The current EnVyUs roster of Merk, JKap, Nameless and Clayster should be phenomenal, right? A roster filled with that much talent should place Top-3 at any event they attend, right? Well, sadly enough, the answer is no. After back-to-back poor showings, MLG Columbus where they placed 5th and recently UMG Orlando where they placed a measly 9-12th (Top 12). As a fan, I want EnVy to succeed at any and all levels of Professional Call of Duty, it’s healthy for the community, and let’s be honest, we all love the Boys in Blue. Sadly enough EnVy will not succeed to the heights of which this community has come to expect from this storied organization. As long as this roster stays the same, no championship will come back to the home that Hastro built. I’m not quite sure why the community, or Hastro himself, has not realized that sad truth. You would think the man who knows Call of Duty talent as best as anyone would have understood that a roster of 4 players that all have the exact same tendencies and play styles would not mesh. Let’s take a look back at each individual player’s history, maybe then you might see that the writing is on the wall.
NOTE: I use Black Ops 2 and Advanced Warfare with the new patch as the most recent indicators of a player’s play style, tendencies, abilities, etc. Reason being is that Black Ops 2 allowed for each player to play to their strengths, instead of being forced into a role (Ghosts with the Vector), and with the new patch Advanced Warfare now allows for some player’s to utilize their play styles. NOTE: K/D = Kill Death Ratio K/R = Kills per Respawn AI = Kills + Deaths per Game OS % = Out Slaying Percentage (Percentage of time that the player had more kills then deaths) Jordan “Jkap” Kaplan: One of the most dominant Assault Rifle slayers that we have ever seen. In Black Ops 2 he was arguably the best Assault Rifle player, as his aggressive AR play coupled with his incredible accuracy has been feared for years. Columbus: K/D: 1.01 K/R: 28.38 AI: 41.40 OS %: 30% Orlando: K/D: 0.97 K/R: 27.36 AI: 40.36 OS %: 20.59% Joey “Merk” Deluca: The epitome of a Veteran Professional Call of Duty, Merk has played almost every role possible throughout his career, but he was never better than when he played some form of an Assault Rifle type role, whether he was a support in Modern Warfare 3 or a slayer and/or anchor in Black Ops 2. Columbus: K/D: 0.96 K/R: 27.15 AI: 40.20 OS %: 35% Orlando: K/D: 0.93 K/R: 27.06 AI: 39.80 OS %: 8% Clay “Clayster” Eubanks: The most successful Modern Warfare 2 player ever, Clayster, picked up right where he left off in MW2 on Black Ops 2, as he quickly rose to the top of the best Assault Rifle player discussion after his dominant FAL, and then later M8, shot was known worldwide. He was arguably the best anchor/AR player during his reign in Black Ops 2. Columbus: K/D: 0.93 K/R: 28.69 AI: 42.65 OS %: 15% Orlando: K/D: 0.99 K/R: 29.88 AI: 43.92 OS %: 24% Anthony “Nameless” Wheeler: One of the most well rounded players in the Professional Call of Duty scene, Nameless can do it all, from the dominant AR role to the fast paced SMG role. He flourished in last year’s Call of Duty installment, Ghosts, with the Vector. In Black Ops 2 Nameless split his time between AR and SMG, but he is/was more suited towards the AR role. Columbus: K/D: 0.97 K/R: 27.69 AI: 41.80 OS %: 30% Orlando: K/D: 1.02 K/R: 29.44 AI: 42.16 OS %: 36% EnVy’s statistics as a team: Columbus: K/D: 0.97 K/R: 27.98 OS %: 30% Orlando: K/D: 0.98 K/R: 28.47 OS %: 48% So, does anyone see the reoccurrence with each individual player? Each one of those players is an AR player, none of them have any dominant SMG play style, tendencies, or twitch shot, as seen from Scumpii and Crimsix. The team does not possess the pressure play style that is required in this high paced game, and with the recent patch making the ASM1, a SMG, a viable CQB weapon, this team looks to possibly be even more out of place. Even with a dramatic increase in team Out Slaying Percentage, a jump from 30 to 48% from Columbus to Orlando, EnVy still was unable to compete in respawn gamemodes, other than Uplink. It’s a sad sight to see such a historic Call of Duty Professional Organization, in EnVy, be in this position, but they put themselves in it all on their own. Merk’s depreciation in output leads me to believe that he is getting to the same point BigTymer was right before he retired. You couple Merk’s lack of production with JKap’s uncharacteristic poor event, from a statistical standpoint, EnVy was doomed for an atrocious event. Changes need to be made if Hastro wishes EnVy to get back to their consistent winning ways. He are a few variations of roster changes that I would possibly make if I was Hastro:
Hey, I truly hope that this roster works out, the team is able to string together a few consistent events, and continue to add to EnVy’s legacy. Let me know what you would do if you were in Hastro’s position in the comments below, or tweet me @SaVi_JayD!
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