2020 Atlanta Reign season

The 2020 Atlanta Reign season was the second season of the Atlanta Reign's existence in the Overwatch League and the team's second under head coach Brad "Sephy" Rajani. Atlanta planned to host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season, with the first at the Coca-Cola Roxy in late March and the second at a different, undetermined location in mid-June,[1] but all homestand matches were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Atlanta Reign season
Head coachBrad "Sephy" Rajani
General managerPaul Hamilton
OwnerAtlanta Esports Ventures
ConferenceAtlantic
DivisionSouth
RegionNorth America
Results
Record10–11 (.476)
Place
May MeleeQuarterfinals
Summer ShowdownQuarterfinals
Countdown CupQuarterfinals
Season PlayoffsNA Lower Round 2
Total Earnings$85,000

The Reign finished in the quarterfinals in each of the three midseason tournaments of the 2020 season.[2][3][4] After advancing through the North America play-ins to the season playoffs, Atlanta was eliminated from North America playoff bracket by the Florida Mayhem.[5]

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

In late October, the Reign announced the departure of player development coach Cas "Casores" van Andel.[6] The following month, Atlanta picked up GC Busan Kim "Mentalist" Chung-in as an assistant coach.[7]

Roster changes

The Reign enter the new season with no free agents, nine players which they have the option to retain for another year, and one player under contract.[8] The OWL's deadline to exercise a team option is November 11, after which any players not retained will become a free agent. Free agency officially began on October 7.[9]

Acquisitions

The Reign's first signing of the offseason was announced on October 31, when the team promoted tank Xander "Hawk" Domecq from their academy team ATL Academy. In addition, the team also announced that tank Blake "Gator" Scott would no longer be on a two-way contract with ATL Academy and would strictly play for the Reign.[10] On November 12, the team announced the signing of GC Busan Wave DPS Kim "Edison" Tae-hoon.[11] The team added another DPS three days later when they signed Hugo "SharP" Sahlberg from Team Envy.[12] The Reign announced their full roster for the 2020 season on January 31, which included the promotion of former Reign support player Steven "Kodak" Rosenberger from ATL Academy and signing of support player Anthony "Fire" King.[13]

Departures

The Reign's first departure was on October 30, when it was announced that support player Daniel "FunnyAstro" Hathaway had been signed to the Philadelphia Fusion.[14] The following week, on November 8, the team announced that they would not pick up off-tank Seo "Daco" Dong-hyung's option for another season of play.[15] The following day, the team also elected not to exercise their option to retain DPS Ilya "NLaaeR" Koppalov.[16]

Roster
2020 Atlanta Reign roster
PlayersCoaches
Role No. Handle Name Nationality
Damage 7 Edison Kim Tae-hoon South Korea
Damage 9 SharP Sahlberg, Hugo Sweden
Damage 10 Erster Jeong Joon South Korea
Damage 18 Saucy Roland, Garrett United States
Tank 1 Gator Scott, Blake United States
Tank 4 frd Goebel, Nathan United States
Tank 6 Pokpo Park Hyeon-jun South Korea
Tank 8 Hawk Domecq, Xander United States
Support 0 Fire King, Anthony United States
Support 11 Dogman Bowerman, Dusttin United States
Support 20 Lr1s Kim Seung-hyun South Korea
Support 66 Masaa Kantanen, Petja Finland
Head coach
  • Brad "Sephy" Rajani
Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • Substitute player Substitute
  • Injured Injury / Illness
  

Latest roster transaction: July 31, 2020.

Transactions

Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2020 regular season:

  • On July 17, DPS Andrej "Babybay" Francisty retired.[17]
  • On July 18, support Steven "Kodak" Rosenberger retired.[18]
  • On July 24, the Reign signed DPS Garrett "Saucy" Roland.[19]
  • On July 31, the Reign signed support Kim "Lr1s" Seung-hyun.[20]

Standings
Pos Con Team Pld W BW L PCT MW ML MT MD Qualification
1 ATL Philadelphia Fusion 21 19 5 2 0.905 59 19 0 +40 Advance to playoffs
2 PAC San Francisco Shock 21 18 7 3 0.857 56 17 2 +39
3 ATL Paris Eternal 21 15 4 6 0.714 50 31 0 +19
4 ATL Florida Mayhem 21 14 3 7 0.667 48 30 0 +18
5 PAC Los Angeles Valiant 21 11 1 10 0.524 41 41 0 0
6 PAC Los Angeles Gladiators 21 11 0 10 0.524 43 39 5 +4 Advance to play-ins
7 ATL Atlanta Reign 21 10 0 11 0.476 43 35 0 +8
8 PAC Dallas Fuel 21 9 0 12 0.429 35 44 0 −9
9 ATL Toronto Defiant 21 7 1 14 0.333 32 48 0 −16
10 ATL Houston Outlaws 21 6 0 15 0.286 32 50 3 −18
11 PAC Vancouver Titans 21 6 0 15 0.286 23 48 0 −25
12 ATL Washington Justice 21 4 0 17 0.190 21 54 1 −33
13 ATL Boston Uprising 21 2 0 19 0.095 14 61 4 −47
Source: The Overwatch League
Rules for classification: 1) Wins plus bonus wins 2) winning percentage (excluding bonus wins); 3) map differential; 4) head-to-head record; 5) head-to-head map differential

