The Charmflashes have one of the most volatile line-ups I have ever seen, spending their first 3 picks on 2 SCL starters and Star to give them an extremely strong start, then leaving many of the rest of their picks with high variance. For example, the 3rd SS player GoldCat is also a seasonal farmer similar to zS, but he is still unproven in team tournaments such as this one. Highways doesn’t have much NU experience, leaving many questions to whether he’ll perform. Frankly, most of the team slots on this team are mediocre or just unproven, without a huge breakout performance to put them into the top echelon of play. NHelioX7, Void, Roseybear, and Ika Ika Musume in particular come to mind when I say this.
However, there are extreme positives to this team. Roseybear was one of the better ADV NU players last year in NUPL, going 3-2 overall and bringing very creative teams. Diophantine is also a very proven GSC player, and although he doesn’t main GSC NU, he’s expected to go positive at the very least despite his shaky start. Star is one of the best players on Smogon, so he’s expected to do well, and Ho3nConfirmed has traditionally done very well in the NU tournaments, even going 5-4 in SCL. Xiri is back to SM which he is arguably more comfortable with, and he’s expected to be one of the best in this pool with his prior experience in the tier. Although this team shows massive potential, it's up to the later picks to carry their weight for them to make the playoffs and succeed, and there’s a lot of pressure on these earlier picks to perform at their usual levels.