Eternal surprise Fuel to open Countdown Cup qualifiers
Field Level Media
31 Jul 2021, 10:19 GMT+10
The 2021 Overwatch League Countdown Cup kicked off Friday with explosive action as the Paris Eternal and Houston Outlaws picked up wins.
The Paris Eternal (7-6, 7 points) picked up its biggest win of the season to start the Countdown Cup, taking down the top team in the Western Region, the DallasFuel (9-4, 15 points), in a 3-2 nail-biter of a series. With the Countdown Cup's hero bans of Sigma, Echo, Ashe and Lucio, the Fuel were forced to play new compositions compared to what they had run for the entire season, namely Lucio-enabled brawl. The Eternal proved better at adapting to this new meta, running Wrecking Ball and Pharah compositions at a high level throughout the series.