2019 Florida Mayhem season

The 2019 Florida Mayhem season was the second season of the Florida Mayhem's existence in the Overwatch League and the team's second season under head coach Vytis "Mineral" Lasaitis.

2019 Florida Mayhem season
Head coach	Vytis Lasaitis (rel. Apr 4) Oh Nam-hun (rel. Aug)
General manager	Matt Akhavan
Owner	Ben Spoont
Division	Atlantic
Results
Record	6–22 (.214)
Place	Atlantic: 10th League: 20th
Stage 1 Playoffs	Did not qualify
Stage 2 Playoffs	Did not qualify
Stage 3 Playoffs	Did not qualify
Season Playoffs	Did not qualify
← 2018 Florida Mayhem 2020 →

The Mayhem looked to improve from their 2018 campaign, when they only amassed seven wins. After finishing Stage 1 with only one win, the Mayhem announced their intention to implement an all-Korean team and fired two coaches, including head coach Mineral. The team's struggles continued in Stage 2, as they did not win a single match. Prior to Stage 3, the Mayhem's all-Korean overhaul continued, as they made several roster changes. Florida hired Oh "Unread" Nam-hun amidst a one-win Stage 3 as the team's new head coach. The Mayhem found success in Stage 4, when the league implemented a 2-2-2 role lock, as they were able to win four of their final five matches.

Preceding offseason

Player re-signings

From August 1 to September 9, 2018, all Overwatch League teams that competed in the 2018 season could choose to extend their team's players' contracts. After a disappointing season, Mayhem retained three of their nine players, releasing Andreas "Logix" Berghmans, Tim "Manneten" Bylund, Johan "CWoosH" Klingestedt, Sebastian "Zebbosai" Olsson, Aleksi "Zuppeh" Kuntsi, and Joonas "zappis" Alakurtti.^[1]

Free agency

All non-expansion teams could not enter the free agency period until October 8; they were able to sign members from their respective academy team and make trades until then. On September 11, when Mayhem acquired Koo "xepheR" Jae-mo from Seoul Dynasty.^[2] Mayhem promoted HyeonWoo "HaGoPeun" Jo and Damon "Apply" Conti from Mayhem Academy on September 21 and 24, respectively.^[3][4]

Florida made three free agency signings on October 15, signing Junsu "Kris" Choe, Sangbum "bqb" Lee, and Sangwon "SWoN" Yoon.^[5]

Regular season

The Mayhem opened their season on February 15 with a match against the Atlanta Reign; Florida was swept 0–4 in the match.^[6] The following week, Mayhem announced the signing of flex tank Caleb "McGravy" McGarvey.^[7] Florida struggles throughout the stage, finishing with a 1–6 record.^[8]

One day prior to their first match of Stage 2, Florida announced its plan to implement an all-Korean roster, citing that there were "multiple issues with communication and overall team synergy, in part due to the lack of a common language among players and coaching staff."^[9] As such, Mayhem released head coach Vytis "Mineral" Lasaitis and assistant coach Jung "Yeah" Young-su; additionally, all non-Korean players (Kevyn "TviQ" Lindström, Damon "Apply" Conti, and Caleb "McGravy" McGarvey) were inactive for the entirety of Stage 2.^[10] The team did not perform well in Stage 2, losing all seven of their matches.^[11] After the end of Stage 2, Mayhem made several roster moves. Mayhem traded Caleb "Mcgravy" McGarvy and Mayhem Academy players Russell "FCTFCTN" Campbell and Johannes "Shax" Nielsen to Los Angeles Valiant in exchange for Koo "Fate" Pan-seung on May 10,^[12] signed Lee "Byrem" Seong-ju on May 13,^[13] released Damon "Apply" Conti on May 29,^[14] and released Kevyn "TviQ" Lindström and Kim "SNT" Sung-hoon on June 2.^[15][16]

