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TWDT first week overview
And it started. The hyped up historical draft kicked off with new settings, some surprises and some extraordinary performances. Lets see who have that early lead in league and whos teams may need adjustments:
JAV:
PERFECT START
Dice (2-0)
Stayon faced Power in their first jav game, although stayon, temu and okyo showed up, rest of top players were missing, so telemanus had to jump in and play alongside low star rabbit!. But dice had good teamwork, temujin went on to be mvp and game was sort of decided ever since they managed to take out powers low stars (shared duties by warthog and rabbit) and then also spawnisen. In the end comfortable +10 win.
Second game vs favorites Monster was much longer and tightly fought struggle. BUt once again, key was players staying alive and more precise in those final moments of game, lasting close to 18 minutes. Okyo was the man of the match this time, dak did better job than telemanus and rabbit! managed to stay alive as well until the final seconds. So close match, could have gone either way, but dice proved to be have better mentality and sharpness in the end, something that was visible entire weekend in their games.
Prime (2-0)
Prime first game was vs pwned nl and not much can be said about this as there is a separate topic about the game and request for this to be replayed and bikes team ended up using illegal lineup. So bit lucky beginning of league for Rackas crew. Nothing lucky in second game as really strong racka/jurassic/banzi/havok/spirit team took out force. Banzi mvpd, but just as with dice games, it was ability for entire team to stay alive at those crucial moments and having numerical advantage that brought the win home. 10-9 from low star spirit was also achievement to be noticed.
MIXED BAG
Pwned nl (1-1)
So first game vs Prime was of course the forfeited one, lets see how this ends up with. Second game bikes crew faced terrorist. Very tight game that could have gone either way until the very end. Pwned actually went 2 men down with creature and commodo being eliminated, but managed to retaliate soon taking out zizu and lockdown. They once again had less players when mikkiz was eliminated, but managed to soon take out dreamwin. So great fighting spirit from bikes boys. So in the end it was low star vs superstar from both teams with turban and captor facing maketso and christian and the all-finnish duo ended up being the better one with captor delivering probably one of the best 6* performances.
Terrorist (1-1)
Terrorist (read: maketso) had really close games, but managed to start the season off with somewhat surprising result as they had to face pre-season favorites Monster. Starting with decent lineup of dreamwin, lockdown, commodo, zizu and low star christian, game went well as they managed to get opposing teams low vps and bombed. But things didnt go easier as monster remaining players fought well dragging the game in the end until amazing 25 minute mark. More minutes passed, more crucial maketso was getting, getting 3 key KOs and ending up with amazing 18-9 outsmarting rough and geio in final battle. One of the stand-out performances in jav this week.
Second game was another tightly fought battle, but loss to pwned nl, which was described already.
Power (1-1)
Powers first game was against dice, where they were mainly struggling after poor performances from low stars, but rest of team didnt really shine as well.
Second game vs pure luck had the 10* jabra emerge again going amazing 16-7, with rabbit also improving as low vp. Tight game, but despite losing yeh, they managed to take out tiny, which gave them momentum in the end and win. So not massively convincing week, but well deserved point nethertheless.
Pure luck (1-1)
Pure luck started season strong with very solid performances across the board with tiny, fieryfire, aprix and lee all going positive with hulk only one dying out. Good team play and bad performances from some force members delivered a solid win. Second game vs power was not as smooth and after losing some key players, remaining team couldnt cope with Jabra going wild.
BAD START
Monster (0-2)
So who would have fought the huge favorites in jav would start the season with 2 losses. First game vs terrorist went until last point. Rampage and rough played well, but early bombed KO and fantastic performance from maketso in the end brought the loss. Second game vs dice was also decided more or less near the end with entire team starting from bick being taken out in last couple of minutes. Monster was of course missing best, but geio is no rookie in jav, which brings out some questions if the pre-hype was maybe a bit overexaggerated. There is of course time for the lineup to start clicking.
