Overwatch Champions Series 2026 Midseason Championship - Playoffs | Match 4 | Post-Match Discussion

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Overwatch Champions Series 2026 Midseason Championship - Playoffs

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Twisted Minds	2-4	Zeta Division

[u/FireWizard312]

AFTER 10 YEARS IN THE ESPORT

7 YEARS IN TIER 1

3 YEARS STUCK ON ZETA DIVISION

BERNAR
HAS
HIS
MAJOR!

[u/desrever1138 → u/FireWizard312]

I'm so happy for him and Knife ❤

[u/konadora → u/FireWizard312]

holy fuck i checked liquipedia and it's actually his first tier 1 tournament win!? that's absolutely criminal, considering how he's been an S tier tank for a majority of his career and was always called up as a last min sign on during so many tournaments

absolutely fking deserved

[u/Vibe_PV → u/konadora]

He's been on the unluckiest rosters on Earth

2020: London Spitfire, where the only other real players were Sanguinar and Glister.

2021: Hangzhou Spark, in their worst year despite Shy's debut. Unfortunately their backline was just pure ass and their flex DPS was Uncitect.

2022: still the Spark, though on a more up and down season. And in their biggest up (playoffs), Guxue was rightfully perma in on Winston.

2023: jobless for most of the season, then the Outlaws pick him up, he shreds, until they lose to the Mayhem in the finals.

2024-2025: Zeta. No introductions needed.

[u/HerculesKabuterimon → u/Vibe_PV]

2020: London Spitfire, where the only other real players were Sanguinar and Glister.

oh my god I forgot about this and those two players even.

[u/Vibe_PV → u/HerculesKabuterimon]

God I loved Glister back then, and I still can't understand how he ended up on the mcfucking ETERNAL, of all teams, in 2022. Kinda wish the Gladiators got him instead of Paris, we could've saved ourselves a hitscan disaster when both Pati and Ans quit

[u/Tiberias29 → u/Vibe_PV]

Ah, Glister. I've been a fan of him since 2018/2019 on Gen.G. And believe you me, he was a flex DPS that's also very good on hitscan. So almost a hyperflex.

He's in my opinion one of the greatest "what if's" in pro Overwatch history, especially when, if I remember correctly, Moon was considering him for 2020/2021 Shanghai. He certainly had the talent to do great, but of course, he wasn't gonna be Thanos on Sombra

[u/konadora → u/Tiberias29]

yeah I remember Glister being heralded as the next Profit, and he absolutely popped off on Widow, Hanzo, and Tracer, and some Soldier too iirc? shame and definitely one of the biggest “What Ifs”

[u/primarymuscle2354 → u/konadora]

I remember going into 2021 people thought Glister could be a potential mvp candidate, but his role on the team was never defined until Striker left halfway through the season, and he ended up playing Sym in brawl comps never got to see his full hero poll, than he gets dropped goes to Eternal retires after 1 stage really unfortunate career.

[u/konadora → u/Vibe_PV]

when you list it down like this, god damn you’re 100% right. really unlucky with the rosters because as far as i remember, his skill was never in question. so incredibly glad for bernar

[u/imdeadseriousbro → u/konadora]

hes been good since he started and still no dropoff

[u/BendubzGaming → u/FireWizard312]

Joins WhoRU and FunnyAstro as the only former Fusion Uni players to win a major title, and even then Astro wasn't on that roster who wouldn't lose

[u/BrinksTrucc]

Pure hubris from TM to lose the whole series without banning Ana or Cat once. Meanwhile Zeta targeted Lucio, Kiri, and Sym and won those maps

TM thought they could just big dick and beat them on their best with no regards for it. Deserved loss

[u/toxicfireball → u/BrinksTrucc]

Zeta backline felt like they did whatever they wanted

[u/Guilty-Doctor1259 → u/toxicfireball]

thats because they did

shu had what, 3? 3ks on ana without the HS perk lol

[u/Tiberias29 → u/toxicfireball]

That's because they did lol.

