The 2020 Overwatch League Playoffs begin on September 3 and will be broadcast on YouTube. All teams are divided into the regions of Asia and North America and are currently getting ready to fight for a prize money of 4 million dollars. The Grand Finals are set for October 10. Which teams will be playing? We have all the details here.
From North America, 13 teams are participating and each has a chance to qualify for their league’s finals. The NA teams are:
- Atlanta Reign
- Boston Uprising
- Dallas Fuel
- Florida Mayhem
- Houston Outlaws
- Los Angeles Gladiators
- Los Angeles Valiant
- Paris Eternal
- Philadelphia Fusion
- San Francisco Shock
- Toronto Defiant
- Vancouver Titans
- Washington Justice
Teams that performed the best in the OWL regular – Season may advance directly to the third round of the playoffs and have a second chance in the Lower Bracket if they lose. For the other teams, single elimination applies in the first and second rounds.
The NA Playoff Bracket
From Asia, 7 teams will participate in a separate playoff bracket:
- Chengdu Hunters
- Guangzhou Charge
- Hangzhou Spark
- London Spitfire
- New York Excelsior
- Shanghai Dragons
- Seoul Dynasty
The Asian league follows the same rules as the North American league. The best are allowed to start directly in the second, respectively third round in the playoffs.
The Asian Playoff Bracket
The first playoff round
The first round of the playoffs with their single eliminations will take place on September 3. The Huston Outlaws will face the Boston Uprising and the Washington Justice will play against the Vancouver Titians.
If you want to watch the matches live, you can do so on the official OWL YouTube channel.
In the final bracket, the teams will fight for huge amounts of prize money:
- 1st place: 1.5 million dollars
- 2nd place: 750,000 million dollars
- 3rd place: 450,000 million dollars
- 4th place: $350,000 million
Teams that finish third in their region will receive $250,000 and teams that make it past the first single elimination will still receive $75,000.
Predict the brackets and win prizes!
Fans of Overwatch can try to predict the Perfect Bracket and win $100,000 by doing so! The contest is only available to citizens of the United States, United Kingdom, France and Germany who are at least 18 years old. Good luck and success with it!
Overwatch
Overwatch is a computer game by Blizzard Entertainment (Diablo 3, World of Warcraft) and a first-person shooter with individual fantasy elements. The game was released in May 2016.
In Overwatch, the player must choose between 21 unique characters, which can be freely selected in a loosely held classification system (offensive and defensive class, support unit and tanks).
A character’s three to four different abilities can be controlled and activated through the mouse and keyboard. The game modes already vary from scoring points to cargo hauling. Team play is required in both modes, as each character takes on a specific role in the battlefield (e.g. heal teammates, provide backup, or secure defensive lines).
The name Overwatch derives itself from a fictional elite military unit that came together when robots tried to subjugate humanity in a near future. Individual characters are associated with this unit in the game, while others oppose it. It is not yet known whether the storyline will continue in multiplayer.
Brawl
Brawl is a game mode in which time-limited rule variations of the well-known modes are drawn. Sometimes completely new game modes are used in Brawls.
Rule variations include, for example, the restriction to certain heroes or classes, changes to the cool-down times or certain cards. New game modes that have been playable so far include a soccer game and a PvE mode.
Usually, Brawls are restarted as Brawl of the Week every Tuesday at 22:00 UTC and are then playable for a week. On certain occasions, such as – Season al events, Brawls may also be playable for a longer or shorter period of time.
The game mode is comparable to the card chaos from Hearthstone and was activated for the first time in the beta phase on March 22, 2016 through a patch.
Actions
- Arcade: More health, shorter skill and ultimate cooldowns, and faster resurrection after death.
- Girl Power: Female heroes only.
- Head’s Up!: McCree, Genji, Hanzo, and Widowmaker. Only head hits count.
- High Noon: High Noon on Route 66, only head hits with McCree count.
- Highly Offensive: Only offensive heroes. Limit is two of the same hero per team.
- Junkenstein’s Revenge: Soldier, Hanzo, Ana, Mc Cree only (1 each). The first co-op PVE mode in Overwatch. Part of the – Season al event Halloween Horror.
- Justice rains from Above: Only Mercy and Pharah playable.
- Moba Watch: Only unique heroes per team. No hero switching allowed.
- Mystery Heroes: Upon death, you will be resurrected as a randomly selected Hero.
- Overly Defensive: Only defensive heroes. Limit is two of the same hero per team.
- Show Your Support: Support Heroes only. The limit is two of the same Hero per team.
- Super Shimada Bros: Welcome to Hanamura. Only Hanzo and Genji are playable. Shorter skill cooldowns, longer ultimate cooldowns.
- Tanks A Lot: Tank heroes only. Limit is two of the same hero per team.
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Only McCree, Reaper and Roadhog playable.
- We’re all Soldiers now: Only Soldier: 76 playable on control cards.
- Lucioball: Lucio only: Soccer mode, 3 vs 3.
- Yeti Hunt: Five meis against a yeti that has the characteristics of Winston.
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