Nothing has changed with their playstyle. They keep relying on individual plays. They have little to no counter-strats, executes, good utility usage, and setplays with team coordination and cohesion. They are far behind the meta. They played the Guard as if it was a ranked game. Their stratbook and playstyles are still stuck in 2020. It's just insufferable for them. I don't find them qualifying to Iceland this time. They fell off pretty hard.
You can say V1 got upset by LG, but at least they made their games very close. Sentinels on the other hand just didn't have the synergy to keep their games close vs the Guard.
I'm now convinced that they don't practice 'enough'. It's embarrassing.
I'm assuming ShahZaM will stream for approximately 6 hours again after this pro match loss. Nothing is wrong with streaming, but it seems like [as pro players] they're too focused on streaming rather than improving team setplays and coordination. I remember ShahZam told the viewers before match day that they'll "try their best" against the Guard with a monotonous/sluggish tone. However, I asked Trent yesterday if theyre ready for playoffs, and he confidently said "yeah, we're ready". Although I agree with ShahZaM that it's [not easy] being a pro player in Val because of meta changes, both the Guard and Sen were both given almost a week (or more) to prepare and study each others' vods, and although I assume both teams "practiced", the results today show otherwise. The Guard were obviously more prepared than the latter.
Embarrassing for you, sentinels. You got dominated by an upcoming team that came out of no where. You could have at least made the scoreboard closer then it would be understandable.
Something needs to change. What do you think needs to change for sentinels? How do they solve the problems they currently have?
Props to the Guard for beating the former M1 champions. They prepared really well and anti-stratted them in every aspect. The Guard played like a solid unit, with precise utility usage, and played off of each other. Other than that, if sentinels still rely on hero plays and approach matches this sluggishly especially in their elimination match against V1, might as well say bye to Iceland. Sentinels still have their backs against the wall and I think it's not too late for them to improve. But time is ticking, sentinels.
I still got C9, Optic, or the Guard qualifying for Iceland. Goodluck.
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