Quartz — Lost the entry duelist to Aurora in the off-season. The rebuild is around the remaining core and the playbook has shifted shape.
Lost the entry duelist to Aurora in the off-season. The rebuild is around the remaining core and the playbook has shifted shape.
What the desk reads on Quartz
Six sections: roster, IGL, region, map pool, head-to-head, current form.
Roster
- Selma 'Pennant' OkaforEntry duelist
- Adaeze 'Lumen' ObiOperator
- Chidi 'Brace' EzeSupport
- Funmi 'Gauge' AdeyemiLurker
- Tunde 'Spire' BakareIGL / 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
Selma 'Pennant' Okafor — Second-season IGL. Lost the entry duelist to Aurora in the off-season; rebuilt around the remaining core.
Region and circuit
Americas. 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: Refinery — 62% win rate over 13 maps.
Weak map: Helix — 31% across 7 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
6-5 series · +2 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
LLWLW — two losses to start the season, three series of split results since. 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 Quartz are playing.
Playstyle
Defensive defaults, slow pivots. The loss of the entry duelist changed the shape of the playbook.
How the playbook is built
Quartz are the sixth-place team in the Americas region and the team that lost the entry duelist to Aurora in the off-season. The rebuild is built around the remaining four-player core and the IGL, Selma 'Pennant' Okafor, who is in her second season on the calling role. The desk reads the team as structurally different from last season — without the entry duelist, the playbook has shifted to defensive defaults and slow pivots, which is a different shape than the team's 2025 identity.
The signature map is Refinery at 62% over 13 maps, which has held up under the playbook shift. The weak map is Helix at 31% across 7 attempts, and the desk notes this is the map the team bans in every series they can. The map veto read is that Quartz's veto pattern has tightened since the rebuild — they ban Helix and one of the third maps and leave Refinery in for the opponent.
Form started the season with two losses, then three series of split results. The map differential sits at +2, which is the smallest positive differential among the Americas teams. Head-to-head in the Americas goes Quartz 3-4 Voltaic, 4-3 Onyx. The next series on the calendar is the Americas regional playoff, and the desk's note is that the team will need the Refinery win rate to hold up to get out of the first round.
From the analyst desk
Two photographs from the matchday coverage of Quartz.
Next on the calendar
The next series on the Quartz matchday calendar.
Next series
The next confirmed series on the Americas 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
LLWLW — two losses to start the season, three series of split results since. 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 Quartz: Defensive defaults, slow pivots. The loss of the entry duelist changed the shape of the playbook.
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