Popular Overwatch player Striker has announced that he is departing from the SF Shock team, as well as retiring from Overwatch. Here is the announcement:
Striker departing from SF Shock – Why?
From the departure video above we cannot identify a clear reason as to why he is retiring from Overwatch. He’s only been competing in Overwatch for about 4 years, meaning that he’s still got a lot of time to prove his abilities in other esports. Brett Lautenbach, who is the president of NRG tweeted a “well-earned retirement” to Striker which indicates that Striker will not be returning to Overwatch competition any time soon. We can only deduct that if Striker continues his esports career, he will play in VALORANT.
Here are Striker’s best achievements in Overwatch with the SF Shock
- 1st at OWL 2020 Playoffs Grand Finals – 10th October 2020 – $1,500,000
- First in OWL 2019 Playoffs – 29th September 2019 – $1,100,000
- 1st in OWL 2019 Stage 2 Playoffs – 12th may 2019 – $200,000
Who will replace Striker on the Overwatch roster?
With this retirement also came the return of Ans, who left the squad back in January to switch to VALORANT. During his VALORANT period, Ans represented T1 in the early stages, and was later demoted to the academy team. It’s fair to say that it wasn’t the most successful move ever, but now he’s returned to the esport that we all know him for. We hope to see him thrive as he once did with the San Francisco Shock.
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