Tbh I think this is the only way we can actually be competitive at LANs apart from gambit, we have so many good teams but none are great or consistent. The only team I believe can mount a challenge to any other team is GMB but even they are inconsistent at times.
Maybe a Sentinels level super team (best players of each agent class):
Putting players like Scream, Boaster for his game sense, Nukkye, cNed and other great players on one team.
THIS IS JUST MY OPINION BTW.
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Time for EU to make a Sentinels level Superteam?
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That's not actually true. yeah CSGO was never massive in Korea, but vision strikers is formed from one of the top korean teams that have been around since 2017, MVP PK. Their coach gloW and ex player also played on several international LANs against EU and NA cs teams.
They don't have to have been CS major winners to build good fundamentals. Most EMEA teams haven't played a SINGLE LAN before.
Ignoring all of that. VS have done the work to play a unique style of valorant that even NA doesn't really play (whether it's better or not, time will tell). So they can be an outlier even IF their core never touched CS.
You don't go a 107 game winning streak (100 of which include not dropping a single map) by playing the same type of game as everyone else in your region.
EU super team:
Entry - Cned
Rifler/flex - Scream/Nukkye (Phoenix or Raze)
Controller - Avova
Sentinel - Magnum
Initiator - Koldamenta/Starxo/Soulcas (depending do you want Sova or Skye specialist, Soulcas best fit IMO)
I would pick Chronicle for initiator role if he speaks good enough English
And even though I think nAts is best sentinel player EMEA, I would still pick Magnum, because I don't know how nAts would work on this team. Also some of the players would need to learn new agents. For example they don't have proper Viper player.
Boaster is good because he is IGL and his Sova is decent, but I'm not too sure about his fragging power. He looked good on that field during Iceland, but domestically he hasn't looked that good fragging wise. Now when I look back at it I would most likely take Soulcas over anyone else. He can frag, still has one of the best Skyes and he has even played Sova on maps like Ascent. He would need to play and learn Sova more, but I think he has potential. He also used to IGL for TL and at least to my knowledge he calls quite a lot in TL to even this day.
Koldamenta is the IGL of G2 and used to be the IGL of Acend. Also Soulcas was the main IGL of Team Liquid with Scream, and now he is secondary IGL on Team Liquid. Also Soulcas is still young and I feel like he will just get better and better at IGLing. He is smart player. Soulcas is best candidate for the initiator/IGL role IMO.
yeah ofc i did, they were an amazing team before that, but they weren't a super team. They were really good, but not viewed to be dominant like they are now. After the signing of Tenz, they only lost 1 map in Masters 1 (Thanks to my boys in LG), it's safe to say that's when they started becoming a super team.
For proof look at the challengers tourney before the signing of Tenz:
https://liquipedia.net/valorant/VALORANT_Champions_Tour/2021/North_America/Stage_1/Challengers_1
And look at the masters tourney after the signing of Tenz:
https://liquipedia.net/valorant/VALORANT_Champions_Tour/2021/North_America/Stage_1/Masters
you cannot just put players together and make a super team. its about team synergy, how each of them adapt to each other, believe in each other, etc go into making a super team.
getting the best in each role doesnt mean super team, as sentinels was a normal team who put in the hours to be the best in their own role, nobody was the best when they started. exception of tenz pickup, rest all were picked and it was formed during beta. nobody knew they would be the best in their each role even though that was the goal.
10iq thinking,
TL played vs NAVI, Oxygen, forZe while only good team they played against was Gambit.
G2 played vs Oxygen, Giants (who are better than any team TL played against, except Gambit) and SMB, Gambit who are good.
So G2 played vs better teams, if nukkye played as aggressive and stupid as scream he would also would get kills that might have no impact but add to ACS :) but G2 doesn't need to make braindead plays to win.
basing everything on ACS is just stupid.
Sean Gares and SEN players said that after iceland. Back when people were still thinking FPX were God tier. I remember the clip specific, they talked about the strength of Gambit, Acend and "new" (now current) G2. That is definitely not relevant in today's fast moving world of valorant.
Of course EMEA players are talented, but the way they are playing as a team is below the likes of NA. That to me is a symptom of inexperience, as is mental crumble on LAN. They're symptoms of the same issue, inexperience and fortitude.
I think there is no problem in EU player's aim or mechanics. Each EU VCT team got really really top tier players on their roles. The problem is that they don't react and don't think as fast as NA teams. EU teams are getting surprised every match by something they didn't prepare for and don't know how to react on that. Feels like NA is playing this game for one year longer than EU. Thats all. No point switching players between teams or making a superteam, they just need to get their sht together, not switch players.
I don't think CIS players would want to leave CIS to create an EU superteam. I also feel like cNed would rather join his fellow Turks and go to SMB if he leaves Acend (which I don't see happening) rather than joining an EU superteam. Shao and ANGE1 are from CIS but play on EU but I won't count them as well.
This leaves EU with a possible superteam of:
ScreaM
Derke
starxo
mixwell
Boaster
It's not the most fraggy lineup but I guess it's well-rounded I think.
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