I've been saying for a while that TSM should move Drone back onto Sova and now once they do he starts popping off again... Then again these aren't the best teams that he's popped off against but still

Lmao btw it's a seeding match...

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This is why I've been saying Kanpeki is insanely underrated and deserves to get signed... Any org that needs a jett should at least consider Kanpeki. It's tough since guys like Dicey, Sharky and now JCruel are available but he should still be heavily considered.

Can't wait to see Soniqs play some better teams. I don't think they have much of a chance against Sen but they should be able to be a top 15 team in NA. I doubt they make stage 2 masters but I think they will be one of the team(like TSM, NRG and T1) that just miss out on making it. I hope they exceed my expectations since I've heard that the OCE playstyle is somewhat similar to BR. Should be very interesting to see how Soniqs perform.

cutefatboys is a very good team though so there definitely is a way C9 lose

I love the change from 100T. Previously they had a sage + Asuna on raze, leaving them with no flashes but now they have Asuna on phoenix.

Asuna 52-21 with a 431 ACS should be an insane confidence boost and even though it's against a tier 10 team, it's great to see Asuna popping off

hiko breach and steel astra on 2nd map lol
edit: and nitr0 breach as well as ethan playing sage and nitr0 playing omen

Because they were the best OCE team(Order is up there as well) but if they lose this or against C9W than we know that the rest of OCE(again except maybe Order) won't do shit against the teams from other regions but if they lose to Sen, then there's hope for OCE

I mean he never denied doing anything you said he did, he just said that going on twitter doesn't save his job but ig you're never wrong

Looks good except for replacing Drone. He hasn't been great recently at all but if they move Drone back on sova, add rara to play duelists and then drop hazed and reltuC than the roster would have some of the most firepower in NA. However both would result in TSM lacking a IGL and we've all seen what having great firepower without a good IGL results in(G2). Also I don't think any of these guys would be a good IGL so TSM needs to keep 1 of hazed/reltuC or sign a new IGL. Honestly, even though Subroza has been incredible for TSM, he plays the same role as hazed so maybe dropping Roza and reltuC and keeping hazed as the IGL would be a better move. Or they can always just run with this 6 man roster as well.

RNG in cs were pretty damn good. Good enough to get signed by 100T

If they lose before the expected matchup with Sen then OCE has no future

zeek: 1; vakk: 1
Bramz should always be on jett. paTiTek had an atrocious series and G2 needs an IGL. Idk who they should replace for a good IGL or who they should get but they need to make this change or they will never be able to win anything imo. Idk too much about the EU scene and whether or not any FA IGLs are good enough for G2 but they need an IGL and they need one soon.

This team was so disappointing. After they beat TSM twice in 1 tournament to knock them out(when TSM was inarguably a top 2 team in NA) I had high hopes for Dig and thought they had so much potential, which they never really lived up to. Rara, Makka and Dephh all deserve to get signed to good teams and as for the other 2: Idk too much about ryann, other than he was a former tier 2 cs player but I didn't watch him play too much valorant and psalm is a good sova but didn't fit this roster as a duelist and should get a shot as well. Anyways, best of luck to the players

Why are you bringing what they did in cs and ow into this when they've been playing Valorant for a very long time... Based on what these teams have done in Valorant, 100T are the clear favorites and unless the T1 players play out of their mind(similarly to how the NRG guys played aganst 100T), 100T should win that matchup and that's also assuming that T1 doesn't get upset

I think Liquid should drop L1nk and soulcas. They're both great players but obviously this team hasn't worked out and they need a change. Idk who they would bring in but they should bring in some omen/brim main IGL and a consistent sova player.

If they can't beat IMT than they don't deserve to qualify anyways. IMT is a great team but if TSM can't beat IMT, then they aren't going to beat Sen, Envy, FaZe, GenG and probably teams like 100T, LG and XSET

NRG vs XSET(Assuming they don't get upset)
Should be a great match, especially for Round of 16

Well luckily they don't have 3 females signed to their team lol.

Did you just suggest that Aleksandar is garbage?

Hey at least they have Aleksandar and Temperature... The other 3 simply aren't good enough for an org like EG but they have a star in Aleksandar and a great support player in Temperature to build around.

Psalm isn't a good duelist but he was very good on sova and should fit in better with whatever team he goes to if he is on sova.

Many think that they cheat because of some sus clips.

Wait I meant top 4 teams for Stage 2 Masters 1(basically just NA - Sen). Idk who you would say is better than 100T other than Envy, GenG and FaZe right now. 100T has only lost to the top 4 teams and NRG with this roster while experimenting against the meta and with a brand new player. I guarantee you that 100T will make changes and learn from Stage 1 Masters 1 and Ethan will grow even more. We haven't seen the new rosters of NRG and TSM play together yet but you could argue that NRG will be better but I'm still saying 100T is 4th behind FaZe, Envy and GenG(once again, not including Sen)

You guarantee 100T isn't making Masters 2? They are 1 of the top 4 teams in NA and definitely have a decent chance to qualify over NV, FaZe and GenG

Any team that needs a sova should look to pick psalm up. He was one of the best sova players before Dig signed Makka and moved Psalm over to play duelists. This is a great move from Dig since Makka is a better sova than psalm and there are plenty of good duelists(mostly jetts or from tier2-3 but still). As of right now, Dig has a great phoenix/reyna player in Rara(and for some reason they play him on sage some times too... a great sova with Makka, a top 10 sentinel main with dephh and a solid smoker main with ryann. I think Sharky would be a great pickup for this team to play jett/raze or any of the cracked tier 2/3 duelists that put up some insane numbers. The 1st option is definitely safer but then again IMT has continously gone with the 2nd option and now they have Shot_Up and Kehmicals and are a top 8 team in NA.

