Neks on Marbon at Omnix: “We needed some kind of forced substitution so that our role would be more active.”

First, regarding the shift where Juno moved from the jungle to mid lane. Why? Because Juno is more comfortable playing mid—that’s the first reason. Second, wammu left to join Rune Eaters, so it was kind of a necessity for him to move to mid. Second, he plays mid alongside the roamer. We played with okayrex, we played with Yoza, and realized that Juno doesn’t play well with Yoza, so we kept okayrex.

As for the support role, we’d been planning for a long time that we’d need to bring in a more active support player. That’s because things hadn’t been working out with our other supports before. We needed some kind of necessary change to make that role more active. That’s why we’ve had so many changes.

We just tried it out in practice, and he felt more comfortable as a roamer than our current roamer. And right now, the meta for the exp lane is such that it’s filled with heroes like Hylos, Minotaur, and Belerik—basically, just tanky heroes. So we decided to try it out in a blind pick, figuring that Marbon would just dive as a roamer. But after the first game, I stepped away to get a drink; when I came back, it turned out Marbon was back on exp. Okay, we played. In the

In the end, after a few games, we decided it’d be better to have Marbon on the exp lane and okayrex roaming. Everyone in their usual roles.

Before this, I was mostly the one calling the shots. Now it’s like Marbon and I are splitting it up, and Yarik has gotten more active—he was too eager to win and talked a lot during those games. Otherwise, for the most part, it’s probably Marbon and me calling the shots. okayrex chimes in a little here and there, Juno is mostly quiet, and Yarik sticks to his own thing, but in these games he was really aggressive and active.