The grasp of the D.Va bomb is looking it a profession. With 5 seasons below his belt within the Overwatch League, Gael “Poko” Gouzerch is retiring, he introduced earlier right now on Twitter.
As one of many Overwatch League originals, Poko was part of the Philadelphia Fusion for 4 years, earlier than signing with the London Spitfire for the 2022 season. With the Fusion, he helped lead the workforce to the Grand Finals within the inaugural season. He turned a constant a part of the Fusion core alongside DPS Lee “Carpe” Jaehyeok.
With Poko and Carpe departing from skilled Overwatch, there aren’t any gamers from the season one Fusion roster which are at the moment signed to a workforce.
The 2-time All-Star signed with the London Spitfire, a younger roster the place Poko was the elder statesman of the workforce.
Within the minutes he was known as upon, Poko nonetheless showcased his sharp expertise and confirmed capacity to contribute to a profitable workforce. The Spitfire workforce would go on to exceed expectations with a fifth-place end and a 14–10 total report. Within the league, Poko has solely missed the playoffs as soon as, in 2019, out of 5 seasons of competitors.
Poko was a prolific off-tank participant in the course of the 6-vs.-6 period. He entered the league as a flashy participant that was constantly nailing D.Va Self-Destruct multikills; identified all through the neighborhood as Poko Bombs. He was a participant that shined within the season one dive meta alongside his famous person DPS companions.
Coming into the 2020 season, the Fusion picked up one other elite off-tank participant Kim “Fury” Junho, which known as into query how Poko would match into the workforce because the obvious number-two possibility in his position.
It didn’t find yourself being a lot of a priority. He discovered a stable position on the workforce as each a powerful veteran presence and an elite Sigma participant that began the season as sizzling as any participant within the league. Discovering his position and succeeding in it’s one thing Poko was nice at. Earlier than coming into the Overwatch League, Poko was a centerpiece star for GamersOrigin, main them to success within the French scene. On the France Overwatch World Cup roster, he would assist the workforce safe a fourth-place end in 2018.
He was a vital a part of serving to the brand new crop of Fusion gamers acclimate to the workforce every season. Poko remained one of the crucial beloved and fashionable gamers all through his 5 years of competitors.
He would act as one of many faces of the League and behind the scenes, all indications had been his friends revered him as certainly one of skilled Overwatch’s unique gamers.
