In the Grand Finals match, Fuel defeated the Shock by a score of 4–3 to win their first OWL championship.

[4] Both the defending Overwatch League champions and runners-up, the Shanghai Dragons and Atlanta Reign, respectively, were eliminated in the first round of the lower bracket of the playoffs.

[9] Prior to the start of the second tournament cycle, the Midseason Madness, they picked up tank player Michael "mikeyy" Konicki.

[11] After winning every match in the upper bracket, the Shock faced the Los Angeles Gladiators in the Midseason Madness finals.

[18] The team finished the regular season as the second seed in the Western region with 26 league points, 20 wins, and 4 losses.

[19][4] Proper received numerous accolades for his performance in the regular season, being commentated as a Role Star for damage, being named the Alarm Rookie of the Year, and earning the Most Valuable Player award.

[31] In the second tournament cycle of the season, the Midseason Madness, the Fuel were swept in their first two qualifying matches, as their Zarya-Reaper composition from the Kickoff Clash was no longer viable due to a balance patch that shifted the meta.

[33] However, Dallas made an early exit from the tournament after losing to the Shanghai Dragons and Philadelphia Fusion in their first two matches.

[34][35] In the Summer Showdown, the third tournament cycle of the season, the league saw another meta shift with the release of Overwatch 2's newest hero, Junker Queen.

With Hanbin playing as one of the league's best Junker Queens,[36] the Fuel finished the Summer Showdown qualifiers snapping the San Francisco Shock's 20-game regular season winning streak and claiming the top seed in the Western Summer Showdown tournament with a perfect 6–0 record in the qualifiers.

[17] The team finished the regular season as the top seed in the Western region with 26 league points, 20 wins, and 4 losses.

[38] With a bye to the second round of the upper bracket, the Fuel selected the twelfth-seeded Hangzhou Spark as their first opponent; Dallas defeated them by a score of 3–1.

[48] Additionally, there was an interview with lead hero designer Alec Dawson and art director Dion Rogers.