what year was peak valorant?

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Lucrix

imo 2022 had so many good memories and good rosters

you had 100t will derrek bang asuna stellar, you had optic, you had PKS Skuba, XXif, Ban, you had Version1(my goats), you had the emergence of EDG, you had The Guard, Rise went on that run and Shanks actually did something, you had random teams like Akrew beating Sen and everyone going ballistic, you had LG mada, you had kanpeki joining sen because tenz vouched for him, you had faze dicey and babybay

what else did i miss

edit: i forgot about ghost gaming

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sw4gman

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notice how this guy said 2022, the year when it was still open circuit

#endfranchising

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i'm conflicted with what to think. i liked seeing random teams win sometimes, but they wouldn't do anything normally and it was just a flash in the pan here and there, and I like seeing my teams play constantly. furthermore, having franchising means that production is much better

yes 2022 was goated, but franchising was necessary to advance and grow imo

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Production has barely changed

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HIMNIJ

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this is just blatantly untrue

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WhzyGlazer420

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2022 chamber meta and 2023 champs (specifically opening c and decider c)

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Cryoglazer

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2026
year of the thieves
just wait

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Lucrix

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i've been a 100t fan since 100t hiko n em bro

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Cryoglazer

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get excited my friend :)
this is the year

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Castawaytwizz

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2024 specifically shanghai and seoul

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GroKayou

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2023 fnatic back to back was peak valorant plus EG vs PRX final was a great one (it's also the year I started watching it so it brings a lot of nostalgia ig)

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Lucrix

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2023 being nostalgic is crazy

nah in all seriousness, fairplay. 2023 was a good year but you just had to be there for prefranchising era

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GroKayou

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Yeaaaah I guess prefranchising was good, when I learned about optic I wished I could go back in time to support them it was such a great team destroyed by riot enven though crashies is now with one of my favortie team I think I could have been a crazy Optic fan in 2022

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Getting to see prime yay in real time was some of the most beautiful valorant of all time. His aim just had so much aura, how calm he was, how perfect his crosshair placement was. When combined with the prime vandal it was just so elegant. The headhunter too, every single time he would topfrag, every single time with such constancy. And then getting to see him go against Aspas? Those were some of the best games ever. So 2022 is my answer.

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Lucrix

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i somehow forgot to mention peak optic and loud, ig because it's so obvious

chamber genuinely was so entertaining to watch

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CrackedDuelist

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22 - optic vs loud, optic yay, loud aspas, amazing year but 23 has to be close due to fnc back-to-back, eg miracle, prx last dance, champs 23 was better overall

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Lucrix

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yeah but like the rosters were so goated back then and you had random shit happening

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Warlordwibz

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2024, because all 4 region finally become competitive. Partnership era allows asian teams to NOT become segregated anymore and international region slots are more fairly allocated.

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mondely

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The way things are looking, its probably going to be 2026. 2022 had high peaks but the overall gameplay was pretty stale. This is a good thing. Future years should be better, not worse.

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Lucrix

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yeah i don't disagree with this, but to me i just remember 2022 having such good moments. as someone else said, franchising lets pacific teams become more intergrated

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AGlover

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always the actual year
#SAYNOTONOSTALGIA

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FerrariFrog

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2023 vct was entertaining

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theiceman

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nothing comes close to 2022

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jackb2016

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my favorite is still end of 2021

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SudokuDude

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Who would have thought that the "dino" era was peak....

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poggpigg

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2026 cuz All Gamer win

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GarbanzoEnjoyer

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It's going to be 2026 unironically