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Hello, everyone, welcome on in a welcome back.
We present to you the calling all heroes, Radiant Series 2026.
My name is Ari Cast here with rain.
We're going to be your yappers for the part of today.
And I'm just so excited that we finally have this competition back and running rain.
How you feeling?
I'm pretty good.
I'm also super excited for this RA.
Of course, we've been waiting, I think, all year for this season to get kicked off.
And here in the playoffs now, I think that we are in for some excellent competition in this Calling All Heroes season.
Yeah, so for those of you who don't know, Calling All Heroes is an overwatch tournament circuit for women and marginalized genders.
The goal is to continue building an inclusive environment for everyone, focusing on equity, visibility, and community support.
support. Radiant is the women led gaming production agency that has partnered
with Overwatch to produce Calling All Heroes. To get here, we've had things a
bit different this year when it comes to that kind of circuit format. There was
an open Swiss that had just happened for our regular season. There were six
rounds and the top eight teams advanced through into, guess what, today. Today
is that playoff stage and we are here thriving. We are excited to bring
a total of four matches today with a couple more tomorrow on the line for this playoffs weekend
today there is mainly going to be seating for that calling on heroes championship but there is
still a couple thousand dollars on the line for our top two finishes here yeah so there's 21 teams
that came into this season we're down to the top eight like he mentioned after three weeks of
swiss stages here so that championship prize pool definitely going to be kind of the end game
here for these teams but yeah the season playoffs a nice couple grand definitely
wouldn't feel bad to walk away with that
yeah that calling all heroes championship beginning on August 29th for
combined 37 thousand dollars which is insane by the way making the total
calling all heroes prize pool a grand total of $40,000 so not not just a
tiny amount certainly some life-changing money for a lot of
these players and I know I'd certainly would like that money I'd like to buy a
car or something that sounds nice to me. Definitely would be nice and yeah having the top eight teams
here. Now of course first and second are the only places that are going to get a cut out of that prize
money here for the season playoffs but again the seating for the championship on the line as well.
So you want to have a bit of a leg up as you head into that championship to take a stab at
that bigger prize pool and we have some incentives here for the viewers as well. So if you make
sure that your Twitch account is connected to your Battle.net account, you have a chance
to get some of these drops if you watch enough hours. A couple of player icons here, a spray
and a banner and I mean Ari and I were talking about this and we think that these would
look fantastic with the competitive drives that are happening right now. So I definitely
think that you guys want to get in on these drops? I mean, the color scheme is so nice.
I just love that shade of purple. Not quite a lavender, if you will. And I'm sorry, Chet,
there's no eSports loot boxes. But hey, you got to rep the competitions that you're here
to watch for. And I got to say, I'll be loving these. I'll certainly be repping
these banners and things like that throughout the drives as I work on them, as I have
still not yet completed mine. I'm sorry. We're also working on them surely. Yeah,
Yeah, but it's nice to have a little bit of drops and of course, the regular Overwatch
drops are happening on Twitch as well that are not exclusive to Calling All Heroes, so
you can also get some competitive points from not just watching this broadcast but watching
any of the Overwatch streamers.
Yeah, plenty of rewards to go around as well.
Does anyone just sit here to enjoy the games anymore?
We got some bigger matches for you.
that have been here through multiple different years.
We even have some players that represent a World Cup teams,
things like that.
So keep your eyes peeled.
There's plenty of different stories
on that will kind of highlight as the day moves forward, right?
Yeah, and I mean, moving forward,
we got to think about the bracket here.
So it is top eight, and it is single elimination here.
So that does mean losing team is going to go home.
You can see your top eight teams
here. Definitely some familiar names here. Fable has been in the scene for a long
time. I know there's a lot of nightmare fans out there as well as ex oblivionate
fans as well. So definitely some some big games here and like you alluded to Ari
it's not just the team names a lot of these players are up and coming or
already in those kind of top levels of competition. And just for additional
level of clarification this one round is single elimination. You either move
on or you drop out after that when you move into that upper semi finalist then you'll
go into that double elimination stage with teams dropping down if they do find themselves
on the defeated side.
But of course I mean just win forehead just just keep on winning and you're in the grand
final and you can take home that nice two thousand dollar prize here get yourself the
number one seed in calling all heroes championship is pretty darn good.
Yeah, I gotta agree with you there definitely a little bragging rights and of course
If you get up to that number one or two, you get a little bit more than just the bragging rights.
So from this top eight knockouts, now these matches are going to be happening simultaneously.
And we are going to be covering one of them here from the first round.
We're going to be taking a look at team missing X-ray and Fable.
And the reason we chose this game, by the way, is this is the number four and number five seeds out of Swiss.
I believe both teams, if my research is correct, had the same record.
So it should still be a very close kind of a game when it comes to just the statistical
standpoint.
But as well, we know a lot of the players on both of these teams.
And I'm sure you guys will as well in the chat.
So make sure to rep your favorite player if you see them.
Yeah, definitely.
Cheer on some of these players.
You're going to recognize them, not just from calling all heroes, if you've tuned
in to some previous seasons, but you'll recognize them from things like FaceIt League
and the Overwatch World Cup as well.
So super excited to get to see this kind of the middle of the pack teams here.
But of course, got to remind everyone, there were 21 teams that signed up.
So it's already a really big deal to make it into the top eight here.
And of course they had to make their way here through, of course,
we said six rounds of Swiss stage.
But how are they gonna make it through into the championship stage?
How are they gonna play through today?
Well, to do that, we're gonna need to take a look at the map pool.
Because things start to change as we move on.
And so, you know, you're maybe old favorite isn't here anymore.
I'm talking about hashtag got a lovely John.
It's no longer here.
It's not.
Instead, we've got Ilios along with as well the rest of the maps that you can see on the screen.
Yeah, I think the Ilios shout out is is pretty.
Yeah, I'm pretty understandable here.
Now this is, of course, going to be a best of five first to three here.
The higher seeded team will select the control map that we get started on.
So in this case, it is the four and five.
But it is team missing x-ray that's going to have the first option of selecting between
Ilios and Paul and our pick Peninsula.
We do this every time, but we do it because it's true.
Chances are we're going to see a lot of Kingsroads, we're going to see a lot of Circuit Royale,
a lot of Ilios, and if we had to pick a Flashpoint, I mean honestly, I think it's the closest
one there.
I think that one's 50-50.
I think so as well.
Now, Nujung City was in the map pool for Fakes at League, whereas Atlas wasn't,
Some of these players might be a little bit more experienced at least recently
Well practice on new junk city, but definitely got lots of popular maps here
Let's introduce our higher seated team here in missing x-ray
So Nick man and not okato the DPS here both pretty well known
I think at this point not just in kava and face it as well amity on tank crumb and Cameron going to be the
the back line here. So excited to get to see this team, a lot of expert division
players in here and some pre existing synergy where McMahon and Chrome are
currently playing on another team together. So definitely a strong showing
here for team missing X-ray.
Not to mention the jetpack cat featured on the player card, but the damage
roll up in the top left. So maybe showing you what kind of play style
that person may have going into the game. Of course, we always joke
about, oh, is this the comp that they're going to be running, but I think a support
might be a little bit interesting to see. Maybe Overwatch has some new plans for us,
but moving on, we've got Fable, our other side of the competition, and it's all going
to start off with Kaisal, Ray, Avery, Zepanther, and Fiery.
Yeah, another pretty strong team here, and everybody on this roster competing currently
in that facet league here, including Avery in the Masters division here, so very well
versed on this tank role.
And again, some existing synergy here on Fable.
These are the core players from Fable in 2025.
Avery, Fire, and Z-Panther kind of returning.
And then to bring in the DPS lineup from the previous Caffe Violet, Ray, and Kaisical.
So we kind of have two cores merging into one here for Fable.
And I'm going to pull back this bit again.
It actually looks like a real team comp.
It's possible.
It's like, this is genuinely possible.
I mean, the Kiri Brigitte may be not most frequent of backlines, but all of these characters
we can assume will at least see maybe some play time today.
I know Anran has been one of those characters where you have to min-max the value you
are really trying to accomplish and maybe only ran in certain compositions, but if
The player is just so good on the character. It'd be a shame to let it go to the wayside.
Yeah, totally agree. So we know the players that are going to be in this lobby.
So the next information that we're going to need before we head into this match is of course going to be those map selections.
So like I mentioned, it is going to be a control map to start things out.
And it is going to be a team missing x-ray that's going to be in control of where we go.
So they're going to have not only control of where we end up,
but they're also gonna have that first hero ban as well.
So there's a lot of power right now
in the hands of that higher seeded team
and we're calling all heroes is a relatively small community.
They're probably gonna have a good idea
of maybe where Fable doesn't wanna go
and what heroes Fable does not wanna have banned out.
Let me ask you a question, Rain,
because you're making that point.
You did a lot of preparation and research on these teams.
Is there something that you could discern
from watching maybe past games of theirs?
if there is a hero that they kind of depend on,
that they can kind of just ban out in the first few moments,
whether that is Fable onto Team Missing X-Ray or vice versa.
Yeah, oh, okay, well, not a whole lot of speculation from me,
I suppose.
Ilios, the starting map, I mean, we alluded to this
when we saw the map pool, no big surprise here.
I do think that the matchups of Team Missing X-Ray
and Fable, they play kind of similar compositions here.
Both tanks are kind of well-versed,
not only in the Brawl tanks,
but also in the Dive tanks as well.
wouldn't be surprised if Axe brings out maybe some hazard here, especially on Ilios where
you have access to that high ground, and then, I mean, Natakato has just been fantastic on
so many of these hitscan heroes. Sojourn Freya, definitely, but it actually is going to be
a team missing X-Ray taking the Freya off the field here, so they're going to opt
to run something, maybe work into that Sojourn, and then the Jetpack Cat coming
off the board. I think that that is a pretty good band here for Ilios, where
We have been seeing a bit more of the Jetpack Cat Bastion cop,
but even just Jetpack Cat on her own
is in a pretty good spot right now.
That cat is annoying.
When I started my drives,
it was not the most fun to deal with.
Now, I might be one of some of the lower ranks,
maybe medium rank.
And yeah, I was having some trouble,
especially when I'm being a frog bouncing off walls
and I have to look in the sky.
Thankfully, I didn't fall off the ledge,
but as for Crumb,
Maybe they'll be sending some people off the edge here as we start looking at our comps. Never mind, we've got a Mizuki instead.
Yeah, this is not really a surprise to me. We are starting out on ruins here, so this is going to be the map on Ilios that is going to have the least amount of high ground to kind of navigate around, but it's still very much a dive map here that you can work with.
So, missing x-ray. I mean, Amity looking to come out on the Mauga here. This has been a tank that has been kind of climbing up in popularity.
There was a small dip there, but, uh, yeah, so much survivability here.
Having that Kiriko and the Musici backline provides so much utility here for missing X-ray.
From with that CC of the chain as well,
gonna be a good target onto Avery as long as you can wait out those Zarya levels.
I'm excited to get into it with the first team fight of the calling of all the heroes playoffs in 2026.
Happening right now. Please don't fall off the edge.
Okay, that would have been an embarrassing start, but no, instead, just a bit of a joyride over to the side, the length, you will, and the battle going on over to always this point.
It is going to be Team Missing X-Ray that do find themselves in control for the moment, but no real picks, waiting for that first initial engagement to strike down their opponents.
And it's not going to happen just yet. The good positioning, though, basically forced out by the Maga. You can't just stand there on the point and hope the tempo take them down.
No, but it is going to be crumb with that binding chain fighting the first now
I kind of with the rail shot on a fiery the seconds and this should be all she
wrote as yeah three four picks go down and making that five there you have it
almost a team like in our first engagement 2026 and I mean great stuff
here from team missing x-ray they did not just force their way onto the point
you can see that McMahon taking that flank around the sides really trying
to kind of surround fable here in the hospital area is going to really
suffer here. Avery, he's gonna make a quick swap here. So, Kaisakul also making swap off
of that Zarya Reaper. Gotta match McMahon on these angles on the She-On here. And then
Avery on the Sigma going to hopefully be able to survive this Malga, a loot.
Malga from the top ropes apparently. I mean, Nahtakata will be the one that strikes
down, but it was Amity applying that pressure. Kaisakul does get the She-On dip, if
you will, on a McMahon, but is the value completely there to win this fight
Of course the point taken but here comes that charge once again
I'm gonna find a slam or knock down on any player
But that is gonna be the Katsune rush launched out nothing else in response as it's not available not a cattle back in the spawn
Can't use that overclocking response
And so again the sustained going to be fruitful for fable as they hold on to the point
But there's a Katsune rush back finally being matched. Oh my gosh the panther. Thank God you have high sense there
I don't know what just happened
a crumb falls down in the end and the slam on down once again by Amity still
not finding that pick that they're hoping for and team missing X-ray might
have to take a reset button especially as Amity falls hey I mean I like the idea
from Cameron to use the Katsune Rush kind of later in the fight here but now
that they will have a free over on this thing like you're gonna be able to do
a lot more of that poke damage and cycling between the shield and the
kinetic grasp you're gonna be able to deny so much of that cardiac overdrive
from Amity, but she's gonna have a much harder time just staying alive and existing in these fights.
Now, good news for Team Missing X-Ray. Lots of ultimates to come back into this,
including that Overclock, so fiery, and it'll have to make good use of the sound barrier.
And two quick picks. This fight might just be over as soon as it starts. I mean,
McMahon, they have been one of those players to look at. I'm telling you now, and with
three picks on the fight, they are unstoppable. Team Missing X-Ray, take this one and flip
the point back in their control about to overtake Vable.
Look, I watched McMahon when Vendetta first came out and they were absolutely incredible
at picking up that hero as soon as she was available.
Really just kind of repeating the pattern here.
She odded the newest hero and McMahon already finding a good understanding of things.
Curious as to what the play is here.
It looks like it's just going to be to isolate that act line.
The Suzu does come out and prevents any sort of major damage, but there is the
real threat.
And in the end, it is just more pandemonium that goes all in favor of Team Missing X-Ray.
Yep, great start for Team Missing X-Ray, although, hey, Fable definitely coming alive there.
I like the swaps, it made a lot of sense to counter out the comp that X-Ray is winning with,
but we're gonna have to pick it up a little bit.
And I think it's gonna be a great start for Team Missing X-Ray.
X-ray is winning with, but we're gonna have to pick it up a little bit as we head to the
next point here because of course, one more point and Team Missing X-ray will be able
to start up one in this series.
As we head over on to Lighthouse here, this is where there's going to be a lot more high
ground to kind of be concerned about.
And I guess in response to that, we are gonna see Avery make that swap over onto
the diva and the amity wrecking ball coming out as well.
This is going to be a very deadly especially where fable aren't running that music key
So you don't really have any form of CC here except for the boop from fiery and there's really only so much you can do
To dissuade a wrecking ball for coming back for a second hit
So we'll see if there's gonna be any other changes for missing x-ray
It's a tpl from both these teams and then over on to the tracer here
So we're really gonna have to be watching for those one be one between this man
and Isabel.
Wait for the rollout. I see you. I see what you're going for.
The other problem is that that value...
...not quite abundant in that slam, just to...
...going to take that high ground positioning instead.
But big boop coming out. Big displacements!
Wraith! She completely falls over because of it.
Not a cut-o with that punish.
And again, not another slam available, but a big boop.
Oh my gosh! Fiery!
The frog riding, wall riding!
I am just gone.
Sent to the oblivion, the abyss.
It'll be team missing x-ray to pick up that first capture.
Alright, this is good for them. They'll be able to get things set up and out of Kato,
making value already on this soldier.
Now look, the Turtles do get treated out here,
but yeah, there's just too much falling with Krum taking down the mech of Avery as well.
That D.va is going to get staggered out a little bit here,
so more 3% damage on the board here for team missing x-rays.
And you can see just how many roll-throughs and how much damage she's done on this wrecking ball
by looking at this all charge almost at 70% already and in a very sticky position to take
a slam on to Fable as we're making the rotation.
I'm only finding really the tank.
This is what my ball gameplay, I think it looks like when in actuality we know it definitely
doesn't but it feels like it's just the speed of Amity rolling through these teams
displacing and making sure that Fable does not have an easy time to work through and
just get a hard engage on this point.
The rail is still available for Narikato.
Choosing their target is going to be the Diva.
Brings them down to about half.
But still kicking as every player on this lobby
is still waiting for that big moment to strike
for Fable to engage into the point.
But it's not going to be easy.
Amity has these mines available.
Yeah, and I mean, look at the displacement.
It's just all about causing chaos
when you're playing this wrecking ball.
And Amity is doing that to a tee.
Byron did stop off Gluccio over onto that musicie
to try and have some form of CC.
But Abney's just always on the loose, there's never a chance to find a way to do it.
And unfortunately, the Panther, using that Katsunei Rush after two players had already fallen to minefield,
just has a bit of insurance.
Ah, the Remak! Hello? It finds two, Avery!
I don't know how you've done that, the Pulse Bomb's still available for Mikman.
It can maybe work with it in some favorable way.
The Tracer 1 HP casket will fall to the rail, and not exactly Bukoff will map for the D.Va,
but still, no team really left to work with.
It's going to be tough for Vable to really get themselves back into this point.
Let him find a cap and a comeback, but there's a Katune rush by Camry making this even tougher.
Rey, she'll fall down.
The Overclock making this even more difficult.
And the Remak found two, but the Self-Destruct only finds one.
McMahon caught out in the open.
Kaisa-Kill will fall.
Is this it? Is this our first map?
Yes, indeed.
Team Missing X-Ray take it 2-0 over Vable.
Yeah, I think that you can see that once amity brings out the wrecking ball here
It's just kind of scrambling a fable to try and find an answer to things the music piece mop was really good
But you just see how well burst
The team missing x-ray is with playing with the wrecking ball
The chaos that's being created by amity is always being followed up on whether it's by natto-kato or by nickman
somebody is always ready to find the target that's been pushed out of position by amity and
Yeah, the team synergy definitely there for Team Missing X-Ray.
Ironically, as much as I want to say it looks like a TDM style of gameplay
with everyone just being kind of all over the place, it really does look coordinated, though.
Like, even though, you know, it might be 1v1 fight here, 1v1 fight there,
it's because that is what has been orchestrated by Team Missing X-Ray
to then propel them to success and win out these maps and matches.
And with that, map one, it goes to Team Missing X-Ray.
Of course, it is a first to three, so there's still plenty of time to work with, as well
as that map selection now, swapping over to the other side, the hero bans as well, also
being launched over, and so now you think, okay, what did we exactly go for the ban?
Obviously, you can argue the wrecking ball is going to be banned, but at the same time,
you've got to figure out what map is being played first.
Yeah, that's the thing, if you think kind of tailored the map selection so that
it's going to not favor the wrecking ball, I think that Avery looked best on this
So there's definitely lots of options here to run the Sigma maps that are really not going to favor the ball.
I'm thinking to work every way out, where Sigma really can have a strong impact here.
And I think that putting a lot of your kind of eggs into the basket of the DPS here might work well for Fable as well.
If you can follow up kind of on that code damage that comes through from the tank, I think that you have a good shot at tying this series up here.
here, but he definitely is going to come down to those hero bands at the end of the day, even if
you pick the map that's going to not favor that wrecking ball. We know that Amity has lots of
flexibility here. So you're going to have to be very careful about the band because of course,
you can only ban a hero once per series. So fable not going to be able to ban that jetpack
cat again. And then Freya not going to be banned by team missing x-ray. That just scares me.
Is team missing x-ray going to just be a jetpack cat merchant? Like is that is that what's
about to happen not to say that's like their only capability but are they just
gonna abuse the character in any way that they can to just completely
dismantle what is already a potentially dismantled fable I mean you saw what
happened when the wrecking ball rolled through now imagine there's a cat in
your back line I'm I'm a little scared if that is the case I think it's
definitely a possibility the jetpack had I mean before when she first came out
we were kind of just seeing her on some very specific maps I mean alias
definitely one of them but I've seen some jetpack hat fashion happen on Circuit Royale. I've seen
it on some Kings Row here. Even the jetpack hat capacity is becoming quite popular. Everybody loves
a good sky moon. So definitely lots of opportunities to kind of combo this jetpack hat with other
DPS heroes and just make them that much more deadly. And then of course I mean she's just
deadly on her own especially once you get kind of the claw perk where it's going to not only
slow down the target but also do extra damage with that quick melee. Yeah, definitely. If
Fable is scared of the Jetpack Cat composition, I think that that could be kind of capitalized
on here.
I'm so surprised! Look at the map selection! Circuit Royal! Well, the Bands though. The
Bands are something we could look at a little bit more. Fable banning the Pharah and
And the Kyroko as well, banned out, which I guess kind of hints at what the teams are
trying to go for, I mean, you have to imagine that team is in X-ray, just have a really good
far up layer, and they will know that just by reputation, so I think that's what they're
going for in that ban.
It's definitely possible.
I think that it could also be a protect ban onto the DPS here.
Maybe if you specifically want to run, say, some Widowmaker or something like that
and you suspect that it could get banned out,
going for that ban onto the FARA
that we sometimes could see on circuit,
but just not that common,
will protect that DBS role.
So the Curico ban out here is very interesting.
Oftentimes when we're seeing Curie banned,
we're thinking about, okay, what is Curie denying?
It's denying anti.
So I'm thinking we could potentially see some honor here.
I'm thinking that we could potentially see
some other forms of CC,
maybe a stomp in, the accretion, things like that.
But also, Kiriko is a key component in keeping Amalga alive,
so I think that that hero band could allude to the other team
having a difficult time running that hero.
I love how you didn't mention the fact
that we might see a Junker Queen.
You know, I thought about it,
and I was like, you know, she does have Auntie.
I don't think that we're gonna see Junker Queen.
She's just not in a spot right now,
or you can necessarily get away with it.
I mean, you know, Fanny the Kirie
could definitely help, but I don't think
it'll be enough to break her in.
Not on this map, at least.
I think Circuit would be a bit too tough for them.
Imagine you're in Jungle Queen looking up at that high ledge
and you're like, ah, it'd be nice.
Just watching a widow.
Nice to shoot you back, but no.
Alas, it's just a shotgun.
All right, well, it is going to be fable on the defense
first here.
And that does mean that the comp that they've walked in
is at least going to be what we're going to have for it
of first engagement here.
Not a problem.
The Mario theme?
Okay.
What in the cook?
I know what I got.
Brilliant!
From Madoka!
Oh my gosh!
She's just multi-talented.
What can't she do?
Um, ooh.
Okay.
Potentially some little micro here.
Uh, no.
Yeah.
Once you see, once you see Kaisical over on this May, you have to swap and match the May.
This may Sigma music be gone from the fable is just all about trying to isolate Amity on this tank, so...
Eugh! McMahon gone! That's a good start for Fable!
Indeed it is.
Of course, we're gonna need to see the major tempo of this fight start to develop, although that is one pick.
The tank's still very much alive for both sides, so...
And of course, kinda just waiting for that space battle to commence, and with every on that Sigma right,
you are focusing a little bit more on tempo, a little bit more at distance.
MD has at least dual variability to at least run in and just start whacking away with them at fists, but
Yeah, just gonna be that space actually still being gained as much as team missing x-ray lost one early
They're still working their way around the corner just fine. In fact, it's a free that's gonna go pretty darn low
The mortality field that'll have to be used the flick not gonna be found there
But avery with that pick on the crumb should seal this one at least for the moment gonna be a lot tougher to push
Forward when you just don't have a main source here
Yeah, Chrome is going to be such an important component of this.
Now, I do like missing X-ray.
Ah, Cameron, I, you know, I cast a cursed you in my brain because I'm thinking,
I love the Juno with this for much of it, because the speed ring is going to be so
helpful for closing the business on Avery.
But Fable is just able to do so much poke damage onto team missing X-ray before they
can cycle through their first set of cooldowns that Fable already has alts coming online here.
This Infiltration Matrix from Z-Hanther is going to be fantastic at forcing team
mixing x-ray to just disengage, wait things out, just burn down the clock.
Looks like the reason tests start to come through the application matrix as well.
That's sigma very low, yeah stand in front of the window so I can hear you, thank you, thank you.
And as that infrared sight goes through, it starts to wonder where is that pick going to come through?
Well unfortunately not, on the side of Naruto, it's a camera that falls in the back line, but it's just a go button
by absolutely everyone, Rabbidic Flux, Mizuki old, I think there was an annihil-
There's to go, there are so many different things going on, and when that settles, it is fable still on top, holding strong.
Absolutely incredible showing here from Rey, I, you know, if you give her the space to work with, she is going to pop off.
Fantastic look on this fray so far and now a lot of all thrown into that fight
It is too missing actually that come out on top all to economy wise having both of those support alternates
We work with is going to be massive here back sanctuary from crumb could eat both of these DPS all from fable
Those are the orbital ray how many of you still out on top especially taking down every and I think this should do it
It's just the lack of a tank for Fable gonna cause him to crumble here 1.6 meters is not gonna be enough for him
I think support still be able to hold on to and
It actually just seems to be a cavity and not a product is close and there was a last-ditch effort
Unfortunately fable not much more you can do there a little bit of a stagger on the kaisical
But they'll get back quick on the tracer you missing x-ray capture that first point all right good defense here from fable
I will give them that however
Unfortunately, Team Missing X-Ray are going to be able to push up onto this high ground
because everybody from Fable got that long spawn here.
And with this second point of Circuit Royale, you really want to be able to set up early on the second point defense here.
So I love this from Missing X-Ray, push forward, get the space, build up to this Bola shot from Nato Kato.
You're looking to try and find an early kick here if you're Fable.
I think you need to take this space back.
I just saw April get so low, and like, oh no, is this fight going to be way quicker than we thought it was, but there's the Mola launched on out.
It actually kind of splits the team in a way that we're, you're hoping, teams actually can punish on to it, but instead, drum falls forward again,
maybe getting a little bit too aggressive with that teleport in the back pocket, thinking they're safer than they are,
and then just getting taken on down.
Unfortunately for her to see pucks in the end, I mean, it's one of those fights that just kind of have to chop up,
I'll have to say, GG the next two, then X-Fights, and a lot of Congress has been made, no way
be a annihilation gets launched out right now.
This is certainly a push for the hills, hoping that something will come to fruition and it
just does not amity should fall down, and the Mizzukil forced out as well, so a bit
of a one for one trade there when both teams I think put a hell of on it.
Yeah, I gotta agree with you, that's an interesting play from both of these teams,
but hey, excellent job from Panther on that half-tease.
lamp coming in clutch to keep Ray alive through that annihilation and now they
both on top all the economy wise and positionally here this is exactly where
you want to set up with this both composition especially when you're playing into that
immortal. Yeah immortality field saves the day yet again the Gravitic Flux is
now launching up at least two might actually find a pick on to the
back flare but no instead staying alive and still kicking as it looks like
that space has been kind of let to rest for the moment will be no that quick
engagement gonna come back in a moment yeah there's propaganda on that aggro that
we were talking about the bullet shot going midair doesn't have a camera fights
to make that three what have you seen a judo I like real well you get to see
what air and team makes it missing x-ray just continue walking on forward
with this car oh my goodness and I mean less than a minute now they have to
on the part so if this answer is getting decent progress here and
are just not gonna be able to get a recon test on second here.
I love this positioning every time when missing next ring get a cap onto the car
and you're pushing forward they're not standing and waiting for that car to walk through that point.
I don't know if you've seen an engagement over here, that seems quite even,
but it looks like it is gonna be a bit of a stall. The bullet shot launched out the map.
It actually does find the one on a fiery big source of that healing gun.
It's lately dusted back. The other way Cameron is also gone though.