Force (0-2)
Siaxis team had 2 pretty similar matches against Pure Luck and Prime, hanging on there for a while, but in crucial moments just not having enough quality. Surely, there were quite a few players missing, draft, hellzno!, hellkite can definitely improve this team, so lets see how they do. Even for low vps they got plenty of options to replace cz if needed, who played for them those rounds. But for now, they are one of the 2 teams not getting a point from jav.
WARBIRD
PERFECT START
Dice (2-0)
Dice started their season against Power, one of the teams that on paper feels a bit weaker. And if there is one wb who feeds on the weak, its okyo, delivering the best wb performance of the evening with amazing 20-7, compensating on lacklustre performances from shaun, rabbit! and telemanus. Peru and Dak were also quality and took most of KOs while stayon as a final sub managed to keep himself alive in crucial moments aswell.
Second game vs Pure Luck was much closer and was pretty much neck-to-neck fight until Dice managed to take out Tiny. With 5v4, they turned the game to their favor ending it comfortably. Okyo with another mvp performance and rest of team also staying nicely alive and supporting with KOs.
Prime (2-0)
Similar to dice, also rackas team managed to win all their duelling games. Rasaq was on fire with great 16-7 against pwned nl and although they had spirit with poor game 4-10 and going out first, rest of the team managed to stay strong and racka/rasaq duo finished the game with comfortable win.
In second game they faced terrorist and spirit did correction of mistakes pulling mvp worthy 12-9. It was much quicker game and entire Prime roster stayed alive as terrorist just didnt have quality or teamwork to oppose them. Perfect beginning for Prime, which looks to have very formidable roster in wb.
Monster (2-0)
Quite different fortunes for Monster in wb compared to jav. Bombed was on fire as they dismantled poor terrorist in first game, but in reality, entire game was just one-sided affair lasting barely 9 minuntes.
Second game vs Force was somewhat more equal fight, but mainly only because low vps had really poor games from both side, but bombed continued his great form going 16-9, geio, clark kentaro and rough also putting in good performances. So definitely solid start from monster.
MIXED BAG
Pwned nl (1-1)
Biked started their wb season with game against Prime and were mainly let down by team captain bike himself, with only 6% accuracy and 3-10 result. On positive side Captor looks like to be superstar and backed his great jav games with awesome 12-10 as 6* wb with riverside also delivering the goods.
Bike managed to gather himself for second game against Power though, delivering great 16-9 backed up with once again excellent Captor with 14-9. It was pretty close match in the end with 3 players on pwned being at 9 deaths, but they did manage to keep their heads cool and shut down Power resistance.
Force (1-1)
Siaxis and crew started with comfortable win against Pure Luck. It was actually equal game until 100 was killed off already in 7 minutes. With 5v4 pure luck lost all focus and was brutalized managing to get only a few kills. Mythril is back, 15-2 is quite amazing, but apart from cz (who got subbed quickly after 0-5), rest of team did well.
Second game vs Monster once again proved that Force issue seems to lie in low vps. Dameon Angell and CZ managed to get combined 0-10. After low vps were eliminated, siaxis was also killed and rest of it was already finalizing the deal from Monster. Lets see if low vps can improve their performance next week or it will be a big issue for Force.
BAD START
Terrorist (0-2)
Terrorist had to play Monster and Prime and unfortunately wasnt much in game in either of those games. Really poor zapata going 1-10 in first game but actually also lockdown going 6-10 and second out wasnt a good beginning for dw and boys. They held a bit better against Prime, but negative scores for entire team mean that noone really stood out. LD their star players needs to get some pracs in, or else they will be in trouble, as unlike many other teams, dw didnt really miss any big names for wb in their games.
Power (0-2)
Power lost first to dice with low star warthog going out first with 3-10 and despite sword/cripple pulling good games had no answer to okyo. Second game was similar story, much closer affair this time, but in crucial moments experience of bike and tripin and talent of svs captor proved to be too much. Looking at roster, there is also not really anyone to try out as well. Zidane mainly drafted basers, who are also pretty good in wb, but there are no experienced wbs on ranks, who can make those end-games turn successful.
