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Postmatch Analysis: PRX vs TL in General Discussion

sadge :(

MATCH OUTCOME
Haven: PRX 13-15 TL
Pearl: PRX 13-4 TL
Ascent: PRX 8-13 TL

PRIOR INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
-PRX have been to every international lan of 2022, and are coming off of a 2nd place finish in Copenhagen
-This is TL's international debut with this roster fresh out of LCQ, but they are no strangers to the international stage, after an appearance from Iceland.

HIGHLIGHT HEAD TO HEADS
-Jinggg vs ScreaM: The two star duelists, scream and jinggg broke even, going 11-11 against each other
-Jamppii vs f0rsaken: between the two oppers, jamppi got the better of f0rsaken, going 16-9 against f0rsaken
-benaki vs dimasick: dimasick was 8-5 against benkai

THE MAPS, THE ROUNDS, THE FRAGS
-Liquid and PRX have the same winrate on haven, 72%
-PRX won 4 of the 6 pistols
-ScreaM and f0rsaken led the server in 2Ks with 11
-Jamppi had the most 3Ks with 4
-Jinggg and Jamppi led the server in 4ks with 2
-Only two players played 3 agents
-5 players played 2 agents
-the remaining 3 players played 1 agent

ADDITIONAL STATS
-Jinggg had a whopping 30 kills on Reyna, his best performance on the agent so far this year
-Jamppi was 9-1 on openers on Haven
-Nivera was 7-1 on openers on Ascent, as KAY/O
-PRX have a 100% winrate on pearl (across two matches)
-ScreaM had an 18% HS on pearl, one of the lowest he has ever recorded
-dv4v1 never died first or got a first blood on defense across the series
-dimasick had a 51% HS on haven
-Despite the loss, PRX won more gun rounds (24) than liquid did (21)

LOOKING AHEAD
-PRX are eliminated from Champions. Their fate for 2023 is unknown
-Liquid are the 5th time qualified for playoffs, and will face OpTic in the quarterfinals in front of a crowd

edit:
There were a lot of mistakes in this article that I've since corrected, such as a stat about Reyna's winrate on Haven that was incorrect, or stating dimasick was the IGL of liquid (bevause I honestly thought ScreaM being IGL was just a meme). I've been writing a lot of these articles under heavy time constraints, and look forward to being able to commit more time to these articles over the weekend.

posted about a year ago

Postmatch Analysis: XSET vs FPX in General Discussion

XSET teh fuk up

MATCH OUTCOME
Pearl XSET 13-7 FPX
Fracture XSET 4-13 FPX
Breeze XSET 13-5 FPX

HIGHLIGHT HEAD TO HEADS
-Cryo vs ardiis: Cryo was 12-10 vs ardiis
-dephh vs suygetsu: dephh was 11-8 vs suygetsu
-Zyppan vs zekken: zekken was 9-8 vs zyppan

THE MAPS, THE ROUNDS, THE FRAGS
-XSET won 4 of the 6 pistols
-FPX have lost Breeze in 4 of their last 5 matches
-zekken and Bcj led the server in 2ks with 10 each
-Cryo led the server in 3Ks with 5
-ardiis got the only ace of the match
-There were no 4Ks in the entire match
-Shao and zekken both had 1v3s
-Three players played three agents
-The remaining 7 only played 2 agents

ADDITIONAL STATS
-ardiis was 13-5 on openers, and 6-0 on fracture
-Suygetsu had the highest hs% at 38
-dephh had the highest KAST at 82
-ardiis had an impressive 248 ADR on fracture
-on breeze, Zyppan had 62% HS
-BcJ finished the series +10 in KDA
-Everybody in the server was positive on the defense side

