Top Players in Each Role in Each Region (sry china

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zardinez

Americas:
Duelist: Aspas
HM: Demon1, jawgemo, leaf, keznit, OXY, mwzera, zekken

Recon initiator: crashies
HM: cauanzin, C0m, trent

Flash initiator: Ethan
HM: cauanzin

Controller: Marved
HM: Demon1 (on certain maps)

Sentinel: Less
HM: nobody comes close

Flex: Zekken
HM: leaf

IGL: Saadhak
HM: Boostio, johnqt

EMEA:
Duelist: Sayf
HM: Derke, Jamppi, runneR, Trexx

Recon Initiator: Leo
HM: Shao, Cloud

Flash Initiator: Jamppi
HM: no other standouts

Controller: No standouts

Sentinel: Alfajer
HM: SUYGETSU, yetujey, ceNder, nAts

Flex: Chronicle
HM: Trexx

IGL: Boaster
HM: MrFaliN

Apologies to other good players I just haven't seen in a hot minute or those I don't know well (cough cough logaN)

Pacific:
Duelist: something
HM: BuZz (when he plays them), Dep, Jemkin, Surf, yay

Recon Initiator: xffero
HM: idk others know more

Flash Initiator: invy
HM: stax

Controller: MaKo
HM: sScary, Monyet (on GE)

Sentinel: Laz
HM: yay (chamber moment), d4v41 ig?

Flex: f0rsaken
HM: d4v41

IGL: stax
HM: Laz, xffero

Somebody who knows do china pls

#2

cartixuzi

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the common census that Demon1 isn't considered a flex player needs to be studied

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zardinez

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He plays 3 agents that aren't duelists bro. Chamber (duelist adjacent), Brim (on one map), and Astra (very very rarely). Compare to f0rsaken, Zekken, Chronicle, etc who've played nearly every role and agent in the game, and you'll easily see the difference.

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cartixuzi

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he plays 4 agents in total and alot of Astra too, hes more of a flex than Zekken rn lol

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Cyygatoloool

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cause zekken doesnt play flex right now he did in the past

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Hyopic

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yeah because he can't play raze lol

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cartixuzi

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Jawg is the best Raze itw though?

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Hyopic

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jawg isnt on his team anymore, hopefully he learns raze because tbh I would rather see victor stay on the support role

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Jitu

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crashies does not deserve the title of best recon initiator in Americas after last year. hes half the reason NRG sucked in the second half of the season

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Asuna_Yuuki

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Delulu

He clutched and saved NRG so many times

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Jitu

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his K/D was almost equal to FNS's at masters. thats extremely embarrassing for the "best initiator in Americas"

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number2_cNed_fan

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this game isnt just about kills...

#20

Jitu

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you guys can say that all you want until the time comes for nominating the best player itw and you'll all say the best fraggers, not the players who have the best utility or the players with a happy medium

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VinceVioVN

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yet so many ppl says crashies is the NA scan init goat, despite his kills. and this isnt a hot take. nice logic bro

#39

danii1

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Don't people literally say Leo has the best util when it comes to that
But I guess he's also a fragger so it's hard to say

#40

VinceVioVN

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hes using all logical fallacies to help his point, OP said he was best NA and this dumbass is saying world. Actually fighting an army of straw men.

#21

zardinez

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That’s insane recency bias, that team just didn’t gel in the second half of the year. He’s been incredibly consistent for so long beforehand, and I have no doubt he will be equally as good this year.

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Jitu

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if we can't use the second half of the year as a major argument for including or not including certain players into these conversations, then you might as well just entirely remove anyone on EG, because they were all completely irrelevant before 2023. They were all incredibly inconsistent or mid for so long beforehand, and I have no doubt they will be equally as bad this year.

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zardinez

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Notice how none of EG made it to the top spots (except Ethan bc he’s been consistently good for a longggg time), even if they showed up in honorable mentions.

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XXXMKO

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lol

#7

destroylonely

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crazy how mistic is the best EMEA controller 🤣😭😭😭

#18

zardinez

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Mostly because the top few teams in EMEA have controller igls, like Angel, boaster, etc, so they’re not crazy impressive individually.

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funny_prank

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wait this is actually a near-perfect list (assuming you left out players who wont play in 2024 intentionally)

#15

zardinez

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I did, only ppl on rosters rn. Otherwise Pancada, k1ng, and RB would probably make an appearance.

#19

funny_prank

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yeah s0m, fns, jingg, etc.

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zardinez

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Of course. I’d say fns top 2 igl, S0m is an HM controller, jingg would be competing for top duelist apac.

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FireII

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a little birdie told me fl1pz is rrq’s igl
i always thought it was xferro

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zardinez

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Oop good to know. Vlr says xffero igl I think.

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Refrainings

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just put in EDG's roster for china lmao

#24

zardinez

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Nah but like fengf and stew were so fucking good recently. I just can’t evaluate them without more data imo.

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FireLizardKing

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JhonQT lol sentinal player for sentinals

Zyppan bro he plays raze and literally all the flash initiators

Jammpi flex no they made him play so many agents and are making him more flex

Enzo for initiator your doing trent so why not enzo

is zest just not a recon player

Sugar zero for smokes

k1ng for sentinal Buzz for sentinal RB for sentinal hello
ive lost my shit lmao

#17

zardinez

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Only ppl playing on starting rosters next year. Johnqt is for igl. Enzo is NOT as good as Trent in his role. Zyppan I don’t consider good enough either. Sugarzero I almost added ngl, I was on the fence.

#28

smthlikeyou11

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not marved no not rn he needs to prove himself that he is 2022 form again

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zardinez

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Idgaf, he’s gonna be crazy good individually.

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smthlikeyou11

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theres better smokers hes not top 1 not when he hasnt played in such a long time alrd

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koromast

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on emea as a controller you should palce atakaptan he is undoubtedly the best emea controller imo

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Gummybears

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China:
Duelist: kangkang
HM: stew, life, autumn

Recon Initiator: Biank
HM: hfmi0dzjc9z7

Flash Initiator: Nobody
HM: Banger, yoman

Controller: TZH
HM: Haodong, Ace

Sentinel: chichoo
HM: rb, Yuicaw, Vo0kashu

Flex: smoggy
HM: hfmi0dzjc9z7, FengFeng, Viva

IGL: Haodong
HM: BerLIN

#32

trikecycle

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Yihao should at least be controller hm

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zardinez

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Love you

#43

danii1

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Viva is the best recon initiator
Otherwise very nice list :)

#33

NexusNomad

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Laz peaked when chamber was meta. He is an average player now

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DeluluGavin

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wait does pacific not have anymore top tier scan after zest left and xeta is benched? I mean granted that those 2 were top 5/10 internationally but is xffero the best after them?

edit: I thought of Lakia but he didnt play tier 1 last year so...

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zardinez

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I’m not super well versed but based on the ppl currently playing next season, yeah he is near the top. Maybe JessieVash? But I don’t really consider him a top tier player even tho I love him.

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danii1

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China didn't like that

#41

AzShun

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xffero didnt igl for rrq, it's fl1pzjder

#46

xero1

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best in china (i don’t care about who is what role don’t argue)

duelist: Stew
HM: FengF, KangKang
Sentinel: Mart1n
HM: ChiChoo, Yuicaw
Initiator: Biank
HM: Nobody, AAAAY
Controller: Haodong
HM: Yosemite, HeiB
Flex: ? really depends who you call a flex but there are a lot of very good players that play many agents.

Source: I watched nearly every single game from evo series and ascension