VCT Initiator Ranking (Real OAT)

Top 9:

1. GLD/FNC Leo - EMEA
2. NV/OPTC/NRG/FNC Crashies - AMER
3. LOUD/SEN Sacy - AMER
4. TH RieNs - EMEA
5. FPX/NAVI Shao - EMEA
6. TGRD/G2 Trent - AMER
7. GMB Chronicle (2021) - EMEA
8. NRG Brawk - AMER
9. EG c0m - AMER

edit: forgot brawk

Shao and Com over trent yeah we've lost the plot

WjFROST0 [#2]

Shao and Com over trent yeah we've lost the plot

Shao was the best initiator of 2022 and won a trophy also insane player in 2021 and pretty good in 2023(very good performance in lock in and pretty good in Tokyo but his team threw) and decent in 2024
Trent had an insane peak for 1 event of 2025 and then was just a good initiator(not close to what shao has been doing in 2021-2023)

He's easily above trent if it's oat

Edit: u r right about c0m tho that guy is mid at best idk how did he sneak into this convo 😭

does my goat lakia get honorable mention at least

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theres absolutely no reason to put crashies on the top, riens on your top 4 and c0m on your top 8

just makes you seem very unreliable

Riens = 0 trophies -> #4
Trent = 0 trophies -> #8
“ how I rank them: all time success + 1 trophy minimum (trent would be under Shao if he had 1 trophy)”

foythvlr [#6]

theres absolutely no reason to put crashies on the top, riens on your top 4 and c0m on your top 8

just makes you seem very unreliable

what is ur ranking

GMB Chronicle😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

JonahPork [#7]

Riens = 0 trophies -> #4
Trent = 0 trophies -> #8
“ how I rank them: all time success + 1 trophy minimum (trent would be under Shao if he had 1 trophy)”

JonahPork [#7]

Riens = 0 trophies -> #4
Trent = 0 trophies -> #8
“ how I rank them: all time success + 1 trophy minimum (trent would be under Shao if he had 1 trophy)”

one of them is emea though

plus this guy thinks that Riyadh counts

Wolfed [#11]

one of them is emea though

plus this guy thinks that Riyadh counts

I wonder if Riens thinks EWC counts

spoiler: he doesn’t

trent with a trophy would move up 1 spot and riens with no trophy is top 4 LMAO

kuruk [#13]

trent with a trophy would move up 1 spot and riens with no trophy is top 4 LMAO

Esports World Cup Defense:

1. The Esports World Cup is an international, S-Tier Tournament - https://liquipedia.net/valorant/S-Tier_Tournaments
2. $1.25mil Prize Pool
3. The teams that attended the Esports World Cup 2025 qualified through VCT Stage 1 or the EWC qualifiers. There were 0 invitations unlike some other mickey mouse off-season tournaments (SEN City, SOOP, etc). The best teams of the world at the time were playing and competing for the 1.25mil prize pool.
4. Objectively, this tournament is on par with Masters at the bare minimum.

JonahPork [#5]

vlr.gg/logout

actually nvm ur right gng

sentinelmain377 [#8]

what is ur ranking

1. Leo
2. Sacy
3. Ethan
4. Shao
5. Crashies
6. Trent
7. Riens
8. Stax
9. Chronicle
   10 . S1mon

Brawk.

foythvlr [#16]

1. Leo
2. Sacy
3. Ethan
4. Shao
5. Crashies
6. Trent
7. Riens
8. Stax
9. Chronicle
   10 . S1mon

I consider Ethan and Stax as flexes and igls

sentinelmain377 [#18]

I consider Ethan and Stax as flexes and igls

Prob because he mains flash initiators which are widely associated with flex but his agent pool since 23 has been pretty much initiators + occasionally omen and yoru
Hes more of a initiator than Chronicle himself lmao
Stax is just scan for a good while now and always has been a main initiator on his peaks