FAZE SIMP REVEALS WHY THEY CAN'T BEAT OPTIC!

FaZe Simp has been one of the most dominant CoD players in recent years. He's broken records, won 2 rings, and looking for his third. Get to know how Simp became one of the best Call of Duty players in the world!
The Merk and Maven Podcast S2 Ep 9
0:00 - Intro
4:42 Simp playing SnD tourneys
8:40 - Simp joining Eunited
10:26 - Simp having an amazing start to his year
12:30 - Was there any downside to coming up so fast?
13:45 - How to Simp deal with the Eunited drama?
15:50 - How did the ATL dynasty get built?
18:19 - Did Simp have other options other than joining Eunited?
20:58 - How did ATL transition into only online matches due to covid?
23:50 - Does Simp think he will be the first to win back 2 back Champs?
25:37 - Simp’s thoughts on MW Grand Finals
27:40 - Who made the call for the Cold War roster?
30:10 - Cold War placements
35:25 - Was there another nerve for Simp going into Cold War Champs?
38:00 - Simp’s thoughts on Vanguard
43:00 - Why the swap from Arcitys to Slasher?
47:10 - Has Simp’s play style changed?
51:10 - Why did it make sense for Slasher to come in?
54:40 - ATL setting the SND win streak
56:02 - Simp’s role in SND
1:00:10 - Celium’s and ATL’s pacing
1:05:10 - How do scrims transition to league matches?
1:08:10 - The OpTic vs ATL matchup
1:11:07 - Biggest improvements for Champs
1:12:35 - How does Simp get back to winning multiple events a year?
1:13:55 - Community questions
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[@TorontoUltra]

Who would your Call of Duty dream team be?

[@OmegaSai]

MW3 Scump, IW Formal, Cold War aBeZy and Vanguard Cellium

[@DripzzSZN]

Dashy, Pred, Abezy and Shottzy

[@legolas_]

Iw formal, Bo3 John, Cold War Abezy, AW Karma

[@thomassaunders6657]

Pac-Man, Jurd, Accuracy, Skrapz

[@ryan011193]

Standy CW, Pred, Cellium, Octane MW2

[@OmegaSai]

Don't think I've seen Simp in a full blown hour long interview before, will be great to hear more about him! Great pick guys!

[@TheNextManimal]

He did on on Attach’s pod last year, good listen as well

[@dillyboyq]

Most underrated podcast in the scene by a MILE. Merk n Mave are such absolute legends to the scene and the way they go thru the players/interviewee’s career and we get to hear all the stories and unlock memories for a lot of us OG viewers. AmazIng episode as always!

[@justin3258]

Love these so much. Really enjoy hearing players talk about stuff

[@Imasliceyou]

Simps an incredible interview very well spoken, doesn’t stammer or stumble on his words. He needs to be in more content.

[@reesecv1968]

Another week another Merk and Maven podcast to listen to. I love this podcast

[@kylar_roddy]

Loving the consistency! Keep it up.

[@akaskillz1217]

Great podcast great questions merk and maven

[@BHam222]

The fact that Simp said the FaZe team was checked for almost the entirety of Vanguard b/c of the game, yet they still placed 2nd four times is crazy to me. Wonderful as always Merk and Maven. So glad I can count on these weekly! Also, Merk asking where his call was when ATL needed a Main AR/IGL was COMEDY.

[@malcum17]

Karma, Jkap, and Clayster went back to back, never forget.

[@hdotizzle]

Cant lie Maven went a lil rouge in this episode lmao

[@ClintMavenEvans]

You aren’t wrong. I went in knowing he’d be more reserved and wanted to push him on some topics. Def a bit too much and noted for going forward. Main goal is for players to have a great time doing and highlight moments/personalities.

[@hdotizzle]

@@ClintMavenEvans All love maven. Maple syrup shower this major or we'll have an actual problem tho

[@malcum17]

​@@ClintMavenEvans your goated brother.

[@HerrNandeZ]

@@ClintMavenEvans goat caster multifps analyst

[@krispyquam5713]

Hype for this

[@yeetroro]

been looking fwd to this. fazeup

[@Munchonmushies]

CDL should push this podcast harder, it's so interesting learning about the background for these players! Most players who aren't on Optic don't have a great medium for personal brand exposure outside of podcasts like this

[@ryan011193]

Agreed!

