In the competitive scene, there is a clear distinction between winners and losers. Some teams win more, some win less. At least, that’s how it should be. But some players and teams lose… more! Here come the longest losing streaks from Esports.
Overwatch – Shanghai Dragons
The Shanghai Dragons’ losing streak in their first Overwatch – Season is legendary – they couldn’t win any of their 40 matches. However, the team didn’t play that badly. On many maps, they were even able to keep up with the strong teams. Nevertheless, they failed to beat even one of them.
Their second – Season started similarly unsuccessfully. They lost the first two games, until the sensation happened: they actually managed to beat Boston Uprising and thus get the first victory after 42 defeats. However, their never-ending losing streak earned the team a lot of sympathy. Their first victory was celebrated in a huge spectacle – an underdog story in the books!
Dota 2 – B8
Dota 2 team B8 didn’t win a game for three months in a row. In total, they lost 26 games in a row during this time. This losing streak is the longest ever in Dota 2. However, the team took the losing streak rather calmly. During the never-ending losing streak, the team was completely restructured and almost everyone, with the exception of the team captain, was changed – apparently successfully. The series ended with a victory against FlyToMoon in the qualifying matches of the BEYOND EPIC online tournament.
Or at least somewhat successfully… After they finally managed to get a win, they continued to have problems. This year they didn’t even make it past the group stage and just finished 9th.
League of Legends
Griffin
In the 2020 LCK Spring Split, things didn’t go the way Team Griffin was expected to. The year before, the team still managed to qualify for the World Championships – they even took first place in the Spring and Summer Split 2019. However, after they then lost their coach, they were disqualified from the group stage. Many players left the team, but somehow Friffin was able to fight their way back.
They lost 10 games in a row and finished at the bottom of the LCK table. They ended their losing streak with a win against the strong team APK. The Korean team wants to get back to this top of the world! Will they be able to do it?
CLG
CLG finally ended the longest losing streak any team has ever had against its direct rival in 2019. The team was actually always consistent and played at a high level, but they kept struggling against Team SoloMid, their rival.
To be exact, it took them a little over three years and a total of 14 games to win a match against TSM. We did the math: between their last win in the LCS 2016 Summer Split and their next in LCS 2019, the team didn’t see a win against TSM for 1176 days.
So when they did win against TSM after all that time, they did so in a very special way: 11 more kills and a gold advantage of 13K. CLG got the frustration off their chest…
The victory was like a liberating blow. After not being able to win a split in the last years and not even reaching the knockout rounds, CLG was finally an opponent to be taken seriously again. Of course they won some games in the meantime, just never against TSM, which is also one of the best teams in the league.
You can see from these examples that it’s not only you who can get hit. The next time you lose a few games in SoloQ, remember that bad luck has sometimes followed other big teams for years. Every series ends at some point and then the victories come back!.
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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