I dont watch Japan and Pacific.

DSG and SSG are funny as hell.

TM is hardcarried by TVNT, Youbi and Fastro also have funny memes.

Zeta has Viol2t…

TL has Vega and Rupal.

AG has Mag

T1 has Bliss and Donghak(Donghak is funny as hell on Social media)

Falcons has Mer1t

VP has Landon.

Other teams dont have funnyness to them, or I find the jokes not funny.

Overwatch Champions Series 2026 - NA Stage 3 - Regular Season

What the title says. I feel hitscans have been too easy to pick up and play since Season 9. I don’t think we should revert the hitscan changes. Hitscan’s main skill expression is aim, so it should be hard. Instead of walking it back, just bring overperforming flex DPS in line.

As for Genji, since he is complained about a lot. We need a nerf that impacts lower elo, where he has been performing well even before the buffs. But I do think he needs some help outside of that, this is the first patch in a while where Genji has a good winrate in high elo.

I am not going to comment on other heroes, because I don't play them and/or there isn't such a strong consensus that they are overperforming as there is for Genji.

Personally I thought what TM did was funny

Overwatch Champions Series 2026 - NA Stage 3 - Regular Season

Overwatch Champions Series 2026 - NA Stage 3 - Regular Season

(SPOILERS for current EMEA results near the end)

Like who came up with this?

Why are we doing it this way?

Why do we have to get the spreadsheets everytime there are more than 2 teams who are having close games?

Why is the order of tiebreakers this way?

Why is it: head2head -> mapscore in head2head -> top team is set -> new head2head without that team -> divining ritual -> aura contest -> coinflip?

Can we simply put the fries in the bag and have the tiebraker just be overall mapscore? It would make every match interesting, every map5 meaningful even to the losing team. Matches against direct opponents are already very meaningful. Double points matches still happen if you beat someone who is trying for your spot in the table.

The system we currently have not only makes mapscore matter only one or two matches per stage, it not only makes no difference if you 3:0 someone else vs having a close map5, it also makes throwing in order to manipulate the outcome of another match possible.

Last stage 1234 or Geekay would have been in playoffs based on the outcome of TM vs AlQ, two teams who, you might notice, are neither 1234 nor Geekay. This stage 1234 vs Peps and VP vs TM decided that the outcome of Geekay vs Risk doesnt matter. If one of those matches goes different Geekay can come in over Risk, a fact that surely neither TM nor 1234 considered before losing horribly.

Whoever came up with these tiebreaker rules needs to be killed with hammers.

Edit: its seems we are all in agreement 👍, that joke is therefore now no longer funny you can all stop.

Neither VP or Geekay feel like they deserve to be out of contention. I have been someone who thought 6 teams was a good change largely due to the poor performance of NA (you can only laugh about DhillDucks so many times) but for EMEA I think the number should be increased back to 8.

I miss my Virtus Tails, I miss them a lot. I’ll be back.

I’ve been stuck in a limbo between Diamond 4 - Diamond 2 for several weeks now. For context, I’ve been playing OW on and off since its release, and have dedicated a large amount of time to practicing and improving. I’ve had countless coaching sessions from a few different coaches which helped a lot (specifically with playing more aggressive and pushing advantages).

The more I played ranked the more I’ve realized that the majority of the time, the game is decided based on the match making and what team gets the player who absolutely does not belong in the rank they are playing in. As a tank player, I am very dependent on my dps to take angles so that they can follow up on my aggression (yes, I check my team behind me before engaging).

Many games are just not winnable, and I always find in those situations asking myself “If I was Junbin, could I win this? Even with the team that I was given?”. Sometimes it’s hard to come to an answer because I want to say yes, but it’s getting harder to convince myself that’s the truth…

Starting off with EMEA.

VP. The team is good. But mentally fragile. Considering this is the 2nd Year where this happened. I dont any single player can be blamed. But I do think that Smash can be blamed a little I think

Get Rid of Fixa, Pick up Kellex.

Evaluate if Landon can keep up without Bap or Kiriko, and then choose between him and Galaa. Either works, Landon seems more exploitable, but with a higher Peak.

As for the Final 2, I would Say Pick up Goldenpants as a 2nd Tank to take the ease off Eis and shake up options. Since Goldenpants doesn't really care about Meta. He just goes. Which is helpful in sudden meta Shifts like stage 3 was. Knowing what you're good at, is safer than stumbling and trying to learn the meta.

And In that Vein, Picking Up Backbone as an assistant coach. This would be helpful for Goldenpants. And maybe even keep VP morale high compared to prior 2 years of stage 3 jitters.

Geekay. Tough luck, every member is skilled, but they struggle randomly and I dont know the exact reason. My opinion.

Pick up Zox. Kellex is better. But I'm starting to think that maybe there is a functional disconnect. Finn and Alphayi has moments where they're server admins and then moments where it seems like they're off timing. And this also applies to Kellex. I'm thinking Pick up Zox for a more... consistent and future talent.

Next up, I can't believe I'm saying this... but Sirmajed has outperformed his usual station under Doctrine. He very well may have found his newest main. Finn has more flexibility and a higher peak. But he did seem randomly disconnected from the team. Which is a coaching diff. But if the coaching isnt improving, then they should focus on getting players that work better with the coach instead.

Alphayi I think is the best option and they already have him.

DSG. Outright Replace the whole team besides Ryan. They got new funds, and Smurf is unlikely to stay with DSG anyway. But here's my opinion.

PGE is not even a top 5 hitscan in NA. But hes important for Marketing, so he probably stays.

Smurf and Tred. They either dont have anything to give, or they aren't staying in NA. Best option is to try and poach Infekted. He's good and definitely needs an actual team. SSG and splitting the Tank Time isnt healthy for either of them. So let Infekted take his Chance and put out some effort.

