It was going so good, why did they have to drop steel?
and whose idea was it?
so according to Hiko, steel at that time didn't know what to do againt high pressure match
which is bad for IGL because if he stuck then team is not coordinated and having a few strife there and there
team,coach and management (?) decide to not bring steel
for me steel is known for having a bad mental (ranked rage and quit, douche boomer etc)
maybe he change but who knows, the feeling of senior veteran for fps player long time make him to do so I guess
CMIIW
what drippp said + the roster needed a change anyway, the roles were really weird: steel was good OPer but he lacked the aim to be a duelist + being the igl of team and sentinel
asuna was the de facto duelist but as we've seen with the current roster, hes not that consistent and is better with the flex role
nitro was a really good controller but also a decent OPer but generally a very passive player + mid-round caller
hijo a extremely passive player (i refuse to call him baiter) + clutch genes but sometimes his sova util would have that much of a impact... playing like a strong holder with a initator isnt the best idea tbh
ethan is good and had great chemistry with asuna but i think he was picked up for his aim... and he wasnt being that consistent tbh
take that and add the fact that they were always trying to reinvent the game (remember their 3 initiator comp at ascent?) and doing some really weird shit because they were trying not to follow the meta
overall i liked that roster a lot, maybe my favorite roster so far but i also think they were doomed to always be the third best team in NA, they really couldnt do much over Sentinels and NV