MW3 AR Player of the Year Ladder | February 27th
The League returned for the Major 2 Qualifiers, giving fans some of the best series of the season in the opening weeks. While the top teams are still the ones on top of the standings, they have been pushed to the limit in multiple series so far.
Entering the third week of qualifiers for Major 2, Breaking Point has updated our rankings for the AR Player of the Year race. Players are ranked based on their performances from the season so far. These rankings will continue to change, as the new patch has spiced up the competition, but this piece serves to give a great insight into how the season has gone so far!
Previous Rankings
Entering Major 2 Qualifiers - Feb 14th
Best Performance of the Qualifiers - Jan 23rd
Opening two-week performance - Jan 9th
Storylines to watch
The rematch of the Major 1 Grand Finals will take place next weekend on Sunday, March 3rd at 4:30 pm EST. Atlanta FaZe are now 0-2 against the Toronto Ultra, going 0-7 in Hardpoint & SND combined. They have only been able to beat Toronto in the Controls and are now coming off a 3-2 defeat to the hands of the New York Subliners. Both teams have two of the best AR duos in the League and will see multiple MVP candidates battle in what will surely be one of the best series of the qualifiers. Then in the following weekend on March 10th, Toronto will take on OpTic Texas. Scrap & Insight will have to play 4 of the Top 8 ARs in the game in back-to-back weeks.
Honorable mentions: Kenny (6th), Drazah (7th), Sib (8th), Attach (9th), Diamondcon (10th)
1) Thomas "Scrap" Ernst - Toronto Ultra
Team Record: 13-1 Series Record, 40-11 Map Record, 190 CDL Points (1st)
Next Match: Friday, March 1st vs Seattle Surge at 4:30 pm EST
Best Series of the Year - Major 2 Qualifiers vs Miami Heretics
The Star player for the Ultra popped off against the Spanish in the first series of Major 2 Qualifiers. Scrap finished the series with a 1.46 overall KD, his highest single-series KD of the year. He had 67 kills over three maps played, tying the fourth-highest kill total in a 3-0 in the CDL this season (Fame #1 with 72). Scrap had a 1.30 KD in Hardpoint with 5058 damage, 1.75 KD in SND while going 4-0 in opening duels, and 1.50 KD in Control with 4 ticks captured. In every metric, Scrap destroyed the Miami Heretics.
Advanced Season Stats
Overall
KD: 1.16
Slayer Rating: 87.7
aKD: 1.16
TES: 61.5%
Hardpoint
KD: 1.18
Kills per 10 minutes: 24.7
Hill Time per 10 minutes: 46.6
Damage per 10 minutes: 4833.9
SND
KD: 1.17
Kills per round: 0.83
ADR: 205.7
Opening Duel Win Percentage: 60.0%
Control
KD: 1.13
Kills per 10 minutes: 20.1
Caps per ATK Round: 1.7
Damage per 10 minutes: 4154.7
2) McArthur "Cellium" Jovel - Atlanta FaZe
Team Record: 11-3 Series Record, 37-19 Map Record, 155 CDL Points (2nd)
Next Match: Friday, March 1st vs Minnesota Rokkr at 3:00 pm EST
Best Series of the Year - Major 1 Qualifiers vs OpTic Texas
During the Major 1 Qualifiers, Atlanta FaZe took on the OpTic Texas in the final match of the qualifier. After struggling for two years against OpTic, Atlanta FaZe finally took a series 3-0 to finish the qualifier a perfect 7-0. Cellium led the way with a 1.56 KD over the three maps. He finished 11-2 in the SND (5.50 KD) with 2139 damage and went 33-20 in the Control (1.65 KD) with a 1.78 attacking KD. While this wasn’t the series the Cellium had his highest series KD, it was his most impactful series this season.
