SEN 2024 won an off season SOOP event and went to win Madrid
T1 2025 won Redbull and went on to win Bangkok
NRG 2025 won SEN classic and went on to win Champs (Ik diff roster but it meant the core had potential)

SEN 2026 won SEN classic = LAN win???

I'm a little delusional but hey it could happen.

Master Madrid winner vs Master Madrid winner, actual cinema

yeah MIBR probably agreed for a BIG offer + Cortezia for Zekken, Rob Moore confirmed MIBR offered Zekken a crazy offer

No I love Zekken, I will root for him no matter the team still.

Do you think Zellsis is one tapping jump spots and turning flashes.

True especially since 2025 SEN roster looked very bad in the off season, and while the team did get better there was obvious problems since the start.

nah MIBR won the trade, Zekken is a better overall playyer

I'm worried about Kyu/N4rrate, Kyu calling on defense was great but attack was very bad (he wasn't shooting well too) and 2024/25 SEN was very good on attack so maybe Johnqt should try doing some calls on attack. As for N4rrate he looks really undisciplined on Duelist and just ego peeking everything.

you're right he was VERY bad on Sova, I did not realize that. I just remember how destroyed C9 on Sova so i thought he was ok on it.

He was very good on Fade, ok on Sova and trash on any other agent.

NRG proved t2 gap isn't that big, they picked up a lot of t2 players and won so I believe.

I'm not saying this new roster is better but I've always complained about SEN never OPing or Lurk, but with this new roster of Cortezia who can lurk and Reduxx who can OP. This roster has very promising potential. It would of been nice if Zekken stayed over N4rrate but N4rrate hasn't played duelist in a while so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

Yes but when you think of SEN you thought of TenZ/Zekken but now they are both gone, the roster isn't the same. The org is there but the players we love are gone. It's a sad day to be a SEN fan. It's like 100T removing Asuna (heard they are), FNC losing Boaster, Oxy on C9, Nats on TL, etc.

I used to think Americas was fucking cooked because our two best teams weren't even that good, like they could make a top 4 but I just knew SEN/G2 weren't winning shit. We also had Furia/2G making the quality of Americas even more down. Americas was being called a weak region, but NRG saved us. They were the hope that Americas needed, and they truly deserved to be champions. I honestly think NRG is so above every team including FNC they did choke Abyss but it should of been a 3-0 not a close series. Brawk is the best Odin player I've ever seen, and people didn't have expectations for him. Mada is somehow always consistent, I swear even when they lose this guy always playing good. W Stri- S0m the goat, he's honestly the reason I like this team because I watch his streams all the time. Ethan went from a bad IGL to a GOAT in just months is unbelievable improvement. Skuba was their last minute pick up and he's been so good at holding down sites. And last huge shout out to FNS for always believing in NRG, he knew he was holding the team back and retired. He said on stream he just didn't have the passion to play the game anymore and it wasn't fun so that resulted in his calling just getting worse so he did the best thing he could think of for NRG. W Pujan, let's TP my kittens!

I was watching a VOD of the match and thought NRG 3-0 bc of the scoreline, how it go 5 maps LMAOOO

Bye EU

Thats what I've said in my analytics, they are too afraid of getting mult killed but end getting mult killed anyways because they trade too slow.

Heres my ranking on their strength throughout the year Toronto>Stage 1>Kickoff>Stage 2>Champs>Bangkok

Their peak performance was at Toronto but it could of been a fluke run from lucky bracket but they still showed pretty decent valorant, while Bangkok was like watching T3 valorant vs a T1 team thats how bad they were at Bangkok.

So many issues the whole year, Johnqt on a role crisis to him switching back (cant say for sure if hes playing more comfortable, but he has done 0 lurks prio to last year where is his fav strat was on 2nd round buy he would have a ghost and solo lurk to scout where they are stacked but now he doesn't do that at all) Also his calling has been really basic and standard calling like no fakes or reclears. I remember on Icebox SEN would like re clearing mid before retaking but now they don't do that at all. A lot less mid rounding from SEN this year, maybe TenZ/Sacy helped with this?

