Narr4te doesn't wanna play for sen, so now I wanna do another one without him.
Reduxx: Duelist
JonahP: Scans
JohnQT: Flex/IGL (Will be senti when cypher/Kj become relevant again)
Satellite: Yoru (Will be flex when Double duelist falls off. Until then he's gonna be our American Lovers rock with the occasional second initiator.)
Cortezia: Smokes
Ewok: Coach
I think I'm cooking here chat.
"our american lovers rock" lmfao the guy can't hit an op shot to save his life
Sen is gonna be a mid team no matter what, any competent player that they would actually want is taken since they have john as an import. They can't go to emea to grab a cracked flex player, you could have jonah flex and grab a scan player but I think this works for the time being.
I mostly said american lovers rock because of the agent, not the skill level.
What do you do when double duelist falls off? (which it will soon, I feel a waylay nerf coming after santiago. Maybe the day before considering riot.), we still have 2 main duelist players. Then you run into role problems.
Zaj: Yoru/Viper
Reduxx: Duelist
Cortezia: Smokes
John: Flex
JonahP: Scans
It would make more sense to grab satellite, he has a good agent pool aside from that yoru, but he can play yoru for the time being.
Zaj is good, I just don't think it makes sense, and smoke is purely a duelist player, which again if you're keeping reduxx is a dumb idea.
zaj can play smokes, Smoke can play senti, actually it's his main role idk why QOR keep forcing him on primary duelist (but granted idk how much of a spot there is for that in the team)
You already have John/Cortez for senti, So I wouldn't want smoke either way.
If zaj can play smokes, then sure, Grab zaj and run that.
Zaj: Smokes
Reduxx: Duelist
John: Flex (Maybe senti if Cypher and Kj are relevant, but you have cortez so It gets complicated.)
Cortezia: Senti (Smokes when Zaj is on yoru)
JonahP: Scans
I don't hate it, I see this working out. But I think grabbing a player that can run flex initiator as well as the yoru is a lot more viable. At least with my meta read.
(sorry for late reply, I was stuck in classes.)
I somewhat agree but there are just no player who can play both yoru and flash atm, the first one that comes to mind is Lime but it's not possible so..
Yeah, I think satellite is the closest we can get. He's been playing Kayo/Tejo, he has an alright yoru, I think he'd be the best guy for the job. Sure he may struggle with the OP, but can;t reduxx do that on waylay/Neon/Jett? It's not as good as yoru, but it works.
If you want to keep the core of Reduxx, John, And cortezia while making the obvious choice of picking up jonah, then I think sat is your only option.
Lowkey, my dream sen roster would be:
Reduxx: Duelist
Narr4te: Scans
JohnQT: Senti/IGL
JonahP: Flash initiator/Flex
Nightz: Smokes/Yoru
But Nightz is 17 iirc and Narr4te has actively stated he doesn't want to play for sen.
Reduxx plays primary duelist, Narr4te is back on his comfort role, John is in his comfort role, Jonah can play flashes or viper, Nightz becomes our Smokes player, but can play yoru if/when needed and John can play Smokes or Jonah can play solo viper with john playing senti/flex. It sounds really weird but I think theres a world where it works.
So I think my sat roster is the best we can get here.
where did the satellite glaze come from all of a sudden cuz I KNOW yall aint been watching him since that ambrosia run
He's a Yoru that can play flash initiator, that's what I want for this team. So unless riot likes SEN enough to give us 2 imports to pick up Lime, then satellite is as close as We can get.
why not just get boni from m80
let him play dive while reduxx still plays yoru cuz he was alr frying on the yoru
That restricts Sen to PURELY double duelist, which as I stated, is going to become off meta after santiago.
Even if it was still meta after santiago, why restrict the team to only 1 breed of team comp anyways? There are maps where you'd wanna run Double initiator, Viper/Senti, Double Senti, Double smokes, Etc. With reduxx/Boni, you only get double duelist unless reduxx wants to play his below average Omen, but I think ewok won't allow that.
reduxx would play the omen and it would be fine as long as they have a proper entry
not restricting at all and I think better in the long term
If ewok has half a braincell he will know not to put one of the best duelists in Americas on Smokes. Reduxx should be on duelist, his omen isn't good enough to be viable long term.
If ewok has half a braincell he will know not to put one of the best duelists in Americas on Smokes
oh so you mean like what they did with tenz? wonder how that went...
its really all about the pacing of the team. If they play a map that requires one duelist, then reduxx goes omen so he can still pseudo dash in with said duelist.
its actually really smart to do so bro.
TenZ was not one of the best duelists in americas at the time.
also, Unlike TenZ, Reduxx is already looking far more comfortable on Dive. His omen that he's aready shown is awful. You can make a defense for TenZ because he's mechanically gifted and had the experience to know what to do on omen.
Reduxx has played omen, and only done bad on omen. Omen is NOT an agent for Reduxx.
