Because they were committed to the OWL, and were busy grinding Overwatch while others were already getting a head start in VALORANT, it was a barrier that no other team experienced. On the other hand, FaZe weren’t able to capitalize on the early beta gameplay VALORANT offered to its players. Photo credit: Nerd Street The downsides of coming straight from Overwatch to VALORANT for FaZe Read more: FaZe Clan's Corey reflects on year of VALORANT after Overwatch retirementĬorey played for the Overwatch League's Washington Justice before making the switch to VALORANT. I felt like we had an early-on lead, and then other teams realized that was a really good way to play the game,” Shane “Rawkus” Flaherty said. We started a trend of playing aggressive, and using abilities like to push the space of the areas we wanted to take. And I think in Counter-Strike, it was more passive holding defaults. “I think Counter-Strike players really underrated ability usage early on. He’s currently filling in for Jimmy “Marved” Nguyen who is on loan with Team Envy.Ĭounter-Strike is a game that relies heavily on a lot of the core elements of VALORANT, but one of the biggest missing components is the skills that each character in VALORANT has at their disposal.
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There have been a few players that came from other games, but FaZe currently have the most Overwatch players on their team, with the only exception being Hunter “BabyJ” Schline who came from professional Halo. The large majority of VALORANT players originally hailed from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Read more: Meet the teams that have qualified for VALORANT Masters: Berlin FaZe Clan’s VALORANT roster sets them apart from other teams “I would say what we didn’t understand going into it was the macro play of the game - the positioning, the rotations, the inner clock you have on certain players, and where they could or couldn’t be.” I wouldn’t say it was too much of a disadvantage,” Corey said. Nerd Street caught up with a few members of FaZe to see what they thought was the key to success and if their Overwatch backgrounds aided them in their success. Learn more about Nerd Street’s Summer Championships! They'll start their Challengers Playoffs run Wednesday against 100 Thieves with their sights set on Masters: Berlin.įaZe are an interesting team, not because of Andrej “babybay” Francisty’s crazy Jett plays or Corey “Corey” Nigra’s master call-outs, but because four out of the five players on FaZe came from the Overwatch League. FaZe Clan have had an interesting run through the VALORANT Champions Tour so far with one appearance in the first Masters event, and an impressive run through Stage 3 Challengers 2.
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