Overwatch League Player Striker Transferred to San Francisco Shock
By Nicholas Barth ·
In a very surprising roster move, Overwatch League player Striker has been transfered to the San Francisco Shock from the Boston Uprising.
Season 2 of the Overwatch League is soon approaching with many of the teams that call the Overwatch League home finalizing their rosters for the upcoming season of professional Overwatch competition. While there have been plenty of major roster moves this off-season, one of the most high profile and unexpected ones took place on Monday, December 3rd with the Boston Uprising transferring star DPS player Nam-joo "Striker" Gwon to the San Francisco Shock. The transferring of talented Overwatch League player Striker to the San Francisco Shock was announced by the organization on its official Twitter account in an original video.
Striker Overwatch League Trade
Chef @ShockCrusty is cooking something special for Season 2 of @OverwatchLeague...
— San Francisco Shock⚡ (@SFShock) December 3, 2018
One ingredient was missing... Until now pic.twitter.com/dhO5Rq6tGx
The community was shocked by the move of the Boston Uprising to send Striker over to the San Francisco Shock, as Striker was one of the best players for Boston during the inaugural season of the league and was a key factor in the Uprising securing an undefeated record in Stage 3. Known for extremely high level Tracer play, Striker will provide an immense boost in the DPS firepower that the roster of the Shock will have heading to the second season of the global esports league for Blizzard Entertainment's popular first person shooter.
“Having worked with Striker last season, I am very excited for him to join the roster. He demonstrated excellence on stage during the first season and will be a great addition to the Shock family,” said Shock Head Coach Dae-hee "Crusty" Park in the official press release announcing the addition of the DPS player to the roster.
The Shock now have a full 12 player roster for Season 2 of the Overwatch League with the addition of Striker. The former Boston Uprising DPS player will get his first chance to deliver the same high level of play he provided to the Boston Uprising for the San Francisco Shock when Season 2 of the Overwatch League begins on February 14th.
(cover photo courtesy of Robert Paul for Blizzard Entertainment)