Never say die: Fearless joins ENTER FORCE.36 ahead of Stage 3
As the best of the best fight on in the 2026 Midseason Championship at the Esports World Cup in Paris, some teams have started to make roster moves in preparation for the upcoming Stage 3. In Japan, ENTER FORCE.36 have decided to add a new tank to bolster their lineup: the legendary Lee "Fearless" Eui-Seok.
Fearless has an incredible career of highs and lows, and after two years away from Overwatch - due to South Korea’s mandatory military service - Fearless has returned to write a new chapter in his story.
Fearless first made a name for himself a month into the Overwatch League, when the Shanghai Dragons signed him to help the team after a terrible 0-10 Stage 1. Signed alongside the likes of Se-yeon "Geguri" Kim (the first female player in the OWL) and Chon "Ado" Gi-hyeon, he made up one of the few Koreans on an otherwise all-Chinese roster. This confusing roster situation got worse as the team attempted to communicate mid-game in English, forcing every player to translate their call-outs into a second language. This - alongside many other reasons - led to the Shanghai Dragons going 0-40, making them not only the worst team in the Overwatch League, but surpassing the Philadelphia 76ers (basketball) 29-game losing streak for the longest in all of professional sports. (They even got an ESPN article about it.) Despite this horrific season and start to a professional career, Fearless was one of only two players left on the roster for 2019 - the other being Lu "Diya" Weida.
Fearless spent the 2019 season on the Shanghai Dragon’s academy team, Team CC, where he was able to lead the team to a 2nd place finish in Contenders China 2019. He earned his spot back in the Overwatch League when the Dragons called him up for the 2020 season, this time with an All-Korean roster. While he started the season benched behind Ji-won "Stand1" Seo, Fearless would make his season debut against the Chengdu Hunters on April 19th, playing mostly Winston and Wrecking Ball, and winning his first-ever game, 3-0. Fearless would really break out later this year in the May Melee, when he would lead Shanghai to a 4-3 reverse-sweep victory over the Seoul Dynasty, earning him Player of the Match for his outstanding Winston gameplay. With Fearless at the helm, the Dragons would finish the season with a 27-2 record, the best in the league, and end the season in third place. He started the season as a two-way bench player, being rewarded for sticking with Shanghai, and he ended the season as one of the best tanks in the world, earning his first-ever Role Star award at tank.
Thanks to his breakout, Fearless would get a two-year contract with the Dallas Fuel in 2021, who were rebuilding their roster around the Element Mystic core. He got to partner with Choi "Hanbin" Han-been, and Fearless continued his winning ways. This Dallas roster was the best team in North America throughout the regular season, and won the May Melee against the Shanghai Dragons. Fearless got to not only beat his old team, but he once again earned Player of the Match and became the first-ever two-time May Melee champion. Dallas would start to teeter off as the year went on, and they finished 3rd overall in 2021. Fearless would win a second Role Star award, establishing himself as a mainstay in tank dominance
Come 2022, Fearless would stay with Dallas, but the switch to Overwatch 2 meant that only one tank could play at a time. Throughout most of the regular season, Hanbin was the starting tank, thanks to a Junker Queen meta. By the time of the playoffs, Winston had become a mainstay, and Fearless got to take control yet again. The 2022 Grand Finals is certainly the best of any OWL year, and Fearless’s incredible monkey gameplay is part of the reason why. Dallas would best the San Francisco Shock 4-3, and Fearless would walk away with the Grand Finals MVP. He started his career unable to get a win, and he climbed his way up to being one of the best players in the entire sport.
For the final year of the Overwatch League, Fearless was signed to the Houston Outlaws, who built a competitive roster around a backline of Park "Violet" Min-ki and Kim "shu" Jin-seo. Houston was never able to achieve any major tournament wins this year, but they stayed strong and competitive throughout. They came second place in both the Midseason Madness and the Grand Finals. For his efforts, Fearless won his third Role Star award, meaning that he has received some sort of personal award for every season since re-entering the league in 2020.
Fearless’s OWCS career has been very short so far. He stayed out of OWCS for Stage 1 before joining ZETA DIVISION for the Esports World Cup and Stage 2. While ZETA would finish 3rd in the EWC, they were unluckily stuck behind Team Falcons and Crazy Raccoon and could not qualify for the Grand Finals. After the 2024 season, Fearless left competitive Overwatch to complete his mandatory military service for South Korea, and with that done and dusted, he returned to the OWCS scene - now in Japan - for ENTER FORCE.36.
ENTER FORCE.36 just finished Stage 2 of OWCS Japan in third place, getting bested by newcomers Murash Gaming and, of course, VARREL. With the addition of Fearless, their roster is technically complete, with a full starting five. Fearless will join his former Hitscan from his Dallas Fuel days: Kim "Edison" Tae-hoon, who has been a massive driving force behind this team’s success. Rounding out the DPS line is NewJ, and the support line consists of Mori "Gaisen" Yoshiki and Ydot. This team is solid on paper, but more changes are possible as we are still a ways away from Stage 3 starting. E36 will look to earn a spot in the World Finals in China and, hopefully, build a strong enough roster to stay competitive in Japan.