The Houston Outlaws have been busy over the previous few days, saying a number of high-profile roster additions for the reason that Overwatch League’s free company window opened on Dec. 23. Who wants festive wrapped presents when you may have a reigning champion on the crew?
Houston has stored the presents rolling by saying the return of hitscan ace Lee “Blissful” Jung-woo, who was a part of the crew throughout the 2021 Overwatch League season.
Blissful spent final season as part of the Washington Justice, the place he was signed to start out the 12 months, after which joined the Los Angeles Gladiators after the Justice dismantled some of its roster. Throughout his earlier stint on the Outlaws roster, Blissful was in control of exhausting hitscan heroes like Widowmaker and Cassidy. He’s a stellar shot when given the house to function by the remainder of his crew.
He’ll additionally reunite with former Guangzhou Cost and Los Angeles Gladiators teammate Kim “Shu” Jin-seo on the 2023 Outlaws roster; each gamers started their Overwatch League careers on the Chinese language crew again in 2019 and spent a part of the final 12 months collectively on the Gladiators.
Houston introduced the addition of Shu and former Dallas Fuel tank Lee “Fearless” Eui-seok on Dec. 23, marking a high-profile–and high-budget–flip for the crew. The entire new members be a part of present star DPS Oh “Pelican” Se-hyun, the one holdover from the 2022 Outlaws roster.
A number of groups have shuffled round a few of the league’s finest gamers throughout the brutal 2022 offseason, which noticed a file variety of free brokers emerge. For the primary time, the league’s reigning championship crew dissolved within the offseason after its huge win. The Dallas Gasoline’s gamers are scattering throughout the league, making for a really fascinating 2023 season.