Overwatch Esports NA & EMEA Stage 1 Power Rankings

[@SessesSniper]

Thank you Adenosine Tri-Phosphate Overwatch

[@sleptik]

crazy matchup: an hourglass, a state of matter, spooky dream, and a whole space station

[@thanatos_ow]

This upload saved me I was so bored 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@sept9232]

Peps won against sakura and vision in the qualifiers and the bo against the ultimates was close 2-1 for tu with peps leading and potentially winning second map , u gotta Watch more games man

[@juliencamus3523]

Yeah, plus Fdgod played really well during thse qualifiers, and Xerion fragged like a crazy man on his Kiriko.

[@lucasoriordan8576]

Well done for making the usual great videos while struggling with motivation

[@jonathancarter1029]

I would be buying stock in Gen.G right now if I could. Khenail has high potential, and forms a solid backline with Crispy. TOPDRAGON is poised to take a leap with high potential as well, with Sauna covering hitscan. I think Sauna only has to (and will) play to a certain standard for his team to win, and will be better than people expected. Mag is a solid tank who is a team player and can cover enough heroes to play his role. I think the biggest thing people are underrating about this team is Crusty leaving Falcons to coach this team alongside Natdoekje. Those two are going to unlock TOPDRAGON and Khenail's play, and keep the rest of the team fairly consistent in their roles. My bet I want to revisit later is that they will be minimum top 3 EMEA barring any disasters or individual collapses outside of just Overwatch play. Really excited to see them this year!

[@Lakatha13]

Team Peps underrated as always but anyway...

[@OryNce]

Quartz said on stream that TU are underperforming and Twilight isn't even playing yet. He also said that they're winning pretty much all their scrims, so TM might actually be top 1 this stage

[@rra1139]

Can't believe a team of 24 year olds isn't winning

[@ThatSingularBarron]

​@@rra1139you could also not believe that a guy is putting another team down that is competition and isn't his own

[@Khy_r]

christfer's teams have notoriously always underperformed in scrims so idk how accurate their scrim results are to their actual performance, but honestly i wouldnt be surprised if TM were top 1

[@elmacho1336]

TM is for sure top 1. TU is basically ENCE and TM is basically SSG but with upgrades. Quartz is better than Sparkr and Irony is better than Landon. Youbi is worse than Backbone but they won't play him very often. SSG consistently outperformed ENCE last year so with the same core with a few upgrades I expect they'll do the same this year.

[@rra1139]

@@ThatSingularBarron dude they're old

[@jezraelflancia2460]

The top two fight this year is gonna be so fun to watch. Lenny and Seeker Vs Tr33 and Knife is gonna be so fun. Both teams are so even its crazy

[@SynchroFPS]

I think putting VP in third is insane, not to be a hater but I really don't think this roster has much potential. Also I think you're heavily underrating Al Qadsiah, QLM is insane, almost as good as Quartz imo, and the rest of the roster is nothing to scoff at either. I would probably rank the top 6 as: TM, TU, GenG, ALQ, VP

[@OryNce]

VP should've just replaced Raajaro with Vestola, and they're good to go

[@actuallypee]

@@OryNce yeah that galaa khenail support duo gave them so many looks they could run and be truly dominant on, really sad to see that the spanish backline has been split up

[@CrazeeAdam]

Idk i've never seen Junk Buck coach a bad team. Even when his teams arguably weren't well rounded (Houston when Danteh was on tank) he made the most of it. I know a coach can only do so much, but he must see something in AQ (Al Qadsiah)

[@marianobarreto1778]

I take peps over AQ and Sakura Every day of the week, they played way better than both of those teams, they had a better Swiss and Pre-Stage, Sakura just got lucky they went up against Incendia, that played horrendusly Bad against them and Vision

[@sneakyrocks]

i have team liquid at 1 too but mainly because of casores, i think he's really ban minded and created a team that will work around that, while i'm not too sure if unter can match that especially with having a hitscan player vs two hyperflex. although i do know unter still has a lot of thought that goes into bans but cas has that proven ability from ewc already

[@xxduckperson465]

the vp background vid being a map with shockwave being diffed

[@flushed3601]

rooting for seeker my favorite number 86🥰🥰

[@kobythecookie]

Amplify beats team liquid any day🙏🙏

[@gifflargod]

I have 3-4 teams this year i cheer for. 1st is Liquid and just for their strengths and lack of weakness and with their good coaches i think they can even get top 3 in the lans and even take maps off falcons and CR. 2nd is Al Qadsiah just because i like that team and feel they are underrated and actually hope they can get to lans. 3rd is Geng.. i feel this team is weird but in a good way, they have the pieces to be top 2 emea but just depends on how their chemistry is.. then 4th is T1.. i really was hopeful for this roster when leaks said Someone and Mer1t was gonna be on it but now they are not that good... based on their match against Zeta Division i think they can be top 3 in Kr and i just hope they can punch up and even defeat falcons.. i feel those players have never really gotten good results except maybe donghak.. and i hope they can show that they are superstar team.

