LA Thieves bench SlasheR ahead of $500K CDL Stage 2 Major LA ThievesThe Los Angeles Thieves have made a roster change ahead of the Call of Duty League\u2019s Stage 2 Major, promoting substitute Drazah to the starting lineup in place of veteran leader SlasheR. Following their 4-0 start to the season, LA Thieves have been one of the worst teams in the league, going 1-4 in Stage 2 to finish last place in Group A and start the upcoming Major in the first round of the Losers Bracket. On April 5, the organization announced that they\u2019ve opted to bench SlasheR in favor of Drazah for the $500,000 knockout tournament, which takes place April 7-11. \u201cDrazah has been playing incredibly well in Challengers with multiple event wins under his belt this season,\u201d they tweeted. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to see him play on the big stage this week as we give SlasheR some time off.\u201d LA Thieves starting lineup for CDL Stage 2 Major: Kenneth \u2018Kenny\u2019 Williams – Thomas \u2018TJHaLy\u2019 Haly – Carlos \u2018Venom\u2019 Hernandez – Zack \u2018Drazah\u2019 Jordan – Our starting roster for the Stage 2 Major will be:@Kuavo@TJHaLy@Vxnxm @Drazah_ Drazah has been playing incredibly well in Challengers with multiple event wins under his belt this season. We\u2019re excited to see him play on the big stage this week as we give Slasher some time off.\u2014 LA Thieves (@LAThieves) April 5, 2021 At this point, it\u2019s not yet clear what Thieves\u2019 plans are for the long term. Their announcement does leave the door open for SlasheR to return for Stage 3 after his \u201ctime off,\u201d but if Drazah performs well enough in his place, this move could end up being permanent. Drazah has yet to feature for LA Thieves this season; while he was a starter for OpTic Gaming Los Angeles for the latter half of 2020, he was relegated to the bench once the franchise was acquired by 100 Thieves. That said, he has had great success in the Challengers division this year, winning the eighth CDC Cup, first NA Open, and the Elite Stage 2 Playoffs. This is the latest in a series of roster changes Thieves have had to make this season. After a difficult start to Stage 2, they opted to bench Temp in place of the rookie Venom, who was signed from top Challengers side, WestR. Due to a medical emergency involving Kenny, Temp made a very brief return to the lineup for the final match of the Guerrillas Home Series \u2013 an 0-3 loss to their crosstown rivals LAG \u2013 but he\u2019s been sent back to the bench for the Major. Now, they\u2019ll be desperate for even the tiniest amount of improvement heading into the $500K event; their first match is on April 7 against Paris Legion, with the loser getting eliminated with zero prize money and CDL Points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LA Thieves bench SlasheR ahead of $500K CDL Stage 2 Major LA ThievesThe Los Angeles Thieves have made a roster change ahead of the Call of Duty League\u2019s Stage 2 Major, promoting substitute Drazah to the starting lineup in place of veteran leader SlasheR. Following their 4-0 start to the season, LA Thieves have been […]<\/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-28327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28327","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=28327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}