[@ClintMavenEvans]

Glad you’ve been enjoying! Really wanted to highlight players w this podcast, and will continue to do so. Think it’s been a great dynamic so far w my crazy ass and Joe’s experience. We absolutely love doing these.

[@ryan011193]

@@ClintMavenEvans Yeah, they are great! It’s cool to dive into the history of the players and get to see the personalities behind the gun so to speak. Who is coming up next?

[@rmaacc25]

That’s straight up down to the orgs not being good enough with content. Most just focus on some random meme on twitter after a match. Most of them SUCK for content and trying to get a bigger social media presence. In turn that screws the players potential growth on an individual level

[@jackfarrell8602]

This is the best podcast available in the cod scene 🔥

[@SpencerClassic]

Dope episode!! Maven was definitely poking the Bear in this episode. 😅😂 I hope Simp took mental notes of this and ball out the rest of the season! 🔴⚫️ #EZAF

[@ShreyasGaneshs]

I like how he doesn't keep quite while they are bantering removes the feeling that he's being left out simp has a lot of untapped potential

[@ryan011193]

Would be interesting to hear one of these with TJ cos I understand he’s been in the scene for a while but I don’t know much about him.

[@j1theg1]

Clayster won back to back, he won champs in bo4 then mw19 the following year

[@BaljeetSingh-tl3tp]

so did jkap aw and bo3

[@DONZAKY101]

so did jkap and karma

[@mkwsoxfan]

I think they meant "nobody has gone back to back with the same team" they just didn't articulate that point well

[@trevorwarren3337]

@@mkwsoxfan you are correct i believe.

[@6foxpuff]

​@@mkwsoxfan no because MAVEN said you won then 2nd then won then 2nd. Also simp only had the same team once. Any other time there were different people

[@ClintMavenEvans]

Ignore me on the B2B. Think I originally was thinking three peat, but then said wrong and was blasted in the moment. Kap, Karma, Clay etc. Chalk it up to my being an old, bald idiot.

[@JAMSTAR111]

You’re all good bby we understood what you meant lol, best codcast out there for insight…speaking of the devil, get insight on! 😎🙌

[@malcum17]

No prob

[@malcum17]

Maven how did you come up with your username?

[@benjaminjoutras3721]

Maven's kinda wild in this one but solid episode as always

[@randalljwilson489]

Slasher getting gunned all series long it’s even worser then last year 😂

[@yassinserroukh1156]

What was good with Maven this episode lmaooo, we get there are high expectations on Faze but damn son

[@schemaaaarh7604]

I love Chris "Simp" Lehr!

[@kunalgupta9713]

Imo simp is still a mysterious dude in CDL despite being “the next goat”. Best episode yet.

[@everlastinbattle3357]

God damn maven roasting the shit out of simp 😂 low key felt bad for him even tho it seems they’re friends

[@ClintMavenEvans]

Oh we are pals. I tried digging a bit more than normal cuz know he’s a reserved guy 🤣

[@everlastinbattle3357]

@@ClintMavenEvans yea I figured haha I commented that half way in and then heard your comments at the end of the pod

[@ClintMavenEvans]

@@everlastinbattle3357 yup. Love the guy. I def went too hard on some things though. Kinda why I said what I did at the end…

[@everlastinbattle3357]

@@ClintMavenEvans it didn’t come off as super malicious in your voice to me so all is well 🫶🏼

[@CAllan157]

@@everlastinbattle3357 thats not the real maven youtube

[@semp7861]

im not sure if maven meant no team has won back to back champs but correct me if im wrong did Clay not win champs in bo4 and mw19?

[@SuperDarmino]

Don't you just love storylines. Maven just went berserk on their HPs this year and just watch FaZe from this Simp interview just go god mode till champs. Its just like some things are just meant to be you know..😂😂

[@isaacwillner7536]

Clayster went back to back champs wins BO4 and MW2019

[@alexanderstaxx9756]

Why Maven roastin the pimp so much

[@b3to653]

Simp wanted Shotzzy but he denied 😂😂

[@aggrethorn5320]

clay won back 2 back champs and so did karma ?

