At the upcoming BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2024 tournament, Team Liquid will unveil their new roster, which has generated a lot of interest among fans and analysts. After the breakup of the previous team, the organization replaced cadiaN and skullz with new players ultimate and jks. In addition, star player Twistzz has taken over the captaincy duties. This lineup will make its debut in a challenging match against Virtus.pro, which raises additional expectations and intrigue.
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The backstory: the challenges and achievements of the previous lineup
Liquid's past lineup faced a number of challenges, especially in online qualifications and RMR tournaments. They lost to M80 on more than one occasion and had difficulty in matches against other teams from North America. Despite this, their performance at the Chengdu tournament can be called their best, where they showed a high level of play against teams like G2 and FaZe. However, despite the masterclass from Twistzzz and NAF, the team lacked consistency to achieve stable results.
New faces and prospects: what to expect from the revamped roster?
Team Liquid approached the roster changes deliberately without spending huge sums. The jks invite ensures participation in NA RMR, and ultimate was chosen among the limited number of AWP players available. While there may have been more promising options such as zorte, hades, sl3nd and Martinez, the organization decided not to risk investing in less proven talent. Analyst Bubzkji commented on the choice of ultimate, “Ultimate has a very poor track record as a tier one AWPer, is he the right fit for the team and what the team needs? It's complicated. [...] He can only surprise us, there are no expectations. It's a small investment, he will have a few months to prove himself.”
Bubzkji's opinion: the outlook for the new captain and the team
One of the key questions remains Twistzz's transition to the captaincy role. Bubzkji said, “In the short term I don't have any concerns, but I think a lot of people overestimate the challenges of the IGL role when it comes to game situations. If you have the right pieces and concept, it can work in the short term. In the long term, when you need to develop your play style, constantly innovate and be a leader, it gets really difficult.”
Final thoughts: what lies ahead for Team Liquid?
According to Bubzkji, Team Liquid's new roster has the potential to achieve better results than the previous roster. He believes that if the team can consistently stay in the top 10, they have a chance to succeed. “It all depends on how effective Twistzzzz will be as IGL. YEKINDAR should also be on his last legs in this project, we need to see the form he had before his captaincy days.”
Source: BLAST.tv
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