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4s hello fortnight fam welcome back to the
7s fnc s pre-show you got me your boy zeke
10s we're joined this week by sundown what's
12s up everyone and of course we've got Shia
15s wager and Bala with this as well gentle
17s you guys want to say hello what's up
19s guys how you doing hey hey there we go
22s now we're gonna be talking about all
23s things as this is the pre-show leading
25s into week number four of the fnc s we're
27s over that halfway point so let's talk
30s about some things that we think are
32s gonna shake up the fnc s this weekend
34s let's kick things off with the Middle
36s East this is a region that has kind of
38s taken fortnight by storm ever since
40s we've seen these read this region come
41s online you know we've got feasel and
44s klopse just destroying the region
46s they've come in first every single week
47s so far this week though they've made a
50s little bit of a changeup they they had
51s hero Kappa on their team now they have
54s flow saw on their team so shy maybe if
57s you want to kind of talk us through this
58s region a little bit I'll talk to the
60s vision of that trio in specific as well
62s the region as a whole there are a lot of
64s mid game early game fights that do break
65s down and happen in a very quick speed
67s they're very team centric a lot of
70s fights are taken team by team the teams
71s that do split off and do one two splits
73s like the trio previously hero Kappa
76s feasel and plops they kind of dominate
78s fights from angles now flow saws in the
81s mix he's a very aggressive player he
83s actually splits off a bit more than hero
84s cop of him when I've seen this week and
86s his teammates just kind of answer to his
88s type of aggressive calls early and then
90s he stays the type of clutch wildcard
92s start player at the end game points as
95s well so it's a very fight centric type
97s of top down heavy region there's not a
99s lot of horizontal box-to-box fights that
101s happen it's mostly just a lot of jumps
103s on stuff coming down vertically end game
105s on waterfalls it's it's a very movement
108s kind of like the old Brazilian region
110s how they played in the early weeks of
112s the point I woke up it's a very
113s interesting region to watch the one
115s thing that I definitely want to note is
117s we saw in week two hero Kappa had it
119s felt like he had elevated his game he
120s had a number of situations where he
122s picked up clutch eelain's and put them
124s in a really good spot but it was
126s definitely like that core trio like
128s clops is the best planner like clops is
130s definitely the one who is able like it
133s sets the pace around him
134s looks to set them up but it felt like
136s they had slightly better teamwork from
138s what I saw when they were working with
139s blows up before they were known for kind
141s of staying around them spots but then
143s hero cap would go and get the angles
144s they kind of kept that teamwork rotation
147s moving through the mid-ground tarps and
149s just picking up elands in a lot of
150s situations and then flow saw was able to
152s convert on a more consistent basis and
155s also has that alter ego tag there so
157s rounding it out making sure they get
158s kind of the full squad in there I'm
160s honestly I expect to see them to
162s continue running through middle east and
164s the question now for me is will they win
166s it out because they are far and away the
167s favorites going into the heat yeah I
169s mean like he kind of said klopse is that
171s all-star you know he's definitely been
173s addicted in fates of gameplay he's not
175s afraid to hop in your box and take those
177s one of the ones when he needs to borrow
179s what do you think about this trio yeah I
180s think the interesting thing for this
182s trio is how they're the the change of
185s their third is going to affect them
187s because we've seen in other regions a
188s use specifically there's a couple people
190s like the item and mr. savage and Rojo
193s trio that's changed their third a little
195s bit it's been affecting people
196s positively and negatively I mean I'm
199s always gonna be like at the same time
201s you've reviewed so many other regions
204s over and over again
205s consistency versus a fresh start even
207s when you make it what type of effect
209s does it have on the mental game and your
211s strats when you actually break it down
212s region a region mm-hmm yeah I think it
215s definitely has an effect because the
216s chemistry that you're building
217s especially as you get into harder and
219s harder games and you touched on it a
221s little bit it gets harder in the Middle
224s East region similar to Brazil where
226s Brazil has the most stacked end games
228s now that they're very difficult so if