Pure Luck (0-2)
PL had a story of Monster in jav. Considered one of the favorites, they got shellshocked in first game after going 4v5 early on. Second game vs dice was more equal effort, but noone was really shining with tiny leading the way, but once he was taken out, there was no aggression left in game. Unlike terrorist or power though, PL still has beam and rainbow seeker on roster, who could considerably improve team performance and if flew/iron get more active as well, perhaps things can still take upturn for the team.
BASE
PERFECT START
Dice (2-0)
Stayons crew went undefeated first weekend, pulling also a perfect record in base. Pressure as terrier and ph/azuline as shark combo they controlled the game against Prime. Key players were definitely shark duo, especially ph who pulled some crucial teks and overall sharks were really contributing to kills more compared to Prime duo. Also Dice really controlled under and 5 spiders (okyo, rabbit!, stayon, shaun, dak) were having better teamwork and also dominated under. Not a landslide, but still clear win.
Second game vs Monster was similar game. Excellent sharking (10 combined teks!) and solid spidering kept game under Dice control with valuable win in the end.
Terrorist (2-0)
Like power, terrorist always felt like base-heavy lineup from draft and dw and they boys definitely delivered. Both base games for terrorist were very onesided games giving no real hope for opponents. Going with zizu as terrier, mvp/joeses as shark duo and frozen throne/dreamwin/christian/captain lonestar/lockdown, force had no answers, zizu once again pulling a zizu with 41-0 rec.
In second game vs pwned nl they did give 1 more minute for opponents, but in the end it was once again demolition and sign of warning for opponents in future rounds that this team is not messing around.
Power (2-0)
Baser heavy zidanes team had really no issues similar to terrorist in dismantling their opponents. First taking out monster with ogron in terrier, zid/willby duo in shark and cripple/renzi/sword/spawnisen/dad spiders. I mean really 3 10* spiders on that team. Second game vs Pure Luck was pretty similar story, warthog replaced dad, but it was very clear win with Tinys team having little to do. So power and terrorist seem to be teams to beat in base this season.
MIXED BAG
Pwned nl (1-1)
Pwned had first game vs Pure Luck and started with mikkiz as terrier, commodo/bad badger as sharks and turban, henry saari, tj hazuki, hercules and aiti as spiders. It was up and down affair with both teams controling base at times, in the end quality of commodo and turban was too much to handle for pure luck as they got some crucial teks in final stages and managed to hold to base.
Second game vs terrorist showed though their shortcomings as they had no answer to terrorist and crew, showing that they can probably score some wins during the league, but for now miss strength to actually be considered a title favorite in base.
Force (1-1)
Force had 2 completely different games this weekend. Starting with draft as terr, myth/morph as sharks and variety of spiders like hellkite, bacon, absurd, jz and dameon angell, they got completely outplayed by terrorist in a quick and onesided game. They did some changes, spookedone took terrier with same sharks, bacon, hellkite, refer, siaxis and absurd played in spiders as they pulled the most dominant win over weekend as Prime only got under 2 minutes of flag time. So mixed feelings, but valuable win at least from base weekend.
BAD START
Prime (0-2)
Rackas team really looked very duel-heavy from draft and base games were indication that they may have struggles in this league going forward. Against dice they lined up with x-demo as terrier, vehicle/menel as sharks and spiders jurassic, skatarius, rasaq, banzi and source, who was replaced by spirit in the end. It was rather good game for Prime, holding on, until those teks in later phases of game turning crucial. Second game vs force though was a nightmare with many subs, bad individual performances ending with collapse. Prime still has Cape in ranks, maybe his presence can pull them out of this and give them also extra boost in base.
Monster (0-2)
Monsters poor weekend continued with some poor base games. They were outplayed by Power, using cintra as terrier, cig smoke/markmrw as sharks and bombed/rough/rampage/bick/beast as spiders, beast replaced by rucci near the end. But that spider lineup was just outkilled by the 10* superstars on power.
Second game vs Dice was closer affair, rough at some point had to leave with mouse replacing him, but looks again that monster was just outkilled by opponent spiders and also sharks. Monster has some truly good spiders on ranks, lets see if they can turn this league around and come out top, on paper, team looks good.
