this guy is lowkey trash
There's no marteen without bipo but u ain't ready to have that convo 😴
avez played other agents than phoenix last yknow, but he was't a human drone like bipo is either
he needs to go perma waylay cuz his neon is not good
and needs to be less driven by emotions, idk if its just me, but i felt like he was rage peeking everything on corrode against ns
I had some mixed feeling as well until I checked his VCL stats before he joined T1. He was legit the top duelist prospect.
https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/2395/challengers-2025-dach-evolution-stage-2
https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/2523/challengers-2025-dach-evolution-stage-3
https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/2521/challengers-2025-emea-stage-3
So I would say just give him time and maybe his impact itself is making marteen shine which clearly shows.
problem is that he got his stats playing the exact same way he is rn
So while m8 would have been 100% aware of how he played and chose him specifically for it, the criticism is that his crackhead style doesnt work anywhere near as well in t1 as it did in t2
(But since m8 chose him knowing how he played, im pretty sure they wanted the playstyle)
I think his mental is the only reason it doesn't really work, his undecisiveness and his fear to make a mistake or lose a duel makes him worse than he should be
I really should stop replying to stuff before work xD feels weird to "ignore" you for 7+ hours consistently
Oh yea im very much sure he will get better (Dambi ark incoming).
But even when those issues are fixed and he goes up to a 200-210 acs duelist, you are still left with a player whos playstyle doesnt necessarily match the tempo of the team (currently) - and that will just get him into so many situations where he looks like a bot
Good news is that dambi showed us that it is possible to succeed as an overly aggressive duelist
a real vct fan knows that bipo is actually a good player cuz he ain't baiter like marteen and actually contests for space on the map
Are we being deadass sure marteen got 232 kills over the 2 bo5s are we forgetting bipo getting a calm 184 kills over those 2 series too. While he was the top prospect in EMEA, we need to remember this is still his rookie season and after his first split in Tier 1 he went to an international where stakes and nerves are at an all time high. Just give the kid a chance to settle in better