I love how Talon has a player with the potential to be the best ITW, and they are making damn sure that he cannot shine
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Players like less and leaf have better aim than most people yet are great sentinels players like loe trexx and sayf (when he wasn't igling) have great aim also on non duelist roles duelist isn't about dropping 30 every game it's about making space for your team and primmie definitely doesn't do that
all either korean, mid or players that have been around for years like forsaken/buzz, should have worded it differently, not APAC but rather SEA, just look at the number of talents around or better than primmie that emea has produced last two years for example while SEA can only produce one special player, thats why he gets overhyped
If it's true what frost said that Primmie wants to play as many agents rather than duelist, I think that's leaning into an issue of what f0rsaken was going through last season. You can be mechanically one of the best players, but at the highest level, you need to adopt a playstyle that can cover a good portion of the maps to have the best consistency. You will end up confusing yourself on how to play if you are playing Breach one map and then Clove the next. There's a reason why the best teams have solidified roles and archetypal playstyles that fit their strengths. It avoid stress on memorising how to play.
Primmie was frying on duelist, Clove and Sage. He literally was playing the best when he engaged in gunfights rather than holding site. And it's honestly down to his knack for being such a great peeker. Lumping him with an operator or making him play passive is not getting the best out of him. He was dominating as Clove on Lotus because he could take those gunfights. He made Leviatan look like a joke as Battle Sage until he was given the operator and told to hold main.
This does come to an argument of whether you nurture what the player wants to make them happy or you use your better judgment as a coach to tell them how they can lean into their strengths so they can enjoy the game as well as the fruits of victory.
On top of all of this, I think Talon missed a good opportunity to make roster changes. To me, Governor is not as high level as I want him to be. He has his moments, but if Primmie can do the job better, you would want someone like CGRS who can play Sova very well to set him up. Ban is very inconsistent and has a bad tendency to overextend as a sentinel. His peak as a sentinel is quite high, but I would rather have Laz (from MiTH) who can both call and play the role in a sharp way. And Crws has shown to be a good caller - maybe comming in two languages is creating some slowness in the decisions or misplays, but I think I would rather a new IGL who can challenge tactical teams like Laz did in the off-season and then have a fragging flash initiator like Killua support.
That last paragraph was a tangent, but I just believe if Talon went full-Thai, it would make their comms a little easier and perhaps give stability to the initiator and sentinel roles.
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