This PENTA lineup has made a number of roster and organisation changes since the last Six Invitationals where RevaN, Enemy, risze, Panix and Voy attended the event as the community vote winners known as Team Vitality. Following this Alive replaced risze as the roster joined Mock-it for the Paris Major which they attended as the “Host Invite” team and now the three new players of SirBoss, blas and Hungry will join RevaN and Enemy in PENTA for the 2019 Invitationals after a second place finish at DreamHack Winter was enough to qualify for the $1m+ tournament.
The PENTA Sports roster after guaranteeing their place at the 2019 Invitationals
Perhaps the biggest change of all over the last year was the recent decision to drop Panix for blas just prior to the kick off of Season 9 of the Pro League as it broke up the Enemy/Panix duo who had been playing together consistently since Season 1 on Aera eSports. In this time the duo had won the very first DreamHack event - DreamHack Tours 2016 - made the grand-finals of Season 3, won the Castle Siege 2018 German national tournament and won the Coupe de France 2017 and 2018 LANs, as well as the previously mentioned runners-up finish at DreamHack Winter 2018.
PENTA Sports with their Castle Siege trophy via @Hungry_R6. From left to right: SirBoss, ENEMY, Hungry, Panix and RevaN.
Despite this impressive performance over the last year the various incarnations of this roster retains the worst record of any team at Majors after they failed to win any of their four matches at the two Majors in 2018 so we spoke with RevaN to ask exactly what led to their most recent changes and how these will help them prepare for their next LAN - the Six Invitationals 2019:
Firstly, tell us a bit about your team’s roles.
What led to the decision to drop Panix from your roster?
What led you to pick blas as his replacement and how has he been fitting in?
The statistics between PENTA and Empire on playday 1 of Season 9 - blas' Pro League debut
PENTA finished in 2nd place at DreamHack Winter; were you expecting such a strong performance?
Were there any players or teams that stood out to you in Sweden?
Shortly after joining PENTA you picked up the Australian of Jess as an analyst - what is her role exactly and how has she helped the team?
PENTA has one of the best records of any team against G2 - what is the key to your success here?
You have also been boot camping in Berlin over the last few months - how has this helped your team?
What one gameplay change would you like to be implemented into R6?
What are your team’s main aims for 2019?
Any messages to your fans?
PENTA's next games are against Team Secret and ENCE this week in the Pro League while they will meet Nora Rengo followed by either LeStream or Evil Geniuses in the Six Invitational group stage with the following roster:
Julian "ENEMY" Blin
Jean "RevaN" Prudenti
Lucas "Hungry" Reich
Ferenc "SirBoss" Mérész
Balázs "blas" Kővári
Jessica "Jess" Bolden (as analyst)
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All these games can be found on the rainbow6 Twitch account with the specific scheduling of the Invitationals yet to be revealed - keep an eye out here at SiegeGG for more announcements and interviews as we get closer to the event!