5 players to watch during CDL 2021 Stage 3 Royal Ravens Home Series Dexerto \/ Call of Duty LeagueTwo stages down and the Call of Duty League enters a pivotal Stage 3. With a slew of roster changes and some surprise performers in Stage 2, there\u2019s a new set of players who need to be watched during the Royal Ravens Home Series. Only eight teams make it to CDL Champs in 2021 and that means the pressure is on. As such, four teams dissatisfied with their performances made roster changes between a wild Stage 2 Major and the first week of Stage 3. Oh, and another roster move is rumored as people believe the New York Subliners will call up rookie Paco \u2018HyDra\u2019 Rusiewiez. But that hasn\u2019t been made official yet, so he has to get left off the list for now. This week\u2019s must-watch list includes four X-factors making their debuts with new teams. The last player isn\u2019t making a debut, but he was simply so nasty at the end of Stage 2 that everyone will be dying to find out if he can keep that form up. Colt \u2018Havok\u2019 McLendon (Florida Mutineers) The right choice? Most agreed that dropping Josiah \u2018Slacked\u2019 Berry was a reasonable idea for a disappointing Mutineers roster. Most are divided on their replacement. After seeing an arms race for cracked Challengers players in Stage 2, some weren\u2019t sold on the decision to bring Havok back into the mix. Having played with Florida in 2020, Havok helped the team win three events, but was ultimately deemed insufficient since Mutineers opted to bring in Slacked and Travis \u2018Neptune\u2019 McCloud. Back in the lineup, it will be interesting to find out if Havok\u2019s presence helps Joseph \u2018Owakening\u2019 Conley and Cesar \u2018Skyz\u2019 Bueno regain their 2020 consistency. Alex \u2018Zaptius\u2019 Bonilla (London Royal Ravens) When the Royal Ravens picked up Paul \u2018PaulEhx\u2019 Avila, they visibly improved and he loudly emerged as a Rookie of the Year candidate. Now, they\u2019re bringing in his Challengers teammate, WestR\u2019s Zaptius, to replace Thomas \u2018Dylan\u2019 Henderson. Zaptius becomes the third WestR player to get called up, after PaulEhx and the LA Thieves\u2019 Carlos \u2018Venom\u2019 Hernandez. From Northern Ireland, Dylan was a fan-favorite on the EU squad and leaves big shoes to fill. This is the chance for a WestR duo to show their Challengers success was no fluke and put London\u2019s West End on the CDL map. Martin \u2018Chino\u2019 Chino (Los Angeles Guerrillas) Just as stocks rise and fall, the cycle continues and Big Money Cheen is back in the CDL after a one-month stint for the now-defunct OpTic Gaming Los Angeles in 2020. Chino\u2019s teamwork and mindset have never been questioned, but the level of his play has drawn its fair share of uncertainty. Many expected the Guerrillas to make a change after they fizzled out in Stage 2, but few expected Reece \u2018Vivid\u2019 Drost to be the player benched. To bring in Chino, LAG have benched one of their top performers and moved Justin \u2018SiLLY\u2019 Fargo-Palmer to SMG. The pressure to perform is high, especially under those surprising circumstances. Donovan \u2018Temp\u2019 Laroda (Paris Legion) Temp\u2019s confidence and outspokenness have made him a magnetic, divisive figure in CoD since his 2014 debut. Released by the Subliners this past offseason, Temp got his chance at a redemption arc with the LA Thieves to start 2021. Released by the Thieves during Stage 2, Temp\u2019s redemption was put on hold. Now, the tour is back on schedule. Picked up by the Legion to replace their rookie, Luis \u2018Fire\u2019 Rivera, Temp\u2019s CDL odyssey gets its Part II. He has a history with Nicholas \u2018Classic\u2019 DiCostanzo and that chemistry could reignite. Like Temp, the streaky Legion have shown flashes of a high ceiling \u2014 making this a scary team if they can live up to their potential. Ben \u2018Bance\u2019 Bance (Toronto Ultra) You don\u2019t put up a 1.4-plus K\/D against the best Call of Duty team in the world with $500,000 on the line. And you definitely don\u2019t do that just weeks after contemplating retirement. But one person does do that: Benny f**king Bance. Nobody expected the Ultra to improve when they replaced their top performer Anthony \u2018Methodz\u2019 Zinni with a rookie. Next thing you know, Toronto surges to a Stage 2 championship with an 11-5 map count on Finals Sunday. Facing FaZe in the chip, Bance posted a game-high 1.44 K\/D with 134 kills and 93 deaths across eight maps. That is an absurd level of play and one that fans, and peers, will be fiending to see replicated. Is Stage 2 Bance for real? You can follow all of this week\u2019s action live with our CDL 2021 Stage 3 \u2014 Royal Ravens Home Series hub, which includes live streams, full schedule, up-to-date scores, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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