Top 5 Duelists rn (RESONABLE HUMANS COME)

To get our mind off all these awful CS threads, here's a non-bait val one. The following are my personal choices, I'd love to hear who you think and why. Another disclaimer: I'm counting Chamber players who were formerally duelists as duelists. This means I'm not counting Chronicle even though he's definitely an insane player, but I am counting Yay for example.

1. Yay. I don't think I need to justify him that much. He's an insane fragger with ridiculous peaks, is probably the most consistent duelist worldwide, and just fragged Optic to a victory in Reykjavik.

2. Derke. It's a massive shame we couldn't see him on LAN but he's looked like an absolute animal ever since his slump mid last year. He performed insanely well in Champions, and in EMEA quals he was probably the best player on any team. Super excited to see him at next masters (fnatic too good to jinx dw about it)

3. Scream. Just look at his Masters performance. I know he plays plenty of other roles, but even on Sage or Kayo, he plays like he's on a duelist. His mechanics are probably the best out of anyone on this list; he's just nutty.

4. Aspas. This one might be recency bias, but to go from never playing on LAN to fragging in almost every game you play at fucking 18 years old is no small feat. I have high hopes for the kid in the future, and I have no doubts we'll see him and Loud again.

5. Cned. Even though we haven't seen him on LAN since Champs and he wasn't the star of Ascend then, let's not forget this dude dunked on everyone for almost all of last year. He's had to tone down his insanely agressive playstyle because teams have gotten better, but he's still incredibly strong.

Honorable mentions it hurt dearly to leave out: Sayaplayer, Jinggg, Forsaken, and Nukkye.

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i agree

close to top 5: ardiis, trexx, leaf, sayaplayer, nukkye, cryocells, sayf, bdog, heat, mwzera, forsaken, jinng

Forsaken is one tournament away from being a top 5 duelist, I swear to god he is underrated

Zzizmo [#4]

Forsaken is one tournament away from being a top 5 duelist, I swear to god he is underrated

I wouldnt say hes underrated, he just plays in a region thats not as strong so he doesnt have enough opportunities to prove himself

yay
cNed
aspas
Cryo
f0rsaken

aspas lowkey better than scream. come at me lulquid fans

GLN321 [#7]

aspas lowkey better than scream. come at me lulquid fans

I originally had it like that but I think he needs another tourney to prove that

no_noise_979 [#3]

i agree

close to top 5: ardiis, trexx, leaf, sayaplayer, nukkye, cryocells, sayf, bdog, heat, mwzera, forsaken, jinng

Cryo and Mwzera I'm not as sure of, but I agree completely with the rest

Aspas above Scream
agreed with the rest

Derke > yay as a duelist bru yay only plays jett more like only chamber now

Yay is goat hut derke has better agent pool as a duelisy

PennyS

Aspas lmao

Dude has like 5 maps as a pro

Stlasher [#12]

PennyS

huge L

after next masters more than likely aspas will go above scream

trembolonaRage [#13]

Aspas lmao

Dude has like 5 maps as a pro

And he went stupid in all of them against some of the best teams in the world

1. yay (although hes honestly a sentinel now tbh)
2. derke
3. aspas
4. nukkye
5. sayaplayer
   cned probably should be on the list but i wanna see how good new acend is first
   i think alfajer and bdog are breakout stars rn and could be there soon

dipp [#17]

1. yay (although hes honestly a sentinel now tbh)
2. derke
3. aspas
4. nukkye
5. sayaplayer
   cned probably should be on the list but i wanna see how good new acend is first
   i think alfajer and bdog are breakout stars rn and could be there soon

Like I mentioned, I put certain chamber players (like Yay and now Derke) on the list because they're practically duelists. Good list tho

Chovymaker [#6]

yay
cNed
aspas
Cryo
f0rsaken

Cryo's a little high there don't you think?

