JJoNak – NEW YORK EXCELSIOR – ZENYATTA
New York Excelsior finished in first in the standings at the end of stage one, coming very close to winning the playoffs but losing in a close game to London Spitfire. During this final week of stage one, support player JJoNak played amazingly as Zenyatta, putting up some huge elimination and damage numbers, while also maintaining amazing healing stats as well.
Take, for example, the game against London Spitfire on Saturday where he got a total of 85 eliminations with 44,000 hero damage done, with over 36,000 healing done as well. These numbers netted him player of the match, with praise for his expert use of both Zenyatta’s harmony and discord orbs.
His use of Zenyatta’s Orb Volley is also amazing to watch, like in the video below where he times their use perfectly in a doorway on Temple of Anubis to net him not one but two kills in a single use.
JJonak the JJanitor cleaning up shop! #OWL2018 @JJoNakLove https://t.co/U6dIipgQGs pic.twitter.com/W3C0vBZnT3
— Overwatch League (@overwatchleague) February 10, 2018
He also has a lot of creativity when it comes to on-the-fly plays, using Zenyatta’s skills to his advantage. Take this week’s match against Florida Mayhem, for example, during which he body blocked nearly the entire enemy team on Eichenwalde so that his teammates could push in and get some easy and frantic kills. Not to mention he also killed the enemy Zenyatta directly after this cheeky play.
Blocking the door with Transcendence. Just @JJoNakLove things. #OWL2018https://t.co/ueB6JNcBAO pic.twitter.com/bLVYncIIps
— Overwatch League (@overwatchleague) February 9, 2018
JJoNak has somewhat flown under the radar so far in stage one, and after his performance this week we are looking forward to watching how he plays in stage two as the season progresses.
