Kum cgl they are very much up in this
13800s	Fray You Can notice how much Zoe is
13802s	struggling without that Mercy pocket
13804s	going away and Michael wave are getting
13806s	that pick off onto the supports is
13809s	enough for them to start stabilizing and
13811s	guarantee a res will not happen on the
13814s	other sidei they're not done committing
13816s	eay use that ultimate to give herself a
13819s	little bit of extra Health boost up to
13821s	one fight territory that's a situation
13823s	kunichi are okay with being in yeah
13826s	absolutely they're going to have more
13827s	time to try and build to more ultimates
13828s	and try and take this back but what
13829s	we've seen from Kuni is more often than
13831s	not they don't really need ultimates
13833s	they just need elel to pop off and
13835s	that's happening more often than not
13837s	that's pretty much how they've managed
13838s	to get this far ahead but Michael wave
13841s	have identified the win condition it is
13843s	deny Ski's reses kill skiest if you can
13846s	and Michael wave have a look at wi she
13848s	swapped off over onto the Lucio no more
13850s	reses for Michael wave no second chances
13853s	they have to try and make this stick
13854s	with the Lucio now the speed is
13856s	certainly helpful and hey why not an
13858s	extra burst duplicate over to the junker
13861s	Queen Z fighting to on point EV under an
13863s	incredible amount of pressure will be
13865s	squashed like a bug Michael way that's
13867s	an efficiency two DPS Al one fight win
13871s	so wi swapping over to the mercy isn't
13873s	actually all that disastrous cuz you
13875s	know Ekko is less reliant on a mercy
13877s	pocket than afar is so Zoe can still
13879s	find Value especially with that
13881s	duplicate but now you're going to be
13882s	looking at these supportal to try and
13883s	take Micha wave the rest of the way the
13885s	sound Barry that Wick has built up to
13887s	the Kitsune Rush that's going to be
13888s	coming out from ajmr and more
13890s	importantly that Rampage from Mari where
13893s	is that going to land it's going to come
13894s	out it catches e is the followup there
13896s	it looks like it is yeah absolutely e
13898s	you don't get any healing from that
13900s	companding shot was already expected but
13901s	G gets the res off that should not have
13904s	happened at all trying to make this one
13906s	a winning fight sound beer from W though
13908s	the Lucio swap proving out and working
13910s	out in dividends for this team Michael
13912s	wave are on the verge closing out this
13914s	point there a couple pesty players
13916s	pattered off in this corner Zoe doesn't
13918s	have a ton of Health to work with
13919s	getting skti though might be the nail in
13921s	the cof and Kuni cgl have to struggle
13924s	they have to stagger to get to the point
13926s	but there's nobody to help atmr death
13929s	was so focus on what was happening in
13930s	the front line and suddenly this one is
13932s	very much winable kunoichi sound barrier
13934s	is laid on out Mari now back on the
13937s	wrecking ball using some of this
13939s	Mobility to speed to stagger it out and
13940s	even grab SK off the back of it there's
13943s	a little bit of time if Michael wave
13945s	take a soft regroup get one final
13947s	contest but it's not going to be pretty
13949s	Stash from the jaws of defeat SK goes in
13951s	zo needs to stay alive here but's the
13953s	one who gets punished Zoe not I think
13955s	was able to touch and get to overtime
13957s	triggered death is going to pop up but
13960s	has to recall
13961s	out have to get in there but there's
13964s	nobody left Ste we knew it was going to
13966s	happen Michael wave took a page out of
13969s	kunu cgl's Playbook they made the chaos
13972s	into their own but it wasn't enough to
13974s	turn the tables we now have had 2 99 to
13978s	100 objectives back to back and I'm
13980s	expecting the exact same thing here on
13982s	the third and it's all SK there because
13985s	I mean kunoichi cgl had no business
13987s	winning that last fight but ajmr was
13988s	left High to contest the point against
13990s	SK and barcode who went in identified
13993s	the lone KIRO without the TP to try and
13995s	you know get back to the team for safety
13997s	they go in with that assassination it's
13999s	actually essel that comes back on the
14000s	Genji and cleans up these last couple of
14002s	kills and suddenly despite Michael wave
14005s	having the upper hand it's completely
14006s	snatched away from them and look where
14008s	we are now we're on Icebreaker the map
14010s	that I set at the top is going to lend
14012s	itself the most to this Pharmacy
14015s	composition one that Michael wave are no
14016s	longer mirroring but now opting to
14018s	counter with death on the Cassidy hey
14020s	and it works well all right that works
14022s	cool Cassidy often a weaker hero in
14024s	terms of the hit scan Department you put
14026s	it in the hand to death all right that
14028s	works one player down that's a second
14030s	kunichi even a resurrection will not
14032s	help you here it's a quick reset to the
14034s	spawn the question to CB do we see any
14037s	swaps I mean if you're K hgl I think you
14040s	don't swap because you've played enough
14041s	into counters that you kind of know how
14043s	to play around them so I don't think
14045s	they're sweating it never mind I'll eat
14047s	my words right now going to swap over to
14049s	the
14050s	hey you know what I'm I'm happy to see
14052s	it though cuz we've seen kunoichi be
14053s	successful with this comp before they
14054s	are not by any stretch of the
14056s	imagination a onetick pony team they do
14058s	have multiple looks and this is another
14059s	one that has looked passible for them it
14062s	has in the past I do have concerns with
14065s	the Lucio Mercy typically you'd see a
14066s	swap over to the K go have slightly more
14069s	sustained and look how much pressure
14070s	Eevee is under the commanding sh used
14071s	defensively and even that barely made a
14074s	dent in the damage that Mari has output
14076s	and she simply has more support at her
14078s	back so anytime Michael away take these
14080s	fights heads on they're going to win
14081s	nine times out of 10 yeah I I kind of
14083s	agree I think you do have to have SK
14085s	make the swap over onto the Anna
14086s	probably I know that's a little bit more
14087s	of a comfort pick for her but anything
14090s	that can keep the sustain alive it is
14092s	actually going to be the kittyo but now
14094s	that we've made these two compositional
14095s	swaps we're already 40 to 50% by the
14098s	time this next fight kicks off of
14100s	capture percentage for Mel wave they're
14102s	halfway home and they haven't
14103s	even oh but the death goes down mid dead
14107s	ey Zoe attempting to make up for it
14109s	pulse bomb one thing you haven't seen
14111s	yet though is SK on this KIRO incredibly
14113s	deadly but so is inmr the flank from the
14116s	supports is getting way too much value
14118s	CV this simply should not be happening
14120s	out of all the players to go with the
14122s	back it should be death and wi not
14124s	ajmr ajmr and wi I mean wiah would
14127s	absolutely go for a play like that and
14129s	it works out I mean I've seen her go for
14132s	these crazy flank plays from time to
14133s	time it's one of these things that like
14135s	whenever it happens it's like an event
14137s	you know she'll get flame for a team for
14138s	but if it works out it works out you
14139s	take the dub there and especially with
14141s	ajmr backing her up finding a couple
14143s	pick offs with the kunai you absolutely
14145s	take that where in one fight territory
14147s	now Kuni have built up an old Bank
14149s	though how are they going to leverage it
14151s	of extra healing but no barcode
14153s	potential the res is always there
14155s	because he has to make it happen she's
14157s	on the objective Point Flip is
14158s	guaranteed so kunichi have more time
14161s	should they need go for a bit of a soft
14163s	reset with [ __ ] falling it's almost a
14165s	definite need at this point eay holding
14168s	on to a rampage last on to three players
14170s	s barrier negating any sort of value
14173s	that could have had and it just simple
14175s	clean up call the targets one by one cuz
14178s	Michael wave are back in control of this
14180s	point kichi they can try as they might a
14183s	touch here looking pretty darn
14185s	impossible the dogs win this round as
14188s	Michael wave up I I I want to give a
14191s	little bit of props to skiest there
14192s	towards the tail in just some of the
14194s	movement that I saw from her able to
14196s	stay alive even outside the valkyrie to
14198s	try and pocket even keep her alive in
14200s	the fight but it just wasn't enough the
14202s	onslaught from all angles that was
14203s	coming out from Michael wave they kind
14205s	of have cracked the code it would seem
14208s	at least initially if they play a
14209s	similar composition style a similar
14213s	taking similar fights with they're just
14214s	going for these random assassinations
14216s	these random flanks and just trying to
14218s	win out some of these duels I you can
14220s	absolutely just out mechanic kunoichi
14223s	here you don't have to play these
14224s	counter comps you don't have to go with
14226s	things like the ash like we saw
14227s	yesterday you don't have to try and play
14229s	the Cassidy even though it does work out
14231s	wonders for death towards the tail end
14232s	there you just have to go and be
14235s	aggressive and be ready to match the
14237s	aggression be ready to match the chaos
14239s	that's going to come out from kunoichi
14241s	but kunoichi are by no stretch of the
14243s	imagination in over their heads just yet
14247s	every single one of those points was
14248s	close and again Michael wave is a top
14251s	team we saw kunoichi bullying the
14253s	entirety of lcq with this comp but
14255s	that's lcq right those are teams that
14257s	aren't as established didn't didn't have
14259s	the circuit points to get right into the
14261s	fold get right into championships
14263s	Michael wave is a team that we were like
14265s	all right this is a team that could
14266s	potentially Dethrone
14268s	Timeless they're easily a top three team
14270s	within this competition and to see this
14273s	go as close as it did with kunichi right
14276s	now I mean this is not going to be an
14277s	easy match for Michael wave to go ahead
14280s	and win kunichi they're the Oddball the
14282s	outlier of this tournament right now
14284s	it's putting Michael wave's flexibility
14286s	to the test and so far they have P but
14289s	just barely we get to look a little bit
14292s	at these stats and you can see the
14294s	impact where this kind of started to
14296s	flip back over in terms of numbers we'll
14298s	see that of course Michael wave have
14301s	more elims more damage and healing
14303s	across the board but the big difference
14304s	we want to highlight though as they were
14306s	taking more fights the longer they were
14308s	staggered out it's because kunichi just
14310s	had a faster return time I mean the
14312s	difference I want to highlight actually
14313s	is that nine deaths for skiest she's you
14316s	know still the lowest amount of deaths
14317s	on her team but if if you assume that
14319s	the mercy is going like we've kind of
14321s	highlighted that as the win condition
14323s	against all of the compositions that
14324s	kunoichi like to play if you kill skiest
14326s	you win the you you win the fight
14328s	outright nine team fights won that's an
14331s	easy way to win a control point you know
14334s	three for three on all three of them
14336s	that's all you really need I think you
14337s	know Michael wave have identified it
14340s	they have figured it out that if you
14342s	deny the reses if you kill skiest and by
14344s	like by all means have Wi on the mercy
14346s	as well to match her on that hero she's
14348s	somebody who I know can stack up to
14351s	skiest on the mercy if she really puts
14352s	her mind to it and she definitely does
14355s	she's putting her mind to this one 100%
14357s	And you know this the most death that
14359s	we've seen from skti that's over
14361s	quadruple we saw in sk's first two maps
14364s	of their game yesterday I am not lying
14366s	she had two deaths across two maps and
14368s	this isn't a testament to her skill it
14370s	comes down to the matter and we're
14372s	looking at Michael wave chasing her down
14374s	they have done their homework and realiz
14376s	hey if we take out Mercy Kuno 's
14379s	composition is not standing on stable
14381s	foundations it's just a castle waiting
14384s	to crumble underneath them and unu H
14386s	selection to take themselves to Kings
14388s	Row over Midtown here CB not too
14391s	surprising considering this is the map
14393s	they're most often comfortable on yeah
14396s	it's not surprising at all I would
14397s	actually be surprised to see kunoichi
14399s	take us to a Midtown here because yeah
14401s	King's Row I like to call it the neutral
14403s	map the map that you can get away with
14405s	playing quite literally anything under
14406s	the sun if you're good enough at it I
14408s	mean that's kind of true for every map
14410s	but some maps like don't really enable
14413s	certain play Styles right like playing
14414s	Brawl on watch Point jalter like yeah
14416s	you can do it but it's not going to be
14418s	easy Kings Row you can play Brawl you
14420s	can play Dive you can play poke you can
14422s	play literally whatever you want it is a
14424s	happy home for literally any kind of
14426s	composition that you want so hey if you
14427s	want to get silly and play chaotic Play
14429s	Wrecking Ball Pharmacy Kings Row is the
14431s	hybrid point where you are the most able
14433s	to do that and you know I know other
14436s	teams are going to try and go directly
14437s	for the brawl comp as their first
14439s	instinct I know Michael wave at this
14440s	point likely won't do that because they
14442s	have to play kunoichi's game but I mean
14445s	like anything Michael wave wants to play
14447s	is also going to be just as
14449s	viable what we usually see from kunoichi
14451s	on this map is they they'll stick with
14453s	their guns likely the junker Queen to
14455s	start is out but once we get to that
14457s	third point or even the Winston as a
14459s	matter of fact once we get to that third
14461s	Point that's what we'll start to see
14462s	those swaps coming in you can't run the
14464s	far as well the Winston becomes pretty
14467s	darn difficult to play so until we get
14469s	to that objective we're expecting very
14471s	similar Shenanigans to come on out here
14474s	Michael wave will be the ones on the
14477s	right side on the attacking first so
14480s	they have the opportunity to go ahead
14481s	and set that pace for their own defense
14484s	and try something
14486s	new this is definitely a new look for
14488s	Mari if it does come out I did want to
14489s	highlight her by the way in her junker
14491s	Queen play on the previous map I think
14493s	you know junker Queen is one of her
14494s	Comfort Heroes and she is getting a lot
14496s	of work done on this hero to the point
14498s	where you know we've seen eay going for
14500s	tank swaps all over again hey there's
14502s	one now wouldn't you know it we've seen
14503s	e always going for tank swaps to try and
14505s	you know play around whatever it is
14507s	kunoichi wants to do at any given moment
14509s	but Mari despite having the capability
14511s	and the flexibility to make similar
14513s	swaps hasn't been put in a position
14515s	where she needs to so she can just get
14516s	away with playing junker Queen all she
14518s	wants now we're seeing or like it's
14520s	still attacker spawn she's hovering over
14523s	the dvo which is not something that I've
14524s	seen her play but again I don't think
14527s	that there's a tank Under the Sun okay
14528s	there's one there's one I wasn't
14530s	expecting I still trust her but still
14534s	okay you you've swindled me Mari you've
14536s	played me for a fool I I don't doubt it
14539s	Mari I I've seen her Road Hog before and
14542s	it is a sight to be seen after I mean
14544s	you're going to shred through aarya the
14545s	bubbles are forced out suddenly they're
14547s	incredibly vulnerable you have to
14548s	support with both the bcy and the Anna
14551s	but I don't think they expected es to be
14553s	on that hero those bile will become an
14556s	issue if Mari is not careful with her
14559s	positioning burning through these
14560s	bubbles like they're essentially made of
14562s	wet paper and then backing off once
14564s	those cool Downs are expended it's only
14565s	a matter of time until she finds an El
14567s	but SK is under a lot of pressure you
14569s	can tell that death and Zoe are both
14571s	looking for angles where they can
14572s	pressure her back and if she can't keep
14574s	her zarya alive and that zarya is not
14576s	going to be for this world with almost
14578s	gets punished inde he does though by El
14580s	so it's Michel wave that are going to
14581s	have to give ground first microwave
14584s	backing off you do not have your
14586s	Mobility tool anymore the only thing do
14588s	have is Zoe has worked her way up onto
14591s	the high ground it's going mean SK will
14593s	have to rotate positions and actually
14595s	he's in a bit of trouble the Sleep came
14596s	out on through though oh she's just
14598s	crazy with this oh on the other side
14602s	though agmr finds the kill onto barcode
14604s	that is going to get resed up by skiest
14606s	thankfully barod died somewhere safe
14608s	death though did not there's no res on
14609s	the field for Michael wave so again they
14612s	have to give ground they have to back up
14614s	I mean and if ajmr dies here as well
14616s	that's even more stagger more ground
14618s	more time loss for Michael wave they
14620s	have a pretty solid foundational
14622s	strategy here but they haven't quite
14623s	been able to execute it and look at
14625s	kunoichi's old bank there's going to be
14627s	a whole lot of executions going around
14630s	all I can say is Rip Michael wave unless
14632s	this K Rush gets an insane amount of
14634s	value this is not looking to end well
14637s	for the attacking side does have to play
14640s	around the
14641s	hotel Downs to go in just for the natos
14644s	to be applied barage and that's one dead
14647s	Mari kick was gain for microwave and
14649s	that's all they're going to get on this
14651s	push alone but they did get four
14654s	ultimates out of kunoichi that was the
14656s	pulse bomb the Nano The Barrage the the
14659s	valkyrie yeah you're going to get the
14660s	res there onto SK towards the end Zoe is
14662s	still lurking around here the recall
14663s	forced out but she's just going to go
14665s	deep into kunoichi's spawn they can't
14667s	chase without giving up too much ground
14668s	there actually barcode is going to go
14670s	back and try and take this duel with SK
14672s	there to try and help her out Zoe might
14674s	be able to get out alive but this will
14677s	kind of open the door for Michael not
14678s	have to be checking their back doors
14680s	knowing that barode is back here
14681s	preoccupied for hands tied up now death
14683s	can solely focus on to that's a second
14686s	tick game the far going down St they can
14688s	attempt to get a resurrection off e can
14690s	hold the rest of them back with the
14692s	graviton surge the amount of healing the
14694s	resources from Michael way pulled
14696s	together is too much for kunichi to
14698s	handle they will forfeit this first
14700s	objective and the
14702s	Stagger brutal po SK that's a big nade
14705s	wow it catches two I don't think she's
14707s	going to get a L for it immortality
14710s	that's that's BM ajmr you didn't need
14712s	that all right well Michael wave with
14714s	that stagger are going to get a lot of
14716s	ground here cuz SK they have to wait for
14718s	her right that's like all the major
14720s	healing especially if you're going to
14721s	keep skiest attached to elel barcode
14723s	charging a little bit forward but not
14725s	going to play anywhere where she's going
14726s	to be in any realistic danger kunoichi
14728s	have to hold ground here and wait for
14730s	the card to play but I mean Michael wave
14732s	should realistically get this cart
14733s	around this first corner for free just
14735s	off of that SK stagger there SK is
14738s	slowly making her way back on her
14740s	grandmother legs Zoe the recall Force
14743s	out needs to be cautious about how she's
14745s	playing has enough the team to peel out
14747s	and barode getting stuck with the death
14749s	bade and sing ground again can she stay
14753s	alive this time death is there to bail
14755s	her out of danger Michael wave they're
14758s	not going past this one corner null
14760s	they're going to get basically all the
14761s	way through the street pH with kunichi
14763s	Bary du all the last one standing I mean
14765s	not even standing they're flying they're
14767s	not contesting the they can't do a whole
14769s	lot so Michael waiver just continuing to
14770s	get more and more C progress and you
14772s	know all that elel can really do is
14774s	force them to turn their heads around as
14775s	barode comes back in to try and get a
14778s	contest here but like you know now you
14780s	got Zoe working with a full slam of her
14782s	own oh death going down though elel is
14785s	free to move about on the objectives the
14787s	best pick that kunichi could have asked
14789s	for for now Resurrection coming on
14792s	through as well Michael wave down their