Pure Luck (0-2)
PL had a pretty equal game vs pwned nl, losing in dying minutes with tiny as terrier, rodney/aprix shark duo and sarger, groan, hulk, rozay and 100 as spiders. It looks a bit weird lineup as hulk was forced to spider, as PL didnt really have enough top spiders online with rainbow/shayde both missing. Second game vs monster was also a one-sided affair with groan having to leave so deathclown420 making his debut (didnt go that well). So yea, if some key players show, hulk can take shark roles, i think PL will show totally different colors in upcoming games.
Looking back for week, Dice and stayon had really impressive beginning for this league, showing well-drafted team with even some players missing, who can definitely make a difference still on ranks (like jamal, brunson, kado). Things are looking well for our Portugese charmer.
Prime is looking strong in duelling and had a nice weekend, but base can bring them down. Cape could be the key player, if he shows he may provide necessary experience in those difficult specialist ships like shark/terrier, otherwise they seem to have pretty solid base roster and good spiders.
Pwned nl got the points where it could and if they continue with this trend, they are most likely going to be playoff team in the end. Still i wouldnt consider them favorites in any league for now.
Terrorist looks very good in base, especially with autopilot also available at some point, and could still come up strong in jav, if dw picks up, but has clear issues in wb, so maybe some changes are needed there or trading.
Power looks similar to Terrorist in setup. Really massive in base, can be strong in jav with some prac, but will struggle in wb. Still very solid beginning of league and good to see all key players active from the get-go.
Monster surprisingly got 2 wins in wb, but failed to win in any other league. Maybe its just first week talking, as they really have a good team and i expect them to do better as we move along.
Force looks somewhat similar to pwned nl, they can go on and get wins here and there in all leagues, but they seem to be not a real favourite in anything, maybe if raazi shows they could be really strong in wb. But still pretty negative beginning of league for them.
With 2 out of 3 top picks in draft not showing, Pure Luck had clearly a struggle of a weekend only managing to get 1 jav win. I still see potential is there, so expecting them to forget this and be stronger next weekend.
JAV:
PERFECT START
Dice (2-0)
Stayon faced Power in their first jav game, although stayon, temu and okyo showed up, rest of top players were missing, so telemanus had to jump in and play alongside low star rabbit!. But dice had good teamwork, temujin went on to be mvp and game was sort of decided ever since they managed to take out powers low stars (shared duties by warthog and rabbit) and then also spawnisen. In the end comfortable +10 win.
Second game vs favorites Monster was much longer and tightly fought struggle. BUt once again, key was players staying alive and more precise in those final moments of game, lasting close to 18 minutes. Okyo was the man of the match this time, dak did better job than telemanus and rabbit! managed to stay alive as well until the final seconds. So close match, could have gone either way, but dice proved to be have better mentality and sharpness in the end, something that was visible entire weekend in their games.
Prime (2-0)
Prime first game was vs pwned nl and not much can be said about this as there is a separate topic about the game and request for this to be replayed and bikes team ended up using illegal lineup. So bit lucky beginning of league for Rackas crew. Nothing lucky in second game as really strong racka/jurassic/banzi/havok/spirit team took out force. Banzi mvpd, but just as with dice games, it was ability for entire team to stay alive at those crucial moments and having numerical advantage that brought the win home. 10-9 from low star spirit was also achievement to be noticed.
MIXED BAG
Pwned nl (1-1)
So first game vs Prime was of course the forfeited one, lets see how this ends up with. Second game bikes crew faced terrorist. Very tight game that could have gone either way until the very end. Pwned actually went 2 men down with creature and commodo being eliminated, but managed to retaliate soon taking out zizu and lockdown. They once again had less players when mikkiz was eliminated, but managed to soon take out dreamwin. So great fighting spirit from bikes boys. So in the end it was low star vs superstar from both teams with turban and captor facing maketso and christian and the all-finnish duo ended up being the better one with captor delivering probably one of the best 6* performances.
