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KRÜ bench Klaus, mta returns to starting lineup

thothgow

July 2, 2024

Previously inactive to recover from an injury, Nicolás "mta" González will return to the KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #2 keznit Angelo Mori Mazino Roberto Rivas adverso Benjamín Poblete Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro starting roster, while Nicolas "Klaus" Ferrari will move to the bench. Additionally, Marco "Melser" Eliot Machuca Amaro will return to the in-game leader role.

Klaus has represented KRÜ Esports since 2021 and is one of the few Americas players to remain on the same org since the beginning of the VCT. He was also IGL for six of the eight international events the team participated in. Melser took up the role in 2023, but Klaus eventually returned as IGL due to the impact on Melser's performance.

Head coach Jorge "Atom" Siero confirmed in the past that the team always intended to find a spot for mta in their lineup. His injury meant roster changes were needed prior to Stage 1. heat joined as mta's replacement and Klaus became their in-game leader, both changes helping the team finish the group stage with a 5-1 record. They were not as successful in playoffs, losing both of their matches and finishing outside the top-three.

According to Atom, the team “began a slow decline in their quality of play [and] lost the strength and rhythm that kept them within their standards.” He also acknowledges the bad timing of the change, and emphasizes that the issues within the team were not due to a single player.

mta will return to the Riot Games Arena on July 3 against NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Rank #4 FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh Verno Andrew Maust mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold :

Marco "Melser" Eliot Machuca Amaro
Angelo "keznit" Mori
Nicolás "mta" González
Fabian "Shyy" Usnayo
Olavo "heat" Marcelo
Jorge "Atom" Siero (Head coach)
Alan "ddx" Salvati (Assistant coach)

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moatz

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Igl will have to be either Keznit, Melser, Mta, Shyy, or Heat

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and atom

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kaninv

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could be cooking but worried keznit won't be a strong enough to IGL while keeping his performance

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melser is IGL, not keznit.

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kaninv

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keznit is midrounding, not a pure IGL but still worried about it as he might have more responsibility during the midround as Melser is a less experienced/newer IGL compared to Klaus

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quite sure he already did that, not sure about this year but last year at lcq he did that

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kaninv

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yeah and I'm worried it'll be harder to get a strong midround together as secondary IGL while fragging if the protocols are different or he's doing it under someone who isn't as experienced / a new system. a team can have multiple IGLs, melser is IGL, so is keznit.

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W mta

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L in my books

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ButterflyEffect23

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Melser IGLing? idk about that

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he was doing it before and his fragging was dogshit. maybe it happens again

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There was an interview segment with Klaus in which he said that Melser does not feel comfortable as much igling and Melser's fragging is heavily impacted, whereas his own calling does not impact his performance. Unfortunately I don't know whether or not the addition of mta will offset this switch in igl especially if Melser has a performance decrease, but I am not hopeful either.

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klaus' IGLing DEFINITELY impacts his performance that is pure unbridled cap on his part
real ones remember that icebox game against furia where he would regularly fuck up his wingman plant

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honestly might be too soon before playoffs but let's let them cook

#7

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klaus' name is nicolas ferrari wtf

#8

IonlywatchvcjXD

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Cool but I like keznit's name better , Angelo moriiiiii🤣. Sounds nice to say.

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Froggy0_0

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angelo mori is really fun to say

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fr it's so cute

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W name

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I dont think that the solution is making Melser IGL, you cant force the role of IGL to a player who didnt wanted to be a IGL in the first place, I think all of them are going to need to give Ideas if not, their playstale is going to be a little pale, but I believe in this team and the players, its a shame for Klaus, he was a great IGL

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L. Why not Melser???

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Bro…?

Hopefully it works out cause I like them but yea, Idk about this one.

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been waiting for this bench long ago but worried about melser, when he was igl he didnt perform like all wanted

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Just WHY

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liquid klaus 👍

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Zaba

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Better than Enzo 100%

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Keznit gonna be IGLing he said it on his twitter

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it was a bait bruv lmao

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It will be Melser. Keznit always does the midrounding which is their strength, though Melser will need to be sharp on VOD reviewing to see other team's anti strats, macro plays, etc

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-nicolas
+nicolas

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I think this is dumb as hell, benching the IGL for a player that barely proved when he played before

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Aquemini

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if havoc is still playing i dont see why they should not give a promising rookie like mta the chance.

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not sure why the comparison with havoc but my problem is with removing the IGL

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Could be an L move but we'll see how KRU finish

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Honestly think Klaus is better then what the stats say he shouldn't of been dropped imo and hes also from the same country as Aguero and Messi.

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lev gonna want to secure klaus

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hell no, klaus has consistently been the worst player on KRU for a while now. Why tf would LEV pick him up

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bcs he leads well and you don't really want to keep kingg igling?

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I don't want an FNS type player on my team, plus his IGLing is not even that great to justify all the bad individual decisions he takes. If you watch KRU play you can see many rounds where Klaus just takes decisions that are really hard to understand. Not no mention his aim isn't good either. Just no.

He is getting benched for a reason.

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fair, didn't really watch kru from stage 1 playoffs onwards

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+klauss -Com

At least Klauss can IGL

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if his IGLing was good he wouldn't be getting benched and giving the IGL role to Melser

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+Ferrari

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keznit being igl is something i did not expect

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He is not the IGL, it is Melser

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making changes before playoffs?

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Hmm, not expect change to do mid tournament, but with mta they have more firepower, but melser or keznit IGL kinda worries me

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L

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Fraud Klaus gone finally, mta is really good can't wait to see the new kru perform

#54

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coming here just to say "didn't age well"

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CYNOS

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What did u say about Klaus? Fraud mta smh

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I said he's a fraud

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Let him dc in the match for the team to get half shield and extra money

#47

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Creo que puede mejorar al equipo. Tiene mucha mira y mucho talento!

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Zaba

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We know you are Klaus, don't try to defend them

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I don't get it, Kru played so good last split, choked in play offs, sure. But there was something to build on. Shouldve trusted the process. Don't see them making Champions now.

edit: GUESS I WAS WRONG

#52

Cu55Ku55_______

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Shit move ngl
they lost to 0RG

#55

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Bro went -24 against nrg💀

#58

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yo trust mta hes a good player

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Isn't aging well

#60

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switching out not just players but your igl with only 2 matches left before playoffs feels really bad to me, especially considering their record and the fact that they were already favoured against C9.

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tysm kru :)
#NRGWIN

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Aged terribly

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why this mta guy so bad ?

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