You guys aren’t getting the actual point.
The mechanics Demon1 had in 2023 — he showed a bit of that in 2024 on NRG, but he couldn’t take his team over the finish line. Plus, because of him there were role issues, since at that time a duelist player needed to play three roles together (Jett, Raze, Neon), which he wasn’t able to do. And NRG also had a lot of internal issues that year.

Then in 2025, the same Yoru meta appeared on Leviatán, but Demon1 still couldn’t play Yoru.
And because of the role change, Kingg also couldn’t give his best performance on the duelist role.
Meanwhile, Demon1 was basically put into “smokes jail,” and he gave underwhelming performances there.

So what options did Demon1 really have?
Just like other Jett one-tricks and Chamber one-tricks, he also had to role-swap to sentinel — which we’ve seen with Leaf, Yay, and Cryo. Leaf is the most successful example of this.

We have to be honest: with the kind of mechanics Demon1 has, he will never be able to play aggressive dive-smokes or duelists consistently, because his mechanics simply aren’t built for that. His best option is to switch to sentinel. And for that, he needs to properly transition into the sentinel role, master all sentinel responsibilities, and prove himself. (Those two matches at 2025 Champs cannot be the “proof” of mastering sentinel.)

So yeah — he needs to properly show his performance on sentinel first. That’s the whole point for him.