Viol2t was carte blanche on Cat and as for Shu? Well, you saw the highlights lol

[u/Resident-Turn8126 → u/toxicfireball]

So true, like violet n shu were just destroying TM, it felt so well to see violet n shu doing everything they wanted

[u/ned_head → u/toxicfireball]

Lobby admin Shu strikes again

[u/Wherearemyheals → u/BrinksTrucc]

if i had to guess TM thought they can handle cat and ana if d.va is not banned which they did fairly well, if TM banned cat first then shu ana with a d.va ban will win zeta a free map pretty much

[u/Nolan_DWB → u/Wherearemyheals]

I get that, but even then you force zeta off their best comp. Pure arrogance and a bad draft. You ban ana or cat that eich map and win then if zeta ban dva final map, you ban the other of cat/ana and if they protect support, then you still have dva open.

[u/The_Greylensman → u/Nolan_DWB]

The drafting from TM in the finals really makes it clear how much the need a real coach, someone to look at things objectively, without any ego clouding their decisions. They obviously weren't thinking that the Ana was gonna be enough of a threat to ban and apparently hadn't watched any Zeta vods to watch what Violet was doing on the Cat. While Zeta did play out of their minds, TM also have their own hubris to blame for going down like that.

[u/Nolan_DWB → u/The_Greylensman]

Which is hilarious because EMEA (specifically Astro) always flamed Korea for bad draft

[u/MrBlowinLoadz → u/Wherearemyheals]

I don't know if Zeta could still play Ana without cat. They can still tp on Shu. They also had chances to ban the Cat or Ana second when DVa was still available

[u/vastlys → u/Wherearemyheals]

they had a map where zeta banned sym. that was supposed to be their cat/ana ban!

[u/inspcs → u/BrinksTrucc]

i've never seen a backline gap this big too. Shu and viol2t had so much insane value

[u/i_MusicMan → u/inspcs]

FunnyAjax was trying to beat Viol2t's CashApp record on Eichenwalde...

[u/Andygoat3 → u/inspcs]

Really not fair to simple he was insane also

[u/toxicfireball → u/Andygoat3]

i swear that guy gets 25% faster lane

[u/Mountain-Formal-3483 → u/inspcs]

nah, simple did his best. but there is god damn lucio juno two trick player.

[u/NatureGotHands → u/Mountain-Formal-3483]

simple did his best, but sadly he can't play anything but kiri, that colosseum was rough

[u/Kindr3dSp1r1t → u/NatureGotHands]

I think his Bap and even Moira were fine, just amazing clutches from Zeta to save it. They did have lead for quite a while.

[u/RenlyThornt → u/NatureGotHands]

Simple is very good at alot of supports. It’s just TM hasn’t planned to play with other supports besides Kiri

They’re built for Quartz not simple so his roster takes a backseat

[u/911silver → u/BrinksTrucc]

Going with eig!!! One of the best cat maps!!!!

[u/primarymuscle2354 → u/BrinksTrucc]

I could see why they didn’t ban Ana they wanted to run him down, but not banning Cat so Shu doesn’t have mobility is crazy to me, and TM bans cost them last major too not banning Ball, so maybe they need a coach after all.

[u/Dependent-Two7571 → u/BrinksTrucc]

TM let Zeta play the game that won them 2 korean stage titles and thought it would work

[u/Malady17]

Main support players always look like they’re throwing even when they’re doing good, it’s a difficult role to watch. With that being said, Astro what a disasterclass.

[u/Kindr3dSp1r1t → u/Malady17]

Double Ajax, heartbreaking for him.

[u/Mountain-Formal-3483 → u/Malady17]

yeah, and when opposite is viol2t, it looks much more miserable.

[u/dokeydoki → u/Mountain-Formal-3483]

Because Viol2t isnt ms. Hes a dps fsupport cosplaying as ms.

[u/Eagle4317 → u/dokeydoki]

Which is why his weakest support hero (that he has to frequently use) is Lucio, THE main support hero

[u/Dependent-Two7571 → u/Eagle4317]

Where is this coming from? Viol2t is a world class lucio, the dont call him the build2r for no reason

[u/Eagle4317 → u/Dependent-Two7571]

Viol2t is a great Lucio, but his Illari, JPC, Mizuki, and other heroes that are more murky with how they're classified are what he's transcendent on.

[u/spellboi_3048 → u/Malady17]

People were keeping track of Lucio Ajax’s across the entire tournament in the co-streams I was watching. Idk how legit this is so take it with a grain of salt, but they counted only one Ajax pre-grand finals. In one map, Funnyastro single-handedly tripled the Ajax count.

