Category:Team: Bonded Fates

The Bonded Fates is a professional championship Squad Mates team. Led by Anya Novak, they are a team composed of members from multiple different nationalities and ethnicities. This is by design, as Anya wants to use the Bonded Fates to stick it to the purists in the Dragon Protectorate who harbor any beliefs that their people is inherently superior to another people. While this mainly targets Dragonians, it applies to anyone with the same mindset. The team has 8 members on it's general active roster however there are about a dozen in the reserves that can be swapped out as needed.

Running a team of this caliber has proven a challenge as there is some level of distrust between the two Lushanean members and the others, mainly the Dragonians on the team. It was never anything major, it was subtle however not enough to hide from Anya's notice. Over time, the team bonded into a coherent unit that overcame teams that should have, by any other right, bested them. Anya holds the team up as a home for those who want to play on a competitive championship level but can't get placed into a team either due to their being none available or because they're rejected due to things other than skill.

The Bonded Fates frequent lower levels of Squad Mates more often than they do the Championship Circuit. They are a Championship registered team and they perform well enough to play in the circuit however they only play in them when the members want to. The Bonded Fates spend most of their time in ranked leagues just building up their teams points. This is also where they seem to find the most balanced games for their members.

The team has a unique way of scouting prospective members. Outside of Anya hand picking members, when the team puts someone up for possible membership or to move them from the reserve roster to active they will set up unofficial games and have that prospective member work with a subset of Bonded Fates members. They will then use this to determine how well that player meshes with the rest of the team. Anya believes performance and camaraderie trump numbers and lineage any day of the week.

The Bonded Fates team uses pretty standard equipment that enables good performance on the field with acceptable cost.

League Performance
The Bonded Fates are an above average team in respect to their performance. They are not the best team on the field but their cohesion as a unit sees them through quite a few situations that analysts state they should lose for one reason or another. The Bonded Fates perform very well in most scenarios but seem to struggle a little bit in Annihilation game modes as teams at the championship level tend to be better shooters. If possible, the Bonded Fates stick to game modes where winning isn't based solely on killing the enemy team.

Team Tactics
The Bonded Fates is a general combat team. This means that they are more or less adept at all battlefield strategies. They will go toe to toe with other units, fight over and secure objectives, lay ambushes, run interference, perform subterfuge or whatever else needs done. Because of that, they are often hard to predict on the field as they don't necessarily follow one strategy as most teams tend to do. This is right out of Anya's playbook of mimicking the AcDragonian military combat style of being ultra flexible on the field while not being specialized in any one particular direction. This allows for the Bonded Fates to match and repel almost any style their opponents come up against. Their training reflects this.

Team Strengths
The main strength of the Bonded Fates is their ultra adaptable combat style. They are able to change strategies on the fly to match opponents and counter or repel them. This is due to their consistent training regimen that was taken right out of the AcDragonian military's playbook.

Another strength is their cohesion as a team. Due to the nature of the Bonded Fates, the team members are tightly knit bringing multiple different viewpoints and ways of thinking to the team and the field. Being able to use these differences, it prevents the team from becoming stagnant. Overcoming trials and differences also strengthen the team; leaving them with incredibly high morale.

Team Weaknesses
The team lacks somewhat in shooting skills. While they drill constantly on battle tactics, they don't get as much time on the range as some other teams. Because of this there are sometimes noticeable gaps in skill between members. The Bonded Fates tend to stay on objectives and shy away from situations that involve a stand up fire fight. They also tend to avoid the Annihilation game mode.

Since the team is the strength, picking off members of the team can cause their cohesion to waver and possibly shatter. The team can become substantially weaker as members are taken out.