So there you go supports getting launched out by both teams make that's a panther falling down as well
But in the end it looks like team missing x-ray the win this fight out amity staying alive for the longest
And of course meaning that they are able to provide some consistent damage and win out this
Yeah, and then build the up to some alts here for team missing x-ray. They're in a great spot
I'm setting up on this high ground. They have the annihilation to kind of force a fight on the cart
Which is really good for them when you're playing up against the stigma that really wants to have a little bit of distance between them and the car
So, these TPS ults that are coming online for Fable will have to see how they're going to work with these guys.
Using that Blizzard in response to that orbital ray last time, you could also play that in response to this Sanctuary from Promise.
This Pager has moved so much forward.
Really has. It looks like the engagement can be lost over course. That high ground amity really falling down.
This should just be a bit of a pleasant treat as the rest of the players are cleaned up or are sent back to spawn by their leg and Zura by the damage.
And table of course will have a second to breathe and actually farm up the rest of their ulti.
Yeah and get up onto this high ground as well. Love this positioning from Avery.
You're going to be able to build that Gravitic Flux that much easier.
We've seen her go for the target onto Amity and I suspect that will come again.
Orgid on Balochra, those find it.
But yeah, that take is not going to happen too much HP really to work with there.
Especially as that heal from the supports does come through.
Dookie ult launched on through, a bit of an impressive one.
They're trying to take space with his Panthers and mortality field goes down.
And you're looking at maybe that amplification matrix, trying to save the day here.
Maybe that Bola shot, but there's the Blizzard, Avery falls, Fiery falls, Raze also gone.
And before they even get a chance to use the wrestler ultimates, Fable falls to a matter of dust.
Team missing X-Ray continue to walk on forward.
An annihilation for good measure fiery will have nothing but a last breath and four seconds on the clock here
So who knows to fable for being able to get that time back so low here
But it does mean they need to complete this map if they want a chance at winning it
They need to force us into overtime rounds here
And I would argue that the Sigma composition is a little bit stronger on the defense compared to when you go on the
offense, especially if Amity does still stick with that remotra on the defense.
So we'll have to see how Fable are going to maybe adjust this composition,
maybe have some form of speed of their own.
I do think that Cameron on the Juno lending that speed ring,
particularly to Amity, has just allowed for Missing X-Ray to have a higher
tempo in a lot of these fights.
But so far looking like Fable might be sticking with the familiar comp here.
Missing X-Ray though.
Also, you know, if it ain't broke, don't fix it here, so we will get to see this once again on the BPest for that.
I definitely think the Mei was a big difference maker in at least a couple of these fights for Team Missing X-Ray, that Blizzard just so easy to take down a tank once they're completely frozen, right?
Even though that support's coming in the back line, you can just focus on hitting the headshots and it really does provide a lot of value.
value so I think fable may be kind of realizing that and kind of putting more
resources into this may as well kind of school you know being one of those
players who we know is capable don't you air swap for the drunk rat ain't no way
indeed I mean I think that she's gonna go for a cheeky play over the top and
probably just try to get one pick and then make the swap over here and yes she's
setting up for it so once avery and ray are in a position to follow up on
the damage that Kaisakel throws out, that's when she's gonna go in for the spam damage.
No way! No, not like this! The Mizuki finally taken down Kaisakel.
Might fall for the reference. No, the Immortality Lamp saves them.
And Fiori, both Mizuki's actually falling down. Makes this one a lot tougher for both sides.
That sustained not exactly available, dealing that raw damage would be a little bit more valuable.
And with Kaisakel on the Junkrat, he'd actually favors, favors, fable.
In this case, but oh no, Remantra in the mix, just slouched, KaisaCle down, and Amity might have just turned the tides for their team, for her team, yet again, taking this one a lot more doable.
Yeah, it's a good re-bear from Dima's in X-ray, maybe a little spooked by the Junkrat at first, but KaisaCle just playing kind of up-forward with the Sigma, allowed Amity to just really just walk her down on that Remantra here, so...
It is going to be a swap over onto the May.
I applaud Fable for a little bit of creativity here.
Hey, it did get a little bit of progress on the payload.
Really did.
Proceeding x-ray.
They're resilient.
They just keep finding ways back into these fights.
By re-down again, though,
so Fable will kind of just have to focus on the ult charge
being in this fight,
but even that is dwindling as Ray will fall as well.
Another beautiful just game.
Raw AM, Raw Mechanics from Navicado.
And I wish I could hype it up more than we thought, but damn, we're just used to it at this point.
Let's try this one.
Oh, she just throws the Bola shot into the spawn because she knows she can just build another one super quickly here.
And Freya able to put out so much damage.
She literally just threw the Bola, and she's at halfway to another Bola shot here.
Absolutely incredible on this Freya.
And she missing X-Rammy, and that's the only alt that they've committed in.
They have the Annihilation already ready to go.
You're gonna have the four other ultimate.
There are three other ultimate online very soon here.
I'm finding that first pick and one HP on the player in the tiny room going around the
Juno and at least dodging for the moment.
The table, when the dust settles, four of them gone, the fifth one I'm sure already sent
back to spawn in the first place, so they are very happy team missing x-ray.
to keep on holding to this point because the more time that this map goes on, the more time potentially for mistakes to be made.
Mm-hmm. Yeah, unfortunately, Avery lost that gravidic flux there.
Don't think that it ended up pulling anyone into the air.
She is gonna make a swap over onto the Orisa here already very low,
but you are gonna be able to take a bit more of kind of this front to back fight where the Sigma needs to be looking a little bit further back here.
So having the mage paired with the Orisa should be a way if we're able to break their way through this corner that
The team at CX-ray have just dug their heels into it.
It's really funny to say that, because as soon as the RISC swap goes through, already additional meters are given.
Like, it's just the aura of a RISC that just led them around the corner.
Now, Lizards at least watched out by- Oh yeah, both sides going through, and it's crumb to take down the Icicle bullet shot in the backline.
That's not going to find the immediate value you're hoping for, a ray shall be sent to the backline, tucking tail, and-
Oh my, McMahon just says goodbye, sending an Icicle.
In the face of their opponents, Natakato will clean up the rest, and this is like clockwork. They are humming.
I think that we can definitely see why Fable went for the Freya Band over on Ilya's Natakato. Absolutely cooking on this hero.
And now as we head into overtime, people have nothing to work with, and they're facing off against this annihilation from Hamity,
which is going to be a death sentence for them when they have to go on the cart.
Ready for the hashtag backline Bola? Well, it almost found the one. Cameron stole that away, finds another 3k for themselves, for herself.
It's just, it's magical what Mabel is going up against. I don't blame them for maybe falling a bit short here.
Every fiery they'll all fall down, and in the end, Team Missing X-Ray take map number two. Take a lead, 2-0.
match point now for team missing x-ray and a fantastic showing from them I mean
they looked amazing on Ilios and hey as much of a fight that they will put up
on circuit what stellar defense here from team missing x-ray I feel like there
are multiple chances that Cameron could have gotten play at the game here but
love that we get to see the Juno really kind of showing off here I told you
whether you get the chance to see a Judo highlight reel while you get to see one here, just magical stuff.
And really in that final fight as well picked up, I think it was two, maybe three, so...
Props to the Judo player!
Hey, you gotta give credit where credit is due, and now do you start thinking, okay, do we ban the Judo next?
I mean, is there too many problems that we have to deal with?
It is a good question.
Now, once again, it is going to be Fable in control of the map picked.
It goes so well for them on this one,
But if they want a chance to stay alive in this first to three series,
they need to walk in on a map and they need to win it.
And then went back to back map mix from the side of team missing X-ray.
So definitely a tough ask here, but not impossible.
I feel like you've been seeing Fable get better and better as these maps have gone.
Yeah, Fable is one of those teams where even though, you know,
they might lose one match up here or there, you still are.
respect the threats that they can produce because if you are not playing your best they will punish you for it
So if you're out of position every will send a rock your way as you can see
I mean Nick man though has been has been cooking the whole day along with not a kato and
You know it's one of those things where at least players not confiring in all cylinders
You might have seen that map go a different way. Yeah, it's a good point
I mean yeah big shout out to McMahon and not a kato because I like that fable took us to circuit Royale to try and
pivot away from a map where Wrecking Ball would really be playable here.
But the thing about coming to Circuit Royale is that this is a map where DPS
really, really shine here. And I think that, yeah,
Nickman and Natakato just showed up ready to play here on Circuit.
And this is the exact map where DPS lineup can
really just run away with things here. So definitely big component
of why Team Missing X-Ray got that 3-0 on Circuit.
So what's the king's row we're going to? I mean what's the map we're going to? Oh okay! New Junk City!
All right! We're saving king's row best for last right? That's going to be map number five. Yeah don't worry, don't worry, we'll get there.
But all right I like this heading over to to a flashpoint map. I have always been a fan of the
flashpoint maps. New Junk City, no exception. I do think that New Junk City is another one of those
maps where it is going to be tricky to run the wrecking ball. Not impossible, but I do think that
it will be a little bit tougher than some of the other options that are available. So maybe that
is what Fable is leaning towards. Of course they do still have some bands to work with here and
okay taking them. So hey it wasn't the Juno but they still had a problem with the support line.
Oh we've been informed wrong side here. It is not a Mizuki ban from the side of Fable
I believe it is the Mauga Band coming through for Fable, and then the Mizuki in response
here so you know what maybe we will see some wrecking ball.
I'm excited for wrecking ball if that is the case because I would like more pandemonium.
I would like for everyone to be in their own fights willy-dilly and you know what that's
pure entertainment for me.
I just love seeing the raw aim from a lot of these players as well as the coordination
that doesn't look like coordination at the first glance.
But in the end, you start being like, wow, I wonder if they actually drew up, okay, this
is the line I want to boop them in on, get ready, position yourself around here.
Like those are things we don't know that we can't see, but I'm not able to find out
in an interview.
That is true.
Hopefully we'll have one for everybody at the end of this series, but got to get
through map number three at first here without the Malka, without the Mizuki here.
Yeah, I think that the Mizuki band is definitely leading hard into
Amity over on that wrecking ball, but I am interested to see what fable is going to work with here on New junk City
I do think that the Sigma could be a really nice option for them
I would like to see that the back lines pop up here
Of course, they're not going to be able to run that musicy
But you're still gonna want to have something that is going to have some survivability here against a dive
potentially a break, potentially that cure go heck, we've even seen some moira
played at some points here but whatever it is fatal is definitely gonna have to
come into this map with a little bit of a different flavor on the compositions
that they've been running. Yeah I mean especially in ranked you're seeing a lot
of characters that are self-sustainable right that can get value that
they can move around and kind of get in and out of situations when they need
to and although we maybe don't see that all of the time in organized
play there's still some merit to why people are running it ranked in because if you need to maximize the value you're trying to get by your
Individual self it can be something that you need to swap on to and right for fable
I mean you're seeing a lot of movement available for ray here on the soldier and means a panther firey
Obviously two of the most movement-based characters that we've seen in overwatch for a while avery on the tank right?
There's only so many movable tanks that aren't racking balls
So you got to give them a little bit of slack there, but with the Zarya coming through how do you think this is going to play out?
If Amity rolls out on the Reinhardt it is not going to go well for Avery at all
And I mean the doors are opening here Amity is locked in on this grind. I hear all that
We didn't get to see you for a really really long time
I would argue since Overwatch 1 but has kind of come back into playable terms here
So Fable is not going to have the same frontline sustained especially with McMahon back over on that may you get
Picycle Reaper has been taken down. We won't get to see that one just quite yet.
And it's the Reinhardt flying crew. Swing away that hammer. It's Nickman.
That finds one pick from to Avery. The tank down. And this should just be pleasantries for the rest of the team.
Pindas miss. So does the first hammer swing, but not the second fire strike.
Make that a second one. And accuracy is not something that Reinhardt needs to really worry about.
She just keeps swinging and eventually they all fall down.
Kaisa will of course find one, but Team Missing X-ray is still out to a very strong start.
Yeah, especially where it comes to the one that ends up falling later there, the Lucio.
She'll be able to find her way back into this fight pretty quickly here.
And now Fable are in a pretty awkward situation of trying to push through a choke point when there is a Reinhardt and a Mei holding the door down.
Not to mention Narakano on this cast that he's going to be able to put in so much consistent damage here.
So, Fable, you need to try and get creative here with the rotations, force out a cool down, and yeah, I like it.
Have a different way.
Yeah, a really good space that was kind of moving everyone else over to a different angle.
The only problem is that fire refalls down first.
Now that your movement completely gone, Nahtokado takes down two G-fires away,
and the recipients, Fable,
the unfortunate circumstances that have fallen for three of those players.
Oh my gosh, not our co-
Oh yeah, rippling table apart here and all the space being taken by team missing x-ray ensuring that there will not be another fight on the first point into Jeff City here.
So table gonna have to regroup, get ready to path towards and the next point which is
very very close by here, so we're gonna see a bit of a scrap happening just outside the spot of table.
Thanks, lamb!
Yep, my frification matrix and the fire strike, good for you now.
A little bit scrappy in the backlines,
just a little bubble will allow for the Zarya to stay alive for just a moment more.
The beat comes in a bit late to save Amity,
and, uh, yeah, unfortunately, Crumb realizing the mistake that has been made.
So, just kind of the way of game, we'll, uh,
gladly be sent back to the spawn room to reset with their team.
Yep, that's right.
No staggering for Crumb here, as Fable are gonna be in mid control, a bomb blast here at least to start,
so some percentage on the board here for them in New Junk City.
Having some of these ultimates to try and hold this as well, they only have to get back to Sune Rush,
now though, we just survived this dead eye.
No, don't!
Oh my gosh, no, not like this.
Fiery falls down again, that speed is completely dismantled,
wizard in the mix, all to be only what can save you in this fight.
And Avery falling means that I don't think the rest of the team are able to do as much as they would like here.
And Ebony takes down Array, you've got a Reaper on the point, and they're completely dismantled.
Picycles should go back to the spawn room and yeah, it's E-Missing X-Ray continuing
to pick up where they left off and maps 1 and 2.
Yeah, look, there's some jokes to be made about Zoning Dead, I hear, but like, that isn't exactly what Team Missing X-Ray needed.
They just walked their way onto the point, getting fiery was just icing on the cake.
Oh, they grabbed it, Beast.
Uh, unfortunately, no failure for the boss of the yes in the mix.
Unfortunately, no fix.
You thought it was coming through, you really did.
I even thought so too, but no.
Instead, the support just too much.
And the Reinhardt, still full HP on the point, means this fight is by no means over 70%.
Oh, you got a little bit stumbled there.
It must have hit a curb or something, but in the end, a hammer swinging away and still holding strong, fable.
You'll need to find a new way into this point that isn't through ultimates, especially as the timer goes low.
You don't really want to forfeit this second point, but if you have to, you might just want to give it up.
And again, farm up your ult and take that next point, but there is that contest coming through.
It is the Zarya hanging out strong.
Oh no, I thought there was roof off the map.
Nope, not gonna happen yet.
Crumb goes down.
Kai's skull in the back line.
She'll be at least firing away.
But those shotguns, can they take down the shield in time
to remove the Reinhardt?
Yes!
Amity roof fall.
And this should be a fight when for Fable,
assuming they can clean up the rest, which they do, Fable.
At least happy to stay into this point.
Cool, they clawed their way back into that one.
And it's, okay, big aggression coming through from Kai's skull.
Yeah, she's gonna have to disengage because, of course,
Amity is going to be able to charge right back into this fight and I mean team and sing that's right
Can just do a repeat of the last time they reach a fifth that I'm ready to go here from now to Kato
And if people can't burn this shield down it might be another kill
It's down the bubble but also takes down Avery in the process
I mean just so much damage and you see a lot of spam going on about my heart shield
But I don't have to break it it is Ray that at least finds out a kato, but I'm looking at that shatter
I'm eyeing it. I'm waiting for at least one player to be taken out. Hello TV. Okay
It's there but into the hands the winning arms of Cameron
She'll be happy to find that value and in the end team missing x-ray will take the second point one away
Not only from taking a map, but the series
Yeah, this is a great year for team missing x-ray especially because okay
they have three alts and
grouping up for a
Cheeky Shatter for Hobbes. I mean I suspect that Emily is kind of looking behind herself right now
Yeah, they were waiting for Fable to come in for an engage.
Oh my beautiful amplification matrix.
The beat just has insurance. Shatter potentially if the bumble does pop.
And no, shouldn't be needed.
At least for the moment, wait a minute, 35 HP might even have to get out of there, out of dodge.
But at least that favorable positioning still granted for Team Missing X-Ray.
As much as the players are kind of dismantled around, still launched in every which direction.
Yeah, you can see the preparation, the bubble prepared for that Shatter, and you all saw it coming.
And luckily for the side of the Reinhardt, that Shatter not quite popped, just every grab pops onto three.
And Wall of actually saving a little bit of a defense is a bit more damage, just being reduced completely.
Big pin, what's it gonna find? No facing for you today, not exactly the pick, the backline completely gone.
finds absolutely dirt. It finds the ground. At least the space as well in the mix. The
coupon of the buckle player. And Zarya will eventually fall. Big fire strike. But again,
this is 45% and counting for Team Missing X-Ray. A big stalled out fight that has just provided
so much more value since they originally found the cap. Yeah, this is just, I mean, Amity
is just zooming around the map right now. It feels like she's just like a race car
trying to get into the target. And I did Team Missing X-Ray every time they
They are happy to take the space and take a fight
far away from the world.
Okay, I'm just seeing a ray
isolated over towards the planks
and I hope she can get to safety soon.
I realize that Amity has discharged into old ball
and is kind of separated from her team as well.
In the end, it should be all good for both teams.
He only needs to be applied.
A lot of criticals we're seeing every which way.
Aresa low, Fiery a bit-post in the sauce.
It looks like that beat available,
available, but every's fine. They don't need any sort of over health. It is going to be
that Blizzard though that may need to pop along with that beat that does come through.
And remember, this is Final Fight and Fable do end up losing it fully. They will be sent
not to the lower bracket, but all the way home. Luckily they've got some last-ditch
efforts in their back pockets. Fable, at least here for the moment.
You and a nice stagger on the Amity as well. You need this if you're Fable.
You also do need to maybe take out the Reinhardt.
No, yeah, Amity is just going to be at all the battery here
from almost half that beat online here.
And, well, once again, there's a dead eye ready to go.
Amity charging up the shield so that she'll have 100%
ready to go to just basically walk down
and create some space.
That's how the vision there, trying to take down
isolated player.
And well, the dead eye will do it for you.
Doesn't matter about the speed in the end,
bullets will do their work. Death Flossimum.
CrySkull only finds really the
invincibility lamp in the end. The value is still enough for the rest of the team to
win out the fight. That is, I say, until everyone else has their say on this fight.
It's a panther. It's the beat-in.
Nickman with over health is well-abry off the map. No way is this just it.
How did this happen? Where is that full teamfight we're waiting for? Ray
Isolated comes back with that overclock. They're shattered into the ground,
Heading at least some sort of heroics from someone on the fable side and it's just not happening one HP on a fiery
Where is the final save from fable do they have it in them the answer is no and team missing x-ray move on through our playoffs
Fable sent all the way home
Incredible showing here from missing x-ray again. This is the number four team here
So they have already shown so much talent here
I can't wait to see what they're going to do as they move into the next round of this bracket.
And honestly, I think the name of the game here for Missing X-Rite is map control.
No matter if they were on the wrecking ball cop or on one of these brawl compositions, they
were always doing such a great job of controlling the angles and controlling the space.
When they won the point, they were not fighting on the point, they were walking up, they
were making it as difficult as possible for Fable to get through the choke points
leading to the point that even if they broke through the choke point there was
going to be enough time for missing x-ray to respawn come back and sometimes
even take a fight before the flip finished.
That was kind of as nasty but yeah, I don't know if you saw that play the game that was, that was crazy.
I mean two shots were through their own Reinhardt, I didn't even see the target
but somehow they must have just magically found the player and landed the
shots gotta give props where props are due. That being said see missing
actually take down the series three zero we're hoping this one would be a little
bit closer given the seedings giving the stats but
in the end it does matter who shows up to play on the day and fable as much as
they did give it their all that they've got for today
it'll be it
for them and they will be sent home unfortunately
we
i wanna say we sent
we expected more from them
uh... but it is a shame to see them go out so early given the the
the unforgiving format that we have here.
Knock-Around does not give you an extra chance
to kind of run your way through that lower bracket.
So unfortunately for them,
but we know we'll see them back again,
cooking in different tournaments
because this is a mainstay of the Calling Out Heroes
tournaments.
You can't have a tournament without Fable.
No, definitely not.
Incredible talent on the team.
It is a shame that we're not going to get to see them.
Definitely some huge pop-off moments
for the players.
Ray, fantastic job on the DPS.
Avery, some really shining moments as well.
So definitely look forward to seeing what Fable's going to be able to give us in some of those future calling on heroes.
But for now, we will say goodbye to them.
Yeah, coming up, we do have an interview, we believe, with Narokado from our winning team, Team Missing X-Ray.
So stay tuned, we'll have a little bit of insights on what went right in that match.
We'll see you in just a moment.
You
And we're back. We had ourselves a quick 3-0 results. Team Missing X-ray takedown fable.
And yeah, we thought it would go a little bit longer, but instead here we are.
And a big thanks to someone who had a big say in that, was Nadekato.
So if we can pop them on in here and pick their brain about what went right, Nadekato,
how are you feeling?
Feeling pretty good.
I'm very happy that it was a quick 3-0.
I think my team played very, very well and I'm glad I could hit some shots on the
camera.
Yeah.
Yeah, I mean, hey, you were it's impossible to not catch you hitting shots on the camera when you're hitting shots constantly throughout the game, but I digress rain.
Yeah, um, talk to me a little bit about this roster. So I know that there's a core kind of of this team that came from the last year of call the nightmare eclipse team.
So what has it been like to kind of work in Amity acts and and camera and kind of into this roster for the season?
season. It's been pretty interesting so far. I think it's definitely something
new. I haven't gotten to play with Axe or Cameron before, but I have played with
Krum and McMahon and we have a lot of synergy and we have a lot of fun with
the game. And so I think just us playing together, we just synergize
really well and just play the best. Yeah, I love it. Power friendship. It can take
Thank you to Great Places for sure.
So we got to see you on quite a few heroes here.
I think that we were definitely very extra impressed with the Freya pop-offs, especially
on Circuit Royale now.
Freya getting banned on map number one.
Do you feel that that was something that Fable was kind of expecting you to be very
dangerous on?
I do think they are.
I do really enjoy playing for a lot of my teammates on this team and other teams would say
that for it is one of my best heroes, but I don't really care and I'll just play whatever
hits can and dominate.
That's true.
I think we can all vouch for that after today.
That being said, the domination has been hindered in the Swiss stage.
You have somebody by the name of Timeless Ex-Missing that you potentially might be
going up against next.
Is there anything you're doing to kind of prepare yourselves for that next matchup
given a potential loss that did happen in that Swiss stage?
I think it's very easy for people who are in higher divisions
than you to really overestimate how good they are.
I think the gap is really not as close as many might think it is.
And I think we can pull it out today.
I'm down to see it upset potentially.
Of course, I want to see a good game in the end.
But Rain, any final questions?
No, no final questions.
Congratulations on the win here.
And yeah, best of luck in the next matchup.
Thank you.
All right.
Well, there you have it.
The keys to the success, the keys to potential success
in the next game.
As for us for right now, we are
going to jump to what could be a potentially longer break
as we are waiting for those other matches to conclude.
When we come back at the end of this break,
we will have the matchup in the next round.
Instead of the knockout stage, it will be those upper brackets semi-final.
So don't go too far, we'll be right back with more Overwatch calling all heroes.
I
that upper semi-finalist, that's match number five,
team missing x-ray versus the winner
of Timeless X missing in Nightmare Eclipse,
but they're still playing right now.
As you can see, score is two to one.
We have a couple of co-streamers
that are actually watching their games.
If you are waiting for an update,
you can always pop over there.
But right now, I mean, Nightmare Eclipse are given time,
the Timeless missing a run for their money currently
ahead of one flashpoint to zero in map number four.
And I mean, this is pretty impressive
that Nightmare Eclipse were able to get a map off
and continue to build momentum against Timeless X missing
because right now this is the number one
and the number eight seed teams facing off against each other.
And Nightmare Eclipse actually finished number nine
in the standings, but another team ended up not being able
to make it here for these knockouts.
So Nightmare Eclipse currently putting up quite the showing.
So excited to find out what the results
of that match is gonna be.
have one seed versus 80 coming out of Swiss and not to mention member clips
technically the ninth seed given the some logistical things that we had going on
in the back ends but in the end we still are waiting on them to complete their
games so we will join you guys once that game is completed we're gonna jump
to a quick break it should probably be around five ten minutes don't quote me
on that though because you never know how the series can go we'll see you in
just a moment
team missing x-ray okay everyone get that in your brain right now it's
partially the same organization partially not all right everyone take a
look at it I might mess it up once so forgive me but there we go timeless
x-missing versus team missing x-ray all right yeah this is gonna be a pretty
good match up here a quick little shout as well my nerve clips taking one
map off of a side was missing of course this time was missing team the
number one seed heading into those knockout stages so maybe not that surprising to us they will move on
to this next round but now we are going to get to see a couple of Titans clash here.
Yeah and they actually did before we hinted at it during the interview it was team missing x-ray
that ended up falling to time with sex missing but it was a score of three to two three maps to
And so given this rematch given now that players have an idea of what maps want to be run what heroes are kind of depended on
Yes start to lean on that ban as even more
detrimental or supportive to the series than you may think this can hold a lot of weight and honestly I can't
Well predict the winner even statistically. I mean we really don't know anymore. Yes
one's a one seed one's a five seed but it's three to two it's partially the same
organization we don't entirely know yeah a lot of these players I mean very
familiar with each other and we heard it all ready from not a condo that you know
this team missing x-ray I'm running on the power of friendship here but there
is also friendship on the other side here let's be team missing x-ray first if
you've been tuned in you're gonna recognize some of these names
of course popping off on the DPS year.
I love the swap over onto the life weaver here for
my friend big big there amity on the widow maker as well.
And yeah, crumb and Cameron and the support line has been
holding this team together so far in the series that we've seen.
So definitely excited for them.
They're warmed up.
They're ready to go for this next match.
Love me a damaged life weaver and a tank of widow maker.
Yes.
Of course, right? We're always just showcasing which roles they're playing and what hero they want to be
Identified with right has nothing to do with necessarily them
But just who they want to have as their player icon going forward the timeless
Exmissing the new team to introduce to you today. We got two Baptists. It's wisps men why sniper Z and saw hill
Yeah, and this is a team that is the core from the 2025 car championship me and my friends gaming
So that piece and then why scuff and sniper was on the roster as well. This is a very strong team
There is no surprise here that this is the number one seed coming out of that Swiss stage because these are
essentially your champions from last year and
The team's fun fact a lot of them wrote down. They all love men one
So if you're looking at one player to kind of hone in on it if you're a viewer
I guess then why is the player to look at maybe they'll have a carry maybe they'll just be in the backpack
You never know, but we're here to watch the game and find out
I think that the matchup of Nanyi vs. Natakato is going to be so much fun to watch here.
Especially if we get to see some Freya here, we already saw Natakato pop off on that Freya.
And if this is a hint at all, we could potentially see Nanyi select that hero as well.
Yeah, when I was watching the post-tream of the match that was happening while we were on break,
I mean, I was seeing some pretty big stuff, not just from Nanyi, but Wisps as well.
