2020 Chengdu Hunters season

The 2020 Chengdu Hunters season is the second season of Chengdu Hunters's existence in the Overwatch League and the team's first without head coach Wang "RUI" Xingrui. The team will look to improve from their 2019 season, where they posted a 13–15 regular season record and were eliminated from season playoff contention after losing to the Guangzhou Charge in the play-in tournament. The Hunters will host two back-to-back homestand weekends at the Wuliangye Chengdu Performing Arts Centre.[1]

2020 Chengdu Hunters season
Head coach
  • Chang "Ray" Chia-Hua
  • Wu "Dokkaebi" Xiuqing
OwnerHuya
Arena(s)Wuliangye Chengdu
Performing Arts Centre
Results
Record8–14 (.364)
Place

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

On November 16, head coach Wang "RUI" Xingrui announced that he would be stepping down from his position due to health issues.[2] On January 14, the team announced that Hunters' assistant coach Chang "Ray" Chia-Hua and LGE.Huya head coach Wu "Dokkaebi" Xiuqing would serve as the Hunters' co-head coaches. Additionally, former Hunters support player Li "Garry" Guan was added as an assistant coach.[3]

Roster changes

The Hunters enter the new season with all ten of their players under contract.[4] 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.[5]

The Hunters' first offseason change was announced on December 27 with the departures of DPS Zhihao "YangXiaoLong" Zhang and main tank Yansong "Jiqiren" Wei.[6] On January 14, the Hunters revealed the signing of damage player Chen "ATing" Shao-Hua and promotions of support players He "Molly" Chengzhi and Chen "Lengsa" Jingyi from their academy team LGE.Huya.[3]

Roster
Chengdu Hunters roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleNo.HandleNameNationalityPrevious team
Damage 24 JinMu  Yi Hu  China  Big Time Regal Gaming 
Damage 74 Baconjack  Lo Tzu-Heng  Taiwan  Flash Wolves 
Damage 23 leave  Huang Xin  China  Miraculous Youngster 
Tank 5 Ameng  Ding Menghan  China  Big Time Regal Gaming 
Tank 53 ATing  Chen Shao-Hua  Taiwan  Nova Monster Shield 
Tank 3 Elsa  Luo Wenjie  China  LinGan Esports 
Tank 64 LateYoung  Ma Tianban  China  Team CC 
Support 29 Yveltal  Li Xianyao  China  LinGan Esports 
Support 28 Lengsa  Chen Jingyi  China  LGE.Huya 
Support 7 Kyo (C)  Kong Chunting  China  Team CC 
Support 66 Molly  He Chengzhi  China  LGE.Huya 
Head coach
  • Chang "Ray" Chia-Hua
  • Wu "Dokkaebi" Xiuqing
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: January 15, 2020.

Standings
# Team Division W L PCT P MR MD STK
Conference leaders
1 Shanghai Dragons PAC 26 2 .929 28 56–15–1 +41
2 Philadelphia Fusion ATL 23 2 .920 25 56–19–0 +37
Wild cards
3 San Francisco Shock PAC 22 2 .917 24 47–12–2 +35
4 Paris Eternal ATL 17 6 .739 23 44–28–0 +16
5 Guangzhou Charge PAC 18 7 .720 25 44–39–1 +5
6 Florida Mayhem ATL 15 6 .714 21 40–25–0 +15
Play-in tournament
7 New York Excelsior ATL 15 7 .682 22 47–26–2 +21
8 Atlanta Reign ATL 10 7 .588 17 37–23–0 +14
9 Los Angeles Valiant PAC 10 9 .526 19 33–36–0 -3
10 Hangzhou Spark PAC 11 11 .500 22 33–40–2 -7
11 Los Angeles Gladiators PAC 7 9 .438 16 30–33–4 -3
12 Seoul Dynasty PAC 8 11 .421 19 21–35–2 -14
In the hunt
12 Seoul Dynasty PAC 8 11 .421 19 21–35–2 -14
13 Dallas Fuel PAC 7 10 .412 17 28–37–0 -9
14 Toronto Defiant ATL 8 12 .400 20 31–42–0 -11
15 London Spitfire ATL 6 10 .375 16 24–36–0 -12
16 Chengdu Hunters PAC 8 14 .364 22 33–47–1 -14
17 Houston Outlaws ATL 6 15 .286 21 32–50–3 -18
18 Vancouver Titans PAC 4 11 .267 15 16–38–0 -22
19 Washington Justice ATL 3 16 .158 19 21–51–1 -30
20 Boston Uprising ATL 2 17 .105 19 14–55–3 -41

Game log
2020 game log (Overall record: 1–1)
February–March: 1–1
April–May: 0–0
June–August: 0–0
2020 season schedule
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References
  1. Hayward, Andrew (August 21, 2019). "Update: Five More OWL Teams Confirm Homestand Venues". The Esports Observer. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  2. McHale, Violet (November 17, 2019). "Chengdu Hunters Head Coach Announces Departure". The Game Haus. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  3. "Hunters officially add Leave in revealing 2020 roster". Reuters. January 15, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  4. Morello, Matt (July 30, 2019). "2020 Team Needs and Player Contract Status". Overwatch League. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  5. Richardson, Liz (October 4, 2019). "Overwatch League reveals player contract status for entire league". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  6. Samples, Rachel (December 27, 2019). "Chengdu Hunters part ways with YangXiaoLong and Jiqiren ahead of 2020 Overwatch League season". Dot Esports. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
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