Call of Duty League teams have caught up, no squad safe from losing

It’s that particular time of the Call of Duty League season when just about any staff can win on a given day. There’s a two-month buffer when the Atlanta FaZe and OpTic Texas teams of the world take a vice grip on the sport’s fundamentals – and CDL standings.

But now most teams can win, particularly if there are errors by the opponent.

OpTic Texas solely completed within the prime six of Major III. They had been swept by the Florida Mutineers and kicked out of the event by the Los Angeles Thieves. Both of these teams didn’t stand a lot of an opportunity in opposition to OpTic within the first two months of the season, however they’re all caught up.

“Every year we get to a point in Call of Duty where the game has been out for six, seven, eight months and the skill gap between the teams in terms of knowledge and understanding of the game is so low, that if you just mess up, most teams will be in a position to take advantage of that,” OpTic Texas head coach Ray “Rambo” Lussier mentioned.

That level is now. Atlanta FaZe is arguably essentially the most constant staff within the sport as a result of they have essentially the most CDL factors (260) and have been to each Major championship.

Even FaZe has but to win a event although. OpTic Texas (225 factors), the Los Angeles Guerrillas (125 factors) and Seattle Surge (175 factors) all have chips.

The development suggests the Major IV champion might be another person.

Lussier felt like OpTic shot itself within the foot in its two Major III losses. There’s so little room for error as a result of teams have a basic understanding of how Call of Duty: Vanguard performs now.

“It feels like the more this season goes on, the more this game plays out, the more glaring the issues are when we don’t play well as a team,” Lussier mentioned. “Everyone just kind of looks bad individually and statistically. It’s really unforgiving in terms of, if you make small mistakes, and the other team is countering those mistakes without necessarily knowing about them, but just doing it, it’ll blow up in your face.”

The straightforward take could be to say that OpTic has fallen off and is no longer the highest staff that it was. That is perhaps a half reality. OpTic Texas nonetheless has a possible that’s increased than its competitors as a result of of the expertise on the roster, however there’s much less room for error now.

Just take a look at the Call of Duty League standings for affirmation.

The Minnesota ROKKR went undefeated in Stage III qualifiers and the Florida Mutineers made noise on the earlier two majors. But are at present in jeopardy of lacking the playoffs. The New York Subliners gained the Pro-Am, which wasn’t value any CDL factors. But the Subliners would wish a miracle to squeak into the highest eight for the Champs.

OpTic Texas has a soft No. 2 seed it might hold if it floats to the common season end line – that’s far from Lussier’s purpose. He desires OpTic to scrub up its errors. If it doesn’t the result’s inevitable.

“It doesn’t matter how good you can shoot,” Lussier mentioned. “No teams are safe from losing, not even us.”

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