Since s0m is transferring to Twitch as a free agent, who should NRG sign to fill the gap?
Who's gonna replace s0m?
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Bonkar seems like a decently smart guy just leave him to play astra and kj no jett shit unless it's double duelist and they'll be good
unironically keiko would be a good option fire power wise if they want to import
not easy to replace a player like s0m who has a flexible agent pool, can frag out, be the hype man AND help mid round. i wish whoever is replacing s0m good luck
His agent pool lets be real... Is controllers (im not an expert but that is his agent pool) . But yes to play every controller at a high level is amazing as well i cant argue over that
I would've said cortezia since he's the perfect hype man similar to s0m, but SEN got to him first
Maybe bao or Okeanos if he's not going to EG
xenom doesn't even speak English well lmao he would only comm with his team whenever Verno died
and their team still managed to be top 6 at champs, aspas really does crazy things
or maybe bonkar puts skuba back on smokes, pick up fireballops or geeza or nerve or some other T2 grinder ?
(realistically TSM bombs out of ascension and we get fucking NRG gweemond to 'help with midrounding')
Bao clears both fireballops and geeza trustttt and is dual role (smokes/Senti)
imo bao has no aura + geeza can match skuba's aesthetic 🤤 + nerve deserves every trial
i don't agree with skuba on smokes, he has one of the highest clutch rates, solid anchoring, and strong 1v1, I think you have to keep him on senti.
How long you been following val for. Skuba has been a staple smokes player in NA for years
I know, I didn't watch all of his games in challengers (or any of his knights games), but I feel like his role as sentinals this split impressed me more than his controllers ever did
you are right, he’s been very impressive on the sentinel role, bonkar and strong has praised him for the impact he brings
what snorlax said + i just thought he would get bored being the anchor for another year haha
Bao works for NRG quite well as he plays both sentinel and Smokes but looks much better on sentinel.
Mada (Duelist)
Brawk (Recon)
Ethan (Flex [IGL])
Skuba (Smokes)
Bao (Sentinel)
Bao, Notexxd, Spaz are all good options from tier 2.
Also, since skuba can play smokes, we could get a sentinel player as well, although I'm not sure how many good ones are in tier 1. Satellite if he doesn't go to C9? Maybe even demon1/yay? altho i'd be kinda disappointed if so.
Honestly, Keiko makes a lot of sense and it's actually feasible given NRG's finances.
Reduxx is an option aswell given his past experience with Bonkar.
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