Dallas Fuel embracing the lessons of losing, ‘sharpening knives’ for Kickoff Clash

Dallas Fuel gamers have been chatty with each other after struggling their first loss in practically a month. Assistant coach Ko “Aid” Jae-yoon stated each participant chimed in with their private errors.

The Colosseo map defeat in the Fuel’s 3-1 loss to the Los Angeles Gladiators at Esports Stadium Arlington Friday night time will stick to them for some time.

Ko and the Fuel teaching workers prefer it that manner. Losing is necessary, and the Fuel’s six match-win streak getting snapped was a reminder.

“We all believe that losing is a pretty important aspect and factor into being successful,” Ko instructed The Dallas Morning News through interpreter. “There is so much you can learn from a loss, and through that you can grow into a team that is eventually unbeatable. If you keep winning, I feel like that mindset kind of settles where you say ‘this is how good we are.’ I don’t think that’s very good.”

Dallas wasn’t the solely staff that had a win streak snapped Friday. The Atlanta Reign additionally stored the San Francisco Shock’s victory ego in examine with a 3-1 win. Now there aren’t any undefeated groups in the Overwatch League, and the Fuel can construct on that.

Dallas continues to be scary. Take it from Los Angeles Gladiators tank participant Corey “Reiner” Scoda. He stated Fuel tank star Choi “Hanbin” Han-been’s Zarya gameplay was to be revered.

“Fuel was definitely scary because of Hanbin on Zarya,” Scoda stated. “That’s like the scariest thing in the game right now. I don’t know if you know this, but we got reverse swept by Hanbin.”

Even Choi was harsh on himself after the loss. Ko stated Choi listed all the issues he thought may’ve gone higher. Choi was most likely proper. The Fuel weren’t good, even of their Zarya-Reaper composition that despatched them on the six-match win streak.

The Fuel’s consolation picks weren’t uncovered, Ko stated. The loss was extra the Fuel stepping on their very own toes and lacking alternatives to complete fights, particularly on Colosseo.

That’s the map Choi was most involved about.

“He’s not very happy with his performance today, and that already tells you a lot about the player and overall how he performed. He is regretful,” Ko stated. “The team atmosphere overall isn’t that bad. We were discussing things like, `Oh, we are just sharpening our knives to get revenge next time.”

Maybe there’s one thing to the “sharpening knives’’. A grasp chef gained’t ever let knives go boring. But that needs to be realized. The Fuel’s knives have been boring towards the Gladiators Friday, however they know to sharpen them now.

At the finish of 2021, the Shanghai Dragons appeared unbeatable. It took some shedding to get there, together with a May Melee defeat to the Dallas Fuel.

For Dallas to achieve that degree, and even win a Kickoff Clash title this weekend, they’ll need to make the most of their losses.

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