14794s	main supports not looking too good for
14796s	them moving forwards on to the second pH
14798s	and the fact that they didn't use any of
14800s	their ultimates only the amplification
14802s	Matrix for M wave not a bad tradeoff
14805s	it's not bad but now the card is in this
14807s	really deadly area where it's going to
14808s	be a huge walk back to try and get there
14810s	any like at all to take any fights and
14813s	you realistically only have two maybe
14815s	three of them if they're all fast left
14817s	in you every time you lose a player on
14820s	this fight when the cart's here it is so
14822s	so punishing Michael wave have to
14824s	leverage these SS might even have to
14825s	expend all of them to match kunoichi's
14827s	old bank if they want to get the cap
14829s	here otherwise I don't know how much
14830s	farther this cart can go the Dead Eye
14833s	will help clear some space off and the
14834s	pulse bomb stick on to evii cgl not
14839s	having a tank here is going to be
14840s	devastating SLS to make up for the
14841s	change barrage of rockets grabed one p
14845s	highly contested the annihilation popped
14846s	a scary sight indeed to look at but
14849s	nothing scarier the death itself a
14851s	triple kill going down under their name
14854s	to push that part the couple meters it
14856s	needs to access the foundary and that's
14858s	such a huge hero play from Death because
14860s	if they don't find that 3K Michael wave
14862s	don't cap there because of that Nano
14863s	barrage that went out and just took down
14865s	ajmr just a pure assassination but
14868s	that's all of this composition's heals
14869s	it's all of it sustain Michael wave they
14871s	would not have been able to keep that
14873s	fight up any longer death had to click
14875s	some heads and the pressure is still on
14876s	to keep it going essel making damn sure
14879s	that with some of those Rockets being
14880s	lobbed over the roof there right at
14882s	death's
14884s	forehead death has been baren the
14887s	existence a Kuni cgl and you can start
14890s	to see that Focus fire going in onto the
14893s	Cassidy that goes on out it's a nice
14895s	stick on through mortality field of
14898s	course not a terrible cool down to take
14900s	especially with ebi Rampage in sight
14903s	knows the sound barrier is an option
14905s	Michael wave aren going to have to use
14907s	it yet the res though scy squeaks it off
14909s	over the edge nearly and just barely so
14913s	and is going to keep them in the battle
14915s	the extra healing pumped on in evi has
14917s	to stay alive here here if she goes down
14919s	Michael wave suddenly the door will be
14920s	swung wide open again and is death with
14923s	a second you just can't practice this
14926s	aim it's done over and over again
14928s	Michael wave Li on their hit scam player
14931s	to baild them out of any sort of trouble
14934s	we're looking at one last fight one last
14936s	attempt for kunichi hold of progress and
14939s	again death has to find those kills and
14941s	they do skiest pops the valkyrie so
14943s	she's able to get the easy res onto elel
14945s	but that's not enough cuz death dishing
14947s	out their Nam is not done yet they've
14949s	lost agmr though and the res does come
14951s	through so it's not clean but it might
14953s	be enough SL goes down scity you're not
14956s	escaping the tendrils ofar she's
14958s	extending to reach there's nothing worse
14960s	than facing a ratra Annihilation on the
14963s	death of your own door 44 seconds and a
14967s	full completion for Michael wave they
14970s	found the way to counter out elel and
14973s	the an of the whole time has been death
14976s	I'm going to I I don't know if we're
14977s	going to bring up the stats scorecard I
14978s	don't know if that's what wants to do
14979s	but I want to talk about some stats cuz
14981s	I'm looking at death right now 17 aims
14984s	11 final blows and one death one death
14989s	okay that we're saying 13 final blows on
14991s	this one the scorecard I have over here
14992s	says 11 13's more impressive so we'll go
14994s	with that we'll just we we'll boost the
14996s	numbers a little bit but e either way
14999s	like that many final blows like death is
15002s	all you need and a lot of those final
15003s	blows or at least three of them onto
15005s	skiest again that's the win condition
15008s	that's what's able to get them that cart
15009s	the extra way every time they needed it
15011s	death bailed them out towards the tail
15013s	end of Street phas and even made that
15015s	fight that was looking kind of shaky
15016s	towards the end of Point C A winnable
15018s	one just by sheer force of head clicking
15020s	it's good oldfashioned OverWatch
15022s	hearkening back to the days of big boss
15024s	Pine you can't play the game if you're
15026s	dead it literally is as simple as that
15030s	Michael wave it's not like they're doing
15031s	anything extraordinary as a team in
15034s	particular except for giving death the
15036s	space to work you rely on them to click
15039s	the heads well there you go that's all
15041s	you want from a hit scan player and they
15043s	are delivering the top level that they
15046s	have to to shut down kunichi cgl's place
15049s	and force them out of their comfort zone
15051s	eel now on the Genji not even attempting
15053s	the Flyers one thing I do want to
15055s	highlight though for Michael wave is a
15057s	consistent weakness for their
15058s	composition right now is ajmr on the
15060s	Baptist Baptist is a hero who is very
15062s	very susceptible to dive play the kinds
15064s	of things that we've been seeing a lot
15066s	of from El and barcode I El no longer on
15069s	the far on the Genji but still will be
15071s	ideally looking for ajmr to cut off
15074s	mari's
15075s	Lifeline agmr has been the player from
15078s	Michael white but we'll see go down most
15081s	often C looking for their way in and
15084s	find Zoe in the backline Varco narrowly
15087s	missing that shot and actually gets
15089s	punished themselves Mory saw the
15090s	opportunity and she poun on it Michael
15093s	wave up a player and they're continuing
15096s	at Advantage as far as they can get no
15098s	players peeking their heads out in fear
15099s	of being staggered and and that's also
15101s	so good from Zoe cuz realistically all
15103s	she has to do there is not die long
15105s	enough for Mari to come in and seize
15107s	that opportunity like you mentioned
15108s	there's a nice knife stuck into evi
15110s	there playing around this statue now you
15113s	got to wonder again where is Zoe lurking
15114s	at aruni the ones looking over their
15116s	shoulders
15118s	now you need to have your head on a
15120s	swivel you got death in the front line
15123s	Mari looking for you on some sort of off
15125s	angle and of course Zoe peppering away
15127s	at your supports and top already had to
15130s	come through SK onto the KIRO of all
15133s	heroes the only thing that really has to
15135s	be said for p ultimate on each side but
15138s	the double damage is instantaneous with
15141s	eBay's death and Kun hgl they're
15143s	struggling to get any form of Point
15145s	presence and honestly C I feel like this
15147s	is going to go back to that support line
15150s	it's really hard for them to hold any
15151s	sort of consistent space because they're
15153s	like a swarm of bees they're just
15154s	constantly moving at you and I mean if
15157s	you put up a WI window and you have
15158s	death shot with the Matrix like that
15160s	it's going to be real hard to do but now
15162s	that they've dealt with Zoe they don't
15164s	have to protect their shoulders anymore
15165s	now they can swarm in push on forward it
15169s	is called that dead ey is going to save
15171s	you death kunu HCG now firmly planted on
15174s	the objective several ultimate should
15176s	they need to use them and Y you are
15178s	definitely going to have to e playing
15180s	with in theu a rush Rampage on out
15182s	there's no suu keep that purple effect
15185s	on away that's be the same case for
15188s	Michael wave immortality field can only
15189s	do so much if barcode is nailing the
15192s	shots I I kind of want to see ajmr swap
15195s	over the Theo cuz you mentioned the suzu
15197s	I'd like to see Michael way have a
15198s	similar tool here yeah over clock barode
15201s	win the D with death but it's actually
15203s	EV that comes through with the final
15204s	blow there and that's going to slow
15205s	Michael wave's rule just a little bit
15207s	they're already kind of holding strong
15209s	at this corner but they're down someone
15211s	they're going to go ahead and get that
15212s	kill though onto evi now they can take
15214s	all of this space back Kuni essentially
15216s	have to play on the cart at this point
15217s	point in time and Michael wave can now
15219s	secure the archway oh you don't get to
15221s	play on cart you get to play from Spawn
15223s	that's what Michael wave are telling
15224s	them like go shoot get back here this is
15226s	our payad for now that is a critical
15228s	death from E now they have to fight
15230s	through this darn near impossible choke
15233s	ajmr does make the exact swap that I
15234s	wanted to see them come out here with
15235s	though the Kido now a lot less
15237s	vulnerable to Dives than that Baptist
15240s	was now Michael wave should have a
15241s	little bit more staying power and a
15242s	counter for ev's Rampage but do they
15244s	know that that's what's coming they have
15246s	to with the commanding shout coming
15248s	oh they don't even care about that if El
15250s	is slicing and DIC it through your
15252s	backline that's two down with the Genji
15255s	Zoey mirring that hero but not finding
15257s	anywhere close to the same amount of
15260s	value all it results in is a late
15262s	stagger is the p on the move that was a
15265s	valkyrie pocketed Genji blade there
15268s	which is essentially as damaging as a
15270s	nano blade and now you're going to have
15271s	SK building up to a nano over own she's
15273s	a little bit behind but will get there
15274s	eventually that you can put on to
15275s	barcode instead Nano rail shots are some
15278s	of the most deadly things in this entire
15281s	game and with barcode hitting him you
15282s	got to believe that that's going to be a
15284s	great plan once again though kunoichi
15287s	still have that rampage that looks to be
15289s	the tool that they're going to want to
15290s	leverage in this next fight here Zoe
15291s	going to kick it off with the Dragon
15293s	Blade what is she going to find it's SK
15295s	SK andle going down the suer back as
15298s	support and why not a third what's going
15301s	toi lost one they lost two this one is
15303s	done they're giving this one over to
15305s	Michael wave his least amount of
15307s	resources committed as possible and no
15310s	pocket required no Nano no nothing no W
15313s	hello barode they're going for so Micha
15315s	wave going for the Stagger there but on
15317s	somewhat as lethal as barode that might
15318s	be a little bit greedy yeah wi will get
15320s	back relatively quickly she's Lucio but
15323s	that's going to you know really neuter
15325s	Michael wave's maneuverability here
15326s	they're not going to be able to pull
15328s	back as quickly especially if evi does
15329s	go in with this Rampage which she's
15331s	opting to do three down off are covered
15335s	in the color purple and E glowing in
15338s	Blue's Sparkles so many effects
15340s	happening on the screen yet one is
15342s	canceled out the key is the ramp or
15345s	excuse me Annihilation getting no value
15347s	Mori made the attempt to come on through
15349s	but Michael wave coming up with nothing
15351s	and are going to have to Forfeit the
15354s	second objective player so far back
15356s	contesting not worth it at all have to
15358s	hold it down here on The Foundry SK
15361s	makes a swap over onto the Lucio I'm not
15362s	sure if that's going to stick because
15363s	now we don't have the Kido we don't have
15365s	this to stay now this is back in the
15366s	spawn no to swap back over onto that hio
15369s	but barode doesn't want to wait for SK h
15372s	no you're not waiting for SK you are
15374s	scared there is a death there is a sound
15376s	barrier and you guys need to go bye-bye
15379s	get a regroup and come back swinging
15381s	Michael wave now on a composition they
15384s	are arguably the best at yeah was Zoe on
15387s	the Genji and we've seen it time and
15389s	time again she is again in my opinion
15391s	the best Genji in all of calling all
15392s	heroes and we don't have a May on the
15393s	field to keep her in check and I don't
15395s	know if elel plans on making that spot
15397s	Mari something cheeky but she gets sused
15400s	out oh can she manage to get out of this
15402s	alive that heal bar struggling to stay
15404s	above 100 HP you can see HMR Anda
15408s	stretch to their limits and all it
15409s	results in is a dead tank oh I like the
15413s	idea it was there but Michel wave just
15415s	weren't prepared kunoichi they've made
15417s	that same play themselves and checked
15419s	their Corners properly but I I don't
15421s	even actually know what Mari was going
15423s	for there cuz she didn't have the
15424s	Rampage so you don't have the ult to use
15426s	from there another great shot from De
15428s	that's going to be resed it's not no it
15430s	gets denied she went around the corner
15432s	she went out of the range of it and you
15434s	know if you can just kill everybody else
15435s	the resurrection doesn't matter the
15437s	playing field is already even in fact it
15439s	favors kunichi cgl Dragon Blade Rampage
15442s	one two combo punch and suddenly they
15444s	are knocking on Michael wave's door Zoe
15447s	Dragon Blade in hand if anybody can turn
15450s	this fight around it is her on her
15452s	signature hero she's not going to have a
15454s	ton of support no sound barrier no
15456s	damage boost for Nano coming her way
15459s	already put down at half he she's
15461s	looking for ski trying to get around the
15462s	corner that's one swing the mercy does
15465s	fall as a result kunu cgl significantly
15469s	weaker no support lines and this fight
15471s	is not theirs it it's kind of like a
15473s	Road Runner cartoon there Zoe doesn't
15475s	have to actually kill skiest he just
15476s	forc her to fall into some quick sand in
15478s	the form of deaths disrupt their field
15479s	and that's all you need with the dead
15481s	Mercy gets a dead fight Michael wave now
15483s	have their heels dug in we're under a
15484s	minute kunoichi they're going to swap
15487s	over onto the main now to try and keep
15489s	Zoe in check but I don't know if this is
15491s	really going to work out with this much
15492s	time left on the bank and with ajmr in
15494s	your back out the K du yeah they're
15497s	going to get traded out advantage that's
15499s	all for Michel wave that's going to go
15502s	their way the res is there and the more
15504s	that this happens you have SK oh you had
15505s	SK I spoke too soon death is yet to make
15508s	their Mark it's going to be the final
15510s	battle the final 20 to Michael wave know
15512s	it committing every single ultimate that
15515s	they have to force the staggers on
15517s	through barode has to swap over the
15518s	trace realistically the only player that
15520s	can touch it they're not going to have
15521s	eay to do it and you called out skiest
15523s	going for the res on to SK but because
15525s	it's on the other support there's no one
15527s	there to save you when Mari goes in with
15528s	that Rampage and the rest of the Cavalry
15530s	comes on through the touch is going to
15532s	come out and there is overtime but what
15535s	are they going to be able to find here
15536s	not a whole lot with skd already taken
15538s	down and SK joining her both the
15540s	supports have fallen and death being on
15543s	the Widowmaker no touch is possible
15546s	Michael
15547s	looking to claw their way through with
15549s	the losers bracket and it only is going
15551s	to take one more map to get them on
15554s	through they're still sweating for it
15556s	though it is almost never clean but when
15559s	you have people like death and when you
15561s	have people like Zoe just popping off
15563s	with big plays like this on some of
15565s	their comfort Heroes which could have
15567s	wish have kind of accidentally
15569s	themselves into letting Michael wave
15572s	play it gets so much more difficult to
15574s	play your game to play these for lack of
15576s	a better turn cheese compositions like
15578s	the Wrecking Ball the Farmery you're not
15580s	getting as much juice out of them as you
15582s	really want and even still you got
15584s	players like ajmr going on these flank
15586s	plays trying to take these duels with SK
15588s	that they know they can win and indeed
15590s	they do and again like you called out
15592s	yeah you can have skiest go out and res
15594s	SK but that's your healer that's both
15597s	your healers that's your only living
15599s	healer breaking off to go try and Bick
15600s	the other one back up that's when Mari
15602s	strikes with the Rampage that's when
15604s	death comes through that's when wi pops
15606s	the sound barrier and everything just
15608s	starts cascading like an avalanche
15610s	watching Wasing over kunoichi and
15613s	bearing them alive in the snow and they
15615s	can't quite dig themselves out because
15616s	there's not enough time and they don't
15618s	have any more shovels huichi are
15622s	starting to crumble the surprise factor
15625s	is no longer there on venot forcing
15627s	Michael wave onto their best composition
15631s	and that's not a team you want to be
15633s	facing especially with flash points
15635s	coming up next it has to be a terrifying
15638s	thought that this map is going to be
15641s	difficult it's going to be a tough
15643s	battle and what else can kunichi have
15645s	left to say they've showed us two of
15647s	their signature looks and neither have
15649s	come to much fruition and you got to
15652s	remember the Vancouver Titans blue game
15654s	that we watched last night with you know
15655s	against kunoichi cgl is where Vancouver
15657s	Titans had already started to feel like
15659s	they were cracking the code a little bit
15661s	so if you're kichi you can't feel too
15664s	confident going into that because now
15665s	you know that Not only was The Jig
15668s	already up yesterday but plans B and
15670s	plan C have also faltered because
15672s	Michael wave is just one step ahead of
15674s	you at every possible turn and you know
15676s	in some cases in the case of agmr one
15679s	step behind you and you got to turn
15680s	around to look for him and that damage
15683s	output is pretty insane giving the
15685s	proportionality to the healing that agmr
15687s	has I mean c you you can't understate
15690s	this enough how wiah and ajmr have been
15693s	propelling Michael wave forward
15695s	completely dismantling we've been seeing
15697s	kunii have been confident and they've
15699s	looked comfortable yet they find
15701s	themselves at a roadblock they can't
15704s	seem to Break On Through and you when
15707s	you look at the stats you see barcode
15708s	you see elel they're trying their best
15710s	but the deaths are so incredibly High I
15713s	and you know looking over on the other
15715s	side towards the stats on Michael wave
15717s	to me what I'm seeing there is everyone
15718s	is firing on all cylinders we
15720s	highlighted ajmr briefly their deaths
15721s	was a little high at 10 but to me that
15724s	is a mixture of them getting caught out
15726s	from early playing the Baptist early on
15728s	and then going for this aggressive
15730s	flanking Kido style where they do get
15732s	caught out from time to time but they're
15735s	taking people down with them every
15736s	single time so you're finding all of the
15739s	value there meanwhile wi is there to Aid
15741s	with some of those flanks whether it's
15742s	ammr whether it's death whether it's Zoe
15744s	and speaking of death and Zoey they are
15746s	might as well rename them to death and
15748s	taxes the way they're inevitable right
15751s	now took me a second to get that one
15754s	I've been cooking that one for weeks
15756s	actually you should be I mean death
15758s	right now is Unstoppable death is
15761s	inevitable and with Sasa being that next
15763s	map there isn't a single other map type
15766s	that is going to lean as heavily into
15768s	Jes as this one right here this is
15771s	kunoichi's last leg all of the fans out
15774s	there they're sitting on their edge of
15775s	their seat hoping to see something
15778s	different to find a bit of light to hold
15781s	on to so far Michael wave have been in
15784s	control and it's only slipped further
15786s	into their favor as the series has gone
15789s	on it's time for that stle to change
15792s	huichi I want to make One Last Stand
15796s	they're choosing surasa which is an
15798s	interesting pick to me because every
15799s	time I think of kunoichi and there you
15801s	know when we get to flasho I always
15803s	think of new junk City I do I can't
15805s	recall if we saw them play Sasa at all
15808s	in lcq or how their compositions worked
15810s	out I think we might have and I think
15813s	there's a couple points like the opening
15815s	point that aren't going to play to too
15817s	nicely into the flyer composition so we
15819s	are going to have to see the more
15820s	grounded side of kunoichi but that's
15822s	where they feel like they're a little
15824s	bit weaker you know especially compared
15826s	to a team like Michael wave who has been
15828s	scrimming contenders level teams you
15830s	know play playing all these different
