Top 20 Players of MW3: #17 Attach

The #17 player of the Modern Warfare 3 season brought to you by House Bet is Mr. Piece of the Pie, Dillon “Attach” Price.

After a lackluster season in 2023, Attach came back with a vengeance. Las Vegas brought in the veteran to anchor the roster and be the slaying AR. Dillon led the team in numerous categories, including overall KD (1.10) and NTK% (74.1%). He was the only player with a positive SND KD (1.16) and was positive in all three modes. The pace he played at was higher than in years past, which made him play better consistently in a high-slaying roster. 

Season Review

With a rocky 2023 campaign in the CDL, the Legion revamped their starting roster going in Modern Warfare 3. The franchise failed to qualify for Champs in MW2, reaching a high of Top 6 during Major 1 & 3, but finished 9th in the overall standings. With big names on the previous roster in James “Clayster” Eubanks and Donovan “Temp” Laroda, the team aimed for the best results. This led to a full rebuild mode in a quest to finally qualify for CoD Champs for the first time in the CDL era.

The 2024 season would start slowly for the Legion, as the team would finish 1-6 in the opening qualifiers to finish 12th heading into Major 1. Attach & Co were able to keep multiple matches close, taking Texas & Carolina to game 5s, the team didn’t have the ice to finish off the wins. This relegated them to start in the Lower Bracket at the Major, but Las Vegas took advantage of Miami going winless on LAN, beating them 3-0 in their first match to move on. Unfortunately, their lack of map 5 ice caught up to them again as they would fall 2-3 to LAG to finish Top 8.

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After scoring just 25 CDL points in the first stage of the season, Las Vegas decided to make a change in the starting roster. Rookie Evan “Purj” Perez and Eli “Standy” Bentz underperformed, but the Legion took another chance on Purj. They would move Purj into the SMG position with Dylan "Nero" Koch while signing rookie Giovanni “Gio” Webster to be the fast-paced AR to duo with Attach. This move instantly sparked, showing flashes of potential that they could be a top 6 team. They’d finish 5-2 in the qualifiers for Major 2, securing the 5th seed and their first Upper Bracket start for the first time. Sadly, it wouldn’t translate to LAN. They fall in back-to-back matches against Toronto & Carolina to finish Top 8 yet again.

With back-to-back Top 8 finishes, the starting roster would take another twist after the midseason break. Obaid “Asim” Asim joined the squad after achieving challenger’s success with FaZe Black. He would take the place of Purj, but not for long. The squad struggled with Asim on the team, and they’d end up bringing in ex-Paris Legion player Giancarlos “oJohnny” Carrasco. Ultimately, the slow start to the start was too much to overcome. The team would finish 2-5 in the qualifiers and be forced to start in the Lower Bracket at Major 3. Their run would be short-lived, as a loss to Miami 2-3 cemented the Top 12 finish & 0 CDL points.

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Now, with the final roster complete, the Legion would have to score a good haul of points in the final stage if they wished to qualify for Champs. With the failures at Major 2 & Major 3 when points were on the team, it put the team in a difficult spot. During the final qualifier, the team showed plenty of promise. Vegas would take down New York 3-0 and Texas 3-2, leading to a 4-3 record and an Upper Bracket start at Major 4.

After a successful qualifier, the pressure was on to obtain a good result at the Major. The Legion would drop the first match of the bracket to Seattle 2-3, dropping the team down to the Lower Bracket early. With a sweep over the Breach, it looked like there was a small possibility of a run, but that door was slammed shut by New York. The 1-3 loss to the Subliners cemented the Legion into 9th on the season standing & officially eliminated the squad from Champs. With a point total of 165 CDL points on the year, they ended 20 points below Miami in 8th. It was another year of watching the biggest tournament of the season from home.

How good was Attach in 2024?

Hardpoint

In the year, Vegas was a sneaky good Hardpoint team. Attach thrived with his AR duo, Gio, as he finished the season with a 1.08 KD in the game mode. Dillon added per 10-minute stats of 21.0 kills, 53.6 seconds of hill time, and 4091 damage. He improved on LAN as well, ending with a 1.10 KD at the Majors. Overall, he finished with a positive KD in 62.1% of his Hardpoints played, ranking 12th in the Hardpoint Cellium Index. When he didn’t go positive, the team was 4-18, while they were 26-10 when he did go positive. Overall, great season for Attach in Hardpoint.

Behind Attach’s resurgence in the mode, the team thrived. They finished with a 30-28 record overall, ranking 5th in the CDL. They were 4th in Hold percentage (75.3%) and 5th in Break percentage (25.2%). They started the series off fast, having a 22-15 record in map 1s with a +17.6 average margin. Las Vegas were also better on LAN, sitting at 9-6 at Majors while 21-22 in the qualifiers.

Search & Destroy

A major reason for Attach’s spot on the ranking comes from his performance in Search & Destroy. The Main AR was the only player on Vegas to end with a KD above 0.98 in the mode. Attach had a 1.16 KD while adding 0.74 kills per round, 178.9 ADR, and an opening duel win rate of 57.3%. Dillon tied for 3rd place in clutches as well, ending with 13 total clutches with six 1v1, five 1v2, and two 1v3 wins. On pure output numbers, Attach ended with 12 maps with over 2,000 damage dealt and 7 maps with double-digit kills. While the rest of the team struggled in Search, Attach was able to put up great numbers.

Control

Much like Hardpoint, Control was a strong respawn mode for Attach. Dillon ended the year with a team-high 1.10 KD in the game mode. The per 10-minutes data was strong as well, adding 18.5 kills & 3865 damage per 10-minutes played. On the defending side, Attach had the 2nd highest defending KD in the CDL at 1.36. When looking at LANs, Attach improved there. At the Majors, Dillon had a 1.13 KD in Control while adding a 1.40 defending KD, 79.9% NTK%, and 244.2 damage per life. In all three modes, Attach was able to produce for the Las Vegas Legion.

The team had moments in Control on the year but, ultimately, slightly underperformed. They finished 17-20 overall and 11-6 in round 5s on the season. Ranking 12th on the attacking side (19-60) and 6th on defense (52-26) shows where the weakness was. On the positive side, Legion finished the year on a 4-map winning streak and was 6-3 on LAN.

A look ahead to Black Ops 6

With the season coming to an end after the Esports World Cup, the Legion is expected to allow its players to explore their options. This raises many questions about the future of Attach. Retirement shouldn’t be in the cards unless Attach wants to go down that path, as he was able to produce one of his best seasons individually in the CDL era. This should make him a highly attractive option next season.

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The top four teams look out of the cards, but that still leads to many options for franchises that qualified for Champs this season. With rostermania surely going to be underway in just a few weeks, it’ll be interesting to see if Attach joins an already-made team or if he goes down the path of building his own. Legion will be in the cards, but the question is who would return.

One thing is for certain: Attach plays very well in Treyarch's historical titles and should be in a great position to build on his Modern Warfare 3 form.

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