FaZe Clan and BabyJ part ways

Hunter "Inspire" Schline has announced his departure from FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le .

BabyJ

@BxbyJ_

Moving forward from LCQ, I’ll no longer be playing with FaZe. Excited for the next team that believes in me. My fire to win is burning it’s hottest right now. During this process I’ll be partnering with @EvolvedTalent and couldn’t feel more hopeful for what my future holds.

BabyJ joined the roster earlier this year in June, replacing the outgoing Jimmy "Marved" Nguyen, who had previously stepped down, later to be loaned to Envy Envy Inactive Marved Jimmy Nguyen Victor Victor Wong crashies Austin Roberts FiNESSE Pujan Mehta yay Jaccob Whiteaker . Despite FaZe's rough debut with BabyJ in Stage 3, the team found moderate gains in the later Challengers, placing top two and top six in Stage 3: Challengers 2 and Stage 3: Challengers Playoffs respectively.

While FaZe failed to pull through to Masters: Berlin, FaZe's overall performance in the circuit netted them a spot in the NA Last Chance Qualifier. However, a last place finish dashed any hopes of qualifying for Champions, marking the end of their run in official Riot tournaments for the rest of the year.

The roster of FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le is now:

Zachary "ZachaREEE" Lombardo
Andrej "BABYBAY" Francisty
Shane "Rawkus" Flaherty
Corey "corey" Nigra
Josh "jdm" Marzano (Head coach)
Thomas "Trippy" Schappy (Assistant coach)

I don't think there's a clear answer why they are losing. I think if you were looking to make a change here it was babybay, Rawkus and Babyj. I don't think you can move babybay because he's your franchise or face of the org for Valorant and if you're moving him your changing the whole squad. For Rawkus, I think he plays a too important role on maps like Icebox and Ascent and he's not producing. He's not someone who you want in a clutch situation. And for BabyJ, he just underperformed when it mattered. He massively produced on the road to LCQ but his viper on Icebox, which can feel like you're on an island, fell short.

Unfortunately for BabyJ , he wasn't in Overwatch League and I'm sure FaZe told them a change needed to be made. I think that Rawkus is in an awkward spot on this team. Babybay needs to expand his game and pick up more rifle rounds. And I would love to see Zacharee do a role swap. I think the man is a caged beast on these support roles. Zacharee > Rawkus aim wise.