Just confirmed here on the Valiant twitter account
I think we all knew this was coming, but damn. I think that's a really great pickup for LAG though! Loved what I got to see in the brief moments that Silk got some playing time, and going to a team as creative as LAG will help him flourish.
Um I'm not too sure what silk brings to table for LAG. He's like a slightly worse surefour but can't play widow. I don't know what situation he will ever be played in. The only thing I can think of is if he grinds out tracer (which I already know he's good at), and gets better than surefour's tracer so he can be played with Asher when Asher plays hitscan. Or have him focus on main projectle heroes like genji and pharah and have hydration play more niche projectile heroes like doomfist and Mei. But, I think the thing that could work best for them is to have silk be a tracer specialist, Asher on hitscan specialist, surefour on every DPS, hydration on projectile. I'm not sure how impactful this will be in terms of other pickups they've gotten (obviously fissure made a huge impact and I'm sure void will as well), but I'm still excited to see how things will go.
ethanVN02 [#3]Um I'm not too sure what silk brings to table for LAG. He's like a slightly worse surefour but can't play widow. I don't know what situation he will ever be played in. The only thing I can think of is if he grinds out tracer (which I already know he's good at), and gets better than surefour's tracer so he can be played with Asher when Asher plays hitscan. Or have him focus on main projectle heroes like genji and pharah and have hydration play more niche projectile heroes like doomfist and Mei. But, I think the thing that could work best for them is to have silk be a tracer specialist, Asher on hitscan specialist, surefour on every DPS, hydration on projectile. I'm not sure how impactful this will be in terms of other pickups they've gotten (obviously fissure made a huge impact and I'm sure void will as well), but I'm still excited to see how things will go.
or when u want a genji player who can flex onto soldier, like in hanamura attack
silk thread's hero pool is rly amazing
karzahni14 [#5]or when u want a genji player who can flex onto soldier, like in hanamura attack
silk thread's hero pool is rly amazing
Yeah but Surefour can play both roles well. I'm certain surefour's soldier is better than silk's but idk about genji bc silk hasnt played in a bit.
ethanVN02 [#4]Also strange they have four DPS players, 2 tanks and two flex tanks but only two supports. Obviously biggoose and Shaz are killing it but I think they should add one more just in case one of them is sick.
Actually, there were rumors that Silkthread was practicing support play when he was on the sister team for Valiant. It's possible that the Gladiators acquired him to be a backup in case BigGoose or Shaz can't play one day.
ethanVN02 [#6]Yeah but Surefour can play both roles well. I'm certain surefour's soldier is better than silk's but idk about genji bc silk hasnt played in a bit.
maybe its about playstyle then
ethanVN02 [#6]Yeah but Surefour can play both roles well. I'm certain surefour's soldier is better than silk's but idk about genji bc silk hasnt played in a bit.
I would say silk has the better Genji, but Surefour probably is better on most other heroes. Doesn't take away from silk's flexibility tho and I hope to see a Surefour/silk duo at some point. They won't have Asher's Tracer or Hydration's Genji/Pharah but both can still play those 3 heroes at OWL level, with the added benefit of Surefour flexing onto 76/McCree/Widow
ethanVN02 [#4]Also strange they have four DPS players, 2 tanks and two flex tanks but only two supports. Obviously biggoose and Shaz are killing it but I think they should add one more just in case one of them is sick.
hydration is a good lucio :rage:
Pixelfish [#7]Actually, there were rumors that Silkthread was practicing support play when he was on the sister team for Valiant. It's possible that the Gladiators acquired him to be a backup in case BigGoose or Shaz can't play one day.
I mean, there was also rumors that AKm has been grinding Genji, but... yeah
Pixelfish [#2]A silky smooth transition
I’m a fool, I didn’t even think of a pun......forgive me father I have sinned.....
foxes [#11]Nice save GLA, poor guy was hanging on by a thread.
DAMMIT, THIS ONE IS GOOD TOO!!!!! Getting killed in the pun game in my own thread
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