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Zekken top 5 duelist oat?
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I love derke but ask most fans if they would swap their main duelist for him and I'm sure they'd say no, I'd love to see him get back to how good he has been though
this is an all-time list, if you don't think aspas is 1 and derke is 2 you are unserious
if it's an all time list not having Texture there and saying there is a massive gap is what's unserious
t3xture hasn't been great for as long as the top 3 and hasn't reached the same peaks, zekken has been great for longer and has diffed him in their most important matchups, you can have him at 4 but he isn't close to someone that's been a world class duelist since 2022 and has been consistently one of the best players in the world since 2024
t3xture has peaked higher than zekken ever did wym, hes also got more deeper placements than zekken irc
I mean zekken had a great xset stint, but besides that and madrid I cant recall a time zekken peaked highly. And imo hes like NA f0rsaken, hes great on a lot of agents, I dont really consider him a duelist sometimes
all of 2024, 2025, 2026 zekken has been going blow for blow with aspas as the best duelist in americas fym
genuinely when has t3xture ever outperformed Zekken? everytime it's mattered Zekken has had his number, not to mention Zekken genuinely carried that sorry ass 2025 sen team to 3 internationals
2022 - Zekken sick duelist flex making several international as the fragging core of Xset / T3xture good player but doesn't achieve anything
2023 - Both good players stuck on a trash org
2024 - Both win a masters as the best player on their team, t3xture chokes and does nothing at champs, Zekken is a top 2 best neon itw and makes top 4
2025 - Zekken farms regionally all year, makes every international and is the best performing player on his team, t3xture misses out on 2 out of 3 internationals, looks like the best itw at some point but mid in kickoff and disappeared in split 2
2026 - Zekken >>>> t3xture so far, obviously one has a much better team than the other but even individually t3xture has been underwhelming.
Overall Zekken has just been better regionally historically and has been more relevant for longer, more consistent as well.
T3xture is great but Zekken is just one step above as of rn
giving zekken the edge for 2024 and 2025 is just pure delusion btw. Im almost certain t3xture is like a top 5-10 OAT international performer by stats. Zekken is great and more consistent for sure tho
seeing people put texture over zekken is pissing me off cuz we literally watched an entire grand final where zekken proved he was better than texture in a fucking head to head, there can’t be more proof than that. If texture was actually on zekken’s level he would’ve just won Madrid
only if ur low iq h2h matchups determine that debate, just check the stats, t3xture is the highest performing player from pacific oat and is higher than zekken both regionally and internationally, its not crazy to say
he tried but lakia and munchkin went jerking each other off on split instead of closing the game
funny cuz Zekken never made it to another Int final after that! also show me his int performance in 2025?
yeah are we really saying this guy is top 5 he’s so overrated lol hide behind aspiss shadow
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