What is Overwatch?

Overwatch is Activision-Blizzard’s exciting six-versus-six team-based shooter where heroes never die. Featuring a colorful cast of characters in a futuristic environment, the game’s deep class-based gameplay has captivated players ever since its 2016 release. Its competitive scene, the Overwatch League, is one of the biggest esports leagues out there, with the publishers actively managing an intercontinental franchised league modeled along the lines of the NFL and the NBA.

The wide range of playable characters and the endless complexities of gameplay allow for a wide variety of exciting prop bets, making Overwatch betting a uniquely fun option for fans of the game. As one of the web’s most trusted platforms, Rivalry is a 100% safe, regulated, and reputable site with generous min odds and a great first deposit bonus where fans of all esports games come to wager safety.

Betting on the Overwatch League makes it even more exciting to keep up with the action on the server and to cheer on your favorite teams by wagering a few bucks on their success.

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Overwatch is one of the most action-packed games in all of esports. In just a few years, it has gone from an obscure game built from the scraps of a canned Blizzard project (known as Titan in the industry) to one of the world’s most exciting esports experiences. The Overwatch League is now among the premier esports competitions with production values and skill levels matching all that other big publishers can bring to the table.

Why you should bet on the Overwatch League

Betting on the Overwatch League is a great way to spice up your viewing experience and to have a bit of skin in the game when watching the best Overwatch teams duking it out with one another. There are also quite a few handy tips you can keep in mind to place well-informed wagers on the game!

Anything is possible

In some games, it’s easy to predict who will win, and this leads to static betting lines and tight margins. Not Overwatch. Anyone who’s ever watched a game knows that anything can happen. Sure, skill wins in the long run, but with best-of-one tournaments, there’s always a long list of Cinderella's making epic runs to the Final Four and beyond. The fast pace, the volatile format and the complexities of team composition leave plenty of room for underdogs to spring a surprise. One mistake and it’s OVER (watch!)

Ever bet on a tournament and get no excitement out of it? As fans of all the major esports, we know exactly how you feel. We are betting because we are trying to spice things up, but even the spiciest of sauces can’t make up for a game where the fate of one team is sealed from the beginning. In Overwatch, just one mistake can end even the biggest favorite’s chances, and this leads to edge-of-your-seat action through the entire contest. You get hours of entertainment for just a few dollars. Hard to beat that!

Tons of in-game variables

Just like other online battle games, Overwatch’s 6-v-6 format, first-person game mode, and different game types lead to a bunch of in-game variables. The more details there are, the more things there are for an enterprising bettor to analyze. That amounts to even more opportunities for you to gain an edge on the betting public.

You can still be an early adopter

Dota,LoL, CS:GO, and the other major esports games offer a lot of great betting action, but many of the teams and players involved are longstanding veterans of the game and there’s a clear hierarchy of favorites and underdogs. This isn’t necessarily the case with Overwatch as the scene is still developing and Activision-Blizzard are actively making adjustments all the time to accommodate their burgeoning franchises. The impending launch of Overwatch 2 should also serve as a shot in the arm for everything Overwatch-related.

Hitching your wagon to a team at this fairly early stage of a growing esport means you can cheer them on all the way from humble beginnings to massive success. Find your new favorites, watch them rise, place a bet: this way, when they win, you both win along the way.

Non-stop action

With 6 players on each team, tons of in-team strategy, 21 in-depth characters each fighting it out in a number of categories, and differing objectives, there’s no shortage of heart-pumping action. Best of all, there are many competitions to follow, like the Overwatch World Cup or Overwatch Contenders, when the league is on a break or if you’re looking for ever more exciting action.

Esports is a key part of the game

Unlike some other professionally played video games, Overwatch was basically designed from the ground up to enable exciting competition in the form of the Overwatch League, and the health of the highest level of gameplay has always been an important part of patches and other game design decisions. The importance of Overwatch’s esports scene to the game’s devs is almost unparalleled in the industry, and this is a big part of why you can always expect an exciting and well-curated experience when you tune into a competitive Overwatch stream.

How Does Overwatch Betting Work?

What are betting odds?

At Rivalry, we express Overwatch League betting odds as a decimal. For example, if Team A at 1.5 odds is going up against Team B at 3.0 odds, and you bet $1 on Team A, then you stand to win $1.50.

As an esports book, we use betting odds to reflect the likelihood of a certain outcome. The higher the odds, the less likely a team is to win (and the more money you stand to win if you deftly spot a mislabeled underdog). These are the basics you will find on all Overwatch betting sites.

What are proposition bets?

