Roster challenge

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Madouza

I'm going to make 4 rosters
1 emea roster
1 Americas Roster
1 Apac roster
1 Mixed roster
and I'm going to do my absolute best to make sure that these teams would be the best in the world had they actually existed. You can too if you want, I'll list the rules below.

Rules:
Only two players allowed per team (Coaches don't count here, you can put Milan/desmo with Veqaj and Kajaak.)
NO imports, all players must be from the same region.
all players must currently be active on a tier 1 or tier 2 roster, collegiate does not count.
Any player chosen automatically learns the required language for the team. For example, if you put Dambi on a team with Singaporean players then he suddenly just knows how to speak a mix of English and Malay.
You can make a current player into a coach if you want or have a coach become a player.

EMEA:
(All speak Russian)
Kajaak: Duelist
Trexx: Scans
nAts: Senti (IGL)
Ruxic: Controller
Jamppi: Flex
Boaster: Head coach
Milan: Assistant Coach

Americas:
(All Speaking English)
Zekken: Duelist
Crashies: Scans
Valyn: Controller (IGL)
Cryo: Senti
Leaf: Flex
Bonkar: Head coach
Strong: Assistant Coach

Apac:
(All speaking Korean)
T3xture: Duelist
Stax: Scans
RB: Smokes(IGL)
F0rsaken: Flex
D4v41: Senti
Alecks: Head coach
Panda: Assistant coach

Mixed:
(All speaking english)
Kajaak: Duelist
Invy: Scans
Ethan: Flex (IGL)
Keiko: Smokes
nAts: Senti
Bonkar: Head coach
Potter: Assistant coach

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feeks

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kaajak doesnt speak russian lol

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Madouza

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Any player chosen automatically learns the required language for the team. For example, if you put Dambi on a team with Singaporean players then he suddenly just knows how to speak a mix of English and Malay.

Please for the love of god READ FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE

#4

Flame4Game

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I liked your rosters. Maybe Cloud/Shao over trexx tbh.
One question, if you included players like invy/Keiko/Ethan on the mixed team why wouldn't you have put them on the regional teams? Is it just for perceived team balance?

#5

Madouza

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1 because I wanted some sense of originality.
If I just spammed valyn IGL on both the americas and the Mixed team that's just boring.

2 For ethan/Keiko it's because if I want ethan, I feel he'd need another NRG player that knows his gameplan to make calling easier.
Same reason I decided on valyn and leaf, I feel like putting IGLs with a player they're familiar with is always a good thing.
Then invy was just to spice things up.

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PP12123213123

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Dambi: Neon
Primmie: Yoru(awper )
Forsaken: Flex/igl
Davai: init
Mako: Controller
HC: Forst
AC: Jovi,Crws
(All speaking Hindi)

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Madouza

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Pretty solid, but isn't d4v41 the IGL for PRX? wouldn't it make more sense for him to lead here, or even mako? Why make the typically aggro flex IGL?

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Patch_

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Forsaken is the IGL for PRX

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Madouza

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No he isn't, he's the midround caller, D4v41 is the IGL.

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Raize1

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David is not the IGL for PRX forsaken is it's well known that he is. Unless something recently has changed, f0rsaken was the IGL

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Madouza

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Mini said Forsaken was calling for a while, but I think that was to not reveal too much. Most of PRX's comm videos as of late and most written examples show that D4v41 is IGL including
VLR for quite a while before his team captain star was taken away for some reason and now nobody on the team is listed as IGL
Liquipedia says and I quote

Khalish "d4v41" Rusyaidee (born October 14, 1998) is a Malaysian player who is currently playing as an In-game leader for Paper Rex.

if this is wrong it is yet to be corrected, which I doubt since it's been that way for as long as I can remember.
and D4v41 is one of the more vocal players on the PRX roster in general, He was the one that called the viper ult A-main and run mid play on split, he called most rotates, D4v41 is the main caller, yeah f0rsaken is still relevant in midround, but d4v41 is usually the one making a play before barriers drop.

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Gobline

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I think both are correct. My guess is they tried f0rsakeN as IGL, but he lacks the experience for it so d4v41 stepped in as secondary IGL.

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Anchorxz

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prx has an igl?

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ARM33S

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Are we also considering vibes?
Because I feel the EMEA team can collapse

#13

AlittleMio

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yeah terrorist trexxx doesnt seem like the very best choice given his record. Maybe replace him with veqaj who was looking really promising

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Madouza

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I guess you could also do cloud? But I felt Trexx was an all around upgrade aside from the shitty mentality...

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ARM33S

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I'd honestly go with RieNs

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AlittleMio

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yeah probably a better pick

#14

aspas_number1hater

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not putting aspas in americas team is ball knowledge

#21

Madouza

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Zekken best duelist in americas, free my boy.

