Gen.G Esports
Lost 2-1 to Cloud9 Blue
- L 1-13 Ascent
- W 14-12 Split
- L 10-13 Breeze
Won 2-0 against Luminosity Gaming - W 13-9 Haven
- W 13-9 Split
Lost 2-1 against 100 Thieves - W 13-10 Breeze
- L 8-13 Split
- L 13-4 Icebox
NaturE
I feel slightly heretical for saying it, but I honestly believe that NaturE looked much better and more impactful off of the Jett and Operator during this tournament. His Raze on Split resulted in three of his four best games. The proposed meta at the moment requires an oppressive Jett using an operator on every map except for Split. That being said, his first kill numbers on the Jett were pretty impressive, I just don’t know if the Operator had the same impact that Gen.G were hoping for in this tournament.
NaturE finished off the tournament with 19 kills with the operator but also 18 deaths with the weapon, including a pretty poor showing against C9.
NaturE Kills/Deaths W/ Operator
It could have been the opposition, the map, or simply the way that NaturE was feeling going into any given game but his Raze definitely looked more impactful than his Jett in this tournament.
gMd
He might be the only Brimstone player surviving in NA and of course the map he plays it on is Breeze. When Brimstone was going out of fashion earlier in the year, the only argument for his continued use was that some players preferred him on Bind. gMd clearly heard all of that nonsense and decided he would play him on the most open map in the game just to prove a point. And boy, did he.
The two games that gMd played Brimstone he ended with over 25% of the team’s total ACS with an average ADR of 177.52 across the two games. Sure, it’s only two games but overreactions are the name of the game and gMd is a BRIMSTONE GOD.
He also played Omen which was refreshing to see even if it didn’t pan out to well for the entire team that game and his Astra looked really solid.
gMd is incredibly underrated.
koosta
Yet another player who struggled on the Viper. I will show a graph later in this section displaying his ACS on the three agents he played and that dip on Viper is pretty evident. I think his decision to consistently buy Vandal could play a part in this dip. I understand that it was Breeze and some players just prefer the Vandal but typically you will see the top Viper players using the Phantom, no matter what the map is, because of its ability to spray through the toxic screen and orb. Koosta obviously did not do this and I can’t imagine it would have changed a massive amount but you have to wonder would the Phantom have won him some gunfights that he ended up losing.
Overall, it was a tough tournament for koosta and it would be nice to see him make that weapon change and just a few play style/mentality alterations when he is playing Viper because, looking at his ACS on the other agents he played, I think he does have potential to play well in that role.
Average ACS on Different Agents koosta
Shawn
Shawn was disappointing statistically. I don’t think there is a nicer way to say it. His two best games by ACS were the blowout losses on Ascent and Icebox and he only has the one game over 200 ACS. I’m sure the role change to Skye has taken some getting used to for him. However, I don’t think that difficulty changing role is entirely up to him. Gen. G is one of the few teams who is not playing Sova on Breeze and most teams don’t run Sova on Split because of the verticality issues. This means that, on the majority of the maps Gen. G played, Shawn was the sole ‘raw information’ gatherer for the team. That has to play a part in what you’re able to focus on in the game and how prepared you are going to be for any given gunfight. Especially considering, Shawn has moved from, what some would call, a slightly less brain-intensive role on Reyna.
Shawn Lifetime ACS compared to LCQ
Although his Reyna didn’t look too great either so maybe it was just an off tournament for him. Fortunately, Skye’s impact is not exclusively based upon kills and damage so Shawn was able to get away with some shaky performances by getting the information to set up his teammates.
Temperature
Single-handedly won Gen. G the map against Cloud 9 but was invisible and/or dead for most of the tournament. I would say the issue here is that Gen. G are using Temperature the exact same way as he was used on EG. He is playing the same agents on certain maps as he did on EG but the play style of the two teams is different. I don’t think he is a bad player, as demonstrated by the monster game on Split against C9, I think that if Gen. G decide to keep him on the team that they need to make special effort to find a strategy that works for both of them. If they don’t, then he’ll just continue to struggle.
ACS as % of Team Total Temperature
His Cypher setups on Split were super impressive though so I would definitely take a look at those and the way he uses that utility throughout the round. Special mention for him holding onto that trip in the clutch against C9 to avoid giving away his position.
Overall Team
I think Gen. G got unfortunate with who they faced and when because I reckon they could have gotten a bit further if that bracket is drawn up slightly differently but they definitely have some things to fix and think about before next year. They’re also one of only a few teams with such a wider agent pool – whether that benefits them or not is a completely different question – but it is certainly fun to watch.
Some more interesting graphs:
ACS Throughout Tournament Gen. G
Agent Selection Percentages Gen. G
Sorry about having to use a different image hosting website but imgur was being a bit funny for me. Hope it all works the same. Once again, thank you for reading and checking out these graphs. I'll try to keep these coming for all of the teams that participated in the LCQ but they are going to take longer and longer as the teams have played more games.
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