i put jawgemo up there also because yoru ult is broken, and he's been abusing it throughout the whole tournament - it's probably the highest impact ult in the game (?) and it only costs 7, and he's consistently using it 3 times a half.
s1mon is insane. he's bottom of the scoreboard, sure, but he's a full support player, he's not supposed to frag. his assist/round are among the highest in the tournament for initiator players - jonah is higher by 0.2 but he plays skye, trexx but he plays brim, patti plays skye, only comparable person is beYN. his HS% is the highest among them, so less of his assists are from hitting someone for 80 and more from full stuns/flashes. his clutch rate is the second highest among them with the highest sample size, showing that he can shoot when he needs to. his first deaths per round is very low, very rarely the weak entry point.
thats the thing with the scoreboard stats - he doesn't get kills in the rounds where he sets up kangkang/chichoo to run in and kill everyone, if s1mon needs to shoot someone, something went wrong. he lets his teammates take the good gunfights - if he has to shoot, it's always in bad spots. of course his kd will be worse.
watching any of the edg games from enemy pov nowadays vs pre s1mon, the difference is night and day. keep in mind he replaced haodong, who was a great igl (nobody igling is a strict downgrade) and not even bad at shooting. the rest of the team could always shoot, but this guy honestly makes the whole team work. ever since he joined, they went from bombing every international to hitting top 3 twice in a row and winning champs. no other team in history has made one roster change and have their international performances change so drastically.
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