i haven't been able to keep up with roster changes in most of the regions so who are we excited about and who recycled known talent and is gonna flop
knowers come
posted in
Valorant Discussion
i feel bad because PRX could definitely be the best team if they just dropped j0nggg and found a better replacement for midfreak (not hard since the team speaks english)
Next year GenG might not hit the same peak from 2024, but they signed peri for assistant coach. He was part of 2021 nuturn masters reykjavik roster along with solo. GenG won’t flop with those 2 as coaching staff.
T1 might win red bull but a0t0mn gonna restrict meteor success in masters/champs. A0t0mn never make playoffs in masters/champs or let alone win a single map against PRX.
They also won redbull so automatically cursed to not win they'll be top 3 regionally at best and not do much at events
autumn has possibly the best korean squad rn he defo has a shot plus they didnt look half bad at redbull
When I saw the name of this thread, I thought it was gonna be about Woohoojin. But to answer your question:
APAC:
- T1 brought in Meteor which is probably the best signing of the season at least in APAC.
- Akame from DFM, Kush from RRQ and HYUNMIN look like they can be the strongest within their teams - their offseason performances have been great.
- Biggest flop could be either Athan (DRX) or gyen (DFM). Athan just feels like Tier 2 quality at best and oddly reminiscent of Yuran who was the biggest flop of last season. gyen is just young and I think he could be amazing if he undertakes some of SSeeS' qualities as a controller.
EMEA:
- Imports galore with Less in Vitality and Saadhak in KC. This region has probably the most recycled transferred talent and you could look at RocketBullets' spreadsheet to see all the names on their new teams.
- Most hyped prospects objectively are florescent, kaajak, xeus. Though I am most hyped for RobbieBk. He is a solid IGL and seems to have confident fragging ability.
- Biggest flop could be the most hyped prospects and I think a lot of people are hoping on florescent to flop. I see kaajak flopping hard if he cannot make the most of the FNATIC system. flyuh is a huge question-mark signing and I see him flopping. And then the Vitality super-team could be a massive flop in of itself.
Americas:
- Verno and Mada from NRG look to be beasts. Cortezia may be the Brazilian ScreaM with his 70% HS in some of his games.
- Jawgemo went to G2 which could enable this Ascension team to win an international. yay and icy to EG could be big. Aspas in MIBR with nzr could be solid as he wanted to play with this IGL. N4rrate and bang in SEN could be solid, but the role swapping is a huge issue that needs to be smoothed out.
- Biggest flop could be C9 especially with their whole roster-shuffling drama. They got Rossy but released him after RBHG and got Mitch to replace him. Net came in for Moose after lacklustre performances in off-season. Equally, LEV could flop if Demon1 is not performing at his 100% and SEN could equally flop if the role-swap issue persists.
China:
- This region feels the messiest in transfers, but I would say that Wolves getting Juicy and having Spring on duelist could make them a Top 4 contender. XLG has a decent bit of hype since Rarga is a solid duelist.
- Yosemite to FPX could give some stability although it feels like they got too many players in similar roles. Haodong is back to IGL of TEC which could make them another promising underdog.
- Biggest flop is a huge coin-toss. But I can see it being BLG since they've been waning in quality since Biank left. JDG and All Gamers also seem very weak and spotty in terms of their acquisitions. Honestly, CN is probably the region with the most defined Top 4 and only BLG might get pushed out if Wolves go all-in.
Discord