I think they need to at least get xeppaa and/or floppy to move over to their Valorant team if they want to have a chance to keep TenZ. I'm pretty sure TenZ would rather go to Sen either way but if they get xeppaa and floppy he might consider coming back. Even if they don't keep TenZ, xeppaa, floppy and Leaf would be an extremely strong trio and might make them a tier 1 team again if they build a good roster around them. I just hope they actually do switch over to Valorant.

Vision Strikers have never lost a game and they've been around since June... However, they have been playing against Korean competition, which most people believe to be much weaker than Brazilian, NA and EU competition.

1. You use stats way too much. I go off what I see and what I see is that Zombs is a better site anchor than most of the other guys you named.
2. Being a site anchor is actually very difficult. Zombs is able to kill 2 or stall long enough for his teammates to rotate when many other players would die very quickly to a site execute.
3. Do you actually think that IGL's micromanage every player's utility on their team? Spoiler: they don't. IGL's call plays, rotates and set ups and the rest is on the other players.
   Again, he's by no means the best omen and he might not even be top 10 in NA be he is the best or one of the 3 best players at his role in NA.

We know https://www.vlr.gg/14197/tsm-brax :)

Good move, whether he remains as the 6th man or is slowly integrated into this roster as a replacement for someone. Hopefully TSM remains patient and sees how this plays out, and if TSM is doing better when Brax is playing compared to when he is not, hopefully they make the smart decision and part ways with the other player.

The thing is that none of the players you named, except maybe nitr0 and gMd, are as good of a site anchor as zombs. Maybe I'm thinking way too highly of zombs but he is one of the best site anchors in the game and one of the best support players in the game. Hell he might even be the best supportive omen in NA. None of those players would better than Zombs in his role, other than maybe nitr0. So even though they do a better job at fragging, they wouldn't do a better job at playing his role within this team.

Haha all good. However, I'm pretty sure Marved and mummAy play a lot less omen than the other guys I listed and Stani is very inconsistent. I would definitely take the top 2 over Marved, mummAy and Stani but Marved or mummAy could definitely be in that 3-5 range. Imo I think mummAy should be above Subroza and Marved should be right below s0m but right above Stani.

Just because someone plays an agent in matchmaking doesn't mean they'll play it in pro play. I don't watch him but I'm 90% sure HiKo doesn't solely play sova. Jett is extremely fun to play as so I wouldn't read too much into it.

Buddy no one said anything about Sen so why are you bringing them up? They are the most talented roster in the world with a top 3 IGL in NA so of course they will adapt quicker than 100T. 100T on the other hand was experimenting a strat that is not the meta in NA with a player who has played 3 weeks of the game since switching over against the top 12 teams in NA and made it to Masters, only losing to 3 of the top 4 teams and NRG. With time, they can catch up to Sen and challenge the #1 spot in NA but they just aren't on that level right now.

1. As good as s0m is on Omen saying he's the best in NA is definitely stretching it. Currently I would say gMd is the best omen in NA unless you want to count nitr0, because nitr0 is easily the best omen player in NA but he hasn't played omen for a while. I would also say that Subroza, Leaf and Ethan are also up there. But as of right now my list would probably be
   1: gMd
   2: Leaf
   3: Subroza
   4: Ethan
   5: s0m
2. I only threw out the option of moving s0m back on jett since he is the only one who has played jett and most teams like to run a jett in NA at least. I would prefer the option of 2 duelists with 1 of Android and tex on raze and the other on phoenix/reyna but I was just throwing out some options that they have.
   Also I just want to say I didn't think too much about my list so there could be some players I'm missing and I think that 3-5 are interchangeable.

Ok I think the idea of replacing zombs is stupid but this isn't a case of a player "who underperforms in a few games" he has consistently bottom fragged for Sen since release. However his value is as a site anchor and a support player, not as a fragger but don't say his "underperformance" has only been for a few games because it hasn't.

Yes let's drop our 2 site anchors while we are dominating in NA because they get outfragged by TenZ, SicK and Shahz... What a brilliant idea! Let me guess then they just have to add brax and AZK? Yeah no.

Shahzam and DavidP's dads died, from what I know nieSoW hasn't had a family member pass away but maybe someone is sick or something like that so don't compare the 2. Also everyone handles things differently and have different situations. Idk much about DavidP and Shahz's situations as to whether their dads were sick or something like that but maybe nieSoW has a sick family member and there's no one else to take care of his family member. That's a completely different scenario to the other 2.

I love this move from NRG. tex was the best available FA and Shanks was the worst player on the team as the jett. My only concern is the roles. tex and Android both play the same agents(phoenix, raze and reyna) and s0m is the only one who has played jett before. So either they keep their current roles but with tex/Android on raze instead of Shanks on Jett and with the other on phoenix/reyna or maybe they move s0m back on jett, tex on sova and eeiu on smokes. It will be very interesting to see and I'm very excited to see how this roster turns out since I think they are probably a top 5 team in NA in terms of firepower.

tex was the best FA available and gives them so much more firepower. If you think tex is just a regular player than you clearly haven't seen him play because he is cracked.

Downgrade

Here's a fix: give them time. They've been playing with Ethan for 3 weeks and have only been playing against the top teams in NA. It took Sen 2 months before they won an event, Faze was garbage until this year, even after being together for such a long time and Envy's roster with food and crashies took months before they became the best team for a bit. 100T has the firepower, a top 3 IGL in NA and a player who has been playing great despite only playing competitively for 3 weeks. They have what it takes to be the best team in NA but just need more time.

I've literally never encountered a cheater in Valorant but when I play cs it's like someone is spin botting every other game it's ridiculous.