Terrorist (1-1)
Terrorist (read: maketso) had really close games, but managed to start the season off with somewhat surprising result as they had to face pre-season favorites Monster. Starting with decent lineup of dreamwin, lockdown, commodo, zizu and low star christian, game went well as they managed to get opposing teams low vps and bombed. But things didnt go easier as monster remaining players fought well dragging the game in the end until amazing 25 minute mark. More minutes passed, more crucial maketso was getting, getting 3 key KOs and ending up with amazing 18-9 outsmarting rough and geio in final battle. One of the stand-out performances in jav this week.
Second game was another tightly fought battle, but loss to pwned nl, which was described already.
Power (1-1)
Powers first game was against dice, where they were mainly struggling after poor performances from low stars, but rest of team didnt really shine as well.
Second game vs pure luck had the 10* jabra emerge again going amazing 16-7, with rabbit also improving as low vp. Tight game, but despite losing yeh, they managed to take out tiny, which gave them momentum in the end and win. So not massively convincing week, but well deserved point nethertheless.
Pure luck (1-1)
Pure luck started season strong with very solid performances across the board with tiny, fieryfire, aprix and lee all going positive with hulk only one dying out. Good team play and bad performances from some force members delivered a solid win. Second game vs power was not as smooth and after losing some key players, remaining team couldnt cope with Jabra going wild.
BAD START
Monster (0-2)
So who would have fought the huge favorites in jav would start the season with 2 losses. First game vs terrorist went until last point. Rampage and rough played well, but early bombed KO and fantastic performance from maketso in the end brought the loss. Second game vs dice was also decided more or less near the end with entire team starting from bick being taken out in last couple of minutes. Monster was of course missing best, but geio is no rookie in jav, which brings out some questions if the pre-hype was maybe a bit overexaggerated. There is of course time for the lineup to start clicking.
Force (0-2)
Siaxis team had 2 pretty similar matches against Pure Luck and Prime, hanging on there for a while, but in crucial moments just not having enough quality. Surely, there were quite a few players missing, draft, hellzno!, hellkite can definitely improve this team, so lets see how they do. Even for low vps they got plenty of options to replace cz if needed, who played for them those rounds. But for now, they are one of the 2 teams not getting a point from jav.
WARBIRD
PERFECT START
Dice (2-0)
Dice started their season against Power, one of the teams that on paper feels a bit weaker. And if there is one wb who feeds on the weak, its okyo, delivering the best wb performance of the evening with amazing 20-7, compensating on lacklustre performances from shaun, rabbit! and telemanus. Peru and Dak were also quality and took most of KOs while stayon as a final sub managed to keep himself alive in crucial moments aswell.
Second game vs Pure Luck was much closer and was pretty much neck-to-neck fight until Dice managed to take out Tiny. With 5v4, they turned the game to their favor ending it comfortably. Okyo with another mvp performance and rest of team also staying nicely alive and supporting with KOs.
Prime (2-0)
Similar to dice, also rackas team managed to win all their duelling games. Rasaq was on fire with great 16-7 against pwned nl and although they had spirit with poor game 4-10 and going out first, rest of the team managed to stay strong and racka/rasaq duo finished the game with comfortable win.
In second game they faced terrorist and spirit did correction of mistakes pulling mvp worthy 12-9. It was much quicker game and entire Prime roster stayed alive as terrorist just didnt have quality or teamwork to oppose them. Perfect beginning for Prime, which looks to have very formidable roster in wb.
Monster (2-0)
Quite different fortunes for Monster in wb compared to jav. Bombed was on fire as they dismantled poor terrorist in first game, but in reality, entire game was just one-sided affair lasting barely 9 minuntes.
Second game vs Force was somewhat more equal fight, but mainly only because low vps had really poor games from both side, but bombed continued his great form going 16-9, geio, clark kentaro and rough also putting in good performances. So definitely solid start from monster.
MIXED BAG
Pwned nl (1-1)
Biked started their wb season with game against Prime and were mainly let down by team captain bike himself, with only 6% accuracy and 3-10 result. On positive side Captor looks like to be superstar and backed his great jav games with awesome 12-10 as 6* wb with riverside also delivering the goods.
