I’ve already accepted that i’m going to get hate for this.
Ardiis was not the problem in that game. M1 Victor hard carried NRG to win (that 3k to hold C was insane). Ardiis played bad but doesnt matter, they won.
M2 Ardiis plays bad at the start. Once EG gets to ~10 rounds Ardiis cooked so hard to drag NRG to OT, and still cooked in OT (had highest rating in map too, over Demon1)
Victor was -14 on raze, huge dropoff from the hype we expected from his loud performance, but everyone has bad games and he has been the best on NRG undoubtedly for a few weeks so it doesnt matter.
M3 defence, Ardiis was top frag and 2nd highest rating, while Victor was 1-11. Defence needs at least 7 to remain competitive on ascent. On attack, they got annihilated, and obv the duelist who takes all the entrys is going to have horrible stats.
Im not saying that Ardiis was the goat, and couldnt of played better. I’m not saying Victor threw the game, or all the other teammates were nonexistant. I’m just saying using Ardiis as a scapegoat in this match is just wrong. He had been underperforming at the start of the season, but hes warmed up a bit and honestly produced more than he should have, especially with him being the teams sacrifice to sell fakes.
Waiting for all the “aint reading allat”’s