Kingg Mazino and tex have not proved themselves at all
Yet people consider them “superteam” caliber
I just don’t understand
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Why are people so high on LEV?
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I never said LEV were bad. I said they weren’t superteam caliber
Zekken is also good but he isn’t superteam caliber
Also even though Acend won champs they haven’t had any results since
NRG’s players have had consistent results all throughout VAL
The two situations aren’t even comparable
I'd take kingg over any other IGL in terms of ability to frag. Could be better flex players in Americas, but mazino would be up there with the best of them. I think c0m is pretty mediocre, would have kept nzr instead of signing c0m tbh.
Ultimately, any 'stacked' roster always seems to get jinxed. Only exception I can really think of is the current iteration of fnatic, and all their players are at least top 3 in their respective roles (except for maybe boaster).
Imo, if comms aren't a huge problem, and the org/team put in the work to develop a good team culture, LEV could be fantastic.
Either way, pre-season speculation is fucking pointless. Find some other shit to do instead of theorizing about this, especially when you base that speculation on individual tournament placings. That kind of logic would have resulted in demon1 not getting picked up by EG. Imagine that?
Ur actually insane if you think kingg is not a world class talent 💀💀💀💀
Though mazino and tex are not as good as people say i’ll admit. Hell even c0m gets a little overrated he is an amazing player at his role but he isnt really as good as he was at champs.
Still kingg has been the bright spot in lev since forever and has been able to pull more than his weight to make lev seem like a functional team.
Lev needs to prove they have this caliber to me. Team mental and coordination is a major key for any team Esport and if aspas wanted to play with nzr but then got denied that opportunity I'd be pretty pissed.
On paper, they definitely have a chance at being a superteam, but again, that needs to be proven in an official match.
I think it comes down to your parameters for super teams:
What recency do players need to have preformed in, in your opinion, for them to be eligible for "super team" players?
Do they have to do well in the last year or is it two or even longer? Is it teambased or is it individual based (so is it enough for their team to do well last year or is it fine if the team doesnt make it to any internationals if the player preforms well)
How many teams' players do you have to mix? (e.g. would NaVi have counted as a super team?)
How many of the players need to fulfill the above criteria (e.g. is it fine if its 4 "superteam" players and 1 t2 superstar)
Depending on how you answer each question Lev could easily be a super team, but you could also answer them in a way that not even Fnc or Nrg qualify
i kind of agree, even disregarding prior accomplishments
kiNgg can aim but i’ve yet to be convinced that he’s actually a great IGL, and them bringing in the coach from KOI doesn’t give me much hope
mazino and tex are good players but definitely not the best in their role
i’d expect them to end up around 3rd-4th in the league
Mazino is one of the players who have attended the more international events in Valorant history and 1 round away from being champs finalist. And tf you mean Kingg is not proven, I hope you mean as IGL cause individually he has been top statistically on international events aswell
Other than Tex the other 4 players are as individually proven as it gets
I mean igl wise for kiNgg
LEV were so bad and predictable last year in terms of their playstyle, comps, and overall gameplan
I also heard they don’t believe in antistratting
The igl needs to take a lot of the blame for issues like this which is why I don’t have very high hopes for kiNgg
And I also just don’t think Mazino is that good
He was the second worst player on LEV besides taco last year
Mazino was the best player of latam in 2022, then onur made him reroled to smokes and he started to have bad performances, but he has the potential, lev dindt loose because kingg's igling, was because the coach vision of the game and taco performing really bad, they dindt have a good duelist what is one of the most important thing in a team, Tex was really good in ascencion, tier 2 is not far away from tier 1, that was demostrated in this offseason. So stop hating and 100thieves and asuna are shit btw
lev last year was maps away from qualifying to both masters and champs, they had taco who had -10 kd all matches and now they have aspas who barely has been negative on any maps this year, they got tex in place of shyy which isnt necesarily an improvement but i think he will be important af now that the team might play double duelist more efficiently, they have c0m which might not be a improvement over nzr if we talk about stats, but its better if we take in count they communicate in english now and c0m is a great caller and an impressive impactful player who clutches unwinnable rounds ( i forgot to mention c0m is better on sova and fade and they might be meta now in place of skye so its also better because of agent pool now), and mazino isnt even bad idk why you think he was bad last year but he carried some important maps on important matches like againt sentinels on lower of lcq when he lost against kru where he literally match mvped clearing zekken pancada and sacy which are all players that just by name you´ll argue they all above mazino, and he was also very important on the victory against c9 on lower final of lcq because he carried with harbor on the last map to take the comeback (they were 0-2 on maps starting the match and ended 3-2 with him being a menace on the last map you should never count mazino out) and i think we shouldnt even talk about kingg he is smart in terms of individual plays, he is an insane fragger and now he´ll have more help with the communication, if this isnt a super team idk what is (i still like kru more tho).
and then you have nrg which by names is better player by player but they also had a better team last year and fell apart by china number 2, and the only improvement this team has is demon1 in place of ardiis, because marved was worse than s0m last year and he peaked on masters of 2022 not even on champs 2022, also ethan over fns is just the same on util, worst on comms but ill give him the fact that he is 20 times better than fns in aim, but will he frag as much as he did last year now that he has to igl against teams with top igls on his first year with a lot of pressure on his shoulders? i dont think so.
tldr: lev has roles figured out this time unlike last year and they have some better players in place of their last year roster which was good enough already to be 5th of americas on regular league and 2nd on lcq (maps away from masters and champs) they also swapped the worst duelist of americas for the best duelist which is the best signing of the entire off season.
the issue isn't about the players skill but rather the chemistry, I say this as it is an english roster and a lot of the team's first language is not english which might affect comms and other things but it's also with the recent drama that happened and how aspas' mentality might be affected by it and also the rest of the players and staff.
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