‘Rascal’, Dallas Fuel coaches impressed with ‘Hanbin’s Winston against Gladiators

Choi “Hanbin” Han-been made a match-saving determination when he swapped to Winston in opposition to the Los Angeles Gladiators Saturday afternoon.

Hanbin, one of many Overwatch League’s greatest flex tank gamers, hadn’t practiced Winston a lot in any respect. His specialties this season have been Zarya, Dva and generally Doomfist. Not Winston, that was his teammate, Lee “Fearless” Euiseok.

However Hanbin made the decision within the Gasoline’s 3-2 reverse sweep of the Gladiators, and it even impressed his Dallas teaching employees.

“After we first noticed Hanbin first swap to Winston, it was purely Hanbin’s determination,” Gasoline assistant coach Kim “Rascal” Dong-jun mentioned by way of interpreter. “Whereas we have been watching, we truly believed in his determination and it truly ended up exceeding our expectations. He did rather well.”

This was an vital second for the Gasoline as a result of it was the one time within the match that they didn’t stick with what they usually practiced.

Once more, Hanbin doesn’t play Winston on the Overwatch League stage, however he helped flip Ilios right into a map win after the comeback bid was wanting grim for the Gasoline.

Hanbin was a catalyst for Dallas when he was taking part in Zarya as effectively – particularly when paired with DPS participant Kim “Edison” Tae-hun’s Reaper. That’s a composition Kim felt wasn’t being utilized by different groups within the league.

The Gasoline made fast work of the Washington Justice with that composition final weekend, and made just a few tweaks to maintain the steam bellowing in opposition to the Gladiators.

Los Angeles, beforehand undefeated earlier than taking part in Dallas, took a 2-0 lead within the sequence and will’ve closed the sequence out on the fourth map. Tae-hun mentioned the Gasoline’s essential challenge was communication.

“We have been actively pondering, however we couldn’t put it into motion. Despite the fact that we have been always speaking, we actually weren’t following up with that,” Tae-hun mentioned by way of interpreter. “So we put it merely, and after we actually determined to do one thing, put it into motion. Don’t make issues difficult.”

Tae-hun, who was with the Atlanta Reign in 2021, mentioned Choi’s capability to calmly talk what he does on the map and execute made him a standout within the league. More often than not on Saturday, Choi’s command was for the Gasoline to push the tempo.

Tae-hun, a naturally proactive participant, was all about that. The Gasoline’s Zarya, Reaper composition depends upon DPS gamers transferring in and taking the eye away from Hanbin, who then does the majority of the injury and takes the area on the map.

The Gasoline struggled to try this within the first two maps, however executed within the latter half of the sequence in opposition to one of many higher groups within the West.

“I do know many individuals assume the Glads are nice and consider them as a powerful crew. And successful in opposition to that sort of crew proves that we’re sturdy as effectively,” Dong-jun mentioned. “I do know on the very begin it could have regarded like our crew was not as sturdy as many individuals anticipated, however I believe we recovered effectively and have been capable of show ourselves at present.”

The Gasoline have a composition and a recreation plan that works for them, even in opposition to the most effective groups. If the consolation performs collapse, the Gasoline nonetheless have a tank participant who could make impactful choices.

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