[@dyamonde9555]

Hey ATP, could you do a video about exactly how many OWCS players this season have been recruited from the Calling-All-Heroes Pool? Was a big Fan of Geguri back in the day, and i'm really happy to finally see some Girls in OWCS. So far i know of three, would like to know the whole picture.

[@aSuperPi.]

NA will be more interesting in stage 2, with only two slots to hangzhou, it would be incredibly difficult for anyone but the two partnered teams to qualify. If NA does equal to EMEA in Hangzhou then they should have 4 slots for Midseason which will let some of the teams like NTMR, Timeless, Rad, and Avidity (maybe supernova/fluffy if they step it up and get promoted for stage 2) have a chance to qualify for LAN.

[@sjg4237]

Quartz said in stream TU ain't good they don't have Twilight in Scrims and he think VP will beat them , also he said they won't qualify to China for their Scrim performance in this meta .

[@CrazeeAdam]

Twilight pronably traveling right now. Doesn't mean anything

[@TubaTonyGaming]

i still dont find the crusty to gen g suprising considering gen g is owned by samsung was half expecting to see someone and mer1t end up on gen g but that roster could very well punch up weight

[@johnlaujensen5022]

TU- without Kellex KSAA is not the same player, he has been totally dependent on Kellex timing and guidance so hard to see him suceed with a Korean backline

[@emistoast]

al qadsiah is good they can peak top 2 if haku was real, I don't think virtus pro is that good, like they have good players, but I think the roster was poorly built, i dont think vestola solo tank is good especially with hero bans, dps line is okay, and I feel like galaa is insane but you want to pair him with a flex support not a main support, so i think geng is a better team just because makes more sense aside from the dps line

[@zululvivon2463]

Yeah if Haku didnt int so much they would have straight up won against TU in swiss stage

[@elmacho1336]

I've never understood why people say Galaa is a main support player when he only played MS for VP because Khenail was a flex support player and they needed Lucio for hard meta. He's always been better on flex support picks like ana and Illari, he's really flexible like that. If they need him to play main support he'll do it well but he's finally back on his comfort role. This is literally the best outcome for him

[@emistoast]

@ the problem is not galaa, its fixa, galaa is flexible, fixa isnt. if they ban lucio, fixa can only play brig, but with galaa theres more options, hes like a budget viol2t like no doubt the guy is insane on flex but youre not getting all you can get from him

[@elmacho1336]

@@emistoast that makes more sense, I wasn't too sure of Fixa's hero pool

[@Junkrat-2020]

Good to see you back pal

[@zachaquak]

What's happening with Merit, Someone and Sparkr - Their some of the best players and don't have a listed team yet?

[@trivekz]

Seems like merit and someone were looking at the 3rd na partner and it fell through so they're taking a break for stage 1 instead. I think Sparkr just didn't get a spot on the top teams so is playing rivals instead which he got rank 1 worldwide so I don't blame him. I do hope Sparkr comes back soon though and he could as the GenG hitscan potentially

[@m0dy129]

Appeantly some shenanigans happened and they couldn't be signed before the roster deadline for stage 1. So they're most likely on a team already but haven't been announced since they arent able to play until stage 2

[@galaxyrend]

They’re on Falcons but can’t play stage 1 due to some kind of contract clause after they fell through with T1, according to inside leaks. They just haven’t been announced

[@galaxyrend]

(Mer1t and someone I mean)

[@zachaquak]

@@galaxyrend thanks for the information, falcons building more than a super team atp - idek what mer1t is there for and why do they need merit and happy alongside proper and stalk3r??? + why did it fall with t1 merit over zest and someone with donghak would’ve been great for them.