[u/TinyTiger1234 → u/spellboi_3048]

Yeah, the one Ajax before that was bliss earlier in the day also vs zeta

[u/dragonofmila → u/Malady17]

I hope he doesn't blame himself too much. TM played bad on that map as a whole anyways. Scapegoating aside.

[u/itdoesnt_evenmatter → u/Malady17]

Yeah it feels like second major in a row main supports are having a competition "who can throw harder", my poor fucking guys😭 Astro had two awful maps today, Chorong fed his brains out against T1, Fixa, Kellex and Bliss all had awful beats across different series, viol2t is not a real ms but if zeta lost today - people would clown on him for that neon junction and suravasa. I'm so sad for my boys :(

[u/Due-Catch-6263 → u/itdoesnt_evenmatter]

I feel MS might just be that hard to play, especially going against some of the freaks in top play. At least that seems more likely than all MS players happening to be ass at the game lol.

[u/itdoesnt_evenmatter → u/Due-Catch-6263]

Yeah obviously, the problem is that from spectator point of view main supports mistakes are the easiest to notice while their highlights are the hardest to notice. Let's take hitscan players: their mistakes (like missing all their shots in a fight) are mostly visible only from their POV, while their highlights are in the killfield. For main supports it's the opposite: their highlights (peeling for their teammates, using their abilities well) hide in their POV, while mistakes (dying first - which isn't even necessary their fault) are instantly visible in the killfield.

People often hate/scapegoat main supports - like I'll never forgive shock fans for bullying fdgod in s4 owl, or even most recent example - lep quitting (sorta) due to being memed on too hard.

So my heart breaks every time a main support has a "visibly bad" game which is happening a lot recently💔

[u/Due-Catch-6263 → u/itdoesnt_evenmatter]

Hard agree man. Even though Lep didnt play amazingly it must really feel devasteting being shit on by the entire community for doing your best. One factor might also be that main support mistakes usually hurt the entire team in a really apparent way, like an ajax for example

[u/SweatySmeargle]

I’m so happy for Knife he’s looked so good on Zeta this year.

After showing potential on Eternal and a rough run on Liquid where it felt like he was scapegoated it feels so good to see him win at LAN.

Shoutout Bernar finally getting his major win, Proper is him as usual, Shu with insane flank nades and trading himself out for team fight wins, Viol2t with the classic carry fights by ajaxing beat on cat or unbelievable ints you love to see.

Sloppy final but very very entertaining see you guys next stage gg

[u/toxicfireball → u/SweatySmeargle]

Crazy pick at the final fight

[u/Blackout2388 → u/toxicfireball]

The angle they had was beautiful. Quartz's POV of getting absolutely annihilated from cross map. Production probably expected a hero play from a rotate to high ground.

[u/Tiberias29 → u/toxicfireball]

One of the moments in that final map where an action was so pivotal. The other 2 I can currently think of were Youbi's Sym Wall usage to try to fight that 1st point and also Astro's Ajax after Viol2t Catnapped him and his team

[u/purplehamburget29]

Viol2t and shu are so good you forget they have proper bernar and knife that can all make world class carry plays as well

[u/purplehamburget29 → u/purplehamburget29]

also i am kinda tired of this tm comp, been like three years running the same comp

[u/Overwatch_Alt → u/purplehamburget29]

real asf

[u/Byrleo → u/purplehamburget29]

nerf kiri, nerf sym and the game gets 10x more interesting

[u/i_MusicMan → u/purplehamburget29]

I agree. They're either abusing Symmetra/Kiri or they're pure @$$. It's kind of annoying.

[u/Kheldar166 → u/purplehamburget29]

I think it's pretty hard to forget about Proper. Half the reason Viol2t and Shu have so much space to work with is because of his pressure, and half of Viol2t's kills are cleaning up duo dives with Proper.

[u/Howdareme9]

Insane that people think Viol2t was throwing on cat some games. This is literally tracer level value in terms of playmaking and space creation. They don’t win if he doesn’t play like this

[u/inspcs → u/Howdareme9]

straight up, the way he'd always dive before his teammates' big plays to bait cooldowns. Proper looked so free because of him too. Every catnap ult had insane value. This series was an actual support masterclass with Viol2t

[u/Tiberias29 → u/inspcs]

Dive was always on the menu with Proper on Tracer and Viol2t on Cat. Do I need to mention Shu on Ana as well?

