Los Angeles Valiant vs. New York Excelsior Preview & Results – Overwatch League 2023 Week 2

The Los Angeles Valiant vs. New York Excelsior recreation would be the first of three very even matches in the present day.

One in every of these two groups will lastly stroll away with their first win of the season simply in time to not hit Week 3 with no wins.

Los Angeles Valiant

2FA may be arduous to crack. #WingsOut
Welcome @lyar_ow @paintbrush @cjayow @NosZ__ @seeker_ow @KrawiOw ! pic.twitter.com/645aUeBpM0

— Los Angeles Valiant (@LAValiant) March 23, 2023

This workforce lies nearly Vegas Everlasting by way of expectations at this level. We all know nothing huge is coming from them, but when there is a workforce in addition to Vegas that they may beat, it must be this New York Excelsior workforce. NYXL is about to hit their stride, so Valiant catching them this early is nice, however they need to strike now, in any other case they might not see a single win till the match with Vegas, and even that could be a perhaps.

Gamers

Tank

Domenic “Krawi” Akrawi

• Eliminations: 88
• Deaths: 61
• Harm: 67,276

DPS

Alex “Seeker” Taylor

• Eliminations: 110
• Deaths: 65
• Harm: 65,140

Brandon “NOS” Zepeda

Help

William “Lyar” Ohlstein

• Eliminations: 46
• Deaths: 50
• Harm: 26,412
• Therapeutic: 61,093

Nolan “Paintbrush” Edwards

• Eliminations: 11
• Deaths: 14
• Harm: 7,862
• Therapeutic: 19,168

Christopher “Cjay” Smith

• Eliminations: 64
• Deaths: 63
• Harm: 37,753
• Therapeutic: 120,175

New York Excelsior

Whoever mentioned the sky is the restrict ought to have tried more durable. ☄️

Introducing your NYXL Roster for the 2023 season:

🛡️ @Kellan_OW
⚔️ @Fits_ow
⚔️ @sHockWaveOW
⚔️ @seicoeOW
💉@HelloImHalo
💉 @Lep_ow
💉 @Aniyun_
💉 @OW_Creative

We stay up for persevering with the journey #EverUpward… pic.twitter.com/POet8QwQgg

— NY Excelsior (@NYExcelsior) March 21, 2023

The NYXL lastly had a great exhibiting this week. They put up a terrific battle in opposition to the Toronto Defiant, barely dropping on Map 3 of management in a match the ended 3-2 in favor of Toronto. Earlier than that, it was questionable whether or not this workforce would have the ability to even tackle decrease standings groups like Vegas and Valiant, however now its fairly clear that they sit above them within the rankings, and that ought to imply good issues for them in the present day.

Gamers

Tank

Min-jae “Kellan” Kim

• Eliminations: 153
• Deaths: 61
• Harm: 106,097

DPS

Dong-eun “FITS” Kim

• Eliminations: 127
• Deaths: 58
• Harm: 92,856

Maximilian “Seicoe” Otter

• Eliminations: 146
• Deaths: 53
• Harm: 89,225

Niclas “sHockWave” Jensen

• Eliminations: 35
• Deaths: 13
• Harm: 17,650

Help

Haley “Halo” Hamand

• Eliminations: 27
• Deaths: 37
• Harm: 13,972
• Therapeutic: 41,894

Younger-wan “Inventive” Kim

• Eliminations: 93
• Deaths: 66
• Harm: 32,958
• Therapeutic: 143,823

Joseph “Lep” Cambriani

• Eliminations: 78
• Deaths: 33
• Harm: 25,752
• Therapeutic: 49,111

Yunhee “Aniyun” Chi

Los Angeles Valiant vs. New York Excelsior Outcomes

Maps

Participant of the Match