The summer roster lock has come and gone, and the groups for HCS Daytona have been decided.
The top eight teams that have made roster changes are Evil Geniuses, Str8 Rippin, Splyce, Ronin Esports, and Luminosity Gaming. That said, let’s take a look at the results of rostermania!
The Evil Geniuses have now acquired Brett “Naded” Leonard and Micheal “Falcated” Garcia. Alongside Jason and Justin
The Brown twins and coach Towey Image by Ryan “Towey” Towey.
Brown, or “Lunchbox” and “Roy” respectively, this squad is looking to put EG back into the top four conversation.
Naded can bring more aggressive objective play, similar to Lunchbox. Having both of these players fly at you and your flag could be a very terrifying experience. Meanwhile, Roy will continue to be an aggressive damage dealer, while Falcated will be a more passive slayer in order to pick up kills. Overall, EG has come out of the HWC season looking somewhat better with their new roster. While dropping Cody “ContrA” Szczodrowski could come back to bite the Brown twins, Falcated is definitely capable of filling his shoes.
Str8 has lost their star player. Jonathan “Renegade” Willette, affectionately labeled “Renegod” departed the team to join Splyce. Since then, Str8 has acquired Dan “Danoxide” Terlizzi as a replacement. This was one of the earliest changes to occur after the conclusion of HWC 2017. To get more thoughts and details on this swap, check it out here.
Suspector during his time on Allegiance. Image by Josh Billy.
Formerly the TMMT Crowd Pleasers, Ronin has made a few changes. The two players who will be joining Carlos “Cratos” Ayala and Cory “Str8 SicK” Sloss going forward will be Tyler “Spartan” Ganza and Ayden “Suspector” Hill. These two additions just work to further stack Ronin’s slaying power.
Suspector is viewed to be on par with Danoxide, while Spartan is seen as a better slayer then Naded, but lacking the objective presence. However, Spartan is similar to Naded in that both players are very emotional. If the squad is doing well, both players will get loud and only begin to improve. However, the opposite is also true. If the roster starts to tilt, their chances of success will only slip further.
Luminosity will now be Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, Cameron “Victory X” Thorlakson, Tommy “Saiyan” Wilson and Joe
Saiyan during HWC 2017. Image by Halo Esports Wikis.
“TriPPPeY” Taylor. Ninja and Victory have already proven to be a capable duo, with one providing high amounts of kills while the other does whatever objective work needs to be done. With Saiyan and TriPPPeY joining the squad, Ninja’s slaying ability and his inconsistencies will be balanced out for. While he can usually top the scoreboard in kills, sometimes he would end up having the most deaths in the game. Saiyan and TriPPPeY can help combat this while Victory X continues to be one of the best objective players in the league.
What do you think of the new pro rosters? How do you think it will all play out at Daytona? Be sure to leave your opinion and remember to check back here on Friday to see HCS Daytona Predictions!
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