I expected them them to pick either X6 or Conbox so no surprise there. I think this should be a swift game, barring any surprises of course.
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Somehow it feels like Envy still has this problem of lack of flexibility. What I mean is that they can run new comps that we haven't seen from them before, but they don't seem as effective as their standard favorites. I think that as a team Envy is still relatively weak to good dive so in the event that AF Blue loses to Meta Athena they might be in a bit of a pickle.
I'd still pick them over Meta though, really looking forward to this 2nd group phase playing out.
Anyone else feel like Envy might have pushed that Sombra 2nd support strat on Hollywood a bit too hard? I mean I loved the series as a whole (Taimou on Widow on Lijiang, the attack Junkrat from X6 on Dorato attack) but the Sombra pick in the 5th map kinda made me feel like Envy is still trying to figure out their identity.
I'm not sure why they would take such risky strat unless it worked well during scrims. So many Sombra and Orisa/Torb strats I've seen in officials have been failures. Considering the pressure and seriousness of LAN, that shouldn't happen unless your team is built for that. The last time I saw a strat like that work well consistently was with coL. torkTJO running Sombra on Offence Route 66.