Onyx — Second-year IGL. Promotion from the open bracket. The playbook is being written as the season runs.
Second-year IGL. Promotion from the open bracket. The playbook is being written as the season runs.
What the desk reads on Onyx
Six sections: roster, IGL, region, map pool, head-to-head, current form.
Roster
- Kavi 'Lattice' IyerEntry duelist
- Arjun 'Vertex' RaoOperator
- Priya 'Tessera' BanerjeeSupport
- Rohan 'Spline' BoseLurker
- Anika 'Grain' KapoorIGL / captain
Updated within a day of any confirmed move. The desk treats roster accuracy as non-negotiable and flags any signings or departures in the news desk within an hour of the official announcement.
Captain / IGL
Kavi 'Lattice' Iyer — Second-year IGL. Promotion from the open bracket; the playbook is being written as the season runs.
Region and circuit
APAC North. The desk tracks the regional circuit weekly and publishes the regional power ranking after every matchday. Teams that move regions mid-season are flagged on this page and on the regional power ranking.
Map pool
Signature map: Bastion — 52% win rate over 10 maps.
Weak map: Helix — 25% across 6 attempts.
The desk tracks the map veto for every series and aggregates the data over the season. Map pool data is updated weekly during the active season and the read is reviewed after every regional bracket.
Head-to-head
3-8 series · −8 map diff across the regional circuit. The archive goes back to 2021 for established organisations and to the org's first regional appearance for newer entries. The desk maintains the archive by hand and updates within an hour of any official result.
Current form
LLLLW — one win in the last five, the rebuild is the season. across the last five series. The desk treats form as a number, not a narrative, and the form section is updated within an hour of any official result. Strength of schedule is reported alongside the form line — a streak against top-eight opponents reads differently than the same streak against bottom-eight opponents.
Playstyle and the desk's read
What the analyst desk sees on the analyst monitor when Onyx are playing.
Playstyle
Open-bracket playbook, still being written. The team is rebuilding live, in series, every weekend.
How the playbook is built
Onyx are the ninth-place team in APAC North and the team the desk reads as the open-bracket story of the season. The IGL is Kavi 'Lattice' Iyer, in her second year on the calling role, promoted from the open bracket. The playbook is being written as the season runs — Onyx rebuild live, in series, every weekend, and the desk's note is that the inconsistency in the result line is the visible cost of a playbook that is still under construction.
The signature map is Bastion at 52% over 10 maps. The weak map is Helix at 25% across 6 attempts, and the desk reads this as the structural gap. The analyst section notes that the team has not yet settled on a composition for Helix and the playbook is the highest-variance in the APAC region.
Form is one win in the last five series. The map differential sits at −8, which is the lowest on the APAC circuit. Head-to-head in APAC North goes Onyx 2-5 Meridian, 4-3 Helix. The next series on the calendar is the APAC North regional bracket, and the desk's note is that the rebuild will need one signature result to land before the season is over.
From the analyst desk
Two photographs from the matchday coverage of Onyx.
Next on the calendar
The next series on the Onyx matchday calendar.
Next series
The next confirmed series on the APAC North circuit. Matchday, broadcast, and the regional power ranking update are all tracked on the desk's matchday calendar and reflected on the team page within an hour of the official start.
Recent form
LLLLW — one win in the last five, the rebuild is the season. across the last five series. The trend line and the strength of schedule are updated within an hour of any official result.
On the desk's radar
The desk's standing note on Onyx: Open-bracket playbook, still being written. The team is rebuilding live, in series, every weekend.
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