Bladez was one of the best players in this season, due to his premerged game as well as his merged game. At the start, Bladez found himself in a very good position on all ends, with both the females and males tribe liking him. Players such as Luca and Seth saw him as shady, but hesitated to take any shots as no shots were presented to them to due so due to the tribes physically dominant performances. During a tribe swap, Bladez found himself in a good position with Luca and Thomas both being on his tribe, as well as the amazing performances in the challenges his tribe had. This kept him safe from attending any tribal councils the entire premerged stage of the game. Bladez never had any real chances to take any one out during this part of the game, but his eyes were on Luca had the tribe lost due to a shaky relationship the two had prior to the swap. At the merge, all bets were off when Bladez quickly pushed himself into the alliance of James, Lala, and Ethan, which helped him stay in a solid voting bloc that kept him protected. Bladez was also valued on the other side of the merge, as the females saw him as a number they thought they could pull in. After exposing himself for being with James, Lala, and Ethan, players such as Thomas and Slaylah began to get pissed off that Bladez was doing so well, and voted him during the tribal where they drew rocks, to send a message to him as well as to keep him safe in case the vote did go to a deadlock. After this, Bladez once again socially maneuvered his way back into a decent position on his tribe, and was finally able to conquer the demon to his game that was Slaylah. After a surprise double tribal took the merged members by a storm, Bladez went to work and tried to pull of what would've been one of the biggest blindsides of the game, by taking down Ethan. This plan was set to work perfectly, as he got his alliance to split the votes, and had both Thomas and Cher asking him to vote with them. But, due to a miscommunication with Thomas as well as Thomas's relationship with Ethan, the plan was foiled and it left Bladez in a position that should've had him sent home next. After this mess, Bladez went to work and placed himself back into the four that he had before, showing how socially dominant he was. At the final four, many jurors saw Bladez as the most viable option to give the win to, as he not only was very kind to the jury and gave them chances to save their game, but he also did amazing strategically. When he wasn't able to win the final immunity, Bladez was taken out as many knew he was well respected by the juror. Some could say Bladez's downfall was not trying to go against his alliance earlier, but this wouldn't have benefited him due to how close the other side really was.