In Stage 3, Florida's all-Korean roster overhaul continued. The team signed support Park "RaiN" Jae-ho from Overwatch Contenders team O2 Blast on June 17,^[17] and two days later, they signed three players from Korean Contenders team Armament Esports: off-tank Lee "Gargoyle" Beom-jun, flex DPS Choi "DPI" Yong-joon, and main tank Choi "Karayan" San-ha. Additionally, the team signed three staff members: head coach Oh "Unread" Nam-hun, assistant coach Kim "KH1" Hyung-il, and analyst Daumantas "RyuuTsubasa" Krugliakovas.^[18] Florida defeated the Houston Outlaws, 3–1, in the third week of Stage 3 to claim their second win of the season and snapped their 15-game losing streak.^[19] Looking to carry that momentum into week four, Florida took on the Hangzhou Spark on June 29. The match saw the debut of Florida's Gargoyle and DPI, but the team was ultimately swept 0–4 by the Spark, who set the record for the fastest completion of Eichenwalde at 4 minutes and 12 seconds in the process.^[20] The team ended Stage 3 with a 1–6 record.^[21]

Although not announced at the time, the team mutually parted ways with head coach Unread at some point in Stage 4.^[22] The Mayhem's first match of Stage 4, along with the first match with an enforced 2-2-2 role lock by the League, was against the Vancouver Titans on July 28, and were swept 0–4. The loss marked the fourth match in a row in which Mayhem had failed to secure a map win.^[23] Florida defeated the Washington Justice and Toronto Defiant to claim their first back-to-back victories of season.^[24][25] The Mayhem ended the Stage with a 3–4 record.^[26]

Final roster

2019 Florida Mayhem roster
Players	Coaches
Role No. Handle Name Nationality Damage 4 Sayaplayer Ha Jeong-woo South Korea Damage 22 BQB Lee Sang-bum South Korea Damage 99 DPI Choi Yong-joon South Korea Tank 1 Fate Koo Pan-seung South Korea Tank 15 Karayan Choi San-ha South Korea Tank 16 Swon Yoon Sang-won South Korea Tank 32 xepheR Koo Jae-mo South Korea Tank 98 Gargoyle Lee Beom-jun South Korea Support 24 HaGoPeun Jo Hyeon-woo South Korea Support 41 Byrem Lee Seong-ju South Korea Support 77 RaiN Park Jae-ho South Korea Support 96 Kris Choi Jun-doo South Korea	Head coach Oh Nam-hun
Legend: (I) Inactive (S) Suspended (2W) Two-way player Substitute Injury / Illness	Latest roster transaction: June 19, 2019.

Transactions

Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2019 regular season:

• On February 22, Mayhem signed Caleb "Mcgravy" McGarvy.^[27]
• On May 10, Mayhem traded Caleb "Mcgravy" McGarvy, Russell "FCTFCTN" Campbell,^[a] and Johannes "Shax" Nielsen^[a] to Los Angeles Valiant in exchange for Koo "Fate" Pan-seung.^[12]
• On May 13, Mayhem signed Lee "Byrem" Seong-ju.^[13]
• On May 29, Mayhem released Damon "Apply" Conti.^[14]
• On June 2, Mayhem released Kevyn "TviQ" Lindström and Kim "SNT" Sung-hoon.^[15][16]
• On June 17, Mayhem signed Park "RaiN" Jae-ho.^[17]
• On June 19, Mayhem signed Lee "Gargoyle" Beom-jun, Choi "DPI" Yong-joon, and Choi "Karayan" San-ha.^[18]

Standings

Record by stage

Stage	Pld	W	L	Pct	MW	ML	MT	MD	Pos
1	7	1	6	.143	9	21	1	-12	19
2	7	0	7	.000	6	21	1	-15	19
3	7	1	6	.143	4	23	1	-19	18
4[b]	7	4	3	.571	17	10	2	+7	6
Overall	28	6	22	.214	36	75	5	-39	20
Qualified for playoffs •   Qualified for play-in tournament

