It's not getting stale, it's been stale for a long time. It should've been removed in 7.04 instead of Fracture

Correct. They can get whomever to IGL and they will continue to be bad if they keep the core

SEN 2 - 1 Heretics

PRX 2 - 1 EDG

KC 2 - 0 FPX

GenG 2 - 1 Loud

Under the DRX name, first. Second for the VS/DRX core though (both times they faced Lakia too)

But they didn't.....

Probably will just because of the card

Most are fire ngl, only like 5 shit ones

Still a better org than EG

-Breeze
+Fracture

Perfect map pool with the 2 worst maps out

Viper - nAts
Harbor - s0m
Killjoy - Alfajer

No

They were the best team in 2022, not 2023.

Nah, it'll be either double Ini or double smokes. No real value in running double duelist, especially with no recon

Mass Effect 2

Fracture shouldnt have been removed. Icebox did need a few changes, but it's been almost 8 months since it was taken out, it's time to get it back

VK couldn't even beat X10. They would've been destroyed by TS or Liquid had they reached playoffs

I love se tinels

Mary leaving really hurt the team

0/8

Double duelist but without Jett or Raze

Expected, he had already said it before joining Heretics. Still sad though

Still stupid. Not her though, but the people paying.

This sounds like a roster that could beat prime Gambit and prime Acend

Im an engineer, so, no.

If there's no better offer, then yes. In the end, it's a business. As long as relationships with teammates & coaches are fine, there's no real reason to decline.

Binge

Enzo > Soulcas
Mistic > Redgar

The only downgrade is Keiko as duelist, but replacing Sayf with someone on his level was next to impossible so only time will tell how big the downgrade in duelist is.

Good pickup, new Liquid not looking bad at all. Only one I'm worried about is Keiko tbh.

Change Jakee for s0m and America's would be fine

I agree. I say it's fine 'cause is not a bad song per se, but yeah I got no hype from it (same as Star Walking)

Gods is fine (better than last year's at least) but yeah Ticking Away is actually GOD

I am, but I'm more hyped for Alan Wake tbh so Spidey will have to wait

Pixel 6A

Same

If you didn't hold hands, not gay.

At this point I'm just wishing Lakia goes to Talon since they're looking for an int roster. I know it won't happen though

Thats my #2 favorite game, one of the few games I replay entirely every now and then, DLCs included. Still gotta replay it with the next-gen update though

Action RPG's for me; Mass Effect, The Witcher, Dragon Age, Bethesda games, etc

Nah, that title still belongs to EG

Correct

They do need to drop Termi. Not that he's bad but they reached their ceiling with him long ago, they won't get any better with Termi coaching.

KC was a bad team for a number of reasons. Including, but not limited to, Scream's IGLing.

What sucks is he didnt even do bad on KC. Did bad as an IGL, yes, but still did consistently well as a duelist, KC was just a bad team. But his ego + wanting to stick with Nivera + not trialing killed any chances on joining a partnered team.

Its a fair point, but I think calling him a decent IGL is underestimating Lakia. From what we know, he only played as IGL on the second split of Challengers, in which his team went 9-1 in KR (which is a stronger region than JP), and 2-2 in Ascension groups. And while they didn't make playoffs, they were the only team to beat Ascension winners Bleed (2-0) and break their winning streak. Might be a fluke run, or the beginning of a solid IGL. Either way, he proved enough to be given a chance.

Not saying Lakia is better since there's just not enough to say how good he is as IGL, just saying that based on results throughout Challengers, Lakia makes more sense for IGL since him and his team did get the better results on Challengers out of KR.

True

"It's gonna be funny"

The only funny thing would've been if he returned to C9 with Vanity. BLEED was hella expected.

Aside from having more exp as an IGL, why is Joxjo a better option? (genuinely curious)