If your team made a roster change or multiple give your personal thoughts on it, whether you like it or not and WHY you think the change was made, plus any additional insight
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hiro: minimum top 3 player EMEA, best move we could have possibly made. allows for benjy to move to a higher upside role too
chloric: we needed an IGL change, none of the EU options were really moving me (boaster turbowashed, others are a downgrade), nice to get an upcoming NA IGL who isn't handless
jamelinho: ofc hes not as highly rated as kozzy but i think hes still a great option, shows a lot of promise at only 17. third highest ceiling of the upcoming duelists imo, and doesn't have the language barrier of Kachoww
i think TH is great chloric i still have hopes for and idk who jamelinho is but ive heard people call him the truth
we won champions, did alright for like two majors afterwards, and the rest we sucked badly at... now the whole roster i fell in love with is gone and i'm a little sad but this way they might individually do a lot better! one can only hope~
Jinggg and Spring are great additions. They both are extremely strong in their respective main roles, and Jinggg is also decently flexible as well on top of that. Fayde is a bit questionable but it's less his competence and moreso him being an unknown variable all things considered. Idk what other AG fans have to say about him but Septem7 being secured as assistant coach again is pretty nice. He has decent ideas from what can be gathered, since he's been an integral part of AG's coaching staff since last year and their comp ideas have consistently been intriguing.
wtf i barely knew jing got dropped let alone going to china??? i know spring is great but don’t their roles overlap
Spring played both duelist and anchor last year but if he's getting signed to AG then he's most likely going to one-trick viper on most maps. F4ngeer flexes between duelist and chamber. Jinggg plays duelist mainly. K1ra flexes between smokes sentinel and duelist. They need a dedicated initiator player which will probably be either Shr1mp, AAAY, or S1mon.
can aaay or s1mon speak english?
AAAY should at least be able to communicate at a basic level in-game considering his history on FPX. S1mon probably less so but he was on a tier 2 team with an import so it's hard to believe he hasn't picked up on some things at least by now if he didn't know already.
Tyloo: not sure what the moves are yet, from what I've heard letting go of Siufat makes a lot of sense, having to get rid of Erv because of an injury is tough but it is what it is. Scales might be on the leave, not sure, why not if an upgrade is available but it's not obvious at all. If we get Ayyy and Woody for Siufat and scales I think it's good swaps. Ayyy is definitely better than scales, not sure about Woody especially since we would then need a smokes IGL and I have no idea who that'd be. Down as fuck on Pipson tbh, pbb better than Hypnotizing, at least not worse on paper, but I disagree with pretty much everything in terms of his vision of the game and think he is an extremely outdated coach which will not help china internationally in the slightest
LEV : no comment lol
PRX : Sad but something is still there. i hope they don't get an IGL for the last spot. Zeus is proably their best option as a non-import and I wanna see him on a good team. I like getting Patmen, I think he plays exactly what PRX needs : aggro smokes, aggro lurk on viper, great support on flash agents (mainly skye these days but whatever) and I'd like to see him finally play Raze in VCT if possible cuz I know he likes it a lot and is very good at it. He's also very vocal (sometimes too much-_) which is necessary to replace D4v41
Looking at it pragmatically, Tyloo seems to be prioritizing signing coaching staff that can bring any sort of structure in-game. Pipson's vision is way behind the times (like 2023 era outdated) but as long as he can provide Tyloo's extremely high mechanical ceiling consistent fundamentals then it might turn things around internationally. Even if Tyloo's protocols look straight out of 2024, it'll give a huge boost to their ability to contend with world class teams and potential to consistently reach internationals
you think getting rid of siufat is good? i feel like he’s the one who transformed the roster to begin with
for PRX idek what they could do i feel like idk you could look at primmie hyunmin patmen zeus any of those would be sidegrsdes at worst
the things I've read about Siufat are really smth else man, it's a bad bad look
can you elaborate?
like what, im curious
+HYUNMIN to replace jaw was a great move, obviously jaw is a shitter and we got a mechanical demon with a better agent pool
+Sato is another great move, just a great player with a better agent pool than babybay
+kingg is not great but I assume he had to be packaged to get Sato, he’s not bad but he isn’t valyn
ima be so honest this sato/kingg move was not it
Hyunmin for jaw is INSANE i didn’t think it would ever happen but huge upgrade
in an ideal world what would be ur roster
-Miniboo he benched himself start of Stage 2, fuck him although i cant hate too much since it paved the way for kamo to take over on duelist instead of being stuck controller
-Purp0, I feel really guility about the way we let go of him but he really wasn't performing well at all despite being on his comfort agent. too many mistakes to justify his place
-Kicks decent showing at champs but in general was the weakest link for TL in terms of fragging, cannot be mad about his removal
-Trexx was our 3rd best player in our Stage run really wanted to keep him but I can't critique too harshly till I know what new TL's 5th is
+GSR
+Kachoww
Their talent speaks for itself
holy those 2 are insane moves kachoww and that kozzy dude weee like no 1 prospects
trexx idk he makes ur team good but never good enough and im not sure why
yea purp0 got done dirty asf
Idk who’s on my team yet :3
i rate sato and hyunmin so high so like A+++
i think kinggg is really good but not better than valyn C +
this team lowkey has a chance to fail
kinda looking like sen 2023 :(
but i have high hopes
sadly we got rid of alfa and boaster but honestly both parties benefited, marteen and kaajak behind valyn igl is gonna be generational, i think this is the best chance of winning a LAN we have had since forever, insane cojo managed to get the best replacement for boaster
For one of my teams it was pretty good, for my other i see no direction besides +batu being a pretty good move
-trexx - makes sense. Didn’t have the best performance and honestly has never really fit the team style
-kicks - icl I always thought he was a sub until GSR was 18 and then purpo was shitting the bed so he got replaced
+GSR - I’m counting this as a 2027 move cuz realistically him being put in for champs was doomed to flop but this move is something I have been waiting for
+kachoww - still in disbelief we managed to secure such a talent. Only concern is the roles and it seems we have a plan that will work
+keiko(hopefully) - man. This would be a dream come true
Nats staying - shocking to nobody but always glad to have him on the team
i love oxy
I hate every team even yours
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