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South Korea 4-0 Canada
EDIT: Nope. 4-1 oh well
I'd have to disagree, both Canada and France lack a dedicated Flex Tank, with Nico and Mangachu having to take up the role. The difference is that France had been playing as a team for a long time so they were somewhat able to make up for it until the meta changed.
I think the squad that had the best chance to beat them was Team USA, mostly because of the larger amount of effective comps they could run, imho.
Which ever way you look at it, winning maps is going to be extremely difficult for Canada, but I hope they do regardless.
I'm proud of the boys regardless of what happens. They went further than anyone thought they could, including myself.
That being said I do think this will be a sweep, SK will have honed in on our weakness at the flex tank position and Fl0w3r's Pharah can easily take it to Mangachu, S4 or Agilities so it will be hard fought match for Canada as they try and win some maps.
I'm still hoping that we can come out and surprise the world even more and take some maps! Let's go boyz.
Prediction: SK wins 4-0
Biased feels as a Canadian: SK wins 4-2
As long as Joemeister stays on Mercy duty, Canada has no chance. Also, SK has pretty much adapted to the mercy meta after facing USA and FRA. When Jake said the best time to beat SK was in the QF, he was right because nobody knows what kind of effect the meta would have, and SK was forced to play a bit different to their usual game. Now that they're used to it, gg Canada
Problem is that they need the Zen orbs and in most cases you don't want to be going in w/o your own Zen against Jehong.
I don't know how good Joemeister's Zen is, but I'm guessing that he or Roolf are more comfortable on the current hero config than they would be otherwise.
I don't know if that's actually the case but if you compare that to Adam who is both a great Lucio and a God Tier Mercy you can see that they seem relatively screwed both ways.
Canada should not feel bad about this. A 4-1 loss to the best team in the world AFTER they had more Mercy meta practice is nothing to be sad about. Canada played well. They almost took map one, and it was close every map. This was a fantastic world cup. This was amazing. And this can prove Overwatch is indeed Esports ready. Very hopefull for the future