The best plays from the 'Overwatch' Open North American finals
Team EnVyUs went head-to-head with Fnatic in the Overwatch Open North American finals, fighting for a spot in Friday's international finals.
EnVy ended up on top in the best-of-five matchup, defeating Fnatic 3-1 and earning a match against the European champions for a chance at the biggest piece of the $300,000 prize pool.
As two of the most talented teams from North America, both Fnatic and EnVy had some great plays. Here are the best moments of the match.
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Fnatic's Buds kills with a nano-boosted death blossom
To polish off the first map of the night, Fnatic put up a super-strong offense at the last second to hold off EnVy's defense and grab the first point on King's Row. Playing as Reaper, Buds leapt into the fray with the help of some nano boost from Ana and hit his ultimate, taking down most of EnVy's offense and chasing their Tracer down to finish the job.
Unfortunately for Fnatic, that would be their last map victory of the match, as Team EnVyUs turned it around on the second map, tying it up 1-1 after a few close round wins.
Team EnVyUs's Talespin denies IDDQD's dead eye
With the match tied 1-1, EnVy's Talespin showed everyone why he's one of the top Pharah players in the world. Leaping over the first choke point, Talespin flew into the action and heard IDDQD initiate Mcree's ultimate, dead eye. Instead of cowering in fear, Talespin landed a perfect rocket right in Mcree's face, killing him and denying what could've been a devastating dead eye.
You can almost hear IDDQD's disappointment.
Fnatic gets wiped out by Taimou and friends
Near the end of the same round, EnVy's Taimou set up Mcree's dead eye near the second capture point, taking out two Fnatic players while Talespin took another. He wasn't finished, though, rushing in and helping to cut down another player while Chipshajen polished off one more.
EnVy couldn't be stopped on Dorado, taking the map and putting them at match point, 2-1.
Team EnVyUs's nano-boosted Cocco hammers Fnatic to defeat
At this point in the match, there was no way to stop Team EnVyUs. On the final map, Nepal, Fnatic was clustered on the point and sucked into InternetHulk's Gravitron Surge. With some nano boost help from Ana, Cocco took his Reinhardt and went to town, swinging death down upon Fnatic and setting up EnVy for victory.
EnVy came out with a clean, strong win over Fnatic, solidifying them as the current top team in North America.
Team EnVyUs will be taking on the winner of the European finals at the international finals on Friday at 10 p.m. ET on Twitch and TBS. The European playoffs take place on Thursday.
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