15832s	kind of compositions all these different
15833s	looks just you know by the like by the
15836s	way just as a little side tangent about
15838s	Michael wave is I talked about Zoe and
15841s	her Genji being an absolute asset to
15843s	this team but her May being a little bit
15845s	you know falling behind behind I know
15847s	for a fact that Michael wave have been
15849s	experimenting with a lot of different
15851s	compositions to try and find some way to
15853s	either you know force her to become good
15855s	on the May or let her play her Comfort
15858s	Heroes and again you know that level of
15860s	flexibility that level of prep work even
15862s	though you're not prepping for what
15863s	kunoichi is going to play you're still
15865s	prepping yourself to put Zoe in
15867s	situations where she is going to
15870s	succeed not just Zoe the entirety of
15873s	Michael wave right now you touched on it
15875s	a little bit in our first first map of
15877s	Mari being on this junker Queen there's
15880s	two junker queens that you really want
15881s	to think of when you look at this
15884s	current calling all Hero's back this
15886s	this backline and it is currently
15887s	Kindred and Mari these two will go toe
15890s	to- Toe with each other in terms of that
15892s	hero the fact that she's able to play
15893s	that Comfort has been all the more
15895s	valuable for Michael wave I believe she
15897s	had the most eliminations on the entire
15899s	team as a matter of fact from the last
15902s	map alone and they're going to have to
15904s	decide whether they pick that up or go
15906s	an En entirely New
15908s	Direction I'm not sure how I feel about
15911s	this I'm just going to let it ride I I
15914s	don't expect Zoe to come out here on on
15916s	a junk ride yeah no this is this is this
15919s	is a little bit more like it microwave
15921s	this is about what I expected kunoichi
15923s	though they are on their composition
15925s	their signature with the Wrecking Ball
15926s	EV going to go for a wide angle there
15929s	way up towards the north side of your
15930s	screen right there going to loop back
15932s	around with SK I don't know if barod is
15935s	going to be in position to pinch on this
15936s	but she's going to get into position
15937s	real quick who's the target going to be
15939s	likely HMR and that's going to make it
15941s	all the more difficult for Mari to hold
15944s	space gmr the first one to kind of get
15947s	poked out you can see death is in's
15950s	Crosshair currently and playing
15952s	incredibly cautious is getting some
15953s	flashbacks uh from when we saw the
15956s	cowboy making an appearance in our
15958s	previous two maps Michael wave getting
15960s	that first capture and elel loses ahead
15963s	ooh that's a big yikes you have to be
15965s	respecting death space and I'm not going
15967s	to be surprised CB if we see that
15969s	immediate swap back over to a junker
15970s	Queen form composition that's the 3K for
15973s	death and yeah that should be that
15975s	should be the death of this composition
15976s	for Kuni and something I want to point
15978s	out for death by the way is they're not
15979s	playing around cover they're just kind
15981s	of playing out in the open where they
15982s	don't have to respect any space that El
15985s	wants to take and so kunoichi can't
15987s	really play forward elel has to continue
15990s	to play safe it's her that's forced to
15991s	play behind cover and death that stands
15994s	in the like stands Fearless in the face
15997s	of their namesake it is insane how good
16000s	you have to be in order to change that
16002s	Dynamic I mean look at that that is able
16004s	to play out in the open knowing that
16006s	they're afraid another head shot goes
16007s	down and takes so much effort that's all
16009s	four players only shooting the cowboy
16012s	before Death Shall hit the hay microwave
16015s	down to their contest but Zoe comes
16017s	right back up and gets the elimination
16020s	no one stuff DSD and Michael wave have
16023s	to commit some more of these ultimates
16024s	and an attempt to extend this fight
16026s	further with it being overtime though
16028s	there's not much more of a point in
16030s	extending it as long as you're losing
16033s	down in the numbers take a reset and
16035s	come back swing it your something I
16038s	really like that speaks of the team
16039s	cohesion Isel gets another 3K what what
16042s	else is new and they're going to keep
16043s	going actually make it a four as they go
16044s	into the spawn to try and take down
16046s	death something that I really like from
16048s	kunoichi though is after Ile Falls
16050s	curtesy the anti-air ninja that was Zoe
16053s	EV goes in and commits the pile driver
16055s	to make space to Force Zoe to vacate the
16057s	premises so that skiest can safely go
16059s	back in and get the res so it's not even
16061s	just skiest and her mercy ability but
16063s	the team's ability to play around her
16065s	and allow her to get this value speaking
16068s	of value Zoe is looking for SK without
16071s	that sound beer coming on down kunoichi
16073s	they're not going to have a chance at
16075s	staggering this fight even further it's
16077s	going to be a shli presence as Zoe has
16080s	cut them all down to size oh kunishi
16083s	made a hefty investment in this battle I
16085s	can only assume that swaps come on in
16088s	with three out of their four available
16090s	ultimate being dumped on the floor check
16092s	at the whole kitchen sink and Michael
16094s	wave hoping for the best and it is the
16096s	worst case scenario that's made an
16098s	appearance SK now sound be has the
16100s	return evi cannot contest any longer
16103s	it's onto the Frog L to the walls Sky
16106s	providing a little bit more of that
16108s	support from above and suddenly the
16110s	recontest is there B has to use a lot
16112s	more than she originally intended just
16115s	to get that little on top that security
16118s	elimination flip that objective back on
16121s	over and let it close out evi going down
16123s	surely will exite process II is doing so
16126s	much
16128s	right back in and it's going the way ofi
16131s	ajm Mar finds two taking out both elel
16134s	and barcode and this might actually be
16136s	winnable for kunoichi they just have to
16137s	deal with death the pulse bomb comes out
16139s	onto EV but the healing is there SK
16141s	criminally low but TSD is still there e
16145s	still making all the space The ksun Rush
16147s	from ajmr comes out Michael wave want to
16149s	buy themselves back in they're trying to
16152s	buy themselves back in but it appears
16153s	they are all out of tickets agmr tried
16156s	to give them the golden one and death
16158s	grabs SK she got way too aggressive
16160s	there that's going to come back to bite
16161s	kunu Ichi Michael wave they have their
16164s	tank back into play and Mory gives them
16166s	a significant chance of flipping this
16169s	into dear favor Minefield from Eevee s
16173s	out about half of the objective by way
16176s	they are completely okay with that
16178s	dodging and maneuvering around the mines
16180s	as needed not letting the tank get any
16182s	Val fion PST bomb that goes through the
16184s	South barrier not enough the
16185s	resurrection oh my gosh TB this has been
16188s	going on for nearly a minute and a half
16191s	and we are still to yet to find a Victor
16194s	within this Market objective it's the
16197s	sustain it's the how quickly these
16199s	players can return to the battle
16201s	extending its Life Time After Time
16203s	anytime you think it is over somebody
16205s	find find a way to pump the life back in
16208s	it's been skd it's been agmr but finally
16212s	we have a Victor the pointer of purple
16214s	kichi are walking away with it the
16216s	longer that overtime Wick goes the
16218s	quicker it burns so once once mle wave
16220s	are finally forced to regroup take a
16223s	split second a second is all it takes
16225s	for the point to finally go in favor of
16226s	kunoichi but that could not have been
16229s	more Scrappy Michael waiver going to
16230s	have some SS to try and take this one
16232s	but kunoichi's comp is fast they've
16233s	already got first uh first position
16236s	positioning here on the next point
16238s	trying to wait for Michael wave to come
16240s	through one of these chokes bait them in
16241s	to somewhere where can take them down
16243s	but barode is no longer taken no longer
16246s	in position to do any of that no death
16249s	swapping over to the Tracer has actually
16252s	done a lot more than what we saw on the
16254s	Cy you're now mobile and you can do
16256s	basically the exact same thing peppering
16258s	these shots into skd and forcing them
16261s	back and it gives Michael out quave the
16263s	opportunity to cap hey yeah barcode was
16265s	the bait there that was trying to get
16267s	Mich wave to come in but like Michael
16269s	wave took the bait and then cut the line
16271s	ran off with it cons Rush coming out
16273s	from ajmr what value are able to find
16275s	with it so we going to pop the Dragon
16277s	Blade but that's gets those Rockets Sho
16280s	right back down her throat ajm AR the Ki
16283s	Rush all there in the kill feed for the
16286s	assist and with the kunai as well I mean
16288s	Michael wave are solidly in control of
16291s	this objective and they still have the
16293s	Rampage as well if they're able to catch
16294s	skiest out with it it might be curtains
16296s	for this point on kuni's end already as
16299s	where it's 60% for Michael wave and
16300s	remember in flash point it goes so much
16302s	faster than control one fight territory
16304s	is right around where we are right now
16306s	Kuni they have to make something stick
16308s	it's got to be bar cod's pulse bomb and
16310s	they're not going to have SK to Aid in
16312s	the capture here already down in a 4v5
16315s	and spting it up that pick on to Zoe is
16318s	a wonderful start and that one right
16320s	there onto ajmr elel is working her
16324s	magic and hitting these rockets and it
16326s	comes up when kunoichi needs it the most
16328s	as inconsistent as it's been you can
16331s	never be not you can never not be happy
16333s	just yes the kill Fe that's three ults
16335s	though used for kunoichi and none for
16337s	Michael wave they still have that
16339s	aformentioned Rampage and now they've
16340s	built up to a sound barrier and a pulse
16342s	bomb of their own whereas kunoichi they
16345s	realistically only have SK sound barrier
16347s	to play for and again you know they
16349s	don't necessarily need or rely on
16351s	ultimates they just need elel to pop off
16353s	or barcode to do the same thing but a
16355s	very aggressive sound barrier from wi is
16357s	going to make it all the more difficult
16359s	to do so Kuni at the very least are
16361s	going to have to give space here as they
16363s	giving space Michel wave now on the
16365s	objective and this is okay you wait for
16367s	SK to rebuild that sound barrier cuz
16370s	you're going to need it for the Rampage
16371s	SK needs to live get the Tim off but no
16373s	she goes down with the South barrier in
16375s	the toe finding nothing for their team
16379s	Michael wave taking out the key player
16381s	at a critical moment they ready to close
16385s	out round round number two here of Sasa
16388s	CB this is going to get very close
16391s	getting them onto that match point
16393s	scenario if kunichi keep staggering
16395s	touches in it's always possible this
16398s	flip there's not going to be a touch
16399s	coming into play he going to have to
16401s	reverse sweep on top of a reverse sweep
16404s	kunii to move on in this Championship
16407s	bracket he it wasn't so SK didn't just
16410s	die with the sound barrier and to she
16411s	actually ajaxed it and I think that's
16413s	crucial and it's going to be all the
16415s	more troublesome as we move on to the
16416s	next Point look it's just right over
16418s	next door to where the previous one was
16420s	so Michael wave are already going to be
16422s	on the point despite kunoichi's fast
16424s	comp they have a wealth of other
16425s	ultimates that they're going to need but
16427s	they're definitely going to wish they
16428s	had a sound barrier once the blade from
16429s	Zoe builds up they're not going arode
16434s	ajmr that's a dink to the head of barod
16437s	I mean you can't understand enough the
16439s	value that this hero is finding mean
16442s	ajmr is should not be allowed to do this
16444s	on the k it's SK we talk about ajmr
16448s	right up there with them and there's
16450s	only so much that the rest of the team
16451s	can do cani commit the barrage and what
16454s	they've been doing so far TB it hasn't
16456s	been working now you are on close to
16458s	your last life got to switch something
16461s	up and you I'm going to call it out
16463s	again SK still nowhere near another
16466s	sound barrier and Zoe does have the
16468s	Dragon Blade wasn't forced to expended
16470s	in that previous fight so if she pops it
16472s	kunu are going to have to rely on Ski's
16473s	Valkyrie to try and sustain them through
16475s	and that might not be enough especially
16477s	if zo's able to get close to El and
16479s	potentially even deny the res that's
16481s	going to come out you can see that's the
16483s	duo she has in her sights right now she
16485s	wants to pop this blade and she wants
16486s	essel to be the first Target El isn't
16489s	going to let her pop the blade out every
16490s	time Zoe thinks about she gets too low
16492s	and eventually she's knocked over like a
16494s	bulling pin to H cgl they have the
16497s	health sky with in this Valkyrie for him
16500s	she can choose the go for the
16501s	resurrection or not M wave at this time
16504s	don't have a win condition play off of
16506s	they going off the map is a bit of a
16509s	yikes and that has to be made up for
16510s	it's BD is it the player to do it
16512s	there's now no healing on kunoichi's
16515s	side and only the hamster to stall it on
16518s	out and that's not going to be enough
16520s	kunichi they bled the resources Way Too
16523s	Thin and will end up collapsing in the
16524s	final hour and they still have one more
16527s	hour it's one to one but there shouldn't
16528s	be another touch here SK does come in
16530s	and get a late kill there but because
16531s	she dies so late and that's your Lucio
16533s	one of the faster Heroes that would
16535s	typically be the one that you send in to
16537s	go for the touch there it's just not
16539s	going to happen all of the fast Heroes
16540s	died way too late to be able to go for a
16542s	contest here so it's Match Point map
16544s	point for Michael wave and look at the
16546s	ults still holding on to the Dragon
16548s	Blade plus a rampage plus a katsune rush
16551s	SK might have that sound barrier I've
16553s	been talking about but she can only use
16555s	that to counter one Salvo that's going
16557s	to come out from Michael wave out of
16558s	potentially three they're going to be
16560s	coming kuni's way and one of which is
16564s	going to land a L Mark unless something
16566s	goes seriously wrong and it has but for
16569s	kunichi Zoe right now besides this is
16571s	the moment to pull out the blade that's
16573s	one that's two and you don't need any
16576s	more than that Michael wave have the
16578s	percentage ticking on Palace that's such
16580s	a smart blade from Zoe too knowing that
16581s	she's going to find that pick and that
16583s	skti is going to want to try and go in
16584s	for the res so she pops the blade so not
16586s	only can skti not go for it but if she
16588s	does she's going into this really narrow
16590s	hallway where the Dragon Blade is going
16592s	to be all the more lethal so anyone who
16594s	tries to go in and make make that save
16596s	or try and facilitate getting that res
16598s	gets their head Cho clean off by Zoe's
16601s	by Zoe's Dragon Blade there Michael wave
16603s	still have all the tools they need to
16604s	hold this but a Minefield on the point
16606s	going to make it a little
16607s	tricky Minefield you're able to dodge
16610s	and weave Zoe though way too low that
16613s	call out came through and kunoichi
16615s	decided Now's the Time unleashing The
16617s	Barrage of rockets on mari's head and
16620s	soon others to follow with this flip
16622s	coming on through notice the sound
16624s	barrier is still being held on
16627s	to I haven't been forced to use it sk's
16630s	holding on to it death late death there
16632s	that might be pretty big for kunoichi
16634s	it's a tracer again you know death will
16636s	be back relatively quickly so not the
16637s	biggest thing in the world but because
16639s	SK still has this sound barrier and
16641s	microwave has cycled through a couple of
16643s	their ultimates now the mission is clear
16645s	you use the sound barrier to counter out
16647s	the Rampage that's going to come out
16648s	since you don't have the suzu on your
16649s	side that's going to be the way that you
16651s	survive this next Salvo death has to
16653s	find a key pulse bomb somewhere to
16656s	negate that death has done it before and
16659s	very well can do it again now down lose
16664s	a lot of value you don't have all your
16665s	players there to get it or if just to
16667s	get SK she'll be able to scooch her way
16669s	on out and now death is Chas down SK is
16672s	it the support no she's the one giving
16675s	death back into the grave Kun cgl that
16678s	is the only pick off that they need
16680s	Michael wave would be crazy to commit
16681s	more ultimates into this knowing they
16683s	still have one more Lifeline to fall
16685s	back onto this objective of Palace
16688s	belongs to kunichi cgl and it's going to
16691s	go all the way to five to decide the
16693s	outcome of this series SK is not just a
16696s	Reddit Lucio she's practically a mod on
16698s	r/ Lucio Mains I don't know if that's
16699s	actually true but she should be so I'm
16701s	going to reach out to the mods and uh
16703s	have a talk with them and say you know
16704s	get SK on the team cuz she knows what
16706s	she's talking about she goes in and wins
16707s	The Duel with the Tracer and death and
16709s	Zoe actually got a flip-flop now death
16711s	onto the Cassidy I think again to try
16713s	and pressure out and that might might be
16716s	a doable task here on Gardens this last
16718s	Point here where the skies are a little
16719s	bit more open if death plays as boldly
16722s	as they were before it's looking like
16724s	they might be able to put the punishment
16725s	out onto skap with the sound barrier
16728s	though kunoichi want to push go kunu are
16730s	pushing go P bomb goes a little bit wide
16733s	and EV is out of The Fray the
16735s	resurrection though is in and the cidy
16738s	is out oh everything is going right for
16740s	kunichi cgl SK proving the Mercy's worth
16744s	we haven't seen her near as show up as
16746s	much as she has in the past and yet this
16748s	game in Sosa when it matters the most
16751s	Angel flies high but it's so costly for
16754s	kunoichi they used everything with the
16755s	Minefield there it's costly for Michael
16757s	wave as well you know they Ed three alss
16759s	as well I actually don't know if Mario
16761s	used her but she definitely doesn't have
16762s	it now she's made the swap over onto the
16763s	diva and this is a very not far friendly
16766s	composition that Michael wave are
16768s	playing Zoe's going to be constantly
16770s	hunting for skiti Mari and death are
16772s	going to make it so that elel is purely
16774s	suffocated in the Sky can't even poke
16776s	her head out without feeling the
16778s	pressure and right now SK is feeling the
16780s	pressure from Zoe SK under a ton of
16783s	pressure not as much as death I mean
16785s	death being on this Cy you have one roll
16787s	and how's that going to save you well I
16789s	can tell you it's not Kuni T you down at
16792s	cly the cost of nothing and now it's
16794s	sk's name next on The Chopping Block get
16797s	that trade you'll be back in the matter
16799s	of seconds yeah and that's a lot of
16802s	resources pulled away from the point to
16803s	try to get the kill on SK but that's the
16805s	big one right there as Mari taking down
16807s	skiest now the door has been busted wide
16810s	open from Michael wave to try and make a
16811s	play here and once they get all of their
16813s	players in tow safe for death who's
16815s	going to fall courtesy of ESS we get
16816s	again trade going on through kunichi
16820s	won't be able to regroup that one fight
16822s	territory seems to be where this is
16825s	landing EV is going to stall this out
16827s	until eventually rolling off the
16829s	objective and now it's going to be have
16831s	to be a full cap for Michael wave to
16833s	walk away with surasa you can kind kind
16835s	of see how much kunoichi is prioritizing
16837s	death though noticing that they're on
16838s	the cidy death has a bullseye on their
16840s	forehead right now and everybody is
16842s	trying to look for ways that they can
16843s	catch death out while they're trying to
16845s	look for an angle where they can catch
16846s	essel out it's like three games of Cat
16848s	and Mouse all going on at one point or
16851s	yeah at once at one point in time Mel
16853s	wave though five old they can stagger
16855s	this out get themselves to 99 quite
16857s	easily kunoichi has to look for a way to
16859s	crack this with the Dead Eye up first
16861s	was looking for the
16863s	far is going to be sneaking away behind
16865s	the corner and it's just another 7
16867s	Seconds off the table this is where
16870s	things start to get crazy and SK is
16872s	crazy for standing in front of death for