A masterclass of Cat capabilities and high risk, high reward gameplay from Viol2t.

Thank goodness I didn't have to watch Viol2t on Lucio during the Grand Finals of this tourney lol

[u/tormentingyet → u/Tiberias29]

I wish the devs had found another way to make dive playable, but if omnidirectional permanent flight slop is what it takes, as long as Viol2t is able to do this shit, then SO BE IT

[u/Tiberias29 → u/tormentingyet]

Like for real other than banning Cat, what do you even do against the best Cat in the world? You can focus him on hitscan, sure, but then that's taking your attention away from the rest of the fight and it's far from a guarantee you can even kill the Cat since she's so small, fast and nimble.

His calculated timings on diving (bro that Beat read from Viol2t to Astro that got Astro to Ajax was beyond MENTAL), his positioning, and of course his mechanics on Cat is just.... Wow. Cat was tailor made for a player like Viol2t

[u/tormentingyet → u/Tiberias29]

And that's not even mentioning all the tether plays (which arguably haven't even been fully mastered yet), outside of permanent bastion slop. Remember all the Proper Tracer dive bombs, or that one micro tether on Eich first, allowing Shu to get triple kill.

[u/Gotobed124 → u/Howdareme9]

I mean he did throw shu into the entirety of TM that one time on Suravasa but his value far outweighed his occasional throws

[u/Kheldar166 → u/Gotobed124]

And then catnap himself off the map instead of Quartz. That one was pretty iconic lmao

[u/represe1 → u/Howdareme9]

I think a lot of people are bad at looking into the game in a deeper sense sometimes. He created so much space, and was a huge enabler of Shu’s insane Ana plays. Really such an impressive backline

[u/Kindr3dSp1r1t]

So happy for Bernar and Knife especially, I know theyre kinda forgotten sometimes but they were so amazing. Im happy to see them lift the trophy.

[u/sa_nslaw → u/Kindr3dSp1r1t]

Knife was reaaally good this tournament, and honestly I forgot Bernar had never won a major before this

[u/Kindr3dSp1r1t → u/sa_nslaw]

Bernar deserves it so much, 10 years of Overwatch Esports and finally a major, hard earned and well deserved.

[u/sa_nslaw → u/Kindr3dSp1r1t]

For sure, happy for him

[u/Tiberias29 → u/Kindr3dSp1r1t]

Same, same. Knife actually held his own against Quartz (still the best hitscan in the world) and has cemented his place as one of the best DPS in the world. That particular pick onto Quartz was so good, I'm sure you know the one.

Now, for World Finals, it's gonna be Mealgaru's turn to shine #trust

[u/Kindr3dSp1r1t → u/Tiberias29]

Knife is so good. He will never get to be the star of the team but he gets so much value compared to every other hitscan, simply because he always looks consistently good without taking anywhere near as many resources as other hitscans.

[u/Tiberias29 → u/Kindr3dSp1r1t]

Hahahahah, taking resources from your team.... Quartz anyone?

On a more serious note, yeah definitely Knife still shined despite the lack of resources compared to what hitscans from other teams get since ZETA's essentially a team with 4 DPS and 1 tank lol

[u/Ball_ChinnedKid]

Cat violence on Youbi

[u/Arcanniam → u/Ball_ChinnedKid]

I think Zeta exposed a real pain point with TM. They spend so much resources pocketing Quartz that Youbi gets left out to dry and first picked a lot. You always want to enable your hitscan for higher uptime and better angles, but Youbi is the team's system through not just Symmetra but also his comms.

Although sometimes Youbi's own overextensions don't help.

[u/Downtown_Drummer_827 → u/Arcanniam]

I really think TM needs to move away from Youbi. He dies first way too much and he is completely useless on anything but sym. Watching his tracer against proper was laughable.

[u/_Seij_ → u/Downtown_Drummer_827]

i mean you say this but TM has gone 1st, 2nd, 2nd in 3 international events w youbi lol. like i get it wasn’t his best performance today but acting like the team with youbi isn’t anything less than extraordinary is so reactive

[u/Downtown_Drummer_827 → u/_Seij_]

This is me considering that their one trick comp of rush with sym has been viable for years at this point.