[@Drip404]

I was literally saying yesterday we need to hear from simp whats going on. Lol

[@ParadiZeHq]

This title so disrespectful 😭😭

[@Good_Comms]

Insane that Simp has won champs every other year he’s competed since his rookie year, and come second in the two alternating seasons that he didn’t. BO4 - 1st, MW - 2nd, CW - 1st, VG - 2nd, MW2 - ?

[@itsbeyxnd]

Gonna be hard man, they suck at respawn and it hard to imagine them getting better by champs

[@Dynamic0NE]

What those numbers show on Fazes stats is Slasher is holding them back. Such low KDs in all game modes with how little engagements he gets into. Celium is in low engagements too but his death total is so low that it works. But Slasher is playing slow plusss dying more often. If anything in hardpoint he needs to get his hill time to like 70 seconds. Instead of the mids 50s with Simp leading the team with low 60s as of now. Slasher should be hill bitch on average another 15 seconds per game to let his real slayers be more impactful and i guaranteeeeee they win hardpoints at a 60 percent rate rather then the 40 theyre at now. Sure Slasher brings a whole lot of other intangibles but im talking strictly hardpoint play on the map.

[@robertlopez7449]

The content from ultra is going to have me switch up

[@610vlogs]

Wimp like doesn’t enjoy talking about how nasty he is at cod 😂 so humble bro

[@frankscrafted9709]

Would love for faze to go back to back now at the end of the year, great for the story lines, for cement simp and Abe as the best duo winning 11 event plus 3 rings over 24 final appearances

[@JSAB14UT]

Didn't clay go back to back at champs?

[@itsbeyxnd]

I miss the jet pack era bro

[@ShreyasGaneshs]

It's still mind-blowing how he's made every grandfinals of champs he's attended he could have had 4 rings in 4 years

[@EddieBryan-tg4td]

He’s on instagram 🎉

[@connorwatt507]

Did clayster not go back to back at champs?

[@krispyquam5713]

Chris will be the best to ever do it.

[@malcum17]

Nah not like this all the goats never slowed down like simp is already doing, he'll be top 10 though.

[@gelatofrost2752]

Scump in ww2 and he still bounced back

[@kayrogonzalez6032]

@@malcum17bro is already top 5 him and Abe will finish in the top 3 at the end of their careers

[@Lankbouv]

I'm confused. Didn't Clayster win back 2 back champs?

[@mkwsoxfan]

They meant back to back 1st to close out bo4. It was jumbled up in the clayster drama talk so it got confusing

[@Lankbouv]

@@mkwsoxfan wut? Sorry I don't understand your comment. Do you mean b2b in the last 2 tournaments of the year. But LAT did that in Vanguard

[@mkwsoxfan]

@@Lankbouv they started the clayster drama talk at the end of bo4 and then brought up how simp went back to back, they meant he went back to back at tournaments to end bo4, thieves went back to back to close out vanguard yes, and clayster won back to back champs for black ops4 and Modern warfare 2019

[@mkwsoxfan]

Ok I got to the point in the discussion I know what you're saying now sorry. No one has gone back to back at champs with the same roster of players. Clay went back to back with EUnited / empire, karma went back to back with Fariko / CoL

[@Lankbouv]

@@mkwsoxfan yeha ik, but that wasn't the Q he was asked tbh

[@vibes24osrs]

Jkap went back to back in AW/ Bo3 and then lost in IW could have been 3 straight

[@loganjacobs764]

Karma, JKap and Clay all went back to back?

[@Inferno-pj5gs]

online doesn’t count 💀 Karma and jkap count

[@Bds2001]

@@Inferno-pj5gslmao do you think you decide what counts and what doesn’t.💀 Stop embarrassing yourself.

[@SebaRNM]

@@Inferno-pj5gs bro thinks he runs the cdl lmao

[@ryan011193]

Wait, Maven said no one’s gone back to back winning champs. I thought Clayster did!? I started following in Cold War so I’m learning the history.

