Bro is averaging 290-300 ACS atm (prime 2021 Reykjavik Tenz numbers), casually going +10 every single map
He turns 18 in june 2026, where do you guys think he is getting picked up ?
Do you think he sticks with the ENVY core (ion2x and POPPIN), and waits for ion to turn 18 too before joining a team ? (ion turns 18 january 2027)
He has the most cursed agent pool (legit just iso jett), but he is fragging so heavy that its worth it for any struggling team to pick him up I think.
It should be worth noting that we haven’t seen him play raze neon or yoru recently
Overall, iso is his strongest duelist. Being forced off his comfort agent when he plays duelist in tier 1 will lead to a drop off in performance. Not to mention aggressive player tend to struggle more against higher level competition.
Stats from recent games could also be inflated due to 2 things;
He could have a hot streak of games where he performs well (doesn’t show consistency over time)
And 2; envy are way better than other tier 2 teams. They can setup cane better than other teams, make the round winning call or put him in better positions than other teams, win rounds boosting economy and always allowing cane to have a rifle/op money. This is why a player like avova had great stats on apeks when they were on a streak in tier2 but struggled in tier1 when everything is more competitive.
Oh yeah I see. I heavily disagree with the use of these stats, because even though ENVY is clearly the best team in T2 NA at the moment, this kind of mechanical dominance has never been seen before in challengers ?
he is averaging 306.7 acs in stage 2 right now, and you cant tell me that more than 50% of that is due to ENVY being the best team in challengers.
By comparison, lets take kaajak (who was the most mechanically dominant player in T2 last year).
He was only averaging 290 acs in ascension, which was his best tournament all year (excluding the grand final because he had a big underperformance)
Canezerra is still very much above those numbers
Oh wow thats a crazy hot take
I get that canezerra's agent pool is pretty concerning, but I just dont think sato is fragging heavy enough to make as much as an impact as canezerra.
One thing I will give sato is that he looks like a pretty good yoru, but I have more faith in canezerra picking up yoru and learning how to play it (especially after having played with eggster so much), than sato ever fragging as heavy as canezerra
Zekken has mentioned several times wanting to go back to school and complete his studies, as (I think) he doesnt see being a professional valorant player as a viable long term career.
Btw, I agree that OXY is a lot less consistent, and less versatile than zekken, but imo he has higher peaks mechanically (I still think that zekken is way smarter in the way he plays, and has more consistent mechanics, I just think that OXY has the most ridiculous rounds from time to time)
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