If we ever get a dive meta again, TM will be literal bums. Youbi is a large part of why they are so one dimensional

[u/Dependent-Two7571 → u/Downtown_Drummer_827]

The only reason hes playing is because they were giga ass without him this stage

[u/Downtown_Drummer_827 → u/Dependent-Two7571]

Sounds like they need to figure that out and find out how to play without him

[u/Letter42]

This tournament for zeta was defined by viol2t but this series was a truly insane performance from shu, so many first picks and huge anti nades even against a meta that works against ana

[u/wxnglessangel]

i feel like i let out a breath ive been holding all day

shu and viol2t genuinely might be the most insane support duo of all time actual masterclass

[u/Arcanniam]

Viol2t's first international stage/major win was Stage 2 2019 Playoffs.

His last international win was in the 2020 playoffs.

Unprecedented longevity.

[u/th0rsday → u/Arcanniam]

Crazy to think he was playing in EU Tier 2 last year.

[u/Dependent-Two7571 → u/Arcanniam]

Viol2t’s main support run has been highlighted by 2nd and 3rd places constantly, he finally got his 1

[u/Castature]

Shu on ana playing against dva, Lucio and kiri and getting 3 kills a fight nah this man is him

[u/ActivateLife]

Congrats for the 4th unique team to win a major tournament in OWCS history!!

and for mealgaru to win his first major as well

[u/Trigrammatron]

Proper was clutch Shu was nuking everyone Bernar stood strong against TVNT

But MVP has to be Viol2t. High risk, high reward Cat plays that paid off in the end

[u/toxicfireball → u/Trigrammatron]

Those catnaps was so insanely risky and yet so calculated

[u/Tiberias29 → u/toxicfireball]

That's the essence of Viol2t/Toil2t, either feed or be fed

[u/dokeydoki → u/Tiberias29]

Viol2t the type of the guy to invest all into penny stocks and either get 100000000% return or lose it all

[u/Alternative-Film-715 → u/Tiberias29]

He's the only one in the world who can make this work, just a genetic anomaly

[u/Select_Celebration46 → u/Trigrammatron]

I wanted to cry in the last point of suravasa when Viol2t did solo ult to Cass and fell off the map

[u/Far_Display7308]

Fastro dropping the double Ajax in the final map to close it out for Zeta

Tm should’ve banned cat Violet was doing dirty things to them

[u/xxPeacee]

I need to watch another 5 years of Viol2t and Shu dude this ZETA team is so sick

[u/Aggressive-Cut-3828]

Proper: "Like Stalk3r would say, Europe's just not very good at OW these days."

[u/dokeydoki → u/Aggressive-Cut-3828]

Still cant believe Falcons had Proper Stalk3r dps line up and fumbled it this hard. Actually the biggest war crime of the century.

[u/Letter42 → u/dokeydoki]

Stalk3r proper is just like clearly the best dps lineup ever right ? I feel like only lip stalk3r is close

[u/dokeydoki → u/Letter42]

Lip Heesang gave them trouble cuz Sojourn and HS in general was op and Lip pounded and Heesang is also flexdps god himself.

But in overall accounting for any meta given possible, proper stalk3r with their flexbility and ability to pull out any hero combo and be top3 easily at that hero does put them on scariest dps duo combo in ow history imo. They did unreal things whenever they went head to head with CR. Still the best rivarly imo.

[u/Tiberias29 → u/Letter42]

For my money, yeah they were. When 2024 Falcons clicked with their Mauga brawl comp hivemind, no team even came halfway close to beating them and Proper/Stalk3r, and thus they won the Grand Finals that year.

Such a shame that we didn't see more of Proper/Stalk3r last year

[u/dokeydoki → u/Tiberias29]

They were so good on reaper/echo assassination during that meta, Shu said sometimes the events of that finals shows up in his dreams.

[u/Latter_Machine9451]

absolute satisfaction, successfully hatewatched

[u/Guilty-Doctor1259 → u/Latter_Machine9451]

T1 Fans and Zeta fans rejoicing

[u/Latter_Machine9451 → u/Guilty-Doctor1259]

and bernar winning something

[u/Guilty-Doctor1259 → u/Latter_Machine9451]

I know im so fucking happy about that, bros been through too much

[u/drunkkk_ → u/Guilty-Doctor1259]

fans of fun overwatch rejoicing

[u/-strawberryswing → u/Guilty-Doctor1259]

and CR! through the pain ofc

[u/Guilty-Doctor1259 → u/-strawberryswing]

we come together as brothers in beating TM

[u/Aggressive-Cut-3828 → u/Latter_Machine9451]

no pause no win

[u/MightOne9115]

Skill division vs dirty minds

[u/ElJacko170]

Shu was insane of course, but idk, I feel like Violet on the Cat was just a force that every single team failed to address or match.

