So ez

Well if you read past the headline, Brave was not benched for performance reasons.

I mean I don't think you can judge Boaster on his performance in Iceland. He is the IGL, there is a lot more to that role than just pew pew, and he had two players on his roster that he had very little time to prepare with, which means he had to do a lot more micromanagement during the game, which makes it incredibly hard to frag.

He clearly is not the best mechanical player, but he is one of the best IGLs, and honestly if you've watched EMEA challengers, he has stepped up his game mechanically. He was hitting shots like crazy in the group stage game and they only really stumbled in the last two matches against FPX and G2 after they were already qualified (which was concerning for sure, but overall Boaster specifically has looked good this year so far)