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Signed teams in Qualifier 2

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TsoChicken

Top signed teams during this qualifier and how they've looked so far in alphabetical order (including eliminated teams)

100Thieves - looking really strong and adaptive and are improving every match, but still a lot of shakiness as a team at times; Asuna isn't having as much fragging impact as fans would like but is to be expected considering the role difference.

Akrew - looking strong but are bad at dealing with relentless aggression; very balanced team otherwise.

Complexity - super inconsistent but very adaptive and flexible playstyle; Governor and truo seem to be really consistent right now.

Cloud9 White - promising signs but seems like they're chokers; meL performing insanely well on the Chamber.

DarkZero - good performances but very obvious that they struggle against better opposition; Trick is struggling a lot individually.

Evil Geniuses - very inconsistent; jawgemo is shining on his new role as a duelist and Boostio is shining on Chamber but seems to be struggling immensely outside of Chamber.

Knights - they perform as expected; Frosty is a hard anchor right now and definitely needs to step up if they want to be able to contest at a higher level.

Gen.G - a good team but it feels like for them to beat a top team, they can only do it off individual skill; Shawn needs to do a lot better on an individual level.

Ghost - looking okay but underperforming; they did get literally robbed so it's fair.

NYFU - looking solid but definitely struggling to win series cleanly; JSUNG and neptune are underperforming and need to step up.

Sentinels - underperforming massively and compared to other teams, they have little teamwork and adaptability; Shahzam used to be a solid fragger in the team but has had nowhere near the same level of impact recently. SicK's playstyle as a controller is a lot worse than zombs, especially when it comes to util and conversation of it. TenZ is performing a lot better in this qualifier than the previous. Kanpeki is doing well as a new pickup but unfortunately is whiffing a lot. dapr isn't performing badly but still needs to get better, he used to pull rounds out of nowhere but it doesn't seem like he has the ability to consistently do that right now.

SoaR - looking solid and unique in tactics but haven't seen them against enough good teams.

Soniqs - they look very strong against weaker teams but look very bad against stronger teams, they seem to rely heavily on anti-stratting; shonk and runi have been underwhelming but runi has stepped it up recently a lot.

T1 - this team needs a complete revamp, including steel even though he has shown success in the past as an IGL; it's clear that the T1 playbook is extremely limited and exploitable on top of roles not making any sense + what they're trying to do isn't backed up by results.

Version1 - massively underperforming; Zellsis and Zander underperforming but understandable considering all the things happening to V1 internally (Zellsis leaving soon, wippie visa issues and practice issues that came along with it, effys turning 40 soon).

Zero MarksMen Black - looking pretty strong but unfortunately very inconsistent.

Additional notes:

  • Sentinels have one of the easiest runs this qualifier so it'll be an even bigger disappointment to the fans if they fail to qualify.
  • Players playing Brimstone/Breach/Omen seem to have deflated statistics when playing those roles (meaning there is a positional disadvantage just by playing the agent)
  • Players playing Chamber/Jett seem to have overly-inflated statistics (average 1.3K/D) when playing those roles (meaning there is a positional advantage just by playing the agent)
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tinted
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trick reply inc
edit: effys almost 30, not almost 40

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GLHF
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lucky he's playing right now xD

#3
Lakanawasha
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Nvm

#4
andrewdamf
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Dude said ghost "looking okay but underperforming" when they just destroyed complexity and wouldve won against eg if unlucky timings didnt happen 💀💀

#8
fIuid
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a pug team could destroy complexity

#14
andrewdamf
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didnt know version1 was a pug team and literally 90% of the others top t2 teams that col has been beating consistently in other events

#17
fIuid
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complexity is an embarrassment to NA valorant. they are trash. even girl kissers beat version1 lmao

#16
TsoChicken
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I feel that Ghost is only minorly underperforming, coming into the VCT qualifiers their form was extremely strong after relatively cleanly beating Knights and TSM and even though they have been winning series very cleanly this second qualifier, my expectation was that they would beat EG, but maybe that opinion of mine is overly biased.

#5
Mooony
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Dapr... right now he hasn't been underperforming. Literally playing decent for his roles and being consistent. I agree he isn't at his best rn but it's looking good for him

#10
fIuid
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he is underperforming.. his chamber has been awful against good teams so they've had to switch comps

#13
Ashh
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agreed, but imo one of the best at his role, except chamber just my opinion don't care if u mad mfers say otherwise

#6
SeulgiVLR
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zmm is only representing their name, theyre fa

#15
TsoChicken
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My bad.

#7
number_1_bjor_fan
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good read, from what i know seems like accurate information

#11
fIuid
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also no FaZe

#12
OkOkay
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Qualifier 2

#18
zardinez
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I agree with this. The biggest differnce in Sen between this qual and last (where they looked somewhat better than now) is Shaz's underfragging and abysmal utility. I don't know if he let the hate get to him, but he was genuinely a fantastic player all last year including at champs, and he looked pretty good individually last qualifier as well. This tournament he's been so much worse. I don't think Dapr is underperforming either, he's always putting up consistent performances. Overall I'd say neither of those individual things would matter if they had a game plan, good strats, cool set plays, and good coordination. However, they have none of that. I'd honestly take Akrew 65% of the time in this rematch.

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