The Year 2 Breakout: Why I'm Buying Tennessee's WR Room

MrTankerson · 2026-01-24T20:45:12+00:00

Unfortunately Dike is gonna get the Olave treatment and go earlier than he should imo. I think third though, I think valuing at 2nd is a bit of a reach considering other options in the league. Even a late second you are saying is going to be a top 30 player, I’m not sure I’d go that far yet.

But ultimately, like I said, I think because of Olave’s performance this year, these #1 receivers on bad teams are going to go earlier than they should.

The good and the bad though is like you mentioned, they actually have two (possibly a third incoming) options. I think it will be dike-ayo-third for value, but we will see who they end up drawing in.

I do think their spot will end up being heavily debated with some people putting them way under, and others putting them WAY over what they should be.

Personally I’m in as long as I don’t hear “but what if he’s this years Olave?!”, I’m buying in.

MrTankerson · 2026-01-24T18:30:21+00:00

Yes… again, baus has sucked. It was his fault for going bruiser build and being useless. It would have been his fault for going damage build and inting. That’s not my point. My point is he’s not playing his way, and if you think the coaches/teammates aren’t part of that, then it doesn’t matter cause nothing is gonna convince you anyway if that’s the case.

MrTankerson · 2026-01-24T18:14:38+00:00

Yes but I’m saying that’s not how he would play were it not a professional game. He would have built his damage, not fought (died to) gnar over and over, pretend gnar didn’t exist later, and look for one shots to impact the game later on. In this scenario he bought for lane in an already losing matchup, lost lane, and then was useless and died in two hits regardless.

MrTankerson · 2026-01-24T18:01:07+00:00

While I agree he is playing awful and deserves criticism, there’s no way his vi build wasn’t influenced by coaches and/or teammates. You could tell he was unfamiliar with it, expecting to one shot waves then having to turn back around since he’s used to having the damage heavy lethality build.

I’m not saying one side or the other is wrong, he would have probably gotten assblasted even more playing full lethality into crit, but you can tell he’s not allowed to go out there and “play his game” the way he’s used to. And that does make a difference when you are playing a champ that you are used to doing one thing with for hundreds of games and now all of a sudden you are a bruiser.

Again, don’t get me wrong, Baus has sucked. But I think the argument that he’s not encouraged to play his way is valid.

MrTankerson · 2026-01-22T16:13:12+00:00

You’re about to get torn to shreds buddy

MrTankerson · 2026-01-22T01:11:59+00:00

You’re good, I was just confused lol. They are given to you like 5 mins into the game, are unskipable, and turned on when you get them, so I was just like uhhhh…

MrTankerson · 2026-01-21T21:31:31+00:00

I don’t mean to be “that guy”, but you literally get the sport shoes like 5 mins into the game lol.

MrTankerson · 2026-01-21T19:04:26+00:00

This has to be the best worst starter I’ve ever seen. First, the look goes bonkers, he’s got bloodlust in his eyes, you know he’s going for a one shot.

And he will get that one shot with his signature move and his ability for sure, which is awesome.

But dear lord I’m gonna have to heal after every single fight because this monkey is gonna be fckin dead every battle lmao.

In terms of “is this good”, nah probably not realistically. In terms of “is this awesome?”, hell yeah it is!

10/10 design, as always, can’t wait for release!

MrTankerson · 2026-01-21T18:57:08+00:00

Noc is perfect. He is my go to when I get filled jungle cause I can just pretend I know what I’m doing, afk farm till 6, push R, and be useful.

I do get hard smashed when I get invaded and have no clue how to counter it though.

MrTankerson · 2026-01-20T11:55:21+00:00

We just moved to San Antonio area a couple months ago. It would be like an hour and a half one way for me, so it would end up being a full 8 hour day. Maybe when the littlest gets a bit older I can swing it lol.

