The Philadelphia Fusion Philadelphia Fusion OWL Rank #11 AimGod Min-seok Kwon flex support MN3 Yoon Jae-hee dps ZEST Kim Hyun-woo (김현우) dps Belosrea tank FiXa Kwon Young Hoon (권영훈) support have announced flex player HOTBA has been traded over to the Guangzhou Charge Guangzhou Charge OWL Rank #9 Cr0ng Nam Ki-cheol (남기철) off tank Farway1987 Cao Jiale (曹家乐) flex support choisehwan Choi Se-Hwan (최세환) dps Develop Chae Rak-hoon (채락훈) dps Rio Oh Seung-pyo (오승표) tank Unique Yoo Dong-hyun support Overwatch League expansion team. He is the first player that has been confirmed joining the roster for the second Overwatch League season.

HOTBA shared playtime throughout most of the season with his flex counterpart Poko . Although HOTBA did not see any stage time during Stages 2 and 3 of the regular season, he was present for at least one map of every postseason playoff game that the Fusion competed in. There, he demonstrated his flexibility, playing the traditional flex tank heroes such as D.Va and Zarya as well as Tracer and Zenyatta in specific situations.

The Fusion finished second in the postseason behind the champions, the London Spitfire London Spitfire OWL Rank #12 Landon flex support SparkR William Andersson dps Backbone Jamie O'Neill dps Hadi Daniel Bleinagel tank Admiral Oliver Vahar support . With the departure of HOTBA, the Fusion player count falls to 9 players. The only recent addition to the Fusion roster was Elk 's promotion from Fusion University Fusion University Contenders EU Rank #25 Boombox Isaac Charles flex support Poko Gael Gouzerch off tank Sugarfree Kamden Hijada dps JkAru19 Louis Power tank Kruise Harrison Pond support .

The only other staff that have been revealed as part of the Guangzhou franchise were reported by The Esports Observer just two days ago. Sonny Xiao and Eddy Meng were named as CEO and COO of the franchise.

The Guangzhou expansion team needs a minimum of 8 players before the league deadline of December 1.