#11 aBeZy: Top 20 Players of Black Ops 7

The #11 player of the Black Ops 7 season is LA Thieves superstar SMG, Tyler "aBeZy" Pharris.

aBeZy's Black Ops 7 was a study in delayed gratification. A shaky start alongside a superteam that looked good on paper but was slow to gel gave way to one of the best midseason stretches of his career, a Major title, a runner-up finish, and a bronze-medal run at EWC. What never came, for the third straight year, was a deep run at Champs, the one result that continues to elude him no matter the roster around him.

Season Review

The offseason following Black Ops 6 reshaped two rosters at once. aBeZy left FaZe after a run dating back to 2019, ending his partnership with McArthur "Cellium" Jovel and Chris "Simp" Lehr, while LA Thieves rebuilt entirely around Thomas "Scrap" Ernst and Paco "HyDra" Rusiewiez following a rough finish the year before. The Thieves landed two World Champions in the process, signing Kenneth "Kenny" Williams at AR and aBeZy at SMG, assembling a roster many pegged as a genuine rival to OpTic heading into the year.

Things didn't click right away. At the Monster Energy Kickoff Invitational, LA picked up wins over amateur competition (a 3-2 series win over Bush and a 3-0 sweep of Team WaR) but were swept by both Orgless (Paris) and G2 Minnesota. Kaysan's Showdown VIII wasn't much better, with LA finishing 3rd after losses to Paris (1-3) and OpTic Texas (1-3). It was a rocky launch for a team many expected to contend immediately, and by the end of the preseason, LA looked more like the league's 3rd-best team than a true title threat.

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That uneven form carried into the Major I Qualifiers, where LA finished 4-3 with a 14-13 map count, just enough for the 5th seed. The results were genuinely puzzling: wins over FaZe (3-0) and OpTic (3-1) sat right alongside losses to Carolina Royal Ravens (2-3) and Paris (0-3), hardly the resume of a convincing contender. With pressure mounting for the roster to figure things out quickly, LA opened the Major with a 3-0 win over Carolina, only to drop back-to-back matches to Paris (0-3) and Vegas (0-3), eliminating them in Top 6. aBeZy was excellent in SND throughout the event regardless, posting a team-high 1.41 K/D with 0.96 kills per round and multi-kills in 32% of his rounds. Not long after, LA made a change, benching Kenny in favor of rookie Jeremiah "Nium" Harrison out of the Huntsmen.

The swap paid immediate dividends, with Nium injecting fresh energy into the roster during the Major II Qualifiers, even if LA still couldn't quite topple the league's best. They finished 7-4 with a 26-17 map count for the 3rd seed, with losses to FaZe Vegas (2-3), OpTic Texas (1-3), and Riyadh Falcons (0-3) leaving plenty of homework. The rebuilt roster's LAN debut opened rough as well, falling 2-3 to FaZe Vegas in Round 1 and dropping to the Lower Bracket. LA answered with wins over Miami Heretics (3-0) and G2 Minnesota (3-1), before falling to Toronto KOI 0-3, closing the event in 4th, a finish that still left plenty of room to grow in the second half of the season.

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Stage III arrived alongside a new meta shift, and LA turned in another decent qualifier, finishing 3-2 for the 3rd seed. They also won the stage's opening Minor during qualifying, beating Minnesota (3-0), Texas (3-2), and Miami (4-2) in the Grand Final. aBeZy thrived in that online stretch, leading the team with a 1.06 overall K/D and a scorching 1.39 K/D in SND with 0.89 kills per round; the new meta seemed tailor-made for his game. Now it was time to prove that success would carry over to LAN. At the Major, LA went unblemished through Pool Play, beating The Pit (3-1) and Boston Breach (3-0) to escape Pool C. FaZe Vegas continued to be a thorn in their side, beating LA 3-2 to send them into the Lower Bracket to open the Playoffs. LA responded with one of the best runs of the season, beating Minnesota (3-1), Riyadh Falcons (3-0), FaZe Vegas (3-1), and Toronto (3-0) on the way to the Grand Final, where they outlasted OpTic Texas 4-3 in a seven-map classic. It marked aBeZy's first championship with the Thieves, and he led the team with a 1.10 overall K/D, a 1.14 Hardpoint K/D, and a 91.0 Slayer Rating.

