I understand that viper has a large lurking element to her but I do feel like Noia having to think more about managing controller util is taking away from her ability to be as strong. Same with Alexis now having to think about lurks instead of just team util. They both have looked weaker after the role swaps to me.
Interesting points tho and if flash initiator isn't very relevant anymore then that makes more sense perhaps.

SRG will probably win comfortably but idk why they have Alexis on sentinel and Noia on Viper. Feels like a nerf to both players imo. Not really seen the value from it.

A sad announcement but it's not super surprising. Not Petra being benched specifically but just the idea of G2 Gozen moving away from it's long time core of Mimi and Petra as the team hasn't been reaching that number 1 spot for a while. Those two are the only players they haven't changed so I kinda knew it was gonna be different eventually once they got 3rd in stage 1.

They do well in NA but for some reason at the big international event at the end of the year, they keep falling short :/

It's best of one btw. A lot of people saying 2-0 so just thought I'd say.

Amy and Vania pickups are exciting! Theoretically they have a full team of heavy hitters now, can't wait to see them in action.