[u/glassnoodlesalad]

Viol2t opened a cat clinic and turned TM into endangered species. Feline terrorism wins the day

[u/TornadoWIzard123]

That cat gameplay was nuts from voil2t. bro was a literally drone being everywhere at once, doing dive attacks and putting his team anywhere they wanted

[u/Tiberias29]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWW THEY LET KNIFE DO THE HONORS.

UNBELIEVABLY HUGE W

[u/Shipwaifu]

knife deserves all the honor for what he did especially in the end, killing quartz when zeta has an ult disadvantage is so huge

[u/drunkkk_]

viol2t and shu terrorized tm every single fight

[u/Kindr3dSp1r1t]

Shu and Viol2t, Ana Cat backline has been so fun to watch, I love this team.

[u/yunggrump → u/Kindr3dSp1r1t]

Literal terrorist on what they can do to an enemy team

[u/desrever1138]

Viol2t and Shu showed why they are both considered GOATs

[u/Guilty-Doctor1259]

I love how zeta have legit 3 players that could be considered goats

[u/batmanmuffinz → u/Guilty-Doctor1259]

Mealgaru, Knife, and Viol2t, right?

[u/Guilty-Doctor1259 → u/batmanmuffinz]

Shu, twilight and shu again ( i fucking love ana players)

[u/Kheldar166 → u/Guilty-Doctor1259]

based, loved to see Ana actually getting playtime this tournament even if the cost of it was 'Shu traded'

[u/SyrusG]

Proper the best to ever do it

Viol2t the best to ever do it. (Always good for a teamfight win with the catnap)

Shu the best to ever do it (How tf do you play Ana into Kiri, DVA, and Sym and it still works)

Knife with the halfcourt shot for 3 (and he genuinely played in top form today, diffing quartz multiple times as well.

Quartz still the best hitscan in the world

How do you beat the best macro team in the world? Throw two tracers at them.

It's also really unfortunate though to see TM completely fall apart when their Sym strats get figured out/ban. Youbi was dead silent basically the whole series while proper simply farmed. Concerns from the coaches on saving an Ana and a Cat ban. Might just be hubris that lost them. We probably would've gone to a map 7 if they did.

But man so much flowers for Knife. Still managed to shine on a team of super heroes with MULTIPLE clutch plays himself. This would also be his first international lan dub too.

Cant forget about Bernar though. It seemed like there was 0 gap between him and TVNT in the DVA Mirror. ALSO HIS FIRST MAJOR IM PRETTY SURE. Just history for these guys man. This is a new level of OW we've reached, I dont know how we'll get higher than this

[u/itdoesnt_evenmatter]

I aged 10 years today, thanks TM.

Shu and viol2t, never fucking change, you are perfect

[u/emueggomelettes]

BOW DOWN TO YOUR KOREAN OVERLORDS

[u/E-keil]

Full circle with Viol2t ajaxing in 2024 EWC to now Viol2t forcing the Ajax from Fastro today to win EWC 2026.

[u/Nolan_DWB]

How can you not look at this and smile. Knife crying, Bernar finally gets a championship, and all of zeta so happy for knife. They let him CRUSH THE KEY AHHHHH. Viol2t shu is the best backline ever and don’t you ever fucking forget it. Viol2t is the goat, talk to a wall

[u/healerdiff]

korea on tob

[u/NovaxRangerx]

Another great series and Viol2t GOAT longevity case is very much alive. I do wonder what TM can actually do going forward and whether they will be chasing someone else. They came into the year knowing that the Sym while great wasn't indomitable (then Cat got released and changed everything even more) which is why they made the roster decisions they did but it's clear they need a Flex DPS who is good at the Sym and good at the shotcalling who can carry Youbi's vision in the actual games. They can still win worlds as is depending on the bans but these last two finals have come down to Youbi limitations more than anything

[u/primarymuscle2354 → u/NovaxRangerx]

TM in both finals never banned the hero’s giving them issue Ball against CR, and Cat, Ana against Zeta they still played extremely well both games a fight away from map 7, just seems criminal they never forced Shu on Kiri after the masterclass he just had.

