The question wasn't whether to remove marved bro, s0m was never a smokes player just picked it up for last years nrg roster. As the OP said he would be a flex player.

Unfortunately, they do not clear my stripper alone let alone with my glorious pu-chan in the mix

Someone's a little too upset about a statement made by some random guy on the internet

Wait why so quite now?

Lucky game???? Sen had to clutch some insane rounds just to bring it to OT in lotus, lev dominated for the most part. Also lev won a map against c9 whilst at their weakest so idk wtf u on about, u smoking that good stuff

Lev sat on NRG and sen and ppl are still sleeping on them, Jesus what more do they need to do

Nah not really, the guest spots just get rotated out I'm pretty sure

A step under most of these guys in NRG or Americas? S0m proved he was one of the most consistent smokes players in the world last year let alone in Americas. Obviously marved has more experience and has proven himself at the top level but u can't discount s0m's success when comparing him to others

NAts on the list but he ain't top 5 imo

I'll take his brother if he changes the x to a 0 and we get 0ccurate, name low-key goes hard

Nah ur forgetting the best team out there... The 0 team:

Nitr0 - IGL + senti
S0m - Smokes/flex
c0m - initiator
purp0 - duelist
F0rsaken - literally anything this guy is a god amongst men

This team would no joke go undefeated with 3 heavy hitters, 1 guy who is always still flanking and the ultimate veteran/competitor to back it up

For as long as I can remember my ping graph looks like a city skyline where it's relatively flat and just a little bumpy then every 2 seconds has a big spike to like 100 from 15 then goes back down for the next 2 seconds until the next spike. I have a wired connection so I'm not sure what could be causing this, any help much appreciated :D

What kind of an argument is that 'if everyone is shooting they will win', u could say the same for genG. That argument is hella weak

Yes and idk why nobody has mentioned the two easiest picks

No, just no, also I see ur flair and we are in no place to talk. They lost clutches that was it, I thought they played the better game and am confident for them in the next one.

'not a bait' meanwhile Leo has been putting up incredible numbers and clutches year round whilst c0m has one heater (don't get me wrong he's improved massively this year and a great player) and somehow he's the better player? C'mon man at least try make it believable

Common knowledge for anyone who appreciates the goat: W stripper

Less, s0m, all of EG from Americas imo, would put more from teams that didn't qualify for champs such as zekken, jakee and kingg but I'm kinda thinking about champs teams.
Alfajer, sayf, and possibly qw1 as they have all stood out more than usual this season in emea.
From pacific, pretty much all of PRX have been performing better than previously, davai especially, zest turned up towards the end of the year and rb has been insane on so many roles.

I'm sorry but this is pure waffle, you can't say that giants, fut, DRX etc. clear NRG just because they played poorly against a team that seemed to have their number throughout the match. I agree, BLG absolutely obliterated them and played the stylistic matchup perfectly but your jumping to way too many conclusions.

As a fellow s0m simp, I agree with number 5

Yes, crashies intentionally died just so that he could click his ult with 1ms reaction speeds to get a tech pause. Ppl are dumb as shit

I see there are no stats for this recent map and I think a similar thing happened between c9 and NRG when they had to restart, does that mean it's impossible for them to figure them out, surely whatever the algorithm they use can handle two separate inputs before and after the tech.

What's so noticeably wrong with it with the exception of a few inevitable tech pauses? genuinely curious

Lmao

I genuinely don't understand why everyone just shits on anyone else's opinion simply because of different regions. Like genuinely ppl just need to chill, at the end of the day we are all here for good valorant, not some weird, toxic and generally stupid showing of patriotism.

As you can see I have an NRG flair so I will never turn down any unexpected s0m appraisal, especially considering I've always been an NRG fan, not an Optic fan. I also think s0m has been incredible and far exceeding any expectations people had of him but I think you have to at least wait to see each individual's performance at champs before you can pass up MaKo who has proved himself to be one of the best again and again.

Fair enough, in which case this tier list is pretty solid, I would make a few changes but then again there is no correct answer to this because everyone will disagree with something. Saying that, MaKo kinda has to be S tier regardless of how poor drx could look at times.

Pretty decent if you're just ranking the players in general but if you're ranking based upon their performance in Tokyo then this aint it

Usually, I like to watch with friends in discord or occasionally IRL as it is just a genuinely more enjoyable experience. For this event though, given the 4am start time in the UK, I have been primarily watching the games alone and thus I always watch someone like Sliggy on twitch (because I'm rather interested in the analytical side of valorant) as it feels slightly more social in a way. I never usually communicate on vlr as most people just like to hate on anyone or any opinion regardless of what it is and only engage with twitch chat on the occasion that I have a burning question which is usually answered by some very kind individual that somehow knows everything. Hope that answers your question and you too should treat yourself today.

So every spray kill ever was just simply luck? Just take a look at your logic and realize what you've just said.

He's an incredibly different player to marved for the optic core, marved was very loose in his gameplay and liked going for solo plays and is very good at it too whereas I think s0m is more of a disciplined site anchor who has incredibly high fragging potential. Either way, though massively recency bias, I can't name 5 controllers itw better than him based on current performance so I would put him top 5 imo

I agree with most of what you said but I'm not sure how that means LOUD wiped the floor with them. I assume by 'Loud weren't pulling out anything crazy, they played as they always do' you are implying that they have a lot more to offer but it's there that I disagree with you. I think the genius of NRG is their ability to completely change their look every time they play but I don't think LOUD has that same ability. So by implying that LOUD wiped the floor with NRG simply because although the maps were close, LOUD weren't even at their max potential whereas NRG looked near perfect, I think you're just wrong. I think both were playing at some of the highest levels they've ever played at it's just that LOUD and NRG look very different at their bests: NRG focuses on adaptability and midrounding whereas LOUD excels, like you said, in perfecting the basics and performing at an extremely high level as individuals.

LOUD by no means 'wiped the floor with NRG', not only did NRG beat them in regular season (albeit LOUD had little to play for in all fairness), but the 3-0 was 13-9, 13-11, 13-11 with all 3 maps having gone either way if swing rounds went slightly differently, for example saddhaak's ace on fracture which would have otherwise guaranteed NRG 12 rounds. Also, fnatic beat LOUD in an extremely close match which was in lock in over 2 MONTHS AGO, both these teams have changed drastically in this time due to a developing meta forming itself in this period. I also agree that Fnatic have the edge over NRG in this matchup but your explanation is just plain wrong.