Darigan Citadel

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Known as an extremely powerful team since the early days of the Altador Cup, last year Darigan Citadel began to recover from the lull that tends to affect cup-winning teams. They remained fairly strong in side games, and very strong in the all-important game of Yooyuball, throughout the double round-robin. The team struggled slightly in the finals, but still managed to finish the season ranked third.

This year the Citadel looks set to fully re-establish its reputation as a consistent powerhouse - the team has had a large, established fan base since the beginning of the Cup, and it shows: their strong side game play and downright dangerous Yooyuball skill are unlikely to subside any time soon.

Consistency was one of Darigan's strong points throughout much of last year, and it's a debatable point whether their loss in the play-offs was the result of fatigue, or simply the team lacking enough overall Yooyuball punch to level with the top two powerhouses. Either way, the team's finals performance will be a particularly critical factor for them this year.

Team Stats At A Glance

Average Annual Ranking: 4.50
Overall Annual Ranking: 3rd
Fan base: Huge
Sportsmanship: Average
Yooyuball Skill: Excellent
Slushie Slinger Skill: Good
Make Some Noise Skill: Excellent
Shootout Showdown Skill: Low
Overall Skill: Very Good

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Predicted final position: 2nd/18th

Official Chat Groups: The Darigan Headquarters (external link) and DC Minions (external link)

Players

Layton Vickles Name: Layton Vickles
Species: Hissi (Male)
Position: Left Forward
Strengths: Scoring, Running Plays, Quickness
Weaknesses: Strength

Reshar Collifey Name: Reshar Collifey
Species: Jetsam (Male)
Position: Goalkeeper
Strengths: Quickness, Good Hands, Energy
Weaknesses: Inexperience

Tormo Frein Name: Tormo "The Terror" Frein
Species: Bruce (Male)
Position: Right Defender
Strengths: Guarding, Tackling, Tenacity
Weaknesses: Scoring, Passing

Kep Bonnefie Name: Kep Bonnefie
Species: Buzz (Female)
Position: Left Defender
Strengths: Tackling, Stealing the ball, Experience
Weaknesses: Scoring, Strength

Tandrak Shaye Name: Tandrak Shaye
Species: Gelert (Male)
Position: Right Forward
Strengths: Consistency, Passing, Guarding
Weaknesses: Injury-prone, Scoring

History

2006
Runners-up after losing to Haunted Woods in the final, 2,155,935 to 2,189,644.

2007
Ranked 1st with 67 wins, 16 draws and 7 losses overall.

Defeated Roo Island in the finals.

2008
Ranked 7th with 43 wins, 22 draws and 25 losses overall. Got 3rd place in Group 2 in the finals.

2009
Ranked 7th with 72 wins, 20 draws and 28 losses overall. Got 3rd place in Group 2 in the finals, beating Tyrannia.

2010
Ranked 3rd with 87 wins, 31 draws and 34 losses overall. Got 3rd place in Group 1 in the finals, beating Roo Island.

2011
Ranked 6th with 89 wins, 25 draws and 34 losses overall.

Team group picture

Team Song

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