This past week London Spitfire were crowned the Overwatch League’s first ever champions as damage dealer Profit was named their most valuable player. Philidelphia Fusion’s star DPS, Carpe, looked like a fish out of water when compared to the Finals MVP as he performed below expectations. The players and staff of the London Spitfire had clearly done their homework and successfully shut him down.

Philadelphia lost across seven maps winning just one: Dorado. The Mexican town was where they looked most comfortable as they beat Boston, New York twice and eventual champions London throughout the play offs. Four wins out of four, not bad. They deployed the same attack strategy in all of their Dorado victories, starting with a composition consisting of Reinhardt, Zarya, Hanzo, Zenyetta, Mercy and Carpe on Widowmaker. Against Boston, Carpe exited through the attackers main spawn doors taking a couple of early shots followed by an unsuccessful grapple shot (Twitch clip).

He changed his approach against New York exiting spawn through the right-hand, coastal door. He opened with a grapple shot finding the perfect pick onto the opposing Mercy (Twitch clip). New York clearly weren’t expecting it. Their tanks were caught sleeping, failing to mitigate the damage with Defence Matrix and to a lesser extent Winston’s Projected Barrier. The second time Philly met New York on Dorado, Carpe had less success but still exited through the same coastal door. Up next: London.

Having found success with his previous approach Carpe went for another one. London’s composition consisted of Orisa (Gesture), Roadhog (Bdosin), D.Va (Fury), Hanzo (Profit), Widowmaker (Birdring) and Mercy (Nus). Gesture placed his shield on the high ground facing Philly’s spawn providing cover for Birdring. Profit and NUS were watching stairs and main while Bdosin covered the underground flank. Fury disrupted and pressured the payload. The only area they could not safely cover with eyes is Carpe’s preferred grapple shot (highlighted green).

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The round begins and Carpe exits through the same door, instantly triggering the venom mine Birdring stealthily placed (Twitch clip). Along with taking a maximum of 75 damage Carpe can now be seen by Birdring through walls, rendering him useless for the initial poking phase. Within 15 seconds, Birdring has charged an impressive 83% of his ultimate and EQO is killed trying to push into Bdosin’s territory. London had thought of everything.

Although London lost Dorado, they won the war. They had mastered every composition, displayed incredible individual skill, demonstrated otherworldly team play AND executed strategies tailored to their opponent. Worthy champions without a doubt.

Ggs.