Experts on the future of FaZe: They should replace rain and sign one of these players
kassad, Mauisnake and Thorin offer their take on FaZe and point towards a number of potential replacements for the veteran rifler.
They ruled the entire game and sat on the CS:GO throne for the first six months of 2022 where everything they touched turned into gold, winning IEM Katowice, ESL Pro League S15 and the PGL Major in Antwerp.
So should Finn “karrigan” Andersen and FaZe make any roster changes here in 2023 just because of a disappointing second season? If you ask the CS:GO expert and former Renegades coach Aleksandar "kassad" Trifunović the answer is clear.
- If FaZe wants to remain the number one team in the world they need to remove rain today, kassad said on a recent vodcast and continued. rain is a player who has delivered over many years, great numbers, MVP of the Major, he won everything, and he’s a Hall of Famer I believe. But right now, is the right time to let him go and get yourself YEKINDAR or that type of player.
- If they keep rain for a year it’s going to be too late (…) and they are probably not going to win anything because there are so many good teams and they are going to struggle – maybe they will win one title or two.
The point was made in a vodcast together with Duncan “Thorin” Shields and Alex "Mauisnake" Ellenberg, where the latter and fellow CS:GO expert decided to chime in on the discussion.
- I have made that point about frozen being the guy I would switch with rain. If that happened today, I’m taking that all day. I think FaZe still can be the top team of next year actually, even with rain, but I think it’s an assurance if they get rid of him, Mauisnake said and continued:
- If they bring in YEKINDAR, frozen or even k0nfig something like that, I think their dominance is assured. I want it to happen so I’m going to jump on that but I also don’t. I don’t think it’s dire straits for FaZe if they don’t cut rain.
If you want to hear both Mauisnake and kassad but also Duncan "Thorin" Shields elaborate on their thoughts then you can find the entire episode in the video down below. The discussion around rain and FaZe starts at around 38:00.
