With the news of c0m likely heading to LEV, EG likely is down to just Jawgemo from the champs roster. Jaw definitely has a chance to get picked up elsewhere now IMO, but it's hard to tell where. Either way, there is some direction this team can go to not be a total failure in NA! And still possibly be better than MIBR and compete with teams like Furia, KRU and C9.
IGL Potential:
Screwface: Highest likelihood, still rostered by the team and was their backup IGL for ages. Most likely case and would probably flex with initators and sentinels(look at his recent matches)
Upsides: Knows the team, familiar with the system and pretty cracked aimer
Downsides: No T1 experience
Runi:
Upsides: 10-5 record as IGL for C9 in T1 last year, has a wide array of champs he can play
Downsides: Seen as less of a leader and midrounder than your average IGL
Stellar:
Got off a stint with 100T that went so, so. Has been in T1 for a while and is mechanically really solid.
Poised and Shahzam:
Similar upsides, veterans in the community with Shaz having hit super high heights. Both fairly good agent pools(Shaz is a lot worse IMO) and can lead a team
Downsides: Likely capped ceilings, both have taken a step back mechanically
Duelist Potential:
Jawgemo: Best case scenario is he stays and they move him to full time duelist, it suits him better anyway.
Sym:
Upsides: super high potential, mega cracked duelist with a pretty big agent pool
Downsides: Extremely inconsistent with less experience, often looked like a weak link on MXS
Penny:
Super good on V1 a while ago and was always a really smart player
Hasn't played duelist in over a year, however
Corey/Babybay:
Similar players, just one excells more as Jett while the other as Raze. We mostly know what they are, High Tier 2 duelists with long term skill but never major success
Initiator Options:
Derrek:
Still a great sova and breach, has been a T1 player for 2+ years now
Really struggled on skye and with flexibility
Nature:
Super super good on TSM but plays more of a flex role, less experience on Skye
Tigg: Pretty average player but has T1 experience and extremely flexible
Controller:
Jawgemo: Could switch to it full time
Wedid: Great with TTR and a guy whose deserved an org for a while
gMd: has been an average player for a while with a ton of experience and has secondary IGLing capabilities
Sentinel:
Aproto: Amazing player for MXS and likely deserved T1 play anyway, smash pickup
Moose: Very similar to Aproto, picking up both and putting one on smokes is also a good option
Flex:
Kanpeki: Really the only NA FA that works in this role and I rate him really highly. Genuinly fantastic on flash iniators.
My preferred lineup:
Jawgemo: Duelist
Kanpeki: Flex
Derrek: Initiator
Aproto: Smokes
Stellar: Sent IGL
Aproto can definitely move to smokes comfortably and that team is still very solid and isn't that much different than what C9 put together. I think it's not great, but its something and these guys get another year to prove that they are T1 level for 2025.
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