Bike managed to gather himself for second game against Power though, delivering great 16-9 backed up with once again excellent Captor with 14-9. It was pretty close match in the end with 3 players on pwned being at 9 deaths, but they did manage to keep their heads cool and shut down Power resistance.
Force (1-1)
Siaxis and crew started with comfortable win against Pure Luck. It was actually equal game until 100 was killed off already in 7 minutes. With 5v4 pure luck lost all focus and was brutalized managing to get only a few kills. Mythril is back, 15-2 is quite amazing, but apart from cz (who got subbed quickly after 0-5), rest of team did well.
Second game vs Monster once again proved that Force issue seems to lie in low vps. Dameon Angell and CZ managed to get combined 0-10. After low vps were eliminated, siaxis was also killed and rest of it was already finalizing the deal from Monster. Lets see if low vps can improve their performance next week or it will be a big issue for Force.
BAD START
Terrorist (0-2)
Terrorist had to play Monster and Prime and unfortunately wasnt much in game in either of those games. Really poor zapata going 1-10 in first game but actually also lockdown going 6-10 and second out wasnt a good beginning for dw and boys. They held a bit better against Prime, but negative scores for entire team mean that noone really stood out. LD their star players needs to get some pracs in, or else they will be in trouble, as unlike many other teams, dw didnt really miss any big names for wb in their games.
Power (0-2)
Power lost first to dice with low star warthog going out first with 3-10 and despite sword/cripple pulling good games had no answer to okyo. Second game was similar story, much closer affair this time, but in crucial moments experience of bike and tripin and talent of svs captor proved to be too much. Looking at roster, there is also not really anyone to try out as well. Zidane mainly drafted basers, who are also pretty good in wb, but there are no experienced wbs on ranks, who can make those end-games turn successful.
Pure Luck (0-2)
PL had a story of Monster in jav. Considered one of the favorites, they got shellshocked in first game after going 4v5 early on. Second game vs dice was more equal effort, but noone was really shining with tiny leading the way, but once he was taken out, there was no aggression left in game. Unlike terrorist or power though, PL still has beam and rainbow seeker on roster, who could considerably improve team performance and if flew/iron get more active as well, perhaps things can still take upturn for the team.
BASE
PERFECT START
Dice (2-0)
Stayons crew went undefeated first weekend, pulling also a perfect record in base. Pressure as terrier and ph/azuline as shark combo they controlled the game against Prime. Key players were definitely shark duo, especially ph who pulled some crucial teks and overall sharks were really contributing to kills more compared to Prime duo. Also Dice really controlled under and 5 spiders (okyo, rabbit!, stayon, shaun, dak) were having better teamwork and also dominated under. Not a landslide, but still clear win.
Second game vs Monster was similar game. Excellent sharking (10 combined teks!) and solid spidering kept game under Dice control with valuable win in the end.
Terrorist (2-0)
Like power, terrorist always felt like base-heavy lineup from draft and dw and they boys definitely delivered. Both base games for terrorist were very onesided games giving no real hope for opponents. Going with zizu as terrier, mvp/joeses as shark duo and frozen throne/dreamwin/christian/captain lonestar/lockdown, force had no answers, zizu once again pulling a zizu with 41-0 rec.
In second game vs pwned nl they did give 1 more minute for opponents, but in the end it was once again demolition and sign of warning for opponents in future rounds that this team is not messing around.
Power (2-0)
Baser heavy zidanes team had really no issues similar to terrorist in dismantling their opponents. First taking out monster with ogron in terrier, zid/willby duo in shark and cripple/renzi/sword/spawnisen/dad spiders. I mean really 3 10* spiders on that team. Second game vs Pure Luck was pretty similar story, warthog replaced dad, but it was very clear win with Tinys team having little to do. So power and terrorist seem to be teams to beat in base this season.