TenZ was not one of the best duelists in americas at the time.
neither was reduxx. ill be real hes maybe 5th or 6th at best right now if that. Omen still allows for aggression as he can still dive
Reduxx is already looking far more comfortable on Dive
this is also not really true. His best performance was dropping 35 on yoru. Even looking at the lev game where he played only waylay, what he was doing would not have been rewarded if he was against a team that actually fucking moved instead of defaulting every round for a full minute.
Omen is NOT an agent for Reduxx
omen is a learnable agent for all duelists, it just takes the right system, and ewok is someone who is known for developing players into a good system, so I think this would be the perfect guy to take advantage of that
worst comes to worst they just run perma double duel anyway and this whole hindsight discussion was pointless, which is honestly most likely
Sry for the late reply I am juggling 3 VLR threads and an online class at the same fucking time.
I suppose he could take the time to learn, but what about astra? She's essential on maps like breeze and Abyss, You want double duelist on those maps as well (neon/Yoru and Yoru/Waylay respectively) So that might get a bit complicated.
Satellite isnt bad but i think Rob said they have the ability to get any player so i dont think they will go for low T1 or T2 players yet. Unless maybe they have found crazy talent there
There are crazy talents in t2 na
Boni
zaj9
Solada
Satellite
Chloric
Ducq
Are some of the best mechanical players in NA
OH WE CAN GET ANY PLAYER!? ALR, FUCK SATELLITE THEN I THOUGHT WE WERE BROKE-
Reduxx: Duelist
Verno: Yoru/Scans
JohnQT: IGL/Flex/Senti
JonahP: Scans/Flex
Bang/V1c: Smokes
Ewok: Coach
"AND SENTINELS, ARE YOUR 2026 VALORANT WORLD CHAMPIONS!"
do u even watch valorant LOL v1c and bang got a team they good. just chill, sen will probably select a good enough player i trust them since kaplan isnt in full control this time
I feel like they need two players who should be very good mechanically. I think boni and jonahp are obvious choices but chloric, zaj9, ducq, satellite are also good choices
Alternate Solution,
Move John and Cortezia to their most comfortable roles. John being on Senti/Viper, and Cortezia being perma Smokes
I do agree with Reduxx being on a Duelist role? But only as a Secondary duelist. DD Comps do work in this meta. But I think Reduxx would benefit from being Yoru/Omen/Chamber Flex.
As for Jonah, I do think he is fit for the Scan Init role extremely well. He thrives on Sova, Kayo, and Skye. Although Kayo and Skye are not in traditional comps at the moment, there are maps and comps they have proven to be very useful. Examples being G2's Bind (Trent/Skye) and NRG's Corrode (Ethan/Kayo). His Fade can use some work, especially if Pearl is coming back into the pool.
That leaves Duelist. Satellite isn't an awful option to have as a primary or even a secondary. But there are just better options that are either free agents or in the Tier 2 scene right now. Those being M80's Boni, SAD's Jerrwin, Winthrop's Sym (Under right conditions), and Alliance Guardians Ryker (625 Rounds of Waylay in the last 30 days, 1.09 KD). But I'd like to focus on Boni because I've been watching him since he was on Burger Boys in Stage 1 in 2025.
North America was FULL of Tier 1 Talent, that being Sato, Skuba, Penny, Vora, Seven, Timitino, Etc. Boni excels with Waylay and Neon, AND can play Initiator if really need be. He actually has a giant agent pool, and I think he would fit in super well with the team's chemistry.
More info https://www.thespike.gg/player/bonifaci0/18243#past=all
TLDR;
JohnQT: IGL + Senti/Viper
Cortezia: Smokes
Reduxx: Secondary Duelist/Omen
JonahP: Scans
Boni: Duelist/Secondary Initator
Nightz would be a very good alternate option as well. Kinda forgot to include him but I think he has been mentioned around the community enough lol. I do hope he atleast trials with them
I do agree Jerrwin definitely needs a tier one spot, I would've picked him but I do feel reduxx has great potential as a primary duelist, he just needs a team that will support him.
almost every duelist is going to look trash if the team won't help them, and I feel sen is leaving him on an island when he entries.
I would love to see a roster like this, It won't happen for obvious reasons but I feel it's probably one of the better theoretical rosters they could build:
Reduxx/Jerrwin: Duelist
Narr4te: Scans (DucQ would be more realistic since narr4te doesn't wanna play for sen)
JohnQT: Senti/IGL
JonahP: Flash initiator/Flex
Nightz: Smokes/Yoru (Reduxx would be the more realistic option, Omen/Yoru)
Ewok: Coach
NismO: Assistant coach
Narr4te doesn't wanna play for sen though, and nightz is underage. But I think this is pretty good if the conditions were right.
In optimal conditions, I do think this would be an interesting lineup. But NiSMO just signed with M80 as their Head Coach. So, unless Kap and NiSMO want to switch orgs, then it might work.
I do feel like Rob is now running the show instead of Ewok and previously Kaplan. I'm watching Shyo explain everything and I don't see SEN making it to any internationals at this rate
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