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2018 Los Angeles Gladiators season

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The 2018 Los Angeles Gladiators was the first season of the Los Angeles Gladiators's existence in the Overwatch League. The team finished with a regular season record of 25–15 – the fourth best in the Overwatch League.

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Los Angeles qualified for the Stage 3 and Stage 4 Playoffs. The team lost in the Stage 3 semifinals to the Boston Uprising.[1] In the Stage 4 semifinals, the Gladiators lost to the Los Angeles Valiant.[2] The team also qualified for the Season Playoffs, but lost to the London Spitfire in the quarterfinals.[3]

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Preceding offseason

On November 2, Gladiators unveiled their initial 7-player inaugural season roster, consisting of the following players:[4][5]

  • Lane "Surefour" Roberts
  • João Pedro "Hydration" Goes Telles
  • Kim "Bischu" Hyung-seok
  • Jonas "Shaz" Suovaara
  • Benjamin "BigGoose" Isohanni
  • Choi "Asher" Jun-sung
  • Luis "iRemiix" Galarza Figueroa

The team revealed that the players were picked from a conglomeration of professional Overwatch esports teams to suit an "aggressive and fun" playstyle the team hoped to emulate as a reflection of their personality.[4]

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Regular season

Their debut match was a 4–0 victory over the Shanghai Dragons.[6] They finished Stage 1 with a 4–6 record in 8th place.

Heading into Stage 2, the team announced the transfer of tank player Baek "Fissure" Chan-hyung from the London Spitfire.[7] Following the acquisition of Fissure, the team finished the stage in fifth place with a 6–4 record, including a 4–0 sweep over the Valiant.[8]

Between Stages 2 and 3, the Gladiators acquired Ted "silkthread" Wang from the Valiant and Kang "Void" Jun-woo from Kongdoo Panthera.[9][10] However, visa issues would cause Void to completely miss out on Stage 3.[11] The Gladiators finished Stage 3 with a 6–4 record in fourth place, which, beginning with the third stage, was the final stage playoff spot.[12] The top-seeded Boston Uprising, undefeated in Stage 3, selected the Gladiators as their first round opponent. On May 6, the Uprising swept the Gladiators 3–0.[13]

The Gladiators, now regularly using Void in their lineup following his visa being approved,[11] finished with a league-best 9–1 record in Stage 4, including a reverse sweep over back-to-back stage champions New York Excelsior.[14] However, the team would unexpectedly choose the second-seeded Valiant as their semi-final opposition.[15] The Valiant would subsequently defeat the Gladiators in the Stage Playoffs by a score of 3–2.[16] They would end the season with a 25–15 record, good for 4th place and a spot in the postseason where they would face against the London Spitfire.

Season playoffs

On July 11, the first day of the season's playoffs, the fourth-seeded Gladiators took a 1–0 series lead after defeating the fifth-seeded Spitfire 3–0 in their first ever playoffs match. The Gladiators made headlines by surprisingly announcing on the day of the first match that main tank Fissure would be benched in favor of Luis "iRemiix" Galarza Figueroa.[17][18] Later on the same day, Fissure was revealed by Blizzard as the runner-up in the inaugural Overwatch League season MVP vote.[19] Two days later, the Gladiators would be eliminated from the playoffs after the Spitfire shut out the Gladiators in back-to-back matches to win the series 2–1.[20]

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Final roster

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Transactions

Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2018 regular season:

Standings

Record by stage

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League

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Source: The Overwatch League
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) map differential; 3) head-to-head map differential; 4) head-to-head record
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Game log

Preseason

2018 preseason game log
Preseason (1–1)
1 December 7 Los Angeles Gladiators 3 2 London Spitfire Burbank, CA
2 December 9 Los Angeles Valiant 3 1 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA

Regular season

2018 game log (Regular season record: 25–15)
Stage 1 (4–6)
1 January 10 Shanghai Dragons 0 4 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA
2 January 13 Seoul Dynasty 4 0 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA
3 January 18 Philadelphia Fusion 2 3 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA
4 January 20 Los Angeles Gladiators 0 4 New York Excelsior Burbank, CA
5 January 24 Los Angeles Gladiators 2 3 Los Angeles Valiant Burbank, CA
6 January 27 Los Angeles Gladiators 0 4 Houston Outlaws Burbank, CA
7 January 31 Florida Mayhem 1 3 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA
8 February 02 Los Angeles Gladiators 0 4 Boston Uprising Burbank, CA
9 February 07 San Francisco Shock 1 3 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA
10 February 09 Los Angeles Gladiators 1 3 Dallas Fuel Burbank, CA

Stage 2 (6–4)
11 February 21 Los Angeles Gladiators 4 0 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA
12 February 23 Dallas Fuel 3 1 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA
13 February 28 Los Angeles Gladiators 4 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA
14 March 02 Los Angeles Gladiators 1 3 Seoul Dynasty Burbank, CA
15 March 07 Los Angeles Valiant 0 4 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA
16 March 10 London Spitfire 1 3 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA
17 March 15 Houston Outlaws 2 3 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA
18 March 16 Los Angeles Gladiators 2 1 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA
19 March 21 Los Angeles Gladiators 1 3 Philadelphia Fusion Burbank, CA
20 March 24 Boston Uprising 3 2 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA

Stage 3 (6–4)
21 April 04 San Francisco Shock 3 1 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA
22 April 06 Los Angeles Gladiators 3 1 Dallas Fuel Burbank, CA
23 April 11 Shanghai Dragons 0 4 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA
24 April 13 Seoul Dynasty 2 3 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA
25 April 18 Los Angeles Gladiators 2 3 Los Angeles Valiant Burbank, CA
26 April 21 New York Excelsior 3 2 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA
27 April 26 Los Angeles Gladiators 3 2 London Spitfire Burbank, CA
28 April 27 Los Angeles Gladiators 3 2 Houston Outlaws Burbank, CA
29 May 02 Florida Mayhem 0 3 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA
30 May 04 Los Angeles Gladiators 1 3 Boston Uprising Burbank, CA

Stage 4 (9–1)
31 May 16 Los Angeles Gladiators 3 1 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA
32 May 18 Dallas Fuel 0 4 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA
33 May 23 Houston Outlaws 1 3 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA
34 May 24 Los Angeles Gladiators 4 0 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA
35 May 30 Los Angeles Valiant 3 0 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA
36 May 31 Philadelphia Fusion 1 3 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA
37 June 07 Los Angeles Gladiators 3 2 New York Excelsior Burbank, CA
38 June 09 London Spitfire 2 3 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA
39 June 13 Los Angeles Gladiators 4 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA
40 June 15 Los Angeles Gladiators 3 1 Seoul Dynasty Burbank, CA

Playoffs

2018 playoff game log
Stage 3 Playoffs (0–1)
Semifinals May 06 Los Angeles Gladiators 0 3 Boston Uprising Burbank, CA

Stage 4 Playoffs (0–1)
Semifinals June 17 Los Angeles Valiant 3 2 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA

Season Playoffs (1–2)
Quarterfinals Match 1 July 11 London Spitfire 0 3 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA
Quarterfinals Match 2 July 14 London Spitfire 3 0 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA
Quarterfinals Match 3 July 14 London Spitfire 3 0 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA

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