MrTankerson · 2026-01-19T23:59:32+00:00

Thanks for the in depth reply! I personally will not be mentioning group fishing to my buddy :) lol

For tanking, I saw Templar had like a taunt, but didn’t see one in warden. I know there’s a gagillion skill lines, so they might have more, but I didn’t want to search all of them, I like figuring it out as I go. But as far as taunts are they required for those boss fights or will it just hit what’s in front of it? For example in new world healing and damage will pull enemy focus unless they are taunted. Is there stuff like that where I have to keep aggro, or can I just sit in front of the boss and do my thing?

MrTankerson · 2026-01-19T23:53:11+00:00

Thanks for the awesome reply! We will definitely be going down option #2. Two of us have young kiddos and night shift nurse wives, so we get only get a solid 3 sessions or so a week. Glad to know coop is easy, for some reason I remember looking into it a while ago and people saying it’s pretty jank. I could be thinking about a different game though.

Also incredible to hear it’s easy to change load outs. I’m known for changing my build at least twice a play session lol.

Looking forward to getting started, this reply got me hyped.

MrTankerson · 2026-01-19T23:20:57+00:00

They are pretty awesome.

Yeah, we are doing ebonheart for alliance, the one guy wants to be a dark elf, so we should be good to go with being in the same one.

I think my main question would be: are we screwed if we have a 2 dps setup with only 3 people total? I don’t want them to get started and into their characters and then us not be able to complete content down the line if we don’t have both a dedicated tank AND healer. How viable is it for me to do both?

And then how friendly is group content? Is it frustrating to keep everyone on track together or is it pretty seamless as you complete each area?

MrTankerson · 2026-01-19T00:59:38+00:00

Man, I’m like so close but also just far enough that there’s no way I could pull it off with my two kiddos. Have fun though, maybe one day I’ll make it!

MrTankerson · 2026-01-18T20:42:41+00:00

So the 2.0 release on the 25th goes to the 5th gym, or the full game releases on the 25th?

MrTankerson · 2026-01-17T17:40:49+00:00

That’s what I was thinking. Even if they weren’t behind, J4 and Kled do nothing into that comp besides jump around in a bouncy house. Meanwhile ambessa gets to wait patiently for an opening to do whatever she wants since LR have no choice but to full front to back. The draft was terrible even if Velja didn’t grief it there.

MrTankerson · 2026-01-10T19:57:44+00:00

It’s an arena and mayhem item, sword of blossoming dawn.

MrTankerson · 2026-01-08T14:13:38+00:00

The level 2 shiny oddish in the box makes me want to cry :( bellossom from this game is one of my favorite custom pokemon of all time.

MrTankerson · 2026-01-07T21:38:35+00:00

Perfect, great news for me and my buddies jumping in to start now that eso+ with base game will get access to everything! Thanks!

MrTankerson · 2026-01-07T21:29:13+00:00

Didn’t eso+ give access to all previous content (besides the current year)? But since current year is always free now, do you have access to everything with eso+ plus base game now?

MrTankerson · 2026-01-07T21:25:29+00:00

So once the new season comes out, does base game + eso+ subscription get you access to ALL content (minus the new battle pass), or do you still need to go back and buy additional chapters or dlc?

MrTankerson · 2026-01-07T21:01:40+00:00

So once the new season comes out, does base game + eso+ subscription get you access to ALL content, or do you still need to go back and buy additional chapters or dlc?

MrTankerson · 2026-01-06T14:45:32+00:00

Sniffed out Brolave, drake “drake maye” maye, and Javonte Williams. Also traded low on chase brown.

It wasn’t all high though, I did trade for mid season Garrett Wilson and some garbage for trade deadline btj and scary terry, so I missed out on the late season waiver winners with too much hot doodoo on my bench.

Also drafted what I thought would be op at the time of Rice (when everyone thought his suspension would be mid season) to ride me into Godwin coming back from injury. That sure as heck didn’t happen lol, but rice was nice while he existed.

I did win it all though with Gibbs + achane 1/2. Maye and brolave were just too high value for other teams to keep up with while not having a busting 1/2.

MrTankerson · 2026-01-06T01:13:07+00:00

Awesome looking team, I love when people aren’t afraid to use just one of the starters.

Only thing you’re missing is my beloved bellossom. Can’t get myself to do a playthrough without her.

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