I think the actual GOAT debate won't be for a few years now. With how VCT is a closed system and only having 3 internationals/year, it'll probably take even longer than CS will take. I just posted this bcs I was watching the GF's of Americas and the topic came to mind.

Really? No offense but I personally value consistency over anything else. To me the players below him don't really match him in the consistency department besides KangKang and that's the only guy I would put above or switch him with. I know I called Mako the most consistent player alongside aspas, but he doesn't have the winning factor like zekken has, as zekken has won a masters and made top 5 in champs while the highest Mako has gotten to is a lower grand final before franchising began.

7/8, Great bait with okay grammar, but the 𓀐 sentence gave it away.

I know this is an overused topic but, who really is the Valorant "GOAT"? I know there at least main 3 candidates for the title with those being aspas, TenZ, and possibly yay being there too.

I personally think it's Leo. I know he hasn't played a match in almost a year, but multiple pro players and coaches have been on record saying that he might be the most perfect player in the world. I know he doesn't have the flashiest of highlights, but I think that's what makes him great. Having flashy highlights mean that you've either put yourself in a situation where it seems unwinnable or your team has, Leo has almost none of that. The only flashy highlight I can think of him is that iconic clutch on Haven against that old Navi roster in like 2022.

The argument for aspas is that he has been the most consistently good player for the longest time while playing duelist. He has the accolades and the skills to be in the GOAT discussion. The argument for TenZ is that he was the best player in the first LAN, dropped insane numbers, kinda flamed out, came back and absolutely fried before retiring. The argument for yay is that he was the best player in 2022, even when other cracked people were playing Chamber he was still shitting on everyone else.

I personally think with these top 3 people, I believe more in aspas being the GOAT amongst them. He has had the longevity and all of the rosters he has been on are insanely good. LOUD won Champs 2022 and were America's winners in 2023. LEV made 2/3 of the internationals and made Top 3 in Champs. Finally on MiBR, he placed Top 3 in both Kickoff and Split 1 despite having 3 rookies on the roster.

For my Top 10 list rn:

1. Leo (as I said before, my personal GOAT.)
2. aspas (the success all of his teams have had is unprecedented.)
3. Chronicle (has the most trophies at 3. Masters Berlin, LOCK//IN, and Masters Tokyo.)
4. Derke (closest to aspas to being as consistent, bumped down from 3 bcs of his recent bad performances.)
5. TenZ (Best player in the beginning of the game, one of the best players in the 2024 season despite wanting to retire after his terrible 2023 season.)
6. zekken (arguably could switch him and TenZ, one of the most consistently best duelist players internationally, shaky 2023 season due to messy role changes.)
7. ZmjjKK (Best player out of China, the best singular performance of anyone so far in the GF of Champions Seoul 2024.)
8. t3xture (One of the best players out of SK, consistently one of the best even in T2, bad 2023 season because of GE)
9. f0rsaken (Possibly best player out of Asia in general, went to 2 international finals but unfortunately choke tf out of them. Played hard duelist before becoming one of the best flex players we've seen.)
10. Mako (Most consistent player besides aspas imo, just doesn't have the success factor as much as the other people on this list do.)

I know that people will say that my list is shit bcs of something, but, this is my opinion, and it can change if I am swayed or if something else happens.

As a general overview for VCT:
Americas
The region itself covers the NA, SA, and Latam regions. Full of highlights and popoff moments, it has to be the best region to watch for those things. The region is a bit top heavy and has a big tier gap from the top level teams and the bottom level teams. The teams to watch are Sentinels, G2, and MiBR. SEN and MiBR have qualified to Toronto and are currently fighting in the upper bracket for a place in the GF of the America's playoffs, G2 is battling it out in the lower bracket verses Evil Geniuses to qualify to Toronto.

EMEA
The region covers Europe, the Middle East, and Africa but only has European teams really. This region has a much more methodical and slow approach to the game compared to America's but still has plenty of popoff moments to watch on stream. The teams to watch are Fnatic, Team Heretics, and Team Liquid. Due to tech issues, the EMEA group stage hasn't ended yet but there will be a banger match happening soon, FNC vs TH, which will decide the 1st seed in Group Alpha.

Pacific
The region covers Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia. This region covers the biggest area and so there are many different playstyles. Korea plays more like EMEA and utility based and SEA plays more like Americas, very aggressive and aim based. The teams to watch are Gen.G, BOOM ESPORTS, and DRX. In the playoffs Gen.G have qualified to Toronto and is fighting against RRQ in the upper bracket for a spot in the GF, BOOM and DRX are fighting in the lower bracket for a place in Toronto.

China
The region covers Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. The league is very new and is only in it's 2nd year of being made, but they are the most recent Champions winners. The region is like SEA and Americas, very aggressive and aim based but way more chaotic than the others. The teams to watch are EDG, XLG, and Wolves. XLG and Wolves are fighting against each other in the upper bracket for a place in the GF and EDG are fighting in the lower bracket against BLG for a spot in Toronto.

On the content side, there are many good content creators. The ones I watch are the Plat Chat Valorant podcast, which consists of VCT talent discussing the current state of the esport, ThinkingMansValorant, Sliggy who is a former Tier 1 coach who co-streams VCT matches and does analysis of the games, and TacticalRab who does daily news on the Valorant scene.

listen man, there aren't a lot of L players, and i looked through all of the vct, the only other guy I considered was LuoK1ng from Trace

Leo
Leaf
LewN
Less
Luk Xo

i mean, he's already played every role for LOUD, so any of them really