A Chat with David 'Slayda' Pacheco, Echo Fox's Vainglory Pro
By Zac Cameron ·
We're talking different characters, different Esports games, and the beginning of the new Echo Fox roster.
At the Echo Fox Roster Day event, back in January of this year, Twin Galaxies took the opportunity to sit down with David “Slayda” Pacheco, Echo Fox’s Vainglory Pro Player that they will be building their future roster around. With the news that Vainglory will soon be starting up their 5v5 Pro League later this year, we wanted to revisit what Slayda had to say about the game, the team, and his future hopes for his Esports career.
“At a BBQ,” Slayda quips when asked how he got into Vainglory. “Someone introduced me to the game, played it, and pretty much got hooked on it.”
Slayda was previously on another team with a friend that was quite successful, enough so that they caught the eye of Echo Fox who acquired the team. Slayda then went on to explain what set Vainglory apart from other mobile MOBA style games, stating that “The one thing I think that’s unique about it is the interface, the feel of the game, it runs smoothly.” He went on to elaborate, “its touchscreen, and most of the other games out there have a control within the touchscreen and it feels weird. VG is pure touchscreen.”
“My best character would be Ardan, but my favourite character would have to be Lance, I love his mobility, just the stuff he can jump over, his utility, just his kit, his kit is amazing.” We asked Slayda to elaborate on why he considers Ardan his best, if Lance if his favourite, and he graciously explained his thoughts on why Ardan is such a to pick, “The reason why he’s the best is that he helps out a specific player more, so if you’re going for a hyper-carry game with a laner or jungler, you can pretty much just Vanguard (An ability of Ardan’s) them, and that will give them a barrier, and they’re pretty much semi-unkillable. If you then land a Gauntlet (Ardan’s Ultimate) correctly, it’ll just pretty much be set. If you have a lead, and you have Ardan, you should just pretty much steamroll the game.”
“I play Madden here and there, I play Fortnite, I play a bunch of different Call of Duty’s, all the games that pretty much Echo Fox is a part of.” Slayda is the first player on the Echo Fox Vainglory roster, while they did have other teams, those players have since left or been released from the organisation. “At the moment I am the only player, there was a roster last season but, I was a part of that roster, but the roster at the moment isn’t set. I will be a part of the next roster, but hopefully it works out better (than previously).”
We don’t yet know who will be joining Slayda on Echo Fox, but if we’ve learned anything from our chat with his, they better be willing to put in the work to keep up. With the Vainglory Premier League starting up later this year, Slayda and Echo Fox will be looking to build the foundations of another excellent Esports roster.
Slayda wasn’t the only Echo Fox roster Twin Galaxies sat down with on their roster day, check out our chat with the Gears of War Team as they also prepared for the coming season.