Best possible team in every region

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Americas

aspas - Primary duellist
zekken - Flexing between second duellist/second smokes
brawk - Scan
valyn - Smokes + IGL
Less - Sentinel

Before anyone asks why I didn't include more NRG players, they're a team of players mostly 2nd/3rd best in role in their region, only one on the team besides brawk who I considered was Ethan but he can't play second duellist so I went zekken instead

EMEA

Derke - Main duellist
Alfajer - Flexing between second duellist and senti
Boaster - Smokes + IGL
RieNs - Scan
Chronicle - Flex

Yes it's 2023 FNC with RieNs instead of Leo

Pacific

Meteor - Flexing between senti/second duellist
something - Flexing between scan/Yoru and Jett
f0rsakeN - Whatever the fuck
Munchkin - Scan + Viper + IGL
Mako - Smokes

Cursed fucking roles but we move

China

Zmjjkk - Main duellist
slowly - Second duellist/initiator
Smoggy - Smokes
happywei - Senti/second smokes
SiuFatBB - Scan + IGL

WE'VE GOT BABY! SIUUUUUUUUUUU FAT BB! I JUST DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND

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JonahPork

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brawk over trent ✌️😹

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AnakinPodracer

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Honestly Less over leaf was bothering me more haha

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shrike-

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less over leaf skuba cortezia LMAOOOO

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glittering_yard

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Less is a World Champion, T1 leaf is an international choker

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AnakinPodracer

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Yes, 3 soon to be 4 years ago now. he is not bad but a few others I would choose over him for sure.

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glittering_yard

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only if you are 100% recency biased, historically there isnt a sentinel on par with Less in Americas:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/1ogral2/highest_rated_players_in_vct_americas_history/

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serot

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Leaf I feel has too many off games
When he is locked leaf clears but overall less is still very good and much more consistent imo

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I_LOVE_LESS

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what the fuck has leaf done to be in Less conversations dont play with me man

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serot

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Champs mvp over not even rbhg mvp is justified

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JonahPork

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Champs mvp bc he has a better team. Brawk’s champs performance wasn’t even better than Trent’s Bangkok performance, grand finals included. It’s just unfortunate one team has a serial choker and the other had one of the most clutch performances ever

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SENfns

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kaajak is better than that bald fuck

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n0vacane

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depends on kickoff tbh, rn kajaak = derke

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SENfns

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rn its kaajak by far

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catNmouse

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kaajak > derke rn

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hoboclap

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kajaak was the best player of the year LOL

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n0vacane

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kajaak also had arguably the best supporting cast itw
derke was 2v5ing every round with less

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serot

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"supporting cast" when kaajak's best and most impactful moments are him just killing people off pure individual mechanics...
not saying it didn't matter, but derke also gets supporting utility u know?

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n0vacane

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his individual highlights are probably raw mechanics, but his entry + overall play is heavily influenced by having the greatest IGL OAT and incredible initiator util from crashies

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hoboclap

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Him having a good supporting cast should not take away from his abilities individually. On his own, he would pull a multikill out of butt fuck nowhere and win an unwinnable round by himself. Kajaak is easily the best player of the year, even edging out the likes of forsaken, something, aspas, etc.

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n0vacane

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kajaak is doing what to forsaken and aspas??? :0

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hoboclap

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Yeah you dont have an argument for your dumb point do you

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n0vacane

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i just thought the way you worded it was funny

Derke can (and has) played the exact same role that kajaak has.

Derke averaged a 1.11 rating across the 4 events he played in during 2023, FNC's best year
Kajaak averaged a 1.14 across the 5 events he played in during 2025, his first year on the team

They have played essentially the same role to the same amount of effectiveness with a similar cast

continue thread →

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serot

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He was also doing the same stuff in tier 2 with apeks...

Also pretty much all initiator util at the highest level is very good, there aren't may recon players with "bad" utility since most utility for execs is preplanned and thought out well in advance (nearly impossible to mess up); the utility usage difference is more apparent in clutch moments and similarly chaotic situations.

