The Houston Outlaws have been busy over the previous few days, asserting 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’ll be able to have a reigning champion on the group?
Houston has saved the items rolling by asserting the return of hitscan ace Lee “Happy” Jung-woo, who was a part of the group throughout the 2021 Overwatch League season.
Happy spent final season as part of the Washington Justice, the place he was signed to start out the yr, after which joined the Los Angeles Gladiators after the Justice dismantled a few of its roster. During his earlier stint on the Outlaws roster, Happy was in command of laborious hitscan heroes like Widowmaker and Cassidy. He’s a stellar shot when given the house to function by the remainder of his group.
He’ll additionally reunite with former Guangzhou Charge and Los Angeles Gladiators teammate Kim “Shu” Jin-seo on the 2023 Outlaws roster; each gamers started their Overwatch League careers on the Chinese group again in 2019 and spent a part of the final yr 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 group. All of the brand new members be a part of present star DPS Oh “Pelican” Se-hyun, the one holdover from the 2022 Outlaws roster.
Multiple groups have shuffled round among the league’s greatest gamers throughout the brutal 2022 offseason, which noticed a report variety of free brokers emerge. For the primary time, the league’s reigning championship group dissolved within the offseason after its massive win. The Dallas Fuel’s gamers are scattering throughout the league, making for a really attention-grabbing 2023 season.