MIXED BAG
Pwned nl (1-1)
Pwned had first game vs Pure Luck and started with mikkiz as terrier, commodo/bad badger as sharks and turban, henry saari, tj hazuki, hercules and aiti as spiders. It was up and down affair with both teams controling base at times, in the end quality of commodo and turban was too much to handle for pure luck as they got some crucial teks in final stages and managed to hold to base.
Second game vs terrorist showed though their shortcomings as they had no answer to terrorist and crew, showing that they can probably score some wins during the league, but for now miss strength to actually be considered a title favorite in base.
Force (1-1)
Force had 2 completely different games this weekend. Starting with draft as terr, myth/morph as sharks and variety of spiders like hellkite, bacon, absurd, jz and dameon angell, they got completely outplayed by terrorist in a quick and onesided game. They did some changes, spookedone took terrier with same sharks, bacon, hellkite, refer, siaxis and absurd played in spiders as they pulled the most dominant win over weekend as Prime only got under 2 minutes of flag time. So mixed feelings, but valuable win at least from base weekend.
BAD START
Prime (0-2)
Rackas team really looked very duel-heavy from draft and base games were indication that they may have struggles in this league going forward. Against dice they lined up with x-demo as terrier, vehicle/menel as sharks and spiders jurassic, skatarius, rasaq, banzi and source, who was replaced by spirit in the end. It was rather good game for Prime, holding on, until those teks in later phases of game turning crucial. Second game vs force though was a nightmare with many subs, bad individual performances ending with collapse. Prime still has Cape in ranks, maybe his presence can pull them out of this and give them also extra boost in base.
Monster (0-2)
Monsters poor weekend continued with some poor base games. They were outplayed by Power, using cintra as terrier, cig smoke/markmrw as sharks and bombed/rough/rampage/bick/beast as spiders, beast replaced by rucci near the end. But that spider lineup was just outkilled by the 10* superstars on power.
Second game vs Dice was closer affair, rough at some point had to leave with mouse replacing him, but looks again that monster was just outkilled by opponent spiders and also sharks. Monster has some truly good spiders on ranks, lets see if they can turn this league around and come out top, on paper, team looks good.
Pure Luck (0-2)
PL had a pretty equal game vs pwned nl, losing in dying minutes with tiny as terrier, rodney/aprix shark duo and sarger, groan, hulk, rozay and 100 as spiders. It looks a bit weird lineup as hulk was forced to spider, as PL didnt really have enough top spiders online with rainbow/shayde both missing. Second game vs monster was also a one-sided affair with groan having to leave so deathclown420 making his debut (didnt go that well). So yea, if some key players show, hulk can take shark roles, i think PL will show totally different colors in upcoming games.
Looking back for week, Dice and stayon had really impressive beginning for this league, showing well-drafted team with even some players missing, who can definitely make a difference still on ranks (like jamal, brunson, kado). Things are looking well for our Portugese charmer.
Prime is looking strong in duelling and had a nice weekend, but base can bring them down. Cape could be the key player, if he shows he may provide necessary experience in those difficult specialist ships like shark/terrier, otherwise they seem to have pretty solid base roster and good spiders.
Pwned nl got the points where it could and if they continue with this trend, they are most likely going to be playoff team in the end. Still i wouldnt consider them favorites in any league for now.
Terrorist looks very good in base, especially with autopilot also available at some point, and could still come up strong in jav, if dw picks up, but has clear issues in wb, so maybe some changes are needed there or trading.
Power looks similar to Terrorist in setup. Really massive in base, can be strong in jav with some prac, but will struggle in wb. Still very solid beginning of league and good to see all key players active from the get-go.
Monster surprisingly got 2 wins in wb, but failed to win in any other league. Maybe its just first week talking, as they really have a good team and i expect them to do better as we move along.
Force looks somewhat similar to pwned nl, they can go on and get wins here and there in all leagues, but they seem to be not a real favourite in anything, maybe if raazi shows they could be really strong in wb. But still pretty negative beginning of league for them.
With 2 out of 3 top picks in draft not showing, Pure Luck had clearly a struggle of a weekend only managing to get 1 jav win. I still see potential is there, so expecting them to forget this and be stronger next weekend.
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