Did The aBeZy Playstyle Cost Atlanta FaZe at CoD Champs?

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In the video I blacked out and said back to back days but meant to say back to back majors (in terms of the Invasion mistake)
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[@ljsbmac]

Shows how mental of a game cod is, faze go from untouchable early/mid season to t6 at champs, and optic go from 1st, t12, back to first in champs

[@BoRi7o1]

you def need a BIG MENTAL

[@AlwaysEwok]

Abe didn’t have this overheating problem last year or at the start of this year, I think simp getting gassed up so much as mvp had him trying to hard to match him which led to him making some terrible plays

[@BoRi7o1]

@@AlwaysEwok there was part of me that wanted to think that but honestly over their time as teammates I think they’ve done a better job than anybody at having 2 superstar smgs and still finding a healthy dynamic on both shining at the same time or one shining and the other having a super supporting role

[@capnm0istbeard441]

Dude threw every big match this season. Pops off once every series, but costs at big moments. Great vid. Shit blew my mind watching it live. He was even worse in the rio SnD.

[@BoRi7o1]

watching him not check the same corner he died in the first time, multiple times had me tweaking

[@adiel02]

​@@BoRi7o1 seeing him do that made me so angry I'm like even plat rank kids will check after dying multiple times in the same spot

[@Klxch99]

He needs to take a page off Hydra and Shotzzy book, sometimes you gotta slow the pace just a tad bit

[@spectersnipez7942]

draz and simp have been playing really well i feel like abezy has been struggling since mw2 and cell just needed to play faster and more confident like he used to and they r good

[@BoRi7o1]

@@spectersnipez7942 Cell doesn’t lack confidence he just lacks the ability to play faster. But he major a major improvement from the last game it’s wonderful actually.

[@Daiwill]

Abezy was a T3 player in MW2, and was the best until Hydra started popping off.

[@Rollerbear712]

@Daiwill T3 player all season without question. But Stage III-IV it was Huke (minus finals) then it was all HyDra. Major II I would say was the time Abe was the best although he got better (others got more better after that)

[@shaquillecloete4495]

Need Cell to play faster, improve comms and be impactful

[@CarioGreenwood]

You never hear cell

[@BoRi7o1]

@@CarioGreenwood you do hear him but it's not really useful information. Main AR's should be more vocal on the map but he's the exact opposite

[@CarioGreenwood]

@@BoRi7o1 that’s what I mean more so. You do hear him but it’s not important shit it’s useless bullshit like little noises or dead’s he’s gotta be vocal and aggressive when it gets that intense he’s a very passive guy you can tell in playstyle and the way he comms he expects them to not be in certain positions and when they are he’s not at all prepared for it I think…

[@BoRi7o1]

@@CarioGreenwood when you compare his comms to every other main AR in the league, Skyz, Insight, Clayster, Ghosty it's a JARRING difference

[@CarioGreenwood]

@@BoRi7o1 completely agree

[@alexandermills2030]

Pros hold that u area and p4 to make sure that stops players from getting through so they can control the map and keep them back. He just needed to win the fight but he loss it. It happens but you got to understand its levels to this. The average player is just gonna run to next and not cut off the map. Iykyk

[@alexandermills2030]

He did make a couple other shitty plays tho no cap

[@BoRi7o1]

he def didnt have to push that especially knowing Ultra all off spawn are going to be watching Insights cross to cube

[@Bonkbork]

Its definitely NOT their 4th they keep replacing. Drazah has played well and made great decisions helping the team's offensive power; 2 2d place finishes and 1 major win is NOT easy. AF keeps challenging fights they know they'll lose and they celebrate too early (i.e. shooting bodies) before winning the major series against other troublesome teams. Im a firm believer its just that time the AF trio just splits. The magic of playing with each other for many years just ends up fading away similar to Shaq + Kobe or KD, Russ and Harden on Thunder.

[@BoRi7o1]

If certain players don't want to evolve and make changes to their game then yes they should split

[@Duupedd]

Good Content man love to see it! Yeah aBeZy made some interesting plays in Champs. Even me who plays in XP League Europe wouldn't have even though about pushing out p4. He has the brains to change and seemingly needs too in order to fix some of these minor mistakes which are costing the team.

[@BoRi7o1]

hey thanks man. He def did black out though no question. Don't think playing it safe is in his vocab

[@zingez7768]

Rio also Abezy just ran out 2-3 times to site without checking the corner and that costed alot also. I mean if i die in a corner by the door i make sure to prefire or stun clear it future rounds. Abezy just ran out as a braindead chicken there and it costed them mid control a few rounds. They played to fast in rio and got 2 pieced the whole map. Im as a Faze fan got really mad at the performance of that snd.