Also if you watched kaajak play this year he was just taking solo contact fights most of the time. I.g. fnatic haven where kaajak would contact up A main or B main on defense and secure a round winning multikill by himself.

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Germy

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idk id argue kaajak on fnc > derke on fnc, and thats with the downgrade from leo to crashies (crashies crazy good but no debate that leo is better)

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catNmouse

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ethan can play second duelist and actually wants to but IGLing on duelist is giga troll

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weewoohereisdapolice

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trent>brawk, Kaajak>Derke, Nats>Boaster and Karon>Mako and ur list is perfect
and nobody gaf about china

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SENfns

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this guy said shats over boaster

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weewoohereisdapolice

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love boaster but hes a 0.8kd warrior and it hurts in big games

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SENfns

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nats' calling doesn't even graze 20% of boaster's calling
at least get a good caller if you want a change in igls with better mechanics

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merciless-pity8989-89

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MaKo is better than Karon

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Elby56

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Just for Americas cuz I haven't finished my ranking of the other regions

Trent > brawk
Ethan > valyn (not same role but zekken can takes smokes n it fixes other potential role issues)

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catNmouse

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who would play sentinel in double controller comps? ethan?

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Elby56

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He theoretically could but I think Less on senti and Ethan on Viper makes most sense.

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SENfns

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valyn is a better igl

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Elby56

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yes but Ethan is better individual player + fixes potential role issues

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catNmouse

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Ethan is better individual player

debatable, valyn was the best controller in americas throughout the entire year

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SENfns

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ethan is better at his role as a support on the team
valyn is better individually and in terms of calling

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JonahPork

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Valyn had a better individual year than Ethan did this year, champs included

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KOLLLY

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Need some of what your smoking

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hoboclap

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no t3xture or buzz is crazy, they are better than something as an entry duelist all time. Something is a good secondary

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Mako in the big 2025🥀. Karon clears him all day

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dimmed

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I'm gonna say what we are all thinking:
-zekken
+leaf

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aspas_is_baiter

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asspiss cant play primary duelist hes a baiter op abuser and passive duelist

-asspiss
+mada

-less
+leaf

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n0vacane

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apac roles are making me rip my hair out in frustration

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Madouza

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I love all of these, I think Apac's roles are absolutely fucking cursed but ykw we BALL.

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Gdgdfdgtttt

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that one guy arguing that ethan is better than valyn is cooked by recency bias and STUPID

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Huuuuugo

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Kaajak>>>>Derke

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Pacific

Meteor - Flexing between senti/second duellist
something - Flexing between scan/Yoru and Jett
f0rsakeN - Whatever the fuck
Munchkin - Scan + Viper + IGL
Mako - Smokes

cook, mako and f0rsaken can focus play and not igl bullshit

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As someone who doesn't watch China and whose opinion doesnt matter I feel that roster is perfect. Also would like to confirm that for the first roster zekken would also be on flash initiator.

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toidinami

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I think I go
Valyn
Sato
Verno
Ethan
Leaf

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CatchOptimal

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Americas
Aspas: Duelist
Leaf: Init + Secondary smokes/senti
Valyn: Smokes + igl
Less: Senti
Zekken: Scan + Secondary Duelist

EMEA
Kaajak: Duelist
Chronicle: Flex
Ruxic: Smokes (Has been insane since Stage 2 2025)
Nats: Senti + igl
Cloud: Init + Secondary caller

Pacific (kinda going crazy here lol. Not taking a bunch of PRX players because I don't know how they would be without being in that PRX style)

Meiy: Duelist
Munchkin: Init + igl
Forsaken: Smokes + giga flex + Secondary caller
Meteor: Senti
Invy: Init

China I have no clue

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Bhrubby

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Less aint allat

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Zerphyr1

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and these teams will still probably perform worse then teams like fnc, prx or g2 if they actually existed.