Dont get the role switches

I get it many duelist players are presented in one team so one of them must switch roles in the entirety of their career on some maps. But the thing that bothers me is that it makes no sense for them to play sentinel instead of more aggressive characters like clove, kayo and gekko. Can someone explain why? im a noob

Sentinels don't really have a lot of utility they have to worry about, so they can focus on their own game

sentinels can easily pop off by aim diffing and it’s probably the easiest role to swap to

duelist players wouldnt wanna line up flashes

in a way sentis make more sense because you fight lots of 1v1 engagements on the t side lurk, usually without any util, which favors the player with better mechanjcs. so that means the duelist guy will probably win those. todays meta a bunch of sentinels take fb/contact because of just how lurking works and that first kill is hella valuable. on ct side, your util on kj and cypher doesnt need the much brain after its placed, so you can just kinda rely on positioning between duels(which duelists are good at) and raw mechanics. also, additionally support agents find value in staying alive for a long ass time, like omen and his smokes, but sentinels dont have as much of that util

Actually lots of duelists dont go to senti and go to other roles instead, but the reason were seeing so many know is because of the chamber meta. The chamber meta had duelists not playing agressivley, staying in one place the manjority of the round, something very similar to sentinel. Most pure duelists
who didnt find much success on chamber that have switched off have gone to other roles (tenz to omen/flex, woot to flex)

Sentinels find themselves in clutches the most often, so why not your most clutch player in that position?

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in a way sentis make more sense because you fight lots of 1v1 engagements on the t side lurk, usually without any util, which favors the player with better mechanjcs. so that means the duelist guy will probably win those. todays meta a bunch of sentinels take fb/contact because of just how lurking works and that first kill is hella valuable. on ct side, your util on kj and cypher doesnt need the much brain after its placed, so you can just kinda rely on positioning between duels(which duelists are good at) and raw mechanics. also, additionally support agents find value in staying alive for a long ass time, like omen and his smokes, but sentinels dont have as much of that util

also, it kinda makes sense if you think about it: you always see the site anchor on ct, typically the sentinel, having to deal with massive hits all the time. duelists have the opposite role on offense, where you have to deal with the stack that is potentially onsite. both are in charge of getting kills and value despite kinda being 1vX positions, and so it makes sense in a way that duelists switch to sentinel.

on another note, there are certainly different types of duelists. some, like aspas or something, would be better on agents like kayo or gekko because they are still part of the site entry. it's part of their playstyle inherently to aim duel and bully their way onto the site with util and trades. usually, they will be with the pack and be able to entry/trade their way onto a site. especially on flex like kayo, which usually means going out first if no duelist. however, other duelists, like prime yay and demon1, rely on being the 2nd one in or taking isolated aim duels. demon1 needed jawgemo, yay needed victor, to take the space at first so they could just swing and get 1v1 duels while they were too busy dealing with vic and jawg. these types of duelist thrive in 1v1s, so playing sentinel, a role with lots of passive waiting and 1v1 lurk fights, would make sense. however, the other type, in my opinion, the more aggressive duelist will be better playing a flash entry or just straight up sticking to duelist