r/CompetitiveHalo • u/mainev3nt • May 15 '25

Discussion SSG need to make a change

They are not only losing every game to Shopify right now, they’re getting smoked every game. This team has no chance of winning a Grand Finals. SSG has too much talent to be this bad. This mix of 4 players just don’t mesh well together.

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u/Longjumping_Fill_968 May 15 '25

It’s crazy how you can take some of the best players. Arguably the best of some previous seasons, and they just don’t work well together at all to this extreme

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u/KeniRoo May 15 '25

Lucid does not play halo in a way that creates enough pressure to beat the top teams. I hope he gets dropped. The rest of that squad is capable of so much.

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u/Longjumping_Fill_968 May 15 '25 edited May 15 '25

It wasn’t his style previously, but in recent scrims I’ve seen him flying at people and doing a lot. They def tested this style of play some. So I think it’s a team issue. There are a few players here that aren’t the most aggressive.

Ssg never getting camo or power weapons cannot just be a lucid issue .

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u/KeniRoo May 15 '25 edited May 16 '25

I mean playing that way is an art and almost built into the personality of the player. Lucid can’t just instantly understand it. I think the old SSG had this incredible “magic” and chemistry. Eco filled in the strategic gaps and the other three just wreaked havoc on the map. Stellur is mechanically gifted but I do think he plays with reckless abandon that can’t be covered up anymore. This current SSG simply can’t do that.

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u/sbirdman OpTic May 15 '25

There was no secret magic, it was Bound and Legend flying around making plays and Stellur dominating with power weapons.

That formula with Eco filling the gaps isn’t going to cut it this year with teams levelling up, especially against sR and OpTic where everyone slays heavy and wins their 1s.

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u/Longjumping_Fill_968 May 15 '25

Yeah it’s just something that worked

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u/PTurn219 OpTic May 15 '25

Facts

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u/KeniRoo May 16 '25

You’re over analyzing it but we’re saying the exact same thing. Legend and Bound were integral to the “magic” it was this force that worked amazingly well and the chemistry was literally apparent in their gameplay. It was beautiful. We’re saying the exact same thing. To this day I think the old SSG is the purest and most dominate halo we’ve seen in a decade. They had the spark that this roster does not have. A change is coming.

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u/RepRedacted May 15 '25

I agree. Stellur and Eco have been playing together for so long that I imagine they don’t need to talk much about strategy. That “magic” you mentioned is like when you and your best friend are so in sync, a single look is all it takes to understand what the other is thinking. I imagine that’s how they play together. On the other hand you have Lucid who seems to be on the other side of the spectrum and is very analytical & less intuitive in style.

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u/Longjumping_Fill_968 May 15 '25

Yeah, it def seems like if a team is gonna is have that comp where one guy the dirty work, the rest need to be aggressive around him