Atlanta FaZe CDL 2021 preview: a championship-caliber reunion? Atlanta FaZeAtlanta FaZe has been eyed as one of the teams to beat heading into the 2021 Call of Duty League season. But coming off a second-place finish in 2020, with Alec \u2018Arcitys\u2019 Sanderson now back in the mix, will they be able to live up to the hype and cement themselves as the top team? Throughout the Modern Warfare cycle, FaZe proved to be one of the most formidable forces in the league. Never falling out of the top four across every Home Series in 2020, consistency was one of their strongest factors. While other teams had their highs and lows throughout the year, FaZe remained atop the pack from the Launch Weekend in January, through to the Championship Grand Finals in August. Having signed Arcitys in the offseason, three of the four players on the revamped lineup have won a championship together. Could this be the year they do it again and make history as some of the youngest players to ever win two rings? Atlanta FaZe CDL 2021 roster Three eUnited champions back together With the switch back to 4v4 competition, FaZe made some big changes ahead of Black Ops Cold War. Michael \u2018MajorManiak\u2019 Szymaniak and Preston \u2018Priestahh\u2019 Greiner were both let go to make way for Arcitys. After a year with the Huntsmen, he\u2019s now in the lobby with Simp and aBeZy once again. Together, this trio helped dominate the tail end of 2019 under the eUnited banners. They tore through all opposition in the final months of Black Ops 4, securing first place at the CWL Pro League Playoffs along with CWL Champs the following month. If the CDL never came into effect, and competition remained under the 5v5 format, there\u2019s a chance that golden eUnited roster could still be leading the charge today. Three pieces from that winning formula are now back and ready to run it up with Cellium. The duo of Simp and Abezy, nicknamed the Tiny Terrors, haven\u2019t missed a beat. They\u2019re still capable of extraordinary highlights on any given map and can never be taken lightly. Meanwhile, Arcitys is often praised as one of the standout AR players in the league overall. With 20-year-old Cellium keeping the killfeed red for FaZe, this could be the most aggressive lineup we see in 2021. The Kickoff Classic doesn\u2019t spell doom for Atlanta With all the momentum behind them, FaZe didn\u2019t quite start the year with a bang. Their very first series together saw them toppled by the Florida Mutineers. Despite being a lackluster way to kick things off, it could be just what the team needed. \u201cIt was a good wake up call,\u201d head coach James \u2018Crowder\u2019 Replays said on a January 27 episode of Hardpoints. \u201cIn hindsight, it doesn\u2019t mean much. But, it\u2019s a good wake up call. While maps were close and the series went to a game five, every aspect of the series was a letdown, according to Crowder. \u201cWe played terribly from start to finish.\u201d In light of this performance, it\u2019s already led to a \u201cculture shift\u201d within the team. They\u2019re practicing differently, approaching scrims with a new mentality, and generally on a better path than they were prior to the Kickoff Classic. It may have looked disappointing at first, but Crowder is \u201csuper excited that [they] lost,\u201d as they\u2019re now on the right track to succeed in the real opening matchups. The relevant topic begins at the 40:30 mark below. Lumped into Group B alongside heavy hitters in OpTic Chicago and the Mutineers, it\u2019s not going to be an easy start by any stretch. But with the firepower on their side, FaZe should be able to come out swinging. Read More: CDL Opening Weekend Schedule – If they\u2019re not winning a series outright, rest assured every matchup should be close at the very least. Many of their competitors have sized them up as one of the top teams for the year ahead and if they rebound from the Kickoff Classic, there\u2019s no reason they can\u2019t close out 2021 as champions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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