You might hate me for saying this, but I need you all to accept something: MOUZ are a bloody good team.
Sure, they might not always be great in the biggest matches, but do remember that those big matches often come against a Vitality team they can only hope to match once in a blue moon.
Despite those struggles, they’ve still gone a full year making it to the playoffs of every event they’ve attended, and more often than not, those runs have been to at least the top four.
No bad team is doing that, even if they’re utterly auraless.
They could be better, though, and I’m the first person to admit that.
That doesn’t mean just replacing apparent wantaway star Jimpphat, either, because while PR would be great - and also very clearly wants that move - that isn’t going to stop their leadership issue.
Now, I like Brollan, but do I think he’s a good IGL? No, I don’t. I think he’s a makeshift IGL made to look good by an incredibly underappreciated coach. And it’s a problem that needs to be addressed.
One solution to that would be to sign JT, although given his recent reinforcements at Passion UA, that feels unlikely. At least for now, anyway. So how about another makeshift IGL?
Seriously, stay with me here.
Do you know what responsibility Brollan doesn’t have on MOUZ? Any guesses? If you said “call CT sides”, then well done, you are correct.
Instead of the Swede, that responsibility falls to xertioN. Similar to NiKo on Falcons, xertioN is just in better positions to call rotations, and given that his 2025 CT side rating stands at 1.09 compared to 1.10 on T side, I’d say it doesn’t affect him too much.
He also seems to be pretty good at it, too, considering MOUZ’ 48.9% T side win rate saw them ninth in 2025, while their 53.9% CT side win rate saw them third.
Of course, this proposed change does mean that Brollan effectively becomes useless to MOUZ, so I’m going to have to ask you to really, really stay with me one more time, because I have the perfect answer:
jL.
No, really.
Think about it: not only is he a better player than Brollan, but he was also the beating heart of a NAVI team that was crowned the team of the year in 2024. A light-hearted figure, he was the player always seen to be hyping up NAVI during their run that year, and that’s something MOUZ sorely lack when the going gets tough on stage.
Of course, firepower might still be an issue compared to the likes of Vitality or Spirit, but maybe the extra percentages for MOUZ can just be found in vibes. Maybe, in jL, they might finally find the cure to their stagefright.
Because that just is the truth of all of this - it’s all a big maybe. There’s nothing saying kl1m or gr1ks would handle the step up to tier one on Liquid or G2, nor is there anything to say that unloseable rounds being lost would cease to happen with better role balance on Falcons, but there is one thing that is certain:
None of these teams will find their extra percentages with their current lineup.