Here is the actual best thing he can do:
- Accept the pay cut
- Join a mid team with an excellent entry duelist (C9 with Oxy, EG with Jawg)
- Win
The guy isn't terrible, just needs a solid support system. I think Potter would really be good with him. Get Derrek off the team, make Yay a perma sentinel or a secondary duelist behind Jawg. Nature plays initiator, Jawg is main duelist, Supamen and Apoth rotate between flex and controller.