Free agent suggestions

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LA Valiant- AKM: Grimreality is just not on the same level of hitscan that Akm is. It would complete the Rouge/IMT fusion, and the addition would not cause any major chemistry issues. It's just a good move

Shock- FCTFCTN, Roolf: Nomy is just not good enough to justify his position on the team, FCTFCTN is just better. And right now they do not have a good mercy, so Roolf should work very well

Gladiators- Shadder2k: Hydration has just not impressed me on the Genji. I think that may be their weakest part of the team- Projectile DPS. Shadder2k could fix this

Mayhem- Knoxx, Gods: Knoxx is a fantastic tank that I think could be very good for Mayhem to pick up, and Gods is another established DPS that could improve their lineup greatly

Uprising- Adam: While they already have 4 supports, I think they could release one to pick up an established support player

Outlaws- Mangachu: A dominant pharah player should help the outlaws out

Dragons- Everything, anything they can do to make the team better

(This was edited because some of your suggestions were better)

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Mayhem has to have mid season pick ups.

If I had to guess I would say their plan going in was to see where they stand with the current roster and identify all issues so they know what to look for when its time to sign new players.

As for players Adam, mangachu and AKM will more than likely be picked up by various teams.

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I'd say mangachu for outlaws

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Mayhem - KnOxXx (tank), zappis (flex), aKm (hitscan), HyP (flex support)

Gladiators - FCTFCTN (tank), Gods (flex), lucid (flex support)

Shock - Roolf/Hidan (flex support), Adam (main support & mercy)

Dallas - NiCO (flex), buds (projectile)

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even with these pick ups mayhem would be a weak team and thats why akm wouldnt join it

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I honestly don't see aKm joining TviQ any time soon in the Mayhem, tried already (Rogue) and didn't stick, but maybe for the money...

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aKm already said he isnt going to an OWL team to sit the bench too. He is going to go somewhere he starts. Dallas offered him a backup stpo this season and he turned it down.

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I think hydration is doing great on projectile DPS. I think instead they need another flex tank or even main tank. I'd say zappis would be a good pick considering the synergy with Shaz and biggoose.

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I could see LAG taking Adam, Roolf, and FCTFCTN

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darkcvc

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I would not be surprised if there are currently additional League spots building teams (Chicago we know of) so some players might be already in talks with those teams for season 2. Also would not be surprised if at the mid-point of the season they announced these new spots to build hype for the OW free agents so they don't have to sign to current teams, but can also go to a new team.

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when did we hear about a chicago team?

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if LAV signed akm they could challenge Seoul

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Exactly

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He'd be "replacing" Grim and (Silkthread or Agilities) though. I say Grim because other than being a pure backup he doesn't play much of a role at the moment.

as for the other two i think AKM's hero pool works well with either of them with Agilities being more projectile focused and them sharing them both being able to run Pharah and Silkthread being able to play pretty much anything but probably having to focus on projectile to better fit AKM in this squad.

So you'd be left with Soon, AKM and either Silk or Agilities. Overall it would make sense to me but I'm not convinced they'd want to make those moves, since just adding him in without making any other chance introduces as much redundancy as the Shock have.

What do you guys think? What kind of team format would they need to have to make this work?

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murasaki

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I think rotating Agilities and Akm would be the way to go. Agilities for me would be the main starter due to his skill on genji which is important in this meta, also Akm probably being more willing to accept less play time at the moment as he is currently unsigned, meaning they can use akm as a power player a bit like pine who they can use to roll maybe one or two maps. It does however leave a problem with incorporating Silk and Grim, given that SoOn is pretty much going to be a staple for them given his skill and the current strength of tracer in the meta. Maybe with the mercy nerf we might see a slight rise in the prominence of triple tank, which would mean soon would be less necessary and could be substituted out for a map or two where they could run high damage dps like Pharah and Soldier with Akm and silk.

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LordOfHorns

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Why either Silk or Agilities? It wouldn't hurt them to keep both. They would have 11 players still. Which is enough for another pickup if the meta swings around. Even then, There isnt really a Hero LAV can't play

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I think Tseini has already been taked from an OWL/OWL academy team while he wait. Since he left a promising team like Squid and he is not FA. Very happy if true cause he really deserves to be in.