16874s	as long as she did Michael wave now
16877s	sound barries bu support ultimates
16879s	committed that is going to be difficult
16880s	to come back from kunichi cgl we have
16882s	one final regroup and a bunch to work
16885s	with got to be looking for elel to make
16887s	a big play with this barrage she's done
16889s	it countless times but it hasn't been
16890s	enough to secure a win for kunoichi yet
16892s	but if it comes out now it will be the
16895s	win if not it will be kunoichi going
16898s	home set packing as melave take it the
16900s	close bomb gets eaten by Mari Zoe goes a
16903s	little bit wide and now elel looking for
16905s	a play looking for someone to put this
16906s	barrage one final explosive on the field
16909s	Amari gobbles that one on up two the
16911s	trades are even and Zoe is fighting one
16914s	that's two and this pancake and SK
16916s	Michael wave are just PL their way back
16919s	up they're saying No kichi this is our
16921s	map we are one of the best teams in the
16924s	calling all Hero and we will not be
16926s	knocked out here not here not today
16929s	that's Mari one of the best tanks in the
16931s	calling all heroes circuit in my opinion
16933s	the best easily the most flexible and
16935s	she understood the assignment so so
16937s	clearly just as I said you had to be
16940s	looking for with that barrage ELO goes
16942s	to try and pop it Mari like you said
16944s	gobbles it right up swallows all those
16946s	Rockets Full Sail doesn't even have to
16948s	stop to chew and then you know also eats
16951s	the pulse bomb from barcode so another
16953s	win condition taken out before that one
16955s	even comes out gets the remack kill onto
16958s	SK and then just cleans everything else
16960s	up with the self-destruct remack clears
16963s	out the mines clears out EV clears out
16965s	everything clears a path for Michael
16967s	wave to take it 3 they're still alive in
16970s	the lower bracket we have not seen the
16972s	last of this dog and this team that's
16974s	got that dog in them but we have
16976s	unfortunately Seen the Last of these
16979s	tricky foxes over on the side of
16982s	kunoichi kunoichi they made an excellent
16985s	run to get through the Championships
16987s	battled the way through the lcq ended up
16989s	winning the whole dang thing and this is
16992s	where the trail shall end fox has blazed
16995s	their way through and Michael wave are
16997s	there to shut them on down and you you
17000s	really got to be proud of kunoichi's
17001s	accomplishments they worked with what
17004s	they had and it is an incredibly
17005s	talented roster that plays a completely
17008s	Unique Style that no one else even dares
17011s	to pull on Al this team is skilled on
17014s	such an individual level they pull it
17016s	together with the Synergy they've
17018s	managed to develop over their countless
17021s	hours of playing together and
17023s	competition and it takes the best of the
17025s	best to finally science their
17027s	voices like you said the best of the
17029s	best Michael wave is easily an A or S
17032s	tier team depending on how you look at
17033s	it here in calling all heroes and you
17035s	know yeah it's a three 0 Michael wave
17037s	win this three but every single map was
17039s	close and there was never a moment where
17041s	you felt like there's just no hope for
17043s	kunoichi where they didn't have any
17044s	options where there wasn't somebody
17046s	ready and willing and able to make a
17048s	play so they made Michael wave a top
17051s	tier team work for it there's nothing to
17053s	be ashamed of if you're kunoichi for
17055s	coming this far and falling in such a
17057s	such a grand fashion against a team like
17060s	Michael wave but Michael wave are just
17062s	so hungry they want this they want this
17064s	so so badly and there's only so many
17066s	teams that that really show how much
17069s	they want it Michael wave is one of them
17071s	they're one of the few that might
17073s	actually be able to have it
17075s	top three team easily within this
17078s	current bracket their run shall continue
17081s	we need to talk about what went down
17083s	during this game Christopher and Ash
17085s	will be coming back on the desk to give
17087s	us a bit more insight on what went down
17089s	don't go anywhere we'll be right
17097s	[Music]
17103s	back
17112s	[Music]
17118s	[Applause]
17123s	[Music]
17133s	e
17135s	[Music]
17142s	[Music]
17163s	a
17173s	[Music]
17193s	e
17201s	[Music]
17223s	no
17225s	[Music]
17253s	n
17258s	[Music]
17277s	the lcq Champions fall in the lower
17281s	bracket kenoi knocked out 0 and three in
17284s	this matchup against Michael wave and I
17287s	mean Christopher we know that kenoi
17290s	they're able to bring out these cheese
17292s	compositions very much so circulating
17294s	around skti who is that hard lock on the
17297s	mercy and it can work for against some
17300s	teams but up against a team like Michael
17302s	wave where they're so adaptable that's
17304s	not going to
17305s	fly yeah as an expert of cheesed comps
17308s	um I really respect it um I think it's
17312s	really interesting it felt like Michael
17314s	W tried multiple multiple things they
17316s	tried originally kind of matching it
17318s	with the Echo and which I think is
17320s	always a really dangerous game if you
17322s	play a team on a match up they're
17323s	comfortable even though I think the
17324s	theory probably says that Eko is a
17326s	counter to far and it felt like once
17329s	they they figured out the city comp that
17331s	felt like the the best counter that's
17333s	where most of the success came from and
17335s	I think it also allowed Zoe to play
17337s	Genji which is clearly her best hero and
17339s	so it felt in a way for KI that Michael
17341s	wave was one of the worst teams to try
17343s	this comp against cuz you almost allowed
17345s	people to to play their comfort
17348s	Heroes I think it's difficult to Tiny
17351s	when you're looking towards a tank like
17354s	Mari who is just so flexible in her own
17358s	right like the ability to play
17361s	essentially any Tank Hero in the game
17363s	and look so comfortable doing it as well
17366s	yeah CB made the statement earlier and
17368s	I'm gonna have to back it up I seriously
17370s	believe that Mari is the best tank that
17372s	we have in this competition in terms of
17375s	flexibility and the ability to perform
17377s	on these Heroes at a top tier level I
17380s	mean there's never a time that I'm like
17382s	oh mari's really got to step it up it's
17384s	not like she's never somebody that you
17386s	look over to because she just gives you
17388s	that star level performance that you
17389s	want out of a tank player and it's a big
17391s	part of the reason that Michael wave
17393s	have made it as far as they have it
17395s	really is and that's the thing is though
17398s	we cannot take away from the fact that
17399s	kenoi really put up a fight here we have
17401s	to keep in mind Michael wave they're the
17403s	ones that we were looking at to win this
17405s	matchup considering the fact that it's
17408s	the the Jos between the consistency of
17411s	circuit Point winners who have gotten
17413s	into this Championship weekend versus
17417s	those who are coming out of that lcq
17419s	obviously hot and despite that 0 and3
17421s	loss for kenoi it doesn't tell that
17424s	whole story about what the individual
17426s	matches were like as far as that one to2
17429s	loss two and three for the last two mats
17431s	they kept it tight and Chris that far
17434s	was so oppressive to start things off
17438s	but death making that swap onto Cassidy
17440s	changed the game yeah it's kind of a a
17444s	polarizing counter the Cassidy versus
17446s	far matchup because it's if you hit the
17449s	shots it's a very very impressive
17450s	counter if you miss the shots all of a
17452s	sudden the hero feels very easy to hit
17454s	the far can actually get a lot of kills
17456s	but death was not missing and especially
17458s	on Kings Row if we look at the the final
17460s	blows counter here 22 almost all of them
17462s	were on the far
17466s	no it was absolutely ridiculous I think
17468s	we're going to get to see some of these
17469s	shots coming out as well tiny it was
17472s	pretty insane like we saw how well the
17475s	pharmacy was working there for kenoi at
17478s	the beginning and they were really
17480s	oppressive in blocking off a lot of like
17482s	the narrow hallways that Michael wave
17485s	were looking to push through but the
17487s	adjustment really was everything and
17489s	like Chris said it allowed Zoe to also
17491s	Flex onto that
17492s	Genji Kun
17494s	Chris said it earlier you you put
17496s	Michael wave accidentally on their best
17500s	composition and it was to their own
17502s	detriment I mean Zoe the best Genji that
17504s	you are going to find within the calling
17506s	all Hero scene you have death absolutely
17508s	popping off on the Cassie I mean there's
17510s	just so many things that went right
17511s	through this series and honestly if
17514s	Michael wave could play against a
17516s	composition like this I guarantee you
17517s	they are the only team that would ever
17519s	want to do it
17521s	again well we're going to have to see
17523s	how ends up going as this competition
17526s	goes even further but again big kudos to
17529s	kenoi for the fact that they are able to
17531s	try and take this the distance it did
17533s	get tight at times but the comfort of
17537s	Michael wave was just a bit too much we
17539s	do have an interview on the line though
17541s	so I'm going to say goodbye to my
17543s	analyst desk and say hello ajmr how are
17547s	you congratulations on your win here in
17549s	the lower
17550s	bracket I'm doing
17552s	good um how happy with our performance
17554s	in our last match but the one before we
17557s	shouldn't have lost the Timeless we made
17559s	a lot of silly mistakes honestly so I'm
17562s	feeling okay but I would feel better if
17564s	we won our first game I mean that's
17567s	understandable but as far as you are you
17570s	able to maybe talk me through how you
17572s	and your team were able to kind of come
17574s	back from that mentally just knowing
17576s	that okay it's tough to drop down to
17578s	that lower bracket especially in a
17579s	matchup where you felt confident that
17582s	you should have been able to take
17585s	uh [ __ ] happens in oh I can't say that
17587s	word oops it's okay it's okay s um i'
17591s	I've gotten in trouble on broadcast
17593s	before from doing things so I gotta be
17595s	on my best behavior
17598s	anyway the match versus Timeless that's
17601s	really like what we've been prepping for
17602s	because they're clearly the best team in
17603s	the tournament and as the analyst said
17606s	we're so flexible that like we can play
17609s	versus any cheese comp and just Beat It
17611s	by playing something normal because we
17612s	can all play what we would need to
17616s	to and I know you can't give away too
17620s	much obviously there's another day to go
17623s	we're going to continue on hopefully
17625s	seeing you guys make that lower bracket
17626s	run but what was the preparation how did
17630s	it look like I mean I know the
17632s	importance is always playing and
17633s	focusing on your own game but you did
17635s	mention preparing for that matchup
17637s	against Timeless in particular was it
17639s	kind of just expanding on what you're
17642s	the foundation that you guys already
17643s	have as a team
17645s	well we've before this tournament after
17647s	our placing in like the last major or
17650s	minor I don't remember what it was
17651s	honestly um after our last placing I
17654s	decided for my team like we're gonna be
17656s	scrimming pretty much constantly and
17658s	reviewing after every scrim like for the
17660s	past week we've stayed in voice chat
17662s	until like 1 two in the morning every
17664s	single day just either talking about the
17665s	game or just like bonding as a team so
17667s	we've been putting a lot of effort into
17669s	trying to be better going into this like
17671s	tournament and this next few these next
17674s	few matches really where it actually all
17677s	matters I mean it really is paying off
17680s	from what we're seeing um this
17682s	particular weekend already just you guys
17684s	have leveled up throughout the entire
17686s	season and now looking at the fact that
17688s	you have headed now into the lower
17690s	bracket semi-finals on the other side of
17693s	the quarterfinals right now are Timeless
17695s	Celestial and Fable looking to go
17697s	head-to-head and I'm curious actually if
17700s	there's a team between the two of them
17702s	that you in particular want to face up
17704s	against
17705s	again um I don't mind who wins I have
17708s	friends on Fable so I want Fable to win
17711s	but I have friends on both teams really
17713s	so no matter who we play against among
17716s	the two I feel like my team's winning
17717s	though Michael wave on off okay we love
17720s	hearing the confidence Michael wave on
17722s	top can we get those W's in the chat
17723s	before that um and is there is there any
17727s	last like shout out thank you anything
17729s	that you want to say on stream it
17730s	doesn't have to be a shout out or a
17732s	thank you but your opportunity to speak
17734s	your truth shout out to Molly for being
17737s	the best tank in the
17739s	tournament hey the analyst ask his Raven
17742s	about her it's undeniable like the
17744s	flexibility that she has but ajmr you
17747s	popped off in this last series your
17749s	entire team did congratulations against
17751s	you and Michael wave and thank you again
17753s	for taking the time to do this interview
17755s	no
17757s	problem okay such a sweet interview
17760s	there with ajmr they were absolutely
17763s	lovely and I can't wait to see what then
17765s	their team are able to do tomorrow but
17768s	we do have to continue on with the lower
17771s	bracket quarterfinals we're going to be
17772s	seeing Timeless Celestial versus Fable
17775s	coming up
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17792s	next
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17818s	[Music]
17831s	[Music]
17841s	[Music]
17853s	la
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17856s	[Applause]
17858s	[Music]
17882s	all
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18002s	he
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18041s	[Applause]
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18055s	[Music]
18070s	[Music]
18081s	Michael wave have moved on in three and0
18084s	fashion to the next portion of the lower
18086s	bracket now we've got to see who's going
18089s	to be facing up against them it's
18091s	Timeless Celestial versus table coming
18094s	up next and bit of a preview of how
18097s	today pans out we already just did have
18100s	to say goodbye to a fan favorite there
18102s	in kenoi CB yeah a lot of teams or sorry
18106s	a lot of fans are going to be kind of
18107s	heartbroken to see kunoichi bowing out
18110s	but making it that far with a mercy
18111s	Centric comp something that a lot of
18113s	people would have assumed to be a
18114s	limitation but ended up being an asset
18116s	to the team is definitely an
18118s	accomplishment in of its own
18120s	unfortunately not enough of an
18121s	accomplishment to keep their lower Brack
18123s	run alive not enough to topple Michael
18125s	wave and Michael wave keep going a
18127s	little bit further and by the way
18129s	watching that last match almost has me
18131s	wishing that Cassidy Genji was like the
18133s	DPS meta again like I I yearn for that
18137s	era of OverWatch to make a return I got
18139s	just a little taste of it and I'm hungry
18141s	I want more she wants she's she's
18144s	looking for the juice the the juice
18147s	right there the DPS juice but as we head
18149s	into this matchup now ESS Celestial
18152s	versus fable well this is a different
18154s	story tiny the one that the match up
18156s	that we just saw between kenoi and
18158s	Michael wave was a tale of a team that
18162s	had consistently been playing at a high
18165s	level within the regular season versus
18167s	the ltq Champions but now this time
18170s	around I think the competition is a just
18173s	a bit tighter considering the way these
18175s	two stand in circuit
18177s	points circuit points maybe but I do
18180s	want to talk a little bit about the
18182s	individuals itself Tomo Celestial we got
18185s	to see them play earlier on in the day
18187s	today uh ended up falling down to the
18190s	losers bracket to face Fable one of the
18192s	things that they noticeably work on is
18195s	that they are incredible at pushing the
18197s	tempo snar can set up with these May
18200s	wals Street can follow in on the ratra
18202s	but their biggest weakness came about
18204s	when he started to see these flanks they
18206s	were getting completely wrapped around
18208s	and outpaced by wisp Embers in so many
18211s	different regards which is why I think
18212s	fable is really going to push them here
18215s	in this lower bracket match that's
18217s	something to consider as well that was a
18218s	Timeless Celestial that didn't feel
18220s	quite like themselves and Fable being
18222s	the ones to push them in this matchup
18226s	here CB do you feel like Fable has a
18229s	little bit of an advantage knowing that
18232s	that momentum isn't behind Timeless
18235s	Celestial after the earlier match today
18237s	and on top of that Fable having kind of
18239s	just been chilling up until now
18242s	obviously looking to warm up into this
18244s	matchup but it's not like they're
18245s	playing off the back of the loss it's
18246s	their first matchup of the day I I think
18249s	both of these teams I'm looking at them
18250s	right now when they both feel like teams
18252s	that have a lot to prove I mean I even
18254s	you know had like fed you the question
18255s	for Avery for the interview yesterday
18257s	and I wanted you to ask them how badly
18259s	do they want to prove themselves well it
18261s	feels like players like Arya also have a
18263s	lot to prove as well because she has
18265s	been popping off we've seen a lot of
18267s	flashy sojourn play all throughout this
18269s	tournament and Arya has been no
18271s	exception definitely one of the names
18272s	that comes to mind on the other side is
18274s	timeless Celestial and I highlighted
18276s	them saying that at least three members
18278s	of their starting roster have calling
18280s	all heroes trophies to their names some
18281s	of those under the Timeless ethereal
18283s	Banner being integral parts of their
18285s	success and they want to prove that they
18287s	still got it that they are just as good
18290s	as the team that gets all of the
18291s	attention and they have to do it at
18293s	fables expense both have a lot to prove
18295s	but only one can prove themselves that's
18298s	a thing only one can because the other
18300s	one is going home after this best of
18303s	Five series and we're heading over to
18305s	Antarctic Peninsula coming up first here
18308s	tiny and I feel like this is no surprise
18311s	I think for control we very much so have
18313s	leaned on Antarctic throughout this C
18316s	Championship Antarctic Peninsula has
18318s	been more of a fallback as of lately
18321s	it's it's the map that you could say is
18323s	the most conventional to play with this
18326s	metacom and arguably one of the easiest
18328s	to do so on you don't have to worry
18330s	about any Oddball picks with Le Jang
18332s	Tower nobody's even picked Samoa with
18334s	how new it really is to the entirety of
18337s	OverWatch in general so Antarctic
18338s	Peninsula has been the happy medium for
18341s	any team that has been approaching the
18342s	meta more conventionally well I'm
18344s	looking forward to seeing if Timeless
18346s	Celestial are able to pick up after that
18349s	tough loss earlier today in that upper
18351s	bracket or if Fable are the ones that
18353s	are able to take the narrative for
18355s	themselves and write their own story
18357s	I'll leave you guys off into the server
18359s	and see you on the other
18361s	side
18363s	final game to round out the day we've
18366s	said goodbye to three teams and a fourth
18369s	we'll be joining them after this matchup
18372s	CB Fable and Timeless Celestial this is
18376s	one of those matches that you can go in
18378s	and not exactly have an idea of who is
18381s	going to come out on top as they both
18384s	have some incredibly strong attributes
18386s	that need to be looked at I I'm I'm
18388s	checking the the stream chat right now
18390s	seeing like if uh who's betting there
18392s	Channel points on what and it looks like
18394s	the streets right now are saying
18396s	Timeless Celestial but even still like
18398s	there's a lot of Shooters out there for
18400s	fable as well and rightfully so because
18402s	what we saw from them yesterday was
18404s	nothing short of impressive and if that
18406s	keeps up I don't think this is going to
18408s	be one-sided I don't think Timeless
18409s	Celestial are going to get out of here
18411s	unscathed I think it's going to be
18412s	bloody I think it's going to be back and
18414s	forth I think you're going to be looking
18415s	a lot at Arya versus Azure seeing who is
18418s	going to get the better of the soier in
18419s	1V one you know mini versus sosler which
18422s	may is going to be setting their team up
18424s	for Success the most and of course we've
18426s	got the tank match up Avery versus
18428s	Street Lord Street Lord was super
18429s	impressive on the ratra yesterday does
18432s	that pattern keep up is Avery able to