Advanced Season Stats
Overall
KD: 1.27
Slayer Rating: 73.8
aKD: 1.33
TES: 64.1%
Hardpoint
KD: 1.13
Kills per 10 minutes: 19.4
Hill Time per 10 minutes: 63.2
Damage per 10 minutes: 3960.2
SND
KD: 1.45
Kills per round: 0.73
ADR: 183.4
Opening Duel Win Percentage: 75.0%
Control
KD: 1.45
Kills per 10 minutes: 18.9
Caps per ATK Round: 1.7
Damage per 10 minutes: 3717.7
3) Jamie "Insight" Craven - Toronto Ultra
Team Record: 13-1 Series Record, 40-11 Map Record, 190 CDL Points (1st)
Next Match: Friday, March 1st vs Seattle Surge at 4:30 pm EST
Best Series of the Year - Major 1 Grand Finals vs Atlanta FaZe
Insight reached another level to his game during the Major 1 Grand Finals against the Atlanta FaZe. The star Main AR finished with a 1.42 series KD, his highest of the season behind 85 kills and just 60 deaths over the five maps. Insight ended the series with a 1.32 KD in Hardpoint with 110 seconds of hill time per game, 2.43 SND KD over two maps, and a 1.19 KD in Control. Jamie was the MVP of the series, carrying the Ultra to a dominant 4-1 victory.
Advanced Season Stats
Overall
KD: 1.08
Slayer Rating: 73.7
aKD: 1.13
TES: 60.8%
Hardpoint
KD: 1.13
Kills per 10 minutes: 20.3
Hill Time per 10 minutes: 87.4
Damage per 10 minutes: 3850.1
SnD
KD: 1.39
Kills per round: 0.78
ADR: 172.4
Opening Duel Win Percentage: 43.8%
Control
KD: 0.93
Kills per 10 minutes: 16.0
Caps per ATK Round: 2.5
Damage per 10 minutes: 3400.0
4) Brandon "Dashy" Otell - OpTic Texas
Team Record: 10-5 Series Record, 35-24 Map Record, 130 CDL Points (3rd)
Next Match: Saturday, March 2nd vs Carolina Royal Ravens at 4:30 pm EST
Best Series of the Year - Major 1 Qualifiers vs Carolina Royal Ravens
After starting the season 2-0 in the Major 1 Qualifiers, OpTic Texas took on Carolina Royal Ravens in what would be a blood bath. Dashy would take over, finishing with a 1.84 overall KD in the series, which is still the highest single-series KD of the season. When this game was played, Dashy set the highest Hardpoint KD with a 2.30 in Map 1 and then the highest SND KD with a 4.00 in Map 2. His teammate Pred finished the Map 3 Control 27-10 (2.70 KD), setting the highest Control KD on the season to date. In what was the most one-sided victory of the season, Dashy was the main component to Texas’ success.
Advanced Season Stats
Overall
KD: 1.07
Slayer Rating: 72.0
aKD: 1.07
TES: 60.0%
Hardpoint
KD: 1.08
Kills per 10 minutes: 20.0
Hill Time per 10 minutes: 99.0
Damage per 10 minutes: 4073.7
SnD
KD: 1.08
Kills per round: 0.69
ADR: 176.7
Opening Duel Win Percentage: 37.0%
Control
KD: 1.06
Kills per 10 minutes: 16.9
Caps per ATK Round: 2.6
Damage per 10 minutes: 3545.4
5) Cesar "Skyz" Bueno - New York Subliners
Team Record: 10-3 Series Record, 31-21 Map Record, 100 CDL Points (4th)
Next Match: Sunday, March 3rd vs Miami Heretics at 3:00 pm EST
Best Series of the Year - Major 2 Qualifiers vs Seattle Surge
After having a Major to forget to begin the season, New York has come with the fire during the Major 2 Qualifiers. The Subliners are now 4-0 after taking down Atlanta FaZe on Sunday and currently hold the 1st seed. Skyz helped the team stomp the Seattle Surge in one of the quickest series of the season. Cesar had a 1.40 KD or better in every single mode. He finished with a 1.69 KD in Hardpoint, 1.40 KD in SND, and 1.56 KD in Control. It was a takeover series for Skyz, as he led the Subliners to an easy 3-0 victory.
Advanced Season Stats
Overall
KD: 1.13
Slayer Rating: 71.8
aKD: 1.14
TES: 61.8%
Hardpoint
KD: 1.12
Kills per 10 minutes: 19.4
Hill Time per 10 minutes: 67.1
Damage per 10 minutes: 3926.2
SnD
KD: 1.18
Kills per round: 0.67
ADR: 181.9
Opening Duel Win Percentage: 63.6%
Control
KD: 1.13
Kills per 10 minutes: 18.4
Caps per ATK Round: 1.6
Damage per 10 minutes: 3687.4
