-10 against 100T, only above of cutler
-12 against LG, last in K/D of the team.
-0 against Gen.G last in K/D of the team
+1 against Version1, only above of cutler
+4 against Spot Up, only above of cutler
C'mon man... Sometimes? The dude is a duelist and he can only outfrag Cutler, and not always. LOL
No it is does not. It’s almost a meaningless stat.
Let me give an even better example
On a 22 round game
Player A goes 11/5 has a kill differential of +6
Player B goes 40/39 has kill differential of +1
Who played better? According to your philosophy, player A played better because he has a 6 kd, even though he only got 11 kills in 22 rounds, while player B got 40 kills in 22 rounds.
See how dumb it is to compare players by k/d? Player A might be a super passive awper who keeps saving, which boosts his kd. While player B is a duelist who always entry frags and therefore dies a lot.
With that in mind, this case would be different with you measured the players ADR, let’s say player A had a higher ADR than B, then there is an argument.
Stop using k/d as a meaningful stat.
-10 against 100T, only above of cutler
-12 against LG, last in K/D of the team.
-0 against Gen.G last in K/D of the team
+1 against Version1, only above of cutler
+4 against Spot Up, only above of cutler
Drone this tournament. The dude is a duelist and he can only outfrag Cutler, and not always. LOL
Exactly. Or switching Drone to Sova. He is not playing duelists very well.
Also Drone is far from being the best phoneix in NA. He was good in the first strike, but first strike was basically a duel betweem 2 teams, Sentinels and TSM, when the other teams caught up, he started playing bad.
Also, Dafran has insane aim, he could become very good, also he plays phoenix very well. But IDK if he is just joking or wants to go pro. The best phoneix are:
And then, maybe, drone.
I agree that Drone isn't the best phoenix or really that close but come on man SicK is obviously the best phoenix in NA right now, Asuna doesn't even play Phoenix anymore with the new 100T roster, Sinatraa has played 1 game on phoenix in the last 3 months and honestly hasn't played like a top 10 player in these last 3 months and when he has, he has been on Reyna on Icebox or on Sova.
So imo the top phoenix players in NA are:
For one, Subroza is so much better than Hazed will ever be on smokes, his lurking has almost been carrying this team as much as Wardell. Secondly Drone is still an entry fragger, unless wardell has an OP this team relies on Drone to create space, and as I said earlier that role only produces good results when the team is doing well, if he is set up well with a good IGL, he will look like the best Pheonix on NA again. Android has Daps, Asuna has Steel and Nitr0, Sinatraa and Sick have Shaz, and Food has Dapr, All the best of the best IGLs that set them up in really good spots, Drone has a combination of Hazed and Cutler who are no comparison. And if you want a new IGL, unless you are picking up Shinobi you need a sova, and no one on the market and the sova experience that Drone has, unless you were to trade him. But if you are proposing they pick up someone who again took a 6-8 month break from the game and just two weeks ago picked up the game to play at a Pro-level and IGL, I really dont see a better option.
I honestly think that they should try to teach Subroza how to play cypher. Normally cypher's play the lurking role, as Subroza does but on omen, and hazed is much better on omen/brim than he is on killjoy. I know it is a crazy idea and that Subroza has never played cypher but I think it would be worth a try. Another alternative would be to drop reltuC and add Poach. He is about equally skilled with reltuC imo but is also a great IGL and plays sova and viper, which could be useful on icebox. Another alternative would be to drop reltuC, move Drone over to sova and to add a duelist like tex, who is the best FA available in my eyes, and is a very good duelist. By adding a duelist like tex and moving Drone to sova, TSM would add even more firepower whereas adding someone like shinobi or poach would bring in a proven, great IGL to the team to help them tactically. I think trying Subroza out on cypher and moving hazed onto the smokes, combined with 1 of the 2 options I have given would be a great move and even if trying Subroza out on cypher doesn't work, they can just move him back to omen. Of the 2 options I suggested, I personally would add tex and move Drone over to sova. hazed might not be as good of an IGL as fns, steel, shahz, poach or shinobi but I think he is good enough to get the job done and TSM would have so much more firepower.
