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2018 Los Angeles Valiant season
Head coachHenry Coxall (released 19 Feb)
Byungchul Moon
OwnerNoah Whinston
Results
Record27–13 (.675)
Place
Stage 1 PlayoffsDid not qualify
Stage 2 PlayoffsDid not qualify
Stage 3 PlayoffsLost Semifinals
Stage 4 PlayoffsWon Finals
Season PlayoffsLost Semifinals
Total Earnings$400,000

The 2018 Los Angeles Valiant season was the first season of Los Angeles Valiant's existence in the Overwatch League. The team finished with a regular season record of 27–13 – the second best in the Overwatch League.

Los Angeles qualified for the Stage 3 and Stage 4 Playoffs. The team lost in the Stage 3 semifinals to the New York Excelsior.[1] Los Angeles found revenge in the Stage 4 finals when the defeated the New York Excelsior.[2] The team qualified for the Season Playoffs, but lost to the would-be champions London Spitfire in the semifinals.[3]

Acquisitions and Departures

Acquisitions

Role Handle Name Date acquired Notes Ref
Damage Agilities Brady Girardi October 30, 2017 [4]
Damage Soon Terence Tarlier October 30, 2017 [4]
Damage Silkthread Ted Wang October 30, 2017 [4]
Damage GrimReality Christopher Schaefer October 30, 2017 [4]
Support Kariv Youngseo Park November 1, 2017 [5]
Support Verbo Stefano Disalvo November 1, 2017 [5]
Support Unkoe Benjamin Chevasson November 1, 2017 [5]
Flex Space Indy Halpern November 2, 2017 [6]
Tank Fate Panseung Koo November 2, 2017 [6]
Tank Numlocked Seb Barton November 2, 2017 [6]
Flex Envy Kangjae Lee November 2, 2017 [6]
Damage Bunny Junhyeok Chae March 31, 2018 [7]
Support Custa Scott Kennedy April 2, 2018 Traded from Dallas Fuel [8]
Damage KSF Kyle Frandanisa April 4, 2018 [9]
Flex Finnsi Finnbjörn Jónasson April 4, 2018 [9]
Support Izayaki Minchul Kim April 13, 2018 [10]

Departures

Role Handle Name Date Notes Ref
Support Unkoe Benjamin Chevasson April 2, 2018 Traded to Dallas Fuel [8]
Flex Envy Kangjae Lee April 2, 2018 Released [11]
Damage GrimReality Christopher Schaefer April 2, 2018 Released [12]
Damage Silkthread Ted Wang April 3, 2018 Traded to Los Angeles Valiant [13]

Final Roster

No. Handle Name Nationality Date of birth (age) Previous team
Damage
8 Bunny Jun-Hyeok Chae South Korea (1998-05-15) May 15, 1998 (age 26) Seoul Dynasty
9 Agilities Brady Giradi United States (1999-12-27) December 27, 1999 (age 24) N/A
27 KSF Kyle Frandanisa United States (1999-08-20) August 20, 1999 (age 25) N/A
99 Soon Terence Tarlier France (1994-02-04) February 4, 1994 (age 30) N/A
Tank
1 Fate Pan-Seung Koo South Korea N/A
6 Numlocked Sebastian Barton England (1993-01-28) January 28, 1993 (age 31) N/A
Support
10 Custa Scott Kennedy Australia (1993-11-22) November 22, 1993 (age 31) Dallas Fuel
13 Verbo Stefano Disalvo United States N/A
99 Kariv Young-Seo Park South Korea (1998-01-08) January 8, 1998 (age 26) N/A
Flex
11 Finnsi Finnbjörn Jónasson Iceland (1998-05-01) May 1, 1998 (age 26) N/A
16 Space Indy Halpern United States (2000-03-28) March 28, 2000 (age 24) N/A
22 Izayaki Minchul Kim South Korea (2000-02-22) February 22, 2000 (age 24) N/A

Preseason

Preseason

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Regular season

Stage 1

Stage 1

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Stage 2

Stage 2

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Stage 3

Stage 3

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Stage 3 Playoffs

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Stage 4

Stage 4

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Stage 4 Playoffs

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Season Playoffs

Season Playoffs

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Overall Standings

Pos Div Team
 Pld W L PCT MW ML MT MD Qualification
1 ATL New York Excelsior 40 34 6 0.850 126 43 4 +83 Advance to season playoffs semifinals
2 PAC Los Angeles Valiant 40 27 13 0.675 100 64 7 +36
3 ATL Boston Uprising 40 26 14 0.650 99 71 3 +28 Advance to season playoffs quarterfinals
4 PAC Los Angeles Gladiators 40 25 15 0.625 96 72 3 +24
5 ATL London Spitfire 40 24 16 0.600 102 69 3 +33
6 ATL Philadelphia Fusion 40 24 16 0.600 93 80 2 +13
7 ATL Houston Outlaws 40 22 18 0.550 94 77 2 +17
8 PAC Seoul Dynasty 40 22 18 0.550 91 78 3 +13
9 PAC San Francisco Shock 40 17 23 0.425 77 84 5 −7
10 PAC Dallas Fuel 40 12 28 0.300 58 100 7 −42
11 ATL Florida Mayhem 40 7 33 0.175 42 120 5 −78
12 PAC Shanghai Dragons 40 0 40 0.000 21 141 2 −120
Source: The Overwatch League
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) map differential; 3) head-to-head map differential; 4) head-to-head record

References

  1. ^ Lingle, Samuel (April 21, 2018). "London Spitfire end Los Angeles Valiant's undefeated stage 3 run". Dot Esports.
  2. ^ Mejia, Ozzie (June 17, 2018). "Los Angeles Valiant Win Overwatch League Stage 4 Finals". Shack News.
  3. ^ Craffey, Liam (July 25, 2018). "London Spitfire punches ticket to Overwatch League finals". ESPN.
  4. ^ a b c d "Introducing your LA Valiant DPS players". Los Angeles Valiant – via Twitter.
  5. ^ a b c "A Support is never late, nor early. They arrive precisely when they mean to". Los Angeles Valiant – via Twitter.
  6. ^ a b c d "Introducing Your Los Angeles Valiant Tanks!". Los Angeles Valiant – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Seoul Dynasty". Seoul Dynasty – via Twitter.
  8. ^ a b Carpenter, Nicole (April 2, 2018). "Dallas Fuel and Los Angeles Valiant swap support players". Dot Esports.
  9. ^ a b "LA Valiant Acquires Free Agents KSF and Finnsi". The Overwatch League. April 4, 2018.
  10. ^ "LA Valiant Acquires 12th Player Izayaki from NC Foxes". The Overwatch League. April 13, 2018.
  11. ^ "The Los Angeles Valiant and Kang-Jae "@envyow" Lee have mutually agreed to a release from his contract with the organization". Los Angeles Valiant – via Twitter.
  12. ^ "Los Angeles Valiant Roster Transactions". Los Angeles Valiant. April 2, 2018.
  13. ^ "Cross-Town Trade Keeps Silkthread in Los Angeles". The Overwatch League. April 3, 2019.
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