Their team chemistry is still not there, and this team looks out of shape(it's Masters 2 already)
N4RRATE didn't mesh well with the rest of the squad, and Zellsis on the Sentinel role was generally lackluster
What's next for this team? How would you fix this lineup?
Drop N4RRATE and get the G.O.A.T Asuna
Seriously though, they've made two internationals with this core, and secured 5/6th.
They shouldn't make changes (if any) until after champs
They shouldn't make changes (yet) but I was thinking
zekken
johnqt
bang
eeiu
skuba
Yeah that's true. I think it depends on how NRG does but skuba did play on Cubert for a while so he's probably scrimmed/interacted with the sen players a decent amount
based on what you typed below yeah it does sound like he REALLY doesn't want to play senti which is dumb because it would fix some of the role issues and allows them to keep the same roster. Narrate on initiator (2nd duelist on some maps), john on senti, and zellsis flex (flash or recon initiator depending on what narrate plays)
From what I can infer is that maybe sacy was a key part of the team last year with the midrounds. Now after he went away narrate is not as experienced to do midrounding. Then you may ask yourselves why not have zellsis play intiator, I guess they tried and it did not work well for the team.
What they can do maybe is bring a new initiator player who has great midrounding and move john to senti. Not sure who they could get maybe Ethan.
John back in senti jail or he's off the team (with zellsis)
zellsis can cover lurks on the double senti maps to alleviate it but john has got to suck it up and play the role that makes sense for them
the fact that they picked up narrate and john/zellsis immediately tried to force him off initiator until it was plainly obvious he was dogshit at it (no way the hot new initiator talent is bad at senti??? Waow) is fucking criminal and they should've lost all say in the team after that anyway
Johnqt still struggles to frag well at times consistently on initiator, he was doing well in tejo meta since it was pretty easy to use tejo , however he still hasn't got the complete gist of using initiator and fragging well unlike his senti role where he knew how to do that well, also zellsis isn't a really good lurker tbh, john knew how to lurk very well last year and that helped, nowadays most of zellsis lurks are very obvious and catchable and don't get much value, sen follows the agenda of setting ur star player up for success and that's zekken and so if he isn't going bonkars then u don't see others taking charge unlike last year when tenz took charge, they don't really have clutch player like tenz or sacy or john like last year, tenz used to dive in with zekken last year in atk side to help him however this year it's more fallen on zekken to solo enter which gives them lesser success on atk. My suggestion will be to put zellsis on aim training more and teach him to how to lurk better and be a nuisance, someone should step up for sen to spear head the atk with zekken , johns initator problem will require time and practice. Also someone needs to relieve the pressure of zekken like if bro doesn't go bonkars then it shouldn't be like their team isn't winning, someone should step up more , maybe go back to John senti cause that double layer of lurking pressure was great while rn there is only single layer of atk that i see
just kick z0llsis and get ethan iirc he's expiring this year? his midrounding is good and is a perfect fit role wise and johnqt can lurk properly as long as n4rrate become decent in recon agents
Are we watching the same game? John was the highest rated player for Sen stage one and is the second highest rated in Toronto.
the problem is zellsis, his lurks and anchoring doesnt get enough value for them to win. johnqt will fry no matter what but get a better flex or a better senti since z0llsis holds back the team by a margin
Definitely a point, i feel like reduxx will step in the roster if this continues wherein he will perma play sentinel role and he's already started doing that on cubert and can flex on duelist for them to play double duelist
That's a bit true even though we lost 3-13 on Split vs PRX, a lot of the rounds were clutches and could of gone either way. PRX players are better at clutching. No player on SEN clutches that much except for maybe Bang and if Zekken is feeling it.
After watching SEN vs. PRX, it seems like SEN players need to improve their individual playstyles. They already have good team chemistry, especially when setting up Zekken with support utilities, and they showed glimpses of some clean retakes—similar to what we saw in 2024. However, their individual performances need work. N4RRATE has been making strong plays internationally, and Bang has been very clutch. Against PRX, it seemed like those two were the only ones able to match PRX's pace. Zekken and Johnqt had off days. As for Zellsis—he’s smart and provides strong leadership, especially for team morale—but if SEN wants him to take on the full sentinel role, he needs to improve his anchoring and aim. That’s currently one of the team’s biggest weaknesses. I just hope that SEN put Zellsis on Cypher on Haven only and other maps should be Johnqt. And leverage the Zellsis breach - this guy's breach is so good. And stop with the Skye - it's so bad.
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