While not yet officially confirmed, the following roster for ZETA participating in SVL is widely expected:
SugarZ3ro (Smoke, IGL)
Dep (Recon Initiator)
eKo (1st Duelist ex-NOEZ)
Absol (2nd Duelist/Flash Initiator ex-MRSH)
yatsuka (Sentinel ex-RID)
Xdll will be temporarily removed from the roster due to performance issues at RBHG and synergy concerns with the team members.
Good pickups but depends on coaching if the players are utilized and accommodated well. Their coaching has been their biggest problem for a long time now. Also some concerns on igling.
When the Initiator's stats improve, it usually means the Duelist isn't doing their job well.
FENNEL needs him. Rumor has it the team rejected transfer offers regardless of his wishes.
But this is common in sports.
His aim is great but he still has a long way to go till he is T1 ready anyway
zeta man... i used to be a hate watcher but now its honestly not even enjoyable they consistently make horrible decisions.
eKo is a good pick up he impressed me a lot whenever i tuned into a JPVCL match with him
SugarZ3ro becoming a caller is a natural step for his career i think since hes one of the only experienced intl players and he has leadership qualities
yatsuka is a challengers player his game will not convert to tier 1 plus they have Hals and Aace right there bro its actually criminal neither will be in tier 1 next year
dep role swap recon just makes no sense to me they just swapped him to senti and he performed well and now they want to swap him again??
absol im pretty unfamiliar with i saw the one game in RBHG but he played pretty poorly the rest of the tournament and ive never seen him in tier 2
xdll dropped because of performance is very strange to me i thought he played really well at the end of last year and decent at RBHG idk if dep will perform better on his role tbh
i think this roster realistically peaks around 7th-8th regionally but could easily underperform even that
yatsuka is a challengers player his game will not convert to tier 1
Tf is this supposed to mean?
it means he performs in tier 2 japan but the style he plays will not convert to tier 1 players are better and he will get punished for his playstyle just like he did in ascension
?he played well in ascension, riddle was just dogshit but he was their best player.
Every time I've seen someone say this abt a player it ended up being wrong. As long as he's talented it will work.
What ruxic does shouldn't work yet it does cuz he's just that good, what something does should not work but it does bc he's just that good, etc...
As long as he has the talent, the confidence and the mechanics it will work, T1 or not
he doesnt have the mechanics for tier 1 and he plays like hes better than everyone else in japan because its full of washed up players,
yatsuka has played against tier 1 players before these were the results
https://www.vlr.gg/551776/nongshim-redforce-vs-riddle-order-vct-2025-pacific-ascension-d6
https://www.vlr.gg/399739/riddle-order-vs-boom-esports-champions-tour-2024-pacific-ascension-lr4
https://www.vlr.gg/283097/cloud9-vs-zeta-division-red-bull-home-ground-4-qf
https://www.vlr.gg/283093/fnatic-vs-zeta-division-red-bull-home-ground-4-r2
id be happy to be proven wrong im not trying to hate i just dont think this move makes any sense when you consider who else they could have got and imo he will have to adjust a lot to tier 1 environment
taking 2yo games to prove a point on a different role is definitely very smart
honestly only reinforces my point tbh hes gonna have to role swap on zeta and his stand out play in challengers has not been his senti flex
his stand out agent is yoru and hes flexed around to every role he hasnt played perma senti ever in his career
oh yeah sorry playing senti as a flex is SO different from playing senti as a perma role....
he's literally played 7* more senti than yoru the past 60 days like sybau atp
From the yatsuka onwards your takes become shite, this team has very nice potential do get into playoffs and do some damage there, oops this was meant as a response to kyro1
damage in playoffs??? they are in pacific bro and this roster isnt even middle of the pack its playoffs potential at best imo its worse than dfm's roster last year
thought honeybunny was honestly pretty good but yatsuka is still a great pickup
xdll to dep is a given upgrade
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