Gotta keep an eye on them because they are certainly one to be
Not to kind of blow by them exactly, but here we go into the map selections the bands the picks that you know
What's and of course it's cat out first
Yeah, it feels pretty normal it really does and the jetpack get getting banned on these control maps specifically
Does tend to happen kind of time and time again here
It is also going to be a protect band onto the support as well
So that Kirikou musicie backline that we've become fairly familiar with definitely could be making an appearance here on Nepal now
The response from x-ray going to be taking the vendetta out of the hands of a timeless
And I mean if you were to do that co-stream, you're probably not surprised about that band
Yeah, Vendetta, you might think okay. Well, that's a little bit interesting
But I don't want to say again that they timeless are merchants, but they certainly do
You are able to find value off of that and debt a character and so just banning it out
and making sure that you're going up against something that you've at least practiced or
screamed against is really, really important.
And so heading over to Nepal, which is not Ilios by the way, for those of you maybe realizing
that we're not on the traditional control map, we're on Nepal, is going to be a little
bit different.
I'm excited to see how this one plays out.
Imagine if we get to see an Antarctic peninsula sometime today.
Oh my gosh.
This is going to be incredible here.
Nepal definitely going to be a little bit of a shake-up here, of course.
These players are all very well experienced in competitive play by now.
They're gonna know what to do here on Nepal, but they are gonna have to shift it a little bit,
because they are gonna be playing with that jetpack cat, not gonna be playing with that, then, Deda.
So we're getting a taste here of what these two teams are thinking about running on our first point of trying here on Nepal.
Expecting the TP out from both of these teams, and then it'll probably be a swap over on to the Tracer.
But we will be getting a Freya matchup here, not a Kato or Bers's Wisps, and ooh,
Nickman is actually going to bring out a Pharah here as well, so this is going to be interesting to see
a lot of poke damage to combo with Amity on this doing this with a really high amount of mobility for team this action.
Remember earlier the series against Fable, we said the Pharah might have been a reputation fan,
And now we're seeing that come to fruition now. Unfortunately, McMahon has fallen.
So, maybe the reputation precedes them a little bit, and Amity is falling on down, but either way,
Timeless is what we're going to call them, at least in short, have taken the first fight.
For clarity's sake, we'll go Timeless and X-Ring.
But of course, we'll try and say the full names as much as we can.
You don't want to give them as much a kind of showing as we came here?
Well, not mixing them often.
Well, that is a pretty quick swap off to do this here.
Amity, moving over onto the Zarya here. Unfortunately for X-Ray, they do lose a lot of auto-poorly in this fight.
So, there's going to be more percentage on the board here for time-wise, and I love the aggression coming through from Sniper.
He's got so much mobility on the Viva, but he is indeed the best.
It'll be a bit too aggressive. I know you said that you like aggression, but maybe not for one that gets you out of Mac and takes you and sends you back to the spawn room.
the big punish there and Tracer is not something we've seen too much of today, but certainly
has still been available, especially in this time of the week, quicker sort of, you know,
resurgence is from the spawn, control map we saw, I think for a fight or two. Team missing
X-ray final flip here, not really quite like major solid team fights, it has really been
that neutral sort of space fighting that we see in one two picks, kind of lead the
way for teams to take this call. Yeah, and hopefully Team X-ray is going to be
hold on to this a little bit. They're pretty close to the goalie shot, but time was already
half there, it's ready to go. Whisper is definitely going to be looking forward here. If you can burn
down some of those bubbles, Andy is going to get good target for time to kind of focus on these fights.
I see a big isolation out there, unfortunately, no punish on to the Freya,
and here's that TDM style that we're looking for. It's Sniper that just wants to find whatever
they can and so they will be avocado in the end, mic man, flying around with his pole spawn
maybe fading when or where to use it, but he's trying to fake pick on a crumb, gets urn a rush
exchanged by both sides, still lying that pole spawn that defensemaker up and running,
not exactly safe terrain to chuck it in the mix, sniper, again with a massive kick,
make that two bigger staggers, oh my gosh they're just fully in spawn,
And Timeless X missing, although they might hit a few speed bumps here or there, when they are rolling, they are rolling.
Yeah, absolutely. I love the follow-up here. They're not letting anybody get out alive.
Going back to the spawn is only going to be done through an elimination here.
And, I mean, great use of the just the Katsune Rush there.
So, having this sanctuary, the Teba Bomb from Snanker, I mean, they're probably going to look to use it just to get the Remak here.
But with missing X-ray coming back into this fight with Thor Ultimate online,
This really is their fight to it.
I really just feel like timeless X-Men's things are playing some sort of like
almost fundamental game where it doesn't feel like there's anything hard to organize things,
although you know there might be plays set up on the fly, things like that.
But for the most part they're just playing their game plan, which is
aggressive when we need to, and then just get out and play her all
swimming when we get forced on the back foot.
Now, Nenwae is unfortunately perishing.
That will not be any more HP for them to happen.
The ball's bomb's exchanged, Nick-Man with one,
Beast with the other, support's gone for both sides,
Kata Kato having a bit of trouble over it with this D.Va Sniper on towards the ledge side,
but in the end when the dust settles, team missing.
Actually, they at least find the picks, but there's not enough to really hold strong at this point.
Don't forget the self-destructs still available, one bubble of spending,
they can have second one available,
and actually having to get out of dodge very low on HP,
it isn't the all-inclusive team as well,
And the big grab does come through, but it's only a matter of stalling at this point.
Sniper's still with a bit of HP, holding onto this point.
We'll find the one prayer from the back to respond.
There's the DMACC.
Where is everyone going here?
Obviously running away from the self-destruct.
But in the end, it is going to be Menwai that picks up this first pick.
Still waiting for that tank to come back, some sort of sustain.
And it's just not going to timeless ex-missing.
Holding strong, holding, waiting for Amity to fly.
and flourish just in the next round.
It'll be them to take half of the sub-mast, number one.
Yeah, good stuff here.
Timeless X missing any.
I definitely felt like there was a decent amount of back and forth.
It really just came down to Amity.
It was trying so hard to kind of find a good use of that graph.
But you're stuck between a Mizuki sanctuary
and the defense matrix of a sniper.
So kind of have to just survive to the very end,
throw the graph out.
But at that point, there was just no follow up
available from the rest of x-ray so they're gonna have to look to make a
comeback here we're heading over to sanctum for point number two now x-ray
gonna have to win this one and force us on to that third sub point if they want
to start this series out with a win it is going to be back over onto the
Zarya for amity here the TP out and then we are gonna have the tracer on
the side of x-ray where timeless are going to move piece forward onto this
May here's a lot more frontline presence here, but McMahon isn't going to be marked as hard on those sidelines
So then why NZ can have to be very aware of that? Oh my
What wait, what have we just witnessed?
Okay double boobs that's the way to start off this map now unfortunately for one side it was the tank player
capture
Surely coming through soon right there we go and Tom will fall
Well, not again, it was Nenwae the first time, but it's a funny first sequence, that's for sure.
And you're seeing the swap over to Sigma obviously, and you can get more, oh my gosh, frontline pressure.
And, well, that frontline is gone. Sniper out of the picture completely, from the grave, decides to get revenge.
And, okay, well, I talk you up and then you fall on down. What do you want me to go for here?
here. It's timeless X missing that fine two quick picks. It's whiffs, it's Nen-Y, and the
fight's over. Just like that.
Yep, in all that wild, timeless was in control of the point here with Folly very low, but
yeah, it's gonna have the backup there from the rest of Timeless.
Now, Amity is over on this new pistol.
Okay, Cameron's gone, and it's a great wall from peace to isolate Amity there.
And once again, we're gonna see some space being taken here. This time it's gonna
be timeless though. Taking a page out of X-Ray's book and this is going to be so tough for X-Ray because
there's going to be two fights here. Timeless can take the fight here and then we can get back in
time to contest the fight. Yeah I'm just thinking about maybe link conditions for team missing X-Ray
and just the timeless kind of identity that we know them to be. They are aggressive. They sometimes
will over-aggress and so yes team missing you need to be able to punish those over-aggressions
when they do a rise, but you cannot rely on only mistakes being made and over-aggressions
to come through in order to win you these maps, these matches, these series. But here you go,
Alps invest in, it's going to be Katsune, Rush, a big ice wall, and just like that,
the fight over. Again, we've seen it before, Sniper was on the Sigma, just feels a little
bit more comfortable on the Steva, and the White Chrome still. Yeah, it's nice to have the
mobility on this, Steva. I think it's a good swap once Amity has moved over onto this
I'm doing this because we're going to be able to kite out of a lot of this now.
I try half the commit ult just to try and get out of their spawns
and it's not even working for the core approaching.
That 100% here for time was a pipe retouch,
so I can give you a touch.
No, not a kick even though.
I don't raise a touch, but the substance of what it is
doesn't seem to be much.
The Blizzard launched in just to prevent that tracer from coming in and...
Oh, oh yeah, that's just gonna be Joberg.
I'll call it that, and it will,
even though the D-drop a little bit late as just more insurance, timeless, X-missing,
taking down a map number one.
You have an anticlimactic ending, but that's what happens when you're in control for most of this game.
Yeah, I mean, there must have been maybe, you know, three fights that happened that weren't outside the spawn doors of X right here.
Sniper, great showing on the Diva, and yeah, I love to see the swap back over onto the Diva after the Sigma here.
So definitely feel like when you have such an impressive showing as that that you have to be aware that you could be a target for a ban in future maps
Yeah, I mean I'm thinking obviously the vendetta goes out of the picture
Hmm, and that was something that has not been again not a crotch
But some utility that has been utilized by this a timeless side
And then you go into the next map with vendetta now available after such a dominant first map
I'm scared. I'm a little bit worried to what that result might look like.
Now I'm a little nervous as well because X-Ray, I mean the Cat Band came here from Timeless X-Racing, but we didn't see the Jet Fat Cat really come through for X-Ray.
So that is not really going to impact them the same way that this Bandetta being back on the table will impact Timeless.
So it means team missing X-Ray. I mean you're going to have to be in control of the map pick.
So that's big to have on your side.
And of course the band as well,
but it's really hard to kind of decide
what band you're going to go for in this second map.
You know, do you necessarily want to go for a band
onto the diva?
We did see Sniper move over onto the Sigma as well.
So is where we only got to see two points
of flashpoint here.
You might not have a great handle on kind of
what is the deciding factor
of what made Timeless win that.
I think as well, going back to that first series,
saw x-ray be super super uh...
like flourishing when amity was cooking when they were allowed to kind of
run around and do whatever they want and obviously right that's not gonna happen
every time but
when your tank player is feeling comfortable
and is in a position to
run around in
at least initiate plays
that is something that is going to be a game wins right and it felt like
sniper
was the one who
just had free reign on this game if amity can somehow get put in a
position to better take on these fights, whether it's just initiating engagements themselves
as opposed to just constantly being on the back foot, whether that's, you know, their
faults or just the aggression of timeless aside, I think it's something to look at going
into this map number two.
All right.
Yeah.
Map number two going to be Dorado here.
And yeah, I was thinking if you're coming to Dorado, you want to put Amity on that
wrecking ball.
What is going to cause problems for the wrecking ball defense matrix is a serious
issue here.
taking the diva off the board here, not only going to remove that issue of the defense matrix,
it's also going to protect the wrecking ball here. So very much expecting that that is what X-ray is
going to be showing us here. Now, a matter of the ban for a Timeless here, it has to be a DPS
or it has to be a support. So we'll see if they opt for another support ban, but I do feel
like that JAPAC might have just been kind of a protect band potentially onto the Mizuki if they
were maybe expecting to run into the wrecking ball on map number one so potentially they just go for
a Mizuki or the one of the supports that are going to kind of help that wrecking ball
Kiriko potentially probably not going to see the Lucio but I do think that there's lots of
options here for them and they'll still have good options for bands in the later maps.
It feels like the Lucio's really haven't been having the best of luck throughout today.
Regardless of which team you're on, the winning one, the losing one, it just, it feels like
they've always been getting picked out early, even though that movement's super good with
that wall riding.
It's just like, there's only so much you can do to really fend off three players
at once.
Sure, you boop one away, but then there's another behind you, and you're like oh.
Okay, and off the map.
We're like something like that.
So, I think with the second ban, again, pretty much up in the air.
I wouldn't say it's either support versus DPS.
I don't think I can really make that educated guess quite yet.
Maybe if you want to not have to deal with a Freya, you could chuck that in here now
and then just have Freya advantage, Vendetta advantage, wrecking ball, the only thing you
really have to deal with.
I mean, that's my two cents going into this, but again, we don't exactly know
what the players are going through right now.
I like the shout onto a DPS ban.
You are, yeah hit the nail on the head there of course.
The Freya is going to be doing such a good job of following up on those pile drives from
the wrecking ball.
You get that split second of CC and Freya is fantastic at putting out some burst damage
in a very short period of time here.
So all right, we're going to have to see something a little bit different here from
both of these teams.
You get to see a little bit of Freya on map number one.
So as we head into Dorado, a map with lots of verticality to it, we're oftentimes
expecting to see the dive.
I am wondering what timeless are going to put Sniper over on to without the D.Va on the table.
Doofus? Question mark?
I mean, we're talking about basic sort of dive heroes and the scalability into high grounds.
And chances are probably not the wrecking ball just from how you're making a scene.
I don't quite know how these entire players, hero pools and things like that,
but I feel like Doofus is a much more commonly played hero by a lot of the wide kind of player variety.
and wrecking ball is it's I think easier okay let me choose my words carefully
it is easier to get consistent value out of Doomfist than it is wrecking ball I
like that however I think it can be a lot more consistent value at a higher skill
ceiling on wrecking ball than Doomfist that's my true sense that's my
opinion don't take that as law thank you I love it I I can respect that yeah
for sure. I do think you know maybe just for the chat here we saw some Reinhardt already so all I'm
saying Winston maybe back on the table it could it could happen it's very difficult I think Winston
is probably in the worst spot that he's been in for a really long time but again dive heavy map here
you're looking at yeah wrecking ball deeply obviously not diva here but wrecking ball Winston
doomfist maybe the hazard you do have some some verticality in the hazard right and the
The hazard can do a good chunk of damage to squishy targets where that's going to be kind of the the downfall of these wrecking ball compositions is that wrecking ball is not a tank that is kind of like.
Healing for the support, this is about creating space for your DPS to pop off. So there's a lot of pressure on the back line of these wrecking ball compositions to just be able to live.
So if you can get a tank feel like a hazard that can kind of go in for those
Impressive dives often times, you know getting kind of a one-shot combo on
Be a way to to dislodge these chaotic compositions
That's such a good show like I honestly I yeah, I think you're right on with that one if you hazard vendetta
You go for the slice and dice composition
Yeah
Not be fun to deal with unless you've got some form of CC
but it's not like we really see a lot of players play Sombra, at least in what we've seen recently.
Rest in peace Sombra, yeah.
Good riddance as a support player, I'd say.
But yeah, now it's fun to see a lot of different compositions that we go through here and
in the end it's going to have to be one choice that we're about to find out.
All right, here with the music of Dorado.
I need to head into things here.
Now the doors are still closed. We will get to see what the defending team, team missing X-Ray, will at least have an idea of what comp they're going to run out with once the timer does come down here.
But yeah, looking at no changes in the rosters here for map number two.
So I think that we're probably going to see some familiar heroes here.
here so now you get to find out is it the wrecking ball for man today yes of course it is and a hazard
and a hazard all right okay oh men why jet pack cat look men wise jet pack cat is terrifying you know
what I all of a sudden I see her on this hero and I'm remembering this she definitely could have been
the target fan map number one I think that on a dive map you need heroes that are going to be
be able to kind of get some verticality here. Lucio kind of off the table I think
especially with that nerf onto the sound barrier. It's just so hard to get the
same value with Lucio as he used to. So a little bit of jetback cat could be the
play. Do you think about this Ana pick with the ball in the front line? I think
that Cameron is gonna end up in the spawn a lot but hopefully can get some
utility traded out here because I mean yeah especially like I mentioned with
the hazard you're gonna be looking for some squishy targets. Wisp's on the
Widow also going to be looking for some squishy targets.
So I think that Cameron going to have a hard time here.
A lot of it is going to be just looking kind of for trades.
And then it's a long walk back and spawn for the honor.
And I assume this widow pick is as well just looking for stuff
early and then stopping out.
Yep.
In the field for the composition on the other side,
Bendetta.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, that makes sense.
Yeah, it's sky noon.
Yeah, absolutely.
I love to see it.
Now, I'm going to be on the cast on the other side
as well, but you're not really
I'm gonna have the verticality to work with here, so
I'm not too careful about the positioning of my ball.
Well, not to mention the CC on the wrecking ball
as well, just something so valuable.
Sniper takes down Amity by the way,
and so what very little frontline there
partially was in the first place is now
completely gone.
Sniper will have free reign in the backlines
and the rest should be just a pleasant tree.
There you have it.
And I've never really, like,
fully spectated a Jetpack Hat
when they're going in flying,
And I have a feeling that this is just gonna be something that we end up on a lot.
Absolutely, yes, there is gonna be a lot of jetpack hat to be seen at some point here.
Definitely feels like kind of a, you know, a five-in-a-pocket pick here, you know, not all of the names of the characters that we used to it.
Oh, mighty. That's the danger of it, right? You get pushed by a ground, and that's what he's gonna do.
We've high noon already!
Okay, well, there was an attempt there. Unfortunately, we cannot go through, but the wrecking ball taken down, and why we're three?
No way have we already seen a jetpack cat play the game in the first couple minutes of this game.
Surely not, right? Oh, either way. She's so deadly. And the thing is,
she doesn't even have the major perk. Once jetpack cat gets the major perk with the claws out,
and she's gonna be that much more deadly here, so great use of that lifeline getting
whisked up onto the high ground, and I'm anticipating a sky-needers incoming.
No, really? Yeah.
I guess I shouldn't say that, because you know, maybe there's different uses that they
want to go for.
Maybe you just see a Reinhardt, Lucio swap all of a sudden, and then you go for the
Zoning Alt type thing, but yeah, we're seeing the beginning of this game planning, Eric
Dom, no one there.
No point in using it if no one's there, it's like we're going and flashing back
to the Hazzard, and everyone's completely fine, even in a 3v5 effectively.
The fight still goes the way of Timeless Exmissive.
It's mean, it's mean what they're doing right now.
Absolutely.
I mean, the wall off of the rotate, you can't get out.
It's a show of domination, for sure.
It's just so right.
I know, Winston and Nenlai were just
kind of hanging out on the coast for effort there.
That was a big opportunity for X-ray to take a 5v3 fight,
and they aren't able to kind of capitalize on it.
And I mean, still these three ults ready to go here
for Timeless Exmissive effort.
Well, one for one there. I mean, lost the sort of taxi cab that you did, but in the end,
take down her calendar part, and you take off your Zootheel, and the hits you may rush,
find those two a little bit. Well, they end up spelling a little bit of trouble for missing
X-ray. They all fall down. And again, it feels like we're not really having these
kind of hype up fight moments, because it's just so one-sided on the front line with
Sniper just running around that there's almost no question as to what's gonna happen
Right, you see the dive going through you know the take comes through and it's just about kind of that neutral fight of the back
Line is really hoping to maybe turn the times
Yeah, and that's what I like right yeah
I mean he has to swap off the wrecking ball because the question is who do you dive on timeless because it whips an
N wire in the sky sniper is the tank and then there's just so much between
Mobility between Z and he's that there's really nobody for amity to try and focus those slams on to over onto the
I'm out now for point number three, more than five minutes for Timeless to try and complete this point.
to hit a bit of a reset, and then why, with this cat ultimate too, as well, you're waiting
for maybe a bit more pressure, and it does happen, and some sort of backline crung goes
down high noon out, apparently finds any real damage though, and now Kato really gonna be
hoping for the best.
Let's find at least the bleed stack onto the cat, and then why we'll fall, picked
up by Cameron, but in the end it's still cyber-raining supreme here on this point.
If you have, oh my gosh, the high noon to take down McMahon, and it's three minutes
and 11 seconds in this map number two.
I mean it's just a casual stroll through Gerardo
for a timeless year. You know there were fights that were happening but
they were just so disjointed from the side of X-ray that
there was never really the you know you have to have some form of chaos
on that kind of dive composition that they're running but it needs to be that
organized chaos like we were seeing in the last series here and
I was just not feeling that organization on this map
And a lot of that does come down to, you know, it's a tough composition to play the wrecking ball into.
It's a great read from Timeless. They know that Amity is playing my wrecking ball.
They can't go for the band on it, but they can certainly play around with it.
We're definitely getting an insight into what exactly Timeless X-Missing is going for, right?
We're kind of feeling how they're feeling, where it's like, oh, where is every woman?
Or it's like completely disjointed or things like that.
And that's because we're observing a little bit more of them.
And obviously this is not like a bigot observers or anything
It's just what happens to be in control of these fights
But if we were to look at this from the point of team missing x-ray, right?
If we were to truly like observe them and kind of see their struggles
It would be exactly what they're facing right sniper just jumping in on you having to use those cooldowns super super early
And you can't use them offensively and you're like all of these things combined along with
say you know the Cassidy flying in the sky or the cat is mailing you in the spawn
doors like you're seeing that like it's a lot going on. It is yeah it definitely is.
X-ray are gonna opt for the wrecking ball on the attack here and he's gonna
start on that now that's you have a lot of frontline presence here in that
mouth that in the cast in the reaper the problem is timeless don't really
have a frontline for you to be engaging on. Very low on that tracer
how to get out of dodge.
Lovely piece.
Not feel the burn just quite yet.
Get out too safe.
And why though, just pressuring.
And a lot of this is just positioning, right?
Things with really good positioning that have
some sort of dive just waiting for their moment to strike.
Be really, really potent.
But here we go.
A little bit of cast taking a high ground, and it looks like
both teams attempting to take the high ground.
The other problem is Mick Man is attempting to go
back to the spawner in the hard way.
Instead, there you go. First pick, second pick by Sniper.
Jack-in-wall comes through. The mage on down.
And you start thinking, okay, is this the composition, or are they really just getting out-battled?
The Deeper-Ban is not proving to be an issue here, Sniper, over on the hazard and looking absolutely fantastic,
doing a great job just putting out the damage, surviving here.
Dead Eye, all ready to die here for a whisk.
X-ray I mean they're trying to build up this dead eye for not a kato but you're looking at you know essentially a fight win here for
timeless will actually just have to try and build up some ultimates around you.
Yeah at least finds that a kato with the wands guy knew in effect how to just
struggling right you can see them firing away up on that high ground but
it's like what can you do if your target's in the sky there's no one
really there for your ground and so I guess my two senses maybe try and play
a little bit more. I mean, if you have one player on your part,
feel back when you can, but even then, it feels like anything you try to do is countered in some way.
I want Crumb to drop Natakado and start picking up Amity on this Malva.
Amity needs access to the high ground here. It is going to be behind me coming out, but
Natakado's already in the ground. See how Rush comes on in? At least the one you want to
trade. In effect, Crumb falling on down very low is the Hanzer. Time with Sex Machine,
but it does not matter, it's Wisps.
Hello, welcome to the Highlight Reel yourself
for eliminations and a very clean one from the castee.
All right, excellent stuff, all right,
Madagato, all right, a quick little swaps of the widow
trying to maybe find a pick, catch time away,
soft guard there, isn't gonna find what she's looking for,
but again, I mean, Amity needs access
to this high ground tier.
There's going to be some ults coming online
for missing, Benway has the catnap though,
Very much expecting that Amity is going to be the target of that.
A little bit low onto the Moga of Amity, but still, I mean, just the pressure being applied from every single rooftop.
I didn't know we were in the new Spider-Man movie, but here you go!
Sky noon once again coming through.
Nakado, again falling down and the Moga hanging strong in this tiny room.
That is, until they have to leave on out.
Support the rest of their team because the team is hurting while they
are alive just to witness the defeats and yeah I mean it's only the one pick it's a struggle
and I don't want to call this map yet but it's getting dire.
Yeah so less than a minute here now. Wisp is gonna have a long walk back from spot but yeah
look at that swaps over onto the bastion. Nineway is gonna be going back as the the taxi here so
this is actually a chance here for missing x-ray. They need to walk forward they need to take
some space while they still can. We still have this catnap ready to go. The pulse bomb from peace as
well, but the pulse bomb from peace is going to be an issue for them and losing McMahon. No blossoms
to work with. X-ray is going to fall apart. I'm waiting for that pulse bomb as well. Peace very
low. Still at least grabs a health tax. No more burning for you. As it looks like the end. That
pulse bomb is going to be attached on a one player. It looks like they might have managed to get
get on a notch though.
Not sure exactly what happened there, nor his piece,
but they're going to go back in for more in the back line.
It's Wisp on the fashion.
Damage overload, Kitsune Lasha on out.
And you've tried your best to missing X-ray.
But in the end, the Death Glossom will only get to its map
number two for timeless X-missing.
And that is going to put us at a match point here.
Number one seed making their positioning
known in the standings.
This was a very close series the last time these two teams matched up,
but it definitely feels like time was,
I've learned from that and I'm back strong right now.
Yeah, my two cents on maybe the momentum change between mass series and this one
is the fact that even in the Swiss stage, it was what, one or two matches per day, something like that.
Yeah.
And so maybe they weren't warmed up ahead of time, but with Timeless X missing,
they just warmed up against Nightmare Eclipse,
where they did end up dropping a map,
but now they're like super, super strong going to the series.
It must be like that positive mental buff
that just is sending them to the stars and beyond.
I mean, it truly is a feat
that you just can't get past right now.
Yeah, another difference here is that
in the Swiss rounds, Missing X-Ray had Axe,
their other tank player available.
So, Amity is doing a great job on the heroes
that she plays, but her hero pool is fairly limited,
which is why Team Missing X-Ray had that other tank player,
but not available to make it here.
We haven't seen them in for play yet today,
so definitely kind of working with what they have,
and unfortunately for Missing X-Ray,
Timers is just capitalizing on that limited hero pool for now.
Now, I don't want to start spelling out
doom and gloom just yet,
but on the chance that Team Missing X-Ray
do end up falling in this third map,
they would not be sent home.
So this is not the end of the road, if they do end up losing serious.
We are in a double elimination stage at this point.
So you can kind of take this, if you end up losing.
On that chin, you can say, all right, we might have messed up here today,
but you have that chance at a rematch later on.
Of course, the series is still not over.
The series went three to two last time.
You do have, you know, again, another map choice,
a potential ban that you have in your pocket still
for something that's causing you problems.
But what are you going to muster up?
That's what we're kind of waiting for.
Yeah, it's going to come down first to the map pick.
So I mean, if Missing actually want to stay in this series,
this is going to be their last opportunity to select a map.
And then they're going to have to fight into Timeless' maps
here.
So we are going to be able to go back to the control
or the escort here.
But that still leaves some pretty popular modes
on the table.
Flashpoint has definitely been kind of up and coming.
Hey, King's Row, still an option for these teams
to select as well.
Now, knowing the hero pool of Amity here,
you may try to lean into a map
that's gonna favor the wrecking ball.
No, you're gonna lean into a map
that you have already practiced once today and one on.
I just, I don't know.
Like I see New York City and I'm like, okay,
I like the choice because I like the map.
But at the second point, right,
we were watching the other game happen
while we were on break and timeless X-missing.
I mean they really ran that vendetta through the other team like yeah they lost the first
flash point but after that it was smooth sailing and I worry right obviously we know the capabilities
of every single one of these players we know that they have what it takes to take down
their opponents but in the end is this zero to deficit potentially too much is it going
to be too little too late right can you at least get the ball rolling in order to
get yourself there or do you show signs of life do you get maybe a couple of flash
points but in the end still fall short. Yeah and I mean it's a good point this
vendetta not going to be able to ban it again right because missing x-ray went
for the vendetta man on map number one here so okay they are gonna lock in a
ban it's a curicote band coming through now look I said that we weren't gonna
see a new Junker Queen on Circuit Royale. I think there might be a smaller
potential to see it here on a new junk city especially with the
Kira go off the table those rampages could be pretty big. I mean, maybe a wrecking ball band
Yeah, I don't think so just cuz like it didn't cause enough problems the last time
So when I see this Zarya come out, I mean it makes a lot more sense, right?
