RESULTS: Seoul Dynasty Defeat Philadelphia Fusion

It must feel like a sorry week for the Philadelphia Fusion, being forced to take on the two strongest teams in the Overwatch League this week. While the Fusion did put up a fight, in the end the Seoul Dynasty prevailed. Here’s a brief breakdown of the matches.

The first map, Volskaya Industries was pretty hotly contested. Both teams managed to capture both objectives in the opening rounds, however Seoul did manage to do so with a better time. Heading into the overtime rounds, and Philadelphia was up first, capturing the first objective quite rapidly, but stalling in the face of Seoul’s second point defence. With Seoul now taking their attack, the first point fell and Philadelphia was forced to defend the second objective against an overwhelming assault. The Fusion were not able to hold of the Dynasty forever, and Seoul captured the first tick of the point with over a minute to go, handing them the victory.

The second map, Lijiang Tower, was not quite as close, with the Seoul Dynasty managing to secure the capture point in both rounds. While the Fusion managed to put up a fight in the first round, holding the point to 86%, the second round was all Dynasty, as the Fusion barely managed to cap 21% before being forced away.

The third map, Kings Row, went a lot better for the Philadelphia Fusion. Both teams managed to secure the payload and move it to the second and third checkpoints, and heading into the overtime round, Philadelphia was to take their attack first. After securing the payload, the Fusion were able to move it to the second checkpoint, and set up to assault the final point when the Seoul Dynasty finally kicked their defence into gear, stopping the Fusion after just 25m. When it came for Seoul to attack however, the Fusion finally showed up in force, managing to hold Seoul at the very first checkpoint, finally taking a map for themselves.

The final map, Watchpoint: Gibraltar, was the closest map we’ve seen so far from these two teams. Philadelphia has the chance to attack first, but the defence from Seoul Dynasty proved far too strong for them, as they were unable to reach the first checkpoint. With Seoul now on attack, the Fusion would need to hold them off even further back than they had reached, if they wanted to keep their match hopes alive, however the Seoul Dynasty proved too good on the day, pushing the payload to the required marker with nearly three minutes to spare.

With this victory, Seoul Dynasty have retaken the top spot for now. For more news out of the Overwatch League, check out the recent signing of a new member of the London Spitfire, and to see how these teams are now sitting on the ladder, check out the Official Standings page, here.