The stats behind OpTic Chicago\u2019s downfall in CDL respawn modes ActivisionOpTic Chicago bowed out of the CDL Stage 2 Major in a lowly 5-6th place, far below their expectations. While there could be a number of factors contributing to this, we take a look at the stats behind their performances and find out what\u2019s going wrong. There\u2019s no doubt that OpTic Chicago has one of the highest potential ceilings of all teams in the CDL, as well as being by far the most popular. However, their shakiness in the Major highlighted a number of growing issues with the team, both in terms of their team play and individual performances. With Search and Destroy being a major hindrance to the team\u2019s chances in each series during Stage 1, Stage 2 saw a quick switch, and OpTic\u2019s respawn seems to be taking a massive hit. Pointing to a number of the stats behind OpTic\u2019s struggles, Andrew \u2018Enigma\u2019 Campion assesses exactly what\u2019s going wrong in the Chicago camp during Reverse Sweep Round 11. While KD is rarely the best signifier of how well a player or team is performing, it can always point to difficulties or inconsistencies. For OpTic, this exposes their SMG duo as the possible reason behind their respawn losses. While other top teams thrive when their SMGs are frying, OpTic are falling slightly to the wayside in that department. Seth \u2018Scump\u2019 Abner is putting up a 0.92 and 1.10 in Hardpoint and Control respectively, while Dylan \u2018Envoy\u2019 Hannon is at 0.89 and 0.77. Envoy\u2019s role is obviously a difficult one. As the entry SMG, he needs to be flying into the hill and picking up the intel for his team, but the loss of slaying prowess shouldn\u2019t be this significant \u2014 especially in Control. While the AR duo of Brandon \u2018Dashy\u2019 Otell and Matthew \u2018FormaL\u2019 Piper are performing exceptionally, they do not have the same SMG pressure to support them as teams like Atlanta FaZe or Dallas Empire have. Read More: Mutineers bench Slacked after Stage 2 Major – We saw in Toronto Ultra\u2019s Stage 2 Major victory over Atlanta FaZe how important a dominant SMG duo is \u2014 but OpTic just aren\u2019t finding that right now, especially in the respawn modes. If they can bring their Hardpoint and Control results back up to where they were in Stage 1, while still maintaining a solid record in S&D, there\u2019s no doubt OpTic Chicago will be competing for championships. They just need Scump and Envoy to really fulfill their potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The stats behind OpTic Chicago\u2019s downfall in CDL respawn modes ActivisionOpTic Chicago bowed out of the CDL Stage 2 Major in a lowly 5-6th place, far below their expectations. While there could be a number of factors contributing to this, we take a look at the stats behind their performances and find out what\u2019s going […]<\/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-31785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31785","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=31785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}