18434s	match that despite being known more for
18436s	their Sigma playing the ratra now to
18439s	great effect who is going to get the
18441s	better of some of these
18442s	head-to-heads Avery has really stepped
18445s	up in their role as the tank but I want
18447s	to turn our eyes more towards these DPS
18451s	Arya and mini versus a andar
18454s	particularly here on Su LEL they will be
18457s	the ones that have the greatest impact
18459s	on the outcome of this first fight both
18461s	approaching to The High Ground get Arya
18464s	from Fable along with k or excuse me
18466s	along with Fier will be backing off just
18468s	slightly to go on these off angles the
18470s	exact thing that was the thorn in the
18472s	side for Timeless Celestial and cost
18474s	them their previous series and with how
18476s	good bble smro play and positioning is
18479s	you will need to be cautious that from a
18481s	moment one you can already see the ality
18483s	Fields came out Avery required a lot of
18486s	assistance in that exact moment fa's
18488s	already capped the point time Celestial
18490s	have been sitting here doing a whole lot
18491s	of nothing you got to walk on forwards
18494s	and eventually one of those hits will
18496s	Land Street Lord in the Maller coming up
18498s	with one of pce and a Meer 12% that
18500s	Fable walk away with you talk about
18503s	Fable positioning the fact that they're
18504s	able to cap the point first and they
18505s	position themselves in a way that they
18507s	can do that but in order to get that
18508s	done Arya had to play the low ground for
18510s	a long period of time she wasn't able to
18512s	get an advantageous angle and the rest
18514s	of the time Fable backs are up against
18516s	the wall so all it takes is ESS
18518s	Celestial to acknowledge their their
18520s	window push the go button push Fable
18522s	back get a couple kills and I mean it's
18524s	Azure that comes through with the rail
18526s	shot the opening Salvo and the rest of
18527s	the bodies hit the floor to
18530s	follow only a matter of somebody pulls
18533s	the trigger cter of course winning that
18535s	race but no the May wol wonderful
18537s	placement that's the impact that sosler
18540s	can have for this team has been an
18541s	excellent addition
18543s	to that roster trade up for Panther
18545s	plentifully working over into Timeless
18548s	Celestial faor but they got to be
18549s	careful cuz they Ling head left right
18552s	and Center they're pushing onto Arya
18554s	who's a hit scan player who do not want
18556s	to mess around with I'm a slash Shield
18558s	are getting a little bit too aggressive
18560s	for my liking the fact that they're
18561s	barely Clinging On To Life is a very
18564s	risky style of play one that Fable have
18566s	taken advantage of it are going to get
18568s	the point flip off the back of it and
18570s	you said Timeless left barely Clinging
18571s	On To Life they can only re
18572s	realistically have enough bodies to
18573s	cling onto The High Ground fa will
18575s	identify that send some bodies in to go
18577s	flip the point and now time of celesti
18579s	will have to drop off of that high
18580s	ground in order to defend and try and
18582s	take it back but how a Celestial they
18584s	still have it I mean the merer that's an
18586s	Matrix on The High Ground that's
18587s	blizzard thrown in as well from sosler
18590s	Avery is staying alive the at
18592s	defensively from Panther wonderful call
18595s	on that reaction is present canot be
18597s	enough to shut down a a deadly player
18600s	with the overclock in hand once that
18603s	expires slightly less of a threat to
18605s	worry about but what fa will take
18607s	seriously nonetheless Ora that's an
18609s	overclock of her own now peppering these
18611s	shots on in Street Lord not standing a
18614s	chance be able back in control of the
18616s	objective and have won the positioning
18618s	battle so far as well as the current
18620s	point
18621s	percentage they've also won the war of
18623s	attrition but it doesn't seem like
18625s	that's going to last much longer sosler
18626s	with two kills towards the tail end of
18627s	it still alive she's going to drop down
18629s	and try and pressure out Avery and
18631s	there's realistically only fiery to try
18633s	and help Avery out and oh yeah there's
18636s	there's a Lifeline if ever there was one
18638s	sounds like it pulled off The High
18639s	Ground is that what just happened to
18641s	that void no no she she she dropped down
18644s	to try and find a wall onto Avery there
18646s	I think I didn't actually see a Vortex
18648s	go out but regardless she does give up
18649s	The High Ground makes herself vulnerable
18651s	to fiery and Fable have capitalized
18653s	they're at 80% and Ticking one fight
18656s	territory and ESS Celestial don't have
18657s	any ult to try and break through
18659s	this you have a whole lot of nothing you
18662s	need someone want to come up in the
18663s	neutral the one to do that would be Oz
18665s	or in this case nozar icicle to the Dome
18668s	of mini bble now don't have the wall to
18671s	isolate their players or save Avery in
18673s	this situation so timeo Celestial will
18675s	continue their fight onto sublevel with
18678s	a miracle of a shot they had no ults to
18681s	bust down the door but the it turns out
18683s	the keyhole was icicle shaped and sosler
18685s	found exactly where to put it right into
18687s	a skull something fun about snaza by the
18689s	way that I tried to bring up in the last
18690s	series we saw time celestial play was
18693s	that when she was playing for Timeless
18695s	ethereal as their hit scan player she
18697s	was mostly playing the sojourn now is
18699s	transitioned more over onto a flex DPS
18701s	role playing the May to Great effects
18704s	definitely one of the better May players
18705s	that we currently have in the tournament
18707s	here kind of you know in the upper half
18709s	is it going to be enough to keep things
18711s	going in Timeless Celestial favor here
18713s	one fight territory either way Fable
18715s	going to have a blizzard here really
18717s	soon snaza lagging a Teensy bit behind
18720s	if mini strikes first this might be
18721s	disaster you're looking at that I'm
18723s	looking at the wobo combo on The High
18724s	Ground azur with a damage boosted
18727s	overclock terrifying sight nonetheless
18730s	Panther not peeking around the corner in
18732s	the slightest and that cost Avery their
18735s	life lack of support the zoning The High
18737s	Ground was never contested throughout
18739s	this and Fable are losing outs on the
18742s	objective they were so firmly in control
18744s	of at the beginning of this points and
18746s	it really does show how these two teams
18749s	are going to push each other it's going
18750s	to be a war of attrition throughout the
18752s	series and and you were absolutely right
18754s	about that ant Matrix the damage boost
18756s	for the sojourn is absolutely lethal and
18758s	what I would have liked to see is mini
18760s	use that blizzard up on The High Ground
18762s	to just force Timeless Celestial to
18764s	vacate the premisis make it so that you
18765s	can't safely play behind that window so
18767s	that the so can't stay behind it can't
18770s	shoot through it can't get all of that
18772s	value but the blizzard is held on to a
18774s	little bit too long and when it finally
18776s	comes out it doesn't actually get enough
18778s	value to buy Fable back into that fight
18780s	meanwhile snaz just has to throw her in
18782s	to try and close it out it doesn't even
18784s	need to find anything it just needs to
18786s	Zone off the last remaining bodies and
18788s	it does so Timeless Celestial going up
18791s	on this point here now as we go to Labs
18793s	we'll have to see it's been pretty even
18795s	Fable they don't feel like they're out
18797s	of this they feel like they still have a
18798s	realistic shot just a couple small
18801s	mistakes away from taking Su levels they
18803s	iron those out we might be going the
18805s	distance on control and this map
18807s	honestly has a lot more room for them to
18810s	work which I talked about a little bit
18811s	earlier with their positioning they send
18813s	Arya and fiery off on these flank angles
18817s	and it provides additional pressure that
18819s	time of celestial historically have not
18821s	dealt well with so when they're trying
18823s	to back off this High you need to be
18825s	constantly checking your angles where is
18827s	Arya where is she playing because she is
18829s	constantly a threat regardless if
18832s	they're on the objective or not either
18834s	team has been able to set so foot on the
18837s	point as cuz they were so focused on a
18839s	wonderful May wall that s are man to
18841s	prop up behind Avery you have to say
18844s	though that snar has been getting the
18845s	better value out of these May walls
18847s	compared to many absolutely and again I
18850s	can say it till I'm blue in the face
18851s	that the May is the most important piece
18853s	in this composition it's your ability to
18855s	section off the enemy players with the
18856s	walls your ability to have you know
18858s	potentially the highest value ultimate
18860s	in the game in that blizzard right now
18863s	and I mean if you're just constantly
18864s	getting the better of that exchange your
18866s	team's going to have so much more space
18867s	to play with they're going to be so much
18868s	more lethal have so many more
18870s	opportunities to go in with a nemesis
18871s	form or going with a rail shot from an
18873s	off angle find a kill find a frag bust
18876s	the whole fight wide open for yourself
18878s	and that's been all sosler has been
18880s	doing despite giving her life up a
18881s	couple times has taken more than her
18883s	fair share of lives in
18886s	exchange SAR right now is with Celestial
18890s	so much map control to deal with I mean
18892s	that's an immortality field already out
18894s	in the mer what are you doing that's two
18896s	players that they are chasing on their
18898s	own immortality Fields out has the
18900s	backup on just jump in the gun a little
18902s	bit really driving the anxiety through
18905s	the roof get time of celestial have
18906s	their back tee back and Fable have their
18909s	backs against a wall May mini cannot
18913s	stay alive we won't get to see the
18914s	blizzard make an appearance in this
18916s	fight the annihilation on the other hand
18918s	very much so present Avery use it to
18920s	grab a little bit of extra health and
18922s	sustain Panther providing the support
18924s	and it's the perseverance of fable to
18927s	push them in these fight they just don't
18928s	have the health stars to validate it
18930s	they don't even I mean Fable don't even
18932s	the resources validate it one of the I
18934s	don't like about that Annihilation but
18935s	they do have the overclock though kqa
18937s	feeling quite annihilated now courtesy
18938s	of AR going in with the disruptor shot
18940s	takes down the entire backline for
18942s	Timeless Celestial Street Lord going to
18944s	go 6 feet under with them and that's
18946s	Fable finding the flip there but again
18949s	you know I go back to that Annihilation
18950s	from Avery I wasn't a big fan of it
18952s	because it also Drew out the immortality
18953s	field from Panther it drew out so many
18955s	resources just besides the annihilation
18958s	and try and keep that presence there but
18959s	it ended up being just enough to create
18962s	that opening for Arya to seize and she
18964s	does so but not at the cost of any
18967s	ultimate save for the sound barer from
18968s	ESS Celestial they nearly have four big
18971s	ones to flip it and take this whole map
18974s	Fable fight to go ahead and win the
18976s	blizzard is massive it lands out two
18978s	players you just need to find that
18980s	killing blow and there it is azure's
18983s	value completely nullified thas
18985s	Celestial though did manage to flip the
18987s	point back over and as a result will
18989s	find themselves in a single fight
18991s	territory and it just might be the end
18993s	of the entire map that Annihilation that
18995s	was committed so the rest of the players
18997s	off fa don't have the heal to persevere
19000s	through this fight and now they're
19001s	scrambling to pump this health in Street
19003s	Lord only 17 Health to spare and 94% on
19007s	the board it was the kills that fable
19010s	fable were able to find being on the mer
19012s	and kqa that ended up creating that
19014s	space yeah you had Azure and Street Lord
19016s	able to contest the point for a while
19017s	but their hell Bars were both on the
19019s	clock without any healing looks like
19020s	Avery who's now on the ground ay is 6 ft
19024s	under if not even further a brutal death
19027s	to the ratra player Fable will struggle
19030s	to regroup without their tank they need
19032s	to find a Target to single focus on but
19034s	in fact it's sosler slitting them up
19036s	taking the ones and winning them time
19038s	Celestial are proving themselves they
19041s	want to be the team to move forward face
19044s	their sister Squad and take map number
19046s	one and we're highlighting snor a lot
19049s	here and for good reason she has been a
19051s	huge asset to this team since joining
19053s	and not only that I was highlighting
19055s	again how she played the sojourn for
19057s	Timeless ethereal I didn't even see the
19058s	Ajax there from ARA early on that was
19061s	that was something special from Arya
19063s	anyway focusing back up talking about
19064s	snaza I got to gas my girl up over here
19066s	she was playing the soour for Timeless
19068s	athero when they went on their
19069s	undefeated streak throughout minor 3 and
19072s	has now made again that swap like I was
19073s	saying over to more Flex DPS like Heroes
19076s	picking up the May which is something
19077s	that other Flex DPS players like Zoe
19080s	have at times struggled with SN
19082s	being able to make up that difference is
19083s	going to provide all the more
19085s	flexibility to this roster make it so
19086s	that they can play any look she comes
19088s	out with a tracer gets a couple of big
19090s	pickoffs there towards the end and it
19092s	just seals the deal for Timeless
19094s	Celestial and I think Fable are trying a
19096s	little too hard to buy themselves into
19098s	fights that they don't really have a
19100s	whole lot of buying power in towards the
19102s	end there time of celestial able to get
19104s	the better of it flip the point deny a
19106s	lot of percentage and then come back
19107s	with their healers snaza pops off and
19110s	it's done and dusted Fable don't have
19111s	another opportunity to go back
19114s	in Fable are a team that we've known
19117s	very well for their macro play style
19120s	their positioning has been impeccable
19122s	their ultimate usage up there as well
19125s	and once we take a look at this look at
19127s	the difference in Ultimate use between
19129s	Minnie and snar or even Street Lord and
19131s	Avery or excuse me those are deaths I
19134s	can't count but even there are
19136s	differences in those as well but the
19138s	seven blizzards would be absolutely
19140s	bananas there's that would have been a
19142s	real stat but I love it we do also kind
19145s	of have to highlight Azure there you
19147s	know we weren't talking about Azure as
19149s	much compared to snar because six final
19151s	blows to seven but you can see the
19153s	damage that Azure is putting in as well
19155s	as the overall limbs how much this soen
19157s	is contributing to the overall success
19160s	of Timeless Celestial Arya not falling
19162s	all that much far behind Azure but you
19166s	know you're kind of seeing this pattern
19167s	right where the soier that's getting the
19169s	better of the exchange is ending up
19171s	winning a lot lot of these fights
19172s	outright for their
19173s	team the soj yes but also think about
19176s	the setup that snar has been providing
19179s	for aurai you charge up these shots on
19182s	the roacha whether it's one that's
19183s	walled off or not it doesn't matter
19185s	you're able to keep walk pushing that on
19187s	through and then take even more players
19190s	down as a result so having this this
19193s	Advantage within that initial phase
19194s	you're forcing all of the cool Downs out
19196s	of fable the very important ones the the
19199s	Nemesis form that IM mortality field
19200s	suddenly they have the resources to keep
19203s	pushing on forwards allowing the rest of
19205s	Timeless Celestial to push on in and
19208s	just stomp on them it it kind of speaks
19210s	to what I said earlier though that both
19212s	these teams feel like they have
19213s	something to prove they both feel hungry
19215s	that's why they want to try and buy
19216s	themselves into these fights that may or
19218s	may not be winnable but in some of these
19220s	exchanges it is timeless Celestial that
19222s	are coming out ahead we'll see if that
19224s	pattern continues as it's fables Matt
19226s	pick they're taking us to Midtown we
19228s	finally get a break from Kings Row for
19230s	the day Midtown does exist chat we have
19233s	seen another hybrid map for the first
19234s	time and I think Fable did take us to
19237s	this map when we saw them play yesterday
19238s	and we theorized that maybe Avery Sigma
19241s	would come out and it didn't actually
19243s	and I don't know if it's something that
19244s	Fable want to do but one thing I do want
19246s	to bring up is earlier on in the
19248s	Winner's bracket we were watching
19249s	Michael wave play up there Mari did bust
19252s	out the sigma as kind of a counter to a
19254s	Arisa composition and I think that might
19257s	be something that street Lord might try
19259s	and come out with at some point is the
19261s	Arisa if you know Timeless Celestial
19262s	don't feel like they're getting as much
19264s	mileage out of the ratra as they really
19267s	need to so you know we might kind of see
19269s	that rock papers is exchange again it's
19271s	optimism it's copium it's me trying to
19274s	set Avery up for Success so I can hype
19275s	them up some more like I have been since
19277s	I uh since I started casting them but
19280s	it's still Midtown is where you're going
19282s	to be able to get away with that if it
19284s	does start to happen there are always
19287s	those options yet with how like just
19290s	solid these teams have been on the ratra
19293s	brawl compositions it doesn't I don't
19295s	really see obey for that it's
19296s	necessarily going to change I I do want
19298s	to see more from Fable though those
19301s	glimpses with Arya moving on up and
19304s	taking these off angles and getting at
19306s	least one elimination off of it even if
19308s	it ends up in a trade that's where they
19310s	were able to win that's how they were
19311s	able to win their Series yesterday
19313s	against somebody as good as Persona
19315s	while Persona was getting incredible
19316s	eliminations Arya managed to get the
19318s	most important ones because of that
19320s	positioning in in Antarctic Peninsula we
19322s	just didn't get an opportunity to see it
19325s	we have to see which team is on the
19327s	defense first and if they're able to
19328s	lock down the choke and deny some of
19330s	those angles that we saw Arya taking in
19332s	the previous series here on Midtown cuz
19333s	we know that's the wi condition that on
19335s	fables attack they're going to want to
19337s	try and Leverage is getting her all the
19338s	way in to that little building right
19341s	over there on the side of the point and
19343s	you trying to rotate through the
19344s	laundromat to make that happen if the
19345s	other team's able to lock that down and
19348s	not let her get that deeply entrenched
19350s	where she's going to have a shot onto
19352s	your backline then you're good or you
19355s	try and punish her making that rotation
19357s	and just collapse on the rest of the
19358s	team as they try and make it through the
19360s	choke either way you can't leave the
19362s	door wide open for everybody you have to
19365s	stop the valve at some point in time
19367s	like you got like you got to be like all
19369s	right you know we're at full capacity
19370s	fire Marshall's going to shut us down if
19372s	you all keep coming in hey no fires here
19375s	we actually are operating outside of the
19376s	fire station and the fire truck not a
19380s	fire hydrant that will keeping everybody
19382s	safe and that's kind of the big playing
19383s	point that you'll see once you move past
19386s	this initial choke it's all kind of this
19388s	ring around the rosie around the good
19390s	old fire engine to decide how this ends
19393s	up playing out Arya historically has
19395s	gone towards this High Ground to the
19397s	back right off screen that you see or
19400s	closer to that subway car sitting on the
19403s	stairs and time of celestial need to be
19405s	watching all of their angles as they
19407s	rock on out no compositional changes as
19410s	we expected to even if the option is
19412s	still there so it is actually to be
19414s	Fable on the defense first looking for
19416s	the way to lock Timeless Celestial out
19418s	it was something that they weren't able
19420s	to do against uh against uh inarizaki
19423s	yesterday either so we'll have to see
19425s	Azure going to go for the rotation all
19427s	the way around the alleyway here still
19430s	just kind of holding the angle we'll see
19431s	where they end up actually going they've
19433s	got an angle on Avery and I think
19434s	they're just trying to bully Avery back
19436s	so that everyone from time of celestial
19438s	can get through the door now that kqa is
