Natural failure of FaZe Clan. What changes await the team?
FaZe Clan has long been one of the best Counter-Strike teams. Since the release of CS2, the team has generally been trying to establish its era; the current roster made it to the grand finals of all the championships in which it took part. But at some point, FaZe Clan’s performances didn’t go according to plan and the team still couldn’t find ways to solve their problems. FaZe’s bad streak began at ESL Pro League Season 19, where the team took 5th-8th place. From that moment on, the team never rose above fifth place in tournaments, and at the moment it has completely dropped out of the top 5 best teams in the world. A similar result awaited him at IEM Dallas 2024, BLAST Premier Spring Final 2024 and Esports World Cup 2024. In this material we will discuss the reasons for the failure of FaZe Clan and what changes the team can expect.
Reasons for the failure of FaZe Clan
FaZe Clan’s problems lie much deeper than many might think. The team still has some of the best players in their roles, but they can’t play specifically together in one five. The reason for the failure of FaZe Clan was mental hunger and general fatigue from each other; players can no longer be on the same team without changes. They themselves believed that a vacation would help them, but even after a month without tournaments, the situation had not changed at all. At the Esports World Cup 2024 we saw FaZe Clan, who could not oppose their opponents in the playoffs on the big stage.
Who should be removed from FaZe Clan?
The first contender for the kick is obviously an old-timer on the FaZe Clan roster – Howard rain Nygaard. He has spent more than 8.5 years in the same team and clearly needs a change of scenery. And considering that the Norwegian is already 29 years old, finding motivation to play Counter-Strike is even more difficult. It has long been no longer famous for its former stability and positive statistics; its rating over the last three months is 1.03. The same can be said about Finn karrigan Andersen with his terrible 0.87, but he is still the leader of the team and the last link that prevented it from falling apart. If FaZe Clan leaves karrigan, it will only mean a complete restructuring of the roster around young players, but this is unlikely to happen in the near future.
In addition to Howard rain Nygard, Robin ropz Kool has not been pleased with his play lately. The Estonian has an extremely low rating of 1.07 for himself personally. For a long time he was a star in all teams, but in recent tournaments he has not been able to return to his former form. Such a decline at the age of 24 greatly affects the future career of an esports player, but perhaps a change in the team in which he has been for 2.5 years will help him.
Who can come to FaZe Clan?
FaZe Clan has quite a lot of options for potential replacements; we will only analyze the most possible of them. The players from MOUZ will be a good reinforcement for FaZe Clan; they have grown well in 2024 and gained experience on the professional scene after an unexpected breakthrough from the academy. The first candidate to join FaZe Clan will obviously be the main star of the team – Jimi Jimpphat Salo. He will greatly refresh the roster and the team will receive a strong shooter who is not yet even at the peak of his form. Along with him, Dorian xertioN Berman can come, who is a high-quality defensive player and can become a good reinforcement for FaZe.
If the results of Complexity follow the same negative scenario, FaZe Clan can easily apply for the transfer of Jonathan EliGE Jablonowski, the player is still passionate about the game, but their performances in the current roster of the club are not going well. Both for the player himself and for FaZe Clan, these changes will be beneficial.
Another team that is struggling is the Falcons. The team did not make any changes in the composition and their results are unlikely to improve. Then Emil Magisk Reif is unlikely to want to stay, even with a good salary, but without results. FaZe Clan may be interested in the player, but there is a question about the price of a buyout from one of the richest and most expensive organizations.
Truly dark times have come for FaZe Clan, which cannot be overcome without replacements in the team. Perhaps the current five will never be able to achieve trophies playing together. The players are already tired of each other, and for some it’s time to end their careers. It is still impossible to say exactly how long it will take before the long-awaited reshuffles in FaZe Clan: perhaps the team will make changes right after the next tournaments, or it may decide to give itself one last chance at Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024. We can only wait and believe that the team will find the right one solution from the current situation.