I like what you are thinking, but I don't think that is very realistic. I think TSM and most people think that subroza is too good of a player to be wasted on a sentinel and it would probably never happen, but I like where you are going. I do not think there is a future in adding another duelist to TSM, right now the meta around the world is shifting to less and less duelists as teams learn more how to get value out of utility that other agents can provide (Viper, Breach, etc.) and it would shift them to an even more puggy style team then they already are. Right now when series are tight Cutler's playbook is basically Wardell/Subroza go kill or Drone do something, and back when Hazed used to IGL it was pretty much the same; and the reason they could be playing this puggy style could be because of their lack of a solid IGL. As much as I like someone like Tex, there are so many holes that are filled by someone like Shinobi, Stani, or Poach who could potentially flex onto that second controller/sentinel/initiator role that would benefit TSM much more than a third duelist. I still think that this team has another entire advantage of its LAN experience that could benefit them greatly in the near future, so I do think they should get rid of more than they need to, but right now there are too many holes (Puggy comp, lack of coordination, etc.) that could be filled with a good and permanent IGL and the diversity/number of comps they could pull off would just come as an added bonus.
-10 against 100T, only above of cutler
-12 against LG, last in K/D of the team.
-0 against Gen.G last in K/D of the team
+1 against Version1, only above of cutler
+4 against Spot Up, only above of cutler
Drone this tournament. The dude is a duelist and he can only outfrag Cutler, and not always. LOL
i think subroza might be higher on the list to be dropped than expected. He kinda doesn't fit the roster. They won't drop wardell (duelist), drone (duelist), hazed (smokes/sentinel), cutler (igl/sova/skye/cypher). Roza can't unseat wardell and drone as a duelist. He also cannot play sentinel or sova/skye. He is a great player but his role as a controller doesn't make sense. Subroza looked his best when he was playing on a duelist back when tsm was running triple duelist. So if you were to drop roza and bring on someone like brax or someone who can play sova, you can move hazed to smokes and cutler can stay sova or play a sentinel.
AS A TSM FAN, I FUCKING WANT TO RIP MY EYES OUT AFTER SEEING THE GAMES D:(
-Subroza. He is either playing like the next coming of TenZ or he is playing like a 17-year-old scrub trying to find his groove in competitive Valorant. What I'm trying to say here is that he is inconsistent. Much love to Roza, good guy, but he needs to get steady fast.
+Brax. Brax is a free agent right now and is in need of a home. Brax can frag out, and lurk, which is a double whammy TSM needs badly. Brax is more steady than Subroza and he can actually hit his ultimates LUL.
TSM missing VCT Masters is not allowed, let alone if they want to be in the conversation of Top NA team. Right Now, that would be either LG, SEN, 100T, NV, or GenG. Idk what their mindset was going into VCT Challengers, but it didn't work.
Good luck to the teams attending VCT Masters!
So, as it has been pointed out by countless commenters(not necessarily on this thread), hazed is not very good on sentinels. Hazed is a good player and his aim has been on point but he just doesn't get much value out of killjoy's utility, whereas someone like steel has thought it out a lot more and uses killjoy and cypher utility extremely well. Subroza is the lurker for TSM, and a very good one at that. However, Subroza is the omen for TSM even though most other teams have their cypher play the lurking role. Since TSM needs to make some substantial changes but have some great players, I think that moving Roza over to cypher and hazed back on the brim/omen should be considered. I know that Roza has never played cypher(in a pro game at least) but I think hazed can get so much more value out of brim/omen than he gets on killjoy and that subroza's lurking tendencies are better suited for cypher than omen.
Another move that I think could be a good move would be to drop reltuC, and either add a sova or add a duelist and move Drone back on Sova, especially since he hasn't been doing great on the raze/phoenix recently. Maybe they could even do both of these moves or maybe, they go in a completely different direction.
If I made the decisions at TSM, I personally would drop reltuC, add tex, move Drone over to Sova and try moving Subroza over to cypher and hazed to Omen/Brim. Then again, the people in charge know a lot more than I do but I'm just saying what I think would be a good move, and the moves that I would like to see.
I think TSM might need to change their vision in the current meta. 100T was done a great job dropping a talent like dicey because can put ethan on smokes and nitr0 choose a utility role as Breach(Currently OP imo) or Sage. They now playing like FPX in EU that i think is the correct way. dicey say too in his stream, there are a lot of maps where you dont need a OP.
Despite, TSM is always trying a 2 dualist comp with less utility like breach or Sage.
I think they have a great roster but the fail to go Master comes because they cant read the meta properly.
It's far from being the same thing man c'mon. How do you clear OP positions? With 3 breach flashes you have 3 cleaned angles without dying, and maybe even killing someone. It's also good for retake, how do you expect people to retake a site with sage? Now flashing every corner it becomes easy. Flashbangs are extremely necessary, I hate comps that don't have it, and they will suffer when faced against oponents who can use it well.
