Whoosh

yeah i don't know why people think it's an insult. Like that's literally what they would classify as lol.

It's going to be a close match, all I can do is pray to daddy FNS

igl team clears

mwzera

No international trophies
No top 4 finishes
not a good player.

honestly, no JP team in Tokyo would be kinda depressing

I, for one, appreciate your pun

bro bet his annual salary

There's been a general trend of lower-ranked teams closing the gap between themselves and the top dogs of their regions.

This is especially notable in APAC, with TS accomplishing the previously unimaginable feat of beating Paper Rex, GE having two incredibly close maps against DRX, and Gen.G looking strong internationally at Lock-in.

But also in EMEA, where KOI and Vitality, two dark horses have been able to consistently contend against NAVI and Team Liquid respectively.

In the Americas, MIBR, which flopped at Lock-in, managed to take a map against Loud and almost won the decider map. Furia also looks like an international contender with their recent performances so far, especially against Fnatic at their absolute best at Lock-in.

The titans of the past are crumbling. Only DRX seems to remain standing at the top.

Today we'll see if NRG, with the old optic-core, will manage to stand at the zenith of NA valorant like they had before.

Says the TL fan

I don't wanna let me EU account go to waste, someone pls duo with me.

Carried by Tatar

Russians so good at fps yet their reading comprehension is still lacking, if you're any indicator. lmao

With the situation in Russia + moving to western Europe I wonder what happened to his studies. Is he full time valo now?

Russian teams can't win shit by themselves, always carried by Ukrainians--both in Valorant and CSGO.

Only capable Russian team in valorant carried by a Tatar (nAts) (apparently having a diverse ethnic makeup is a bad thing now.)

tbh I can see them subbing in marved for zekken on certain maps, or marved for tenz

Their greatest weakness has shown itself again. Their aim has drastically improved from 2022, and their strats are T1, but tex's individual decisionmaking and neT's tendency to fold under pressure are weak links.

There were better upgrades to Saya than tex. Unfortunately there's not a better Sentinel than neT with the same kind of understanding of their gameplan, and with the same amount of chemistry with his teammates as he does.

EU fans desperate for NA slander so they try to define near losses as losses.

By that logic, there's a certain Ukrainian team y'all like to dickride with a tendency to almost throw games--are those basically losses too?

In my opinion, players count as part of their home region until enough time has passed for them to no longer be considered imports by riot

as much as I think KC is underrated, Guard clears the bottom 5 EMEA VCT teams, has a chance against NAVI and takes a map off Fnatic

M80 is about to get a lesson in strategy.

Guard has the read on M80's strats.

How insensitive can you be

@Nisham

I want to believe in their ability to grow after some decent practice. They did well enough against LOUD, so I'm hoping to see Newzera play a lot better this time around to solidify the team.

Guard 2-0s

no, something joined PRX

I will not stop asking if I can be an import

1. aspas
2. FNS
3. valyn
4. crashies
5. koldamenta

Even a team consisting of the best players in every individual role is going to be trash without any coordination or strategy. UB was basically playing ranked vs tier 2 teams that scrimmed and practiced strats for months beforehand.

Even if they have been practicing, but their coordination or communication is off, then you'll end up like Liquid

made me laugh ngl good job if you're the original author

Nah, I smurf your peak on any one of my international accounts

my two fav underdog teams going against each other :(

rooting for KOI tho cus of koldamenta

:)

I'm a simp for A tier teams with solid players and underrated IGLs. KOI and VIT both had to go against teams stacked with star-players. I believe in Bonecold.

Based? Based. Based. BASED.

In retrospect, I don't think scream was that bad of an IGL. I mean, he did get pretty close to winning a map against LOUD at Lockin. Maybe duelists CAN igl

Shownu play EU servers with me pls

Since there's not a single all Mexican roster that has a genuine shot of winning challengers in LATAM, I'm wondering who the best Mexican players are, spread out throughout other teams.

The only one I know in NA is Seven.

Nah my superior NA aim will carry you to radiant

to your credit I would too LMAO

interesting... how does an odin affect the formula?

will u play eu servers with me :pleading_face:

Apparently all I need to do to tilt people is say "NHK" after every kill. Reactions are 10x better than NA mainly cus i don't understand them lol.

Thank you to my indian friend for teaching me this trick.

If anyone else has any more magic words to say pls teach me.

Please Yay, just take a pay cut and become KOI's primary duelist, you'll win another major trust me.

Derle has been a part of fnatic before Gambit even existed in the val scene bro

Step 1. Wait
Step 2. Profit

It's considering the most recent results. As in, who is currently the world champion.

As of right now the standings are as follows:

1. Boaster (Current World Champion)
2. Saadhak (2 matches away from being most recent world champion)
3. FNS (Used to beat saadhak in every matchup, but has lost latest 2 matches against him)
4. Stax (Has never beaten FNS out of the 3 times they've played against each other)
5. Koldamenta (Might be able to beat DRX, maybe tied with 4th)
6. Ange1 (Lost to DRX and KOI)
7. kiNgg (Lost in spectacular fashion against NAVI)
8. Benkai (Lost to Ange1, PRX have fallen off slightly, I need to see Paper Rex performing again before I'm confident in his skill)

Note: the top 6 are all incredibly close

People have been heavily underrating koldamenta as an IGL. KOI is Guild but with upgrades in every role.

Whatdidisay?