post no. 6767

Aspas is the goat simply because of his ability to turn any team he plays on into a world-class team. For example, LEV in 2023 was awful, and then Aspas joined in 2024 and they got top 3 at champs with a fraudulent coach: MIBR’s 2024 season was even worse, but with a 3rd place in Kickoff 2025 it seemed like they were finally getting some motion. They had a rough middle of the year with internal issues, but even missing stage 2 playoffs. However, Aspas still showed up when it mattered most at champs, setting records and putting up numbers nobody else can. Nobody is able to consistently be this good throughout the years with such scrappy rosters, and he’s proven he can transform any roster he wants into a superstar team that can compete on the world stage. He also has done it speaking several languages, Portuguese with the original LOUD roster, English with LEV, and the alphabet soup MIBR spoke. Other GOAT candidates simply can’t do this, and didn’t look like the best player on their team let alone in the world at times, but Aspas has always been consistently a top dog duelist no matter the circumstances. (except toronto, as a TH/MIBR fan I like to pretend that never happened)

no clue, i’ve never watched a live classical ches match - shit’s as slow as watching a fnatic game ☠️

DISCLAIMER: this is personal opinion not objective fact

Duelist - Aspas, I’m not going to reiterate what #6 said
Initiator - RieNs, he has consistently proven himself to be one of the best if not the best initiator in the world, and provides a consistency most players can’t offer. He also is a player who is willing to go in and fight because he knows he has the mechanical talent, so him and Aspas would likely have good synergy
Controller - Boaster, this may seem like a strange choice but I believe he is the most experienced caller in the world, and a seasoned veteran. The team doesn’t lack firepower in any way with the other players on the team so a slight firepower downgrade for a major experience and calling upgrade is well worth it.
Sentinel - vo0kashu, the meta has just changed to offer sentinels a more aggressive, mechanical dependent playstyle and holy shit this man can aim
Flex - f0rsakeN, he can play any agent needed and be exactly what you need, having him gives you insane flexibility with comps as well as someone who understands the game so intricately that he can igl while mvp’ing an international grand finals. He wouldn’t be calling on this team as much, but he can always chime in as a second caller if needed - and we’ve seen how Boaster plays when he doesn’t have to call so f0rsakeN can always take over calling and midrounding for a round for even greater flexibility

we still don’t know the exact map pool for 2026 but most likely we will have 5/7 current maps in. I think Chamber will be viable on a lot of maps for next year, and Wo0t should stick only to duelist and chamber.

Riens obviously initiator and Boo obviously smokes, but the other three players is where things get a little interesting. Viper is strong as ever, so on Viper maps Benjy should be the one playing Viper with Wo0t either on Chamber or duelist and then Comeback on duelist as well. However, comeback is a very hardworking player with very strong mechanics so it could be interesting to see him on senti and wo0t solo duelist

in summary
Woot - Duelist / Duelist / Chamber
Benjy - Senti / Viper / Viper
Cb —— duelist / senti / duelist
Enes — Scan
Boo — Smokes

I am not Grok, Twitter’s AI platform for gooners and twitter users (is there really any distinction here). I am 229fn, a VLR user who is simply extremely bored and looking for a way to bide her time. I am not Artificial Intelligence, I am simply Natural Stupidity. Meow.