DANTEH – SAN FRANCISCO SHOCK – TRACER
San Francisco Shock played the very first and the very last matches of the second week in stage one of the Overwatch League, losing the first 1-2 against Philadelphia Fusion and winning the last 3-2 against Boston Uprising.
One standout player from the San Francisco Shock team is Danteh, who had some amazing plays with his signature hero Tracer while also nabbing Player of the Match on Saturday with a whopping 84 eliminations, nearly 43,000 damage done, and 39% pulse bomb attachment rate.
Your man of the match is none other than @Danteh.. or whatever 😉 pic.twitter.com/fntXmuALfg
— NRG Shock (@SFShock) January 21, 2018
The fact that Danteh’s pulse bomb attachment rate is so high means he is getting some crucial picks that can sway most team fights in their favor. Danteh also had some great plays as Junkrat, especially on Saturday. You can see some highlight clips for his Junkat, Tracer, and even Genji plays down below.
The London @spitfire's @Birdring and the @SFShock's @Danteh get Player of the Day for day 4 of week 2 #OWL2018 pic.twitter.com/kIog1xVeVK
— Overwatch Esports (@OW_Esports) January 21, 2018
Currently, San Francisco Shock is around the middle of the overall standings at the end of week two of the Overwatch League with two wins and two losses. If Danteh is able to keep up his DPS numbers at the rate he has been doing this week, we could see the Shock move up a bit more to challenge Valiant, Outlaws, and Spitfire for a higher spot overall.
MEKO – NEW YORK EXCELISOR – D.Va/ROADHOG
MekO for the New York Excelsior team is an amazing tank player, especially with his signature character D.Va. During the game against Los Angeles Valiant on Thursday he played very aggressively and it paid off as he got pick after pick.
As D.Va, MekO is especially good at targeting and engaging weaker enemies and backing off if things get too hairy. In a clip below from Thursday’s game he successfully kills off both of Valiant’s healers single-handedly while avoiding Agilities as Roadhog.
During the 34 minutes he played D.Va in that match, he got a whopping 142 eliminations. He also had some great playtime as Roadhog while only dying three times across all three maps, half as much as the enemy tank duo on the Valiant team.
This week MekO proved he’s one of the best tank players in the Overwatch League, and is no doubt a big reason the New York Excelsior team is at spot number two with 4-0 in the league standings right now under just Seoul Dynasty for first.
MIRO – SEOUL DYNASTY – WINSTON
We didn’t see much of Miro on Wednesday when Seoul Dynasty went up against Florida Mayhem, but he was a huge standout as Winston on Friday when Seoul won against Boston Uprising.
He maintained Winston role efficiently, diving into the backline and taking out one of two characters (preferably healers) and jumping back to his team to regroup and push forward. He is also very good at creating space for his team, either with the choice of locations for his jumps or his primal rage usage. His ability to land directly on players using jump packs are what makes the difference when killing 200 HP heroes easily, and Miro lands these jumps extremely well with full body damage the majority of the time.
You can see some of his highlights when he was player of the match in the video below starting at 8:51.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUleMLrHQSw
Overall, Miro’s numbers with Winston on Friday were amazing with almost 28,000 damage done with nearly 38,000 damage blocked. He also knocked back a total of 272 players throughout the match in the 47 minutes he was playing Winston, proving he is one of the best when it comes to jumping into a fight and dealing some massive amounts of damage right away.
JAKE – HOUSTON OUTLAWS – JUNKRAT/GENJI
Jake of the Houston Outlaws was the DPS player to watch on Thursday when the Outlaws fought Dallas Fuel, earning himself the honor of player of the match.
Jake’s use of Junkrat thrives in his gaining of the high ground and keeping it effectively while he just spams bombs into the enemy line. It takes some serious coordination for a team to focus him and take him down. Even when he is killed, it’s not long before he’s back on the high ground harassing the whole enemy team again.
His rip-tire usage is also usually spot on, as can be seen below where he climbs Objective B of the Horizon map wall with ease and gets a triple kill (with Mercy barely making it out alive).
Talk about value! @jakeow gets a triple kill with his RIP-Tire. #OWL2018 #UpTheAntehttps://t.co/U6dIipgQGs pic.twitter.com/FujOif2QI3
— Overwatch Esports (@OW_Esports) January 18, 2018
Jake also had some great plays as Genji, another character he is known for using well. You can usually count on the crowd going wild whenever he pulls out a classic flanking Dragon Blade.
3 maps. 3 wins. 3 kills for @jakeow's Dragon Blade pic.twitter.com/YMcM6s2HNF
— Outlaws (@Outlaws) January 18, 2018
Jake is finding success with Junkrat and Genji, and is especially smart with his implementation of Junkrat overall. On Thursday it took him on average only 79 seconds to get his ult, and when he’s killing two to three enemies at a time with rip-tire, it tends to make a huge difference. He is definitely one to watch as the Overwatch League progresses.
RYUJEHONG – SEOUL DYNASTY – ZENYATTA/ANA
One of the most popular players on the Seoul Dynasty team is Ryujehong who played amazingly on many of the support characters on Wednesday including Mercy and Ana, but he shone especially well in the dual damage and healing abilities of Zenyatta.
Like Shaz for the Los Angeles Gladiators who was featured as one of our standout players from last week, his accuracy with Zenyatta paired with the discord orb makes him a deadly foe to have in the backlines.
Deadly precision coming from Ryujehong's Zenyatta. #OWL2018 #TheDynastyBegins https://t.co/U6dIipgQGs pic.twitter.com/RL7AWcapb3
— Overwatch Esports (@OW_Esports) January 18, 2018
With almost 17,000 damage done paired with 22,000 healing on Wednesday, he earned Player of the Match with praise for his Zenyatta skills but there was recognition for his expert use of Mercy and Ana as well. Ryujehong is known as the world’s best Ana player, so it’s no surprise that every time he uses her the crowd is in for a show.
Make sure to come back next week when we look at the top player performances for week three, or check out the first week of Overwatch League standouts including Zenyatta-master Shaz and Fleta as a super deadly Widowmaker.
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