MOUZ have been on the brink of greatness for a very long time, so it was a surprise to us when they instead decided to drop off the face of the Earth.

Fortunately, though, they seem be finally adressing at least one of their issues, as French know-it-all KRL has said that MOUZ will be looking to replace Brollan.

In his place will be Danish icon Magisk, and as per usual, we have some thoughts on this.

First up, Brollan needs to go. He needed to after Budapest, and he really, really needs to know that MOUZ can’t even string group stage wins together. Sadly for the Swede (who we do quite like btw), he just never properly adapted to IGLing, and the issues there were always apparent with poor mid-round calls and inadequate T side win rates.

However.

Is Magisk really the man to fill the spot? We aren’t so sure.

We know that he IGLed for a short spell on Astralis, and he’s a player that certainly makes sense to undergo an IGL transition… but is that what MOUZ really needs right now?

In an ideal world, we’d liked to have seen MOUZ to sign an already established IGL. Someone like Ch1zN, JT, s1n, or even LNZ. Someone who understands already how to call their system, and not just how to be puppeted by sycrone.

That’s not to say sycrone isn’t a good puppet master - he’s certainly better than hally.

Although, saying that, Magisk probably isn’t the type of guy to be happy just being a puppet. You get the sense that he actually will have had a plan for how he’d want to play for a very long time now, and will be determined to put his plan into action.

Magisk’s determination could also be the deciding factor of whether this move is a success or not. He’s a born winner, and that’s something that MOUZ have sorely lacked. Having him there to cast spells on them with ancient Danish runes might actually be the way they finally get it all to click.

So, even though Magisk isn’t the established IGL we’ve been asking for… maybe we do like this move. Maybe it is the thing to take MOUZ to the next level, maybe it is the thing to finally prevent them from cracking under the bright lights, maybe it’s…

Nah, xertioN and torzsi will just bottle it anyway.