Things are about to heat up: North American amateur squad Kappa Wolves has added Josh "bkid" Choi to their roster, replacing Ryan "Protoges" Griswold, and the change promises to bring an even more aggressive edge to the team's play.

Their coach Nicolai "Youngbaek" Creutzberg confirmed the move to theScore eSports and said that after trying bkid out in scrims, the team was impressed with what they saw and decided to add him to the starting roster.

bkid has a long history of competitive MOBA play. He was well-known in the Heroes of Newerth community for his play on compLexity Gaming.

In Heroes of the Storm, he earned top 8 experience with Pool Plato Some Tangos, where viewers took notice of his aggressive Muradin play. He later moved to Bang Bang's roster until the departure of Stafford "McIntyre" McIntyre and Forrest "Syracuse" Holland shook up that roster.

"I just started playing with these guys this week but I think my playstyle is meshing well with this team," bkid said.

Youngbaek agrees, saying that he's seen bkid's compatibility with this roster firsthand.

"He brings very consistent, good mechanical play to the team. We don't have to worry about mechanics any more and can just draft freely whatever suits us, his hero pool fits with our flexible roster as well. He gets along with the team and he's super aggressive, which is our team's playstyle," Youngbaek explained.

If bkid is allowed to play his signature playstyle — and, by all accounts, that is what will happen — Kappa Wolves will become an even more aggressive team than they are now. They already have promising young assassin player Mike "MichaelUdall" Udall and seasoned support Stefen "akaface" Anderson on the roster, both of whom competed for second-place Arizona State University in the Heroes of the Dorm collegiate-level tournament.

Also on the main roster is Sammuel "bigempct" Hua, an assassin player with League of Legends Challenger Series experience. What is it about bkid that impressed him?

"His mechanical play is very impressive and consistent," he explained.

Harrison "psalm" Chang, formerly of Team Blaze, is currently handling the warrior duties for the team, and bkid will play flex. In the current competitive meta, that would mean that he is also likely to get a lot of time on warriors in any case.

"I actually like the change, because I was kind of forced into warrior position when I started playing this game four months ago since they wanted me to play competitive games when I was only two weeks in," he said.

"I also played a lot of ranged assassins in [Hero League] so it is a pretty comfortable role for me," he explained.

The move has the potential to be a hugely positive one for the team. As the team is still seeking an organization, the addition of bkid — and the kinds of victories the team could achieve with him on board — may help to attract potential sponsors.

With Kappa Wolves set to take on compLexity Gaming this evening in the HTC Heroes Brawl, they'll soon have their first chance.

Josh Bury knows that if anyone can make Thrall competitively viable, it must be Mike Udall. You can find Josh on Twitter.