Bang lacks the utility usage because he's trying too hard to use utility to fight rather than taking 50/50 gunfights that could win rounds, and not playing Omen off angles. Also I feel like his blinds aren't that great, Ive watched him miss a lot of blinds or waste on nothing. TenZ would jump spot to see if he needed to Omen blind which is something I really like from him while Bang just throws it if he's getting pressured.

N4rrate has the most improvement from the team, he's been playing well but at the cost of him being less disciplined. So if he's not shooting well then he gets tilted and shutdown. He was a big x factor that SEN lacked.

Zellsis I actually think he got better at shooting but I think he got worse from game sense, I feel like he's always getting timing. Also no lurks from this guy at all, he's always staying with the pack.

And Finally Zekken, imo he's played worse not because of him but because he just doesn't have that teammate like TenZ who would help in getting FB or multi frags if Zekken goes down in the round. He's still the most consistent player on SEN but they rely on him way too much to win games, he needs help.

Title ^

I think SEN got somehow worse, they made a lot more mistakes as the year progress probably because they were trying too hard to fix their problems but ended creating more issues.
MIBR imo has looked the most impressive, I think they have actual potential to win champs. Im hoping NRG goes at least top 2 but man I still don't really like G2 that much so they can go out idc.

No more SEN so ig my next fav team is NRG, In s0m I trust.

Are we looking at the same stats? Because Bang/Zellsis have literally almost the same stats, but like i said Zellsis kills are usually more impactful while Bang kills are trades.

Zellsis actually has good aim, but he has really bad crosshair placement when holding angles.

Aient no way I just watching Zellsis missed a spray transfer on 3 people 💀

Hell no, I've never seen Bang drop a 30 bomb against Prime TH.

https://www.vlr.gg/378835/team-heretics-vs-sentinels-valorant-champions-2024-lr3/?game=180452&tab=overview

I've been watching every game, Bang has the lowest of lows out of all their player so yes. I think he's worse than Zellsis because at least Zellsis will take timings but he just whiffs, while Bang doesn't peak off timings his aim is better.

I've been a SEN fan since 2022 when Shroud joined and Tarik, I knew who TenZ was but I fell in love with his playstyle even thoughh SEN wasn't that good. 2024 was the best SEN roster i've ever seen even when they lost I just thought it was because of their comps most of the time. But now 2025 SEN lost TenZ/Sacy and got Bang/N4rrate, now on paper this should be a bit of an upgrade but I've been watching all their games this year including off season/ewc. I can safely say N4rrate was a good replacement but his utility can use a bit of work, but Bang.
Man I really don't like Bang at all because he replaced my favorite player to watch and I can't help but compare his playstyle to TenZ. Idk if its Bang or Kaplan but he's put into awkward spots where he's just not comfortable holding and he never takes gunfights without peeking with his utility first meaning his timings on peeks are obvious. He's not full sprinting running out on retakes because he's more comfortable holding for swings, while if u see how TenZ played he's running out to retake with Zekken (Shaq/Kobe). I rarely see him play Omen off angle spots like on top of Boxes and stuff. Like yk that Sunset box on A, TenZ loved playing that angle and it was very hard to clear but Bang I've never seen him played that angle EVER.

I don't want Bang to play like TenZ but I do want him to play in a bit more aggressive playstyle that suits him and obviously play the Omen off angle spots.

After watching this SEN roster this whole year, I realize I really DO NOT like Bang at all. Bro is too passive, doesn't take timings, and he's not comfortable on aggressive angles. That's why their Lotus/Sunset is so weak because Bang doesn't take gunfights he's too discipline.

-Bang
+Okeanos

I usually like Sheiff skins but the design for Prelude just looks wrong, only the Phantom skin looks pretty decent.