Amity was running Zarya
I bleak earlier on this map if I'm not mistaken along with the right heart. So
Yeah, see I'm surprised because we didn't we see timeless playing the vendetta Zarya
Wasn't that timeless that was running that you know you pair the the bubble with the blade here
And they're gonna be the one to take this area off the table here. So I think that they are cooking here
I do think that you could potentially still run this vendetta
But I think it's gonna be a lot harder when not only do not have a Kiriko suzu to try and keep the vendetta alive
But now you also don't have a Zarya bubble to keep that vendetta alive
So I am more so expecting these teams to move over to something a little bit more standard
I'm thinking maybe some tracer maybe some sojourn because taking this Zarya off the table will also take that Zarya Reaper comp off the table
Hear me out. I think time was text missing are running an anti-Nadokado comp
Which is if you go Freya, we're gonna run diva. We're gonna take you on down
We're gonna do everything in our power. You go cast we're gonna make sure that we focus you and I mean obviously not a cuto
With skilled but against five players specifically targeting you. I
Offer them the best of luck. It's gonna be a tough see and I think
Taking down not necessarily a weak point because it's not a weak point, but it's a point that
The team missing x-ray is depending on to flourish is something that if it is removed
It's gonna be a lot tougher and as we've seen in maps 1 and 2 right because those individual heroes are not getting started yet
Are not finding the value that we expect from them
That's causing us to be in that sort of stalemate where it is just one-sided domination
What I'm hearing is that not a kato is a load bearing beam if you take that down this team might just crumble
So I think the the diva show. Yeah, I definitely see it of course
Bazzaria gonna be a great counter to the D.Va and we know that Sniper has a very strong D.Va here. Now that being said on
NuJunkZ for all compositions definitely can have a pretty easy time here. If Team Missing X-Ray want to put
McMahon back over on that May, that will definitely cause issues for Sniper on the D.Va Amity.
You know, probably not gonna see the wrecking ball, but maybe one of the other... oh, front line, okay?
I mean, look maybe we might we might get the drunker queen the doors haven't opened so there's so there's still time
I'm looking at the moira the moira fake as well. Yeah. Yeah
I'm just I'm just gonna wait. I'm not gonna say anything yet. We got 10 seconds
There's room for them to all change and just you know faked us out
I know some teams that I have casted over they love to just pick a random composition
I've been two seconds left. Yep
This is your
Junker Queen mirror. Oh, is there any agreement that we don't know about how did we end up with your junker queens on the table here?
More gross as well now the matchup of
Not a condo into kind of peace on this tracer team isn't actually don't have kind of that flanker to really keep not a condo alive
So this is an opportunity between peace and wisp to mobile flanker heroes to kind of just surround and collapse onto
I love that view. I don't know why they just look like little ants running around and then
open for the best, especially as everyone's jumping, right, amity with that jagged blade,
you know, flying in. And Sniper, not exactly as high on the alt charge, which could mean
that this fight is decided by dare I say, alt, so if we get that far, but at least
for the initial positioning, it is Team Missing X-Ray that have the advantage of
three players on this point, with the percentage of brewing and waiting for some sort of engagement
hard battle to go through.
The cap, it seems like a victim potential, but no, it's not a Kato that falls down first,
risks will fall, she on out, the amity strikes back, takes down Z, and you are.
Gotta be waiting with beta breath here, because you still don't know who's taking out this
fight.
A lot of damage being dealt up by Nickman on this vendetta, but still eventually
that keep going through with these snipers under them. Amity still alive, one inch deep.
He is that drunker queen in front of them, and when that just settles there was a flip
in between there, but it's still Team Missing X-ray 55 and counting.
Look, I said at the beginning that McMahon was able to pick up the Vendetta very, very
quickly when she first released here, so awesome to get to see the Vendetta back on the table
here, and now, I mean, this ring is ticking up so quickly for Team Missing X-ray, and they have
So many ults to win this!
Disgusting. Absolutely beautiful, jagged blade, ouch, and oh, it's just like clockwork.
Where was this in Max 1 and 2? Now is this a benefit of the composition? Potentially!
But, at least for this first flash, first flash point, it is all team missing hatch right.
I mean, yeah, there was a flip, but finalist x missing.
You'd not feel as comfortable, that's for sure.
And I mean Amity is showing us that yeah, you know, she definitely is comfortable on this junker queen now
Rampage is ready to go for both teams the difference maker here being a crumb as that sound barrier ready to go
Then why just swapping over to this
Luckily the shout came through
Keep that over health going but rampage out by both sides
The Anti-Hill applying to the Cupfall, as I once said I was missing, they should have
the advantage, but Aliyah with a lot of damage that headshot is not exactly forgiving.
We're holding onto this point, but where is that next sort of level to this fight that
is going to be the overclocked, Cameron will fall, the Metal Cattle at least holding
strong.
And when we said they'd be playing take down Metal Cattle, well, it hasn't really
happened yet, potentially the reason.
By the time I was at missing or falling short, I almost, you know, flipped
the teams again, but we're good, we're good. Everything's going okay, and the tracer in
the back line is still hanging on, and Amity goes down, not a cuttle goes down. There's
the timeless X missing from before. Wisps, two rail shots, two victims, and a flip.
Alright, timeless. Time to start getting some percentage on this point. 22% is a pretty
small amount when you consider how fast the points will take up here on New Gen
city. But, McMahon coming in with this sundry blade. Unfortunately, Gamron is already down here.
It's gonna be so hard for X-ray to even stay in this fight with just a problem trying to keep
everyone alive on Lucio. It's like they are sticking around, but yes, in fact there's a spawn
after that. And that's a big win here for Timeless. They didn't command any ultimates into that.
They're still gonna be able to hold this kind of choke point here. Coalescence and that
Rampage, I love to do so quickly here. I mean it's looking like basically one more chance for x-ray to get a fight in
If they don't win it, timeless is gonna tie us up here on New John City
It's gotta be all mcpan here really because I'm looking at that all I mean as much as Cameron enhances all lessons
And it is a powerful ultimate
I could do much against the rampage here as the anti-heal is applied and oh no
I'm seeing this loose here with the eyes of a tracer and we know that's never a good sign
time, 1 HP, dwindling, and then Lucio's still alive, but the fight's still in favor of Timeless
X missing coalescence out by both sides, rampage out, there's a potential flip in the
mix, pulse bomb not going to be used yet, trying to force out that fade, and now that
a hands came out you are starting to wonder when does that pulse get applied, maybe
not even needed, half required, six, found, and Timeless X missing, take their first
flash point.
And I mean, I think that the swap from NYA off of the jetback hat onto the Lucia was making all the difference here to have that kind of a layer of speed now being able to match x-ray making a huge difference.
And it looks like the next flashpoint is just going to be next or over at bomb flats here.
So Timeless getting set up on the point first here is massive for them, especially with Wyss having this overclock online.
not quite ready to go for a crown. They know that this overclock is ready.
You want to go for a quick engage and then amp speed back out and wait for that overclocking up.
Slam in one way, but unfortunately the help is defied back.
Valuable supports, make sure to think it floats by the way.
Wisps is finding one, Nenmai goes down, though.
You're looking at maybe a fight that is turnable either which way.
McMahon at least getting a second one, but so far isolated that piece.
They can take care of them in just one singular clip of beautiful work, beautiful aim, but in the end, potentially still seeming as straight a win this fight out.
There is at least a three-tap, but there's a rampage along with the beat over how to apply it if that rampage was back in effect.
Amity, completely gone, focused out because of that rampage, and valiantly so.
It's just something that is going to get you plenty of value, and in the end that flip goes on pretty darn quick.
and just such great patience from time with their happy hit point clip over to missing x-ray if it means that they can get a full regroup
and then just come in at full strength ready to go.
L.O.P's hide in the corner here doesn't have the pulse bomb ready just yet,
but definitely could get some damage done onto one of these backflights from missing x-ray,
or at the very least force out some of these cooldowns, especially the fade from Cameron.
Once that's gone, the winner is going to be pretty exposed.
And I think every creation player loves to just take down that Lucio first and again
We were talking about the struggles that Lucio players have been having today
We will continue as from falls first the rest of the team along the side and his team missing x-ray that are
Trying the best to stabilize in this fight, but it's not gonna happen two players remaining
Just hoping basically not to get staggered at this point
That was definitely more loved to get a staggered or they're not they are gonna push a little bit too far forward
So, Natakado, opening things up for X-ray to come back into the fight, and you have to commit to coalescing to see you need a quick trade.
You see the creation battle, one player recognizing where that recall might have been, but it still keeps the reign supreme in the end.
Big man tried it, but it's gonna fall down in the end, and they are looking at that rampage, the Q it goes on out, and at least finds one player on your head, by the way.
There's the axe thrown on out, no targets just nearby.
Wisp lines from though, you're looking at the second flashpoint, potentially being the final fight of Time of the Sex, missing to win it out, and it's all the Wisp, looking at two rail shots, and at this point it's just a tank's jaw, the lip, Slyther though falls on down, three for three, still players remaining from both sides, still very doable, but there comes the over health from the beat drop, and in the end it will be Time of the Sex missing, they'll find themselves the second flashpoint, one away from now taking the series.
Menoi having the beat for late in the fight made all the difference there for timeless.
All of the cooldowns came out from missing x-ray.
So once the beat is applied, the three members that were remaining,
although lower in numbers, able to get aggressive,
Fondulans' excellent target focus as well.
So we're gonna head over to your finery.
Like you said, Ari, this could be the last point,
not just in this bad luck, and the zeroes as well.
Over health provided as the beat drops once more, whips.
Yeah, it just gets absolutely obliterated.
Pikman, I believe there was a tracer in the backline of that Akado, and in the end, this should be over.
Quick, hello, Rengage! I don't know how I feel about that.
I feel like the fight might be a little bit too far gone, but we'll see with that result in the end.
If they were right or not, then why falls down?
Not even sure where this younger queen is, you know, hanging around in this cyber that falls late.
Bit of a wrench applied, and then you stagger.
Okay, little tracer duel happening on the side will go the way of peace here and I mean honestly right now through missing x-ray
And they want to win this point and move on to that fifth flash point
You need to put the resources into Nick man here. Like I said on the into this
It's so hard to go on the front end of without the sorry about it
But if you get Nick man, the resources to work with, you're gonna get lost
Yeah, looking for the blade strike is just not gonna land in the end a bit of a zoning if you will
You know, making sure that that teamfight is kind of dismanceled, right?
Making sure that not all five players are focusing up on the same line.
How tech-coasted, ramped by Sniper, rampage goes through.
Though Amity takes down their counter part, and they should be all good.
However, though, no players kind of hanging around.
No tank.
We'll just be hoping for some sort of percentage, quick-mix,
this will come to really put an end to this.
This should be all team missing x-ray.
Amity still alive.
should spell success for them in the end. Although this is...
He's started to be a lot more percentage than they like.
Oh my gosh, yeah, excellent job from these there. Just kind of dragging the percent.
I mean, I think that X-Ray got their feet kind of on the point around 10% there for missing X-Ray,
or missing X, and now the up at 34. However, X-Ray do have control of the point.
There's one more fight opportunity here. If they get rid of this one,
they're gonna of course have this and Final Flash put.
Oh, and a phone.
And a bag.
And a recolour bag.
And oh, oh, oh, peace.
Okay, you're nasty with it.
Alright, that's two picks by the way.
So peace wins the fight on site,
whist wins the fight in the major team fight,
and this will be a quick cap.
Not only is this fight happening not on the point,
but it's all basically in the spawn half the time.
Well, I think from a bite of Ajax there,
I think that the beat was lost there for missing X-ray.
That's really unfortunate,
unfortunate because where they only need to win one more fight here they could
come into this full power with four ultimates. The good news is if they play a
little bit slower here, McMahon's gonna get that Sundering Blade online so you can at least have three ultimates. However, that's timeless as fuck.
The clock in the mix rampage finds the one from falls down. Again, Lucille Locke seems to be a team on today and it's the
over health applied. Nine Y providing plenty for their team. Amity very low,
Needs to go down at some point but not gonna happen this way yet. There you go taking down
But I'm going with skill or but haven't been able to say it but yet here we go in the end and that's the game
Everyone falls down as pressured too far into the right side and in the end timeless X missing wins and moves on in this upper bracket
Well, I mean impressive stuff
Look a 3-0 here against the team that we got to just kind of dominate on the broadcast is no small beat
Even if you are the number one seed coming into things, especially considering the history of these two teams that I mean,
I gotta say X-Ray looked best on this composition that they had here on New Junk City,
Amity absolutely cooking on the Junker Queen.
Unfortunately, it was just a little bit too late in the series to try and mount the comeback.
I mean, yeah, like what like we said, right?
Maybe a little bit too late to get things started to get the ball rolling now.
I swear, there's got to be some sort of agreement because we had the Moira,
We had the Junker Queen, I think it was Lucio Mirror.
The only thing different was maybe, yes, you're there.
I mean, we received a Tracer Mirror.
And so it all felt like this was as evenly
as we could have set the stage.
And in the end, Timeless X-Missing come out on top.
So not only did they wanna show that they could dominate
on different comps or in maybe the band phase,
but even at that level state,
they end up taking the W.
So props where props are due again
once it is Timeless X-Missing
to move on through that upper bracket.
Alright, amazing stuff here. We got to see two fun series even if they maybe didn't go the distance here now.
Yeah, good news, of course, for the side of missing x-ray. They aren't done just yet.
So excited to see what they're gonna be able to do in that lower bracket.
And of course, big congratulations here to a timeless x missing as they continue to show their domination in the day.
Well, as we continue forward through the day, we still have two more matches.
but for this one we are going to jump to an interview. That being said we'll make sure the player is ready for that interview.
We're going to jump to a quick break. When we come back we will have one of our competitors from the winning side for you.
We'll shed some light on the situation. We'll see you in just a moment.
Hi folks, welcome on in. We have just got done with our second series and it was a bit
of a doozy in the names column, right? Timeless X missing versus Team missing X-ray, but
in the end it was timeless X missing to take the series 3 to 0. A bit of a domination
in those maps, 1 and 2, but in the third, we have ourselves a nice battle, but here you
go some highlights from the series.
Yeah, I mean, we saw Sniper just absolutely popping off on the D.va, but you also have
to see Sniper play a lot of different heroes in this series, of course, because you were
getting banned out, and so we're on to the Junker Queen.
We know that the Zarya available for them, as well as the Hazard here, so really
just incredible flexibility from Timeless Exmissing throughout this series, although I think, you know,
relying on some consistency here being, I think, a Z on the Kirka one piece, oftentimes on Matrix, sir.
Yeah, bit of a rinse and repeat, and map number two, Hazard, Jetback had, Cassidy, you name it,
it was there. Not three, bit more of a copy and paste for the team compositions, both teams
wanted to go for that mirror, but in the end, still, Timeless Exmissing to take you down,
and Wisps a big factor in that.
Almost like we're gonna be hearing from them shortly
if we can potentially.
McMahon, we did ask to see on the Vendetta
and it did come through,
but maybe just not enough in those critical moments.
And it's just such a hard part to run the Vendetta
into where you don't have the Kiriko,
you don't have the Zarya, so unfortunate for them,
but fortunately for us, we do have that interview
and we're gonna have Wisps joining us.
Hello, Wisps.
Hello. Hello. Okay, we got to ask the clarifying question first. Your name is WSPS, but is your
name just Wisp? I pronounce it Wisp, yeah. I used to like go by Wisp OW, but I changed
it to some kind of like the name you'd like call a cat. I love it. I see, I see, I see.
I get it. I'm down for that. I appreciate that. Now, we also got to answer your
clarification about your fun fact that you put in our team sheets. It says I love
NENY. Do you have any clarification as to why that is and why the entire team put
that? So no one filled out the sheet so NENY filled out the sheet for everyone
and then I put I didn't even know that was our fun fact the first time hearing
about it very NENY. Yeah I suppose this might actually also explain the the
the peak SR on the team sheet if you've taken a peek at that.
I mean, there's no way that you've beat Diamond, right?
There's no way.
No.
Oh, fun to dance with.
I think everyone on the team has hit like champ one or two.
That's what it was looking like.
This was not looking like my lobbies.
Definitely not.
All right, Fonzie's aside, how are you feeling after that
match, especially after you had had such a close time
against them the previous time in the Swiss stage?
is 3-2, now it's 3-0. What did you guys do differently in this game or what was clicking more?
I mean we definitely like scrimmed a lot more this week and we had like a lot higher quality
scrims this week like we had scrims against like partner teams and like pretty high caliber
scrims so that helped us out a lot and I think us like our performance the last day of Swiss
kind of made us like lock in a little more like we kind of were like just showing up and playing
And that kind of made us realize like, okay, we need to do a little more, mainly against
like Malgus stuff, but I think we kind of got that down and just like prepped for it.
But also this team had like a different tank in which like, there's no shade of their
tank at all.
But their tank was like doing a lot of the Malgus stuff, which we were weaker against
I think at that time.
But I would say that's like mostly, we did just do a lot this week though.
Show?
Yeah, I definitely did write the preparation, definitely paying off here.
So, of course, Timeless X missing the core of these players did win the Caught Championship
in 2025.
So what's it been like kind of stepping in and playing with this team that already kind
of has made a name for themselves in the Caught scene?
It's been fun.
I took a break like last year and didn't play at all, like any Overwatch.
So I've kind of just started playing again.
Like, playing with this team was like my first time you've been playing with
like the Cat in Scrims.
So it's been a lot of different and new heroes
and different things you can do.
Like Shiana's been really fun as well.
But I definitely miss competing.
Like everyone I'm playing with I've played before on a team,
whether it's been in Ka or OWCIS or Faceit,
it's just been really fun playing with everyone
and getting back into it.
Amazing.
Hey, we're happy to have you back into things as well.
It's been a stellar, I think, opening
for your season so far.
So congratulations.
Is there anything you want to say going into the rest of the bracket, is there anyone you
want to maybe not call out but say hey bring it on because we want to fight you next?
Probably just Hitori and like her team.
I think two years ago that pause circuit that I was on Nightmare Eclipse I basically
like made that team with Hitori.
I literally started that year, like I was kicked off of timeless ethereal
which is like the team I won now and then I ended up just making my own team
and then we won like five consecutive tournaments, including champs.
And like I don't think I could have done that without Hitori and it was very
bittersweet like returning to Ka, not playing with Hitori.
Not that again, I don't love my team.
Like my entire team, my friends are like everyone.
I feel like a lot of people are just friends in this scene, but I've
always loved playing with Hitori and I had like a really good experience
with her during that time.
It was like my first time making a team and it wouldn't have been doable without her and
Definitely looking forward to like playing against her
All right cat cafe look out. I'm looking forward to that match up to you. I really hope that we get to see that one
Right wisp, thank you so much for coming out
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We still have two more matches. We are gonna go through today to figure out our seating for the championships in a couple of weeks
Yeah, this is a lot to play for right now. You want that great seeding going into champs
Set yourself the best path moving forward and obviously you still want that momentum going into that tournament
So honestly, you and I were talking about earlier
There's three teams right now that I think are all
Relatively close to one another and two of those teams we're about to see right now
Yes, no crazy upsets so far. I think we've kind of followed that typical
that we see were these matches.
Of course, we just watched Timeless and X Missing play team missing X right took the win there right now and turn our sights to X.
Double Vione taking on a cat cafe. Love that name actually both of them because one I'm sitting in a cat cafe and to X.
Double Vione is just hilarious. So I'm very excited to see what these two have in store for us being that second and third seed coming out of Swiss.
was. Yeah, these are two teams that I circled like these can be
very fun teams to watch. Just because of a lot of the history
with some of these players. So going in can't wait to see how
this one is going to end up and especially cat cafe. They
probably had one of the tougher first run games
three one win over Valentine. It was definitely a dark horse
team that we'll get to see in champs in a few weeks. But
They've already been tested early on, XTaboo Leone dealt with magic most of the time, but
now some really good competition.
Yeah, it's even cross-referencing these results from Swiss, right?
XTaboo Leone, they ended up going down 1-3 to Tymos where Capcafe took that to 5 and
ended up winning.
Yet they are still the lower seed just because of some other matches that ended up taking
place.
it seriously can depend on the day who is going to show up and how well
well they end up showing up is seriously going to be a it's
earner for this game
and this is one of the few matches jesse that i feel like we can say that
that
a second and third place coming out of the swiss doesn't matter all that
you know i would say so like the
beach when the first game
they did exactly what they needed to do
and now we can see how the rest of this tournament plays out
Again, earned that early momentum obviously during champs.
Demon's going to be around, we'll get to see how she interacts with the meta.
She looks so fun.
I got to say, she looks incredibly fun as a tank player, but that'll be for champs.
We won't have to worry about that quite yet.
We get to see our first roster of the day.
I'll take a look at the players that we will be watching for this match.
which I haven't seen either of these teams so far yet today.
Exibol Vione will be up first.
They are a good mix of some European talent along with North American,
which is really nice.
I think Palettes stands out as kind of the veteran in this team coming in.
The biggest thing to note though, Jesse, is they have two hitscan players on DPS
and two quote unquote, flex support players that will be in today.
So some flexibility will be required from Winter and Paulette in particular.
Yeah, we're going to see maybe some interesting comps, right?
You got almost double hits here, double flex support, which I will say, like,
you can run double flex support very well in this meta.
I think Kirito, Mizuki, maybe one of the best comps in the game currently.
If you're not wanting to run some of the jet pack and jet pack,
cat shenanigans that we've seen already today.
So there's definitely still options here for XO to get it done.
Yeah, they like to say that they have a European flavor when they compete, so I have a feeling
we'll get a good idea of what that means when they roll out for map number one, but let's
take a look at their opponents in Cat Cafe, a third place team coming in also five and
one, and it's from top to bottom.
I mean, we've seen these players around for several seasons of gameplay.
Also loved that from Selena says, I am her.
That is fantastic.
But yeah, I think Hattori in particular, leading the charge in this tank role, can play pretty much anything, and a meta as flexible as this one, Jesse, that is a huge asset.
Yeah, this meta, we've seen so many different looks, but it's a lot of the time the same base concept, right?
So I'm curious to see how this series, as the series moves on, how it progresses, what are going to be some of the changes here.
the changes here. But like to say, we have some con veterans here, especially I'm looking
at ivory, I'm looking at Hattori, even Juno, you know, has been around for a very long time
on several rosters. This is a team that knows exactly what they're doing. They've been
in positions like this before, and now it's time to perform.
It is time for them to show what they have. And in Cat Cafe has some serious upset potential.
We saw them have the best shot at this timeless roster. That's the only team
ended up taking them down.
We'll be starting out on Nepal first,
the pick of XTabilivione.
This might be changed, not entirely sure.
Oh, no, we are good.
So we are confirmed going to Nepal for this.
It's kind of all over the place.
I think what can be played,
heck, we even saw Doomfist in our last match here.
So I think Jetpack, though,
will be a staple unless it is banned out.
And I wouldn't be shocked if it was.
I, especially from XTabilivione,
It doesn't scream like a team that's wanting to run it, but instead the rematchra will be at the band that comes out right away.
So try to take that away as an option, maybe giving us a little bit of a hint that we're still going to be running it down with Brawl a lot of the time.
And May is going to do the answer band from the other side.
Hat Cafe, familiar with that European Overwatch variety here, as I think taking that away,
it's an overall strong pick for Rawcomps, and even seeing that from Watchra, and I think
show a couple of looks like maybe Eva, maybe a Reinhardt, dare I say, could have been pulled
out here.
I wouldn't put it past either Sansi or Hitori, but it will not be available for play regardless,
So, it's really independent of what's minimap.
We end up putting firsts, like, sank them, what we're looking through now.
Hensley and more coke as the other two can be more brawly.
Yeah, and that may, if it wasn't banned out, would have been a giant factor,
especially once you get over to Village, but obviously,
that no longer an option here for either team due to the Cat Cafe ban.
And like we said earlier, this is purely for seeding
and maybe a little bit of extra prize money, right?
You know, first place gets two grand, second place gets a grand,
But it's that seeding that you want for champs.
From the prize pool, Skyrock, it's up.
You want to be in that perfect spot.
And you also just want to get an understanding of where
you sit compared to the rest of these teams right now.
So this would be a great first test for XO.
And even a great test again for KACFA,
considering they had a great test already
in the quarterfinals.
But we are now in to an appall.
And it is going to be village for the first round.
So we'll be starting out on what typically lanes more to a brawley point reminder
extra will be owning two hitscan players traditionally are in the seats for that role now
We'll see what they end up rolling out with is there gonna be a Symmetra?
I feel like that is a huge pick especially on control points or seems do like to TP out at spawn
So we might not know until the very last second almost winter and the miss and they'll be locking it in for now
Yeah, I expect this team more out of spawn and then they go into a she on would be my first guess
But again, it is definitely a possibility to just running if you can get to that point first set up the turrets
Around those two entries. It does make it difficult sometimes to get on through but we are getting a tease
Already cat cafe not wanting to run the cat exibit of the on a will as of now with Paulette
odd the feline and it will be both. That's a tracer and far instead of a
symmetric. Missing as a big task in front of her we have the cat bastion set up
here from Palette and Shoal will take to the skies and leave Santee, Envy, and
Winter and put themselves on this low ground. The cat cafe immediate retreat.
You have no chance of fighting against Shoal. No, you might as well just play
your position here. You don't want to give up anything too early due to this
This cat bastion in the gear is the point unlocked.
It'll be extra Bione.
Getting at least a little tease.
Yeah, Ivory, you can't stray too far from home when Shul is working outside.
I'll be the first casualty here.
Cat-Cat Bay.
No, it's getting inside.
It's so much safer now, or this bastion should be dropped down to the point, picks
up missing on top of it.
Extra Bione.
A bit of time to get here in Ivory.
The extra bit turns on the sheen on fast, and it's somewhat even fight without
Cat Cat Bay should not have made close at all. Still, the Tori hungered down on the point because the advantage of playing the Sigma into the Diva got more presence and they will impact the first Cat because of it.
Yeah, there's way more point presence able to lock it down. Santee now on a very tricky spot, but you'll need orders to escape to the high ground four of the time being, or the Cat Bastion.
They're just going to continue rolling around, but a nice place to creep in will stunt it for the time being.
For real this flux by the way extremely fast
She's just so good like this is the first hero that she really showed up on like even a no WCX
The Sigma was a sequel seeing it here again on this first part of the call
Look at the consumer restaurant and the first you don't not quite up to there is yet
And I believe the charge for it's extra blivion egg. That's two down the flux. Yes, it lands
There's no follow up really available turn that fight around
There will be two old stretchable Vione
I think that point actually with the only just wanted a clean job
They didn't want to kind of leave it like they did that last fight
Open up the door for cat cafe to turn it around so a nice fight there for
Axel when that cat cafe have some utility of their own to go in a consumer rush from Juno was not able to match the one of
Envy during that last fight and I will say if she'll touches the ground
She may have a little bit of a a visit here from this side pretty quick
Oh, they're on an envy early. I definitely thought she'd be going down.
See, on her feet, they're gonna have to swing from the catfactionatory.
No shield, everybody pull down force, and if you continue to rush out,
Catcalfe, yes, they'll get the space, but the first position will be when they can't stand to the point.
