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5 Best Overwatch League Player Performances From Stage 4 Week 5

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SPACE – LOS ANGELES VALIANT – D.Va

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This is the first time flex player SPACE has made our best Overwatch League players list due to his amazing plays as D.Va to help his team become Stage Four champions.

SPACE’s ability to know the perfect time to launch his ult during close-range teamfights in spot on. We can see this in action above and below. Firstly, where we see him apply pressure to the front line on Watchpoint Gibraltar so almost the entire enemy team backs off into an enclosed area so he can launch his mech while they are still recovering from simply changing positions. And secondly, where on the final point of Horizon Lunar Colony he times his ult perfectly with Agilities as Zarya to get a 2.5K to hold the point.

Another perfect use of the Self-Destruct can be seen below during the Saturday match against Dallas Fuel, where SPACE and Fate corner the enemy team into a doorway so even if they were able to scatter back into the adjacent room they would still be hit with the impact.

All throughout this week SPACE’s D.Va ults have been top notch, especially considering Self-Destruct is often used in the Overwatch League to disrupt the enemy team’s positioning and not necessarily get picks.

His performance netted him the title of Player of the Day alongside teammate Fate on Sunday, with Overwatch League commentator Matthew Morello saying, “I think in both matches he was the biggest impact player for the Valiant…for an off-tank player her has such a high kill contribution, a lot of final blows…it has to be SPACE for me.”

LIBERO – NEW YORK EXCELSIOR – HANZO

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In the past we have recognized Libero’s skills on Pharah and Genji, but this week we saw some fantastic plays from him as defensive character Hanzo.

Arguably his best play of the week can be seen above, where he ults right down the center of the last area of King’s Row causing the enemy team to panic and split from each other. This frees up Libero to de-mech and kill Seagull as D.Va who is left entirely alone, take out uNKOE as Zenyatta with a ranged head-shot, and Mickie who despite getting a rez after dying from the Dragons is finished off anyways.

Below, Libero once again uses his ult to separate and confuse the enemy team, getting a 3K in the process, but he also pushes forward and moves with his ult to position himself perfectly back on the payload to cap it with teammate MekO as D.Va.

Other noteworthy plays on other characters include when Libero ducked into spawn to avoid being killed by a stuck Tracer ult as Junkrat on Friday, and later in that same game where he flanked as Tracer and got a 4K taking a point on Nepal almost by himself.

FLETA – SEOUL DYNASTY – WIDOWMAKER

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Felta’s performance as Widowmaker named him Player of the Day on Wednesday alongside Fate from Los Angeles Valiant, with specific credit to his dominant gameplay even as his team seems to be in a slump.

Above and below we can see his best plays of the week. In the earlier match against Dallas Fuel we see Fleta start the sequence off with an amazing midair kill of AKM who is also playing Widow, and even just in this moment Fleta’s tracking abilities while moving are absolutely next level. After taking out AKM, Fleta then kills Seagull as Junkrat, not once but twice after he is rezzed, while also dealing a lot of damage on Mickie playing as D.Va. This push allowed Seoul to win the payload push, and later they would win the map to clutch the match.

Below we see Fleta go off yet again, getting a 3K in a span of less than 20 seconds on Hanamura against Los Angeles Gladiators on Friday.

Other noteworthy plays as other characters include his 2K with the Deadeye as McCree followed up with a quick kill of both supports against the Gladiators on Friday, and a 2K Barrage as Pharah on Horizon Lunar Colony on Wednesday to finish off overtime against Dallas Fuel.

AGILITIES – LOS ANGELES VALIANT – GENJI (AND MORE)

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Agilities and his team were Stage Champions this week, and although Agilities is known for his Genji skills and did have some amazing plays as him in Stage 4 Week 4, it’s his skills on numerous different characters that aided his team in claiming the victory overall.

Firstly, his noteworthy Genji play can be seen above where Agilities gets a 2.5K with a near-perfect use of Dragonblade. However, Agilites is also known for his clutch Junkrat instincts and we can also see this below where he kills Libero as Pharah while he is mid-Barrage and two feet from his face with a quick damage burst as teammate KariV as Zenyatta uses Transcendence to keep him alive.

Agilities has also been playing a decent amount of Brigitte since she was introduced to the Overwatch League a few weeks ago, and the clip below shows off his ability to survive in close-quarter team fights. As the enemy Winston ults and focuses entirely on throwing Brigitte off the map, Agilities pushes through the onslaught of punches and even sneaks back onto point after Fissure thinks he knocked him off.

During this entire stage Agilities has been a continual standout player, and this is largely due to his ability to mix up team comps without sacrificing skill level, whether it’s an offensive, defensive, or support character he is playing.

SAEBYEOLBE – NEW YORK EXCELSIOR – WIDOWMAKER

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New York Excelsior were very close to winning the stage, losing only to Los Angeles Valiant in the final game. Throughout this week, Saebyeolbe played extremely well as Widow, and even had a few noteworthy plays on his signature hero Tracer as well.

The above clips shows the play that allowed New York to win a single point in the final stage championship match. With perfect positioning so as to not compromise himself by the enemy Widow SoOn, he gets a 4K while continually shifting his attention back to the choke point where he knows SoOn is located. The situational awareness here is amazing and is the reason Saebyeolbe is able to kill so many enemies without a single shot being fired on him.

Below and earlier in the week against Boston Uprising, Saebyeolbe gets another 4K while on point in Lijiang Tower switching perfectly between long-range and close-range headshots.

And since we all love seeing a good Saebyeolve Tracer play, down below he does a classic flank taking out Mickie as Brigitte with a stuck Pulse Bomb and taking out uNKOE as Zenyatta with a single clip in the resulting confusion.

At the end of Stage 4, we now look forward to the playoffs where only New York Excelsior, Los Angeles Valiant, Boston Uprising, Los Angeles Gladiators, Philadelphia Fusion, and London Spitfire will progress when the matches start on July 11.

To review who the top players were of the last stage of the Overwatch Legaue, check out our choices from Week one, Week two, Week three, and Week four of Stage 4.

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Haley MacLean

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