Hot off a victory at DreamHack Winter, Misfits announced a shocking deal with Luminosity and Rogue. All three teams will be trading players, with TviQ, Reinforce, Zave, and Manneten joining Misfits. While Misfits won the last two LANs they participated in, they’ve been plagued with constant roster changes and not-so-secret internal turmoil. Still, many believe the new Misfits to be a strong contender with this new-look team. I sat down with Nevix—the man of many roles at Misfits — to discuss the new roster and what to expect moving forward.

Everyone knows about the changes to Misfits/Rogue/Luminosity now, but no one really knows why they happened. There’s a lot of speculation; is there a reason Misfits specifically went through with the change?

So, as most people know, we haven’t stayed with the same lineup for a very long time. In every major tournament win we had some changes.

Actually, going into DreamHack Winter, it felt like we were in a really bad spot. We lost most of our scrims and did not agree with each other as far as what compositions we should play or who should play what hero. Zebbosai and TviQ played together for Team Sweden at BlizzCon and they both really liked the atmosphere in a full Swedish lineup.

With that in mind, do you think the discord in the team was the reason we ended up seeing a triple DPS lineup? I did hear you guys didn’t even think it would work from Zebbosai!

Well, we knew we couldn’t win using the triple tank setup. So we decided that we will just put SoOn on Tracer and Hidan on Zenyatta as comfort picks. Zebbosai and I flexed into that. Even though running a Genji and Widowmaker into 3+ tanks might not be optimal, we made it work.

Going back to what you said about a Swedish lineup, do you think the atmosphere will personally be better? Will communicating with people of the same background be easier/more effective?

I can only see positive things with a Swedish lineup.

With TviQ coming in and 4 people who could potentially play DPS, do you have any idea what the roles will end up being? You and TviQ seem to play a similar role currently, but obviously you’ve played off-tank, DPS, and support so far.

TviQ and Manneten will play DPS, Zebbosai will flex, Reinforce will tank, and Zave and I will be playing supports. I think the flexibility of this roster will help us a lot moving forward and keep us up with the meta.

And you’re comfortable stepping out of the spotlight, so to speak? A lot of people would argue you’re one of the best and most flexible DPS players in the world.

In my opinion, every role can do “flashy plays,” even though it doesn’t always show in the kill feed. I want to see myself as a strong all-around player, maybe not the best at any specific hero. I will go back to support with a lot of knowledge of what a DPS/tank wants at crucial moments, so I can make the difference.

In your honest opinion, do you think all three teams are improved with this trade? Is it too early to tell who benefits most?

On paper, it feels like none of the teams lost potential. Communication and understanding should be improved for Misfits and Rogue. We’ll see!

Have you spoken with your old teammates since the deal? Was there anything specific you said to them?

I’ve spoken very little with them. I know some were more hyped about this trade than others, but I wish them all the best in their new teams!