{"id":22431,"date":"2021-09-26T03:48:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T03:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/from-0-40-to-4-0-in-grand-finals-shanghai-dragons-are-overwatch-league-champions"},"modified":"2024-07-20T01:56:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T01:56:00","slug":"from-0-40-to-4-0-in-grand-finals-shanghai-dragons-are-overwatch-league-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/overwatch\/from-0-40-to-4-0-in-grand-finals-shanghai-dragons-are-overwatch-league-champions","title":{"rendered":"From 0-40 to 4-0 in grand finals, Shanghai Dragons are Overwatch League champions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The year is 2018, amid disastrous internal decisions and a lacklustre level of play, the Shanghai Dragons become infamous for going an entire season winless, accumulating 40 defeats during their debut season. Three years later, the franchise closes out the Overwatch<\/a> 1 era of the scene by lifting their first OWL trophy, with a total sweep over the Atlanta Reign.<\/p>\n

Dominating throughout every map, Shanghai secured their place in Overwatch esports history with a 4-0 annihilation against Reign, a symbolic result that emphasizes how far the franchise has come. <\/p>\n

Sure, an entire roster rebuild had to take place, even if last season would’ve been perfect for main tank Eui-Seok “Fearless” Lee’s redemption arc (now playing with Dallas Fuel), but Shanghai has been working towards this level of success for the past three seasons, winning a total of five stage titles since 2019.<\/p>\n

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The last time we’ll see this six-man roster. (Picture: Shanghai Dragons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Playing a wide variety of compositions at a high level, from bunker to Wrecking Ball based, and even more classic dive ones, Shanghai simply outplayed Atlanta on every map, a team that favours stationary compositions, or going high-tempo with their Reinhardt rush comps.<\/p>\n

Hanamura and King’s Row, the second and third maps respectively, had Atlanta favoured due to them playing much more into Atlanta’s style, with Shanghai faltering in the 2CP map against the Los Angeles Gladiators, however, coach Byungchul Moon had prepped countermeasures, including. a spectacular Symmetra teleporter fakeout strategy on their second attack to close out the map win.<\/p>\n

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We have officially played the last Assault map ever. <\/p>\n

See ya ✌️ #OWL2021<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/7wdkcVLbAH<\/a><\/p>\n

— Overwatch League (@overwatchleague) September 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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