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AlittleMio

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What is the reasoning behind emea speaking russian when most off the team and staff beside nAts speak english and nAts has proven he can igl in english

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Madouza

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Because it's nAts native language
because it's kinda funny

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AlittleMio

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valid

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Assp0s_

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EMEA
kaajak
marteen
RieNs
Alfajer
Ruxic
mini

APAC
T3xture
Izu
invy
Meteor
f0rsakeN
Alecks

AMER
Mada
Eeiu
Ethan
Demon1
valyn
potter

Mixed:
Izu
marteen
Ethan
f0rsakeN
Demon1
potter

#22

Madouza

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Alecks and Potter are the type of coaches that Need an assistant to relay tactical info. Hence why Potter did better with Ziks and Alecks had a better timeout winrate with mini/Panda.

and why the fuck is demon1 there?

aside from those gripes you're cookin'

#23

Assp0s_

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I think right now, all that Meta's Sentinel needs is an aim The Double Duelist dives and kills the Sentinel demon1 is still the best at aim

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Madouza

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Cryo is right there bro, he's objectively the better chamber and can flex to viper, which is huge in the current meta when you typically have your senti play her anyways.

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AlittleMio

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EMEA
Marteen
Hiro
Ruxic
Jamppi (second caller)
nAts (igl)
Lohan & yaotzin
I think this team doesnt have the superteam expectations but the lowkey could be

APAC
Dambi
F0rsaken (igl)
something (second caller)
patmen
ivy
Alecks
With the current meta you cant really not pick dambi

AMER
Zekken
Mada
Valyn (igl)
Keiko
crashies (second caller probs idk)
Bonkar & Potter

MIX
Ruxic
Dambi
Valyn (igl)
kaajak
brawk
Coach idek probably someone that can actually get them to work together

#28

Madouza

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Slap boaster on the mixed team as coach and I see the vision.

#26

Hrray

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I mean cant we actually just make a russian god squad, my version would be:

duelist - something
flex - Chronicle
initiator - Cloud
controller (igl) - nAts
senti - vo0kashu

vo0k can play 2nd duelist in current meta and chron can help with smokes with nats playing mostly viper

#29

AlittleMio

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remember what riot stole from uss

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Hrray

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yeah this team would be fun af to watch

#32

silberfaust1

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Holy north america bias, opinion rejected

#34

AlittleMio

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NA trophies: 5
SA trophies: 1
NA teams at masters: 3
SA teams at masters: 0
Good SA teams since 2023: Mibr

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Hrray

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i know this is weak argument but fura is technically a brazillian team with brazillian IGL and staff

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AlittleMio

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Yeah but they did absolute shite until they got NA players and the challenge was kinda about players, i think art is a very good player and the staff is good aswell i was just falling for ragebait

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Hrray

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thats fair

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Puia

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Americas Team
Mada - Duelist
Zekken - Duelist/Initiator
Valyn - Controller/IGL
JonahP - Initiator/Flex
Skuba - Sentinel/Viper
JoshRT - Head Coach
Strong - Assistant Coach

EMEA Team
Chronicle - Flex
Lar0k - Duelist
Boaster - Controller/IGL
Alfajer - Duelist/Sentinel
RieNs - Initiator
Mini - Head Coach
Bonkar - Assistant Coach

Pacific Team
T3xture - Duelist
XuNa - Initiator
Munchkin - Flex/IGL
Meteor - Duelist/Sentinel
Karon - Controller
Solo - Head Coach
HSK - Assistant Coach

China Team (idk anything about Chinese coaches)
CHICHOO - Controller
ZmjjKK - Duelist
SiuFatBB - Initiator/IGL
S1mon - Duelist/Initiator
Happywei - Sentinel/Viper
ED101 - Head Coach
Septem7 - Assistant Coach

Mixed Team
Marteen - Duelist
N4RRATE - Initiator/Duelist
Ethan - Initiator/Controller/IGL
f0rsakeN - Controller/Flex
D4v41 - Sentinel/Viper
Bonkar - Head Coach
Strong - Assistant Coach

I would have Bonkar coach the Americas team but unfortunately he is technically an import. If Bonk could coach Americas, replace JoshRT with him and have Doombros be assistant coach for EMEA.
Also added Chinese team.

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AlittleMio

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I like the trust in Lar0k for EMEA but what is the reasoning for him over proven duelists like Kajaak or Marteen?

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Puia

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Is it crazy to think that Lar0k can have a higher peak than Marteen?

Also Marteen is a slightly passive Duelist compared to Lar0k and Alfa needs a guy to run in for him during site execs or takes around the map.
Lar0k still gets an insane amount of value despite bashing his head into his opponents and Alfa running in behind him is a scary prospect whereas Alfa/Marteen scaling might not be as good is all.
Honestly, doesn't matter that much though you can have Marteen over Lar0k but I think the kid is incredible

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Gugul1

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Riens best initiator by far

#41

Madouza

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You've smoked the most crack by far.

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Gugul1

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How is trex a guy who has no team better than 2025 Initiator by stats?