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While Hal doesn\u2019t think the pro meta will change too terribly from the super-aggresive style that\u2019s become popular over the past month, he did reveal that TSM\u2019s newly-planned composition and playstyle will catch other team\u2019s off-guard. He also noted the high-risk, high-reward nature of his team\u2019s plan: \u201cit might fuck over some teams\u2026 or fuck us over too, who knows.\u201d<\/p>
Despite Hal\u2019s assertion that he doesn\u2019t see \u201cmuch changing\u201d with the pro meta, it\u2019s been in flux since the ALGS Championship. Many teams have finally dropped Gibraltar from their compositions after a two-year period where he dominated pro pick rates. There were hints of Gibraltar falling from his top spot in the winter, and the evolution of the Seer meta in combination with an indirect nerf to his Dome of Protection, which Mad Maggie\u2019s Wrecking Ball can now destroy, has only made him even less valuable.<\/p>
It doesn\u2019t appear that pros have given up on Valkyrie yet, despite the considerable nerfs to her abilities in season 14. But outside of Gibraltar\u2019s fall and Seer\u2019s rise, many teams are heavily experimenting with their team compositions. 100 Thieves, who helped bring Newcastle to popularity with their Newcastle-Wattson-Valkyrie composition, have already tested swapping out Wattson for Rampart. Horizon picks have reemerged in the pro scene, and a few teams have attempted to drop Valkyrie in favor of other legends with rotational utility for their team, like Ash, Octane, and Wraith.<\/p>
Whatever TSM\u2019s eventual plans, it will likely involve moving support player Jordan \u201cReps\u201d Wolfe off of Gibraltar. Past that, it\u2019s anyone\u2019s guess exactly how the team plans to go about surprising the rest of the scene when most other teams are still experimenting with their new compositions.<\/p>
It\u2019s an exciting time to be a fan of pro Apex<\/em>, with the game seeing the most major meta changes and character swaps it has seen since the beginning of last season. The ALGS is scheduled to return sometime later this year, and there\u2019s no telling just what\u2019s in store for the players and fans when the games begin.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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That goes double for the professional level, where Valkyrie has defined\u00a0Apex\u00a0and how it\u2019s played at the highest level for about a year. And meta changes mean teams like TSM must develop new plans. Luckily, TSM IGL Philip \u201cImperialHal\u201d Dosen thinks his squad\u2019s immediate plans for the shifting meta will surprise their North American opponents when the Apex Legends Global Series kicks off later this year. While Hal doesn\u2019t think the pro meta will change too terribly from the super-aggresive style that\u2019s become popular over the past month, he did reveal that TSM\u2019s newly-planned composition and playstyle will catch other team\u2019s off-guard. He also noted the high-risk, high-reward nature of his team\u2019s plan: \u201cit might fuck over some teams\u2026 or fuck us over too, who knows.\u201d Despite Hal\u2019s assertion that he doesn\u2019t see \u201cmuch changing\u201d with the pro meta, it\u2019s been in flux since the ALGS Championship. Many teams have finally dropped Gibraltar from their compositions after a two-year period where he dominated pro pick rates. There were hints of Gibraltar falling from his top spot in the winter, and the evolution of the Seer meta in combination with an indirect nerf to his Dome of Protection, which Mad Maggie\u2019s Wrecking Ball can now destroy, has only made him even less valuable. It doesn\u2019t appear that pros have given up on Valkyrie yet, despite the considerable nerfs to her abilities in season 14. But outside of Gibraltar\u2019s fall and Seer\u2019s rise, many teams are heavily experimenting with their team compositions. 100 Thieves, who helped bring Newcastle to popularity with their Newcastle-Wattson-Valkyrie composition, have already tested swapping out Wattson for Rampart. Horizon picks have reemerged in the pro scene, and a few teams have attempted to drop Valkyrie in favor of other legends with rotational utility for their team, like Ash, Octane, and Wraith. Whatever TSM\u2019s eventual plans, it will likely involve moving support player Jordan \u201cReps\u201d Wolfe off of Gibraltar. Past that, it\u2019s anyone\u2019s guess exactly how the team plans to go about surprising the rest of the scene when most other teams are still experimenting with their new compositions. It\u2019s an exciting time to be a fan of pro Apex, with the game seeing the most major meta changes and character swaps it has seen since the beginning of last season. The ALGS is scheduled to return sometime later this year, and there\u2019s no telling just what\u2019s in store for the players and fans when the games begin.","apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/13164847\/ImperialHal_at_Apex_Legends_Preseason_Invitational.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656530"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1724"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656530"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":656535,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656530\/revisions\/656535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656530"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=656530"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=656530"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=656530"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=656530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}