19439s	there though Azure can go around through
19441s	the alleyway take this angle and put the
19443s	pressure out onto the backline of
19445s	fable though Han committing to it fully
19449s	understanding the risk and in fact we be
19451s	moving as a full five ST which we did
19453s	touch on that a little bit on the
19456s	analyst side was Christopher that
19457s	brought up how all of these players
19458s	they're playing so closely knit together
19461s	while it's great for packing one big
19463s	punch it's often times these off angles
19465s	that provide the most value in terms of
19468s	elimination so auray poking her head out
19470s	a little little bit more is helpful when
19473s	you're trying to make this rotation on
19475s	in now Inside the Fire Station but SN is
19477s	cut off a wonderful mole from mini who
19480s	we haven't had the opportunity to talk
19481s	about just as much but if she keeps
19483s	doing things like that TB that's going
19485s	to change and we talked about how
19487s	careful Azure was just kind of like
19488s	dipping their toes into the water not
19490s	really ready to fully commit to this off
19492s	angle that patience did allow for the
19494s	rest of time of celestial to catch up
19496s	but snaz getting caught out and cut off
19498s	is going to be really bad cuz it's going
19500s	to be so difficult for her to get back
19502s	with the rest of her team CU now Fable
19503s	could just focus her down every single
19505s	time they still have to watch for the
19506s	other four at their backs but not having
19509s	the May with the rest of the formation
19510s	is really bad oh especially on that High
19514s	Ground what Val are going to get the M
19515s	certainly double the damage double the
19517s	healing averry in a sticky situation
19520s	needs to hold up that block making sure
19522s	everything is safe and in fact it is
19523s	Street Lord that ends up going down if
19525s	you looked over at the top y went up to
19527s	The High Ground distracted the mher so
19529s	there wasn't any healing going over to
19531s	the tank what a genius play from Fable
19533s	splitting their opponent's attention and
19535s	prioritizing a single Target and time
19538s	Celestial going back to that fight where
19539s	azuay was over there on the flank they
19540s	needed to be so much more Swift because
19542s	it all just kind of falls apart from
19544s	there cuz again sosler wasn't there for
19546s	any point in time in that fight mini had
19548s	the wall to try and block off that
19550s	window the ant Matrix does come out for
19552s	the side of ESS Celestial that's all
19553s	well and good but then Panther goes in
19555s	with an ant Matrix of their own and
19556s	Fable they don't have to worry about
19558s	snaz coming through with the wall to
19560s	block it off they get all that damage
19561s	and it all just goes right into Street
19563s	Lord's face Street Lord Falls ESS
19565s	Celestial can't maintain presence the
19567s	push
19568s	dies um as if to illustrate my point
19571s	goes for a push dies oh that's one
19574s	eyeball that's two eyeballs and Azu R is
19577s	down able getting value out of the
19579s	blizzard excuse me Min is on the other
19582s	side clo Celestial end up coming the
19584s	Sounder to this this ultimate management
19586s	is completely Bonkers and you're just
19588s	chucking them into the abyss essentially
19591s	and we're only down to a minute and you
19593s	would have liked to have the blizzard
19594s	for the side of time Celestial to try
19596s	and deny some space to bust this choke
19597s	point open because aside from that first
19599s	fight you haven't really had an
19601s	opportunity to safely get everyone
19602s	through it and now all you really have
19605s	is the annihilation to try and push
19606s	people back like a snow plow and hope
19608s	that makes enough space for Azure to pop
19610s	the overlock they do and they find mini
19612s	that's a huge value pick for the sound
19615s	beer came on out auray hit the opening
19618s	blow tal Celestial need to push on and
19621s	take advantage the second is looking
19623s	pretty darn good the point is now
19626s	occupied Fable have a few remaining
19629s	members they're grouping up in this
19631s	subway car Panther holding on to this
19633s	ant Matrix that's a ton of angles you
19635s	don't want to peek and saring the head
19637s	of mini returning on the Stagger fa
19640s	needs to get on the objective sometime
19642s	soon and it has to be Aver ideal in this
19644s	scenario making the brush the point
19645s	sloting them down not enough Panther
19647s	shucking it in from downtown yet Fable
19650s	inevitably will Rumble time of celestial
19652s	sneaking on through and have gotten the
19654s	fire truck on the move it was a pretty
19657s	solid plan for fable there but there was
19659s	one key problem and that's they need to
19660s	contest the point and that was all up to
19662s	Min on the Tracer to do so once that
19664s	Tracer Falls suddenly Fable don't have
19666s	any staying power and despite a great
19669s	ant Matrix comes out from Panther it's
19670s	not actually all that useful cuz
19672s	everybody else namely Avery has to try
19675s	and walk forward take the full brunt of
19677s	the time of celestial offense and just
19679s	to try and keep the point in cont long
19681s	enough to maybe build up to something
19683s	else here that's a great wall from
19684s	sosler is going theard oh it's getting
19687s	Frosty out here in the streets of
19689s	Midtown they might not be still on the
19691s	ground but there is a storm happening
19693s	inside Fable losing out on their tank
19696s	player this payload is going to get so
19698s	far if it gets all the way through this
19700s	Midtown Tunnel and ESS have the control
19701s	of this High Ground they might just roll
19703s	straight through the second point and
19704s	more importantly yeah they have this
19706s	High Ground Azure is going to have all
19708s	the angles they could possibly want to
19709s	keep pumping in the damage farming up up
19711s	the rail shots off of Avery taking the
19712s	dels with Arya where Arya is now going
19714s	to be at a disadvantage fa will have to
19716s	not only stop the C from capping but
19718s	find some way to reclaim this and look
19720s	at the angle that they're taking They're
19721s	all playing so far back giving so much
19724s	space that trying to retake this High
19726s	Ground is going to be a Fool's task
19728s	unless they can get some feet up there
19730s	you can I mean there's four players of
19732s	time of celestial and there's at least
19734s	two small choke BL it's literally a
19736s	death sentence to attempt at this High
19737s	Ground then they have to play on the
19739s	neutral make Timeless go towards them
19742s	and the at Matrix is going to be brutal
19744s	to deal with the Z packing a punch right
19747s	behind it overclocked with double
19750s	deadliness his orya who gets his Z out
19753s	from behind hit the touch C throws Arya
19755s	with the second at the same combo
19757s	Panther and Arya coming up at the final
19760s	moment holds this payload ideally they
19763s	need to get the tank down street Lord
19765s	close to Annihilation would be crazy if
19767s	they popped it and especially with ar C
19769s	at as many she has as she had T need to
19772s	wait for her to cool down it's almost a
19774s	critical mistake from Fable CU they give
19777s	so much space they wait too long to make
19779s	a move that time Celestial able to take
19780s	the angle right that on that door the
19782s	left hand side of your screen they're
19783s	able to put an ant Matrix up there but
19785s	Arya the hero they needed at the moment
19787s	they needed her most comes through with
19789s	the shot right through the ant Matrix
19791s	takes Azure out and then finds three
19793s	more to boot and with only 10 seconds
19794s	left Arya guarding the cart ESS
19796s	Celestial have ult to try and buy their
19798s	way into this but they need to make it
19799s	stick they need to stick the landing
19801s	right now mini with the blizzard can put
19803s	it all to bed but the blizzard is going
19805s	to be there to stick them into place but
19807s	it doesn't catch Street's on the pale of
19809s	the annihilation in play B will have to
19811s	deal with the ratra now where they're
19812s	going to be in a world of hurt they're
19814s	looking away from the tank it's the
19816s	support in the backline time with
19818s	Celestial are catching these players out
19819s	they've managed to split them just
19821s	enough for Street Lord has maintained
19823s	this Annihilation for almost the full 20
19825s	seconds duration has even more Health to
19828s	back it on up Fable they're not out of
19830s	it just yet a nearing close to one of
19832s	their own ultimate but the P1 here snar
19835s	blizzard is on the way they're not
19837s	currently in the fight Fable need to
19838s	close this out quickly Panther extra
19841s	support from an off angle is this the
19843s	tool that makes them come on down the
19845s	blizzard has arrived but it's too little
19847s	too late time of SL Shield they're down
19849s	in numbers they're down in health and
19851s	the payload they'll hit the breaks just
19854s	shy of the second objective one of the
19856s	things that Christopher was saying when
19858s	he was analyzing the last couple of
19859s	series though he was talking about the
19861s	stat you don't see when it comes to the
19863s	May players is the blizzards Ed versus
19865s	fight wins that's the blizzard Ed for
19867s	Min and it doesn't look like the fight
19869s	is completely one outright as a direct
19871s	result but it did slow things down for
19873s	Timeless Celestial too like too too much
19876s	of a halt to where they aren't able to
19878s	really play for their own blizzard by
19880s	the time sosler is back with one of her
19881s	own she might as well have just thrown
19883s	it down the drain because there was no
19885s	more value that could have been found
19886s	there you had Panther on the angle with
19888s	the ant Matrix pumping in all the
19890s	healing all the immortality fields that
19892s	Avery could ever possibly want to keep
19894s	the ratra on the point keep all the
19895s	staying power and time Celestial just
19898s	don't have enough resources to force
19900s	them to vacate the premises the cart
19902s	stops just shy of point B and we have to
19905s	give props to Arya for that one because
19908s	that would have been a cap in that
19909s	second to last fight there if not for
19911s	arya's Heroic 4K oh my goodness I mean
19915s	when we kind of break it down a little
19916s	bit more here is notice how slow that
19920s	these teams are playing they're letting
19921s	the sold decide the outcomes of these
19923s	fights and time Celestial themselves
19925s	because they took so long to get through
19927s	that first point I mean Arya builds up
19928s	the advantage just being in a Defender
19930s	sort of position so Fable had such an
19933s	upper hand in the majority of those
19935s	engagements it came back to bite
19937s	Timeless and now they're going to have
19939s	to try to give Aur the exact same
19941s	opportunities as Fable now begin their
19943s	own attack Arya with that little Hanzo
19946s	arrow shot make sure no one's trying to
19948s	do anything tricky swapping back over
19950s	over onto the soj and we know what she
19952s	wants to do right she wants to try and
19954s	go through this laat over into that back
19956s	building but you can already see it's
19958s	being occupied by sosler who doesn't
19959s	want to let that happen it's a great
19961s	heads up play there but sosler vacates
19963s	the premisis as the ice block is forced
19965s	out from mini they're still trying to
19967s	play defense and not let Arya get set up
19969s	there though that's a great play right
19970s	now from time of celestial we'll see if
19972s	they're able to make anything out of
19973s	this with the May wall they just might
19975s	there's a lot of players sandwiched
19977s	inside the lro mat the only one that's
19979s	not is a mini one has been setting Fable
19982s	up for these eliminations it's unlikely
19985s	be able to pull this one together the
19987s	only thing they have going for him right
19988s	now it's a couple players that are
19990s	corraled at their back the mayw well
19991s	actually working against Timeless
19993s	Celestial for at least thought for
19995s	Street Lord will be able to clean
19996s	everybody up and Fable another lengthy
19999s	stagger coming through it's such a good
20002s	read from time Celestial yeah it might
20003s	be another lengthy stagger if they're
20005s	not able to bail mini out looks like
20006s	they able are so Timeless celesti will
20008s	have to give more ground but you know
20010s	they were playing in the spawn there but
20011s	again you have sosler on that angle so
20013s	Arya can't get set up you can't let your
20016s	soj go in on a flank you can't get all
20018s	of the value that comes from having this
20020s	pick getting that Lucio split off with
20021s	your you know with your hit scan player
20023s	Arya I think is going to try and go
20025s	around the alleyway this time around
20026s	while the rest of fable just going to
20027s	walk right through the front door but
20029s	another snaz wall is right in their face
20031s	and a window to boot Fable are split in
20033s	two and firey bends over backwards a
20036s	little bit too far for Lucio's liking
20038s	Fable I mean every single time that try
20040s	to get a rotation off they lose somebody
20042s	at a critical point and it's because of
20045s	Azura's positioning and if you're going
20047s	to keep losing fights off of that you
20048s	need to be conscious of where all of
20050s	time a Celestial are if you keep getting
20052s	split off and you're not finding the
20054s	value out of these May wols something
20055s	need to change in your play style yeah
20057s	they have to find a new plan here cuz
20059s	you're definitely not going to be able
20059s	to get Arya where you want her to be you
20061s	do have a blizzard but so do Timeless
20063s	Celestial as they were able to win the
20064s	previous fight off of only an amp Matrix
20066s	so Fable you have a slight ult Advantage
20069s	but not a substantial enough one to just
20071s	brute force your way through this you
20073s	have 2 minutes try and bleed out as many
20075s	resources from time Celestial as you can
20077s	and then maybe fall back on Plan B but
20079s	this fight has to either be one or it
20081s	has to go quick I I don't think it's
20084s	going to go quick but it certainly will
20086s	be w at the end of the day and time of
20088s	celestial looking to book themselves
20090s	that ticket that's one two ultimates
20093s	expended and both supports from Fable
20096s	the golden rule of OverWatch don't put
20098s	them both in the safe PL and yet there
20099s	they go with nothing to show for it yeah
20102s	and now you're not going to have a sound
20103s	barrier to counteract you know the
20105s	annihilation or anything else the time
20107s	of Celestia want to come and throw at
20108s	you mer is going to have another amp
20110s	Matrix so more positioning going to be
20112s	forced from Fable you're kind of looking
20114s	at min's blizzard to try and be the
20116s	thing that breaks it open possibly the
20118s	overclock from Arya but as we've seen
20120s	Timeless Celestial know better than to
20122s	give Arya an angle to make any use out
20124s	of that one sosler already in position
20126s	with a wall to cut her off if she tries
20128s	anything too tricky you can see she's
20129s	going through that Alleyway again the
20131s	Wall's going to be invested go right on
20133s	top of Min the genius play that wasn't
20136s	intended mini might have a huge impact
20139s	on this fight that straight Lord the
20141s	wall didn't come up it couldn't save the
20143s	tank player time cestia the Sounder
20145s	hanging on for a little while longer and
20147s	it gets them through not one but two
20149s	players on the side of fable Avery
20152s	sitting on no Health Panther is one so
20154s	that health bar is going to go up
20155s	anytime soon yet they still find two
20157s	with the pbes CB this should not be
20159s	happening
20160s	that's that Nemesis form giving you the
20162s	extra armor Avery didn't have a Baptist
20164s	to try and keep themselves alive so they
20165s	have to pop it and thankfully you're
20167s	able to find two and they really had no
20169s	business finding those kills at all
20170s	they're going to get two ticks for it
20172s	there is still some bodies in the
20173s	vicinity that can go for the contest
20175s	Street Lord on the point has the
20177s	annihilation and that might be all they
20179s	need annihilation in overtime there's
20181s	not a more devastating ultimate you have
20183s	to face the tank is gone the may follow
20187s	suit Timeless Celestial AR hi in behind
20190s	straight Lord securing their second map
20193s	win in this series and find themselves
20195s	on Match points of their losers bracket
20199s	match and I think they know what they're
20201s	doing I mean it wasn't a great offense
20203s	from ESS Celestial a pretty solid
20205s	defense for fable but the defense from
20207s	Celestial was just all the better they
20210s	understand the assignment you don't let
20211s	the soj have the off angles you deny it
20213s	as much as you possibly can Arya can
20215s	never get set up by the time she does
20218s	you have too many ults you have too many
20219s	re sources it becomes too costly for
20222s	fable to even make that Gambit to even
20224s	get that play into position and every
20226s	single time that it happens you're
20228s	losing a backliner you're losing your
20229s	Baptist suddenly Avery has to try and go
20232s	for Heroic plays and they do absolutely
20235s	but then you know Street Lord just comes
20236s	in with an Annihilation and you even had
20238s	more ults to back that up more resources
20240s	to keep Street Lord as an everpresent
20242s	threat and Z Panther was not at all in
20245s	any position to get back and try and
20247s	keep Avery Alive by the time that all of
20249s	that tor
20250s	of ultimates and resources and abilities
20252s	came through for time the celestial
20254s	that's a full nearly a full hold a
20256s	couple ticks given but we'll still call
20257s	that a full hold for Timeless Celestial
20260s	Fable though they look like they are on
20262s	the brink of cracking
20264s	this they look so close yet they're so
20267s	far at the exact same time I mean CL
20270s	Celestial right now between snower and
20273s	Street Lord alone I mean those are two
20275s	key issues when Fable attempt to take
20277s	space when Fable are in defense and they
20280s	have the opportunity to make these
20281s	decisions first CB I'm impressed they
20284s	look great I didn't expect them to be in
20286s	a full hold situation until Timeless
20288s	came on out and slar and Street Lord ran
20291s	it down mid and looked excellent while
20293s	doing it and and Fable they have the
20296s	potential to push this to more maps I
20298s	have not been more confident in saying
20299s	that than any other series we've had on
20301s	broadcast today they just need that
20304s	little extra oomph to get them over that
20307s	Mark have a look at the soj head-to-head
20309s	right now here AR ver Azure it's pretty
20312s	close very similar only one difference
20314s	in final blows and one difference in
20316s	deaths either way the you know 16 alms
20319s	overall versus 20 that's just indicative
20321s	of you know Fable losing more fights
20322s	than they ended up winning here what's
20324s	setting it apart for me though is sosler
20326s	versus mini that 15 and five on the olys
20329s	despite only getting five final blows
20331s	keeping your May alive is going to mean
20333s	more walls are going up more blizzards
20335s	are going to come out you can even see
20336s	that you know one more ult used and more
20339s	fights are going to be one off the backs
20341s	of that that's the value that the May
20343s	brings she's not always going to have
20344s	the highest damage in the lobby she's
20346s	not always going to have the best you
20348s	know final blow to to death ratio but
20350s	she's always going to provide that
20352s	unspoken value that's not going to show
20353s	up on a scoreboard and snaza is very
20356s	much so indicative of that in this
20357s	series yeah Minnie has had a very mini
20361s	presence within a couple of these maps
20363s	in comparison to snar which feels almost
20366s	unfair to make considering how good they
20368s	are at M in general and you can't
20372s	understand it enough the value that that
20373s	hero brings to the table and this is
20376s	where Fable find themselves on the last
20379s	chapter of this series and potentially
20382s	the final one for their story overall
20384s	we're going to give them some more time
20386s	to keep writing to find that answer and
20388s	we'll be back after a
20394s	[Music]
20398s	break
20401s	[Music]
20428s	I'm
20436s	[Music]
20458s	n
20460s	[Music]
20483s	[Music]
20483s	[Applause]
20487s	[Music]
20488s	yeah
20495s	[Music]
20496s	[Applause]
20501s	[Music]
20530s	[Music]
20555s	[Music]
20563s	[Music]
20572s	[Music]
20577s	both teams looking to write their own
20579s	history one in a fairy tale book the
20581s	other in the Stars one of them Fable
20584s	facing elimination as Timeless Celestial
20587s	are on Match Point here two it's fables
20590s	map pick where are they going to
20593s	potentially write their final chapter
20596s	well there's only two options for you
20598s	flash point new junk City or Sasa we've
20602s	only seen new junk City I believe once