League

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PCT	MW	ML	MT	MD	Qualification
1	PAC	Vancouver Titans	28	25	3	0.893	89	28	0	+61	Advance to season playoffs (division leaders)
2	ATL	New York Excelsior	28	22	6	0.786	78	38	3	+40
3	PAC	San Francisco Shock	28	23	5	0.821	92	26	0	+66	Advance to season playoffs
4	PAC	Hangzhou Spark	28	18	10	0.643	64	52	4	+12
5	PAC	Los Angeles Gladiators	28	17	11	0.607	67	48	3	+19
6	ATL	Atlanta Reign	28	16	12	0.571	69	50	1	+19
7	ATL	London Spitfire	28	16	12	0.571	58	52	6	+6	Advance to play-ins
8	PAC	Seoul Dynasty	28	15	13	0.536	64	50	3	+14
9	PAC	Guangzhou Charge	28	15	13	0.536	61	57	1	+4
10	ATL	Philadelphia Fusion	28	15	13	0.536	57	60	3	−3
11	PAC	Shanghai Dragons	28	13	15	0.464	51	61	3	−10
12	PAC	Chengdu Hunters	28	13	15	0.464	55	66	1	−11
13	PAC	Los Angeles Valiant	28	12	16	0.429	56	61	4	−5
14	ATL	Paris Eternal	28	11	17	0.393	46	67	3	−21
15	PAC	Dallas Fuel	28	10	18	0.357	43	70	3	−27
16	ATL	Houston Outlaws	28	9	19	0.321	47	69	3	−22
17	ATL	Toronto Defiant	28	8	20	0.286	39	72	4	−33
18	ATL	Washington Justice	28	8	20	0.286	39	72	6	−33
19	ATL	Boston Uprising	28	8	20	0.286	41	78	2	−37
20	ATL	Florida Mayhem	28	6	22	0.214	36	75	5	−39

