They've been a top team since like the beginning and even when they are having a bad split/year they are not bottom of the barrel but a consistent mid-upper tier team regionally. It's not like they are the only team in EMEA to have the resources to invest in good players, so are the other orgs just not willing to spend more than the minimum necessary? Is it a management/staff diff? Is it just a player chemistry/synergy diff?
I mean no other team in EMEA as far as i can remember has come close to being this consistently good. Even when there have been EMEA teams to do really well and sometimes outshine fnatic, it has been for a split or a year at most. All this while also considering that they let go of their star duelist this year, and brought on a great T2 replacement, but one that had yet to prove himself in T1 and had undeniably big shoes to fill and also while playing without arguably their best player - leo. So what are they doing differently?
Why is fnatic so consitently good?
Fr boaster Alfa and chron are so good in their roles. Boaster as an igl is pretty consistent in calling and shooting. With crashies on the team that’s 4 top tier players then a good teachable rookie like Kajaak to bring good energy, this team is nearly a super team if it isn’t considered one already
I agree that having a good core with good synergy is important and ofc that only comes with time played together. But at the same time(and this is not referring to fnc, but other teams) if you have on paper a great roster that is underperforming, how long do you wait before making changes. I feel like this is a trap that can easily go both ways, a team can be too fast to make changes after a bad split/year, or on the contrary wait forever without trying to make any potential improvements
not sure if people from other reason know this, but emea has the best t2 scene when it comes to mechanics.
so if a team like fnc or th sees the t2 talent (which they have both done), they can make them become worldclass players, even if they were already amazing.
in this match alone, alfa, kaajak, miniboo, riens and wo0t were all from t2 for example
do you understand fnatic history, clout, resources? they have a good manager and the most resources in emea
they just buy the best players at all times, theres no deep reason or anything, u had derke in 2021, alfa joined in 2022, leo and chron joined in 2023, 2024 was a bit shit but not that shit, and 2025 they bought the best talent from tier 2 and crashies
its just having the most resources and a manager who understands how to buy the hype
derke was in the grand finals of CIS before fnatic alfajer was in the grand finals of turkish vrl before fnatic, thats not scouting thats called go to another region and get the best talent. anyone with eyes would tell you derke and alfajer would be good
fnatic pay the most in valorant, so idk wytb NRG couldnt even afford demon1s buyout fully, vitality might idk what theyre paying tbh but i assume fnatic is higher
just talking about things you dont know about, fnatic literally just is madrid of valorant
Na but if scouting talent was that easy, why hasn’t every team done it. The only ever time Fnatic went big name hunting was with Leo and Chronicle(and you can argue with Kajaak). Hiro was also a tier 2 player they picked out of nowhere who is now excelling in tier 1. Calling them the Madrid of Valorant is rubbish. They also picked up Crashies when the world called him finished and revitalised his entire career
HIRO WAS TOP 5 IN RATING IN TURKISH LEAGUE BRO WTF R U SAYING
LMFAO
good scouting is like mce finding players to compete in tier 1 from tier 3
this is like saying if i buy jude bellingham from borrusia dortmund i scouted him, nah u just got the best player from a developmental league
stop yapping bro fnatic have 20 years of history of being well ran ofc theyre consistently a good team in valorant
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