Valorant awards of the year(so far)

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Rookie of the year - Kaajak(Patmen runner-up)

Best match of 2025 - T1 vs G2(Hate T1 as much as you can, but it was a banger)

Coach of the year - Alecks(finally winning trophy with PRX+solid team performance)

Most improved team of the year - RRQ/Wolves(can't decide)

IGL of the year - Boaster

Duelist of the year - Kaajak
Initiator of the year - Trent
Controller of the year - Keiko
Sentinel of the year - d4v41
Flex of the year - f0rsaken

Clutch player of the year - Meteor
Highest peak of the year - GEN.G t3xture in Toronto
Victim of the year - Sylvan
Drama of the year - EDG vs s1mon

Region of the year - Pacific

Miracle run of the year - Spring vs the world in Toronto

Flop of the year - 2025 Vitality Superteam
Most disappointing player of the year - FPX Life
Chokers of the year - GEN.G
Whiff of the year - Patitek Waterfall

If you disagree with something, lmk!

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Less of the year - Less

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unanimous

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"Victim of the year" 😭

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Tejo abuser of the year - Trent

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tr0nt

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Terrorizer/Sabotage of the year: 0str0lla

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rrq secret agent

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nah surely that goes to Jieni7

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ButterflyEffect23

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Jieni7 lowkey saved EDG in the remaining games of Stage 2 lmao

They were definitely losing out with hfmi

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Flop of the year: Gen.G

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I think relatively to the hype, Vitality is a bigger flop

Might make GEN.G chokers of the year

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👍

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whiff of the year: minipoo

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patitek tbh

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minibots was way worse

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b0gus

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but patitek's whiff was WAYYY more important

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sentinel of the year isnt d4v4d1e its nats no?

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SENfns

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so nats hasnt done anything internationally and you've somehow come to that conclusion

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13-1 👻

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people coming to the conclusion that im a sen fan just cuz my name is "SENfns" is hilarious!

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no im just pointing out he did do something in his 4 international games this year.

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d4v4i won the tournament and was barely behind the mvp of the tournament i think its highly unlikely nats is seen as better than d4v4i as a sentinel this year

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i mean i don't disagree with d4b41 being the best sentinel. That is a fact actually.
Plus I think Meteor has been better than nAts this year

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The guy is IGLing and playing great. Tbh I would rank him above Devai regardless if he won a trophy or not

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because you're a liquid fan...?
davai is also calling alongside f0rsaken
nats does not do the midrounding for liquid its usually patitek or kamo

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I don't think I'm being biased here. Pretty sure it's widely acknowledged.

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if we were in 2021 maybe someone other than you might've acknowledged it

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I reckon you're wrong, someone else on this thread shares my opinion, but oh well. Agree to disagree ig

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i support paper rex more than i do team liquid and nats is more important to the team that d4v41 is (d4v4d1 is very important for vibes but nats gives speeches before games, resets teamates mentals, he helps with midround and igls etc)

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davai does all the same except motivational speeches
nats doesn't midround patitek and kamo do (because why would a lurker midround)
and he won a trophy to back it up 👍

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nats is more valuable to team liquid than d4v41 is to paper rex
how come winning a trophy makes them the ... of the year? equivalent of saying buzz is duelist of the year since he won bangkok

trophies are more about ur team vs individual performance, much like how superteams fail because of a lack of chemistry

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he was the 2nd best performer after f0rsaken so he's not lacking in individual performance
nats is not "more valuable" to liquid than davai is to paper rex you just think that because he has the "igl" title attached to him
buzz is not the duelist of the year because he didn't even perform the best on their fluke run in bangkok
if anything the order of sentinels this year is davai, meteor, nats in the 1 2 3 order

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we acting like nats wasnt being called the saviour of liquid cuz he had visa issues in there first game
also dont forget paper rex almost choked against team liquid, keep in mind liquid are playing with a 6 man roster with like 3 days of prac compared to paper rex's multiples weeks
plus team liquid made bangkok paper rex didnt

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paper shits choke against liquid says more about prx than liquid

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t1 made bangkok and they're not a better team than prx whats with this flawed logic
nats JUST lost to KC how could he be considered sentinel of the year

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pztzy

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how can you say ts with a straight face bro unless its bait then u got me

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meteor chichoo alfa and leaf

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Ace of the year - Keiko

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mada ace mibber

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True with alfa ace too

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IGL of the year? Has to be valyn no? or boaster? nats?

