he wasn't just a "good" breach - he was the best breach. again, no other player lands as much consistent value with his stuns than he does.
Just like how chichoo was the best senti? smoggy was the best controller? kk was the best duelist? nobody was the best igl? you won champs id expect everyone on your roster to be the best in their role, thats just silly.
kk is INCREDIBLY demanding when it comes to util - his entire playstyle is dive like a psycho and hope their entire team isn't in position to trade.
thats the exact opposite of selfish playstyle, diving in like a psycho is the most selfless thing a duelist can do, your argument just isnt good.
unlike say aspas, who is extremely self-sufficient even without setup.
he is self sufficient because he selfishly uses his util for himself, you are flipping the terms. aspas uses the util for him, which allows him to be self sufficient, kangkang is not self suffiecent because he is full commiting for his team.
same with smoggy - case in point, he was probably the only player at vct who played a lot of clove - reflective of his selfish playstyle. again, that's okay, he clicks heads, its just that he needs more util from his team than he provides
him playing clove has nothing to do with his utility usage, his good aim has nothing to do with his utility usage. Go back and play these rounds through, he will barely use utility for himself, and its pretty hard damn to when your on a role like smokes, because its mostly supportive utility. you are just missing with these point, when and where is smoggy not using util for him team and instead himself?
like, just looking at their games - how many times has smoggy ever omen flashed for s1mon to run in and take space - never. again, that's fine - it's just important to realise that they demand more util from their team than they provide.
He never does it for s1mon but why would he? I can pull up hundreds of rounds where smoggy is flashing for his team like kangkang to entry or to delay/hold instead of saving it for himself to get a kill
but when you have 3 very util hungry teammates, it puts immense burden on your supports to throw effective util - ESPECIALLY the flash initiator - every single time. no other team have players that are this util hungry. the whole team works BECAUSE s1mon was able to fill that role singlehandedly.
thats all he had to do, and I mean it, he had a single job. if he couldnt throw perfect utility he wouldnt be on the team, he cant frag, he cant communicate well, he cant bring up the energy, he constantly has emotional swings, he falls under pressure extremely quickly. you are praising him for a singular job. like thats the bare minimum of a champs winning team.
this is like me praising zmjjkk as the best champs player because he entried a lot???? well no duh thats his job??? if he won champs, and he wasnt impactful in his role, he wouldnt have won champs??
unfortunately, if you're in that role, you're never getting advantage gunfights - noone is going to throw util for you to secure an entry since you're the one that's expected to do it for everyone else. if that entry goes wrong - you're taking the gunfights raw. noone is flashing for you, noone is baiting for you etc. that's again, fine. but your stats will look much worse if you're in that spot.
this guy was whiffing against fully flashed people, and people not looking at him, even if people were consistently flashing for him, he would not be much better. I mean this was at the bottom of the chinese league in nearly every stat but assists. But thats not what im faulting s1mon for. besides stats he was also not providing anything external for the team.
If you do not comm well, and are actively bringing the energy down in the team, and cannot frag for your team, you better be good at your utility.
jieni can shoot. he's a duelist player. but just coaching and setup isn't enough to fill the massive util hole s1mon filled single handedly. edg look insanely lost - their hits don't have meat behind them, despite having 3 world-class shooters on the team. i honestly don't blame jieni7 for his stat performance, since it's an incredibly demanding role which s1mon filled so well.
Jieni is a decent shooter, he is like mid table in china, not anywhere near the caliber of the rest of his team. but the main problem is his role swap, he is playing flex (3 roles) 2 of which he has barely played, any decent intiator player wouldve done better, not just s1mon, this is not evidence of s1mon being the goat, this is evidence that jieni doesnt know how to play his role properly
being energetic is important, yeah, but i don't know what the internals looked like behind the scenes, and neither do you. vaguely speaking from their comms vods, s1mon seems vocal enough to fill his role well - he asks and calls his flashes, cheers on his teammates etc. could be cherrypicked from management, idk, but that's besides the point - i'm evaluating server performance.
Except we have direct evidence of players saying he doesnt comm, saying he brings down the energy, showing where s1mon just breaks down in the middle of a tournament, we have video evidence of high intense moments where he barely comms.
What else do you want? a signed piece of paper? Xi JinPing to tell you himself??
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