This article is part of our OWL Predictions series.
Stage 2 of Overwatch League's inaugural season is finally here and with it comes a new challenge for our Overwatch coverage team. If you watch Around The Hoot, the Overwatch League podcast presented by EGN, you're very familiar with the writers weekly match predictions. For any newcomers, our Overwatch writers: Liam Craffey, Wyatt Donigan, Travis Elliott, Christian Kutlik, Steven Nguyen and Noah Waltzer, make their predictions for the week's upcoming matches and announce them during the show on Wednesdays before the OWL Pre-show. Every week this page will be updated with the results of the previous week and the picks for the upcoming week. At the end of Stage 2, we will crown a winner, with plenty of bragging rights to go along with the crown.A couple notes on the rankings:
- Writers are identified in the table by their first and last initial
- Correct picks will remain unchanged
Incorrect picks will be marked like this
Without further ado, here are the picks!
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| MATCHUP | FINAL | LC | WD | TE | CK | SN | NW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seoul vs. L.A. Valiant | 4 0 | SEO | SEO | SEO | SEO | SEO | |
| Dallas vs. Shanghai | 3 1 | DAL | DAL | DAL | DAL | DAL | |
| L.A. Gladiators vs. San Francisco | 4 0 | LAG | LAG | LAG | LAG | LAG | |
| Houston vs. London | 3 2 | HOU | |||||
| New York vs. Florida | 3 1 | NYE | NYE | NYE | NYE | NYE | NYE |
| Boston vs. Philadelphia | 0 4 | ||||||
| London vs. New York | 3 2 | LON | LON | ||||
| Dallas vs. L.A. Gladiators | 3 1 | DAL | DAL | DAL | DAL | DAL | |
| San Francisco vs. Seoul | 3 1 | SEO | SEO | SEO | SEO | SEO | SEO |
| Philadelphia vs. Florida | 4 0 | PHI | PHI | PHI | PHI | PHI | |
| Boston vs. Houston | 0 4 | HOU | HOU | HOU | HOU | ||
| Shanghai vs. L.A. Valiant | 0 3 | LAV | LAV | LAV | LAV | LAV | LAV |
| WEEK 1 | 8-4 | 8-4 | 9-3 | 8-4 | 8-4 | 9-3 | |
| Seoul vs. Dallas | |||||||
| L.A. Valiant vs. San Francisco | |||||||
| L.A. Gladiators vs. Shanghai | |||||||
| Florida vs. London | |||||||
| Houston vs. Philadelphia | |||||||
| New York vs. Boston | |||||||
| Boston vs. Florida | |||||||
| L.A. Gladiators vs. Seoul | |||||||
| Dallas vs. L.A. Valiant | |||||||
| Philadelphia vs. London | |||||||
| Houston vs. New York | |||||||
| Shanghai vs. San Francisco | |||||||
| WEEK 2 | |||||||
| Seoul vs. Shanghai | |||||||
| San Francisco vs. Dallas | |||||||
| L.A. Valiant vs. L.A. Gladiators | |||||||
| Philadelphia vs. Seoul | |||||||
| Houston vs. L.A. Valiant | |||||||
| Boston vs. Shanghai | |||||||
| London vs. Boston | |||||||
| New York vs. Philadelphia | |||||||
| Florida vs. Houston | |||||||
| London vs. L.A. Gladiators | |||||||
| New York vs. San Francisco | |||||||
| Florida vs. Dallas | |||||||
| WEEK 3 | |||||||
| Boston vs. Dallas | |||||||
| New York vs. Seoul | |||||||
| Philadelphia vs. Shanghai | |||||||
| Shanghai vs. New York | |||||||
| Florida vs. L.A. Valiant | |||||||
| Houston vs. L.A. Gladiators | |||||||
| L.A. Gladiators vs. Florida | |||||||
| London vs. San Francisco | |||||||
| L.A. Valiant vs. Boston | |||||||
| Seoul vs. London | |||||||
| San Francisco vs. Houston | |||||||
| Dallas vs. Philadelphia | |||||||
| WEEK 4 | |||||||
| L.A. Gladiators vs. Philadelphia | |||||||
| Florida vs. San Francisco | |||||||
| Shanghai vs. Houston | |||||||
| Houston vs. Seoul | |||||||
| New York vs. Dallas | |||||||
| San Francisco vs. Boston | |||||||
| Seoul vs. Florida | |||||||
| Philadelphia vs. L.A. Valiant | |||||||
| London vs. Shanghai | |||||||
| Dallas vs. London | |||||||
| L.A. Valiant vs. New York | |||||||
| Boston vs. L.A. Gladiators | |||||||
| WEEK 5 | |||||||
| Title Match 1 | |||||||
| Title Match 2 | |||||||
| STAGE 2 TOTAL |