LA carried that momentum straight through the Major IV Qualifiers, going a perfect 5-0 with a 15-7 map count, and won the stage's Minor as well, beating Minnesota (3-0), FaZe Vegas (3-0), and OpTic Texas (4-2) to become the first team to win two Minors in a single season. aBeZy stayed red-hot through the online grind, posting a 1.09 K/D and leading the league with a 1.48 SND K/D, adding 0.91 kills per round and 3 clutches. Chasing a second straight Major title, LA opened by sweeping Carolina Royal Ravens 3-0, got revenge on FaZe Vegas with a 3-2 win in Winners Round 2, and swept OpTic Texas 3-0 in the Winners Final to punch into the Grand Final. OpTic flipped the script there, though, winning a seven-map thriller 4-3 to claim their first Major title and send aBeZy and LA to a runner-up finish heading into Champs. The star SMG kept producing at the event regardless, posting a 1.05 overall K/D, a 96.0 Slayer Rating, and a 1.21 Overload K/D with 7 goals scored.

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Scrap and HyDra had come up short at Champs the year prior, and aBeZy's arrival was supposed to be the missing piece to finally break through. Instead, the story repeated itself. LA fell 1-3 to Riyadh Falcons and 2-3 to Minnesota, eliminated Top 8 at the year's biggest event, marking three consecutive disappointing Champs finishes for aBeZy dating back to Top 6 results in both Black Ops 6 and Modern Warfare 3.

LA needed a strong showing at EWC to validate the season, competing under the 100 Thieves banner with real pressure attached. They opened clean, beating Boston (3-0) and OpTic (3-2) to reach the playoffs. In the Quarterfinals, 100 Thieves swept Movistar KOI 4-0 and looked like the team to beat entering the Semifinals, but that run ended there, falling 3-4 to OpTic Gaming and dropping to the Bronze Medal match. After a slow start, 100 Thieves rallied to win 4-3, closing the year with a 3rd-place finish, a result that felt like a fitting send-off for yet another iteration of the LA Thieves roster.

How Good Was aBeZy in 2026?

Hardpoint

After bouts of struggle in the mode the year prior, aBeZy turned in a strong Hardpoint season. He finished with a 1.05 K/D, adding 25.1 kills per 10 minutes, 3,066 damage per 10 minutes, and 64.8 seconds of hill time per 10 minutes. That level held steady on LAN, where he posted a 1.03 K/D on the year. He also stayed heavily involved on the objective for an SMG, logging 12 Hardpoint maps with 100-plus seconds of hill time, tied for 2nd-most among SMGs in Black Ops 7. He finished with a positive K/D in 61.9% of his Hardpoints, the 10th-best mark in the league, and LA went a staggering 49-11 (81.7%) in maps where he played positive. A steady, veteran-level performance from the SMG.

Search & Destroy

aBeZy has carried a reputation as an SND standout for as long as he's played Call of Duty, and this season did nothing to change that. He posted a 1.05 K/D in the mode with 0.71 kills per round, though he did struggle to win opening duels, finishing at just a 40.8% rate. His numbers jumped once the MPC meta took hold, climbing to a 1.12 K/D from that point forward. He was especially strong against two of the league's top teams all year, posting a 1.12 K/D and 0.76 kills per round against OpTic Texas, and a 1.05 K/D and 0.72 kills per round against FaZe Vegas.

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Overload

aBeZy built his reputation as an elite Control player in prior titles, so the question entering the year was how that would translate to Overload. The answer was solidly above average, with a 1.00 K/D, 23.8 kills per 10 minutes, and 2,936 damage per 10 minutes, adding 61 goals and a team-high 22 saves. Those numbers rose further on LAN, climbing to a 1.03 K/D and 24.2 kills per 10 minutes.

A Look Ahead to Modern Warfare IV

aBeZy's situation heading into the offseason sits on uneven ground. He remains under contract with LA, but persistent rumors suggest that if Scrap and HyDra return, aBeZy won't be part of the picture. That leaves Tyler waiting on their decision before learning whether LA rebuilds without him or he finds a new home for next season.

Whatever happens, the back half of this season made clear that aBeZy still has plenty left in the tank, and he should be a hot commodity in either scenario.