PRE- SEASON RANKINGS-
1. Overwatch- People might think its bias but this should be the clear cut #1 squad coming into the season. The marine core is what gives this squad the advantage over every other squad with players such as; Champion, e, and ER. Honestly Yosh did a great job of getting top players 1-8 this whole lineup is pretty good, but there is not much depth so this squad needs to stay active or else it will be doomed. The biggest weak spot is in the medic department, Iron and Water are two great medics and will need to show every weak or else we will be replacing them with different medics and it will be a huge drop off from those two.
Top marine- Champion
Top medic- Iron
STARTING LINEUP 7v7:
e
Champion
ER
Iron
Water
Yosh
Shas
8v8: Albert/Mizzouse/OMC
2. Rejects- Dave is back again and already having some trouble because he can't stack like he used to before the salary cap. As you can see he already increased the cap so it gave him a little more wiggle room but still left him with a decent squad. Overall I really like the job dave did with putting together a squad with friends but also giving less experienced players the opportunity to learn. The biggest reason for putting this squad #2 was because the main core of marines and also the leading is solid on this squad. Just like Overwatch, this squad is going to need the top players to show especially for the big matches because if they don't it could easily cost them a match with the replacements. I expect big things from Sol, Bmei, and Dave. Sol and Bmei will be the marines to open up the battles and players like Leak and Nose will follow once they gain the advantage, they tend to be a lot more passive. The weak spot on this squad is in the medic department, even with ice I think they are REALLY weak and it will show once they start playing the top squads.
Top marine- Sol
Top medic- Fire n Ice
STARTING LINEUP 7v7:
Sol
Dave
Bmei
Leak
nosekeeper
Fire n Ice
chica/Emblem? (don't even think they have a #2 medic.)
8v8: Danny/Cage/The Mountain
3. Fear- I know there will be a lot of people who think I'm crazy for putting this squad above WH but to me this squad has a lot more talent especially at the marine position. My boy jeff aka the most underrated marine in the league is going to prove once again that he is without a doubt one of the top marines in the game. This will be the squad who will cause most the upsets because most people probably don't expect much from them but they have the talent to pretty much beat any squad if they are on their A game. I'm not sure who is going to lead them but you put jordy, distrikt, and colossal together and you have 3 good players who give you a chance to compete.
STARTING LINEUP 7v7:
Colossal
Wolf
Distrikt
dp
Mercy
Brillhart
Apdo
8v8: Taz/Doctor.Nikk/Typhoon
Top Marine- Colossal
Top medic- dp
#4. Warhawks- They are back together again and probably will end up with another mediocre season like usual. When this squad was first forming I expected big things then all of a sudden Gift started grabbing all the best meds in the league, maybe if we allowed 8 medics I would put them #1. Good thing they did grab a few good marines in Sov, Demon, and Warhawk or else they would probably be ranked even lower. I would try and have someone other than Warhawk lead so he can focus on killing because they are going to need as much help as possible in the marine department. I expect Sov and Demon to have most the kills on this squad, but that also depends on if they plan to play Sov as a marine instead of medic which I would highly suggest on this team. Biggest weakness on this squad is having to play fax, kaga, or kiediss at marine which is a huge step down, they are all top medics in this game but not so strong at marine. One thing they do have going for them is all the meds that will keep them alive in battles to give these marines the best chance at opening battles.
STARTING LINEUP 7v7:
Demon
Sov
tg
Warhawk
Fairfax
Kaga
Kiediss
8v8: r/Draco/Romu
Top marine- Sov
Top medic- Fairfax(even though he will probably marine.)
5. Road House- Palm is back at it again with a new version of Tank or whatever the fuck his squad was called. This squad was probably the hardest for me to judge because of how many veterans they have but also you have players who never made it past the first round of playoffs. Not sure who plans to lead but you can expect this squad to still camp hard especially against the top squads, they just don't' have the talent to stack up against OW, Fear, or Rejects. Passive leading is going to fit this squad best because most these marines really can't play aggressive or they get exposed.
STARTING LINEUP 7v7:
SE
Em4awon
Kesler
Killer
manu
victim
Kaydouble u
8v8:Uni2k/Lyric/CB
Top marine- Em4
Top medic- manu
#6. Miracle- huge shout out to s.f. for putting together a squad so we can avoid bye weeks. This squad is going to have trouble this season but most these players just want to have fun and keep this league running so I hope they can cause some upsets along the way as well. One huge plus is that Fausto ended up joining so now they have a reliable leader who can position them every battle and give them the best chance to win some battles.
STARTING LINEUP 7v7:
Fausto
S.f.
Vince Carter
Judinny
crip
Trax
noire
8v8: Z/trax/collinilloc/leeto
Top marine- Fausto
Top medic- Vince Carter
Edited Aug 5, 2016 7:09 PM