[@nickalexander1825]

i think maven meant that no team has gone back to back with the same roster

[@ryan011193]

@@nickalexander1825 oh right

[@6foxpuff]

​@@nickalexander1825 no he didn't mean same team!. None of simp teams were the same roster other then CW and vanguard. Otherwise then tht his teams always were different. Hence why he said " you won then 2nd then won then 2nd"

[@madrussian1339]

So he thinks they’ve tossed against optic. In 9 of the last 10? Or has it only been the last 5? 😂

[@visheshshivraj6055]

I'm confused did karma not go back to back champs maven said nobody has done it yet

[@krispyquam5713]

No he won BO2 GHOSTS and IW.

[@zRGhost]

@@krispyquam5713 that’s back to back…BO2 and Ghost, Clay did it in BO4 and MW2019

[@visheshshivraj6055]

@@zRGhost was he trying to say back 2 back 3 times in a row then?

[@visheshshivraj6055]

That's what I'm saying like bo2 and ghost is back to back lol

[@TripsJW]

W Jack incisive

[@vibes24osrs]

crazy simp has already been on faze for 4 years..

[@drumlife22]

I don't think Slasher can hang against Bruce which is the biggest issue with Faze against OpTic. It shows easily.

[@imranaftab9011]

Simp is literally averaging a .8 vs optic so let’s not blame slasher in the last LAN slasher had a 1.06 vs optic everyone else shit the bed

[@mkwsoxfan]

​@@imranaftab9011 no hate to simp and MC, but listen to how fast those two speak, they're nearly tripping over their words, you think that is improved when they're trying to call out shottzy flying around the map like he's playing Alex legends. For me the fix is simple, get this faze team a communications specialist/coach and focus on how they share/verbalize their thoughts and not just spew incoherent word vomit in the heat of a hardpoint.

[@4ktdeelo]

@@mkwsoxfan nah deadass. Simp and cell got to work on their comms

[@mkwsoxfan]

At 1:00:00 what maven is getting to i think is the opposite of their real issue, cell can speed up, and would be a top 10 smg in the game with it in his hands. His problem is pace for sure, but its also communications hes not well articulated like an octane or a ghosty, and this game without reddots, and with insane footsteps you need to be able to articulate what your seeing/hearing clearly to your team. No hate on cell/faze specifically but their hectic frantic coms that worked in past titles doesnt work in the high speed respawns in this game. The teams that are currently making the most inconsistent cod title of all time consistent are ultra/100t/optic and all of them have stellar coms, i think faze severely lacks in that regard and nobody wants to bring it up because it involves trashing and targeting cell/simp as poor communicators

[@CptBurstNvtts]

No way bro, cell comms are definitely clear to his mates

[@mkwsoxfan]

@@CptBurstNvtts have you heard the man speak a sentence out of game 🥶. I'm not saying he's horrendous, but in a game with no reddots you gotta be better than "ok" at coms. You gotta be calling out: who's missing, blocking spawns, who's one shot (and where), when you have trophy, and many many more. I've heard his interviews and I've heard cells/fazes coms in listen ins throughout the years, it's anything but "clear". Again im not targeting cell as the source of their struggles entirely, but when other ARs in the league are coming all those elements listed above and getting top hill time on their team you gotta wonder is cells slightly inflated K/d worth him missing those other elements

[@malcum17]

​@@mkwsoxfan yeah facts I can't understand a word cell says in listen in's and it was even worse with arcitys in my opinion, it sounded like they were speaking a completely different language to me.

[@malcum17]

​@@mkwsoxfan that's something else too I'm surprised no one ever brings up the fact that cell might be kill horing a bit when looking at his stats and looking at his team performance.

[@mkwsoxfan]

@@malcum17 I think he plays power positions a bit too much when his kills should earn map positioning, when your subs have to push up for map positioning sometimes that has bad results. Like abeezy struggling in VG, or simp struggling in this title. They didn't suddenly stop being S tier players in those titles, they weren't set up for success IMO, which is harder to swallow considering cellium was voted "most valuable player" in the last title when his team couldn't win

[@vibes24osrs]

SIMP the modern era GOAT no question

[@Zamaric]

hes washed now hasnt been top since CW

[@vibes24osrs]

@@Zamaric 9 chips, been to 4 straight champs, about to win the CDL regular season for a 4th straight year (5) if you count BO4 pro league.. like I said hes the modern era GOAT and you can't convince me otherwise, ive watched since hastr0 in COD4 so I don't wanna hear about back then because I said modern era.

