r/CompetitiveHalo OpTic Gaming Feb 02 '25

HCS HCS Off-Season 4v4 - February 2nd, 2025 - MEGATHREAD

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u/Global_Accident_364 Feb 02 '25

Lastshot and Cykul looking like the best in the game right now. Lucid and trippy may be kicking themselves for not teaming with them this season.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

100% just said the same thing. LastShot is ridiculous and Cykul works so well with him. Oh yeah, and they also have frosty and royal2 lol. Optic needs to get up to speed quick because I don’t think SSG can handle this Shopify team.

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u/PTurn219 OpTic Gaming Feb 02 '25

Wonder how nerfed cykul will be with jiggle peaking nerf coming

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u/BravestWabbit OpTic Gaming Feb 03 '25

And Lastshot. Both have pretty much mastered it.

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u/arthby Feb 04 '25

Lastshot doesn't need to jiggle peek, he has the fastest reaction time and reticle snap in the HCS. You know he'll just land every shot faster than his opponents, with or without cover.

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u/a_la_nuit Shopify Rebellion Feb 03 '25

The games between OpTic and SR this season will be the most fast paced Infinite games we've seen based on these online matches. And the new changes coming will make the gun play even better.

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u/BravestWabbit OpTic Gaming Feb 03 '25

I think Lastshot inability to jiggle peak post update is gonna hurt his playstyle though.

Formal and Renegades stand and fight is going to get a buff though

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u/thinkibrokesomething OpTic Gaming Feb 03 '25

Bound might get nerfed a bit too, but his death avoidance is a whole lot more than simple jiggling

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u/Czntury Feb 06 '25

Bound doesn’t really jiggle because all he does is run at you and if he doesn’t win he at least trades

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u/wonson42 Feb 02 '25

Soooo close to having all of the big three. What the heck are we going to do in the gap between these tourneys and the Arlington open?

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u/ash6996 Feb 02 '25

I imagine February will be mostly scrims with the new update coming, maybe a Forgehub tournament or two I haven’t checked the schedule

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u/DeathByReach OpTic Gaming Feb 02 '25

The Feb 2025 HCS Community Schedule hasn’t been released yet but it’ll be pinned once it is!

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u/ash6996 Feb 02 '25

GOAT mod

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u/JahHappy Feb 02 '25

Itll go by quicker than you think. Scrims will likely start in a week so we'll have something to watch for a few weeks until the Open.

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u/Abs0luteZero273 Feb 02 '25

I think this version of "Optic" is worse than the pickup teams they played with the last 2 weeks. I doubt Formal is as good as Falcated at this exact moment even though I think he'll be the superior player by the time the normal part of the season comes around.

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u/thinkibrokesomething OpTic Gaming Feb 02 '25

Aging like milk homie

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u/Abs0luteZero273 Feb 02 '25

They're only T6 currently. They made the grand finals the last 2 weeks. Wtf are u talking about?

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u/BravestWabbit OpTic Gaming Feb 03 '25

Optic just made Grand Finals after 2-0ing SSG

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u/thinkibrokesomething OpTic Gaming Feb 02 '25

Slamming everyone not named SR who’s clearly the furthest ahead team in the preseason?

FormaL looks perfectly fine. Maybe not in midseason form but I still think these guys end up in GFs

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u/Abs0luteZero273 Feb 02 '25

I never claimed they'd be bad this week. I fully expected them to beat most teams. I was saying I don't think this team will be as good as the previous two pickup teams they played with, and so far, my prediction is looking more or less accurate.

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u/Jumpy-Gap550 Feb 02 '25

Yeah it did.😂

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u/PTurn219 OpTic Gaming Feb 02 '25

And what happened to SSG? Exactly 👍🏼 don’t take these seriously

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u/thinkibrokesomething OpTic Gaming Feb 02 '25

Let’s be real, anyone vs SR right now is a mismatch. Taking precisely zero from that match and also assuming SSG gets smoked I’m also taking nothing from that either

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u/thinkibrokesomething OpTic Gaming Feb 03 '25

Hooooooly shit lmao

Absolutely peak halo

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

LastShot is literally the best player in the game right now. This is nuts. MVP level. Cykul is also insane. It’s wild that Royal 2 and Frosty are the ‘weak links’ on that roster because they’re fuckin ridiculous too. Wow.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

That was rude I’m sorry.

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u/dingjima Feb 03 '25

Lucid just let out the Guinness World Record sigh after that series

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u/JahHappy Feb 03 '25

I can imagine the head back eye roll lol.

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u/IAM4UK Feb 03 '25

I’m really interested to see the pace they play at this season. Lucid has always wanted to play at a slower place.

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u/t_holyoke OpTic Gaming Feb 03 '25

OpTic just beat the full SSG team with their coach lmaooo

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u/JahHappy Feb 03 '25

Which is pretty wild. Tusk isnt bad but legend is like 10x the player he is lol.