Proposition bets, or ‘prop’ bets can cover almost any in-game event for betting purposes. Who gets the first kill and who wins the first map? Both are prop bets. Who gets the best KDA and who will be the MVP? Prop bets as well. The over/under on the number of maps played? You guessed correctly - this is a proposition bet as well. 

Overwatch Betting Tips

As big Overwatch fans, we’ve been following the game and its professional scene for quite a few years now and we’ve got a few tricks up our sleeve that can help you beat the odds as well. Having a better understanding of how to place a well-informed bet will make wagering on the Overwatch League and other such events all the more fun. Here are a few of them for you!

Keep up with the meta

Suppose someone decided to change the rules of football overnight. Surely you’d instantly think about how that affects the various teams and players. You need to do the same in esports, and especially when it comes to the Overwatch League. The various format changes, hero locks and other adjustments made by Blizzard have broken many successful teams, and if you can quickly figure out which teams are the most adaptable and who will benefit the most from a patch, you can easily find an edge when you want to bet on Overwatch League matches.

Reddit is your friend

Follow teams and players on the game’s subreddit and listen to what respected names have to say. Learn how to spot what is clearly promoted rhetoric and what is level-headed analysis. If anything, just use the sub as a place to follow news and get insight before the general public does.

Players’ social media can contain a lot of nuggets

You might think it’s just tabloid gossip and bland platitudes that end up on Twitter in esports, but scouring the players’ profiles can deliver a surprisingly high amount of little nuggets that can help you place a better-informed bet! If a player is actively complaining about the new meta online, chances are he won’t be performing as well as usual in their next competitive match.

Some even go as far as to check their Steam profiles to see whether they’ve been grinding the game of their career or some other exciting title for a bit of fun. Having 40 hours in PUBG over the last two weeks doesn’t bode well for your next Overwatch match, and the same holds true for professional players as well.

Understand team rankings

Since competitive leagues aren’t nearly as well formulated as other sports yet, competitive rankings can be volatile. However, they are a good place to go to test the odds. If you see some odds that don’t sit right with your intuition, check competitive rankings and how they’ve changed recently.

Understand team dynamics

Not only do you need to know the rankings of teams, but you also need to understand how they fit together. How well do they work under pressure? Which characters do they prefer? Do they do well without home-court advantage? Did they do a good job transitioning to online play? Follow your favorite teams on YouTube and try to spot up-and-coming teams first – or dig into the stats and identify which players are on the downfall long before the emotionally attached fans accept the same.

Follow tournaments

You can find all of the results here at Rivalry. If you follow tournament results closely and then analyze each team’s performance, you can get unrivaled insight. There’s nothing better than knowing more about the state of play than the talking heads at the desk dishing out the analysis on the official broadcast!

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Frequently asked questions

How does online Overwatch betting work?

Betting on Overwatch online is easy – find the match you’re interested in, select a bet and place your wager!

Can you bet on Overwatch League?

Yes, we at Rivalry offer OWL betting and a wide variety of markets for Overwatch. From prop bets to match winners, you can find it all on our site.

Are there any bonuses for Overwatch betting?

Yes, Rivalry offers a generous welcome bonus, so you can bet on your favorite Overwacth matches.

Who is the richest Overwatch player?

Hong Jae-hee (also known as "Gesture") and Park Joon-yeong (also known as "Profit") were in the Guinness Book of World Records in April 2020 for their eye-popping $200 000+ lifetime earnings. The Overwatch League 2020 results shifted these numbers somewhat, and the data on esportsearnings.com suggests that Dong Jun "Rascal" Kim and Nam Joo "Striker" Kwon have overtaken their fellow Koreans with over $300 000 to their name.

Is Overwatch an MMO?

No, Overwatch is a team-based first-person shooter. The MMO you’re thinking of would be World of Warcraft, another game made by Activision-Blizzard. Man, those people have a lot of blockbusters under their belt!

What kinds of bets can I place on Overwatch games?

Overwatch betting online offers many different opportunities for you to place a bet. Many betting sites don’t go beyond the normal match winner or tournament winner bets with real money but we also offer handicap bets and over/under options here on Rivalry!

Is Overwatch a MOBA or an FPS?

The game could be best described as a first-person shooter with MOBA elements. There are no creeps on the map and no way to level up your heroes in the middle of the fight so it would be disingenuous to compare it to something like League of Legends. The closest cousin to Overwatch has to be Team Fortress 2 with its class-based team combat, but a mention of Call of Duty wouldn’t go amiss either as the same company set up a similar esports structure around that title as well.