The Call of Duty League has now wrapped up its final weekend of qualifier matches for the stage one Major and the results could not be further from what everyone expected. This is the first qualifier in the history of the CDL to have a massive meta-shift in the middle of it as the M4 was booted out and replaced by the TAQ. The change proved to be the turning point for some teams and the downfall of others, leaving multiple squads in the middle of the pack at 2-2.
Only the Toronto Ultra and Minnesota RØKKR managed to escape the dreaded 2-2 curse by going 3-1 to finish with a tie at the top. The New York Subliners have finally started looking like a team, the London Royal Ravens took a nose dive in performance, and the Vegas Legion broke its 16-game losing streak to usher in a new year. Here is a breakdown of four of the main takeaways from the final online qualifier matches before the first LAN event.