Game log

Regular season
2020 game log (Regular season record: 10–11)
February–April: 4–3
1 February 29 Toronto Defiant 0 – 3 Atlanta Reign Houston, TX
5:00 pm EST     Revention Music Center
Hosted by the Houston Outlaws
0 Nepal 2
0 Blizzard World 1
1 Temple of Anubis 2
2 March 01 Paris Eternal 3 – 1 Atlanta Reign Houston, TX
3:00 pm EST     Revention Music Center
Hosted by the Houston Outlaws
2 Busan 1
3 King's Row 1
1 Hanamura 2
3 Dorado 2
3 March 08 Boston Uprising 0 – 3 Atlanta Reign Washington, DC
7:00 pm EDT     The Anthem
Hosted by the Washington Justice
0 Oasis 2
1 Havana 2
2 Eichenwalde 3
4 March 29 Atlanta Reign 3 – 0 Florida Mayhem Online
8:00 pm UTC    
5 April 12 Atlanta Reign 2 – 3 Philadelphia Fusion Online
10:00 pm UTC    
6 April 16 Atlanta Reign 3 – 0 Washington Justice Online
11:00 pm UTC    
7 April 25 Atlanta Reign 0 – 3 Philadelphia Fusion Online
8:00 pm UTC    

May Melee qualifiers: 1–2
8 May 02 Atlanta Reign 2 – 3 Los Angeles Valiant Online
9:00 pm UTC    
9 May 09 Atlanta Reign 3 – 0 Houston Outlaws Online
11:00 pm UTC    
10 May 17 Atlanta Reign 0 – 3 San Francisco Shock Online
1:00 am UTC    

Summer Showdown qualifiers: 2–1
11 June 13 Atlanta Reign 1 – 3 Los Angeles Gladiators Online
11:00 pm UTC    
12 June 20 Atlanta Reign 3 – 0 Toronto Defiant Online
9:00 pm UTC    
13 June 28 Atlanta Reign 3 – 0 Vancouver Titans Online
9:00 pm UTC    

Countdown Cup qualifiers: 3–1
14 July 18 Atlanta Reign 3 – 0 Los Angeles Valiant Online
11:00 pm UTC    
15 July 19 Atlanta Reign 1 – 3 Florida Mayhem Online
8:30 pm UTC    
16 July 24 Atlanta Reign 3 – 1 Boston Uprising Online
7:00 pm UTC    
17 August 02 Atlanta Reign 3 – 1 Dallas Fuel Online
7:00 pm UTC    

August: 0–4
18 August 15 Atlanta Reign 2 – 3 Paris Eternal Online
7:00 pm UTC    
19 August 16 Atlanta Reign 1 – 3 Vancouver Titans Online
11:00 pm UTC    
20 August 22 Atlanta Reign 1 – 3 Los Angeles Gladiators Online
11:00 pm UTC    
21 August 23 Atlanta Reign 2 – 3 San Francisco Shock Online
9:00 pm UTC    

Midseason tournaments
2020 midseason tournaments game log
May Melee: 1–1
Knockouts May 22 Atlanta Reign 3 – 0 Toronto Defiant Online
11:15 pm UTC    
Quarterfinals May 23 Atlanta Reign 1 – 3 Florida Mayhem Online
9:00 pm UTC    

Summer Showdown: 0–1
Quarterfinals July 04 Atlanta Reign 2 – 3 Toronto Defiant Online
9:00 pm UTC    

Countdown Cup: 1–1
Knockouts August 07 Atlanta Reign 3 – 0 Vancouver Titans Online
7:00 pm UTC    
Quarterfinals August 08 Atlanta Reign 0 – 3 Florida Mayhem Online
11:00 pm UTC    

Bonus wins awarded: 0

Postseason
2020 playoff game log
North America Play-ins: 1–0
Round 1   First-round bye  


Round 2 September 04 Atlanta Reign 3 – 1 Boston Uprising Online
9:00 pm UTC    

North America Bracket: 1–2
Upper Round 1 September 06 Atlanta Reign 3 – 2 Paris Eternal Online
1:00 am UTC    
Upper Round 2 September 07 Atlanta Reign 1 – 3 San Francisco Shock Online
1:00 am UTC    
Lower Round 2 September 11 Atlanta Reign 0 – 3 Florida Mayhem Online
7:00 pm UTC    

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