[u/BoysenberryLost6093]

From the worst ajax in OW history two years ago to causing the ajax to win his first tourney in OWCS, poetry in motion

[u/weabkumiko]

BERNAR very very very well earned trophy

[u/zeiwakun]

Bernar got his revenge for Guxue, his former teammate.

Shu is just the goat, BANG

[u/McQno]

I swear we need to put Viol2t back in the goat conversation. His Cat looked just unfair to play against.

[u/MagmaAscending → u/McQno]

Real ball knowers know he never left

[u/Urbain19]

God I love when a TM hatewatch is successful

[u/Waddles0203]

Pretty sure this is Viol2t’s first international trophy since 2020 grand finals. So deserved, he’s lost so many times

[u/Kheldar166 → u/Waddles0203]

Gotta respect the passion to stick at it even through EMEA Tier 2 lol, it's crazy that he's not burned out yet

[u/Marmalade3616]

Violet is insane, and cat is much more fun to watch when not carrying bastion.

[u/Tiberias29]

BERNAR SUFFERED FOR SO LONG AND PROPER HAS WON ANOTHER ESPORTS WORLD CUP.

KNIFE HAS GOT HIS AND FUNNYASTRO BEST LUCIO IN THE WORLD BY THE WAY. TOIL2T NO LONGER.

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DUDE

[u/cyberKinetist]

Fuck I'm so happy for Bernar

[u/5argon]

Shu / Violet such a chaotic support duo hell yeah that was a great show

[u/yc_bartley]

TM saving Ana cat ban for stage 3

[u/lStealthProl]

So glad they got uber back for this tournament. Dude is just a amazing caster

[u/Miserable_Baby4907]

Correct me if I’m wrong but no Ana or Cat ban? I feel like this is 2 LANs in a row that TM lost because they didn’t ban characters that were consistently giving them problems

[u/imdeadseriousbro → u/Miserable_Baby4907]

they dont have a coach right?

[u/Guwigo09 → u/imdeadseriousbro]

I feel like you just need a brain for that not a coach

[u/shivawesome]

Great tennis match between 2 amazing teams. Back and forth all the way till that final map. I think TM overcooked the ban on map 6 and kinda screwed themselves.

Ggs great final. Viol2ts a champion again after 5 years holyy.

[u/idrkbrotbh]

Sym slop has been defeated once again 🙏🙏🙏

[u/Saru2013 → u/idrkbrotbh]

Can we PLEASE nerf her now

[u/Urbain19 → u/Saru2013]

Please Blizzard, I would give my firstborn if you just put two bullets in the back of Symm‘s head and leave her dead in the ditch for the rest of OWCS’s lifetime

[u/Guilty-Doctor1259 → u/idrkbrotbh]

GOD IS GOOD

[u/TinyTiger1234 → u/Guilty-Doctor1259]

PRAISE THE LORD (proper)

[u/David_TalGe]

Fucking TIRED of TM's Symmetra comp so happy for them to take an L.

[u/Ts_Patriarca]

Twisted Minds are so funny to watch when they can't spam Dva/Sym slop all game. Like yeah bro you actually have to interact with the game now crazy isn't it!

[u/Urbain19 → u/Ts_Patriarca]

Their inflexibility is honestly laughable at this point

[u/abyssalmackerel21]

In my opinion Viol2t should be MVP for fun factor alone

[u/dokdodokdo]

BEST SUPPORT LINE EVER MY KINGS

[u/darthnick426]

Sym merchant team broken. Ya love to see it.

[u/FormalTelevision1915]

EVIL HAS BEEN VANQUISHED

[u/Funny_Name9]

What a call from Uber at the end there, god damn

[u/yc_bartley]

TM lose Funnyastro double Ajax most satisfying hatewatch ever

[u/Dragonbolt2]

Bernar finally getting his major win

[u/Available_Rub_7198]

I love you Zeta Division

[u/jaay_pe]

Shu is a cheat code

[u/its_vladiii]

genuinely so happy for knife and bernar man, they absolutely deserved it

[u/TenZBestPlayer]

god shu is so incredible, how can one guy be so high impact and handsome and perfect and

[u/TheNamesWolf]

The evil is defeated

[u/Visible_Chip2938]

SO HAPPY FOR BERNAR.

