Name of Obligation League (CDL) franchise Vancouver Surge has moved Kaci ‘Lqgend‘ Sabri to the bench after two weeks of on-line qualifiers.
The previous Halo world champion joined the franchise in November following the conclusion of the 2025 Halo Championship Sequence (HCS) season.
Introduced on December sixteenth, 2025, the transfer follows a disappointing begin to the Name of Obligation: Black Ops 7 season for the franchise. Over two weeks of on-line qualifiers for Main 1, Vancouver Surge sits in twelfth place with three defeats to its identify. The franchise is the one crew to not rating a single map win this season.
As a substitute of competing in Challengers to seek out his toes in Name of Obligation esports, Lqgend jumped straight into the highest tier, hoping to proceed the success from his time representing OpTic Gaming within the HCS.
“Sabri has a excessive ceiling and plenty of upside, and this transfer provides him the time and area to proceed creating with out the strain of quick outcomes,” mentioned Ricky ‘Atura’ Lugo, Normal Supervisor and Head Coach of Vancouver Surge. “We believed in his potential and stay assured in his future.”
On account of the change, Lqgend will compete within the North American Challengers circuit to hone his abilities. Due to his time within the CDL, Lqgend has earned 6,000 Professional Factors, inserting him on the prime of the Challengers leaderboard.
What Subsequent For Vancouver Surge?
With the third week of Main 1 qualifiers going down from January ninth to eleventh, 2026, Vancouver Surge has 4 weeks to recruit a brand new participant to its beginning roster in a bid to attain its first win of the season.
The franchise has but to verify a substitute for Lqgend, who turns into one in every of a number of former Halo gamers competing in Name of Obligation’s second tier. With extra expertise beneath his belt, will probably be fascinating to see if he could make an impression in Name of Obligation’s aggressive circuit.
