Its that time again for more Overwatch team news and shakeups!
Following their recent 9-12th place finish in the ESL Atlantic Showdown one of Russia's top Overwatch teams, “Prets”, has signed with TORNADO ROX. TORNADO ROX is a Russian gaming organization with big name partners such as Lenovo and Kaspersky. They field teams in League of Legends, World of Tanks, FIFA, and Street Fighter V. The newfound Overwatch squad is hoping the merger will come with deeper motivation and to continue their recent success.
Roster
- Clozz – Leader and Tank
- Buhorpaduha - Flex
- NLaaeR - DPS
- Engh - DPS
- Tonic - Support
- Mistakes – Support
Audrey “Engh” Sholokhov:
“We are very excited to work with TORNADO ROX. Our motivation to practice even harder raised significantly with this move. I hope that we will justify their turstand will show the maximum of our capabilities, achieving the better results.”
Aleksey “KoZRoG” Kunshin, acting eSports director for TORNADO ROX:
“As the popularity and the eSports scene of oOverwatch was growing, we certainly couldn't stay apart of it. We decided t pick up the Prets six – one of the strongest teams in the Russian speaking region, which has already shown some results online and on the European stage of the Atlantic Showdown and, most importantly, are motivated to achieve more. The support of TORNADO ROX will help them on this path.”
Having already become one of the best Russian Overwatch teams, only time will tell if the newfound motivation from joining TORNADO ROX will propel this squad to a splash in the worldwide Overwatch scene.
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