Summary

The article provides an in-depth analysis of the best performances by individual players for specific heroes in the Overwatch League during Stage 1, highlighting top statistics and plays.

Abstract

The author has meticulously compiled and analyzed stats from the Overwatch League's first stage, presenting the most outstanding performances for each hero based on a 'per 10 minute' metric. The heroes covered in this part of the analysis are D.Va, Genji, Junkrat, Lucio, McCree, Mercy, and Orisa. The article not only highlights the top performers, such as Kalios for D.Va and Profit for Genji, but also contextualizes their achievements within the broader scope of the games played. It acknowledges the limitations of available data and the challenges of compiling such statistics, while also teasing a follow-up piece that will cover additional heroes.

Opinions

The author expresses a commitment to thoroughness, having collected all available stats by hand in the absence of comprehensive data from Blizzard.
There is an appreciation for the depth and complexity of player performance, as evidenced by the detailed breakdown of each hero's top performers.
The author suggests that certain players, like Kalios and Note, have made significant impacts in their roles, despite limited playtime or visibility.
The analysis indicates a belief in the importance of context when evaluating player statistics, adjusting numbers to account for game time and comparing them against averages.
There is an acknowledgment of the dynamic nature of the game, with players like Profit showcasing flexibility across different heroes.
The author hints at a subjective ranking by including a "Best of the Rest" section, implying there are notable performances that didn't quite make the top cut but are still worth mentioning.
The piece concludes with a nod to the community, inviting readers to follow along for more weekly breakdowns, suggesting a desire to foster an engaged audience.

Overwatch League - Best Performances for Each Hero in Stage 1 (Part 1 of 2)

Introduction

As Blizzard does not yet allow public access to the entirety of stats for the Overwatch League, I have been collecting all of the broadcasted stats by hand in an effort to organize them and get the most out of what’s accessible. I have created a spreadsheet that contains all of the available data from the first stage of play, averaged them, extrapolated them based on time, and will be sharing a weekly summary of those statistics.

This week I will be reviewing the first stage of the Overwatch League games. In this two-part feature, I will be highlighting the best performances coming out of the first five weeks of play. These will be specific to each hero, and to give context to the broadcasted end-of-game stats - as well as to allow for easy comparison - I have adjusted all of the numbers to a ‘per 10 minute’ basis. I will then compare each game against the average, and share the top statistical performances for each hero.

To not skew the results, I will only be including games where the player has at least five minutes of playtime on that hero. Additionally, there are only 14 heroes which have sufficient data to review. To make things a little more manageable for me, I will be splitting them up into groups of seven for the purposes of these write-ups. The heroes that I will be reviewing today are: D.Va, Genji, Junkrat, Lucio, McCree, Mercy, and Orisa. My next installment, which I will publish within the next few days, will include Pharah, Roadhog, Soldier: 76, Tracer, Widowmaker, Winston, and Zenyatta.

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So let’s get started!

D.VA

The top D.Va performance from Stage 1 — **VOD**: Twitch / OWL

The top D.Va performance from Stage 1 comes from Kalios, a player who, strangely enough, we haven’t seen since this series back in Week 2.

Boston dominated San Francisco on Horizon Lunar Colony, and perhaps the stat that makes this most evident is Kalios’ eliminations-per-death: a staggering 41:1.

The top-10 D.Va performances from Stage 1

Best of the Rest: Not to be outdone, Kalios’ replacement, Note, went 25:0 on Temple of Anubis, in a dominating performance against Houston in Week 5. He then followed that up by going 14:0 on the next map, Ilios.

GENJI

Profit, who was statistically the top Tracer of Stage 1, shows off his flexibility with the top Genji performance, as well.

The most impressive stat here is the fact that Profit tied Hydration and Shadowburn with the most Dragonblade kills in a single match (9), but did so in roughly half the time of his competition (Profit: 9.45 min, Hydration:18.83 min, Shadowburn: 17.80 min).

The top-10 Genji performances from Stage 1

Best of the Rest: Agilities did everything in his power to will his team to victory against London in Week 2, including 8 Dragonblade kills and over 9,000 damage per 10 minutes on Horizon Lunar Colony.

JUNKRAT

The most impressive stat here is the one that isn’t listed: 15:25. That’s the amount of time Agilities played Junkrat on this map, one of the longest play-times Junkrat saw throughout Stage 1.

Despite that, he still managed to keep pace above the rest, putting up well-above average numbers in every measure.

The top-10 Junkrat performances from Stage 1

Best of the Rest: Missing the cut-off point by just two seconds, Rascal had an insane 4 minutes and 58 seconds versus the L.A. Valiant on Horizon Lunar Colony - scoring both the highest Weapon Accuracy for Junkrat (30%), as well as being on pace for over 18,000 damage per 10 minutes.

LUCIO

Tied 1:1 on Oasis against Shanghai, Tobi took to his signature hero for the deciding map. Leaving much of the healing to Ryujehong’s Mercy, Tobi played very aggressively against the Dragons, ending the round at 19:1, and with the highest damage per 10 minutes recorded from any Lucio player in Stage 1.

The top-5 Lucio performances from Stage 1 - due to limited sample size

Best of the Rest: Dhak was on pace for two separate entries into the top-5 (vs Shanghai, Week 1, and vs Florida, Week 4), but failed to meet the time requirements for each.

MCCREE

Babybay has a knack for trying to carry his team with impressive performances - including this week 2 match-up against Philadelphia - in which his McCree play led San Francisco to a decisive first-point hold on Dorado.

This was also the only McCree performance in Stage 1 to be above-average in every respect.

The top-10 McCree performances from Stage 1

Best of the Rest: While the full stats weren’t made available, Pine’s Week 1 breakout performance against Boston provided one of the most hype moments of Stage 1, and made “The Big Boss” an instant star.

MERCY

Boston went undefeated on Temple of Anubis in Stage 1, and their dominance on that map was made abundantly clear when they defended Point B from Houston for 7 minutes in Week 5.

Kellex’s stalwart Mercy play limited his team to just 20 deaths (6 of which he was able to resurrect) over the nearly 11-minute game - meanwhile the Outlaws suffered over double that, and were unable to slay Kellex even once.

Best of the Rest: Houston’s Boink put up the highest healing numbers of the Stage in Week 3 against Florida, where he averaged 14,491.46 healing per 10 minutes on Ilios. Not bad for a player brought in off the bench.

ORISA

Houston started out the season 0–2, but put an immediate end to that in Week 2. In an utterly dominating 3:0 victory on Junkertown against Shanghai, a death-defying Muma put up what was, by far, the greatest Orisa performance in Stage 1.

This also marked the beginning of what would be an impressive 18-map win-streak for the Outlaws.

The top-5 Orisa performances from Stage 1 — due to limited sample size

Best of the Rest: Another performance coming in just a couple seconds under the 5-minute cut-off was Cocco’s play against New York in Week 4 - handing the Excelsior their first control point loss on Oasis - in what would have been his second top-3 performance.

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