230s you don't have that chemistry if you
231s don't know exactly how each other play
233s in those games under pressure it's gonna
236s be difficult but yeah so it's gonna be
238s interesting to see what that change is
241s going to do to that trio in terms of the
243s harder games next up let's talk about
246s Kevin he is back with a vengeance and
248s he's actually brought the motel with him
251s right now he's flying all around the
253s island and as of now he's actually on
255s the covered bridge west of lucky landing
257s and sundown I know specifically that
258s used to be one of your hot spots yeah so
261s that was one of my job spots back when I
262s had kind of a pirate invasion going on
264s all the cannons over there there's a
266s guaranteed three chests but the
267s aspect for me in terms of Kevin at the
269s map is another form of mobility that
271s you're able to play around with only
273s drift boards and then kind of the zip
275s lines plus pleasure plant rotations
277s being kind of how you get around the
279s fact that Kevin is now a suddenly form
281s of rotation that is reliable you know if
283s you pass by that you're going to be able
285s to get up and then get a rotation going
287s on what that also means though is
289s because it is a reliable one if it's on
291s the mini-map and everyone knows where it
292s is keep an eye on it in terms of
294s rotations players are going to be
296s incorporating that into the rotation
297s paths they're going to be either landing
300s there to get a quick drop on people like
301s you've seen T foo do with the meteor
303s like grab up there maybe try and get an
305s FSA gun and put shots on people or grab
307s something quick shields and then rotate
309s on to someone else so I'm interested to
311s see how people are going to adapt their
313s rotation pass around Kevin and how it
316s ends up playing out this weekend
317s I mean sundown said the word I wanted to
319s hear adapt it's one of two only spots on
322s the map right now the block being one
325s and now the island and the other that's
326s always ever-changing so with the block
328s the scenery is always there from the
329s match change but with the island it's
331s positioning so if any players want to
332s drop they're permanently the action I'm
334s actually have around it kind of changed
335s there is brick metal and wood available
337s on the actual valve spot but right now
339s there's extra metal down below as well
341s on the covered bridge now as that mat as
343s that island moves around you know the
345s game plan will get shaken up the
346s rotations they're shaken up the amount
348s of pressure there gets shaken up as well
349s there's a lot of low ground around right
351s now as soon as you know you get closer
352s to hills it's harder to contest people
354s up top so it's going to be really
355s interesting watching how people change
357s up week to week if they want to
359s permanently drop at the spot now Bhalla
360s I mean you know with Kevin constantly
363s moving certain teams probably have an
365s ideal drop spot some of they're looking
367s to land do you think if if Kevin is near
370s them should they deviate do you think
372s they should try and take those risks and
373s try and get the loot potentially limbs
375s from that do you think maybe they're
377s gonna change up their drop spots
378s thinking look maybe if this if Kevin's
380s near this is gonna bring more people and
382s more attention to our spots in general
384s like what do you think about this for
385s the teams that are landing not
386s necessarily on Kevin but around Kevin
388s yeah so I think that's definitely have
390s to be a consideration for people they
392s have to consider are there extra people
393s dropping at Kevin is there actually
396s extra loot are there free eliminations
397s that they can by landing on Kevin nearby
400s their spot and then content
401s with their normal path but I think it's
403s definitely be a preference thing right
404s how comfortable you are switching up
406s your spot we see players like T foo for
409s example very comfortable landing at the
410s block week after week even though it's
413s changing so fast and that's just a thing
416s I said adapting right if you're quick
418s get adapting then you should be good
420s making changes to Kevin and I think
422s that's gonna catch people off-guard and
424s the other thing I think is how it
427s affects the game throughout the entire
429s state right through mid game through
431s endgame because now there's two big
433s vertical items that have really no mid
436s ground in between there's the there's
437s the meteor and now Kevin as well which
440s you can scale obviously with the current
443s underneath it so that's gonna be a
445s little interesting a little weird it's
446s gonna be fun to see how people adapt and
