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CasperLuna

Put dos9 on duelist and have him run it down
When he dies comms go back to full Indo
famouz on smokes (he played clove once)
NcSlasher as the main caller
Just let Shiro frag and not overthink
Make BerserX midround call so his brain warms up and actually frags

I know the HC doesn't have socials so Fields if you read this PLEASE consider

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Jayde

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"He played clove once" 😭

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CasperLuna

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It was on Abyss I think he has the potential

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Jayde

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Everyone can play clove, ive never seen a pro that cant play clove

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sybau

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sw4gman

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they tried dos9 on iso haven. We know how that went

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CasperLuna

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I'm pretty sure he was sick during that match

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Huyab

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Dos9 sadly are not that good on the Duelist role CMIIW.
Most mix ID team already did the "switch" to indo comm when the non-indo dies.. You can see it in PRX and RRQ voice comm content videos
famouz cant play smokes.. the only "fix" is to replace him with a better consistent duelist like Splash but i still regard famouz as one of the best OPer in pacific.. his problem is consistency. BOOM flawless 5-0 win in stage 1 are one of its because Famouz somehow outfragged every other pacific team with an OP, Boom winrates are the highest when Famouz is holding an OP.
I agree for putting NcSlasher as IGL and let shiro be second caller or something, Both Shiro and NcSlasher can frag if they turned off their brain for some reason.
I think BerserX already do midround calls for the team for quite awhile.

Thanks for reading my TEDtalk.

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CasperLuna

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Thank you for the constructive criticism.

dos9 was previously a duelist and he primarily plays it on ranked iirc
The issue with comms here is that smokes is a more important role in the big picture of the game, dos9 and the team looked like they weren't on the same page on a few games of stage 2 that I watched and having him speak English which isn't his first language either doesn't help, so there are definitely issues with split second calling, it's still burdening to have to switch languages back and forth, so why not try him out on duelist again, just for a few scrims to see if the team and him are more comfortable that way
famouz is super shaky in stage 2, he was never that consistent in the first place even way back in ascension, rather than having him not frag on important executes as a duelist, it would be better for him as a capable smokes fragger, util shouldn't be an issue, if Monyet can do it so should he, especially with the Indo comms which would help with midrounding and executes and such better, well hopefully at least
Shiro seemed to be unable to handle the pressure since playoffs, from what I've heard and read is that both him and NcSlasher are the team's callers but the IGL is the former, it would be best to switch things up as before things crumble even further, maybe have him midround but don't let him call rounds entirely or last minute, their last minute plays on Corrode that I watched was NOT good
BerserX here is the important last piece of the puzzle, he is inconsistent, and I know his English isn't as good from what I've seen in interviews, if he can call without burden in Indo it would make plays much more fluid and maybe help him frag more

Last thing I want to add is if they could either get a performance coach or have the team add performance training to their regime if they haven't already.

I was seriously rooting for BOOM and NS because the ascension situation was so unique but both teams seem to have issues that didn't have an easy fix. NS especially where Persia isn't as good as he was in ascension, and Dambi only really comfortable playing Neon.

Fields, or anyone within the org, if you are reading this, please consider REALLY shaking things up, this is your LAST chance, you can't expect to roll with your regular routine again after what happened in stage 2, ascension this year has some serious contenders. Riot might not even give y'all a spot in partnership in 2027 because I know the org isn't that big, at least according to impressions and engagement on socials.

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CasperLuna

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Can any Indo give input or fact check me on this I spent half an hour writing this

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Huyab

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Lots of Tier 1 player are former Duelist player in T2 or Ranked but changed role to fill the necessary role for the team. Even in BOOM alone both BerserX and NcSlasher are former Duelist too.. Dos9 currently thrives on smokes/controller, so i think there's no reason to take that away from him and let him frags more as smoker just like Karon in Gen G.
Understandable about the comm issue between between Dos9 vs the Indos player.. The problem with this is that i dont think BOOM has the time and luxury to change thing this massive right before Ascension. If they change too much and it actually bite them then they would most likely lose ascension and need to grind in T2 from the start. But we will see if BOOM change something for ascension or not soon enough.
Again, i dont think Famouz can easily change role at the moment with ascension pacific are held in October. And Famouz are quite old (27ish) compared to Monyet so he would be less adaptable compared to monyet.. Monyet change from duelist to flex is when he was still 18 years old and young peoples are more adaptable to "change" compared to older people. Its not impossible for Famouz but its hard.
Yes, Shiro's calls as IGL are not bad, i can say that he's quite good as an IGL but just as you said, his mental is the biggest problem. We can see multiple time that he's easily frustated, sad and blamed himself when they just lost a winnable game. Bro need a mental/peformance coach badly. So i agree to maybe put the IGL role to Ncslasher instead to see if he can IGL better than shiro, he already the second caller on the team anyway.
BerserX is inconsistencies are similar to Famouz but his fragging ceiling with a rifle are probably the best in BOOM. He might seems to be replaceable at the moment but he from what i know is the Zellsis of BOOM, bro is the mood/hype merchant of the team. If you think BOOM easily crumbles under pressure then imagine if there's no BerserX on the team, easily 13-0 ed.

Since Ascension not that far from now, the only change i want for them to prepare for Ascension are:

Hire Fidelwow as Assistant Coach or as Coach again (bro has been with BOOM and the roster for quite awhile). So theres 6fingers HC, Fidelwow Assistant coach, Fields Anti's Coach.
Hire a Peformance coach/Sport psychology
Consider moving the IGL to NcSlasher and let Shiro second call and frag

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CasperLuna

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Thanks for the input! I guess it comes down to time constraints, they certainly don't have the luxury of changing much, only realistic thing they could do I guess is what you said, add another coach at least for ascension, focus a LOT more on performance, and shifting the calls more toward NcSlasher.

One more thing, whatever they did in stage 2 didn't work, so they could either seek new comps, or go with traditional comps or whatever is the most meta like they were with meow.

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bilim

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Dos9 better at second duelist than first duelist that should entry. He the fragger man.

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xhaetae

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dos9 is way too good in the clutch to be put as first in primary duelist

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NoCheatJustLag

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Agreed, i think they should try dos9 on duelist but i think it would be better if famouz is on initiator/flex since he played sova and kayo alot in the past and put shiro on smoker.
And if they somehow dont qualify for pacific next season

Dos9 to emea
coms full Indo

fausTao/Nakya/splash (duelist)
NcSlasher (flex)
Famouz (initiator)
Valdyn/gotten (smoker)
BerserX (sentinel)

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CasperLuna

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famouz isn't good on initiator I know because in champs he was one iirc and they weren't playing good, I don't know much about tier 2 Indo but if they get a full Indo squad, get one with either consistency or pure talent like splash

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CasperLuna

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To add from what I've seen duelists transition better to either sentis or smokes, point is they should try to change something anything and see what works because whatever was going on in stage 2 didn't

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Benjut212

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-famouz +new duelist (preferably rusian)
-berserx +natz
-dos9 +gotten

did i cook or nah

#17

CasperLuna

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bump