That's the one issue with this comp. Yes, you have great, you know, dive ability
to try and capture on these targets, but no restraining presence at all.
Yeah, we could easily see these percentage is flipped right now if that wasn't it didn't get captured by a cat cafe during the middle of that so actually the only
As great as that fight was post cap, they gotta keep an eye on this because if you allow one more of those, it's going to be overtime by the time the cat cafe give it back up so you tell maybe it's a little more subconscious about it, so we are stuck in no escape.
Even in the views of the title blast without us, well, brutal, flexible...
Man, Santy!
She's self-destructed, maybe, thinking she could remake it with everyone and cat that
face around her like flies.
It just wasn't happening.
Winter, do it, darn this pal, clean this up.
She's actually coming off of me, somehow.
It's good for flexible, Vione.
You get the stall on the point.
Or stall on a pipe ring.
You kind of just shove through down huge kunai shots from the Envy.
And somehow, someway, explore Vione.
find a way, this will be winnable, Santy's already third.
Yeah, now, honestly, if you're cacophay, you just have to live here for a second,
but that's going to be tricky now, with Selena gone, forces the Tori to try and pop the flocks,
but a nice little switch step will foil all those plans.
Yeah, and it was a good attempt for the Tori, she knew it was last flight,
had to go ahead and throw it out there, at the end of the day.
Exibald Vione, they're playing the Cap Bastion under Mashed Cacophay's job.
Too tall, or this first point, it'll be excellent Vione.
Let's take it away.
Nice play there from Exhibitione, and there it will take Village 166.
And now, depending on where we go next.
Alright, so the cat here still can work pretty well, but obviously that ceiling could get
a little tricky depending on the hit scan that Ivory decides to land on.
But overall, great job.
I think from Paul Lennon, this is how well these jet-pat-cat comps can work.
You just basically taxies show around such inductions to where you're not paying attention
to Windsor or Santee and they can just go in and finish up a lot of those kills.
Selena will let you stick to the Mizuki that we saw a little bit of a late swap from last
round.
Yeah, and it's a really good counter to Eva.
I think it makes it so she's not getting won on as much as the Guiyak.
So it's a good pick there.
She's not really able to do much against the Cat Flash and just an I need to live
Desperation kind of swap there.
At least that cafe recognized cat fashion allergic to ceilings.
And we'll take advantage of that by playing indoors and touch soul in a rather tricky spudged
angle in front of the whole team for a moment.
But a very slow approach to the left is nailed.
Oh my god.
I don't have to cast that one after her.
Well, there was down that Tori overextends to try to get more out of it and that
That ultimate will give Exculvione flight wind to flight cat cafes great times.
Yeah, it can flip as soon as that. Obviously, Hattori wants the Bastion kill. You can tell she's trying to go in for it.
But again, TP in from Envy, nice little cleanse. That grasp is only going to last so long.
And there's no backup there for Hattori to clean up some of those kills.
And now she'll look at this all the way around the coast, going to try and catch Misa on the re-entry.
Hmm, just good base damage, but you gotta respect Ivory.
A very respectable hit scan, and well,
now she took that one personally.
She'll also fall without that Bastion.
It's not a huge chunk of damage you can really work with.
You need Santee to go in and help clean up these kills.
She's very low, has Envy behind her,
help keep her a lot a bit longer.
Couldn't get to that self-destructing 7% of the way.
D-Max and the point will flip on top.
They got a Paulette, just stuck out here, and yeah, let's try an escape, but maybe a little
bit easier said than done, but we'll eventually get out.
Yeah, it's just a cat with a little bit of a jetpack, zooming around.
This Jedi from Ivory could catch Paulette in some awkward positions, but it doesn't
help that.
You know, Paulette can just zoom out, right?
If they have enough boosters, doing it would be a very easy escape.
They just try and use it for some quick damage rather than a bunch of things.
You're gonna see how X will be on it,
or gonna struggle to get space and victory.
They can get even more difficult.
Great watch there on the envy.
That one lands successfully.
There's no little Heather there.
Or this Bastion and Shul.
And to get the high ground that she needs,
and the meaningful damage from Cat Cafe.
They're trying to stay alive,
but another great Catnap is doubted, Tori.
Looking for the trade, couldn't get it herself.
And so there will not be enough for them
to keep control of this objective.
screw the ionic and back on it.
Just not enough of the levitate there for Mitoria to try and boost herself back up to the point
and it will allow for the flip here for Exo.
Now look at this, four ultimates on the board, a very early one though, here from Sheldon.
Borg's just trying to scout out where everybody is at, trying to find Selena but the statue
actually eats up a lot of the damage coming through.
And it's a little bit of time waste to get the now percentage of lead, but now what can you do now against two support ults from cat cafe?
This kick I say to everybody so you know be so important especially and shutting down the winter
That's more old in the pocket pull out willis it is good shooting rush or if you sold us
Consider keep her alive
Great punish from cat cafe, but didn't use your consuming rush early
They do are not responsible for backing away.
They want to hold on to Hekka Kaisenkshwari,
which they end up doing,
so they have to give Ivory as the cause for it.
They want to use it now, more so regroup,
make sure the self-destruct,
you know, you're just saying from the baby Vigiva, I guess.
We'll be a flip back over for Kack Cafe,
which is a great 20, like we'll be on it.
We're almost at that full percent,
but this flux though,
it should be the end of the story
for Soul and Santee,
right at the back,
a desperate attempt to trade. This one is successful. The Cat Cafe uncontrolled the point. This should
be happening. Santee just got away with cold blooded murder. Santee just got a complete
killing spree in the back line. Nobody turns around. She's able to find two with the assist
on the third. And all of a sudden, Axel and a perfect spot here to win map one, about
to be a quick touching from Cat Cafe. All the abuse ends all in the pocket.
So much pressure to on the mission. This is not an easy ult. The value of into their
gob is she explodes almost instantaneously. Explodione, you want to end this map here
and now with the power of cat on there, so inscenty, we'll have the last laugh.
So well played, 1-0, Explodione. Great first map here. Forge of
Bolivione and that is the power everybody of the Jetpack cat in this meta.
We were talking to a few teams before this tournament began trying to get their, you know
Their take on the meta where everything is
So many teams just said cat is going to be everywhere and cat can be the difference maker
And that indeed was the case here on
Nepal and now the answer is and the question is for cat cafe
Do you just ban it out? Do you try and match it? What is going to be the next step here?
Because I was the first map maybe a little bit of a wake-up call
It should be. Honestly, I think that was a really tough turn around for this team.
In Cat Cafe, you'd expect no Cat is in the name. Surely it is something they can pull out, but it's such a defining factor.
Even if we are in an open meta, if you don't match it, it feels like you are at a disadvantage when it comes to a lot of these rotations.
Two Cat Cafes, Credit, the Rotations, knowing where that Jetpack Cat was weakest, those were all really good.
The calls are clear, they know what they need to do, but it almost feels like they're making their own lives
get harder by making their problems just disappear.
Yeah, there was just a few things that, like, the first stage of the plan worked out great,
and then maybe that the following steps of how, you know, the fight would progress would be the next fight.
Maybe not exactly where they needed to be quite yet. I'll say, Windsor was also just a menace, right?
You're wearing so much in the air about where Paul Latin's show is,
But the Winter a lot of the times was there for the cleanup on a lot of the damage that would go in early
It joined in by Santee so the communication from actual Vivione has been exquisite so far
It is just what is the answer here from cat cafe because they have their moments
They had some great plays to Tori definitely had a few so it did ivory
But it's making that a little bit more consistent and finding an answer to a lot of these finishes that are coming in
from the D.Va and Shion right now from extra Bavillionaire.
And we were kind of questioning too, what would this DPS split look like?
I mean, Tracer Bastion, that kind of solves the hero pool overlap issue potentially for this team.
Should they keep doing that?
It does give a pretty clear target of a ban.
Should that be the direction that's cat-cat-a-side?
No one, but it's still so open.
It's going to really depend on the map are we going to something that is more dive-oriented like we have what?
Hollywood with the pool we have the rotto in there pick flash point
We're probably not playing the jetpack cat unless you're feeling an extra spicy today
So that could only change how this match will be played from here on out
Yeah, there is a pretty good amount of maps actually here that either way if you even want to go poke
like Junkertown is here. If you want to try to trust your hitscans a little more,
put Ivory in a place to shine. Cirque Royale as well, even though Circuits kind of turn into
you can re-brawl depending on how you want to run it. The May Band's already come out
from Cat Cafe, so XO wants to use it themselves. That's also an option if you want to go to
Cirque Royale. So there's definitely some ways here that Cat Cafe can take this and now we
we will at least get that first look on the second map.
Obviously this can't go back to control for the time being.
And even if you wanna go push, right?
Like New Queen Street would be an option,
but you were right, Hollywood.
Maybe a little bit more of the dive.
Some poke DPS coming in here is the choice of CAC Cafe.
I feel like CAC's gotta go.
I'm gonna be honest.
I agree.
This is such a high ground centric map.
The ability to just move and taxi players around
the world's best uber it's true valuable i think to leave open unless you plan on doing it for
selves but overall i think seeing who is on cat cafe's roster and this makes a lot of sense i think
you want to have those open sight lines or ivory to play on it was getting a ton of focus wire
from extra bolivione in the past map tori and play diva tori winston tori can play sigma it
It does not matter. You will probably see it at some point.
Juno Van, though. It's quite fascinating.
And compared to what we were typically expecting
from the map, such as Hollywood, though.
Yeah, I don't think Julio Villone
is really going to complain too much about that, man.
Obviously, Juno, still an excellent support in this meta.
If you're not wanting the Lucio,
but you still want to have some sort of aspect of speed,
it's a great way to go at it.
The Cassidy will be the band on the other side,
And that feels very ivory coated, considering some of the shots that they were able to land
during that last map, so I'm expecting more Cat shenanigans here, probably some Bastion
as well, just because you take out one of the biggest elements of that, and even, you
know, as we continue on in this series, those kind of calls are going to make a
difference in winter, even has more range now to kind of run free, they don't have
that flashbang that they have to worry about.
I mean, she's been so good at following up with Santee.
These splits from extravillavionne, with half fashion in the sky,
and everyone comes to run it high.
Guess who's lurking around the corn?
We've got old D.Va and Tracer from Santee in winter,
and it's very difficult.
Poor Cat Cafe work around that just on all the cooldowns
that have been forced.
And D.Va is still up.
I think that's a very important thing to mention.
I think it was the standout individual for me from that map number one
So knowing that that is still here
I'm curious what the answer to that will be from cat cafe whether they decided to match it or bunker a bit more
Continuing on that signal. I think the bazookie was a step in the right direction
I just felt like you have so many different angles. You're trying to look at if you're Selena
She just didn't know where to look right? Yes, you can land the chain on a santi
But then coolly still have to worry about either a cat bashing in the air or winter is going to be right there
And now you don't have any stonk for her so
It's a little bit tricky when you only have that one ston. It's going to be a very
Similar spot here, but actually as of now at least so then we'll go back over to the William
That we saw for a tiny bit on the pole then the swap came through
And now they're gonna swap again because why not we're in spot so actually the Mizuki will be there a Hattori on
The Manga when you worry about cat bashing in the air just run over the rest of the team that remains
But little do they know maybe not that direction yet for Exo either
There's no pondering their options. I'm not gonna comment on that just yet
But the second cat cafe this anything's a good response to a potential TP brawl comp
This is a great response to Adiva or Winston.
Everyone is hyper-mobile, you have the CC to shut it down.
Jokes on you though, there's neither of those things really happening.
You have a cat-mashtian with Sandy on the Pandoria.
This Zarya pick will see how long it lasts.
Uh, it can be very good, you know, to try and get Shull.
And these nice spots, like bubbles on.
Nothing you can really do, but also...
The chain!
Yeah, that chain is disgusting.
So Selena going in for a zookeeper was the right choice unless you learn to not fly and range or she can put you on a leash
Because that is what will happen and Stansy, let's get this one over. No, the damage prevent before he's a run up
And this is going to be the pattern we keep seeing. I'm interested whether Exit will be on a decide to stake this
Yeah, I already see Winter. We'll make it a few squabs. Abort of the Embrane, back out of the little maybe to just try and find an early shot from spawn
And then back on to the Embrane.
A little surprise, Zarya. It's still here.
Just because if you don't have that constant healing,
as long as the bubbles are being tracked here from Cat Cafe,
Saints you could get burned pretty quick.
Yeah, but Instant Soul is looking for this path line.
Maybe if you can divide attention, but exactly as you called it.
Yeah, seeing the tour, it's like, okay, well, it's gonna be a 4v3 in front line.
Why not? I just run up the tank. That'd be a great trade in Fertilus.
Even if you have a losing...
It's where it goes down!
Perhaps with an oversight there,
and that's an overextension of the blood and the Ferdinand in the long run.
Envy is ready to walk this down to his shoulder,
and it should be at least a tick or two game.
Yeah, maybe there's a slight overcook there from Kakai.
They did everything right in the first phase of the fight,
but then maybe they got a little bit too greedy trying to get more.
And now it'll be already two ticks.
Envy played a little bit of a dangerous game, my friend.
It's okay, see if P.E. drops the watch on point, and your Alp Winter is also out, but
in a box, six feet under the ground, it's like, it ended up landing, but very little
avail here.
The trades are coming in, it's a very scrappy fight at Cat Cafe, fighting without a tank,
and therefore gotta get Santa down in order to have a shot, and it seems like it'll
just about be enough with empty surprises.
What a real one HP. That is crazy.
Well, I don't know. Winter, well, maybe is lucky. No.
She just gets sniped from the push here by Cat Cafe.
Now, I'll have to be, you know, a full reset here from actual Vivione.
But a lot of those two y'all still here.
The Grave combo with Shull could easily end this fight,
unless Selena is able to pop this Sanctuary.
We have the Sanctuary. That was an insane call there.
Bung-Shol, I love it. It did force Ivory back, so I guess it does no look fine.
An override protocol in a way.
Still, where was Winter, who was not having a good time face-tanking Hitori in front?
It's gonna be almost last fight here, Jesse.
Yeah, almost last fight.
And honestly, can't think I still have plenty to answer.
Sanctuary is still here, and there it is.
Yeah, great save for the grab. Problem is, Blazorbeams don't really care. A fucking guy
in Sanctuary? And it's not great, but thankfully you still have this Tori missing split. Similar
to how they saw Santee in Winter, if he's to running down the entire rest of the team
and gnawing Santee, she's doing her best to find these traits.
She's just trying to find anything near the end of this fight, but yeah, I get
the Sanctuary. Maybe it didn't save Selena, but it saved a lot of the incoming
damage from everyone other than Santi. And now listen to Cat Cafe, being aggressive can't
actually work. There is no tank to help clean up some of this fight. Santi will now go over to
the D.Va for a little bit of stall and also to have that DM to deal with Hitori, but is it too late?
And K-Twice will then continue to rush up for Cat Cafe. It's gonna come and help Hitori stay
I feel live the defense matrix though, fantastic forces Hathorii.
No, the touch can't get through the cage in time.
Electro Mogione almost get full held on this point and what is her route from Cat Cafe?
What a high IQ cage, right? Like Hathorii do like, yeah, I'm probably not living this.
She do that, but honestly it doesn't matter. Nobody touches and that's all that matters.
So 80% here for Kekefe is the mark to even us right back up and turn this best of five into a best of three.
And they have found the answer.
And honestly, they just hiding in that side room every single time.
That Schull and Paulette was trying to go over for a drive by, get a lot of that core damage in.
The support's worth kind of chilling in that back room.
Trying to play as much cover as I could.
Everybody else was either just pushing to the back line.
Of actually being like we got left behind or just hiding in that little hallway trying to be as absent as possible
To deny all of that value and it worked
Excellently there is no cat now on the field here
Going into the defense for actually be on it. They will go more to a standard rush
Cat cafe might as well not change it at this point Hitory still on Moga
I'm starting to see the Juno ban a bit more with all these
Malga's and Sigma's crews in the field. Juniperi with that kind of terrifying as it's good call from extra
Villione and will be enough to get a full hold. I think having winter on this May is the
The most important point for this team that X factor
Isolating Hitori or just denying these rotations. I will set them up
And already Hitori is like, okay
They're on the sigma not a great time typically
4th Maga especially when SIGM is on defense so the Rematcher will be the answer and at
least punch through that shield occasionally and even play me. I'm very aggressive with
that shield and block off some of the healing from high ground.
Just a little poke here, Ivory. On their signature frame, I mean this is the pick we've seen
them almost every going on heroes to really dominate on when she is in the meta and
pretty dang strong after those minor buffs recently. She obviously didn't make it work,
the pressure on the sole only clears that high ground.
Look at where Space Tory has to walk on forward,
especially the May wall, being burnt away so early on
in that engage, Envy drops to the ground
and suddenly you're walking on thin ice
if you are extabiliton-y.
Everyone trying to crowd the small group
to hide away from the damage,
but that's exactly where Hitori wants them
and everyone into her personal punching bag.
Triple kill for her.
That's just gonna be the end of the map
by the looks of it.
Cat Cafe, don't shut up Map 1, they'll be the ones you're just shutting out, you're on Hollywood.
What a nice little turnaround from Nepal over here to Hollywood.
Cat Cafe, looking like a completely different team.
And they just dominate here, on Hollywood.
Shut down the Cat Bastion when they're on defense, very quick for Macha Swap.
And Santee, not really like she has any time to go back and swap,
kind of just has to face tank and that's not typically a duel that sigma is going to win a great answer here from cat cafe
To bring us even after map 2 and now those a lot of the questions that we had going into this map
How are they going to deal with this cat bastion?
Can they deal with the flankers who are finishing up a lot of this damage? They answered all those questions
So now it'll be questions going back to the other side of actual bit to live the owning
What is your pivot now? Can you go back to a map that is cat-centric without it getting shut down or is there another play on the board?
I don't think the the question for at least for cat cafe was ever their discipline or their ability to counter these colombs
I think it's just a matter of the map and the pans that are in place that can set them up well
Which is why we expect the series to be as close as it is
but as he said cat passion is
Is the strong point at least it seems or extra blivionae pending it getting banned out since both of those heroes
You can't protect both
One will likely go so what strength to decide to lean on will it be something like a circuit Royale?
Jesse you have two hits can players in shul and winter should you want to go that direction?
Sigma mirror. I might be a bit dr. I see because the tori
I kinda likes that one, but I think there's a lot of different options you could look
at that are less of this brawl comp that seems to be more the MO of this Cat-Cat Bay roster.
I think also the issue is if you go to Sycleroyale, you almost have to ban the Sigma or ban
the Freya.
If you don't ban Freya, Ivory is also going to have the time of their life on that
map.
So it's a catch-22.
I don't think there's really an ideal situation, but I also think if you want to step
away from the brawl. That could easily be something that a map that could work very well, but it all
depends on those bands and how they want to work around it. Flashpoint maps, Atlas and Newjunk City.
Newjunk's definitely more rush-oriented. We even saw a little bit of Junker Queen last series,
which we did not expect whatsoever. Atlas can be a little bit of that too, but also
dive ish and the push maps are kind of you can run everything other than poke
Palisale maybe a little bit more poke forgiving but still going to be a big
option for the flanker so if you want to rely more I guess on the flankers maybe a
new Queen Street is on the cards but you have to understand that hey the rush
is also still going to be a very good asset may is very good on your Queen
Street at certain points of the map I don't know if there's a perfect
here honestly for actually the video on a left it is just the best of whatever
evils that remain so it makes good on pretty much any back we have to put in
the back hole other than in like Junkertown again yeah it's okay Jesse was it
last time you see aw somebody picked out on purpose that's a very good
question it's prop oh god it's it's been a long time yeah I don't know I
was like we can do it like what if we get to the top oh so I was but I was
I think I do when you look at this map what we're seeing in common from both of
these teams is how well these tanks have been able to synergize with whoever is in
that flanking DPS world which for both maps has been the tracer, mission
mandatory, we're doing such a great job running it at the backline during these
half-mash and pushes we're focused on Indian palette. Yeah I think if they
can continue doing that like honestly cat cafe is a great chance to keep running
with this series but it's always took over the lobby it felt like at times
whether it be during the defense with the mahogany is it's in on the rest of the
extra video day kind of negating a lot of the value that the cat bastion got or
even there at the end just plows through sainte because sainte kind of
disaster sit there and take it you have an accretion to fend off for
Maybe a second and a half, but that was really about it kind of a lose-lose situation there for Exo
And now the power is in their hands to send us to the next map
Obviously I get escort flashpoint push
Are the remainers it's going to be flashpoint so I'm gonna guess maybe a little bit
Oh, actually not at least we're just gonna continue maybe more with this rush and go over New York City
interesting so this I think the most optimal thing to do here would be to play
the mago with like a Juno break. Hitori is very good at that.
Santee can pull it out even if it's not her favorite thing in the world to do
and the Juno ban of course has already been expended by cat cafe in the
previous round so I will see if that is the option but then this is for all
You're playing your maze. You're playing your
Mizuki's series slash Juno Braggs depending on what is really going on in that department
But it will be the main catalyst for this and with that Mizuki ban. We're going Juno Bragg
Yeah, that just takes away the one backline option and obviously for XO
You really no pain in that right? It's not really something they had a deal with who is more an option
that cac cafe used quite often to counteract what was going on the diva
though I'm actually a little neither here nor there on and I think it's a
decent ban obviously santi's diva is great we saw that over on Nepal I don't
know on this map in particular if it's like a must man but no it's still a good
option to take away here from XO I think honestly it makes sense like being
santi's best and most comfortable hero removing that because the Mizuki is
also bad. Your backline just cooks if you don't have that option.
Adiba's still a very strong hero even if it's not the best pick you can pull out on this
map so expect given over to her and it also opens up the door for more of Mauga.
But actually from Hitori had a lot of success on that working alongside
Missin and that previous map. Ivory how to play whatever with it whether it's
That capacity, that Freya. You see some soldier? We haven't seen a ton of that recently.
No, I've seen a soldier here and there, but it hasn't really been all that consistent.
So I wouldn't expect to see a ton of it here, if anything, that's more of that MRA.
Maybe a little bit of Freya from Ivory. I don't really expect to see it as much here,
from Jublivione. But that could easily be an option, but I think, yeah.
Great Juno. And how do you want to build the rest of this team? Is that the question?
Going into this map probably some more mug in time if I had to guess
You know it's so what so long we went without mug about it. I think it's a slowly creeping back in I know
It's a movie on it. So hey, we want to bring some of that European flair
Has it really been them though that have brought that's actually a cafe bringing that little bit of flavor
That's kind of ironic how that's been going in both teams. I have a couple European players on their side
both tanks, Shull, as well as Juno.
So, Comical have an international representation going on here.
Will be the Malaga though, but this is from Sancy.
We kind of thought that would be the selection from Worry.
No, will instead be the opposite.
Kind of forgot Lucio as a hero.
It's just kind of how the game state has been.
As far as players are happy to have options.
So, they'll end up making it work.
Palette flexing on over to more of that main support wall,
as it will be a She-On and Meta EPS 2.
But there's another one that, again, was so in the Meta for months,
and then kinda creeped away, but still is a decent pick,
depending on the matchup, and, again, no D.Va obviously to counter up,
but also no Mizu to counter winters,
so I don't think she's in a complaint whatsoever.
No, not at all, and it is a quick stop on in,
Check the motorbike and pop those cat cafe and very simple one to puncture extra
will be an agent on cooldowns in the same spot.
Don't be the fastest fight we see all day.
Like that was, that was egregiously quick.
I hope that fight went to now.
Awesome changes here for cat cafe.
It's Horrie.
They're just going to match the blogger.
No reason for her not to considering how well she did on it on Hollywood.
But now the question is, as we do see that Soge still from Ivory, can that range from the early fight be enough to separate?
Because I think once the gap is closed, it's still a pretty decent comp advantage here for Zerglunion.
Yeah, and you can tell it.
Xerglunion are going to hide, they're not going to give Ivory a chance to get that early poking.
It's working out perfectly.
Santi jumps on in to get the one.
They fantastic run from the Corey, guarantees the trade.
It is 2 for 2 at this point, but no healing available for Cat Cafe, so they have to be so incredibly careful about how they move forward.
This is last fight on the objective, the centi has to fall right here and right now.
Nivre, make sure that is the case, and finally, be able to get some significant damage in on the Soge for a triple.
Nice little 3k earns the flip for Cat Cafe, but the damage is already done, 91% from Jablivione during that first round of Cap.
But now, Katora playing danger skin early.
Playing very aggressive, we'll let you get jumped on, forcing the overclock.
Yeah, great initiative here from Cat Cafe.
Nying this initial push, Kory, this depot up in this cage.
It's a good call from Santee, knowing that Shold is right by her side to fight this one through.
It will be the DPS.
They'll sweep up the broken remnants of Cat Cafe, only the supports remaining.
It's just curious.
What be what if Kiri goes?
No never mind, but let's shows up in fogs,
you know in the bag, night night, uh, them.
Now the Cat Cafe, losing this point is,
actually, will be only,
people will be able to deny a clutch.
And then, I don't know that, you know,
I see, sorry, it's already running from underground,
I've raised there.
So now it's just the reinforcements coming in,
it's a very scrappy fight.
Soundberry doesn't end up hitting on the Envy.
The minimal healing, once that elf overgoes down
and Kat Kat they want to make most of it.
It was an old jump from extra Bolognone
in terms of main rain conditions.
Kat Kat they know it.
It takes very little them to get the flip back over.
That's one Paul that's going to walk back.
It was a great idea, but it just
didn't hit everyone that she was hoping for.
But still, they could soon a rush.
And they all hear from Windsor to fight back
into this, and Tori is trying to deny the touch
from the underground.
That's a nice little bit of tech, but.
Dory man lose her life and not she's fine. That's what you have missing in Ivory
They're like hey look at me not my giant meatball at 2 HP in the corners the cat cafe
You'll deny that flight of touch get the objective and you can pull the consumer rush out of action with the owner
Yeah, the fact that you get the consumer rush out in a fight that really didn't matter is a massive win here for cat cafe is
Now they can at least start moving forward to the next flash point
It's looks like that you make it a pretty decent jump on as well still holding on to the Vendetta ult
From a win, sir. I only two a year from that ever. They mean I didn't eat it Molly
Yeah, and this is the danger of cat cafes comp if you can get all of this poke damage in by the time
The gap is actually closed like you don't have the health bars to its standing three first fight for cat cafe
Yeah, just perfect right there. That's how you play it when you're having this variation of the comp.
And obviously Selena still has the titleblast. If she needs to just get out with it, put it on the Hattori
until it hurts us to go wild on the initiation. Ivory to keep the distance with the overclock.
Pretty good options here still for Cat Cafe, unless you move the Oni nice play.
play.
Ooh.
I need your Gluvione.
We're looking for Ivory.
It'll be the sundry strike from winter.
I think half of the turrets help.
I'm melted.
I'm going to be prepared shortly thanks to Selena.
And even onto the HVAC.
These are the major ultimates that you are hoping to use for XGluvione.
And it is a scrappy play at the very best.
Not even one you are likely to win with Ivory popping the overclock.
Help seal it.
So, oh boy.
It's okay.
It's all five.
Everything's five.
It's deep breath.
So, Selena was there for the cleanup.
It's okay.
So, Selena was there for the cleanup.
It's okay.
So, Selena was there for the cleanup.
It's okay.
Oh boy. It's okay. It's all fine. Everything's fine.
See breath.
So Selena was there for the cleanup. It's okay.
Sometimes you got to lean on your teammates a little more than you want.
But no, it's still a great fight there for Cat Cafe.
No, again, just deny the touch.
Doesn't have to be anything that crazy.