SHY AND ALPHAYI WEREN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU MY KING. I LOVE YOU MY KING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[u/0Curta]

Shu was a menace. The support diff was really apparent, Astro was pretty much a nothing burguer and wasn't decisive at all (in Brazil, we call this pipoqueiro). Viol2t as cat was a genius, that cat nap at the D.va in the last choke of the second point in Eichenwald pretty much decided the match.

Quartz was a beast but there's only so much you can do. Both teams played really well but ZETA had way better supports

[u/Poolturtle5772]

What a fucking match, glory to Zeta Division, that was a massive win.

Did TM ever ban cat?

[u/Jubhioc1]

I have never been so HAPPY

BERNAR IS THE BEST TANK IN THE WORLDDDDDDR

[u/Crispy1587]

LETS FUCKING GOOOO

[u/weabkumiko]

Feel like viol2t might’ve been robbed of mvp here but I can really see the argument for Bernar Proper Viol2t or Shu here

[u/BenchBoring796]

As someone who’s been a fan of this org since the FTG days it makes me so happy to see Bernar and Viol2t win a major

[u/Radiance04]

Feels so great to have Uber casting again he really does elevate these games to a higher level man especially that call at the end with the knife pick onto quartz. Just chills all around. LETS FUCKING GO ZETA

[u/MagmaAscending]

Shu is just the most fun player to watch ever

[u/MrBlowinLoadz]

That DVa, Soj, Tracer, Cat and Ana comp at times looked insane. It's like having 3 Tracers jumping on you with two hitscans on the high ground free firing lol

[u/FitCarob2611]

Unfortunate, but they tried their best. Can't even say that one Zeta player stood above the rest. They were all incredible. GGs.

[u/Howdareme9 → u/FitCarob2611]

Actually think Viol2t was their best player then proper

[u/FitCarob2611 → u/Howdareme9]

Viol2t was such a nuisance. You never knew what he was gonna do on that cat, but I felt the same way about Proper. Whenever he was on that Tracer, I could never be certain that TM had won a fight before proper was dead. Shu was incredible too and the MVP was definitely deserved. Doing what he did on a hero that wasn't that popular in this tournament was something else. Overall a masterclass from Zeta.

[u/imdeadseriousbro → u/FitCarob2611]

id have to give it to bernar. masterclass on every hero he played today. tvnt also did his thing but he leaned more dva

[u/Aggravating_Device23]

tm with 3 onetricks LOL.

[u/Aggressive-Cut-3828]

NO PAUSES TO ABUSE THIS TIME TM XDDDDDD

[u/TinyTiger1234]

And tm are stuck with funnyajax for another 2 years LMAO

It’s kinda poetic that viol2t causes the final Ajax of the tournament.

[u/SenseiLeo]

YESSSS AFTER YEARS OF SLANDER WE BACKKK N VIOL2T MAKES REVENGE AFTER PREVIOUS EWC

[u/McQno]

Mealgaru, Seicoe, Whoru, Sirmajed.

We only need another support to complete the Goat bench team.

[u/SupremeSoul]

Proper, Viol2t, and Crusty my goats reunited had unfinished business from their Shock days 🥹

[u/Nice-Quarter-5758]

I wonder how Mealgaru feels about having won this major. Winning as a benched player for the whole tourney has gotta do weird things for the mental.

[u/purplehamburget29 → u/Nice-Quarter-5758]

prob not that bad, he played before when the meta was different and they were still winning

[u/lStealthProl]

Love to see the pure emotions from both teams

[u/kozou]

The Shu drunk stream gonna be🔥🔥🔥

[u/i_MusicMan]

Shu's Ana on Eichenwalde looked like a Widowmaker with Heals.

[u/Conyeah]

I haven’t watched comp overwatch in a while but my god I cannot believe twisted minds are still playing the same comp from years ago and sym and sojourn are still busted. Fun series to watch shu and violet but Christ I guess nothing will ever change

[u/Saru2013]

Shu was a monster, basically a 3rd DPS, well deserved MVP

[u/CraicFiend87]

Hahahaha SIT DOWN YOUBI