Lev banned Ascent??? Ayooo I’m missing something here? Thought they were great in Ascent
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... 52 more matches
Monday, May 15th
3:00 PM EDT
Patch 6.08
C9 ban Pearl; LEV ban Fracture; C9 pick Lotus; LEV pick Haven; C9 ban Split; LEV ban Ascent; Bind remains
Maps/Stats
| Pistol Won | Eco (won) | $ (won) | $$ (won) | $$$ (won) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LEV |
1
|
3 (1)
|
0 (0)
|
11 (5)
|
6 (1)
|
C9 |
1
|
3 (1)
|
1 (1)
|
4 (2)
|
12 (9)
|
Eco: 0-5k
$ Semi-eco: 5-10k
$$ Semi-buy: 10-20k
$$$ Full buy: 20k+
|
(BANK)
LEV
C9
(BANK)
|
1
0.3k
0.3k
|
2
9.8k
$$
1.7k
|
3
2.9k
$$
$$
12.9k
|
4
7.6k
$$
$$$
4.2k
|
5
5.3k
$$
$$$
16.6k
|
6
7.4k
$$
$$$
15.2k
|
7
4.8k
$$$
$$$
9.8k
|
8
2.0k
$$
$$$
11.8k
|
9
8.0k
$$
$$$
18.2k
|
10
5.7k
$$
$$$
30.4k
|
11
8.3k
$$
$$$
17.4k
|
12
13.4k
$$$
$$$
7.3k
|
|
(BANK)
LEV
C9
(BANK)
|
13
0.6k
0.4k
|
14
4.0k
$$
7.5k
|
15
10.2k
$$
$$
0.9k
|
16
15.0k
$$$
$
7.2k
|
17
8.0k
$$$
$$$
9.7k
|
18
4.0k
$$
$$$
10.3k
|
19
1.7k
$$$
$$$
7.3k
|
20
9.8k
$$$
$$
6.8k
|
| Pistol Won | Eco (won) | $ (won) | $$ (won) | $$$ (won) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
LEV |
1
|
3 (1)
|
1 (0)
|
7 (3)
|
6 (0)
|
|
C9 |
1
|
3 (1)
|
0 (0)
|
4 (4)
|
10 (8)
|
Eco: 0-5k
$ Semi-eco: 5-10k
$$ Semi-buy: 10-20k
$$$ Full buy: 20k+
|
(BANK)
LEV
C9
(BANK)
|
1
0.3k
0.3k
|
2
9.3k
$$
1.8k
|
3
2.5k
$$
$$
12.8k
|
4
2.4k
$$
$$$
12.6k
|
5
9.8k
$
$$$
17.9k
|
6
6.0k
$$$
$$$
25.4k
|
7
4.2k
$$
$$$
27.2k
|
8
15.7k
$$$
$$$
16.7k
|
9
5.0k
$$$
$$$
14.4k
|
10
6.6k
$$
$$$
19.5k
|
11
10.1k
$$$
$$$
8.4k
|
12
2.1k
$$$
$$$
9.6k
|
|
(BANK)
LEV
C9
(BANK)
|
13
0.3k
0.3k
|
14
5.5k
$$
7.1k
|
15
10.8k
$$$
$$
0.2k
|
16
7.0k
$$
$$
5.5k
|
17
3.3k
$$
$$$
4.6k
|
Stats from this map are not available yet
| Pistol Won | Eco (won) | $ (won) | $$ (won) | $$$ (won) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
LEV |
2
|
6 (2)
|
1 (0)
|
18 (8)
|
12 (1)
|
|
C9 |
2
|
6 (2)
|
1 (1)
|
8 (6)
|
22 (17)
|
Eco: 0-5k
$ Semi-eco: 5-10k
$$ Semi-buy: 10-20k
$$$ Full buy: 20k+
Head-to-head
Past Matches
Impressions on the first map (from someone focused on LEV):
C9 kind of surprised LEV with the aggressive Neon and LEV granted many first deaths (I couldn't see the kills, typical prefires I guess). This made the defense very difficult. In attack, LEV started great, but Kingg made a big mistake pushing a smoke against an eco. On top of the anti-ecos approach (which I think is not the best on this map), I believe LEV calls are sometimes too slow or bad. For example, when Taco obtained a first kill against Leaf on A, the team waited on A main until 40-50 seconds (C9 had the information). Then, they silently rotated to C but Runi used its utility when he hear them. LEV immediately rotated to B with 15 seconds left. I don't know, but it seems obvious that with the man advantage, you have to trust your execution, play refrags, and all of that. If you rotate to B making noise, C9 has a higher chance of holding you because they are closer to B than to C.
What's my conclusion?
- C9 is a great team (top 3 for sure) and leaf is goated right now (top 3 in Americas).
- LEV's playstyle may hold them down sometimes. Sometimes they are too aggressive on defense to obtain information even when they are on an agent different than Jett/Chamber (teams can exploit this by looking for early kills). Other times the attack is too slow. fns read them a lot in 2022 (even though I wasn't aware of these observations at that time, maybe it has relationship).
Honestly they are not good either just valorant viewers don't know any better - pansy doesn't play the game and has very little knowledge, hypoc just agrees with everything she says to not cause a stir. Bren is good but sideshow doesn't understand at which times to be less vocal and just let the gameplay bring the hype.
I would say riv who casted back in 1.6 and vansilli have the best understanding of how to let a game flow but they don't get much air time.
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