7 players to watch during CDL Florida Activision \/ Dexerto As Florida Mutineers host their first Call of Duty League event, we look at the seven hottest players heading into the mid-way point of the season. CDL Florida will mark the exact midpoint of the season, where we welcome the Mutineers, R\u00d8KKR, Legion and Ultra back into the fold for the third online event of the inaugural season. With the reigning champs from CDL Chicago out of action, Florida will be looking to make it back-to-back event wins and defend their home series. With that said, who\u2019ll be looking to make an impact this weekend and who should you keep a keen eye on? Maurice \u2018Fero\u2019 Henriquez (Florida Mutineers) Undoubtedly Florida\u2019s star man during CDL Dallas, Fero proved to be an absolute menace on the server for enemy teams. Alongside racking up the most kills in any CDL event this season, Fero proved to be Huntsmen\u2019s kryptonite \u2014 showing that he could school the very best in the game. After stepping into the shoes of Preston \u2018Prestinni\u2019 Sanderson\u2019s, the 21-year-old has delivered. But with all eyes looking towards Henriquez, will the youngster be able to hold his own under pressure and deliver yet another outstanding online performance? Donovan \u2018Temp\u2019 Laroda (New York Subliners) Despite having a rocky start to the season, the Subliners finally look to have found their groove with the addition of Makenzie \u2018Mack\u2019 Kelley to their starting roster. But the credit is largely due to both Dillon \u2018Attach\u2019 Price and Temp putting in the work when it matters the most. During their five-map thriller against Chicago Huntsmen, Laroda was a nuisance throughout the series \u2014 leading his team to a monumental victory over one of the league\u2019s favorites. Despite not making it out of groups, Temp and co. built a solid foundation to work from leading up to CDL Florida \u2014 but will they be able to make it past Ultra, R\u00d8KKR and Mutineers? Alex \u2018Alexx\u2019 Carpenter (Minnesota R\u00d8KKR) While much of the spotlight has been on both Adam \u2018Assault\u2019 Garcia and Adam \u2018GodRx\u2019 Brown for the most part of R\u00d8KKR\u2019s successes, Alexx has been a driving force in their season so far. As Minnesota\u2019s main SMG, Alexx has been putting on a slaying clinic around the objective, making it easier for the likes of Assault and GodRx to rack up time in the hill. As the second-highest fragging SMG in the league to-date \u2013 second only to Empire\u2019s Anthony \u2018Shotzzy\u2019 Cuevas-Castro \u2013 keep an eye on how Alexx gets up close and personal with his opposite number, making it near impossible to get near the Hardpoint. Martin \u2018Chino\u2019 Chino (OpTic Gaming Los Angeles) OpTic Gaming\u2019s latest recruit, Chino, replaces two-time world champ, Jordan \u2018JKap\u2019 Kaplan in the starting lineup for OGLA. After a turbulent start to the season, OpTic have shuffled around their talent in a bid to get back on track. And the squad have turned to Chino to find the missing piece in the puzzle. Chino will likely be running an SMG alongside former duo, Kenny \u2018Kuavo\u2019 Williams, as OpTic also look to settle on either Brandon \u2018Dashy\u2019 Otell or Austin \u2018SlasheR\u2019 Liddicoat as the team\u2019s Main AR. After missing out on half of the season\u2019s action already, will Chino be able to keep up with the pace and be the answer to OpTic\u2019s season woes? Chris \u2018Simp\u2019 Lehr (Atlanta FaZe) Standing in OpTic\u2019s way in Group B is none other than Atlanta FaZe. After proving to be no match for Empire in the CDL Chicago Grand Final, Simp and co. will be out for blood during CDL Florida. As far as star quality goes, FaZe has the most star-studded lineup on the paper. But despite having all the talent in the world, they\u2019ve struggled to find a consistent groove. Simp remains one of the most dominant players in the game. Proving that he\u2019s not just a one-trick pony, Lehr has been FaZe\u2019s best performer in both S&D and respawn game modes. So can the Tiny Terror lead his team back to winning ways during Florida\u2019s home series event? Matthew \u2018Skrapz\u2019 Marshall (London Royal Ravens) While all the focus has been on the other half of the Marshall twins (Bradley \u2018wuskin\u2019 Marshall) for the majority of the season, Skrapz\u2019 performance has flown under the radar for the most part. Statistically speaking, Skrapz is carrying Royal Ravens\u2019 S&D. As the only player to break the 100-kill barrier (115) with a 1.37 K\/D, the Brit has made a name for himself as London\u2019s resident S&D expert. To top things off, Skrapz\u2019 respawn improved significantly during CDL Chicago, as he was the only player to post respectable numbers before their early exit. Skrapz will be looking to lead the charge to get the British squad back to winning ways during Florida\u2019s home series. Denholm \u2018Denz\u2019 Taylor (Paris Legion) One player who\u2019ll have something to say about that is the Legion\u2019s Denz. Representing the only other European outfit in the CDL, Denz has been the only silver-lining so far this season. With a positive kill swing of +161 alongside the highest hill time for his squad, Taylor is instrumental in his team\u2019s respawn successes. As Legion\u2019s frontman, Denz will need to hold his own throughout the weekend if Legion wants to make it out of groups and earn their second playoff spot of the season. After this event, teams will be on the home straight and will have one eye on the season-closer at the backend of the season. But who will put themselves in good stead? Keep an eye on these seven players, as they\u2019ll all be looking to get one over on their competition and bag those all important CDL Points. Stay tuned into our CDL coverage to ensure that you don\u2019t miss a minute of what is set to be a jam-packed weekend of Call of Duty action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
7 players to watch during CDL Florida Activision \/ Dexerto As Florida Mutineers host their first Call of Duty League event, we look at the seven hottest players heading into the mid-way point of the season. CDL Florida will mark the exact midpoint of the season, where we welcome the Mutineers, R\u00d8KKR, Legion and Ultra […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}