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

Game log

2019 game log (Regular season record: 6–22)
Stage 1 (1–6) 1 February 15 Atlanta Reign 4 – 0 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA      Recap Blizzard Arena   2 Ilios 0 2 Hollywood 1 5 Volskaya Industries 4 2 Route 66 1 2 February 21 Philadelphia Fusion 1 – 2 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA      Recap Blizzard Arena   0 Nepal 2 4 Numbani 3 4 Temple of Anubis 4 0 Route 66 1 3 February 23 Chengdu Hunters 3 – 2 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA      Recap Blizzard Arena   2 Nepal 1 2 King's Row 3 2 Temple of Anubis 0 2 Rialto 3 2 Busan 0 4 February 28 Florida Mayhem 2 – 3 Guangzhou Charge Burbank, CA      Recap Blizzard Arena   0 Busan 2 2 Numbani 1 0 Horizon Lunar Colony 1 2 Rialto 1 0 Ilios 2 5 March 02 Florida Mayhem 1 – 3 Houston Outlaws Burbank, CA      Recap Blizzard Arena   1 Ilios 2 3 King's Row 5 3 Horizon Lunar Colony 4 2 Rialto 1 6 March 10 Florida Mayhem 0 – 4 Boston Uprising Burbank, CA      Recap Blizzard Arena   0 Busan 2 2 Numbani 3 4 Horizon Lunar Colony 5 2 Dorado 3 7 March 17 Washington Justice 3 – 2 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA      Recap Blizzard Arena   2 Nepal 1 3 Hollywood 2 4 Volskaya Industries 5 4 Dorado 5 2 Ilios 1
Stage 2 (0–7) 8 April 05 London Spitfire 2 – 1 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA   4:00 pm PST    Recap Blizzard Arena   2 Lijang Tower 0 2 Hanamura 3 3 Eichenwalde 3 1 Watchpoint: Gibraltar 0 9 April 06 Florida Mayhem 1 – 3 Philadelphia Fusion Burbank, CA   12:00 noon PST    Recap Blizzard Arena   2 Oasis 0 2 Temple of Anubis 3 3 King's Row 4 4 Junkertown 5 10 April 11 Paris Eternal 3 – 1 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA   4:00 pm PST    Recap Blizzard Arena   2 Oasis 0 4 Hanamura 3 3 Blizzard World 2 1 Watchpoint: Gibraltar 2 11 April 14 New York Excelsior 4 – 0 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA   3:00 pm PST    Recap Blizzard Arena   2 Oasis 0 2 Paris 1 3 King's Row 2 3 Junkertown 2 12 April 18 Florida Mayhem 1 – 3 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA   7:00 pm PST    Recap Blizzard Arena   2 Busan 0 1 Paris 2 2 Blizzard World 3 2 Junkertown 3 13 April 20 Shanghai Dragons 3 – 1 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA   1:30 pm PST    Recap Blizzard Arena   2 Lijiang Tower 1 3 Hanamura 4 3 Eichenwalde 1 3 Rialto 0 14 May 02 Dallas Fuel 3 – 1 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA   5:30 pm PST    Details Blizzard Arena   2 Busan 1 5 Temple of Anubis 6 3 King's Row 2 3 Rialto 0
Stage 3 (1–6) 15 June 07 Florida Mayhem 0 – 4 Seoul Dynasty Burbank, CA   5:45 pm PST    Details Blizzard Arena   0 Oasis 2 1 Paris 2 2 Hollywood 3 1 Havana 2 16 June 16 Florida Mayhem 1 – 3 Paris Eternal Burbank, CA   1:45 pm PST    Details Blizzard Arena   0 Nepal 2 4 Horizon Lunar Colony 5 1 Numbani 0 2 Havana 3 17 June 21 San Francisco Shock 4 – 0 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA   5:45 pm PST    Details Blizzard Arena   2 Nepal 0 3 Volskaya Industries 2 5 Numbani 4 3 Watchpoint: Gibraltar 0 18 June 23 Houston Outlaws 1 – 3 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA   3:30 pm PST    Details Blizzard Arena   2 Ilios 0 2 Paris 3 2 Hollywood 3 2 Watchpoint: Gibraltar 3 19 June 29 Florida Mayhem 0 – 4 Hangzhou Spark Burbank, CA   3:30 pm PST    Details Blizzard Arena   0 Nepal 2 1 Volskaya Industries 2 0 Eichenwalde 3 1 Dorado 3 20 July 06 Florida Mayhem 0 – 3 New York Excelsior Atlanta, GA   8:30 am PST    Details Cobb Energy Center   1 Oasis 2 2 Volskaya Industries 2 2 Eichenwalde 3 0 Havana 1 21 July 07 Florida Mayhem 0 – 4 Atlanta Reign Atlanta, GA   12:45 pm PST    Details Cobb Energy Center   1 Ilios 2 2 Horizon Lunar Colony 3 1 Eichenwalde 3 1 Dorado 2
Stage 4 (4–3) 22 July 28 Vancouver Titans 4 – 0 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA   3:30 pm PST    Details Blizzard Arena   2 Lijiang Tower 1 2 Temple of Anubis 1 3 Blizzard World 1 3 Junkertown 2 23 August 01 Florida Mayhem 2 – 3 Washington Justice Burbank, CA   5:45 pm PST    Details Blizzard Arena   2 Busan 1 2 Volskaya Industries 0 1 King's Row 2 0 Havana 3 0 Ilios 2 24 August 03 Florida Mayhem 3 – 0 London Spitfire Burbank, CA   1:45 pm PST    Details Blizzard Arena   2 Lijiang Tower 0 1 Volskaya Industries 0 3 Blizzard World 3 3 Junkertown 2 25 August 08 Toronto Defiant 1 – 3 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA   7:30 pm PST    Details Blizzard Arena   2 Ilios 0 1 Hanamura 2 1 King's Row 3 2 Havana 3 26 August 10 Florida Mayhem 1 – 2 Los Angeles Valiant Burbank, CA   3:30 pm PST    Details Blizzard Arena   0 Ilios 2 1 Temple of Anubis 1 1 Hollywood 0 4 Junkertown 5 27 August 15 Boston Uprising 0 – 4 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA   4:00 pm PST    Details Blizzard Arena   0 Ilios 2 2 Hanamura 3 1 Hollywood 2 0 Route 66 1 28 August 18 Florida Mayhem 4 – 0 Toronto Defiant Burbank, CA   3:30 pm PST    Details Blizzard Arena   2 Busan 0 4 Hanamura 2 3 Blizzard World 1 6 Route 66 4

Awards

On May 8, Ha "Sayaplayer" Jeong-Woo was named as a reserve for the 2019 Overwatch League All-Star Game.^[28]

Notes

1. Traded from Mayhem Academy.
2. No stage playoffs were held for Stage 4.