Here's a reality check to the famous NA IGL who is stuck two metas behind the region he claimed "would barely get 4 rounds"
Jett OP era is over. Too costly and most people play vandal and one-tap prefire with peekers advantage from a million miles. It's also useless because of all the utility that can be thrown. Pretty much a breach stun completely nulifies an OP position.
2 duelists are overrated. Firstly, people need to realize that you can frag with any role. Shit/individuualistic agents like reyna/phoenix are so inferior to sgae/breach when used in anything other than matchmaking. Reyna is only used in EU as a lurking role in shit maps like split and icebox. Reyna provides nothing for the team, it's like playing an agent with no abilities. Phoenix is also far inferior to breach.
People playing omen and cypher are not just passengers. They need to be aggressive and provide entries for the team. Key examples are chiwawa, dimasick, paura.
All agents combined with breach are entry agents.
Edit: also in defense you need to be proactive, micro-executes to get key areas in the map (etc b-long on bind, a-long on haven)
I don't like it. You say things as if the duelists have no abilities at all... For example, the Reyna and phoenix are better for second entry, the jett and raze for first entry fragger. I don't see how playing without flashbangs could be good. It's bad for retaking, for clearing corners, for defending pushes, and for entrying.
Ngl Im a very big Dicey fan and wish maybe he could have a chance to tryout for TSM or sum if TSM is looking for a change in the roster. One of the factors that is holding him back is his ping. He's constantly playing on 75-80 ping while playing against pros. Imagine if he was in Texas or La he would be so much better. lol this was kind of a stupid comment.
dude some people watchin games with blind eyes! tell me what dicey can do or better tell me what talents he have? hes a jett player who doesnt perform outstanding! ive watched almost all 100T games and i remeber so many moments with dicey where i just thought its hidden camera. ive never seen a good frag from him. he mostly killed people who normally had enough time to kill him twice but the luck was just on diceys side. theres a big reason why 100T dropped him so quick and dont tell me they won first strike or something... they was the only team in NA who was on a bootcamp and thats why they dominated the series imo. others didn't do that. dicey is not a complete player and im pretty sure whever picks him up, will regret it hard!
Sure, in first strike dicey didn't play that well. That's not why they picked him up. They picked him up because he was young and had potential to be a great player. He has matured a lot as a Jett and even though his opping still leaves a lot to be desired, in the most recent tournaments he played with 100T he was far from the problem. In fact, he was arguably playing the best on the team. I think just saying "dicey was getting carried" is a bit of an overstatement.
only player i see is motivated and training almost daily is subroza. the others doesnt really care! even wardell is a trash one trick pony that doesnt even feel bad and adapt after dying in every big game like a dog with utility worth $7K! how can you ask to keep wardell? even drone cutler are trash! using always same tricks... this guys can play but they have the worst strats ever! also it looks like players like wardell are to ignorant to play as a team. if you want to fool your viewers with i never miss, go quit pro val and start a twitch streamer career and let the others not play 4v5 for no reason!
so my list would be
-wardell
-cutler
-drone maybe... having some/few good moments isn't enough if you want to win something huge.
-myth (dunno what hes doing as a coach lmao but this TSM guys really act like they own the org)
i would add someone who is really motivated to adapt and invest time. i wouldnt add players like brax! brax is a problem player on his own and there are tons of good players who look for a chance so better be open for something new and hungry instead of the known ones who just play because they are banned on games they would like to play instead. from the streamers i would recommend someone like harmful and someone who can/enjoy play/ing cypher/sage.
for me personally it looks like the TSM players like eachother a lot and they might not want to split apart and the whole roster could be dropped.
bro are you ok? sounds like you have something against tsm with the wording of that comment LMFAO. Why drop Wardell. Wardell isn't the problem. He gets frags most rounds and pops off a lot. He cant rifle that well but he still brings a lot with his operator skills. IMO Cutler needs to go and either KOLER or Brax should replace him.
dude just shut up! that youre coming up with brax and koler explains a lot... youre nothing but a fanboy! in my comment i told wardell is trash because he doesnt learn and looks like he deoesnt want to... youre saying yourself he can only play operator and if you want to see something in this game, you have to be agile and be flexible! ive seen wardell many times using operator in clutches and he clutched a lot but still its a dumb idea clutching with an operator against 2+ enemies. hes just playing russian roulette every game but its ok. let em add a trash brax or a koler lmao!
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