Obviously, to be honest, still have sub here.
Ten away from beat, but no take to play with.
Yeah, that's what happens to two magus, bonk heads, touch denied,
and bye-bye, Santi.
Oh, no, we're caca a an extra bull de only school not this
You're not looking great so far right now. All right. I get still the sound barrier from Paulette
I had the continued rush will be back here from envy and 10 a lot of resources now
They kind of play around but that we're kind of getting to back to back
Kind of rough ends to these flash points were to move the only just not able to return for one more solid fight
before that ticker hits a hundred.
And Kakafei, some decent positioning around the point,
but honestly, actually on a better spot,
they're gonna just chill by a point.
Of course, Kakafei to push in.
And these support ults are going to be for this fight.
Look at how many rushes though.
They'll be caught inside the cage,
and notorious elf bar, struggling to stay up.
Great timing there from Powlett.
Under Soundbear, and that was
getting the fight done and over with in a flash.
Letting down the Soundbear here
is always going to be the savior.
For Selena, this is this is bullying. That's it. I have show still needs that final shot
Just to get that little bit of extra damage in and still has the ultimate as well going into the next fight
So some momentum needed to be regained for Jullivione. That's how you do it still just the two
shot alts
From each team and already. Oh, man. Juno has to use the suzerain already
Currently rolling on the ground somewhere show those something is changed. You'll let on my screen by buy Selena
There's a cat cafe down support ears white terrifying
It's a joyous health bar well below half ivory so much responsibility
Help them stabilize and the shot this time will end up landing really the kunai to the face at the end that
Interesting cage. I gotta say
Already less. Yeah, you want that one back? I don't like it. I just
Now that's not I agree with that the council is spoken that might be a
My people have said he wants back. We've had a few of those from to move the audio this map
Yeah, all I had to just pay the timing isn't doesn't work out or what have you
That's one that's Nancy may want a little bit later
But still overclock here from Windsor after the swap over to match the sewage
Has it really found anything too crazy with the swap quite yet?
But maybe this is the opening here to her in the first class of D-Jump City.
Ooh! That was flat on the both supports! You can see the panic in Salina and Juno's eyes there,
as they can sooty rush and type of blast or pop. You force X to blue v owning back.
There'll be two ults for one drainage. You take back your X with blue baronet,
and be right around the corner for the cansooty rush!
But Vincent has already made her way into the back line!
That's three lots to down!
Cat cafe this just might be Matt
This could be it. It's going to be 85% by the time anybody spawns in it is going to be a mad dash over to the point
Either ask me Paulette or winter that gets over there in time this cage fights gonna interrupt those plans and that's it
Cat cafe
3-0 on do drugs city not even their map pick Molly
Not their map pick not a problem as well in learned ivory showed up this game was finally able to play
their hits scanned like they wanted to, and that value could not have been stronger.
I think that, plus the identity crisis in the DPS line of extra Milione, set Ivory up for
success.
Not in that play, though.
I got annihilated.
But every other moment, it just felt like the Cat Cafe were the ones in the driver's
seat of this map.
Yeah.
As soon as we return to this Magometta, it's Cat Cafe's time, right?
They've been excellent on it so far, whether it be, you know, the tank play up front from
Hitori has been excellent these last two maps, but everything in the fight planning has worked
out.
They haven't been wasting the ultimates.
They've been very particular in how they want to take these fights, even in the first
half of that map.
Wanting to play the range game early, drag out a lot of the resources from Jablis
Villonet, and then finish off the fight, it's been excellent so far from KACFA,
another match point.
points and how can you stop a freight train that's moving at this speed?
Jesse that is what we're extroval of the owning are gonna need to be looking at.
As we head into our fourth map before we get there we're gonna go ahead and take a
short break. Continuation of calling all heroes playoffs is right on the
corner so we'll see you just a couple of minutes.
The final heroes is ready to continue as we have ourselves a series so far but it may
not be for much longer.
21 is the lead for cat cafe over extra blivione and set it before the break. They're on a freight train
It's going at Mach 2 and it'd be stops. I
Don't know my honest answer like that was jubilione's map pick
And it looked like a cat cafe map pick that was just how it went and granted a lot of these flashpoints
We're pretty close
But I don't know it just feels right now the cat cafe
They have found their groove with these bloga comps and unless bloga is banned during this next map
It could be the end of the road at least here in the upper bracket here for extra
Extra livione obviously winner of this will play timeless x-ray in
Timeless yeah, tell us missing x-ray in the upper final that is quite a
You you combine two teams name there
Oh, it's just Timeless X missing.
And then we have Team Missing X-Ray.
There's two teams that have missing in them.
I think that's, we have Missing,
Timeless X missing, we have Team Mixing X-Ray,
and then we have Missing as the player.
So, we're getting a lot of,
we also have two players named Juno
in Collinel Heroes of 8.
Unfortunately, they will play each other in this weekend,
but potentially later on in playoffs.
As we said, Cat Cafe here on a roll,
Exhibitly they only have that first map pick and the ban for them to go with and
What would be like I'd love to see them honestly default back to that diva
I think that's where they have
far the best and with that ban being gone
The rider seems like a pretty juicy option
Yeah, I think Dorado's probably the easiest pick
If I was going to say it
From their point of view, obviously the other map left is Push with Kalisheva and New Queen Street.
New Queen Street is very playable in that kind of comp, but Kalisheva can get a little poke heavy.
I feel like it could get, you'd lean back more into the strengths of Cat Cafe, especially Ivory.
But I think Dorado would be the the easiest pick here for
Jablilvio and A depending on how they want to take this though.
As yeah, the D.Va ban is at least something they won't have to worry about and they could even ban out a
a hazard, a Winston, a ball, you know, whatever other dive tank you want to take out of the mix,
you have that option as well.
Thank you, Stigma. I'm going to be honest.
Yeah, I dive perfectly good at all.
Stigma just sits there and does big Stigma things and throws boulders at cats.
And she's very nice. She was very nice. Don't get me wrong, but throwing boulders at cats doesn't sound so nice.
It doesn't. It doesn't.
I love it, Tori. She's fantastic, but throws boulders at cats.
And hopefully that text doesn't stick, but yeah, I think it would be...
a little crazy to go something like circuit at this point in the map.
I mean, Avery has found their rhythm, stand out from New Jump City.
Her story still has the stigma to be pulled out.
So we're going to do the once in week.
I even remember the last time we seen this map, Junkertown.
And OK, so it does still exist.
If we were if anyone else is wondering.
Interesting.
OK, I I don't mind it if they want to if they bandsake, right?
like that would be the if like that is the giant asterisk that I'll put next to
this for now up and that's not that's not the band that we get
um
interesting interest I mean mission is really good again and that's that's fair
but it's I I understand it and the cat band is is yeah I we kind of saw that
company kind of surprised it took about four for us to get any sort of cat
band during this series but yeah that Genji band is creating a lot of thoughts
good to me just screams that we're gonna see a lot more Sigma still from
Hitori yeah I don't think there's a reason not to play Sigma unless we're
sticking on the Malga I think that's the the only other reason but Genji is
a puzzling one to say the least here what what what are you cooking there's
gotta be something from Cat Cafe because nobody is gonna go hit an off-handed map
like Dunkertown without having a very specific plan. And I do see the benefit
being both Shull and... excuse me... both Shull and Winter are very good at playing
these hits and heroes. This is a great map to pull that out on the first point
in particular, so if they're trying to play more of a ranged game I think
that can make sense, but it also feels like they're playing into XO's hand a
just a little bit um but I want to see how this goes right like there again
there's a lot of questions that I have and I think you and I both have I think
maybe the most questions going into a map this series even more than map one
which normally is not the case this deep into a series it's going I'm just
gonna hold I can't I don't know if I really want to talk about that quite
But yeah, Santsy on the Sigma, that's fine, her Sigma's pretty good, we've seen it from
time to time.
Obviously, her Sigma, I guess Hitori's can be an interesting fight, I think Hitori can
be as a slight advantage.
But no, I think Winter, I'm one of their best heroes of the Tracer.
Still a decent position here, there's a lot of poke with Paulette, Hurry going to the
A laurieth and Hattori maybe still feeling out exactly what the play call is going to be here
Yeah, we'll touch on that a second. I think for X-Livione having this double flex support as well
She's doing huge for them. It hits all their vantage points and uh hot the play should clean. Jesse. We have he right in heart
On junkertown of all places Hattori is just gonna bug her payload and let the DPS do stuff
Yeah, pretty much.
I just keep shield up and wait for Ivory and Missa to get some picks.
I was about to say like that one, all posts took off the head of Paulette.
This is maybe, it's awkward here for Giovanni to try and play around.
I think that doesn't make sense, I mean the more consistent coach damage and not exactly
going to be landing those shots is actually going to be on air already pushed off three
far past this.
I can't think.
I need to look for a way in, which sometimes can be difficult with the Reinhardt.
You're just walking into open ocean essentially.
Very little cover.
On this phase of first point and it's already feeling pressure from that is way
way too far out away from her supports and ends up getting her upset to an early crate.
Actually, I believe I only have plenty of to stay off of it.
Yeah, that's what a cleanup's there from a shawl as she'll be able to get a three
piece.
And now the experiment continues actually here from Cat Cafe.
They do get some decent ground early from that push, right?
50 meters, you get past that open bridge.
But this open phase, uh, open part of first phase is really where this comp,
Like you said, it's going to struggle.
Hitori is such a wide-open spot.
That shield only has so much health,
and you can only whip it around so fast.
So you really have to pray that Ivory, or Nyssa,
and our Selena can get something early in this fight
to give you a number's advantage
to make that walk up just a little easier.
Hitori does bring to the table
his intimidation tactics.
You clear the high ground, the flight's just existing.
That's great, but you don't have missing.
And now your team can't push up with you
I think they're just sticking it for Shatter.
I'm playing around there, you know, this one will actually go off the tracer, over to the
She-Odd, which, yeah, a little more mobility, but, well, never mind, never mind.
I think just for fun, he's taking a little bit of a bike ride out on the nice Australian
toast to you and then has to go back that's okay
I get to you
it's a very seated crowd
a lot of rocks and
or rocks and dirt
over in that corner
yeah
I've been exploring the onyx before
I was 5
and then at the end of this fight
unless it is a
massive rich out of inventory
this should be a lost fight
it's a great dodge here chatter
and it doesn't quite
mount the shul glass 1
and that should just about
do it
pretty shiny buttons for
actually building the onyx
Get their job done in a minute now for Cat Cafe.
And the changes are there.
Yep, Atari's over to match the Sigma.
It wasn't a horrible shatter, right?
You still get Santee, but that's really about it.
She just gets all the resources imaginable
to stay alive, plus the overclock from show
to win the fight.
A 45 seconds left.
Overclock from Ivory here.
Can open up some title boss as well
just to throw it out to somebody,
maybe this one, to get a knockdown
on the back line to find a finish!
Yeah, there's just nothing here.
ultimates maybe a pulse bomb here from missing late into this fight but it's not
actually we only have anything either it's gonna be a nice little vanilla fight
to end out Paulette has no pressure here on the coast because ivory is having to
deal so much with on point to help a toy walk
winter's gonna be a little late as well ended up down at the tail end of that
flight to pac cafe I'm an opening to cover more of these angles the pulse
This bomb goes wide and this one gets smacked across the face for it.
Oh, rough start here.
Four-tack half-a.
If you get the trade-out on the Santee, you'll take that any day of the week.
It's living it up to the DPS to trust the boy in the making of work.
Post bomb gets most of the Tori's health, and there you go.
Winter and Shul better be getting the cookie for that one.
They should get a whole box of cookies after that one.
That was an excellent hold here for extra Bivione.
This is more looking like their map pick, right?
Last map didn't necessarily feel like an actual Bouvillonet map pick.
That definitely did.
Holds the line well, handles the shenanigans with the Ryne comp that can sometimes, if you get caught off from it,
maybe that growing pain can be a little bit harsh.
But no, some great early adaptations.
Just continuing to hold that space.
Don't give Victoria any room to play around.
And a great hold, just 87 meters, is the mark now.
If they can get there, force them at five, we'd be heading over to push to end out with a series.
The winner going on to the upper bracket final, which gets played tomorrow against Team Tyneless X Missing.
The loser plays Team Missing X-Ray in the next series tonight.
I'm so proud of you. I got the team of names.
Nailed it now. It was great.
Totally wasn't looking at my sheet the whole time, you know.
I was waiting for you to say something like that, I knew there was no way to think about that.
Like the caster, you got no lot of information, that's why we love our notes.
I'll say Ka has the best team names, can I say that like some of the most intricate and fun team names out there.
Which sometimes is a caster, yeah it's a little bit tricky, but no it's very fun.
It now shows nobody's really gonna peek it and honestly I do not blend caca favor
I wouldn't well for that reason would not be
That's good
Yeah, that's what a helmet brain freeze for Paula
all that. But yeah, this will be it here. Shull was trying to punish anybody, pushing a little
bit too far. Obviously, you can take it in any palm shots at a Tori as possible, but
that kill out back cost a little more valuable.
Yeah, no maids strike fear in their eyes without Shull just had no fear to begin with,
which she certainly should have. I'd say she was an older, chucked at her, and then
as a dead widowmaker, but actually, we'll still get this payload, smooth this first
And this is not a triggered part.
Where we saw Cat Cafe, it held up so long.
Yeah.
If you're gonna hold this is where it's going to be done.
The Symmetra swapped out for Missa.
Just had to get here.
And also it can help a little bit with the pressure.
I guess she's dead.
Again, okay.
She's getting her steps in the bag.
I'll tell her that.
Yeah, she is.
It's not the best thing for Cat Cafe.
They needed to find a way to stabilize on this first choke.
I have so many angles to surround them with with the tracer and the Iyati together
That's Matt done and over with
Pryphon is doing series off and fly
We're going all the way to push two options remaining here for cat cafe, but what a nice turnaround
For XO and show maybe the best nap she's had all day
on the soldier is locking it down even with the tracer in the face no worries
whatsoever and maybe creating a little bit of pause here at the camp of cat
cafe maybe feeling confident obviously the Ryan comp had we've seen Ryan work
in unconventional ways and maps before if we go to New York City and I do
New Queen Street could work there if they want to try and test that again, but I wouldn't necessarily lean on that experiment considering how Joker Town just went.
just quite. I don't know if we should use Junkertown to that much of a judge though, up until that last
quarter before we come to this, as I like to call it, the open ocean space here. It can work,
but then you're just kind of surrounded. You don't have access to angles, you don't have any
foes that you can work on, and I feel like this map just came down to Exibol Vione,
clearly having spent time scribbling on it, knowing what their plan is over that of
And as that experience they got through my teams will choose to scrim the more obscure maps that we might see in our pools and
With that important pick of the way in push can you just play whatever on either of these maps?
And I think that's why this band that we're going to see from
That cafe is going to be so incredibly important
And the big thing here is like jetpack cat is back into the mix for this final map to which both push maps
Very good for cat. It looks like we're going to Colosseo
For the final map. There's a lot of you know pillars that the cat can just kind of dodge through
I do like this pick a lot
Honestly more if you're your exo
rather than cat cafe but again it's you're picking two maps that are very
similar and I think teams are just scrimmed kind of say on more so that's
probably just the reasoning behind it but this fan is going to be the bigger
tunnel which kind of comp to be want to run here is a more die-centric or a
return of that barrel what do you just take away the bastion make sure that
yeah I should be worried about I think that is a serious consideration because
This is a pretty strong cat bastion map.
If that is the Strath Aaron cat cafe,
I really did struggle against that.
One other time I was pulled out significantly
back on payback about number one,
Nepal, which feels forever ago at this point.
I think you got to stick to your guns.
You need to play this ball.
You need to find a way to control the tempo.
And these maps, if you look at these score lines
have not been close.
Every single map has been so one-sided.
It just depends on which team has picked the map
and who was most comfortable on that said comp.
And Brawl feels like the way to go for Cat-Cat-A.
Like that's what we saw in Newjunk City, right?
Like they ran through it on Newjunk.
And even Hollywood, to a degree.
The Moga, first time we really saw it was that map.
It worked out great.
So I would be shocked if we didn't see a return
of the Moga here, which would force either
maybe a diva would more than likely be the answer from jublivione because or
they just match the mugger themselves but I didn't really work necessarily the
best on New York City and Hollywood when they tried to match so a lot of
questions still remain like I said the bastion band makes the most sense to me
if you're gonna be cat cafe even if you can't ban off the cat you can ban
off the other part of that one-two combo and there it is probably the
easiest band they're going to do all day.
It's so straightforward. I think there are other options if you're really
wanting to cook, but the one issue it doesn't work out.
And I think that is a great choice by Ex-Tibolione as well.
So that's going to force it to worry on to, I mean, assuming either a
Rematra or a Sigma, but I'm more scared of a Sancti Pima, honestly, coming back out
on this. I feel like this is a fantastic spot for that to be pulled out.
Yeah, especially once you get out of that initial hallway, there's so much high ground for the diva to jump on and off of where
That's really where she is going to shine
But here we go. map5 not map4. I think for whatever reason
Juggert's out of this didn't register as a map even though it's there
But here we go fake map. There we go
Hey, you know, we thought honestly it was gone for so long like it wasn't so many pools that never picked like
You know sometimes time just gets forgotten about but it was nice to see it even if we only saw first phase
Like five good as a first phase look he's exactly got a good flyover essentially
Of that first map with how fast it was now we only get an exciting Colosseum
Or is it gonna be one team full pushing to the end every other map we have had it thus far
We'll see what these games are cooking mostly looking at cap cafe
I'll go you like that watcher for the plurip the very safe stable pick
No, we on though or Selena right now perhaps expecting Sandy to be on this
Yeah, definitely expecting the diva
Is cat cafe? I actually do like the honor on a lot
But as of course right as I say I like the honor on this one will go back in the spawn and swap
Back to the tracer. So I think a little bit maybe a longer today to see the fire starter join us
And this here, there we go. Obviously, tank-wise, advantage over the Hitory if the gap can be closed, those punches can often be a little bit of a detriment here to the Sigma, but the May, especially in this first stretch of the map, can be very tricky to play against if you're Cat Cafe.
Oh, wow, that's pretty good.
I mean, it should be, but it's the pub, and this is also where CatCatFa found this place.
We're in these oak leaves, and they could actually get Ivory on an angle, and that's the advantage of missing here.
She has so much fear of free space to clear that Santee didn't have the support later.
By the time that Jory took that first walk on Fords, CatCatFa, they break out of this call-zoon record talk.
And already some squats here, for example, the only Paulette will go over to Juno, Santee.
On the Orisa, so not wanting to match the Ram, but still a very good option, very similar play style
Uh to what is being ran on the other side of the Mabel stick for now
As a Tori, feeling that poker ready and just gonna block their way out
Yeah, Natura, that's his battlecattle. You gotta deal with it, it's not a fun time for Ramachan
And with Mabel after back, she will not be long for this role, and those sports pushed in some crazy effort
Finally doesn't fall, but it took so long that Samty also lost his life.
In the process, tonight the team was tanked.
This one can get strappy.
And Salina's already so low, inks, and icicle.
There's actually two there.
From the winter, actually both of them own it.
Managed to get pushed this bot back around,
and perhaps get it towards the middle of the pool
and have the time to tank it.
Yeah, that's where I should.
No right to live that long.
I'm sorry about that fight.
That was crazy, because yeah, they're able to get the tank trade,
And now, Misa in the backline, she lanes the stick on the shelf.
And all of a sudden, it looks for a fight on Jablilionik.
Maybe start turning around to just having her retreat once again.
It's going for their hitscanned to return,
so they can actually have some backup with this Blitz.
Whoa! I know it's where it's out of it.
It doesn't matter if she's getting around the corner,
but when I say around the corner,
it's in the middle of Jablilionik's backline.
And that's crazy to me.
It's a popping annihilation.
It's still open. That's quite open.
For them and Cat Cafe, get close to Ford's spawns.
Yeah, a little bit of extracurriculars there as well from its where.
Maybe feeling the targets just a tiny bit so far during this map,
but very close to tick. Just two and a half minutes into this map so far,
and you were talking about it, it's been a lot of, you know,
once you've dominated the map right now, it's been Cat Cafe.
They already have Ford's spawns, regardless of how this continued rush fight ends up going,
It's looking good, Drax to Blue, that was a fantastic parry surge.
Jumping into the team though, maybe a big pullsy though, as extra for tonight.
We're gonna have a third tank swap now, as Santee will go back to the sigma.
In fact, this is Cat Cafe, continue the progress for us.
Hey, let's play a good Cat Cafe. I get chilled. Just try and get as much, you know, meters as you can,
but you don't have to kind of commit too much to this and dig it's in.
Selena she's just gonna dip up as soon as her tracer is gone
And it will be 85 meters will be with a bleeding ends for now
But still Selena has a sanctuary to play around another pulse bomb from missing is in hand
Can easily turn around if to believe it or not careful
And a big punch that you typically see from the overall array just vanishes with one sanctuary.
So good that Envy actually she just matches it.
still in the back even a great scouting from Envy with the wallbangs calls out the tracer to ask me
a little bit of a reset to lay in that pulse. Bola shot is here as well but it may not matter.
There's a huge pulse but the Susie was there. Stop bribery. I love to keep that Bola shot for
breakfast but then out of the flight you lose a lot of that growth damage and
and sleep does show so the theory just proves that my ultimate is better than all of yours combined to ha ha
we move the spell or we don't because I'm sneaking a little crap
and that will deny just a little bit of progress and actually then you'll buy another crap
oh at least another fight and it's not it won't be super rushed because
especially because Winter actually spawns in very quickly
gets the group spawn with everybody else so
decent here but again two day rush in hand from Juno
If they just want to kind of end this right here, it's just the gravity flux from Santee.
She'll try and lift one or two and deny the blow, but already another first kick for Cat Cafe.
And getting these weird off-handed picks, kind of been the M.O. for this team.
You know, lay out the red carpet for the Tory to not really stay alive, but
walk forward, strut her stuff, and this is looking near set and done with the series.
What a series, but yeah, that's just we were talking about it's that kind of just been held this series went
It's been one team dominating the map and that's them around it was cat cafe just runs through Coliseo
Now single meter in hand for actually jubilee on a who will have to dig around a little bit longer
They will be in our final series of the day against team missing x-ray, but out of for cat cafe
Their day is done. They've booked their spot in that upper bracket final tomorrow
Well done from cat cafe and I think we kind of expected them to be in this spot
We mentioned that these seeds weren't
Only in intact just being the second third coming out of the Swiss
And I think this does prove how close it actually is when it gets to these top three teams
And I cannot wait to see how they do end up matching up against that timeless X missing squad
I have so many strong players from top to bottom even Selena who came in as a substitute today for
Cinnabar who's typically the starter in the support position
Yeah, I think in front of Selena considering that she's a sob
She played on a real I suppose you're stepping in for somebody like cinnabar who has been around for so long such a reputation
So you know play great
So I have to give flowers when they're due and I think for Jolivione
You can't really focus on this game too much going into your next one
Obviously, yeah, it's gonna be a sour taste in your mouth. You wanted to win that game
And honestly when they played last time just looking over last time they played team missing x-ray round three
it went to five like this one did but they uh
Giblivione won it three two so we could have another log series on our hands but
of course all of you enjoying the drops probably music to your ears for the players on Giblivione
maybe not the the music they're wanting to hear right now. They do love their their map
format. They do love their maps. They keep on their records so and hey as casters as again
people who are enjoying the show and getting your drops I think we all enjoy that
quite a bit as well, even if it might put a little stress on the blood pressure there for that team.
But yeah, in extra volume, we will see them match up against Team Missing X-Rite right after this.
But first, we are going to head to a small break.
Come back to you with what we have remaining for our first day of the Going All-Heroes playoffs.
I'm going to go back to my room and talk to you about the
game.
Thank you.
Bye.
And just like that, we are three matches in to our first day of our playoffs here,
turning our seating of calling all heroes at championships that won't resume at
the end of the month and five maps is where we found ourselves. Cat Cafe taken away in
the end and one of the most one-sided five map series I've ever seen.
It was so weird to try and explain that series in my head, right? Like it's it just back
it for like whoever won the map just ran through it. And part of the reason why that last
map was so one sided for Cat Cafe is our interviewee and that is Selena who is
joining us now. And Selina, congratulations on the win and making it to the upper bracket final.
Thank you. Thank you.
And so Selina, we had you guys coming in today as a sub, I believe. I think we had our starting
roster different. And then having you come in to play today was fantastic between the Mizuki
and Wu Yang. Have you been practicing with the team much? Were you kind of thrown in today?
What was that situation like? I didn't really practice. The only thing I did was like hop and
ranked and it just played Wu Yang and Mizuki the whole time. But I have a lot of practice on this
hero. So, already. Yeah, I enjoyed it. That our Cinnabar was supposed to be here, but she
She got like, she got parent aggro apparently.
So she's not here.
Okay.
We were wondering what was happening.
It's like, we thought cinema was there,
but honestly with the way the team was playing,
I don't even think we even realized it that much.
You stepped in really well to the scene.
Talk us through after map one,
obviously didn't necessarily go your way.
And then from there, this felt like
you guys kind of took over the series
if we ignore Junkertown.
How did it feel what changed for you guys that kind of flipped the momentum back to your side?
Not gonna lie. It was it was just being nervous
Like I was just like very nervous all the time and then I was like wait a minute
My playing against and I just like just killed them all the time
Okay
It didn't show because I could tell you that especially down that map five in all the sale
Gribanzuki made a huge impact on you guys literally sweeping a zero meters given away
here and you know I guess how does it feel to you to have such a big win over what is one of the
top three teams here in calling all heroes as we move on to the next day at playoffs?
Um honestly I was not expecting to like even win this at all like once I heard like who I was
I was gonna be first so I was like it's over for today but after like after second map was like
these guys are not that good so I just I just killed them
yeah so we went from like no ego I'm terrified to like wait a minute I got this we got the ego
we're running up we're nuking people with our Mizuki projectiles I love it it was really fun to
watch today so yeah so uh thank you so much for taking the time to chat with us a bit on the
interview we'll go ahead and let you get back to your team and we are excited to see you guys
compete against timelesex missing tomorrow all right thank you for having me
no ego to hey we're just gonna i'm just gonna kill everyone like that's just got this
Screaming. No, I'm glad because it really like being the last second thing not screaming with a team
Especially a team of that halibur to be subbed in and I could tell you that I'm terrified of shaking the whole time
But I'm really glad that Selena was able to find her rhythm with this squad
It did show like so if she ends up playing at any other points during the
Championships here or the playoffs or the rest of the weekend
But for now, if you are a cafe, you're all done for today.
But Jesse, we still have one more match to go.
Yeah, we got one more to go.
Time to see who's going to round out our top three
for the playoffs here.
We're going to see, once again, extra blue Vione right
off that loss going up against team missing X-ray,
who we saw earlier today on stream.
Both teams fighting for that top three spot
and to that lower bracket final.
But it's going to be an interesting one, everybody.
Stay tuned, we'll be back right after this break.
I
We have a potential second map 5 banger coming our way today, Jesse's.
heading down to the lower brackets or our last match of the day to sort out who
will be at least a fourth seed for this upcoming tournament it will be extra
Bivione we just watched fall and back five to take a cafe hanging on the team
missing x-ray reason I say five bang or Jesse that is exactly what happened
in the Swiss stage between these two teams yeah first time these two faced
It was a map 5 banger, but it was Djablivjonek who won that time around so
Let's see can they do it again or is team missing extra who has had the time they're able to relax after
their upper simi loss
to timeless x missing and
Kind of relax me get some food in them and watch that series progress
So it shouldn't be too much of a shock now
to what this roster is going to play. It's just do they have enough tools to try and counteract it?
