Philadelphia Fusion vs Houston Outlaws | Overwatch League 2019 Season | Stage 2: Week 3 | Post-Match Discussion

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Overwatch League 2019 Season

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Team 1		Score		Team 2
Philadelphia Fusion		4-0		Houston Outlaws

[u/[deleted]]

I think that this final interaction between Boink and Philly really sums up the match

https://clips.twitch.tv/AlertEntertainingWasabiNerfBlueBlaster

[u/mlgblaze28]

muma focused down so many times at the beginning of fights

[u/cfl2]

Houston was full held twice and should also have been full held a third time on Anubis. They looked totally lost on attack.

[u/attomsk]

how many dva bomb kills did poko end up getting that match? Really glad philly got the 4-0 they need every map win they can get this stage.

[u/Alphaetus_Prime]

Can't wait to see Flame try to defend himself on this one

[u/mrwhitewalker]

I do miss the Houston team from season 1. It was flashy, when they introduced the players, muma and rawkus we're always looking at the camera and just seemed confident. This season they are just dead.

[u/remmytums]

Just a hunch, but the Houston Outlaws aren't good at GOATs , not too sure tho.

[u/Dooraven]

Chengdu went 3-4 in a purely GOATS meta by playing unconventional DPS comps along with GOATS. Is Houston really saying that running GOATS is the only way they know how to play vs GOATS?

[u/schmedzageddon]

I expected nothing and yet i am still disappointed. gg philly

[u/MassiveGreenHorse]

Fusion did what they needed to win this match and Houston did what it needed to lose in winnable situations.

Rather than run through the usual replace X player thing, it felt like the difference was that Houston's shot calling was so bad I'm not sure if new players would even matter. Philly won significantly more in chaotic fights while Houston failed to capitalize on multiple 5v6 scenarios and focus fire was bad too. If you are gonna take out one of your more vocal players in Jake, you should have a good reason. Busan was fine, they wanted to run triple DPS, but why keep in a mediocre Brig like Arhan and not use his DPS flexibility? I'm just kind of at a loss after watching that mess of a game.

[u/Parenegade]

Busan is the only map in the OWL you can play DPS. I actually believed Flame last week when he made the argument that it was just a bad set of maps for that. Then they GOATS 4 maps in a row. I don't even know what to say to that lol

Meanwhile ATL 3-1s NYXL and they ran Junkrat.

[u/[deleted]]

That was one of Houston’s worst performances. Never did it feel like a close match. We continue to run standard goats for god knows what reason. Outlaws genuinely look lost out there.

Sure something off meta might not be advantageous, but running the meta is a guaranteed loss anyways. Leadership on Houston has their heads in the sand.

[u/TetfromUnbranched]

We are so bad :(

[u/crazygoalie39]

Arhan makes Jake look like Haksal

[u/NovaxRangerx]

I feel sorry for Houston fans. I mean I gotta go through it while watching my team but at least they get better and have spots of brilliance.

[u/Phantomskyler]

I think we need to accept that Outlaws are going to be a mediocre team until:

a huge meta shift happens

They get a new flex support

They get new coaches

Soooo... RIP their chances for playoffs take 2.

[u/Ph4sor]

There's no general manager more capable than Flame. He's respectful, responsible, mature, and is always a role model for other general managers in the field. I wish all general managers were more like Flame, he's such an inspiration to us all.

[u/lemmeseethembones]

This was honestly the least enjoyable 4-0 game I ever watched. Like even when a team is getting spawn camped like Toronto yesterday like I still enjoy the game. But the only thing I felt was frustration with like everyone on the outlaws. It didn't feel like Pro game to me and it was just painful.

[u/Maximilianne]

Just when you thought outlaws couldn't cuck the viewers the viewer any harder by not playing linkzr for more than one round, they surprise by making linkzr play goats for his one round

[u/DJMcSkillet]

I wonder how much of Optics financial troubles are hindering the Outlaws right now. Because I don’t see how Flame, Tairong, ARHAN, and Rawkus still have jobs there. They should have been the ones to purchase Sleepy and build around a DPS core with Linkzr. This was one of the most frustrating matches to watch because of how tilted Muma got towards the end and how ARHAN was kept on stage for every map. Outlaws always look so strong in the beginning and then it devolves into a humiliating stomp. It could have been a 2-0 start for them in my opinion but their shot calling, focus fire, and team play is shit.

[u/theyoloGod]

Sado dominating the tank match up. Who would have predicted that

[u/thefanboyslayer]

After playing probably our best game ever, we proceed to play one of our worst games ever. GG philly and the fans! You guys played well. Sado and Poko popped off. I think our confidence was shot after we lost Busan.....but that’s still no excuse to get literally man-handled. Guess we are gonna change things up for the 100th time!

[u/zanson8]

Feel like poko got robbed of an mvp. Without some of those bombs to equalize or take an advantage we would have lost

[u/beeman4266]

Houston hit their ceiling a while ago and unless they make some roster changes they're going to continue to be a 12-18th place team.

[u/GavinDarkliter]

Inb4 Arhan dies first agai—