Rosterbuilding time, reply with suggestions, you guys know the drill.
A concept I thought of for a potential Post-Boaster Fnatic rebuild.
Kajaak/ExiT: Duelist
Crashies: Scan/IGL
Zeek: Flex/Midround
Alfa/Kiles: Sentinel/Midround if ALFAJER>Kiles
Starki/AvovA: Smokes
Milan: HC
Boaster/Desmo: AC
I don't see any reason why this wouldn't work. Crashies is a player that I personally think should enter the IGL position in the coming years, he's a very experienced player who's played alongside some of Valorant's best minds like Boaster and FNS. He already plays scans and thanks to boaster, knows roughly how to call so that this team can shine. His current role on the roster honestly feels like Ethan on FNS's NRG, with how vocal he is he's essentially IGLing already. The only thing that would change for him is that he'd be talking more before the barriers drop.
Do I really need to explain Kajaak here? one of the best EMEA duelists of all time who has no reason to leave unless he gets better money from another og. I think VIT is the only team that can do that anyways, but they already have Derke so I think he can most likely stay, But I digress.
If he were to leave or if you want to go a different route, then ExiT is a pretty promising replacement! He is (or was, idk where he's at right now.) the duelist for Twisted Minds and has a very deep pool of agents being able to play both Neon and Yoru with an ok Waylay. which lets be honest is pretty much the only duelists that the main entry needs until the inevitable Yoru nerf.
Alfa would be great here, but have a hunch that he won't be sticking around if boaster leaves. I think Kiles will serve as a nice replacement if Alfa leaves though. He's a solid senti player who showed real promise on enterprise, making a pretty good run in ascension alongside Zeek and Starki who I'll talk about shortly. He played mostly cypher this year, but has shown to be very skilled with Viper and KJ as well and with the direction I'm trying to take this roster I think he'll be great.
Zeek is a great player who has been playing with kiles on Both Acend on the first ever champs winning roster and recently enterprise esports. His roles Slot nicely into this team with him being able to play both types of initiators as well as secondary duelist. He's IGLed for Kiles/Starki already and that will help his job as midrounder go smoothly. He already knows how to make strats around the two and can help Crashies make plays that set everyone up for success. You could have Zeek igl here as well. But I personally have more faith in crashies thanks to his longer amount of tier 1 experience. If you would rather Zeek lead then fair enough.
I'd lean more towards Starki to allow for the enterprise core but you could also slot avova in here to and find similar success. Starki is a promising tier 2 smokes player who played on enterprise this year. He's a solid player who I think has what it takes to make it into tier 1. His numbers were pretty lackluster this year but I don't think that will be a big issue for long. AvovA is also a great pick, has a large tier 1 resume and already has experience playing with Zeek on Heretics! He also didn't have good numbers this year, but on a team like Apeks I don't really blame him. Both of these guys' playstyles suit this team really well and I think the roster I made will let them both shine.
Nothing's changing with the current coaching staff, just adding boaster because I have a feeling he's pulling an ANGE1 when he "retires".
This roster won't play the same as Fnatic does today, I think that this team will lean away from the typical slow and methodic playstyle that this team shows most of the time. I think that they're going to play a lot faster. That's why I wanted Zeek, he's a great flex who plays secondary duelist AND has experience with most of the roster. He's the midrounder, yes. But he can also leave most calling to Crashies and play around Kiles and Starki to be able to find massive value. This roster can play slow, but they'll most likely run much faster rounds.
(EDIT: this is my 200th post :D)
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