Team Expected/Guessed Roles, W0
In leading up to Week 0, where every team will absolutely play completely serious and not FAFO form, I thought I’d take a stab at what roles everyone will play. Helped my a bit when evaluating where I thought the teams stood tier wise. Some of these names were a struggle to be creative with though if I didn’t have team names. I think you’ll get most of them.
D Tier Teams: Not all are here for role issues, but certainly not sure where/how these teams are going to line up role wise.
“The Griefed”, Harmony Team:
Should probably go Hulk P1, Arctes 2, and Giggles 3. Allows Chief to play lane with Hulk for team sanity, and pairing Giggles with Harmony who are fine together. Mid doesn’t matter too much, and Arctes is more used to core than I think either of their other options. Could also swap the entire offlane and safelane as well to ok effect?
“Spooky’s Asylum”, Infinity Team:
Uhhh… Spoopy core incoming. Spooky 1, Infinity 2, DanPandaman 3, with Squid on 4 and Thugwood on 5. Not what he wants I’m sure, but not sure there is another option other than Spoopy P1. Maybe offlane could work if DanPandaman will P1. But, doesn’t seem his role, and you dont pay for a 9K to play them off role. Pairing Dan with a former 3K as well might help unlock some free MMR as well.
C Tier Teams: Only 2, and both of these exist only because I feel there is a good and bad lineup comp for each of them, with one being MUCH better than the other. I’m sure I’m wrong, so this is actually the better of the two.
“For Science… probably as Skater is not creative”, Skater Team:
I’ll stab though and take RB 1, Wuba 2 (with flex between them), Skater 3, Pisces 4, and Space Cowboy 5. Torn here, as I really like the idea of skater offlane to open up roles, all while he plays P1 from the offlane anyway. Wuba without the cover of Spooky sounds a more difficult P3, but they do have Pgod. Skater will make it work, so not sure why I’m worried. As listed here, B tier.
“Alchemy”, Farma Team:
Another stab: Delu P1, Passive P2, Farma P3, Demon P4, and Penwynn 5. I like this lineup a lot better as Delu is a P1 only player so much as I know, and Farma can easily pull off some of his cheesy mid heroes as offlaners, or just play a key hero in the game that is needed there, all while supporting Delu’s puddle. Leaves everyone else in their preferred roles. As listed here, A tier
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B Tier Teams: Strong role comps, or likely team mesh reside here.
“Unkooked”, Maniac Team:
Potential A tier, but roles a near complete guess. I’ll go with Yan 1, Kizu 2, with Tabor as the 3, Emra 4, and Maniac 5. Yan is a complete 1 v9 potential gamer, but you do need to get him there. Putting your lowest MMR player on a core role has its risks, but has worked plenty of times before, especially when covered by a high MMR support.
“Rumor”, Ru Elamo Team:
Ronnie 1, De la Heeba 2, Mat 3, Midget 4, and Ru 5. Lower MMR team, but I think the first confident roles team, which might make them mesh better/faster. I’m not sure how Ronnie is going to survive comms from Ru or Midget in his lane though. Could go mode mute/rage really quickly. Will poll Ronnie after the season if he wants me back for additional suffrage or not.
“Unread”, Reedy Team:
Fatsloth 1, 1314/Monsoon Mid, Buffaloe 3, leaving Reedy 4, and Axiom as the 5. Having Axiom lane with Sloth is a plus as Sloth is chill and can easily play multiple heroes at once in helping him through the laning phase. Reedy off role a bit, but can be greedy as the 4. Buffaloe willing to play 3 also means they can swap, as I’m sure Sloth would be just fine as well in the offlane.
“UndeClared”, Clare Team:
Team nondivision nearly. Amane 1, Clare 2, Doomcow 3, What 4, and Shea 5. While a lower MMR P1 is a bit scary, the rest of the team looks really strong on paper, and could help make the space for eventual P1 dominance. Reminds me a bit of the Skater/Ghost team, where the surrounding cast helped the P1 shine and survive. Interested to see if Doomcow can do as intended, or if Shea drinks him under the table.
A tier: Strong MMR, mesh, and roles likely.
“Will not Leak”, WTLM Team:
KStigs 1, TurtleDuck 2, Snow 3, Leak 4, Fatloser 5. Not 100% on this guess, but this looks like it fits the team best, and Leak has quite a few support games, and likely will just greed it out. There are certainly some voices on this team, but if they can overcome this, this tricore plus a greedy leak sounds really scary.
“Unanswered Praeor,” Praetor Team
Zyvox 1, Praetor 2, Sanigmaa 3, Jackman 4, Hawx 5. My highest ranked team with nearly all immortals through to the 5, and your P5 is a support main. Zyvox seems a huge potential, but SEA risk a the 1, so likely 10K MMR, and I’ll be banned at end of the season. Couple them with known quantity Praetor and an 8K in the offlane, and I have to think lanes will be fine, allowing Jackman to be greedy as a usual core player. Hoping they dont run away with it so I face the hangman again at the end.