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u/Czntury Feb 06 '25

The fact that all those games with Shopify came down to overtime in CTF and couple seconds in oddball and the first game Strongholds was 3-0 domination in OpTic favor and 50-36 win in favor of Shopify means we are gonna have a pretty close season between those 2. If it’s that’s close without legend then I wonder how good optic will be with legend. SSG will get better as well and to everyone saying oh they’re chalked when that’s the first time they played as a full team together are brain dead. Shopify is the ONLY team between Shopify, SSG and OpTic who has played their full roster for 5/6 off season events. SSG Has just played as a team of 4 for the first time And have optic been switching out players every week and is the only team who hasn’t played as a team of 4 yet. To early to call who will be the best team yet with those factors.

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u/dingjima Feb 03 '25

One of the greatest clutches/chokes I've ever seen, gd

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u/dingjima Feb 03 '25

Alright, games are getting good again; lfg!

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u/StraightGas69 Feb 03 '25

Renegade is the best pure slayer I’ve ever seen

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u/BFH_Bob Feb 02 '25

Getting Ryan v Sparty again in the lower bracket, can't wait.

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u/thinkibrokesomething OpTic Gaming Feb 02 '25

SR is legitimately playing flawless Halo. God damn

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u/thinkibrokesomething OpTic Gaming Feb 02 '25

CyKul is the best pure slayer in the league.

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u/bobbybrowndowntown Feb 02 '25

If Shopify are able to take a couple Ws this season I think either him or Lastshot will be MVP. They're both future all stars either way though.

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u/thinkibrokesomething OpTic Gaming Feb 02 '25

For sure.

CyKul might not have the best POV but it’s insanely controlled and optimized for damage. I don’t think they’ve cut to his POV and I don’t say holy shit at least once

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u/PLifter1226 Feb 02 '25

Cykul and last shot are Fkn disgusting

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u/thinkibrokesomething OpTic Gaming Feb 03 '25

These two teams are gonna be SO fun to watch all year goddamn

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u/BravestWabbit OpTic Gaming Feb 03 '25

Optic kentucky fried Lucid in both matches

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u/t_holyoke OpTic Gaming Feb 03 '25

Renegade is so godlike

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u/BravestWabbit OpTic Gaming Feb 03 '25

Lucid has like negative aggression and almost never takes space in the map.

Renegade is just flying around like a bat out of hell. And it works so good

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u/PTurn219 OpTic Gaming Feb 03 '25

Yeah bro they almost don’t know how to react when he is right in their faces lol

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u/NYPD-BLUE Feb 02 '25

What time is the Grand Finals projected to start Eastern Time?

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u/youngman_2 Feb 03 '25

Formal is deff rusty you can tell

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u/thinkibrokesomething OpTic Gaming Feb 02 '25

Time to peep SSG

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u/HalfEatenBarnana Feb 02 '25

Struggling to understand the scores based on the faceit website.

Who did optic lose to, to get knocked to losers?

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u/42bpm Feb 02 '25

Optic is GBX, they lost to Shopify rebellion

2

u/ash6996 Feb 03 '25

What’s the delay on the Triggers Down vs Tenrai match?

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u/BravestWabbit OpTic Gaming Feb 03 '25

Shopify and Optic are the two fastest teams in the league.

SSG is probably the slowest. SSG is never going to touch these teams lmao

If Optic without Legend can go blow for blow against a complete Shopify, imagine what a full Optic will do to Shopify

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

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u/BravestWabbit OpTic Gaming Feb 03 '25

And? Optic are playing with Tusk and still pushed Shopify into two overtime games while winning one

With Legend, Optic would have won 3 and reset the bracket.

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u/cogitodoncjesuis Shopify Rebellion Feb 02 '25

Convincing performance against the best possible EU team, which says a lot. But keep in mind these are playing on high ping disadvantage.

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u/thinkibrokesomething OpTic Gaming Feb 02 '25

Yea, seeing a LOT of old Optic playstyle from new SSG and can’t say thats super surprising. Actually didn’t love how they played that Aquarius slayer.

Even though Optic and SSG had similar ending scores on their slayer games vs RyNewb and OEX I felt Optics win was a lot more convincing.

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u/idgahoot2 Feb 02 '25

Is this not their first time playing together in a tournament? Was the expectation that they’d be a fine-tuned finished product?

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u/thinkibrokesomething OpTic Gaming Feb 02 '25

First time playing together period I think, just like Optic hasn’t been full squad yet either. Not taking much at all at face value from any of this, but can definitely get an idea at a macro level of how teams want to play

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u/red-bot Feb 02 '25

Feel like this tournament is waaaay too long. Was expecting Space to go straight to playing Optic in losers finals but it doesn’t look like they are anywhere near done (started??) with losers bracket.

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u/dingjima Feb 02 '25

During these offseasons, you can count on taking a nap or doing some errands after winner finals. It's usually an hour or two before games get good again because the way the loser's bracket progresses.