The second half of the first CDL power rankings where the bottom Call of Duty teams’ seasons are dissected. All of these teams have had either rough starts or have been competitive enough to lose close series. Let’s begin the bottom half of the CDL rankings.
Similarly to RØKKR, the Breach is also a young team that has the knack of going to game fives. They have just been slightly more inconsistent than RØKKR, so they are a spot lower. This roster blends two veterans who have shown a lot of skill in previous COD titles Cameron “Cammy” McKilligan and Joseph “Owakening” Conley with some younger players entering year two of their careers in Evan “Purj” Perez and Eric “Snoopy” Perez.
Coming into the year, the Breach were looking to not be as bad as they were last season as they went 6-27 and finished dead last. They started great beating OpTic Texas in game five to start the season giving them hope for a strong year.
The biggest issue with them currently is that they are painfully average in all modes hovering around .500 in all of them. That isn’t the worst issue to have, but they also haven’t put anyone away in a series yet. In three of their five matches, they had a 2-1 series lead and lost two of those series. Their best remedy is to maybe just close out series sooner, at least against the lower-level squads.
Welcome back to COD Cloud9 (C9): here is a roster with a ton of potential that hasn’t figured it out yet. Before the Esports World Cup last season, C9 replaced the fan-favorite New York Sublinersand has not seen much success since rebranding. Losing three-fourths of the Subliners roster hurts, but keeping Daunte “Sib” Gray was big for them, on paper.
With Sib staying, C9 constructed a roster that has a lot of pedigree and potential with Dillon “Attach” Price, Kyle “Kremp” Haworth, and Makenzie “Mack” Kelley. Early this season they had some growing pains as the roles between Sib and Attach weren’t figured out as they both are slay-heavy AR’s with not a lot of objective focus.
During Minor I they started to figure it out but had to face Carolina. They took them to a game five but faltered in the SnD thus exiting the tournament. They are a solid hardpoint team going 6-4 so far, an average SnD team going 4-4, and one of the worst control teams going 1-5, so fixing control will be the key for them.
Outside of that, the team’s biggest issue is Sib’s very slow start. He is considered the team’s superstar and only has a 0.8 K:D overall while struggling in both hardpoint and control. The best news for C9 is the fact that Kremp and Mack have worked very well as an SMG duo as they have kept them afloat.
The Heretics have been in a weird stupor to start this season. They made a roster change when Javier “Vikul” Milagro retired from the COD scene to focus on his studies. They would pick up David “RenKoR” Isern to replace the longtime CDL pro. The trio that makes up the rest of the team are Alejandro “Lucky” Lopez, Adrian “MettalZ” Serrano, and Jose “ReeaL” Castilla. The Heretics returned three-fourths of a 5/6 place Champs team looking to improve in the new season.
That hasn’t happened, as they have only won once so far. Miami’s main issue lies in winning only one SnD in the year, that can’t happen if you want to win a series. The other issue is that Lucky and MettalZ have not played their best early on while ReeaL and RenKoR have looked great to start the year.
This team should be a lot better than they currently are. A roster consisting of Jovan “04” Rodriguez, Jordan “Abuzah” François, Charlie “Hicksy” Hicks, and Byron “Nastie” Plumridge should at a minimum be good at SnD and control. They are not, however, as they are 3-5 in SnD and 2-3 in control. The duo of 04 and Abuzah lit up scoreboards last season and have been the best players on the roster, but they haven’t been great.
04 and Abuzah were some of the better SnD players last season, but that hasn’t translated early this year. The duo have been solid in control, but overall the team hasn’t put it together fully yet. They might not slay with the best of them, but they should be more efficient in the objectives than most. That’s how they won games last season.
Another rebranded team as the Gentlemates (M8) org bought the LA Guerrillas (LAG) spot, but the deadline for rebranding passed so they inherited the LAG part of the name. Either way, the roster consists of a trio that won Champs in the Modern Warfare 2 year in Matthew “KiSMET” Tinsley, Preston “Priestahh” Greiner, Cesar “Skyz” Bueno, and a young French phenom in Thomas “Lyynnz” Gregorio. It is a repeat of that MWII year as the trio had Hydra as their fourth for that season he is the French phenom.
Storylines aside, the team has not been good. In just about every book this team should be top three in SnD, instead, they are bottom four in the mode going 2-6 so far. Throw in a 3-7 hardpoint record and it isn’t a great recipe for success to be 5-13 in the modes that show up twice each in a series. The best news for them is that KiSMET and Lyynnz have gelled early on.
The record might say they are 0-5, but the newest team in the CDL has shown they can hang a little bit. The roster has changed a bit as Khalid “Khhx” Almadhi stepped away for personal reasons and Abdulelah “KingAbody” Alrajhi got sent back down to Challengers (minor league) to work on stuff. The roster right now consists of Salman “Roxas” Alkhuzayyim, Saud “Exnid” Alotai, “WXSL”, and “D7oomx.”
The Saudi roster has shown both SnD chops and some impressive slaying ability as Khhx (pronounced Kicks) was the league K:D leader and Exnid holds the map kill record of 52. They are coached by one of the greatest COD players of all time in James “Clayster” Eubanks and he has them looking competitive early on and it might be sooner than later they get their first win.
That’ll do it for this month’s ranking, it is a long season so these will change a ton as the season goes along. Tune into the matches on YouTube on the CDL channel this weekend. Also, if you are looking for more information, stats, or even fantasy COD leagues, Breaking Point is your place, and how this writer sourced most of the info presented.
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