[@BoRi7o1]

yeah I'm going to break that down this weekend. Bout to be a roast fest for my boys

[@teal2913]

this is good shit

[@Bosanovadude1]

This wasn’t Abezys game but the dude is still nasty. Abezy was nasty at the last game mw2 while simp struggled pretty regularly. All of these guys are nasty but to expect them to win every tournament is not realistic. With that being said the play on invasion was pretty rough to watch. The team with better team work won.

[@BoRi7o1]

@@Bosanovadude1 he was good at this game but Simp just got more of the green light to do whatever so he had to pick up some more slack. But these plays are still horrible

[@anon00-7]

Abezy was at statue trying to take map control and kill the opp trying to rotate if he dies he has information and still spawns at new?? it is tough to say because in the end they both died, he obviously could have played a more passive off angle but I think Simp was at fault for giving up the middle of the map to help.

[@BoRi7o1]

no

[@hewhoenlightens5431]

You sound like I did most of the year watching Skys either try to play like Cell and not being impactful in his teammates gunfights, baiting Kismet or die sprinting at a hardpoint.

[@BoRi7o1]

He definitely made vast improvements M4 & Champs. Saw him alot more active even though his engagements were still low

[@benjii_or1152]

He’s pushing out spawn cut, he’s supposed to be there Simp should not have went to help.. that’s not on Abezy. No one says anything about how Draz or Simp under performed at champs they would’ve T8 without Abe and Cell

[@BoRi7o1]

@@benjii_or1152 def underperformed against the big teams. But that scenario is all on aBeZy nobody else. The, doubling up on mid is the play for sure. Everyone was in a good position

[@Rollerbear712]

@BoRi7o1 Nah that's cap. In the first of the two scenarios you mentioned, it's clear the gameplan was to watch right flank to avoid Toronto to flip spawns. Abe and Simp died but got info so Cell ratted back to clear them out and secured spawns. Toronto spawned out and came from the harder side to break but slayed tf out of Faze. They could've killed #3 insta but TOR wouldve secured spawns and broke into hill from the back. Faze may have had a setup but wouldve lost a huge chunk of time anyways if Faze didn't have info and Toronto spawned close. I will say that Abe played that 1v1 awfully. He shouldve just proned close or proned behind statue since Faze had early rotation. That being said saying Abe's play here completely dictates Toronto getting all hill time is not even hindsight but non sequitur. In the 2nd, Abe definitely should not have challed but the way he reacted to the gunfire tells me that he wasn't going to chall at first but Simp told him that he was weak (which he wasn't) or smt. He def shouldve not done that with an AR tho. You say that made everyone else tweak but that's an excuse since this is champs. Simp readjusting and proning back is what allows Envoy to get that 50-50 nade on him and makes it 4v2. With Abe dying Draz prioritizes to ditch mid cut (or they just have the info TOR are stacking up on that lane) to number up on B, but plays it awfully by not getting any kills or stop the progression to buy time for his teammates. Cell also needs to ditch high ground and rat at the bottom of the stairs. Both of these are on the level of nitpicks. In the NY series Cell not challing at all mega costed in the maps they lost. Like in the Karachi hp listen-in Draz makes a great call that they can work a break on p2 when NY had multiple numbers down at the same time but he and another player just decides to camp bus side building despite not having close spawns. In the ending of that in p1 Cell just decides to watch a p2 side entryway off cover instead of contesting the fucking hill for no reason. You remember Cell not challing in Hotel against Optic to throw the series? This has become a theme for the guy. Not to mention he doesn't have his K/D he had in Vanguard anymore. At that point he's a mid AR with some of the worst fundamentals on a good team.

[@lenhefner]

They were not beating optic lmfaooo

[@BoRi7o1]

welp

[@FF-KillThemAlll]

nobody was beating OpTic. bro tweaked when he said that. NY beat Faze and Ultra.. OpTic beat NY twice. 😐

[@craterhawkinson7106]

Let’s go OpTic

[@BoRi7o1]

@@craterhawkinson7106 wrong video

[@CptBurstNvtts]

Heart breaking man like these guys are world champions doing dumb shit year in year out

[@BoRi7o1]

I guess it just be like that :(

[@tree88717]

Yea i dont like that set up from abezy. I prefer to watch outer right from the back statue its one of the best headies in the game

[@BoRi7o1]

it's one of those kills that you have to get otherwise you're fucking up your whole team. So you have to play something more guaranteed

[@inoscopedbarney]

I have a much bigger issue with Cell and I think he’s their problem. He’s a consistent 1KD and that’s literally all he has going for him.