Some respect to Rb or Buzz

Mortadelo [#20]

Some respect to Rb or Buzz

everytime rb touches an op i want to kms

Mortadelo [#20]

Some respect to Rb or Buzz

When I see them being consistent, yes. Haven’t seen that yet.

zardinez [#16]

And he went stupid in all of them against some of the best teams in the world

Trembolona is Aspas hater coz he is not playing alongside mwzera

Imo Scream is not a top 5 duelist
his utility usage is just worse than every other top level player on every agent he plays

Scream so overrated holay fam

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Mortadelo [#20]

Some respect to Rb or Buzz

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yay is the best Chamber player but Duelist goes to Derke, Scream

Jazyy [#24]

Imo Scream is not a top 5 duelist
his utility usage is just worse than every other top level player on every agent he plays

my personal (unordered) top 4 is Nukkye Derke Tenz Yay, and then I have three people floating around for that last spot
Zeek, if he could be classified as a duelist player, and then Heat and Mwzera, who are amazing but streaky

cned isn't what it used to be 😔 that's sad

any list starting with yay = wrong list

HUGE W

hiimnsk [#5]

I wouldnt say hes underrated, he just plays in a region thats not as strong so he doesnt have enough opportunities to prove himself

They got 4th at masters 💀💀💀

Marshal_D_Teach [#23]

Trembolona is Aspas hater coz he is not playing alongside mwzera

cause this game

https://www.vlr.gg/77810/loud-vs-keyd-stars-champions-tour-brazil-stage-1-challengers-1-ubsf/?game=all&tab=performance

aspas 9/2 mwzera broke trembolona's heart

leleuu [#33]

They got 4th at masters 💀💀💀

still an underpaid and underhyped region tbh

tronunz [#27]

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the whole of drx unironically used to play duelist, lol

Jazyy [#29]

my personal (unordered) top 4 is Nukkye Derke Tenz Yay, and then I have three people floating around for that last spot
Zeek, if he could be classified as a duelist player, and then Heat and Mwzera, who are amazing but streaky

how is TenZ top 4 with how he is performing currently? Not even hating, just asking, are you still stuck in the past?

Mortadelo [#20]

Some respect to Rb or Buzz

not duelist but buzz can compete for top 5 chamber

TwinFM [#37]

how is TenZ top 4 with how he is performing currently? Not even hating, just asking, are you still stuck in the past?

My Tenz analysis is a little old bcus I haven't watched a lot of recent Sentinels but from what I have seen it's looked like even their current meager success is coming almost exclusively from Tenz
for instance the only reason they were able to even go 3 maps against LG is because Tenz dropped 40 on breeze

EUisbetter [#31]

any list starting with yay = wrong list

Sure mate

Bosher [#35]

still an underpaid and underhyped region tbh

underhyped by ppl who dont know what theyre talking about tbf

Mortadelo [#20]

Some respect to Rb or Buzz

no longer Rb but BuZz yes

zardinez [#8]

I originally had it like that but I think he needs another tourney to prove that

fair enough

no_noise_979 [#3]

i agree

close to top 5: ardiis, trexx, leaf, sayaplayer, nukkye, cryocells, sayf, bdog, heat, mwzera, forsaken, jinng

Man forgot forsaken

H.M: forsaken,leaf,heat

Yay is in the top5 defff, not sure about top1 tho. he only plays Jett(no raze, no neon), and hes prob a top3 jett

He's #1 Chamber tho, no questions about it

deathlyclaws [#44]

Man forgot forsaken

yeah i will add

hiimnsk [#5]

I wouldnt say hes underrated, he just plays in a region thats not as strong so he doesnt have enough opportunities to prove himself

They destroy thw guard and g2 in master 💀💀💀

Good thread thanks guys

AzZzzz [#48]

They destroy thw guard and g2 in master 💀💀💀

they had one decent run against good opponents, they havent proved shit yet. If anything I think they got lucky, their first games were so scrappy. Pushing after planting the spike etc, absolutely no descipline

imo f0rsaken need to prove himself again in the next master

Yay not top 1 duelist, he was and is good on jett, don't get me wrong, but he became exponentially better with Chamber, as a duelist? Top5/10 due to jett falling out of meta

Giannero [#52]

Yay not top 1 duelist, he was and is good on jett, don't get me wrong, but he became exponentially better with Chamber, as a duelist? Top5/10 due to jett falling out of meta

Like I mentioned all throught this, I count chamber as a duelist lmao. Maybe a better title would've been top 5 fraggers (chamber + duelists)

factsonly [#11]

Derke > yay as a duelist bru yay only plays jett more like only chamber now

Yay is goat hut derke has better agent pool as a duelisy

Derke is becoming a Chamber one trick now. Played the agent the last 5 maps he's played.

I disagree to agree

Totally not biased, but when keznit plays duelist is at least top7 material

vollizie [#54]

Derke is becoming a Chamber one trick now. Played the agent the last 5 maps he's played.

Well once chamber meta fell off he will be fine because his agent pool

But yay only plays jett as a duelist

Soo