448s play around that in the mid game and in
450s the endgame but I'm excited I love Kevin
452s alright now let's talk about the zapper
454s this new item was introduced this week
456s in the content update a very unique item
459s it is a held item you throw it in crates
461s a zapping an electrified wall if you
465s will but just 50 damage every few
467s seconds to enemies that are on either
468s side of it
469s pretty interesting could lead to some
472s new wall taking type things but also
473s like now you'll have to go into
475s someone's box your little you can just
476s say here's a zapper get out of your box
479s please I would like to engage with you
480s now so conceptually I like the idea of
483s it it seems like kind of a step up or a
487s little more we're supposed to be a
489s little more terrifying synchrony and I
491s like the idea of forcing people out of
492s one by ones I don't necessarily think
494s we're gonna see too much use of it in
497s the FNC yes and when you're playing in
500s trios like mobility shields are gonna
502s take priority over that every single
504s time don't think we'll see a ton of it
506s in this instance to be honest I mean
508s yeah the opportunity cost and using it
510s is definitely like really high in terms
511s of you know having it in your actual
513s inventory at the right times I think
515s that it'll be a type of shield bubble
517s item in terms of that at first glance it
520s just kind of seems a little bit gimmicky
521s doesn't have a set role at all points in
523s the game but if you have it in
524s combination at the right times it you
527s know pops off like shield bubbles on
528s bushes or shield bubbles when you're
530s moving around just for rotations I think
532s with the zapper trap specifically in
535s when people are just so used to tarping
537s straight not really adjusting anything
538s unless people are right above them if
540s you just throw that trap on just across
542s your tarp to someone else's tarp it just
544s ruins their whole game it has to you
546s know kind of adjust their position they
547s got to keep into touch in what's going
549s on with their splits and their trio's it
551s can kind of shake things up positioning
553s wise but I don't think it's gonna be
554s necessarily used for damage purposes I'm
557s actually kind of upset you compared it
559s to our Lord and Savior the bubble shield
560s we all agree the bubble shield was gonna
562s be pretty sick and we've seen a lot of
564s innovation whether you know your right
567s away just being like oh I think this
569s year it's like this thing's for damage
570s it was like you've tossed on their type
572s you're just gonna go up or down a level
573s right like it has a little bit of an arm
575s time I think there's definitely a lot
577s more utility coming out of the bubble
578s shield but I know ball you wanted to say
580s something yeah I think the question last
582s week with the bubble is are people going
584s to use it we thought it was a item that
586s was definitely had some value but
588s whether it was going to be using
590s competitive and worth the slot like you
591s said takes up a slot
593s I think Shiloh's right in this case I
595s think it's something that we have to
596s wait and see to see how the best players
598s are gonna use it and I obviously think
600s it's gonna be used in combinations you
602s said it was like a stinker made like a
603s little bit more fearsome stink grenade
606s because it forces you out of the box but
608s like use it in combination or while
610s they're running in there tarps think
612s about it how often is there a trio
614s that's tarping a head you have one guy
615s passing and then you have the two guys
617s others you know opening edits and
619s looking for windows and then they just
620s start running back in the tarp and all
622s of a sudden there's a there's a baton in
624s there that's awesome I think that's
626s gonna be really cool I think there's
627s potential and don't forget you can even
629s arm it like it doesn't have to be it
631s doesn't replace a wall you can throw it
633s out and if it lands on an unoccupied
635s building space it will build a wall
637s there so there is potential some other
639s team is tarping out and you literally
640s cut them off and you had they have to
642s make a split decision moment and a
645s split-second decision excuse me and have
647s to decide do we go up we go down to go
649s left to go right and that could very
650s well change the dynamic of you versus
653s that trio so we'll have to see how
655s things shake up but that wraps up the
657s pre-show sundown polish I wager thank
659s you guys so much for hanging out
660s everyone at home competing best of luck
662s in week number four of the offense yes
664s and we'll see you guys on the battle bus
675s you