2019 Shanghai Dragons season

The team put on an unprecedented playoff run, taking down the top-seeded New York Excelsior 3–1 and the second-seeded Vancouver Titans 4–1 in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively.

Shanghai's success did not last, however; after the implementation of a 2-2-2 role lock by the league in Stage 4, the Dragons only won one match in their final seven to finish the season with a 13–15 record.

In hopes of not reliving the 2018 season, Shanghai Dragons re-signed only three of their eleven members of their roster, releasing Liu "Xushu" Jun-jie, Jing "Roshan" Wen-hao, Cheng "Altering" Yage, Chen "Fiveking" Zhaoyu, Xu "Freefeel" Peixuan, He "Sky" Jun-jian, Chon "Ado" Gi-hyeon, and Kim "Daemin" Dae-min.

[3] The team's final offseason transaction occurred on February 12, two days before the beginning of the regular season, when Dragons acquired main tank Noh "Gamsu" Young-jin from Boston Uprising.

Dragons were led by main tank Gamsu, who Shanghai acquired from Uprising just a few week prior, en route to defeating Boston, snapping the franchises professional sports record 42-game losing streak and first ever win in the Overwatch League.

[6] Shanghai carried that momentum into their third week of play, sweeping Chengdu Hunters, and marking the franchise their first ever winning streak.

[7] Shanghai fell in back-to-back matches against Dallas Fuel before defeating the defending 2018 OWL champions London Spitfire to finish the stage with a 3–4 record.

As New York stuck to their standard 3-tank, 3-support composition and the Dragons countered by swapping Jin "Youngjin" Young-jin to Doomfist.

Compounded with the Dragons ability to shut down main tank Kim "Mano" Dong-gyu, Shanghai found wins in the next two maps and defeated New York by a 3–1 scoreline.

DPS Yang "DDing" Jin-hyeok on Pharah controlled the first map, Ilios, to give the Dragons a 1–0 lead, but the Titans came right back to even the score 1–1 going into match break.

[22] With the win over the Titans, the Dragons made it to their first-ever stage finals, where they took on the third-seeded San Francisco Shock on July 14.

The match opened on Oasis, where the Shock opted to play with substitute DPS players STRIKER and Architect and main tank Smurf.

For map two, San Francisco selected Numbani and substituted back in main tank Super and DPS players sinatraa and Rascal.

The Dragons came out in full force; Shanghai's DPS players DDing and Bae "Diem" Min-seong on Phara and Widowmaker put on a clinic of a performance to propel the team past the first checkpoint and further than the Shock's payload distance; the Dragons were crowned Stage 3 Champions.

[23] Prior to the start of Stage 4, which would include the implementation of an enforced 2-2-2 role lock by the league, the Dragons acquired flex support Kim "Izayaki" Min-chul from the Los Angeles Valiant.

Toronto DPS Logix's effective performances on Widowmaker and McCree proved to be too much for the Dragons to handle, as they fell 1–2.

The Dragon jumped out to an early 2–0 lead after winning on Busan and King's Row, but after the match break, Philadelphia forced a tie on Temple of Anubis and won on Watchpoint: Gibraltar.