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I think ima give this one to Boaster

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Boaster if 4th lowest in terms of rating in EMEA. Although he is a good igl surely those stats kinda ruin his chances.
I get that IGLing is focused on calls, but if you have good calls but are a burden on your team killwise and lose because of it you can't be a good IGL in my opinion

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IGLing isn't about your fragging ability its about your calling, that is what makes it distinct from other categories. I think Boaster's poor mechanics highlight his IGLing more, since despite not being as mechanically gifted as other IGLs (Valyn, NAts, Forsaken etc.) Fnatic are still be able to compete with these teams

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For now it’s Valyn. We’ll see after Champs if it changes

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boaster makes much more sense, like more achievement and higher overal standing internationally.

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It’s IGL of the year for THIS year. Valyn has more achievements so far with the same peak placement at an international while placing top 4 in the other. He also has both regional trophies while Boaster only has one.

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IGL of the year?

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Gooner of the year: Me

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hell naw

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Add

most overrated player of the year:
player peak of the year:
most disappointing player of the year:

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gave most disappointing to FPX Life and Peak of the year to t3xture(debatable)

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are leaf, nats, or alfa also contenders for sentinel?

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ofc they are, I just decided to give the nod to d4v41 due to him winning the international trophy and having a lot of impact as their 2nd caller

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Initiator of the year is Crashies stop sucking tr0nt's dick
Drama of the year is Fluorescent or the T2 matchfixing slop

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trent is the ini of the year its pretty clear...

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Crashies - almost won two GFs
Trent - tanked

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tanked as in carrying his team in every game and winning two regional gfs and 2nd at bangkok and 4th in toronto

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Nobody cares about regionals and two international grand finals > a 2nd and a 4th placement

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why we calling ewc an "international grand final"
ewc carries less weight than a masters its just a glorified regional with slightly better teams and b01s with big prizepool

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Because it quite literally was an international grand final like you can't even argue about semantics here
You should just hop off Tr0nt's dick
Also https://www.vlr.gg/498633/g2-esports-vs-fnatic-valorant-masters-toronto-2025-lr3

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Nah, trent is still Initiator of the year, he was by far the best Tejo itw and I don't think Crashies can make the same claim to being best Sova itw

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Trent can literally make the claim for best Tejo and Sova of the year though to a much smaller margin on the latter. His Fade is nothing special relative to competition though.

I’d pick N4rrate for Fade with Trexx right behind him. Riens is the best Gekko no doubt.

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drama of the year must be EDG drama no? like its ruined the whole team and change the whole CN T1 power level after EDG fell off.

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Think the trexx derke drama was up there too.

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ur right

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Added Meteor as the clutch player of the year 🤔

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i think the highest peak this year was alfa toronto especially in GF he went nuclear

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Literal definition of Ice cold

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put best dark horse team of the year basically any team that have the best progress compared to their past performance

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I think it has to be RRQ

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nominating Wolves tbh but both are good shouts

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Wolves maybe

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least deaths in a VCT match - FUR basic

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chiller of the year - FUR basic

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I think Sylvan is also a good shout

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"IGL of the year - Boaster" 🥀
https://www.vlr.gg/498628/paper-rex-vs-fnatic-valorant-masters-toronto-2025-gf

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Peak of the year Gen G in toronto? Surely we have Alfajer for that title no? He was literally walking on water in toronto. Dropped 99 kills in grand finals in only 4 maps. if it went map 5 he would've gotten kill record by far.

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How many trophies does Kaajak, rookie of the year, have?

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not everything is measured in trophies. Kaajak is one of the best players in the world right now

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derp64

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If he's so good why doesn't he have any trophies? Honest question :D

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because he didn't win yet?

he's better than Patmen tho

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He didn't win? Surely that means he's not good enough to be rookie of the year. Pretty logical if you ask me.

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1.25/8

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Don't be so sad, Kaajak is a Masters winner in all of our hearts <3

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you think I give a shit? stop acting like a moron brother 😭

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Okay, okay, please stop crying. I'm sorry for making you so upset. Of course Kaajak is rookie of the year <3

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IF prx vs fnc went to map 5 then that would be match of the year

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Another master baiter

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most impossible clutch of the year: sylvan 1hp smoke defuse in a 1v3

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Sylvan has two insane clutches, the 1v3 defuse and the EDG 1v5

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id say the 1v3 was even more impossible just cuz hes legit 1hp

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ur right