Never in doubt: 4 takeaways from Dallas Fuel’s crushing of San Francisco Shock

ARLINGTON –– Maybe Overwatch League analyst Jonathan “Reinforce” Larsson tweeted it greatest.

“This Dallas Gas is unstoppable.”

Dallas crushed the San Francisco Shock 3-0 at Esports Stadium Arlington Saturday night and punched its ticket to a top-three end on the Kickoff Conflict.

The Gas’s Zarya-Reaper was a pressure of nature towards the Shock’s inferior Doomfist composition. Now the Gas are two wins away from a championship.

Listed here are 4 takeaways from the Gas’s match towards the Shock.

No Doom

The San Francisco Shock tried to run Doomfist towards the Dallas Gas. That will have labored for the Houston Outlaws within the first week of the season, however the Gas stomped that hero each different time.

Dallas had no drawback with San Francisco’s Doomfist composition within the first map Saturday night. Choi “Hanbin” Han-been’s Zarya was a tough counter and the Gas rolled to a 1-0 lead within the sequence.

It’s a damaged file at this level, however Dallas’ tempo is lighting quick. The Gas run at their opponents and it really works after they do it collectively.

San Francisco’s first composition was doomed from the beginning.

On their stage

The Los Angeles Gladiators’ Corey “Reiner” Scoda was trustworthy about his group’s run to the Kickoff Conflict Grand Finals. Scoda stated, apart from one group, there was no one that was on their stage.

The group was the Dallas Gas.

The Gladiators defeated the Gas 3-1 Friday, and Dallas took the loss to coronary heart. The Gas gamers spent the remainder of the day, occupied with their errors, and their potential revenge, Ko “Help” Jae-yoon stated.

The chance may come Sunday. The Gas must get previous the Atlanta Reign at 2 p.m. first, however there’s a 3rd match between the Gas and Gladiators brewing.

Shock curiosity?

The Gas’s residence crowd towards the Florida Mayhem at Esports Stadium Arlington was respectable Saturday afternoon, however nothing in comparison with the vitality when the Gas performed the Shock.

There are a pair elements that weigh in. The Mayhem match was the primary of the day, and Overwatch League followers had been nonetheless submitting into the world when the match began. However the Gas had been additionally closely favored within the match.

Any match towards the Shock has greater stakes contemplating San Francisco’s expertise with championships.

These two groups may have met within the Grand Finals. As an alternative they performed one another to outlive within the match.

Made it to Sunday

The Gas’s two matches Saturday weren’t patricianly shut. Dallas’ dive composition with Winston and Widowmaker nonetheless left rather a lot to be desired, however the Gas seemed unstoppable with the Zarya and Reaper.

Now the Gas can present simply how good their composition is in competing for a championship. Dallas has but to play the Atlanta Reign, however it has cut up its two matches with the Los Angeles Gladiators.

Dallas gained the primary Overwatch League match in 2021 and is positioned to do it once more. It’ll take two extra wins to repeat Overwatch esports glory.

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