[@BoRi7o1]

just might be. But it moments of composure he's icy af

[@beesinthetrap-b8i]

He was on that side because its a lane bro right side lane they have a clue because they are pros to where 3 out of 4 players are on the map at all time At yhe end of the day it came down to winning the big gunfights not abesy being pushed out to the third lane

[@BoRi7o1]

@@beesinthetrap-b8i nope. When he died everyone had to scramble and readjust bc now they were lacking numbers on the B side. This play on 2000000000000000000000% on aBeZy. Even though he had a great map

[@beesinthetrap-b8i]

@@BoRi7o1 aye it's debatable but my opinion remains the same the MAP lost wasn't on that one life it was the big gunfights that they lost. They still had 2 or 3 more hills after that rotation to make a difference ‼️‼️‼️

[@skapun7744]

If you watch faze whenever they play hp this year, they would constant force pressure old time when it’s completely unnecessary (ESPECIALLY ON MONEY HILL ROTATIONS). I’ve never seen them hold a proper setup to get a full 60 on a hill. Sure abezy and Cellium could take the criticism, but it’s on all 4 players and the coaching staff for preaching the improper way to play hp. With the talent and skill of those 4 players, no team should be able to break a hill on them. As for snd, they just broke down towards the end of the year simple as that. Control has been their best mode simply because they love spawn trapping on both offence and defence. I don’t think a team change is viable because you would be improving other teams if you lose those players. What they need is a mentality shift with how they need to play respawn. I think they’re still stuck in the Cold War mindset of just being able to gun everybody, but in these new titles, that rarely ever works. I see them sticking going into treyarch. However, this is the last ride for them if they don’t dominate for all of next year (winning damn near every event).

[@BoRi7o1]

@@skapun7744 yeah they’ve had that HP mentality every year after Cold War lmao. It’s lost them a lot of finals

[@LeeCampbell-l9i]

Abezy fries against lower struggles or even against top or similar level

[@BoRi7o1]

I would say the same for Simp. Havent seen him go positive in an HP against Ultra on lan all year except I think Major 1 idk

[@Kdogg98]

When the play style works y’all don’t say nun lol

[@BoRi7o1]

funny because whenever it works they are actually playing smarter or the other team is just getting gunned to absolute bed

[@hewhoenlightens5431]

So my 🔥Hot-Take🔥 for FAZE was as follows; I think Drazah is a super great COD player but FAZE already dominated online qualifiers with any fourth for like 4-5 years! Who they needed was CLAYSTER , hear me out! FAZE needed help for this important online matches & Sunday ice 🧊 plus a little bit of “out-of-game rockstar ✨🌟✨ vibes! Let’s faze it, these kids are great at COD but they are super nerds as well & many people also say that’s why they don’t do much content.. I’m alsi a need but I’m street savvy and touch grass 😅 not trying to say CLAYSTER is better at COD than Drazah, I’m saying CLAY actually brings the energy that FAZE gave been looking for since the dropped ALEC Arcitys.. in a LAN environment when it matters most, CLAYSTER brings out the fire 🔥 & fireworks 🎆 from himself & the teammates around him! So imo that would have placed high in all the majors even if CLAYSTER isn’t the slayer Drazah is all the time, the FAZE trio would already be getting those kills if Drazah wasn’t ✅

[@BoRi7o1]

from a mindset leadership POV sounds great. But he just cant put up the pace Drazah does which is what they need

[@lolfps-]

Thoughts on Kis scamming that 5-5 kirachi search

[@BoRi7o1]

@@lolfps- thoughts in my newest video :)

[@Limiric1]

You think The Faze trio stick or make a change for BO6?

[@BoRi7o1]

just because it's BO6 I think they'll stay the same and there's more cons to pros in terms of them getting rid of one. But if they get rid of Drazah I will be SICK TO MY STOMACH

[@CarioGreenwood]

@@BoRi7o1 there not getting rid of Drazah though hes been there best player at some points I think at this point in time they aren’t going to change but if they do there going to change out MC maybe get ghosty or something but there’s no upside at the moment getting rid of anyone it just makes others get closer to where they are all year.

