“So, John TLDR, with three going to Falcons, and sjuush going to NiP, that leaves just one player at HEROIC. This story is definitely about the team they’re building around NertZ, right?”

“…Right?”

We’re sorry to disappoint. We won’t make a habit of it. It’s not our fault that NertZ’ new team is so much more exciting than HEROIC’s new team.

It won’t surprise you to learn that YEKINDAR was benched by Team Liquid. We like YEKI, we really do, but he’s been cheeks for a while. He’s not helped by a team of people who don’t want to aggress with him, but he also just doesn’t win his duels anymore.

NertZ is reported to take YEKINDAR’s place on Liquid, adding a completely different type of style of play. He’s not a hard entry, but he is aggressive and looks for openings in a slightly safer manner. Liquid might need to find someone who is willing to die for the cause on executes, but in the first minute of the round, NertZ is a pure upgrade.

If the NertZ signing goes through, Liquid are, once again, a terrific team on paper: Twistzz, NertZ, jks, NAF is near-unrivaled as a rifle foursome, and ultimate has been solid so far. It’s all looking good. It really is. It’s just that we’ve been here before.

We’re not sure who is going to entry, and the jury is still out on Twistzz as a leader. But it looks fun. Just… imagine if they had karrigan or siuhy instead of jks. You’d have them top 5 immediately.

HEROIC, in the meantime, has to find five new players. Good luck.

They reportedly signed three Sangal players - LNZ, xfl0ud and yxngstxr - with SunPayus and nilo being suggested right at the bottom of a HLTV article, quietly.

Don’t worry, guys. We really do read everything just so you don’t have to.

Does that team scream Top 10 to you? It doesn’t to us, but SunPayus took Movistar Riders to 5th once, and he didn’t even have sAw as a coach then.