20604s	in our entirety of calling all Hero as a
20606s	broadcast so far so I'm assuming we're
20610s	going to go over to surasa unless we
20612s	decide to shake things up a tad bit n
20614s	surasa back to the beautiful gardens of
20618s	India perfectly fine and there's not too
20621s	much of a difference between these Maps
20623s	unless you're fighting slightly more
20624s	Close Quarters in some points of new
20627s	junk city surasa is were Fable believe
20629s	that they'll be able to write themselves
20631s	a successful story and Sasa is kind of
20634s	an interesting one because like the May
20636s	is still very valuable here but you know
20638s	on FL point where some of these things
20640s	are a little bit more wide she's not as
20642s	much of a threat as she is on like a
20644s	hybrid or a control so you're going to
20646s	be Reliant a little bit less on Mini to
20648s	try and match up with sosler and you're
20650s	going to be looking for a lot more of
20652s	these flank angles where you can set
20653s	Arya up for Success on the soen which
20655s	she has been lights out on but just not
20659s	quite enough so to to carry the entirety
20662s	of fable as you know mini has fallen
20664s	behind in the may head-to head and some
20666s	of the backliners are getting caught out
20668s	where they don't really need to be this
20670s	is where you can really let your
20671s	souljour shine and potentially you need
20673s	to let your souljour shine and also
20676s	where you know you can really change
20678s	things up as well maybe have either
20680s	Avery or or mini make some hero swaps
20682s	onto something they might be a little
20683s	bit more comfortable on a little bit
20685s	more dominant on somewhere where Fable
20687s	can kind of wrestle control away from
20689s	time of celestial
20690s	here Fable right now they got to come up
20694s	with something there's a couple ways in
20696s	which they can step up but can timeless
20699s	Celestial really be stopped I feel that
20702s	the more that they play the more their
20705s	confidence grows and confidence is a
20707s	dangerous thing for both timea Celestial
20710s	and Fable themselves to take more fights
20713s	when you're confident that you can come
20715s	out on top of them and surasa is a game
20719s	all about ultimate management the
20721s	positioning the decision making and so
20725s	far both teams have proven to be
20727s	excellent and it comes down to the
20728s	smallest of errors that just deide
20730s	fights decide maps and what could be our
20734s	last you mentioned confidence being a
20736s	dangerous thing for my money there's a
20738s	difference between confidence and
20739s	arrogance and the difference is whether
20741s	or not you are able to back it up and
20743s	right now time of celestial they are not
20745s	arrogant they are confident and they
20747s	have right to be being on Match Point
20749s	here and we're sticking on the same
20751s	compositions we've been on the whole
20753s	time no major change UPS so far but we
20756s	got to keep an eye on where Azure and
20757s	Arya are looking to play right now Azure
20760s	just helping the team lock down this
20761s	choke point Arya though might be capable
20764s	of finding a little angle here with the
20766s	a of fiery yeah look at this see this is
20769s	the angles that we're talking about
20770s	flash point leaves us open now zuray is
20772s	caught by surprise you have to turn
20774s	around look at them at some point and
20775s	that's the immortality field going down
20777s	orya has already gained significant
20778s	value for your team fa have the point
20780s	essentially for free they don't have to
20782s	worry about the May wall and like you
20784s	don't have one of your own so there must
20785s	be some other way to win this fight Arya
20788s	still in the backline grab snar she's
20790s	the one that has been stepping up for
20792s	this team and it's still not enough to
20794s	make it happen mini falling so soon was
20797s	too much of a detriment it props to azer
20799s	for that one by the way that rotation
20801s	from Arya and fiery actually almost one
20803s	Fable the point because it made it to
20805s	where they were able to get through the
20806s	archways because the rest of time of
20808s	celestial had to pull back to try and
20810s	deal with Arya the threat but
20811s	unfortunately she missed the rail shot
20813s	she needed to hit and the immortality
20815s	field was there to prevent any sort of
20817s	cleanup damage so despite Fable being
20819s	able to make it through the archways and
20820s	get onto the point they don't actually
20822s	find enough kills enough purchase to
20824s	actually give themselves any staying
20826s	power on the point and come back but now
20829s	that Azure has been dispatched though
20830s	the Wall comes up from mini now it's
20832s	time to go and not really you don't want
20835s	to walk into the ant Matrix and the mayw
20838s	well down it's defensively useless and
20841s	time of celestial are going to hold the
20843s	space despite being down a player and
20845s	rightfully so Fable haven't had a good
20848s	opportunity to push them themselves
20849s	Panther having an an Matrix of their own
20851s	online will surely change the tide of
20853s	that fight but mini has to stay alive
20855s	thankfully they'll manage to esate their
20857s	way back over to where Panther and fiery
20859s	are located and now this is the fight
20861s	that Fable want to take in Street Lord's
20863s	Annihilation has way too much damage to
20866s	deal if you can try to cut it out but if
20868s	you can't do it in an overtime situation
20870s	testing the point is all that matters
20872s	and you need to get their Fe barely
20874s	letting that overtime Lick stay a blaze
20877s	ARA now with the over clock that's one
20880s	down looking for the second support
20882s	doesn't even need to find it the rest of
20884s	fa able to collapse and recover this
20888s	objective but it's a little bit sketchy
20890s	there for a second I really don't like
20892s	the ampt Matrix angle that Panther put
20894s	out there cuz you it wasn't able to get
20896s	a whole lot of healing onto Avery and it
20898s	forced FY to be able to need to invest
20900s	the sound barrier as well so you've
20902s	burned both your support ultimates you
20903s	also had to use the blizzard and the
20905s	overclock there and you kind of like
20907s	forced yourself to have to do that to be
20909s	even be able to cap here you're only
20911s	going to have the annihilation time of
20913s	celestial thankfully aren't going to
20914s	have the blizzard to try and freeze it
20916s	in its tracks but they will have the
20918s	overclock to just chunk it down little
20920s	by little and azer is going to have the
20922s	opportunity to pick their way in where
20925s	do they want to come in overclock coming
20927s	in from behind fa will have to turn
20929s	around but they don't Panther gets stuck
20931s	off on the corner thankfully Avery walks
20934s	on in the Waller is trading his team on
20936s	an even playing field that is until the
20939s	down the ultimate make a mark and auray
20941s	makes arya's head roll around the
20943s	marketplace of surasa points looking to
20947s	be flipped back on over and with that
20949s	overtime about to go down time of
20951s	celestial guaranteeing themselves a nice
20954s	start on Sasa and it kind of goes back
20957s	again to burning both of those support
20958s	ultimates but not only that losing
20960s	Panther first once that overclock gets
20962s	popped that's again all of your staying
20964s	power everything that you need all of
20965s	your healing to try and keep the ratra
20967s	in Play Gone off the table no longer a
20970s	factor and Timeless Celestial don't have
20972s	to respect your space anymore they can
20974s	walk right in kick their feet up on the
20976s	coffee table take it for themselves and
20978s	also take an early position on the next
20980s	Point here and Fable don't really have
20983s	any any tools any keys to try and unlock
20986s	this whereas th Celestial have a look at
20988s	snaz with that blizard going to go in as
20989s	soon as she gets it th Celestial they're
20992s	pushing the advantage of a he's the only
20994s	one not covered under the umbrella of
20996s	the immortality field oh you love it
20999s	when time Celestial takes this
21001s	initiative they know when they're in
21002s	control and they take any opportunity
21005s	given to him an inch becomes a mile and
21008s	Fable back so far and they're going
21011s	committing the blizzard into this CB oh
21013s	they're so staggered out there two
21014s	ultimates that everyone from Celestial
21016s	is able to get far far away from yeah
21018s	they just kite it they just usea speed
21020s	boost now there's the an that comes out
21022s	from M or Arya Falls as well fa are
21025s	investing so much into this and I don't
21027s	see any way're are going to make it
21029s	worth their while it's sunken cost
21031s	fallacy they keep pumping in more and
21032s	more when they really don't have to they
21035s	feel like it's winnable but it just
21036s	never was how much they didn't bat an ie
21040s	and what Fable were doing right now
21041s	they're still staggered mind you there's
21043s	only three of their five players in this
21045s	current situation Street Lord has an
21047s	Annihilation so it's about to come even
21049s	L unless they can start to run away the
21051s	damage Block doing ceny keeping the tank
21054s	on their feet pushing on through and
21056s	time they're going to get a clean sweep
21058s	on this path through a second point and
21061s	and all the resources that Fable used to
21063s	make that fight last as long as it did
21065s	all it did was waste time 90% for time
21068s	of celestial I don't think there's even
21069s	going to be a touch so right away Fable
21072s	are going to have to go the distance run
21073s	it all the way back to try and cap out
21076s	surasa if they want to stay alive in
21077s	this fight and in this tournament they
21080s	cannot give up another inch they can't
21082s	make any more egregious mistakes like
21084s	that one no more fights where you're
21087s	sunking in every ult into a Lost Cause
21089s	And just burning out the clock cuz the
21091s	clock is not on your side there's not a
21093s	whole lot on your side right now as
21095s	Fable are once again taking an early
21097s	position on the point Fable they have
21100s	the overclock but Azure can match it kqa
21102s	has the sound barrier that's the big
21104s	Difference Maker for time Celestial
21106s	right now time Celestial they know they
21108s	have the Sounder to fall back on should
21110s	things go really wrong and as the
21113s	annihilation going out all right things
21114s	are going wrong time to pop out the
21116s	sound barrier Aur is on the point don't
21118s	fight too much on the overclock value
21120s	and this positioning the ANTM I don't
21122s	know how to feel about it unless all
21124s	right Ari can manage to find a sight
21125s	line SAR your head still justes peek
21127s	over that staircase mind you fa
21130s	expensive commitment one that they
21131s	shouldn't have managed to squeak away
21133s	with they're definitely going to need it
21135s	considering the start they had on this
21136s	map that overclock angle from AZ was
21139s	just kind of bad like they go in from
21140s	the low ground while Fable playing up on
21142s	The High Ground and they're not able to
21143s	get a whole lot of value out of it and
21144s	they also invest the sound barrier which
21146s	means now look at fables DPS Al you'd
21148s	love to have a sound barer to cancel out
21150s	any of those this is fa's opportunity to
21152s	swing it back in their favor that little
21154s	mistake from time Celestial Fable can
21156s	now capitalize on and mini has to be the
21158s	one to do
21159s	it now on Fable and to mini mini But
21163s	Mighty but and Silent throughout this
21166s	fight does manag to get one on the
21169s	blizzard it's not a great trade Fable I
21172s	mean KN the sound barrier at your back
21174s	try to push on up and all right we see
21177s	you now G a little bit more of that
21180s	momentum back and are slowly snowballing
21182s	it into consecutive fight wins but
21185s	arya's overclock also wasn't the best
21187s	either it didn't find any kills and kind
21189s	of forced FY again to have to use that
21191s	sound barrier to keep Fable in that
21193s	fight and now their old bank is looking
21195s	mighty dry Timeless celestials not all
21197s	the much more damp but they're coming up
21199s	on some big name ultimates Fable the
21201s	only way they can buy themselves into it
21203s	is if they get an early entry frag here
21205s	from time of celestial and they know
21207s	that look at the angle that SN is
21208s	playing she wants to be the one to draw
21210s	First Blood which is interesting from a
21213s	may you do want to have a Zer behind the
21215s	ant Matrix so completely understandable
21216s	but you don't have the same amount of
21218s	setup need to keep an eye out on the
21220s	walls but no marer doesn't have eyes in
21222s	the back of their head that's a t pick
21224s	no support for time of celestial any
21226s	damage they take is now permanent Fable
21229s	have to know that this is going to be
21231s	the battle they can win pther committing
21233s	the at Matrix knowing just that and the
21235s	fact they don't have to commit every
21237s	single resource is one wonderful The
21239s	Comeback starts here that's exactly what
21241s	they needed Arya mission accomplished
21243s	she gives her life but not before two
21245s	members of Timeless Celestial fall and I
21246s	said that Fable needed to find one entry
21248s	frag well two is twice as good and now
21251s	Fable they only invest the ant Matrix
21253s	now their old bank is looking a little
21255s	bit more respectable check the base in
21257s	your voice when you're talking to us now
21258s	Timeless Celestial you got an overclock
21260s	of your own for Azure where are you
21262s	going to use it from they will have
21264s	their first point uh have presence on
21266s	the point first it's AZ going to have to
21268s	look for a way to try and pinch Fable
21271s	bleed some more resources out of them
21272s	and give thess Celestial the
21275s	advantage
21278s	Celestial wall being out as early not
21281s	going to help anything right blank angle
21284s	as well that's enough I mean look at
21286s	this time of celesio finally are they're
21289s	they're gaining independence right they
21290s	like oh I don't need to give you a hug
21292s	anymore you can be peeled off and take
21293s	these off angles and look what it can
21296s	get them the good news though is that
21298s	only lose one for fable they it's Avery
21300s	that falls the rest of fable they just
21303s	vacate the premises they don't take any
21304s	more fights they don't stagger they just
21306s	completely disengage and they now have a
21309s	very firm ult Advantage kqa sound beer
21311s	can make it take a little bit longer are
21314s	going in with a real early blizzard
21315s	Avery might fall here that W from mini
21319s	that's going to keep Avery alive but not
21321s	Arya take you a read the flank and that
21324s	is going to honestly keep time of
21326s	celestial away from a most of that
21329s	Potential Threat the one in the front
21330s	line has yet to be dealt with able and
21333s	while they didn't get anything out of
21334s	the annihilation forces to space
21338s	necessary moving towards this objective
21340s	Gans an incredibly open point be
21342s	watching your back I mentioned kqa sound
21345s	barrier but she wasn't actually given
21347s	the opportunity to use it because she
21348s	was on that flank angle taking the duel
21350s	with Arya she does win it which is
21351s	absolutely massive but that means Street
21354s	Lord doesn't have that safety net and
21356s	does fall courtesy of Avery and the rest
21357s	of fable without that tank in Play Just
21360s	March right forward and flip the point
21362s	74% for Timeless Celestial that's still
21364s	one fight territory but enough room for
21366s	fable to make a comeback if they con
21367s	seeed the point which they currently
21369s	have no intention of doing so dueling
21371s	Windows come out Panther just trying to
21373s	stop the onslot that comes out from time
21375s	of celestial you can even see fiery
21377s	checking angles that they know Azure
21379s	wants to try and poke
21380s	from look at this they're so aware of
21384s	Thomas position Celestial could be
21386s	positioned ready for those threats and
21388s	they're using their ultimates
21389s	accordingly as I said it before when
21390s	Fable feel like they're in control
21392s	that's when things can go well as soon
21394s	as things start to get crazy when the
21395s	chaos Inu it's going to get sloppy it's
21398s	going to get messy and mini will fall uh
21401s	without all of those resources the
21403s	immortality field and sound barrier not
21404s	even close to a support to push in any
21408s	of OSS Celestial violent intentions able
21412s	they might have one more opportunity to
21413s	contest but it's not going to be pretty
21414s	if it's is there they were chasing down
21416s	fiery but Arya is actually the one to
21418s	fall and we don't have a whole lot of
21419s	time there might not be another touch
21421s	still alive and might be able to get it
21423s	going for it a get spooked away and fire
21426s	is not there to get the touch Timeless
21429s	Celestial just completely ripped the
21431s	pages out of fable Playbook toss it to
21434s	the side left on the writers floor their
21436s	story comes to a heartbreaking end and
21440s	Timeless Celestial were the authors all
21442s	along Timeless Celestial are staying
21446s	true to their name gods in the realm of
21449s	OverWatch and you do love to see the
21451s	comeback even if it didn't look like
21453s	they were playing their own game at
21455s	times a team such as Fable looked like
21460s	very simple work for them to move on
21462s	through this tough upper bracket match
21464s	did not affect them and their ability to
21467s	pull through like they've showcased in
21470s	previous events and they're going to
21472s	keep them heads above the water for
21475s	now it really hurts to see a team like
21478s	Fable going down but props to both Fable
21480s	and even kunoichi earlier cuz both teams
21483s	despite three-oh score lines they went
21485s	down swinging with nothing to be ashamed
21487s	of there was some key mistakes that came
21489s	out from Fable towards the tail end that
21492s	just kind of make you feel like they had
21494s	it in the palm of their hands but it
21496s	slipped the sound barrier coming out
21498s	just a hair too late to save Minnie's
21500s	life and again if your May is the first
21503s	to fall your ability to control the
21505s	battlefield is completely gutted and
21508s	Timeless Celestial swarm the battlefield
21510s	take everything they could possibly want
21512s	force a retreat out of the last
21514s	remaining members of fable firey has to
21516s	go in for the touch isn't able to Avery
21519s	tries to go in with the doomfist gets
21520s	booped away props to kqa for that play
21523s	right there you see Avery just an inch
21525s	away from keeping it back into contest
21528s	and Fable they would have had tools
21530s	right where they could have maybe made a
21532s	comeback here it was about as close as
21535s	you could have asked for surasa to be
21537s	but it wasn't close enough and it wasn't
21540s	in fables book today no their story
21543s	unfortunately has come to an end and
21547s	they made a valant valiant heroic effort
21550s	throughout all of it and you know W with
21553s	a squad such as Timeless Celestial you
21555s	need to understand that both of these
21557s	teams had something to fight for you
21559s	teased it at the beginning of the series
21561s	they had to prove themselves and only
21563s	one of them could actually have the
21565s	opportunity to win the day and it was
21568s	Timeless in this regard and given their
21570s	team play their ability to communicate
21572s	and regroup around the street Lord who
21575s	dominated the space throughout the
21577s	majority of the series and you have to
21579s	hand it to them for that skill I I
21582s	absolutely gonna I'm going to hand it to
21584s	Fable I'm going to hand it to Timeless
21585s	Celestial because Timeless Celestial we
21587s	talked about confidence arrogance
21589s	Timeless Celestial right now they look
21591s	confident despite being in the lower
21592s	bracket that confidence might carry them
21595s	all the way potentially to a Timeless
21596s	versus Timeless match in the future a
21598s	Family Feud that only Steve Harvey could
21600s	have dreamed of that's that's kind of
21603s	what we want to see out of them and if
21605s	they keep playing like this what we very
21607s	well might see out of them so
21609s	congratulations to time of celestial for
21611s	continuing their run but again we have
21613s	to give our hearts out to Fable for not
21616s	being able to continue their story again
21617s	nothing to be ashamed of you have to
21619s	hand it to them players like Arya making
21622s	big plays things that we didn't expect
21623s	to see but so many flashy sojourn plays
21625s	across the board and Arya you know
21628s	arguably at the Forefront of that
21629s	throughout tank players like Avery that
21631s	still feel like they have a lot to prove
21633s	and the capability to back it up I'm
21635s	sure we haven't seen the last of some of
21637s	these Fable players but unfortunately in
21638s	this tournament we
21640s	have Heroes have been made here on