[@Zamaric]

@@vibes24osrs Optic will win regular season when the win major 5 and champs buddy, on a serious note, Simp only shined because of Abezy, the better player...

[@BritzelHD]

@@Zamaric cod community always quick to call someone washed 😂

[@vibes24osrs]

@@Zamaric none of what you said disputes my point dork

[@avalope]

Clay was b2b no?

[@hellointernet1307]

maven was kinda weird to simp a lot of different times this podcast lol came off as he just doesnt like him but maybe he was just having a tough day

[@hellointernet1307]

well he discussed it at the end so nvm but he did take an unnessacary amount of slight jabs even in a joking way imo

[@lolfps-]

If ranked play makes warzone 2 fun to watch I’d be surprised it looks boring to watch and play

[@6foxpuff]

MAVEN, your wrong, KARMA IS THE ONLY ONE TO GO BACK2Back. Bo2& ghost

[@unknownslayer7128]

😂 he did not “reveal “ anything… basically dodged the whole question…

[@Seven3o5]

Didn’t clay win back to back champs

[@Good_Comms]

JKap went back to back winning champs in AW and BO3

[@jesusb14]

clay won back to back maven

[@codygoodwin5152]

young simp looks like Shroud LOL

[@loudmein6591]

Maven talks a lot

[@ClintMavenEvans]

Not wrong. Simp a pretty reserved guy so was trying to dig a bit at times. But it mostly came back to FUNDIES 🤣

[@Range_45]

Cw> mw19 mw2 vanguard

[@EddieBryan-tg4td]

He’s on instagram

[@bkub1111]

Maven and his dog are distracting. Plus he’s always looking away and doesn’t seem engaged.

[@soapyorange1434]

First

[@WeavyCS]

As a faze fan calling faze a dynasty is wild

[@royalty4958]

That core 3 is 100% a dynasty, if fariko is a dynasty then faze is definitely one

[@WeavyCS]

@@royalty4958 fariko isn't a dynasty nor is is faze. Disrespectful to COL and floptic

[@royalty4958]

@@WeavyCS So is the col dynasty the core 3 or just the squad with karma? Because the col with karma only won 5 events including champs, this faze team won 4 with the champs win. If you're taking the core three pf Col/EG then this faze core 3 has 7 chips with a ring and an average of 2nd place every year for 4 titles straight which is insane, not even optic did that

[@WeavyCS]

@@royalty4958 faze isn't a dynasty col was winning litrrally everything before karma and with karma cant say the same for faze don't compare faze core 3 to col straight disrespect. And optic was dominate the whole jetpack Era I'm a faze fan but they aren't. If they make at least Champs gf this year I'd agree

[@royalty4958]

@@WeavyCS You dont need to be as good as col to be a dynasty, you dont think 7 chips, a ring 2nd plave average placings for 4 years staright and 3 cod champs grand finals is dynasty level? Optic only made it to 1 and so did col. In the all time highest average placings in a single title atlanta faze appears 2x in the top 5, 3rd for their MW19 season and 5th for their cold war season, Col and Optic only apear once. This core 3 of cell simp and abezy is definitely a dynasty. And its going to be wild that back to back to back season the MVP award will be awarded to a member of that core 3 Simp - CW, Cell - VG, abezy - MW2

[@xlmoriarty8921]

Has maven problems formulating one question without stumbling over words and sounding he has a potato in his throat.

[@DominoGaming97]

Simp is so boring

[@WaLeeZyyy]

Jkap won aw and bo3, back to back almost 3

[@hdotizzle]

[@ags7120]

Didnt Karma get b2b champs?

[@FrankyFullT]

1 hour and 19 minutes of meat riding

[@kunalgupta9713]

Imo simp is still a mysterious dude in CDL despite being “the next goat”. Best episode yet.