[@BoRi7o1]

@@CarioGreenwood We all think getting rid of draz is dumb but ive seen smart people make dumb decisions before

[@CarioGreenwood]

@@BoRi7o1 zoooma also seems to think if anyone gets dropped it’s Drazah he’s the only one with least amount of time and connections with these guys I’m sorry? Idk what else you wanna hear

[@BoRi7o1]

@@CarioGreenwood now you confused me

[@tonyk92]

Faze is so overrated lol. The outplay potential in this game is mental, not gun skill. Ya you might outgun someone and you might do it a lot but if you get a kill at a point in the map that doesn't help the objective then wtf is it really worth?

[@BoRi7o1]

@@tonyk92 not overrated and slaying in this game is really important but yes there are a lot of useless/useful kills

[@user-qx2su6so4c]

Fully agree with you, great vid. Love these breaking down videos. Atl faze and abezy been making me so angry this season

[@BoRi7o1]

@@user-qx2su6so4c thank you thank you & super angry fr

[@LeeCampbell-l9i]

Lets be honest cell not as good without game breaking mechanics

[@jeramypoyer8631]

Your first clip is just wrong lmao Abezy is in a great position they have full roto to new. Simp doesn’t need to help him and drazah doesn’t need to hit old.. lol

[@BoRi7o1]

@@jeramypoyer8631 you clearly didn’t even listen to what I said in the video

[@jeramypoyer8631]

@@BoRi7o1 it was a hard watch after watching how wrong you were about abezys aggression in the first 3 min of the video

[@BoRi7o1]

@@jeramypoyer8631 funny bc this exact same aBeZy aggression you think I’m wrong about happened in the exact same place in another game on the same map and they lost that map and that hill too. I even say tin the video there’s nothing wrong with what he’s doing at p4 but if he doesn’t get that kill and he makes simp go help him then they are just going to lose spawns. So why not play more of a guarantee like other teams do and actually get 40 points minimum from the hill lol. Makes clear sense

[@Limozo]

IMO Drazah brought toxicity to the team and when he choked under pressure the whole team choked.. I don't think is anyone's playstyle, there is something behind, their comms sound horrible all season. Don't know... i would drop Drazah for Ghosty

[@BoRi7o1]

@@Limozo in terms of the crowd really going against them yeah that was on Drazah but there are certain playstyle issues with certain players (not Drazah). And I don’t think anybody would be saying Ghosty if Parasite didn’t make a case for it an hour on the Flank

[@Limozo]

@@BoRi7o1 Thought about Ghosty cuz I think those 3 need a leader and don't think Drazah was it. And yeah I think there are changes on all 4, Abezy seems allways 5 seconds ahead of his team and Cell 5 seconds behind.. just not working

[@BoRi7o1]

@@Limozo he’s not 5 seconds ahead he’s just doing 5 seconds of unnecessary shit. But Drazah is good for them. If Slasher wasn’t a good leader for them then a “leader” isn’t the issue anymore. It’s the 3 players synergy together

[@Limozo]

@BoRi7o1 😄 5 seconds of unnecessary shit! Hahaha yes, that's true, you cracked me up man!

[@Cerberus9324]

Your reactions are exactly the same as mine.

[@BoRi7o1]

@@Cerberus9324 anger sadness and shock

[@Cerberus9324]

@@BoRi7o1 Heartbreak as well. Especially Boeing out t6 and the only game where we got 3-0'd from what I remember. That match drew the dagger in me and had me saying it's time for the trio to go their separate ways. Don't like that at all because I love all of the players on that team, but 3 years top 3 at almost every tournament, having the same problems every year, it's gotta be more than just switching out the one AR

[@BoRi7o1]

@@Cerberus9324 part of me wants to blame the games we are playing but if other teams can figure it out why cant you type thing. That may have been their only 3-0 loss of the season lol

[@sjbrigante4845]

He did seem a little out of sync at time despite good output

[@BoRi7o1]

seemed like he was doing something nobody asked him to do lmao

[@forresthalyard6575]

They definitely wouldn't have beat optic and been in GF 😂😂 faze had 0 teamwork and played like ass this tournament. They couldn't beat NY what makes you think they would beat optic lmaooooo

[@BoRi7o1]

they eat OpTic for lunch in MW2. But this is all hindsight

[@swagxmagician]

@@BoRi7o1 OpTic beat them at Major 3 and faze played better at Major 3 than at champs and Optic played better at champs than at major 3. OpTic would've 3-0'd, as soon as Pred and Shotzzy played with pace instead of being out of sync, faze never stood a chance