RESULTS: London Spitfire Claim A Close Victory Over The Los Angeles Valiant.

For the last day of week three, the teams are doing their best to climb the ladder and gain better seeding. The London Spitfire may have taken five games to do it, but they did manage to defeat the Los Angeles Valiant in the end. Here’s a brief breakdown of the series.

The first map, Volskaya Industries, ended up being an extremely one-sided battle between these two teams. London took their attack first, and were quickly able to secure the first point. Keeping their assault flowing, London manoeuvred around LA to find optimal positioning on the second point, allowing them to claim the objective with more than four and-a-half minutes remaining. The LA attack was the polar opposite, as they found themselves blocked off completely from the first objective. Try as they might, the Valiant could not penetrate the defences of London, costing them the first map.

The second map, Blizzard World, was similarly devastating for Los Angeles. London again took their attack first, and were quickly able to secure the first checkpoint. With the payload moving, London were able to push back the Valiant defence, allowing them to advance the payload across the map and reach the end with plenty of time in the back. The Los Angeles attack started out fine, as they were eventually able to claim the first checkpoint. The real battle came as they attempted to push the payload through the map, finding themselves held up by the London defence time and time again. As the clock ran out, Los Angeles were unable to continue their attack, as London took an early 2 map lead.

The third map, Nepal, was where Los Angeles were able to turn their fortunes around. The first round went in the favour of Los Angeles, as they managed to keep London to below 50% capture before claiming the round themselves. The second round saw London fight back a bit harder, however Los Angeles were once again able to keep their capture percentage at around half, claiming round two for themselves and taking the map win.

The fourth map, Route 66, saw London struggle to gain much ground on their attack. After advancing the payload through the first checkpoint, London could not overcome the defence from Los Angeles, being held up just shy of the next point as the time ran out. The Los Angeles attack went a lot smoother, quickly overcoming the London defence to advance the payload through the first checkpoint and reaching the required distance with nearly 4 minutes to spare.

The fifth and final map, Oasis, was a complete reversal of the previous KotH set. London took early control over the first round, keeping Los Angeles from getting any alone time on the point before they secured it for themselves. The second round was a bit closer, but London were still able to claim victory here as they repeatedly eliminated key members of the Valiant squad. As the clock ran out, London claimed the round, map, and series win in one fell swoop.

For more Overwatch League action, check out the match recaps from yesterday, starting with Boston taking on Seoul, here. For more on when these teams will clash again, check out the Official Schedule page, here.