PROBLEMS:
-
Cryo and Zander role overlap:
Cryo can only play Jett and smokes, so you need someone who can play Raze/Yoru and smokes (like Jawgemo and Demon1 on EG). NOT someone who is perma-smokes like Zander. What happens when you want to play a map with solo smokes and Raze (e.g. Fracture, Sunset)? You're going to have to keep forcing ideas like Cryo Sage on split (not that the comp is bad). -
Boostio should not be playing passive initiators:
Boostio's best performances come from playing aggressively, either on KJ or Gekko, where his util requires little thought and he can focus on scaling and being the secondary entry (he always had the second most first bloods behind Jawgemo/Demon1). Agents like KJ also let him awp on defence, which makes his job defensive igling easier and allows him to frag even heavier. -
Zikz isn't cut out to be a head coach:
Don't get me wrong, he has an excellent understanding of the game. He just doesn't have enough of a presence as an emotional leader to make an impact in the same way that the top-tier coaches do. His skillset is more suited to assistant coaching.
SOLUTIONS:
-
You can either: cut Cryo and Asuna to pick up a perma-duelist (both Jett/Yoru and Raze) OR cut Zander, pick up a flash initiator flex player and put Asuna on Raze and smokes. You could also cut Zander and pick up a flash initiator/Jett player, keep Asuna on flash initiator/raze and make Cryo perma-smokes. Could theoretically teach Zander flash initiator but that's way too much work.
-
Mostly solved above, just need to change some comps. Play KJ on Fracture and swap to KJ on Lotus (Breach+Fade combo is very overrated and KJ is much better now with the Tejo damage nerf).
-
Demote Zikz to assistant coach and pick up a new head coach. Keep Zikz in the timeouts, his adjustments are usually spot-on.
Genuinely so much potential in this team, Eeiu has been a top 2 initiator in Americas since stage 1 last year and Cryo looks amazing on smokes + whenever he isn't entrying on Jett.
Discord