# 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, but all homestand matches were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Reign finished in the quarterfinals in each of the three midseason tournaments of the 2020 season. After advancing through the North America play-ins to the season playoffs, Atlanta was eliminated from North America playoff bracket by the Florida Mayhem.

## Preceding offseason
### Organizational changes

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

### 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. 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.

#### 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. On November 12, the team announced the signing of GC Busan Wave DPS Kim "Edison" Tae-hoon. The team added another DPS three days later when they signed Hugo "SharP" Sahlberg from Team Envy. 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.

#### 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. 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. The following day, the team also elected not to exercise their option to retain DPS Ilya "NLaaeR" Koppalov.

## Roster
### Transactions

Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2020 regular season:
* On July 17, DPS Andrej "Babybay" Francisty retired.
* On July 18, support Steven "Kodak" Rosenberger retired.
* On July 24, the Reign signed DPS Garrett "Saucy" Roland.
* On July 31, the Reign signed support Kim "Lr1s" Seung-hyun.

## Standings

| Pos | Con | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | ATL | Paris Eternal | 21 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0.714 | 50 | 31 | 0 | +19 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | ATL | Florida Mayhem | 21 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0.667 | 48 | 30 | 0 | +18 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | PAC | Los Angeles Valiant | 21 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0.524 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | Advance to playoffs |
| 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 | Advance to play-ins |
| 8 | PAC | Dallas Fuel | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0.429 | 35 | 44 | 0 | −9 | Advance to play-ins |
| 9 | ATL | Toronto Defiant | 21 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 0.333 | 32 | 48 | 0 | −16 | Advance to play-ins |
| 10 | ATL | Houston Outlaws | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0.286 | 32 | 50 | 3 | −18 | Advance to play-ins |
| 11 | PAC | Vancouver Titans | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0.286 | 23 | 48 | 0 | −25 | Advance to play-ins |
| 12 | ATL | Washington Justice | 21 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0.190 | 21 | 54 | 1 | −33 | Advance to play-ins |
| 13 | ATL | Boston Uprising | 21 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0.095 | 14 | 61 | 4 | −47 | Advance to play-ins |

## 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 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 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 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 :