Jung "Closer" Won-sik doesn't get the most attention of Dallas Fuel.

He doesn't make the flashy plays like Timo "Taimou" Kettunen or Zachary "ZachaREEE" Lombardo.

Alongside Benjamin "uNKOE" Chevasson, Closer plays support--a crucial role in Overwatch, but one that often takes a backseat to the players piling up eliminations on the kill-feed. When a good support player is doing their job, you don't always notice them. That's because they're enabling their other teammates--I mean, this is the support role--to do the work they need to do.

If he was dying at the start of each fight, that's something you would notice. But he's not, so he fades into the background, the praise and blame falling to other players.

Closer joined the Fuel from the 2018 season championship team, London Spitfire. (Before the OWL, Closer played for GC Busan and MVP Space, racking up wins at prestigious tournaments like OGN's Overwatch Apex and APAC Premier.) He joined Dallas on a two-year contract, which means he'll likely be around for Dallas next year -- unless his contract gets bought out or he is traded.

Closer was often overlooked on London Spitfire -- after all, he had to compete with players like Seung-tae "Bdosin" Choi and Jong-seok "NUS" Kim -- but it'd be a mistake for Dallas to do the same when considering players in 2020. Changes are coming for Dallas, that's certain. Dallas hasn't won a single match this stage. (They play Atlanta Reign on Saturday, but that'll be a tough last match for the team.) Despite the problems, the whole team doesn't have to be nuked.

Something about the Dallas Fuel lineup, whether that's a lack of flexibility or inability to play the meta, didn't work, but it doesn't mean the whole team didn't work.

If there are players that Dallas wants to build around, it would be the support duo of uNKOE and Closer. Closer's been playing Mercy, Lucio and Baptise during stage four, while uNKOE plays Moira, Ana and Zenyatta.

Closer's job is to provide a solid baseline of healing for the team to work from, while uNKOE has the more flexible role, and makes some of the more flashier support plays. But it's Closer that's the backbone of the support line, ensuring that the team stays alive without needing to be saved himself, thanks to good positioning and game sense. (Closer's in the top 10 for fewest deaths per 10 minutes, which is impressive considering that Dallas hasn't won a game this stage.)

Dallas can build a team around a support duo. Next season is going to be a year of change for the entire OWL -- the new structure will very likely have some bumps for teams as they ease into a heavy travel schedule and moving outside of Los Angeles, where they've spent the last two years. Keeping some veteran players to the organization will be important in creating structure and confidence in the team; uNKOE, and particularly, Closer can do that.

The Fuel's last match of the season is two days away -- it's a farewell to an up-and-down season with a terrible drop-off. The pressure might be off (the Fuel are eliminated from postseason contention), but it doesn't mean this is a worthless match for Dallas. Earlier this month, Dallas Fuel and Envy Gaming owner Mike Rufail promised Dallas fans that changes were coming to the Overwatch team next season.

"The second half of our OWL season has been less than ideal," he tweeted. "We have to do something about that and we will. That's a promise."

Changes are coming, and this last match matters for players who want to stay with the team or will need to find a better fit elsewhere.

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Nicole Carpenter is a freelance writer based in Boston.

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