Liquid and Overload win WoW AWC Cup 1: “Playing with gods like this is amazing.”

After a weekend of duking it out in the Cup 1 of the World of Warcraft (WoW) The War Within Arena World Championship (AWC) Season 2 tournament, teams Liquid and Overload came out on top! Here are all of the European (EU) and the North American (NA) WoW AWC Cup 1 results and more.

After sweeping YPPM 3-0 in the first round, Liquid players advanced to the quarterfinal and went 3-1 against Left for Dead. This secured them a spot in the semifinal against Welcome to the Jung, where they continued their win streak with a score of 3-2. When it came down to the final Liquid faced Tiger Toads and won 4-1. This victory earned Liquid player 120 points, putting them on top of the WoW AWC NA leaderboard.

"I was a little worried about Cup 1. It felt like we didn't have a lot of diversity. We tried a bunch of different comps and we kept landing back on RMP," Cdew said in the post-match interview, referring to the Rogue, Priest, and Mage team composition. "But it seems like we landed on the right one, at least."

Samiyam then shared that he had to convince his teammate times to try RMP as well. He said those conversations happened on stream almost every night. In terms of his own gameplay, he said that the Mage class reminded him of his early days of WoW esports.

"I don't pick up the Mage too often, but I'm not gonna lie. When I do play Mage, it brings me back to my 15-year-old self when I was just starting out and competing. I had the biggest ego, so it's like whenever I fight other Mages and stuff, I have the biggest class envy. A little bit of that —  it sparks when I play Mage in tournaments. I won't lie, I won't lie. So it feels good for sure," he added.

In terms of preparations for WoW AWC Cup 2, Cdew shared the team hopes to get Mes involved and may try some Death Knight compositions depending on how buffs play out. He's concerned about the healing nerf to Holy Priest that might shift the meta toward Druid gameplay. "So hopefully, our Druid's not the only viable healer next week," he said.

Meanwhile, Overload players also dominated the upper bracket between April 4 to April 6. The players went 3-1 against MafiaBoss in the first round before going 3-2 against Forged RMPchko. They then swept Dobob 3-0 before taking down Echo in the final 4-2! Just like Liquid, Overload earned the most weekly AWC Cup points, getting them that much closer to the WoW AWC Grand Finals.

 "I won't say we went into the tourney thinking we're going to win," Jayyti said in Overload's post-match interview. "But we were pretty confident in ourselves, I'll say that. We were, in our minds, ready to beat everyone. We knew the matchups, We practiced a lot, and I think we have a good read on the meta."

Oscar then joined the interview, sharing his thoughts on the roster's victory as well. "I mean, what do I even say? My voice is like gone after screaming so much," he said before talking about facing Echo in the WoW AWC Cup 1 final. "I mean, it's mega hype. We didn't expect to completely go in there and just make it [to] this [level]. It was some crazy matches, to be honest. And I think props to my team. My team played completely insane. [I've] never [seen] anything like it."

He also shared how intense the past few weeks have been, recalling how he's learned more in that short time than over the last two years. "Playing with gods like this is amazing," he said.

The esports action will continue next week with WoW AWC Cup 2. Until then, stick around on esports.gg for more news and updates.