[@JacobFors]

Top dragons year🫡

[@subjugue118]

This guy isnt watching any Peps game. Peps easily won against Sakura and Team Vision during the Swiss stage. And also a very close game against TU

[@elmacho1336]

Did you also watch the games where they almost got 3-0 by Deimpero and only beat them because they were trolling and not taking the game seriously enough

[@subjugue118]

@elmacho1336 then did you watch the game when peps was about to 2-0 TU 😂

[@elmacho1336]

@@subjugue118 I did, I watched TU beat team peps pretty solidly after a shaky first game which they clearly needed to warmup. Once they were locked in the gap between those teams started showing

[@conorf2198]

4:21 wasn’t aware that bliss and cjay had beef damn

[@legion2275]

Weird, not convinced by Tr33 if Souj isn’t meta, I have the DPS line of SSG being way too much for Liquid.

[@Santigamer-y5g]

You know they gonna sit youbi for most of the season

[@giannibruno942]

I think u are not ready for what team peps is cooking, and I also disagree with ur take on FDGod, he has improved a lot recently. To me Team Peps is a Top2 contender

[@arniie5288]

top 2 contender? nah. but personally i'd put them over vision and sakura

[@subjugue118]

For me top 4/5 but we will see i guess

[@elmacho1336]

Theyre worse than Sakura but they could beat Al Qadsiah and Vision. 6th is about right for them

[@subjugue118]

@@elmacho1336 peps demolished sakura in the swiss stage with a quick 2-0

[@elmacho1336]

@@subjugue118 Sakura is a new team with players who've never played together before, meanwhile some of peps have been together since stage 2 last year. Not to mention that a lot of their roster are older, legacy players who lack the room to grow and improve, whereas Sakura has new prospects who will get much better over time. Not to mention that a best of 3 format doesn't tell the full story, Peps wouldn't even be in top 8 if all their qualifying matches were bo3. I think Sakura will surprise you more than you'd expect

[@hunterreneker474]

rad is super underrated they could defo punch up to a top 3 slot. They even beat ntmr recently.

[@fusili]

Al Qadsiah have Junkbuck as their coach btw, worth mentioning. I personaly expect more from Al Qadsiah than Gen.G or VP but we will see.

[@trivekz]

Personally i think Al Qadsiah is very underrated and have a good shot at beating any team. All of the top 5 is very close really i think, and it seems the same way in Korea too (FTG cooking?). It will be interesting for sure

[@CrazeeAdam]

Never known Junk Buck to coach a bad team

[@subjugue118]

Al qadsiah have a weird roaster

[@a7mad877]

Your pronunciation of Al-Qadsiah is actually not bad

[@JonathanMerlinSymmank]

Don’t know why or how The Ultimates are not partnered.

[@Qatim_moh]

one and slowdive keep them in ur mind

[@flanka7819]

والله من يوم شفت سلودايف مع كاستل بلاك في 2023 علطول حسيت انه عنده هامش تطور مجنون واثق فيه جدًا الله يوفقه.

[@Qatim_moh]

Qlm is second best hs in sel sadly he not playing much as lbbd7 and checkmate in they scrim in Korea soo they will put good fight

[@Qatim_moh]

goated vid

[@boomingbob1579]

Hopefully more competition in west like in Korea

[@johnlaujensen5022]

Not in stage 1 but they will be back they say

[@boomingbob1579]

@ I wasn’t referring to somone and Mer1t I meant the region as a whole

[@lorkieborkie2537]

Rajaaro, Sparkr and Kellex nowhere to be seen, absolute tragedy. EMEA clould've easily had another superteam if someone picked them up.

[@elmacho1336]

Rajaaro did not qualify for OWCS top cut with his team

[@ckamo10]

is someone not signed anywhere??

[@anonymous01201]

no hes taking a break for stage 1 i think

[@Khy_r]

crusty is addicted to coaching 2 flex dps, like the past 3 years hes started the year with a roster that doesnt have a dedicated hitscan player LOL

[@vroomvroom4171]

Trust in shiki arise that guy is top 5-6 hitscan na trust those who know

[@seann4884]

Does anyone know if someone and merit are competing

[@CrazeeAdam]

People say they are actually on Falcons but because they were in NA and I guess there's some weird clause they aren't able to play in stage 1 this year. They also were expecting to be on the 3rd big NA team to be signed but that fell through. So they probably got picked up too late

[@Shark_milk]

🔥

[@AyyK]

AQ 3rd

[@Enderstar-zz4tb]

I think youre way overrating the ultimates bro

[@darksplash873]

Meow

[@morning9514]

w infekted

[@Qatim_moh]

tm tu vp aq geng pp Vision sadly Sakura

[@elmacho1336]

Sakura > vision but otherwise I agree

[@Qatim_moh]

@@elmacho1336 as u wish

[@thejacksibxd855]

first :)

[@darksplash873]

Yippie congrats :)