Overwatch Contenders Season 1 LAN Viewer's Guide

After six weeks of round robin action, the top teams from Europe and North America will converge in Burbank, California for the Contenders Season 1 LAN Finals. Four teams from each side of the Atlantic will compete in their own regional single-elimination tournaments, with the champions receiving the biggest share of their region's $100,000 prize pool.

As the weekend approaches, we've compiled a viewer's guide to give a detailed briefing of the LAN playoffs.

Teams Qualified

Europe

North America

Format

The LAN finals will utilize Patch 1.14, so that the tournament avoids a meta shift from Patch 1.15, which introduced a reworked D.Va and Mercy. As for the bracket, the semifinals will be played in a best-of-five series, while the grand finals are an endurance testing best-of-seven series.

In a similar fashion to APEX the modes for each map will bet set in the following order:

Control, Hybrid, Assault, Escort, Control

The mappool itself will be altered from the Regular Season too:

Control: Oasis, Ilios

Hybrid: Hollywood, Eichenwalde, Numbani

Assault: Temple of Anubis, Volskaya Industries

Escort: Watchpoint: Gibraltar, Route 66

Although no cross-continental is present, an all-star EU vs. NA team deathmatch showmatch featuring community-voted rosters is set to take place during the event.

Broadcast Team

Desk

Chris Puckett

Chris Puckett Christopher " MonteCristo " Mykles

Christopher " " Mykles James " Jamerson " Lee

James " " Lee Josh "Sideshow" Wilkinson

EU Commentators

Andrew " ZP " Rush

Andrew " " Rush Brennon "Bren" Hook

NA Commentators

Mitch " Uber " Leslie

Mitch " " Leslie Matt "MrX" Morello

Schedule

All times below are in Los Angeles local time, PDT (GMT-7).

Saturday, October 7th

Sunday, October 8th

10:00 AM - EU Grand Finals

2:30 PM - NA Grand finals

TBD - Team Deathmatch Showmatch

Coverage

over.gg is bringing live coverage of the Contenders playoffs in Burbank, including updates and interviews on our Twitter and YouTube. Our match ticker and event pages for the European and North American playoffs is also on standby for the entire weekend.

A special thank you to enigma for his help with the article.