21644s	today's stage we have now bid goodbye to
21647s	half of our teams within the
21649s	championship of the competition is far
21651s	from over we're going to throw it back
21653s	to a break get our analyst desk get
21655s	Christopher and Ash back up talk about
21658s	some of the action that went down so
21659s	don't go anywhere the calling all heroes
21661s	action is yet to
21673s	[Music]
21686s	conclude
21689s	[Music]
21704s	[Music]
21725s	[Music]
21779s	[Music]
21816s	[Music]
21836s	w
21838s	[Music]
21848s	Timeless Celestial will be moving
21851s	forward in the lower bracket 3 and0 up
21853s	against faval and we'll be heading up
21855s	against Michael wave tomorrow but before
21858s	we even get into that we need to talk a
21861s	little bit about what happened today
21863s	here Chris and we did see Timeless
21866s	Celestial earlier on in the that upper
21868s	bracket up against whsp Embers where the
21872s	play was pretty high octane but I think
21874s	things shifted here in this
21875s	match yeah it's hard to know if it was
21878s	Timeless played at a different pace then
21880s	like try tried to make a difference and
21883s	or if it was just the kind of nature of
21884s	the two teams but it felt a lot more
21886s	slow paced it felt like teams were were
21888s	playing wider
21891s	and yeah trying to you know like really
21894s	wait for the off angles wait for the
21895s	right moments to go in
21902s	yeah no that's for sure I think it's
21904s	pretty interesting the way that things
21906s	did shift in that kind of way and I know
21908s	that despite the fact that Timeless
21910s	Celestial definitely came out with that
21912s	three and0 here CB there's also the fact
21915s	that they did look a little bit
21917s	uncomfortable I don't feel like we
21919s	necessarily saw them playing their own
21921s	game in a sense that we're used to
21923s	seeing and we're maybe a little bit more
21924s	cautious in their approach I mean Fable
21929s	definitely didn't feel all that cautious
21930s	time of celestial definitely did there
21932s	were points on Midtown where I felt like
21934s	you know time Celestial knew what Fable
21936s	wanted to play like we kept calling out
21937s	that they wanted to get Arya in position
21940s	to make a big flank play get some value
21941s	out of that sojen angle and all Timeless
21943s	Celestial had to do was just negate that
21945s	constantly play to stop her from getting
21948s	in that position and then shut the door
21950s	on the rest of the the rest of fable who
21952s	were trying to come through and then you
21953s	know you saw like that fight towards the
21955s	end there on surasa one that I Fable is
21957s	going to be kicking themselves for where
21959s	Fable was anything but
21961s	cautious yeah that's the thing I think
21963s	it was an interesting balance in how
21965s	both teams were looking to tip that
21967s	balance into their favor either Which
21969s	Way But a big difference maker in the
21971s	last matchup I've got to say we've got
21974s	to look towards those tank players you
21976s	know Avery had a bit of a slower start
21979s	compared to the consistency that we saw
21982s	coming out from Street Lord there Chris
21984s	but overall we got to talk about that
21987s	utility usage
21988s	too yes I think so I think that the
21991s	stats look pretty even I think that we
21992s	can say that uh both the ratra players
21994s	had a pretty good performance one thing
21996s	I really liked about Street load was I
21998s	felt the ult efficiency was very very
22000s	high I think there's a thing that you
22001s	can do on RAM where you use your first
22004s	shift you take space you realize you
22006s	have the ult for the reset so you
22007s	continue to take space where you would
22009s	not ordinarily go and then use that
22011s	third shift to just kind of you know
22013s	walk across the entire map without any
22015s	possibility of death and and I thought
22017s	there was numerous times where Street Lo
22018s	was clearly thinking numerous steps
22020s	ahead okay I'm 90% Al if I do a punch
22024s	trade here into an ult into a punch
22026s	trade I can kind of just take over the
22027s	entire map and I really felt like the
22029s	ults were very very high value and
22032s	speaking of those ults as well just like
22034s	talking about the numbers there to CB
22036s	it's considering the fact that street
22037s	Lord manages to get four of those
22039s	annihilations off two times the amount
22042s	that we were able to see coming out from
22044s	Avery yeah and like Christopher was
22046s	saying like it does kind of kind of feel
22048s	like whenever Street Lord is popping
22049s	that ultimate they're getting the
22050s	maximum amount of value it's often times
22052s	when they're deep entrenched like right
22054s	up in the enemy Baptist face where you
22056s	know the bat has nowhere to run just has
22057s	to stand their ground try and fight it
22059s	out but that's really hard to do with an
22061s	annihilating ratra just slowly draining
22063s	your health away re bleeding out every
22066s	resource you possibly have or it's when
22068s	Street Lords deeply entrenched in the
22070s	entire enemy team and those tendrils are
22072s	just sucking up everyone's health bars
22074s	that's that's the kind of value right
22076s	versus on the other side with Avery
22078s	where it felt like they were kind of
22079s	using it a little bit more just to try
22081s	and extend the fight try and stall
22082s	things out a little bit longer and
22084s	that's still value but only if you're
22086s	able to follow up on it yeah a huge
22089s	scale with sorry there's a huge scale
22091s	with the the raml here where if I use it
22094s	one second too early the enemy team runs
22096s	away if I use it one second too late I'm
22098s	kind of already dead um and it's very
22100s	very easy to make what looks like a
22102s	really strong ult into one that doesn't
22103s	really get too much value and I think
22105s	Street Lord especially nailed almost
22107s	almost all of them yeah I think too we
22110s	also even saw not to take away from
22112s	Fable in any kind of sense they they
22114s	were looking for opportunities to cut
22115s	Street Lord even off from the team too
22117s	you saw Minnie trying to use some of
22119s	those May walls to block her off from
22121s	that team but overall we also have to
22124s	think about tomorrow to Chris the last
22126s	point to kind of touch on because
22127s	Timeless Celestial they really need to
22129s	be be able to regroup because again it
22132s	look like they're playing a little bit
22133s	more cautious and they have to reset
22135s	going into tomorrow's games
22138s	yeah my my feeling I watched it from the
22140s	client so I watched it kind of overhead
22142s	and my feeling was that Timeless um they
22144s	were trying to play wide but they didn't
22147s	look truly comfortable like what I kind
22149s	of saw was they would play wide and
22150s	something bad would happen and then they
22151s	would just group up you know like that
22153s	they're a family so they need each other
22155s	and and my feeling is that especially
22157s	when we watched that first game of the
22159s	day the way those two teams were dealing
22160s	with the flanks was really high level
22162s	and my feeling is that if I'm timeless
22165s	Celestial right now I strongly consider
22168s	trying something new or at least maybe
22170s	if we lose map one tomorrow we try
22171s	something new if I could make a
22173s	suggestion I think that if you want to
22175s	keep playing the ram comp if you swap
22177s	Baptista Moira and then throw a Genji or
22179s	a Reaper in there I think that you can
22181s	play this comp very stacked you can play
22183s	this at a pretty high Tempo I think it's
22185s	really viable in this current meta it
22186s	might not be S here but I think it's
22188s	really really okay um so I think if they
22191s	want to to try something new but they
22193s	don't want to switch too many Heroes
22194s	around that would maybe be my suggestion
22196s	I I I think you might have seen some of
22198s	the same scrims that I've been seeing
22199s	because I've seen that exact composition
22201s	being like tested from time to time from
22203s	some of the even some of the teams in
22205s	this tournament so I think that idea
22207s	might already be entrenched in some of
22209s	these teams heads it's just going to be
22210s	a matter of whether or not we actually
22212s	see that kind of like Genji Reaper Moira
22214s	variant come out to play that'll be
22217s	interesting we haven't actually seen
22218s	that much Moira coming in in any of
22220s	these matches I think there is one
22222s	yesterday for a split second so
22225s	something to definitely keep in mind
22226s	there and appreciate of course your
22228s	expert analysis on that from both of you
22230s	but especially Chris who you were only
22233s	joining us for today it was an absolute
22235s	blast having you on calling all heroes
22238s	with us we hope that we can have you
22239s	back again and thank you so much for
22241s	your time if there are any last words
22243s	that you want to say before we end up
22244s	saying goodbye to you for tonight no
22246s	thank you guys for having me it was a
22247s	pleasure really and I'd love to do it
22249s	again um sometime in the future it's
22251s	been a pleasure fingers crossed and it's
22253s	been lovely working with you cie I'll
22255s	see you on the other side of things but
22257s	I am going to phone into an interview
22259s	now heading over to a conversation with
22262s	one of the winners here from Timeless
22264s	Celestial goldfish the coach on this
22268s	team congratulations on your lower
22270s	bracket run thank you thank you we uh
22273s	put a lot of put a lot of effort in in
22274s	today to try and you know win this win
22276s	this second match as the obviously the
22278s	first one didn't go as we hoped but yeah
22282s	it's nice to have nice to have won the
22284s	second second second match well I mean
22286s	elimination on the line right you got to
22288s	keep that energy going and um I was
22291s	actually curious knowing that that first
22294s	match didn't go the way that you guys
22296s	had necessarily hoped I think the Hope
22298s	was obviously that it would be a little
22300s	bit closer I think the expectation was
22302s	there from the audience as well um I
22304s	know the 3 and 0 doesn't tell the whole
22306s	story as far as like how every map ends
22308s	up playing out but what did the recovery
22311s	look like after that loss now heading
22313s	into this match that we just saw yeah uh
22316s	the going into the the next match we
22319s	looked over like the the maps of course
22321s	and I mean it just looking at the
22323s	overhead with my team it was pretty
22324s	obvious what we were doing wrong um so
22327s	you know I just you know went over the
22329s	basics with them and did a couple couple
22331s	micro things with them and it I mean it
22333s	was it was all simple for for them to
22336s	understand so and because were I I trust
22338s	all my players to you know you know
22340s	absorb information and learn things
22341s	really well and they've been doing that
22342s	excellently for like the past best
22344s	little while that I've been working with
22345s	them so I I wasn't I I wasn't too
22348s	worried after after doing the VOD review
22349s	with them I wasn't too worried that
22351s	about this this second match I was
22352s	pretty certain that we were going to be
22353s	able to pull this up because you know
22355s	everyone after during the V riew
22357s	everyone I I didn't even have to tell
22359s	them what went wrong to be honest but
22360s	just you know they they all got it and
22362s	then you know fixed it up in the in the
22364s	next match so I'm really proud of
22366s	them well that's awesome to hear and you
22369s	love being able to hear that praise like
22370s	and the self-recognition in that kind of
22373s	sense from the entire team too um
22375s	looking also at like the changes that
22377s	you guys were making from that first map
22379s	earlier today into the second was it
22382s	more of a story of looking to try and
22384s	play a bit more of your own game or be a
22386s	bit more flexible with the pacing that
22388s	you were looking to approach these
22389s	matches with um it was kind of a kind of
22393s	mostly like paying attention to the
22395s	pacing of the match and things like the
22397s	simple things like uh like I mean yeah
22399s	kind of just like playing our own game
22400s	and you know not getting caught off by
22402s	what the other team's doing and you know
22404s	just being more relaxed and not being so
22407s	worried about maybe if something's not
22408s	going as expected to not not panic and
22410s	not do anything drastic and just you
22412s	know be because I I I have this you know
22414s	this this thing where the the calmer you
22416s	are during matches the easier it is to
22418s	process what's happening and you're the
22420s	less likely to make mistakes so you know
22423s	I just you know just drill the basics
22426s	into them and just just make sure just
22428s	you know remind them just stay calm and
22430s	everything you guys know you guys know
22431s	how to play the game and they'll just
22433s	you're going to be all right and then
22435s	you know it was I saw a lot lot better
22437s	cool down usage and a lot better uh
22440s	recognition of when a fight's lost and a
22441s	lot less burned ads and good you know it
22443s	was good stuff so yeah I love hearing
22446s	that I feel like we heard from another
22448s	coach earlier today and the theme has
22450s	definitely been keeping your cool um and
22452s	making sure that you're grounded in that
22454s	kind of sense and I'm actually curious
22456s	like when obviously with OverWatch too
22460s	this game is built for chaos and the
22463s	comms are naturally going to I think
22465s	devolve into that at some point in time
22468s	is there a player on the team that is
22470s	really good at kind of leveling things
22471s	out when that does happen in
22474s	game uh I would say it's a it's a mix of
22478s	probably uh Street and uh the Muller
22481s	they're both pretty uh they're both
22482s	pretty good at at recognizing when
22484s	something's going wrong Ki is also
22485s	pretty good at it but uh they're you
22488s	know my my backline and Street are Al
22490s	they're all pretty good at recognizing
22491s	when when something when something's
22493s	going wrong and and you know calling
22495s	that like we need to do this or we need
22497s	to slow down or stuff like that so you
22499s	know yeah it's that's also nice to have
22501s	to having a players on my team that you
22503s	know we can trust to to be able to rec
22506s	like recognizeing call Tempo yeah you
22509s	got to have that glue to keep everybody
22510s	together and like the rock to keep hold
22512s	everyone down and keep that Fort um
22515s	locked down as well and now thinking
22518s	about tomorrow's matches looking into
22520s	the fact that you are going to be
22522s	playing up against Michael wave how are
22525s	you in the team feeling
22527s	knowing who you're going up against and
22529s	Michael wave I feel like they've been
22531s	making quite a splash so far this
22532s	weekend too yeah Michael wave is a good
22535s	team and uh I'm uh I'm not I'm not super
22539s	uh I'm not gonna say I'm worried because
22541s	obviously they're a good team so it's
22542s	going to be a hard match but uh I think
22544s	that you know just you maybe going over
22547s	a few Maps again and just like making
22549s	sure my my team is you know set on on
22551s	all the basics and you know just just
22553s	staying calm I think it should be a
22555s	pretty good match tomorrow
22557s	I'm excited to see it I think it's going
22559s	to be a close on I think it's going to
22560s	be really fun to watch you guys do get
22562s	out in the server and Before We Say
22564s	Goodbye I just want to say one thank you
22567s	so much for taking the time to do this
22568s	interview with me and two are there any
22570s	shoutouts thank yous anything that you'd
22572s	like to say on the stream right now uh I
22575s	mean obviously just shout out shout out
22577s	to my team uh I I I love those guys they
22580s	uh they do you know they they're they're
22582s	good listeners they're good Learners and
22583s	they're a great environment to be around
22585s	and I I've loved working with them so I
22587s	couldn't ask for couldn't ask for a
22588s	better team to have honestly I love I
22590s	love this
22591s	group that's so sweet well good luck on
22594s	your run tomorrow and we hope to see uh
22597s	teams Timeless Celestial continue their
22599s	lower bracket run wishing you all of the
22601s	best thank you for the time doing this
22603s	interview goldfish it's nice to meet you
22605s	thank you thank
22607s	you okay another interview for the books
22611s	and unfortunately we did have to close
22613s	that chapter on Fable but Timeless
22615s	celestial will be moving on to tomorrow
22618s	where they're going to be facing up
22619s	against Michael wave we have to bring
22622s	back our casters to continue to talk
22624s	about how today has panned out because
22627s	it's been a pretty wild ride
22630s	CB sorry Ekko just jumped on my desk
22633s	wanted to give her some pets yeah and
22634s	absolutely like sorry well I got I got
22637s	to give love to to my cat here yeah it
22639s	has been a wild day though and we have
22641s	unfortunately now like you said earlier
22643s	had to say goodbye to four of our
22645s	original eight that we came here with it
22647s	is now Timeless ethereal versus wisp
22650s	Embers that's going to be a pretty
22652s	pretty important match to keep an eye on
22654s	in the winners finals we might even see
22656s	a repeat of that in the grand finals if
22657s	whoever loses that one uh turns out to
22660s	be victorious against the winner of
22663s	Michael wave versus Timeless Celestial a
22666s	lot of moving Parts here a lot of uh a
22668s	lot of story lines being written today
22670s	and a lot of them unfortunately coming
22672s	to an
22673s	end yeah tiny it's been a
22677s	pretty I don't know I'm like looking at
22680s	the numbers right now and we are saying
22682s	goodbye to four of those teams like CB
22684s	just mentioned but I really feel like
22686s	again those three and O's aren't telling
22688s	the whole story here especially looking
22690s	towards this lower bracket as to how
22693s	close some of these matches really ended
22695s	up
22696s	being I can agree I I think that the
22699s	results that we've seen so far haven't
22701s	been all that surprising but there has
22705s	been a lot of these three as you said
22707s	that may not necessarily look like 3's
22709s	until you look in on the big picture
22713s	especially that match that we saw
22714s	earlier today with Fable and TLA
22717s	Celestial they had a lot of Shining
22719s	Moments that it really could have gone
22721s	either direction and fortunately that
22724s	may not have been the case but it does
22726s	show how these teams really are
22727s	competing at the top
22730s	level yeah it's pretty insane how close
22732s	the competition has gotten as the season
22735s	has gone on late handing us all the way
22737s	into this Championship weekends but now
22741s	we have to look towards tomorrow I think
22744s	the matches that we have there that
22746s	we're going to be looking towards
22747s	knowing Michael wave versus Timeless
22749s	Celestial and Timeless ethereal versus
22752s	whisp Embers there's no shortage of
22755s	bangers I think both matches are going
22757s	to be heat there CB yeah again the one
22761s	you want to keep an eye on definitely is
22763s	going to be that first Winner's final
22764s	matchup with nyxl or sorry wisp Embers
22767s	versus Timeless uh ethereal you know
22770s	numbers one and two Timeless always Tak
22773s	in the gold and wisp Embers always the
22775s	Bridesmaids never the bride second place
22778s	in four out of the six tournaments
22780s	looking for one the the looking for the
22783s	one that matters to get that gold into
22786s	yeah really looking to prove themselves
22788s	in that kind of sense but day2 is coming
22791s	to a close now a big thank you to
22795s	Christopher Dustin or Dogman and got
22798s	Moxy for being on earlier today and to
22800s	you to Tiny and cie for joining me on
22803s	the desk as well tiny any final thoughts
22806s	heading into tomorrow's matches buckle
22809s	up it is about to get serious we have
22812s	had seriously there's no there there's
22814s	no understatement the only team that has
22816s	beaten Timeless ethereal in a final so
22818s	far has been the roster that we see in
22821s	wisp Embers and with everything being
22824s	completed $20,000 plus other prizes on
22827s	the line I mean Ash there's so much to
22830s	be looking forward towards tomorrow and
22832s	we better see all of you back here oh
22835s	absolutely a big thank you to our
22836s	production team to radiant and to all of
22838s	The Talented admins behind the scenes
22841s	putting on this show and of course to
22843s	the teams for showing up and being part
22844s	of this event and everyone at home for
22846s	tuning in we'll be back tomorrow to
22849s	Crown the winner and the champions of
22851s	the calling all Heroes
22855s	season
22862s	[Music]
22879s	[Music]
22885s	now
22892s	[Music]
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22942s	[Music]
22945s	[Applause]
22951s	[Music]
22974s	a
22981s	[Music]
23004s	you
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23064s	C
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