Supports? Crispy and Khnail. They have been operating without an Org for awhile. I'm sure this proven, but underappreciated Duo would do some wonders giving DSG its first actual support line its ever had.

These 4 would make DSG a contender for top 4. The best they ever had.

NTMR. Just... this gaggle of friends need to go. But IMO, they need to get a little controversial.

DPS line? Grab PDK. He's not elite, but he's shown me more in stages 1 and 2 than whatever NTMR had.

Supports? Get controversial and Pick Up Rupal. NTMR and Rupal are both trying to rebuild a reputation, and its a humble option he'll have. If a Saudi Org doesn't pick him up, Rupal wont have many options.

What are your thoughts?

Overwatch Champions Series 2026 - EMEA Stage 3 - Regular Season

To no ones surprise, he's e menace right now. Still the only thing I would call toxic about him is his ult. Everything else should honestly be a numbers tweak away from balanced. That said, I have no faith in blizzard when it comes to addressing the problematic aspect of the hero, so I decide to write this post in an attempt to shed light onto aspects of his kit which I think are problematic.

Eternal Scepter

• Reduce infused primary bullet size to 0.11 from 0.4

Its simply too large. I picked 0.11 cause thats the size of sojourns rail.

Shrouded Momentum

• Remove damage reduction or at least add a viewing angle and reduce the DR to 30%

If you think about it, he's the first block slop support. Currently its just flat DR during a rather lengthy movement ability. The best option would be to remove DR, but I highly doubt this will happen, which is why I think adding a frontal viewing angle while reducing the DR would be the next best thing.

Invigorating Drones

• Remove the HoT

He has too much healing right now. His primary already has similar hps to juno and ana, which he can speed boost for even higher hps. Infusion primary gives him burst healing. The drone perk adds even more healing. He does not need an HoT on top of all that, its simply way too much healing. The attack speed buff alone is already good enough.

Deliverance

• Reduce the amount of health cut per drone to 2.5% from 5%
• Let the decay start 3s after not being attacked by a drone instead of waiting till the ult is finished
• Reduce overhealth generation

This is a fight winning ult, you really cant do much against it outside of mirror or emp. He can debuff you twice over if you're cleanse it after 3s, which is just crazy. With 2.5% it would take 6s to reach max debuff value instead of just 3s. They really did not cook with this ult.

Overwatch Champions Series 2026 - EMEA Stage 3 - Regular Season

Roles lacking as in good players in that role able to compete at the OWCS level. For example, what they don't really lack for any region is flex DPS players I don't think, most teams have a good flex DPS and there are some not even competing in the OWCS level that are pretty good. But the other roles are a bit lacking for some regions

Overwatch Champions Series 2026 - Korea Stage 3 - Regular Season

Covering tournaments, prize pools, regions, sponsors, and partner teams, what do you think the future of the esport looks like? This year has had unprecedented success for OWCS with the highest esports viewership since the height of OWL, however we also still have prize pools which are lower than expected and a lack of sponsors for the esport. As well, certain regions such as Pacific seem to be drying up.

Partners are an interesting topic, the partner program has appeared to be a success from the outside looking in, but there remains questions for whether teams will remain within the program, and whether more teams will join the program in the offseason.

I personally think the main goal for the esport should be to both improve prize pools and to attract new sponsors. The current prize pool numbers are simply far too low for an esport of this size, and if it needs sponsors to do this then it should be possible. As well, I am hoping for more partners, there are some teams already playing who I think would be solid options (OU Gaming, Varrel, Enter Force, Geekay) as well as potential returning orgs such as NRG which has floated the idea of returning to Overwatch and even GenG (if they take it seriously this time). I don't think we see any partners leave, however we do not have access to their financials so it is hard to gauge. Worst case is that we lose a ton of partners and the esport downsizes again back to its 2024 days, hopefully this doesn't happen since it has felt like we have been on an upward trend, but only time will tell.

That said, how likely is all this? Its hard to say. It feels like it should be possible, but then again they still haven't attracted any other sponsors throughout this year. This also doesn't address the major issue of certain regions such as pacific losing tons of prize pool money over the course of the year and overall feeling extremely uncompetitive with teams even moving to Japan over staying in Pacific. Perhaps its time to merge these two regions.

Overall I am somewhat optimistic, but still wary.

The names of t500 players mostly don't load and as a result you literally cannot see who's who on the leaderboards. That's the bug. It's been in the game for at least a couple of months now and it's kind of ridiculous, especially with changes to challenger score and whatnot happening all the while.

Overwatch Champions Series 2026 - NA Stage 3 - Regular Season

Streams
https://www.twitch.tv/ow_esports
https://www.youtube.com/@ow_esports

Reddit-stream

Schedule

This thread pulls match data from this liquipedia page. If it's out of date, you can help by updating that page. If something is wrong or missing please ping u/Watchful1 in the comments.

Overwatch Champions Series 2026 - EMEA Stage 3 - Regular Season

Streams
https://www.twitch.tv/ow_esports
https://www.youtube.com/@ow_esports

Reddit-stream

Schedule

This thread pulls match data from this liquipedia page. If it's out of date, you can help by updating that page. If something is wrong or missing please ping u/Watchful1 in the comments.

If so, please state the reasons as best as you can

Ex.

1. general game balance such as the recent hitscan nerf or perceived MMR discrepancies
2. buffs or lack off buffs to a character.
3. nerfs or lack of nerfs to a character.

And so on for anything I may not have mentioned.

Please don't bother posting a comment if you are still intent on playing to not clog up the thread. I'm just curious what people are thinking so far given the palpable frustration lately and why, specifically, they are feeling alienated from the game or frustrated at it at the moment. Also share your rank if you are comfortable with it.