We did see Team Missing Axe Ray a bunch earlier during this stream. Shout out Ari and Rain for both of them doing a fantastic job today.
And now we get to see how the rest of this series is going to go. Now that they've had a little bit of time to chill out.
It's just a stale.
I'm curious if Aksar is actually in to S.A.R.T.
It has been amity for the most part.
As this team has already been on broadcast twice so far.
So we are also pretty familiar with their game
and if there's someone I'm at a point of finger at,
her name is Nato Kato.
She's pretty darn good.
And we cannot forget that, especially on this fray.
And with how good for it is right now,
it is a massive asset.
Two team missing x-ray if they can get broadline.
Yeah, it's very similar to the Ivory effect that we were talking about during that last
series.
Like if Naotokato locks in and she's at 100%, this team can pretty much beat anybody.
That is how scary she can be at her best, but the question is if she's going to be
able to reach those types of heights.
And of course, we just saw this roster, but just to give another, a little bit
of a recap of who they're going against, it's X to blue V, O, and A, and a lot
of what worked during that last series was that cat bastion going on pairing it up with
you know some finishes coming in from winter and santi can that be the case again or will
they have to continue kind of pivoting around some other comps to try and make it work and
it's a I think a tricky match up to or this team x-ray it can work against a if they
can take advantage of some of the sloppy moments I think it's going to be. If they can find those
weak points in the rotations for X-Rubyone, I think it's going very well for them, but we'll be
starting on Nepal with an instant Mizuki man. That scream Santy is playing Diva and there's nothing
you can do to stop her. Yeah it's like hey we don't we we don't want to deal with that again
it was not fun the last series when the Mizuki was kind of tormenting Santy so taking that
as an option away from missing x-ray. Now we get to see the counter here from x-ray and I wouldn't
be surprised if it was a cat or a bastion band considering how well it performed during the
last series that we saw on stream here from x-gibliu-de-one, but maybe taking a little bit
extra time making sure they want to use that band now obviously maybe two of the most
impactful bands that X-ray has at their disposal considering you know you ban one you're kind
of putting away other the other way it will be the Bastion that gets banned out so maybe some
you know cast cats can still work here but it's not going to be as impactful as that cat Bastion
I think what we saw from this comp in X-Title of the Odeon was them taking
advantage of both Shull and Winter strong points, right? In the Tracer fashion. I'm guessing like a
Kassar or Soge, like you were saying, from Shull. But I'd love to see Winter stick on this Tracer.
Her synergy with Santee has been really fun to watch and has had a lot of success before
X-Blood Beyond. Will that be replicated here against Team Missing X, right? They tend to be a
pretty scrappy team when things come down to it. Both Naughtocato and Mickman can kind of
flex around. You're needed. Nato Kato can literally play anything you ever want her to. Like I remember
when I first saw her in Call of Hero's, I knew her as a May 1 trick. Because that was the only
thing she played the entire tournament and was great at, especially hitting her icicles. Only to
find out later that oh yeah, she's technically a hit scan player. She's really flexible in the
stuff that she can pull out. And just teasing the soldier, we do have confirmation that Axe
We'll be in the starting lineup instead of Amity this time.
Okay, and I don't mind this still here. I don't think it changes a ton. Obviously Axe has the Moga in hand. We've seen it before in prior events.
So not a total shock that Missing X-ray just want to go to that considering she blew the ONA.
They weren't necessarily a fate of playing that either, that we just saw in the last series.
So, it definitely works out. Symmetra TP in here from Windsor, goes over to Tracer, and it will be kind of a lot more just taxing people around rather than trying to focus on one DPS and to focus on, but seeing that it's a logger reaper could force a little bit of a more subtle approach.
Because it is maybe more of an escape route for Sansy than anything else or even Shulk
at this rate.
At least have the slide to get out of that danger, as Winter did wrap around and grab
a bump.
So instead of this Viva to fly around, you just don't really have the focus on this
tracer.
Everyone's gonna be death-falling around the axe, and that is something Exculione
did very well again is take the angles with the tracer and the...
already acts, it gives up on the mage, realizing the angles may just be a little
bit too much to handle, and so does Mikkei. Cerama Tracer is the
playing out here for X-ray and a little just more of a traditional rush, and yes
that cat's going to help get safety out of positions like that.
Yeah, oh the folder doesn't connect, it's not ideal, but there's still a lot of
souls chilling on the side ground, courtesy of Paulette, and there's been
And the silent character of this X-File building when I call it so far,
denying all of this early space because of unexpected co-games.
Yeah, and just kind of control the space, let the rest of your team take those different off-angles,
to deny any sort of push from missing X-Ray, another swap, three fights, three swaps,
now for a three different hero, I should say, for Axe and Nickman.
Which now, yeah, as soon as Nickman gets in range, then yeah, this could work really well,
But I think the problem for them is getting into range. Oh say it's here
Winter going for a bit of a high, right there.
Didn't get a range of anybody, honestly.
And sticking on them for McMahon seems really difficult.
I thought it was a boulder in the back, but again,
instead of having this split palette with Bastion,
this palette and Winter in the backlight tearing it off,
she'll come up with two actually on Jetpack Cat
and Team Mixing S-Ray, and forget the client and the answer
in this composition.
Yeah, nothing so far already.
Three quarters of the way there and it felt like Exibulavionae hadn't really had to do much.
Just the pulse bomb has been used, now Gravindiflux very early, catches two, but the bubbles will come in clutch.
Everyone A-OK to survive, that is the advantage of Azaria in that instance, but who's gonna expect this from Exibulavionae?
You're in the back line, the map is fully flipped.
Team X-ray was a huge credit, they just said,
through that we're going the point, which you need to.
There it is, and you get the flip as well.
So you can sooner or later just add a really less pressure
on them, kidnapping onto crumb, but this is gonna be okay.
Hammer and TP on in, throw a stoo-doo,
and help to keep them alive, two for two,
at the end of this.
We're wondering if we support extra Modione,
not nearly as stable.
They have to come up with even more
in this last second of the fight
by Team X-ray, all they're trying to do
keep it going. Yeah, missing x-ray they just want to chill, wait for reinforcements to arrive,
hold on to the sound barrier as long as they can but they're kind of forced their hand now.
Yeah and so press one button comes like nah not dealing with this right now. It gives
McFinn plenty of time to stay and get those full overhead strikes off. He makes the x-ray now
when they're much more stable. Yeah slowing the pace down for the first time in a while it feels
It's like, Santee will make the swap,
just goes over to the Ramatra, the Sigma into the Zarya,
and that setup can get a little bit tricky.
Again, another little kind of a Eclipse-style pulse bomb attempt
there from Whitzer, but that one goes a little wide.
It'll be the Overclocked Pop from Nautocon.
Oh, OK.
Not only shares away Shoop, that's
going to have two more on top of this.
Not the Highlight level please, the Fran.
Well, she can do that in just about any hero
she picks up.
And still Grav with the Mickman ult as well that could be a dangerous combination. There is no sound barrier on the other side
Just has to be a very well timed cleanse from Envy is the only real escape
They all said team missing action go from out of it to one fight away and honestly have a great shot of winning it, too
only
If you grab the tank, they don't die
Okay, let's get one out of the slendering strike make a second on the power wedge, but you're literally just
If a mix in as we don't want to clutch the stuff you are the only main source damage that is left in this fight
Until not a lot of returns
I'm just straight down zantic. You're two of the all things. T-Missing x-ray.
It kinda seems like it was going up in flames with the old combo not landing.
They managed to pull it together in the neutral with mcnaughter powder.
Yeah, went in down just... Have the pure skill, right?
The ultimate CS are great to play around and still, you know, the suddenirstrike is able to deal one.
I believe it was... Yeah, I think it was what?
Shull, right on the coast.
but yeah still works out and not having that sound barrier or any sort of big
ult like that for extra jubilivione ended up costing them and now as we go over to
village for the second round and missing actually no real reason to change up
anything too crazy make one of those that's not a counter we'll start on the
same just to keep everybody out and then go back over to a flanker with that
extra speed to get back into the fight to blue vione show no on the Cassidy
That's kind of the initial thought we had with the cat earlier and also winter will match
All right, I'm not sure so let's go on the trace for themselves a lot of pressure
Well, I don't know how to get something done, but hard to do that when you're in spawn
Yeah, I think having the Cassidy in the sky worried about that and you're just overwhelmed at the amount of spot
Exo-Blamionic just heifer you down from. The kit still synergizes a lot better with this jetpack hat for a shawl and it's better in a minute.
Yeah, definitely a little bit better here and now Paulette can just be alright a little bit of a boost.
Not as much for worrying. Axe goes back over to the Maga, realizing that it is still the Rematchera on the other side and now
advantage back over to Axe Raid.
Yeah, we're just playing Rock, Paper, Scissors, Tank version.
This is what we're watching.
Nostra, wait, flipped over.
And Envy ends up, holy mess, not usually the hero.
You like to see going down force or is it likely?
Santic definitely feeling the remnants of it.
Barks for Vianna just throwing bodies at point to get a faster reset.
Yeah, it's just Paulette and Envy that are able to escape,
but doesn't really mean all that much.
much x-ray find the flip in the lead now and no longer santi sticks mr. mantra
the harder is going to be is because as soon as acts the size they want it did
it fights basically over there is not enough sustain right now for santi to
survive that kind of also and now you have your favorite cat icon bow coming in
on but we're calling wolf from not a puddle
That was perfectly timed, like you said.
Wow.
You see, you see, yeah, all of us on the skull, on Anatochato's head, and she's like,
it don't matter.
Perfectly timed roll, and was able to escape, and now, Jabila be unable to match the Moga
themselves.
Realizing that the rematch I just can't do enough into that matchup
But now Paulette already half-help has to play it safe and we're really looking for a catnap here start the fight
Yeah, it's difficult to get somebody off the map within this top, but if you make it out of the huge
Denies the polls from out of winter. She's so hoping for that trade that would have won the fight
But instead quickly opposite is happening in Jesse. Look at that percentage
87%, you're not getting a full touch.
No, it's going to be Paulette trying to run there, but also still as the alt
that she is wanting to use. Winzer on the way back, on the tracer of a mic man trying to shut it down and the catnap misses.
She's doing the getting the pot I believe from the cat in that moment, but do you have a second one just barely, Paulette?
Gives her life to make sure that this round, you keep going.
They took advantage of that last series being after their loss took the time to
reset and take notes on what they can improve on especially considering they
know what their opponent will be running and a great first map here for
missing x-ray to start the series 1-0 again wanting some revenge considering
how the Swiss stage went and for a lot of us I kind of felt like team missing
extra was kind of the best I don't say the best of the rest but just outside
of that initial top three going into this phase of the tournament they're
pretty why they may have to be in that top three conversation now that was an
excellent first map to start us off maybe we need to reevaluate where those
two breaks are drawn yeah maybe it's just a top four now yeah it wasn't very
it's far gap I think it's all timeless so versus seems like X
I mean even Kat Kat had mentioned this team has the potential to show up and it did kind of come back to this map
We low-key cast her first thing no ultimate in the tank
They have fumbled that grab combo as well
Couldn't get to the point yet pull it back in almost 100 out here on this next objective
So it really is looking like the macro understanding and positioning of playing around a malgo
The fall style is there.
Four teams are missing x-ray and X ability owning.
They couldn't get their cat on the lane again after that.
Yeah, the cat kind of just felt like a non-factor.
A lot of that series, which it can be such an x-factor, but I feel like if the cat is
played in the wrong situation, it just goes poorly.
Because you're so used to having maybe a, I don't want to say a more traditional
second support on your team.
Cat is just not that.
You have to play a certain play style to play around it and it just didn't work out and this is a choice
From X jubilee Ode the map. They just got rolled on about what 30 40 minutes ago
Will be their map to
So that might be more like 20 minutes if that
Yeah, maybe that fast map
It was like it
They did not get a single fraction of a meter
The only reason I could see this is valid is if you bend them up and I'm very happy
that is the first thing that goes in and there is not much thought after that it is an instant
block on that hero and I think that opens the door so much for this team to play more of these
faster compositions with either like the diva or the orissa that was attempted or even just go back
to the sigma and play more for the poke damage of shul and winter yeah and there is the other
other half of that band so the cat band it goes through granted it didn't really
have the cat band actually when they lost map 5 cat was available it just didn't
really work out super well so I think honestly if your team is in x-ray you
look at it as if we can win this map yes we still have to deal with cat
bastion as a potential the rest of this series but you just need to win
one of three right like you just need to lock it down one of three maps
It doesn't matter if it's the third, the fourth, or the fifth, you can just at least get your two maps guaranteed now, and tempt fate a little bit later on with your map picks.
But it's definitely a risk, but you could argue picking Colosseo for Giblivione is also a giant risk, considering how old the last time this map went for them.
Well, you know I give him credit for moving on so quickly from that loss
And I think it does show to the experience that is this roster. I think with the exception of
Envy who's kind of a newer face to us and calling all heroes and this roster has been around
in these competitions in face it the higher levels of that as well
So they know how to reset mentally and make the decisions better
I think they did them last time. So the Naga-Ban being in place, I get an idea how these tanks
wants to conduct their team compositions. I'm saying the least, but I guess again on this
Nodokado vs. Shoal matchup, Nodokado, I enlarge got the better of that in the previous map.
And Shoal or step up to her caliber as what we're going to be looking out for is it still
I was again considering this Darya Vendetta combination.
Yeah, I don't mind this, especially considering how well the Zarya did work for a little bit
last map.
Knowing that obviously the mug off the table, Jabiliviona is going to want to lean either
on a D.Va or a Sigma, both of which can be counted out pretty easily by the Zarya
pink.
The only issue is, now you have to play your bubbles a little bit more strategically
because you have to worry about these May walls coming into one.
May is one of those major characters to Zoria.
In a way, you do not do well if you are been slightly isolated from the game.
You perfect walled, you take a chunk of damage or have to burn a bubble.
Your tempo is completely off in how you're playing this game, especially when
Nithman is blind on you, you say a lot in these instances.
Shoal has complete and filled up control of the Scythe League.
Horses he makes in X-ray right into the Scythe lines of Envy and the others found damage.
There is Trump!
I don't think no one hit her when she was going at all around that wall.
Just take the fast reset next to Gionee.
This first step works.
Already more meters than they have the entire last map that they tried to play this, so I progress everybody.
And I think as long as they can keep the range at bay, keep track of these bubbles, they can work.
Like, big man goes in, obviously Wall goes out, actually try to play a little bit safe,
and the finish is there later once that bubble expires, and that's kind of how
Jigglypuff only has to play this, but now no Wall, but also no Vindetta to worry about.
Yeah, when you're gonna get run over by making men, that's living up shoulder-clutch-up,
which to a credit is to an event-a-stuck-job.
I mean, we'll get revenge upon revenge avenge upon
I don't know puncher after what happened that last time, and that's all the care about she missing x-ray
Well, not equal to progress. There's some vengeance, you know vengeance. That's what I'm looking for. There we go
But this will be okay going in this next five obviously it's basically if micklin can get a lot of early damage in
Or even an elimination. That's the perfect setup here for action
If that doesn't happen, it's the counter punch from Jablibbio.
That is basically the win count that we're going to see time and time again.
There we go.
Nickman goes in with the bubble, tries to get some good chunk of damage, and gets out!
With the lead on the summer, where you're from, and the critical is absolutely nothing.
The Kitsune rush, as Envy, has that one first, and I think that's what we're hoping to accomplish.
Just because Kromu used that thunder so early, and they just steamroll on to axe.
That's what we talked about, Xarya being vulnerable if these bubbles are forced out as soon as they were.
And Cameron, I think it's extremely rushing me on the back.
Yeah, that's one that...
Yeah, I mean, it's a little bit rough.
Uh, this bot rotates the way back over.
Mikaman on the far right now.
Great, so there's no traditional hit scan right now for Jigglypio, and I obviously just ult shots from Shell.
Can feel like it a lot of the time, but it's not like you have a Cassidy or an ash on the other side
Maybe it would be a little bit more worrisome if you were a mic man
But grab with the overclocking out of powder online, but as we show who pops it first
Solo on the sassy and you're gonna hit someone at the solo grab not
His gravity on surges so far and it's gonna leave it to
Envy gets blasted, so what happens if you reflect support, what do you think is gonna happen?
S2 for Nato Kato, as she will bring Team Missing X-ray back in the fight.
Flo me white once, shame on me. Flo me once, shame on you.
That was, well hey, like you said, disgusting flip from Nato Kato.
On the first pick, they're on the envy. Envy just had no idea what was about to happen when she went up there.
But a great play here for missing x-ray to stop the bleeding deny the tick and
Pursues that tick goes through it's such an advantage to the team who gets it first now missing x-ray have the opportunity to
shrink this lead and build upon it 20 away from both the barrage and the consumer rush
But I also need to have a life to use that barrage
Yeah, it's single single today. It's been sure
There, there.
Unmitting.
And the Ultimates do favor Exibolivione for now.
If this Kitsune Rush can come up later and he makes an extra extra can kite, and do feel
a little better for their chances in the rest of this fight, then it flocks.
It's just so good.
It didn't look like there was follow-up, but Shul sneaky onto that corner, does
manage to force them on backwards.
That's exactly where they wanted him.
Great bait from Ex and Blast some rockets on the Sancti and Palette.
We're missing x-ray and we've got pretty darn close in sports cards.
Yeah, they'll still have Grav going into this.
We're 25 away from the overclock, about 20 away from the sound barrier as well.
Some swaps do get made.
Santee now.
Onto the Remontra plays a little bit better.
I do that XR, you don't feel like you need...
Well, well, that's...
Already, that Vortex is getting valued.
Yeah, you know...
In Naotakato's defense, I don't really expect to die, so I'm mostly a primary fighter, but in the Naotakato's not defense, I'm standing for a buster.
Yeah, that Vortex, uh, a little bit quick.
That's hard. And I guess, you can come to Skizu to get out of there, underestimating the damage, but because they're all so far forwards, it's a good time to pop that grab.
That went much better in the Sound Barrier to actually stabilize our good recovery from missing x-ray, all things considered.
There's some messy fights going on during this map so far, and I love it.
Like, I-I'd give me the mess all day long.
Uh, show watching maps now of the soldier from Nao Takara who has that overclock in hand after a little bit of a swap earlier in the map,
but it's now Paulette miring that some barrier lead is now taken, though, by X-Ray.
Not a powder highlight real part to potentially down goes and be looking for soul there be
Go a bit of an assist from crumb. These two are doing a work in the backline
Santy hey back to P.O. too little too late those words on sissy those hurt long
Yeah already know this league going to just build
Still have the continue rush which for this bridge is so good great to envy five away from bird
Oh and as well, they will at least have it to match
Okay, good cell barrier though from palette and instant react and I sound barrier beats Katsune rush and it's own little
Instance so break me up from the DPS duo demixing x-ray live active fight
Oh, yeah, they'll be there pretty quickly, but now it is a brick wall
But they'll be running into Katsune rush annihilation pulse mom as well here for winter
She's already kind of lingering on the side
Maybe just wanting to force an early Suzu from Cameron as Axe will go over to the Orisa
To have a little bit of a better matchup. I get sissy, but no Lucio is not a great start to that fight
Yeah, I never thought I'd be complimenting Vortex and Sandy making me think otherwise
She popped y'all just to make sure this one set and done up in just the annihilation
Look how much shots are both in it. No long do there
Yeah, the Vortex has been spot-on from Santi as soon as she made the swap over.
To their matchup, Ford spawns now active for extra Bivione, if there's gonna be a point
where this flips back around, it is now.
Mickman returns over to the forum after a little bit of a short stint trying to test
out something else, and well, they don't need to do a lot.
Model Kato, blast this fight wide open and so will the Peeley or X-Ray.
I am not really long through this world.
Pikmin wasn't focused down, Santee hasn't been able to assist from the front end.
I'm just making sure they don't give up the lead across the team.
Covers onto the Peeley, which unfortunately separates the DPS go from the rest of the squad
and got a bit scrapper than it needed to be.
Yeah, but still, Fight Wing goes over to the team missing X-Ray,
And now Julio and make more swaps, Santsy now onto the D.Va.
And as soon as that happens, Micky's like,
I'm gonna D.Va now, whoo.
Alright, let's go over to Vendetta.
Number one counter.
And the Sunder Bear really saves Naughty Kata with Krub.
Crunchy from Krub to A.No Ajax today.
It's instead Naughty Kata, Highlight Reel.
Oh, okay, maybe not Highlight Reel, but A.Kill.
He'll take one kill.
He takes a shot at the edge.
Okay.
Uh, Santsy of course will claim the credits.
And this lead is still in the hands of Team Missing X-Ray.
If they can get these forwards, volunteer, it's worth it.
It doesn't seem like Envy is going to allow that to happen.
No, it'll be Giuliani.
They stabilize needing to bring this back.
Still both TPSO, self-destruct.
And the sound barrier, all online, are ready to go by the time this fight starts.
Actually go back over to the Zarya, trying to find some sort of leg up,
considering it is just the Katsudi rush.
From camera, a lot of weight.
Then to turn this around and you can tell it's with you. It's gonna play this slow
They want this to be the final fight. Do not let x-ray build up these ults
Better in that instance with positioning the questionable ass is screwed on out of there winter crying her best
Remember her teammates escaped and we even grabbed Cameron and Trump on the tail and they only needed three holes really two
This one was a remake pull that one back is that should go ahead and do it lead is claimed by extra blithy
Oh, nay someone would do this next right
It's gonna try to punch an avocado actually barely manages to get it
What's a stain do they have you're fighting
Into an end big get soon a rush the host on the still in winter's back pocket
Hopefully next time
Time is on their side. So is the positioning. So are the numbers extra blue the own a
I'm gonna make history repeat itself and we'll go up to tie the series 1-1 a
Lot of respect for me earned there during that one it takes a lot to get you get rolled on this map
During the last series come back around. It's looking a little bit dicey near the end of it, too
but still, as much as the late counters coming there from missing x-ray, the ultimates are
just too much.
Ultimates don't really care about counter swaps a lot of the time, and able to get it done.
And again, we talked about this has the recipe to maybe be another map 5 banger, so far we're
getting that kind of flavor already.
we're two maps there soon. We like that, we do like that, if you are a fan of the map by the betting squad.
So, you know, I think looking at that map too, Exiblivione, their ultimate economy, so much better than what it has been.
And I seriously think that did make a difference on a lot of these longer run backs.
Going down on push is not an easy thing to come back from, particularly on this map.
So, the fact that they managed to push it through with five ults still is really impressive.
Yeah, just watching this Nahtakato close back, like, it's just...
It's not... sometimes what she's able to do on this character and on Frey as well, just not fair.
Uh, it just wasn't enough though. This time, you could tell as soon as Shul pops on the overclocking,
like, okay, where is the other search? Where is Nahtakato?
cannot let something happen during that fight and it was a great call and eventually able to turn it around so one one
still have escort
Hybrid flashpoint remaining here on the maps that they could pick from
I see jubilee on a when they had the map picks earlier today
They picked a new junk city and they picked a junker town. They also picked call seo and obviously that worked out
I should say this time they picked it worked out decently well I would not expect New Junk or Junkertown
But there's been a lot of things today that we don't expect and then see so me saying it made us be enough
For the universe to say otherwise
I'm smelling in Junkertown part two no for going to Flashpoint never mind
New Junk City part two. Yeah
Well, we've got a New Junk City on every single series today now that I think about it
It's been a very popular choice. I'm kind of sad if you don't get as much Atlas, but I think this is just a much more
Insistent and familiar map for a lot of our teams and knowing that the Mauga ban is gone. This is quite real estate
Yeah, this is perfect for the Maugras and it's not like you know
We're going to see x-ray bang it out, right? Like they want to play they want to play that type of comp
So it might as well just lean into it more here on New Drunk City also is the first map of the series that
The cat bashing theoretically is on the table
Obviously last time around it also was but it's not really a map that plays super nice
With that kind of composition and instead they will be the may that is banned out by missing x-ray
They don't want their tank to get walled off. They want acts to have free rain
to do whatever they would like.
That makes sense.
I do not want to involve at their back,
and I think Winter had an impact as well
on the main when I first started.
We saw like the tank counter swaps.
I wish I was telling how many swaps happened
between both of them,
because it was probably at least five or six.
Oh, at least, yeah.
At least.
I'm feeling we're in for a similar boat here
unless we just shake hands,
gentleman's agreement malgomir the whole time which i know jesse not your favorite thing
but seems pretty realistic uh based on the map and the map so far yeah that's no surprise uh it is
no no surprise that maybe not the biggest maga fan but i will say the way it's been played today
there seems to be actually a little bit of kick right a little more chaotic than it typically is
It's not just tracking cooldowns like the old Margaret used to be
And mug is killable right? It's not like there's been other forms of mogawer. All right cardiac
Adidas lives and he lives and he lives and we're back to the cardiac
That's not really where we're at right now
It is a lot more trying to talk to your team setting up a lot of those hot now. What am I looking at?
You know
It's a choice
I'm like trying to scratch my head about what this could possibly mean we don't have like a secret axis in the secret
I don't not to my knowledge, but I also like I don't know I don't
The other philosophy is maybe amity's back in and she's playing do this that also just run the joke city
Maybe just didn't know what to ban for say and I wanted to leave their options
open, which is valid, that to say, at least. And that's kind of the fun part about this meta.
Like, you were talking about how Malgo just feels different, more chaotic. It's because
the pieces around it are so much more flexible. And it tests you how flexible each of these
players are, how deep can they dig into the hero pools? Is it a hero puddle? Is it
a hero ocean? Where are we at? If those teams are the ones that are finding the
most success right now.
Yeah, being able to run several walks, whether it be a cat comp, non-cat comps, you need to be able to be multifaceted right now during this meta.
We've even seen that, you know, recently in OWCS, we just saw it as the mid-season championships.
I wouldn't be surprised depending on where Dimon enters the meta for World Cup, how that changes things,
but you have to be flexible during this meta.
And we're seeing that, honestly, from all four teams remaining in this tournament.
We have seen that so far, but especially in this series. It's still going to be accident on tank for team missing x-ray
Listen now, let's have a tell what we have cooking up is
You know, maybe a little bit of a something the movie that
This kind of encapsulates here, but I
Don't think a partnership blizzard has had yet in this game. So maybe that's maybe that's left
I don't watch movies. My philosophy is if I have time to watch movies, I have time to play Overwatch, okay?
That's just how it works, so...
You can't tell me like Spider-Man isn't worth seeing.
I haven't seen it.
If I... I'm not gonna sit there for one and a half hours, and I just play Overwatch for that time.
I gotta get my top drives in, okay?
Yeah, see these players, they know what they're doing. They have their plays in.
They're ready to go, and Sampia is in fact on Sigloss, so no agreement there.
It's a long X-ray. I'm just... blast.
Yeah, this, the Sigma can be a very good answer to this Magra, it is just a matter of when you're using that grasp, when that shield is being sent out, whether it be blocking off the heals from Axe, or if you want to block it, a lot of incoming damage.
The main win condition is, is denying a lot of my healing back from the cardiac overdrive, but also some shotguns to the back of the head, don't feel very nice either.
Yeah, you blink and you miss it, and you show a ledge, and no idea what was happening.
And this is kind of the scary part of Team Missing the X-Ray. They get close to you.
Night Night X-Ribble Vione.
Yeah, game over at that point. Especially, I don't think Reaper was a villain yet, so Jibble Vione.
I think their knowledge of that hero being in play was a very quick kill onto TPS.
So, some changes already being made, Winzer over to the She-On and does fine if that swapped
very quickly against Mickman on the outside, but at this point, they can just chill underneath.
