Washington Justice has said goodbye to main tank Gye “rOar” Chang-hoon, the Overwatch League team announced today.
The ROar was acquired by the organization before the 2020 Overwatch League season from the l. a. Gladiators, where the most tank completed his rookie campaign. He was a neighborhood of an ever-shifting Justice tank line that saw Elliot “ELLIVOTE” Vaneryd and Lukas “LullSiSH” Wiklund leave the team within the middle of the season. The team signed former Vancouver Titans off-tank Choi “JJANU” Hyeon-Woo in May to carry down the frontline with rOar.
Huge thanks to @rOar_ow for his time on the @washjustice I'll never forget speaking with him about his drive to win and how much of a focus that was for him. Excited to see what the future holds for him #JusticeFighting https://t.co/NecqBDQte4
— Grant Paranjape (@Keiranthil) October 23, 2020
It was the unexpected signing of DPS Jang “Decay” Gui-un and therefore the Justice discovering their niche with a strong tank line driven by Jjanu’s Roadhog and Decay’s Zarya that led to rOar’s playtime coming to a halt at the top of the season and thru the team’s playoff run.
ROar was one among the few constants for the Justice team that went through several roster shifts. Star DPS Corey “Corey” Nigra left the team and retired from competitive Overwatch in May and fellow DPS Ethan “Stratus” Yankel retired from the scene within the same month.
The Justice completed the customary season in the nineteenth spot with a 4-17 record. The team surged within the North American playoff bracket, losing within the loser’s bracket finals to the Philadelphia Fusion. Their run included breadths over any semblance of the Paris Eternal and Florida Mayhem.