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Tseini is a really slept on pickup imo. Someone who plays pharah and genji well is not plentiful in OWL

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Most of the Genji players are also Pharah players so I'm not sure about that one. I don't think he'd be grabbing a full time DPS spot but could fit in as a flex

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“well” is what I want to emphasize here, most of the pharah play has been subpar imo, and if you take on a player like Mangachu for instance, his high level pharah play is hindered by his underwhelming genji play. To me tseini would be one of the top pharahs in the league, mixed with his ability to play a good genji; he will be a valuable asset to whoever picked him up

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I don't see Tseini as being a better Genji than any of the ones in the league right now, his Pharah could be argued as comparable but I'm not convinced it's at a significantly higher level than what we've seen.

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Mayhem should get Gods, his flexibility would suit them well

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i think Mayhem need a tank that is more established on multiple main tanks. i dont know how good knoxx is on main tanks other then Winston though but he would be a good fit given they mainly run dive and he has experience with that from playing with frogue. overall though with the rest i think they have been adequately thought out and cant find much fault.

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Florida atm needs so many things thou. :/
In hindsight I still don't get why they "had to" get rid of Reinforce before the OWL, keeping him would have allowed them to have more than 1 main tank and possibly (if needed) replacing him later on, but meh...

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KuroiRyuu9625

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Knoxx is basically another iteration of Cwooosh imo. Both of them are really only strong on Winston, or at least they haven't shown much prowess on Rectangle Man.

They need a strong Rein that can swap to Winston if needed. I'm still of the opinion that reinforce was a good candidate for being the main Rein player, with Cwooosh leading the charge on Winston. Only difference being that they wouldn't be completely screwed on map where Rein is very strong for a couple of points since Reinforce's Winston wasn't great, but it was still serviceable.

I think they need themselves at least 1 MT, 1 OT, 1 Support (maybe 2 if Zebbo moves to coach along side Mineral) and 1 or 2 DPS for added flexibility without naming possible additions.

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I think the Shock should pick up FCTFCTN, but depending on a meta change, dhak should stay. Adam would be a great pick up for the future

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I think gods would a great pick for mayhem due to his flexibility.

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irishfire

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I think Shanghai should at least pick up Leave from Miraculous Youngsters

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Shanghai should pick up Eileen.

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Gods is a flex tank now.

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Hondo

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He is, but if they wanted to run triple DPS he could switch easily. He has professional experience on most of the DPS heroes.

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Why would Houston pick up a pharah player over a tracer player? Also main tank for outlaws maybe.

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buds couldve played pharah or tracer :thinking:

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LordOfHorns

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Jake can play Tracer. I don't know why no one is mentioning this. We've seen it in the preseason

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irishfire

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and in the group stage of the World Cup for the USA

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KuroiRyuu9625

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His tracer isn't great, it's OK but unless Linkzr is absolutely popping off he could get gunned down by enemy Tracers that focus on dueling the other.

In the long run I think having him play tracer would hurt them more than help, mostly because of how many former Tracer one tricks the league has.

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TIL only people that are american or played in the american scene are good enough players for owl

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Well, just look at his flag first of all. Makes sense he wouldn’t consider EU FeelsBadMan

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LordOfHorns

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My apologies EU people. I am not as in touch with your continent. Please forgive me

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wentaway

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Haffi you can't "get mad" at the man, the EU scene was slept on for a whole year, even the super casters (and I'm speaking of the NA ones) they have no clue what are talking of when an EU player comes into the picture (exception are of course the 2 Brits and Hex).

It's a real shame but we'll get there (you, as I suck at this game lol), in the end there's a reason if the 2 top western team in 2016 and 2017 had no NA player in the rosters. ;)

On a side note, he mentions no Korean either and I have the feeling we'll see also more Koreans picked up.

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KuroiRyuu9625

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Not really a free agent but times like these is when I feel dropping reinforce was a mistake. His Rein was good, imo, and his Winston was getting better. The timing of how everything happened is partly to blame for this but he could have added some flexibility and game style options to the team to contrast Cwooosh.

Really happy for him that he'll be on the desk, but I also think he could have been successful in the tea format that OWL is shaping up to prefer.

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wentaway

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Damn I didn't read your comment, but wrote the same couple of posts above, in hindsight that move makes really 0 sense...

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KuroiRyuu9625

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Yeah, I mean hindsight is 20/20 and I understand that back then having more than 6 wasn't really a viable option but I think it's obvious that they need more manpower to be at least somewhat meta proof.

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LordOfHorns

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Ok Grimreality cannot be dropped from Valiant. They still have a roster spot so maybe they can pick up Akm and continue with 5 DPS?
https://twitter.com/agilities/status/953780439478558720

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KuroiRyuu9625

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Maybe, but I'm not sure they would. It would mean Grim never getting any play time at all. And they seemed committed to helping their players grow. Is be all for it though.