No reason to feed anything too crazy.
Now it's alright, you wanna shoot?
Let's go!
Wow, okay, Palette.
That lives a couple extra shots, but in this Reaper out of Mickman, they just find
a way to sneak around these tiny corners, grab a second on Winzer as well, deep as
the next one.
Yeah, at least 17% that you wouldn't have had either otherwise and now it gives you at least enough time to fully regroup before this next fight, considering I get still no alternates in hand, but Mick already looking for their next victim and finds it.
Yeah, that's a good question right now. You have to look out for these TP's because it
is within two seconds of these TP's, you know, being finished off that some eliminations
are coming through for a team missing x-ray and I have a death blossom they have to worry
about compared to basically everything except maybe a cage fight and the side barrier will
be ready to go.
Many options for a team missing x-ray, that's the only actually option to hold on to Envy's
shooting rush and that is going to help them get back into the strides of the team.
in this cage fight, which acts using defensively
to make sure that they can live in preventive quads.
You're gonna have to pour out what we were talking about
through great flip on the pre-shing
to cancel out the death blossom.
And it buys winter all the space she could possibly ask for.
And he wipes them out with his acidity spray.
And that's just about to do it.
You're not a cotto.
Wants to have the clutch gene.
Doesn't seem like shit.
They're my shit.
They're just gonna, I've been pushing you again.
Oh, sorry, that economy is all of you, my friend.
Oh, so where is the fate?
Now, uh, Divaspop comes in, they don't want to give us up quite yet.
They're gonna commit beats in this!
Famous last words.
And, um, not gonna question that again, even if she's dead this time.
Oh, say, this has been a- again, the core of this roster has been around for a long time since the, you know, what, Hive line?
Uh, for a little bit there. Who is not a Kato? Again, core of this.
Been around for a long time. Now, Mick mid, you know, that last ultimate, you know, didn't even really happen.
Uh, it doesn't matter when you have plays like this.
Uh, you know, I don't know if that's a play or a run away.
got an offending off, like a warning sign.
I'll get on the other side of the map though.
We can see now how a whole different zip code is showing up.
Now it just isn't getting better though.
So we'll be a squab over 60% on the board.
Team missing X-ray.
Rest for a second.
Yeah.
Yeah, Axe China just gets left behind.
So it's Olivia on it.
I'm able to find the flip over 60%
for a team missing X-ray
who was off to have that Katsune rush back
still about 15% ahead
of where Envy was, considering he was just a slightly delayed rush last time around.
But also, we have the South Turi, who was screened here from Windsor.
Got two last fight, wasn't barely enough to finish off the fight, but could be this time.
Now we'll seal the Cameron to start the fight, even to the next Julione.
You get there as a Tad and later, if we're having an advantage,
but it's just the page fight.
It can be popped out to slow it down a tad,
and it keeps most people on their toes
and keeps his whole body around the wall.
This winter slime shine stops it from being free.
Out into the back line, gonna come up with two
as everyone flies on into support her.
The back remake of self-destruct for Sandy.
Look at two!
And how do you get a boop from Pellet to make that happen?
My goodness, I should go to the ONA.
I should be caught.
I was like, she gotta assist some bolts.
So I'm guessing a cheeky little boop there from Paulette
Arndt's those two eliminations, I do not think...
Well, they're positioning as if they want to get another touch here
They do, okay, with the beat!
Oh!
You know, we know what's not missing, it's just the clutch ability right now, Kavana
Otakato in this map completely taking over, and now 2-0, odd new junk city, one flash
point away from taking the lead here, 2-1 in the series and being forced to Blivione
in a very familiar position to where they were at last series.
and not the TP if you're necessarily helping for.
The S Blossom doesn't keep getting anywhere.
Next thing you do, they copy with all of the water.
This fight goes on.
We'll continue to have to play a advantage
because these ultimates will actually make the difference
with the D-Mec.
There it goes, the D-Mec Blossom.
Put them through the Blender.
5K should come through as it winterfalls the Zeta.
As soon as Santee goes out on mech,
Mick would be like,
I can finally use all and not feel like all that's going to be eaten up
But again still 24% that could come back around to help extra just extra with the owning on this flashpoint
But you got to get more than that
You're 15 away from another not okada overclocked
10 away from a sound barrier and now we don't show to deal with as the all-thingal already
Reaping simmer warrants here, and it'll just be a reset
But with no Reaper now to play this next fight
turn that into more but it's gonna cost them. You at least shut down the side
so you can free from winter and have the south barrier help stabilize the ones
looking right there for a moment knowing it's last flight. It makes sense. Why not
press that the shiny button? March on forwards, do as I'm not a Kato. You realistically can get a touch now.
We're extra blue in the ONA winter. We're certainly going to try. She gets
mid-min but they will not have the continuation of the map. Do you miss an
Next right, move up, match points.
One map away from earning?
That's what, in tomorrow's lower bracket final.
And yeah, who else?
Shocker, it's an avocado, with the play of the game.
And this was the reconcess that,
admittedly, maybe not the best decision from Jigglyviona,
I feel like got a little desperate
near some of the end of these fights
and trying to bring fights back
that maybe aren't necessarily the greatest call, but it's okay in the moment, you feel
like you have it, why not throw your hat in there, see if you can make some magic happen,
it is going to work that time around for Djubilyvione who are, again, down one, two, once again
in a series, can they win map four to bring us all the way.
I feel like it's fate at this point to have it go to five, but serious changes need
it to be discussed ahead of time, so we're going to send it to a quick break and
return with map number 4 of our last seeding series of the day.
that they have been going on? Is anything we learned from this map, Jesse?
Is that Nahtokado is her?
Yeah, she is just an unbelievable form right now.
Uh, I suppose they have that fight. It's like, oh, we think this...
Did they win it? No, because Nahtokado's there.
And it just completely shuts down.
Anything that's a Blu-V-O-N-A are trying to do, so...
I get, like I said, one map away here.
Four missing X-Ray. Two maps needed again.
Forge will be on 8-printed, a very familiar spot.
It's what they were at just the last series, but they weren't able to get it done then.
They need to find the turnaround now.
Obviously still escorts and a hybrid remaining as two options.
When they had that option last time, they picked a Junkertown, they did not pick the hybrid map, played last series.
And they, they did lose pretty badly on Hollywood, so.
I was thinking about Hollywood.
that's about the only thing we really have to go off of right now
see jessie you say that last time they played coliseo
they didn't get a single
that's very true that's very so
you know what's going on in their heads i feel like
uh... that
joker town is a lot more probable or just their own selection
of map pick
i am on the junker town both out and they look so good there you have the
advantage of people not knowing what you're talking about but hey
Who wants to be right anyways? We're going to good old-fashioned Kings Row.
So what in doubt?
Scrims Row is.
Break glass.
Yeah, break glass in case of emergency, the glass has been broke.
And the good thing is, if you're Jabloubione, the May Band's already out.
So, arguably one of May's best maps, you can just run it down with the May Brawl.
It's just how you want to play around that.
Obviously the Moga Band has already been used earlier on during this series and so has the Mizu Band
So instead it'll be the Lucio
They want to lead more into that Kyrie Mizuki themselves or maybe you know some
Some Juno Briggs something like that not playing a lot of Lucio so far in Sigma
Will be the answer which pretty decent down considering you know how often Sigma has been played by Jabloubione today
You also just remove the one kind of pain in the butt you have, playing Malga.
Yeah.
That's scary. I don't think we've seen the Malga mirror be the most comfortable place for X-Table Vione,
and it seems like they may be forced into it. Unless they have something kind of crazy
cooking up, which they totally can. This is a very hitscan-oriented path as well.
you have May to be able to work with. So, um, yeah, this still feels like a map that is in control
of the squad. Whether it will stay that way, I think it's purely going to depend on the ability
to reset and this large Natocado. If you can put pressure on her a bit better or more consistently,
I think we're in a much better spot. Yeah, if you can put pressure on Natocado, it opens up
so many more opportunities for Giblivione to win this map, but it's a giant if. Like
just saying, oh, if you do this, then you're fine. It's easier said than done, considering
the way Natakato has been playing so far. And for Giblivione, it is a return to the
cat for now. So cat Kiritiko going to be ushering around Shull probably from a lot
of these high ground positions. If there is a dive going up on high ground or a rotation
up there, maybe that's an easy way to get Santi up. Show on the other hand, maybe, yep,
they're finally logged back in. And this is a pretty decent lineup, I will say, for
Ghibli Vio. They want to play around the May walls, some very tight choke points on
this map. And it's going to take a lot to break those walls here from X-ray. I'm
I'm not sure yet, I'm sure the Widow is just going to be probably for this opening, and
then we'll see from there what the decision is, but yeah, Mickman, little bit of shots
more than they expected.
Ooh, I love this.
Ooh, this is Uber Pope, Balga, Uber Pope, and you have Cat to just put Malga over
the big wall, so Widter is pretty useless, but now every single player on their team
one way or another, I can just disregard the cooldowns entirely.
I don't think Jablib and I expected the cat on the other side as well.
That was maybe a very brief reality check and look at the amount of position it ran from
Team missing x-ray.
Crazy.
Nauticale out of playing a very dangerous game here up on this high ground but forces out
the Clint.
Very early from Envy.
So now Nauticale can just chill out for a bit.
She takes so many pop shots and I have to worry about the Clint maybe taking one
of those early eliminations away.
Will a bullet shot up here as well and honestly if you use that just to make it to the arrow shot or set up a gun in the axe, that'd be ideal.
What's not ideal is your not-to-con opening, dragging the enemy team along with the other body of the S-player.
So, we'll be reset here. Four team mixing X-rays, X-ray will be on it. You need to burn as much time up the clock together.
This is in perfect position, I will say for them to be about this may well
perfectly stretches across this archway so it is just getting through it now
with all five could be an interesting task for actually great today five volts so
it needed just rescue a lot of times and that kind of solves your issue but
maybe gives you a longer-term problem that you may not have the solution
towards Blizzard and they can see the rush already here and there is
already the rush. Yeah, still the cage right and honestly yeah
Obviously the bullet shot doesn't do a ton, but if everybody's trapped in that cage could actually do a decent amount of damage
Going in the one worry is that the blizzard could be used as a counter, right?
As soon as cage fight goes down, the blizzard can get used, everybody trying to take advantage of that cage fight from inside
Would he get punished?
But now you don't have a jetpack cat to open up this fight. Still enough time for Paulette to return considering how fast
the cat came to return, but
Definitely not a great start to the second phase of defense here.
I respect it.
like if i tried to do that right now i would hit my head on the railing and
just fall in my way so
uh...
at least a
not really any results from it but flashy
uh... four-and-a-half minutes still here for missing x-ray again i'm back
then
to believe you need to stay alive in this tournament right now
not going their way
so far it has been all missing x-ray
and simply got to stop the bleeding if you want to ask
Well, they were trying to airdrop axe into flight, which went kind of well, although you're hard to get punched by a rematch.
It's like, you know, to see all that often, and then Tendi wants to keep that momentum going.
Opti annihilation, you don't need anyone else to walk at.
You just either move your way, went to the verticality, place the rematch on, and not handle.
That last shot thrown on the camera will signify a full reset to kill this guy.
That is was desperately needed for a Jigglypuff. Now they can settle down, I was instilled they can soon a rush here from Mv10 away from the overclock from Winter.
And obviously a really good ult rotation setup if they can do it right. The downside is obviously an x-ray because of the fact that they used the real-time history in the one fight.
They have all three of those back. The only thing they won't have is the cage fight and there is the rush already forcing the retreat.
Oh, right bullish out there it forced the cleanse out.
He's missing x-ray, sooner or later he's going to go to the sooner garage.
Even the pressure the pigment provides on the garage is so much to handle.
There's a second now going up even after the cat mappers are dodged away from.
And she's missing x-ray, they are dumping everything into this flight
just to make sure they can get to the final corner.
I think I should pull Vianne. I don't even need to work with her.
And Paulette is just trying to hide underneath and a lot of the image comes through the cheeky
little duck in hit from Natto Kato and eventually Crumb wins the battle of the felines and is
there another chance there will be for now?
Since he's swapping over to the Viva and buys you some time again, there's not really
a real win condition.
Maybe Paulette coming back to the catnap, perhaps it's Malguz to help him off the
map.
That'd be pretty convenient.
Oh
goes off as one crispy cat's deep-dissing x-ray and to be able to walk on a scale of on a home stanty
Last woman standing on this team as an extra winter. Let's get there for a couple seconds
I'll be about a two-minute time bank here for team missing x-ray and start to finish off
Fix they keep it with that momentum. They had a new jump city
You can say the momentum they've had ever since kind of sale right like it's
It's really been building over these last two maps.
And not the ideal start here for Giblivione
trying to keep their chances alive.
But so much damage done early.
Yes, you get the time banked down to two minutes.
Take about two and a half minutes, give or take off
during this third phase, which isn't bad,
but you give a lot of space still here
to missing X-ray, who now is in a great position
to finish off this series right here
Kings right I will say that kind of not as much of an impact during that map in particular just a lot of poke damage
Not as much as seeing it in the kill feed, but you look at the health bar, especially if the squishies
Constantly a half or below because the amount of shots come again here for the fray
It's the impact that not a condo just has on this pick and I think it's made it so hard for
or Santee, I'd say alive, let alone the other squishies who just lose half their health in
an instant.
Next to Blivione, making the swap potentially to have Shoal on that pick, I would really
like.
Uh, but, see how it comes, it's over here, vibing, getting ready to roll out on the
cat again, a pick that was also instrumental, especially on this first point attack.
Next to Blivione, seemingly don't want to try to repeat it themselves.
Yeah, they're not going to give an attempt obviously show this little of a pop shot off rip and then we'll go over to the frayer herself
I will say the vendetta can work here. I am a little worried
Depending on the boat, you don't have that bubble to play around the car the reason why it looks so well
I'm kind of sale, but look at how quickly acts
Who is down at 200 HP to sasta reset and wait for Cameron to bring in those heels
and the impact that the Sprint has had is fantastic,
but you're still running Zarya.
You're still squishy against these picks
if Santee evens up the Polar Line.
Yeah, Mick was just gonna try
and hold down Hotel, right?
There's only so many places you can hide
if you try to make that rotation over
and that has been dead as paradise over there.
So it's really only at least to take off that first fight,
but still needing a lot more
As it already p. The Bola shot here 50% lead here for show
So
Really when they're not expecting it. It's huge avocado doesn't have a suzu. She doesn't need one
She'll still does manage to find Nickman on it the opposite side
Well, so be a second take rex to bullion a big sooner rush from camera
They wanted to deny it but
Yeah, that will be the case here. It will be point a captured here by jibbolivione and some swaps already made
And now Ducato on to the Bastion.
We haven't seen the Cap Bastion a lot.
I honestly didn't know what we were expecting to see it.
From Chablou the Owning.
But it's Team Missing X, right?
We want to pull it out here.
During the streets phase of the map,
both support ults and the overclocked here
still available to them as well as Shul.
The dangerous game here against the tracer
but able to bend off Pikmin enough for the time being.
We saw him paying especially impressive,
And now all of a sudden that time makes not looking as oppressing as it did just a few
minutes ago and extra and making more changes now off of the cat under the
junior to get the team a little bit more speed during some of these engagements
as well as making it on to the main we've talked about again this team not
afraid to pull out these types of compositions now is the time to see it
now both DPS all tier for jibu yoni nothing on the boardy yet for x-ray but
that Katsune Rush is just a harrowing.
I'm here.
Deepnessy Rex Dragon, putting all the eggs in the basket of we need to blow up things.
I love it there as your DPS aligns that, winter and shoals have free firing potential.
Look at the angle that you're on right now, we work with, but they do complete their tasks.
Santi does fall under the pressure of the Katsune Rush, plus some, and this does
give them a firm standing point.
Work with, and I think Santi, yeah, immediately need to get off that Zarya.
Yeah, the Zarya was never going to work in that set.
There's just so much damage to go in.
I still think the D.Va could still have some issues here.
Yes, you can eat up a lot of this damage in the bottom,
from the Bastion, but so the primary part of the big man
going to be an issue of these walls
only give you so much grace.
So still something to play around here
for Jaloviyone.
It's going to be a little bit testy.
Testy is, and you're not supposed to be very good.
I don't feel like I'm going to go super well in a global rain.
I'm no fear answer to that.
I want to just try to initiate and force it out,
but it puts soul in the perfect sight lines for everybody on the T-Mixing X-Ranger.
But the one for one is honestly better for X-Milvione.
You can re-invade with this, especially since Kong doesn't have the initial support.
Maybe look at Axe, maybe look at the Juno.
He said all on the Malga.
They're said not to spawn on fast drift.
And Exiblivione will get through this point after all, had the ultimates to do it and
denied Team Missing X for a chance to initiate.
Perfectly well played, still just a minute more right now than what the Team Missing X
already had by the time they finished this phase of the map, so more than likely, still
going to be Missing X for having that time advantage if Jablibivione finishes this
map with time.
But it doesn't look daunting right now, self-destruct here for Sanctige, she needs
in the state into the fight and 20% away now from winter from this spree but again there's no
sound barrier to deal with considering the contents on the other side and they're giving
us blizzard and kate's fight in submission just to make sure that they can deal with santi
properly and i think that is the right call and do worry though for team is the next rate
especially staying on the caution long term into the scum yeah i wonder if after this artillery
strike. Madokado makes a swap. Um, I don't feel like it's bad, but I feel like maybe
matching the Freya could reap a little bit more of a reward and that until he strike.
They find it Paulette alone, but instead it's winter that just gets ran through. And now
officially that time bank will be in favor of teammates in SRA if we get into an overtime
situation, but Jiboli Viole still has to get over the finish line here, Molly.
And I think for Jubilee, it's hard for them because you can tell team is in X-ray their comp works best when they move on the walk-up
So winning of time or things like this to put Evel Blast on to the D.Va
That's where it gets sketchy. Souls comes up with team with both supports down
And that's just kind of it. Team is in X-ray missed the window by a hair
Will be forced to onto one fight at once
But it won't be, Axe is kind of alive here on the side, if Mega is there then maybe this
is a difference maker, beautiful cleanse from Cameron, Axe will live and that fends off
any sort of momentum that Japluvi only had from that fight, and now, they have to start
basically from square one all over again.
That is rough.
That hurts. You get no progress from that.
No.
But it is not resources.
Gordy and Goldberg drive and they wall down.
You almost have to use this orbital ray just to stable us.
Then they consume it, rush, and more so, deny it.
The portal for support alt, nobody wants to take the risk of deciding.
No. Just kinda back off.
Take a second to breathe. Time to use your friend right now.
Oh! Great cage, though!
From Axe in the back corner, you think you're too far away to get through.
Overclocked is the only thing in the hands of Jimuilivione, can't show and be the saviour
to at least bring this to an overtime.
Jimuilivione can't even win the map at this point, physically impossible to do something
They can still tie it bring us to a map 5 still tied at 2-1, but it is a mountain to climb
It feels like it's an understatement
How difficult this task is someone has to get to the payload. It's going to have to be fancy
Don't run on in she doesn't have a way to escape this blizzard
The suzer is just enough to get her out of it
It doesn't have the feeling for it after acts was on this melga first
They know how this cop works and they will run you down if you do not respect it
The Missing X-Ray will switch this back around and get the win over Extra Bolivione in 4.
Missing X-Ray will make it to the final day of this tournament. Top 3 seeding for champs, guaranteed.
And that is such a relief if you are them. Honestly, great play overall.
As soon as map 2 got done, they stole that away, it did feel like it was their map to lose.
To Blivione, they will finish up the fourth, no chance of prize money during this event,
but still putting themselves in a decent position come champs in about three weeks time.
In top 4, nothing to scoff at whatsoever. I think X to Blivione might be a bit
disappointed in this, especially considering they beat Team Missing X right in their last
meeting, but having that just lift on its head, it makes it I think even more of a feel good.
Four team missing x-ray, all the opportunity to rematch against timeless four cat cafe who sit
waiting in that upper finals match will determine that opponent for them tomorrow, but I think we've
seen a lot of improvements for this team throughout the day in terms of ultimate usage and just
Swat out, Naruto Kado doing Naruto Kado's.
Yeah, Naruto Kado just popping off, and one little nugget here.
Like, missing X-ray, they swept Cat Cafe during the Swiss stage.
It was an FF.
Oh, it was an FF?
Okay, I just thought it was a 3-0.
Well, that makes a little more sense.
I'm like, dang, they're missing X-ray.
They're pulling out the stops.
Um, but I do think it's an interesting matchup right now.
Considering the way that X-ray are playing right now,
They can really take down anybody and obviously I say that they did get swept earlier today by timeless, but
This felt like a different team compared to that game. This felt like way more confident roster
We're they're able to build some momentum before that game whether it be against in that lower bracket final or in the Grands
They can really go toe-to-toe with anybody right now
And I do want to point out to that it was amity was playing tank earlier on
in the day before the school accident, it up coming in for this third series and was fantastic
on this Malga. He is ground tank, rolls far and away, winning their election. If you can get a
Malga mirror against any one of these teams, I'm honestly pretty confident in team missing X-ray to
even if they don't manage to win it to make it pretty darn close. Yeah, I'm not putting anything
past this team anymore. Like that's just where I'm at. I think we've been like, oh, I admittedly
Like I thought you believe the ONA going into this series maybe had like a 60 40 chance to take it
That was obviously wrong. I should have been like 80 20 missing x-ray and they play extremely well
I'm very excited to see how they compete tomorrow
Absolutely, and I'm really looking forward to like again where we can see these teams again in
Chance will be in a new meta will have a demon will be released or
or for play as well, not even to mention the patch that we're gonna have along with the new hero release.
So so many things can change since then.
Next up will be only hitting that fourth seed is already a fantastic achievement for them.
But it's not like we are going to head to a quick break to get our interview set up with our winners today.
So stay tuned, I mean, at one more player to talk to before we head out. See you in a bit.
And just like that, all of our matches for Saturday are set and done, Ex-Doblivion, excuse
me, are confirmed to be our fourth seed, where it was team missing x-ray that got arguably
an upset over them to move on into our rest of our seeding matches tomorrow and here with us joining
for an interview. I believe we have our wonderful tank player in X who stepped up today to take over
for our last series. X, how does it feel getting that upset win over XBV1 today?
Feels pretty good. I kind of came into it today just wanting to play the game. You know,
I'm all for the fun of it and just chillin.
So for me, it's never about results.
It's just about enjoying my time.
And personally, I think I had a lot of fun today.
I got to play a lot of my favorite character.
So I'm happy with that.
Yeah, it definitely seemed like a lot of good vibes going
over on missing X-ray, especially once we got
map 2 onwards.
How was it for you?
Obviously, you didn't play in the first series today.
So how was it kind of jumping in during this one
and kind of getting used to it when everybody else
maybe a little bit more warm doing it in that series.
So I can't lie, I just slipped to the first bounce.
It happens.
It does happen.
Not bad team, not bad.
But I think me coming back in and kind of taking lead of the
team really helped them get back in the shape.
Because they really like having me around.
They like my comms.
They like all that.
So it's fun to play with them.
I'm glad that I can kind of be a mental anchor for them
and help them out and make sure they succeed still.
Yeah, no, and I definitely felt like, again, everything
was starting to click near the back end of this series.
How do you see the meta right now?
We've seen a lot of teams running cat comps.
Then we see a lot of non-cat comps
that are trying to deal with it,
but also try and do its own thing.
Where do you see it all right now?
Honestly, the meta is kind of very fluid.
There's not really a specific comp you have to play.
It's really just like what you're good at,
what you're comfortable on,
and like what you think you can learn
is really all you have to play.
Like for our team, we basically force Brawl comps.
You can tell, like you watch us all the time.
And back when I was on Amplify,
we forced Brawl comps all the time too.
That's just my style as a player.
I've always liked the Mauga comps.
I've always liked really macro heavy comps.
So it's nice that like the meta is really open
to what kind of comps you can play.
You can play micro comps, you can't play macro comps.
There's really not too much that's forced these days,
that's nice.
And then kind of going off of that a bit more,
having that level of fluidity in the meta,
because you have a one potentially two,
not for matchups tomorrow,
a rematch potentially with a timeless X missing
or going against Cat-Cat Bay,
or what is technically the first time.
So I kind of want to hear from you,
how, like, what are your thoughts
heading into those matchups,
kind of stepping back in for this team now that you are,
not hopefully sleeping through the matches.
Frankly, I'm not worried.
I'm never like afraid of a team.
I'm never getting into my own head against a team,
at least I try not to.
I think the biggest thing is just keeping our mentals
in check, making sure we're actually performing in scrims
and getting our practices off.
I think there's really not too much.
I'm worried about going into either of these teams at all.
I think we play a well-willed one.
I love the confidence.
I'm really excited to see how those games will
end up turning out, but that'll be it for today.
I know you particularly have a long one.
Three games on the board for Team Missing X-Ray.
I wish we'd go ahead and have a great rest of your night,
and we are looking forward to seeing you and the squad
show up tomorrow for our top three seeding matches.
All right, thank you.
It happens to everybody.
It does.
Hey, imagine what could have happened.
I think having someone who is so confident
in your own gameplay
and kind of being a leader within the team,
especially if you want to play Malga,
that is the kind of comp that I think
you can test.
Ulcer to these top two teams,
so maybe we're a bit skewed on our initial readings
of team missing x-ray.
Yeah, Malga, the great equalizer.
It feels like sometimes like there's only so much you can do against a Maga, but there's so much you can do with it on your team
So I'm excited to see how x-ray does tomorrow against again either timeless missing or whether it be cat cafe
Which again, it does this is a very different looking team with axe in the lineup
And it's not to say that you know, it's better or worse, but they definitely felt more confident
Um with axe in it definitely put a little bit more constancy with amity in so I'm very curious to see as long as axe wakes up for their alarms on time
What they're going to be bringing us tomorrow. I'm sorry. I actually kind of give us material to dunk on you
Obligated to use it. I respect the honesty though. I do. I do appreciate that
You could have just said that you know something from the camera, but hey appreciate that
We'll go ahead and take a look at a bracket though
So that's a bit of a visualizer of what we have ahead of us and what is also behind us.
We talked quite a few teams match up today and you know I'm impressed at the lack of 3-0s
we see at our test and lack of not everything's a 3-0.
There's been tournaments where that has entirely been the case but we can tell how much that
gap can close especially as we get closer to our top 4-ish teams here.
And those are the three that we are left with, extra plavion is secured in that fourth seed
spot for championships, whereas team missing x-ray and cafe, well as time of sex missing,
will be dabbling it out for seeds 133.
Right, yeah, first place, nice little two grand to their name, second place gets a
grand and that's before all the champs money later on.
So not only do you get yourself in a great seed for that bracket, which is full double
Elimination not like this where it's kind of like half single elim half double elim also a little bit of extra money
It's putting your pocket right away before chance starts in three weeks. So
This let's play for here still in it tomorrow's lower final upper final and grand
But I again, I think we're sitting in that sort of foundation here in the playoffs
To what the rest of this next few weeks is going to look like but tomorrow
I'm very curious to see before all this meta changes potentially with the new season balance patch
Who is going to be the team to beat that'll be the question that we get to answer tomorrow
So many store lines set up here this weekend and only to finish them a couple weeks down the line
But of course we will be back tomorrow at 1 p.m. Eastern
If I'm not miss nope 2 p.m. Eastern
I got this for our broadcast here
I'll have our top three teams and then we're currently in a couple weeks for the official championship
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That's gonna go ahead and do it for us on the desk today. I'm Tiny Shiny and it's Twin Solty
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And we'll see you again tomorrow for the continuation of our seating turn
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