SEN's problem and my suggested fix as a fan

SEN doesn't struggle with firepower, hero plays, or X-factor moments—Bang, Zekken, N4RRATE, and even Johnqt all bring strong firepower. However, their biggest issues lie in confidence and consistency. Strategically, SEN isn't bad. During the Kickoff Tournament, they frequently found themselves in large round deficits but still managed to close out maps. However, their struggles come from a lack of team cohesion in executions and decision-making. Their core problems are mental resilience and role comfortability.

There's no issue with Bang—he has been an excellent smoke player for Sentinels, capable of playing all smoke agents. Lately, he's been incorporating more aggressive plays instead of his usual passive approach. However, he needs to improve his decision-making—not just in utility usage, but also in his overall play.

Zekken excels on Neon, Raze, and now Yoru, but his Jett performances have been underwhelming. A potential fix? Let N4RRATE take over Jett on Jett-heavy maps. He has openly expressed his desire to play duelist, which aligns better with his natural playstyle. In the current meta (Breach + Tejo), SEN already has a strong Breach player in Zellsis, so he should be slotted in. That leaves Johnqt on Tejo. The question then becomes: Who plays Sentinels? With three flex players (Zellsis, Johnqt, and N4RRATE), the best approach is:

• If Vyse is needed → Zellsis plays her.
• If Cypher is required → Johnqt is the better pick over N4RRATE. However, if Johnqt is locked into Tejo, N4RRATE is a better Cypher option than Zellsis.

This structure optimizes role comfort while leveraging individual strengths. I'm just a fan and I believe the team's is continuously improving and growing, I just hope they find fixes in their problems earlier because they are a really good team, and I want them to play all international events this year - hopefully win one. But right now, hard to accept but the truth is they are not gonna win Masters Bangkok - it's either G2 or DRX as they are the teams that are more polished and have a good map pool.

yea agreed on confidence, they def arent playing how they normally would

role issue is pretty unfortunate since n4rrate doesnt fit the sentinel playstyle and john is taking over initiator role

Vyse is a woman ???

Its hard for Johnqt to play sentinel anymore. I feel as if he plays better on sentinels but hes has claimed that it will be better for him to IGL as an initiator because hes with the pack more and he cant call when hes on a lurking role like sentinel.

drop Zekken and get ardiis