Ascendent
1422 or Yay crosshair forgot code
Fade, Omen, Sova, Clove, Chamber
TenZ
Actually neither, I like bursting like 3 bullets at a time which is close to tapping ig.

Bang cannot do this against prime TH
https://www.vlr.gg/378835/team-heretics-vs-sentinels-valorant-champions-2024-lr3/?game=180452&tab=overview

Realistically the best upgrades they could do is
-Bang
+Okeanos
-Zellsis
+Leaf

I don’t think SEN biggest issue has ever been their players imo, they just have nobody who knows how to Lurk so Leaf would be perfect for that. Im honestly not really a big fan of Bang tbh, he’s ok and sometimes has his moments but he’s no where near TenZ level of impact so Okeanos is the best controller I could think of who has a lot of talent and could be great. It would be like Shaq/Kobe again with Zekken

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/f225f602

Im going for some crazy picks but I think the teams that go though aren’t too crazy.

I think Group A and C are the hardest group to predict, each team are imo on par with each other except for PRX/TL who I think are the favorites to win champions.

Zekken has no Kobe/Shaq combo to carry games
Johnqt isn't Cinema anymore
Zellsis vibes has been down
N4rrate has been too serious, not freaky anymore
Bang isn't banging

It's over for SEN.

I told yall SEN has no confidence anymore. I already knew it was over for SEN.

SEN is 1000% better but if they are nervous like G2 game, I dont want to watch.

They had the same problem last year, teams figured out SEN never lurks. At least not deep lurks, so they can just stack sites and not worry about flanks ever.

I want SEN to win, but they were too nervous playing vs G2. I think they will be nervous again and lose to NRG 3-1.

I love the players and obviously ik they aren't terrible and will win a lot of matches, but Ik this team CANNOT win a trophy. Thats why Im sad, we are top 8 team that won't win anything but will gatekeep the trash teams.

It's hard when they haven't fixed their lurk problem, and no OP to counter slow plays. They just play TOO standard that makes it easy for teams to read is the problem. They rely too heavy on retakes, when they need to be baiting utility.

A few rounds lost from hero plays sure, but they lost a lot of rounds without that. Just not looking that clean on the retakes, letting a hero play like that just happen.

There's just no magic that I think oh TenZ is alive, we have no Thanos. No aura, nothing. Bang doesn't go for any early gunfights. Nobody on SEN can use an OP so G2 can just walk up anywhere without being scared. Bang isn't TenZ who drops 30 and magically kills 3 out of no where. It's really hard to root for a team when nobody on our team can do that. No pro activity at all, what happen to the SEN who did trap plays, that's something Ive noticed this year. SEN has zero trap plays, Ez to read, just stack the sites and not worry about any lurks because SEN DOES not lurk.

Should I really put? The results they've gotten so far were so expected and they've improved they fixed their roles john is back on viper but like let's be honest this year hasn't been that great for the team...

Is it ragebait if I say that the team not getting grouped will be a great achievement? Most expected performance would be losing the first group stage, winning the next 2... And then probably getting paired with PRX in quarters and like fucking edg in lowers....

FUCK MY LIFE

Champions is where teams are usually are at their best because of all the practice and experience on the meta for the year, while Master is earlier in the season where teams are still trying to figure that out.

honestly if Kangkang and Chichoo play like they did last year they probably go top 6 at least but because they have map pool problems and Neon isn't meta to abuse it will be harder.

I think Zander is bit overrated, his fragging has been worse in T1 than T2 and his mid round calling is terrible. At least Boostio can call well but his fragging is worse but FNC has a Boaster who shows that great caller just needs better players.

I see that kinda sucks, probably hinting somone on SEN might retire rip.

Let's be honest Something is not the best Jett, he's good at OPing but stats wise doesn't consistently perform. The best Jett imo is Oxy, I am a bit Americas bias but he looks the best mechanics and stats wise.

Demon1 guardian was too cold...

How we not mentioning Reduxx??? Bro is honestly the best t2 pro right now.