thoughts on igl role change

recently a lot of igls have been making the transition from smokes/senti to initiator roles. obviously there is the argument that initiators are more "with the pack" and thus will lead to better calling, but i think the uncomfortableness on the role is doing more harm than good. for some igls there is some sense (fns has marved/som and saadhak had pancada/tuyz so they can both flex well and call) but for others it just ends up with the johnqt/narrate issue.

i feel like the role switches aren't necessary, a championship winning team can have an igl that plays a lurk/controller/senti playstyle. pretty much the same number of internationals these past few years were won by an ini/flex igl

flex igl:
munchkin geng
nobody edg
saadhak loud
fenis optic
redcar gambit

"traditional" igls:
boaster fnatic
johnqt sentinels
boostio eg
angel fpx

discuss

Fl1pzjder He Play Yoru And Jett

They should be playing the role they are already playing this role switch shit the na teams have been doing is going to backfire on them

Boostio is flex

IMO senti/controller work best. I think initiators should work really closely w/ the duelists to set them up, but the more passive the role, the better for calling. As long as the rest of the team gives good comms.

johnqt/narrate have only tried it for one off season event? It can still work out and they could always try a zellsis/narrate role swap anyway.