Week 2 of the Overwatch Carbon Series (OCS) had relatively predictable results as the upper echelons of power became solidified among the competing teams. The strongest stayed strong, and the weak continued to struggle, with the exception of compLexity, who managed to turn things around.

One of the major storylines this week was compLexity's comeback. They lost an important part of their team as Anthony "harbleu" Ballo departed the roster. This week they brought in Aaron "Bischu" Kim, a former League of Legends player. He entered the arena with Zarya and was able to keep a high ultimate economy, throwing out several Graviton Surges that clutched a quick victory against Team Liquid.

CoL went to a total of seven matches against Renegades, which resulted in a new policy to stop dragging out sets. They tied on King's Row and Hanamura, which were both decided by a winner-take-all tiebreaker on Ilios. Being down 0-2, it was a hard climb but they reverse-swept Renegades on Nepal, Dorado and Eichenwald. If coL can keep up the pace and continue to force this new team synergy through fire, they could become favorites to win the whole tournament.

The other major storyline for this week's games was the establishment of Hammers dominance. Hammers eSports came off a huge 2-0 victory last week, but were they actually a good team or were they taking easy wins off bottom-tier teams? Against Luminosity and Immortals, Hammer solidified itself around mid-tier in the pool of competition.

Against Luminosity, it was just a matter of whether or not Jake "Jake" Lyon could pull off the outplay. Several times throughout the match, he was being targeted by the likes of Arthur "EISSFELDT" Marx's Tracer, or being engaged in a Pharah mirror match with LG's Alexandre "SPREE" Vanhomwegen. Despite a 3-1 victory, it was too close for comfort. They took Hollywood by storm, but were destroyed on Temple of Anubis because they were unable to take the first point. After the series tied up 1-1, they barely inched out on Ilios and then Dorado.

The set against Immortals went to five games but Hammers had a draw on Hanamura. OCS changed their ruleset so that when two teams tie on a map, that point is ignored and the rest of the set plays out, but if they need to re-settle that map by the end of the five matches, they'll deal with it then. Hammers took the first map on Hollywood as IMT's Brady "Agilities" Giradi launched a full offensive from the sky on Pharah.

Not only on Hollywood, but throughout the entire best of five, Jake's Genji sliced and diced his way to the top of a mountain of IMT corpses. IMT's Christopher "GrimReality" wouldn't let Jake have his way so easily, fighting to a draw on the second map of Hanamura, and striking back on the fourth map of Watchpoint: Gibraltar. After Watchpoint to IMT, Hammers finished King's Row and slammed down any chance of an IMT comeback. The result was a solid 3-1 win for Hammers against both teams.

The week ended with Team Liquid struggling to win a single game and Luminosity struggling to stand on solid ground. With compLexity's turnaround, they've tied with Immortals at 2-2 matches each, but Hammers and Renegades continue to lead. The game is changing however, especially with the new patch that recently hit and brought several buffs to Bastion.