LOOKING AHEAD
-XSET are the fourth team qualified for playoffs
-FPX will play KRU for their last chance to make playoffs, a team which they beat earlier in their group

posted about a year ago

FNC vs FUR: Postmatch Analysis in General Discussion

nah fnatic are just that good they havent lost in over a year

it was in reference to Icebox thanks for pointing it out

posted about a year ago

FNC vs FUR: Postmatch Analysis in General Discussion

I'm only going off results from 2022 for top placements since the game and rosters have changed so much

posted about a year ago

FNC vs FUR: Postmatch Analysis in General Discussion

edited to 4th, sorry! thanks for pointing it out

posted about a year ago

FNC vs FUR: Postmatch Analysis in General Discussion

holy fuck enzo has no fear

MATCH OUTCOME
Icebox FUR 13-9 FNC
Breeze FUR 7-13 FNC
Haven FUR 11-13 FNC

PRIOR INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
-Furia have only been to one other international tournament: Champions 2021, where they placed 13th-16th
-Fnatic have been to every international tournament of 2022, with their highest placement being 4th at Copenhagen

HIGHLIGHT HEAD TO HEADS
-Derke vs dgzin: Derke went 11-14 vs dgzin
-alfajer vs mazin: Alfajer went 9-8 vs mazin
-Boaster vs Khalil: Boaster was 10-7 against Khalil

*THE MAPS, THE ROUNDS, THE FRAGS**
-Furia won 3 of the 6 pistols
-This is the first time FNATIC have lost icebox with their starting lineup in a VCT match since July 29 2021
-Fnatic also lost Icebox at Masters 1 when they were playing with 2 subs, and lost against Liquid in Redbull Homeground 2
-Boaster and Mistic led the server in 2Ks with 10 each
-DQck and Derke led the server in 3Ks with 4
-Mistic, dgzin, and Khalil all had 2 4Ks
-Derke had the only ace of the match
-Three players played 3 agents
-six players played 2 agents
-Derke only played chamber

ADDITIONAL STATS
-This is the first time Fnatic have played Breeze with their starting lineup
-Breeze was also the first map Fnatic won against a Brazilian team
-dgzin went 7-1 on openers on Icebox
-On attack side breeze, Alfajer had 100% KAST
-Mazin went 0-7 on openers on Breeze
-I know a lot of stats are only with respect to fnatic's starting lineup, but I felt to include stats where they were playing with 2 subs (and without derke top 21 player) would be unfair
-dgzin had 40% HS across the series
-Mistic, as initiator, went +17 on the series with 60 kills

LOOKING AHEAD
-Furia exit champions with a 13th-16th place finish
-Fnatic will have a rematch against 100T as their last chance to qualify for the bracket stage

posted about a year ago

7-1 in General Discussion

7-1

posted about a year ago

KRU vs XIA: Postmatch Analysis in General Discussion

VAAMMMOOOSSSS

MATCH OUTCOME
Icebox: KRU 13-4 XIA
Haven: KRU 7-13 XIA
Ascent: KRU 13-6 XIA

PRIOR INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
-Xerxia have been to every lan of 2022, but have yet to make it out of groups
-4 of KRUs players have been to all 6 international valorant lans

HIGHLIGHT HEAD TO HEADS
-sscary vs delz1k: sscary went 7-5 vs delz1k
-keznit vs foxz: foxz went 8-12 vs keznit
-nagz vs surf: nagz went 13-4 vs surf

THE MAPS, THE ROUNDS THE FRAGS
-KRU won 4 of the 6 pistols
-XIA were on a 4 match losing streak on Haven up until today
-keznit had the most 2Ks with 16, the most at Champions so far
-keznit, mazino, and nagz all had 3 3ks
-Klaus, foxz, and Mazino all had a 4K
-crws had the only ace of the match
-seven players played 2 agents
-the remaining three played three agents

ADDITIONAL STATS
-KRU did not win any 1v1 clutches across the series
-XIA and KRU had the exact same amount of gun rounds (36)
-Nagz was 7-1 on FK/FD across the series
-Despite starting with a zero duelist comp on defense for Haven, XIA managed to start up 6-0 before closing out the game 13-7
-Keznit had an incredible 240 ADR on Ascent
-All of KRU went positive except for Klaus. All of XIA went negative except for sScary
-on Icebox, delz1k had a 94% KAST

LOOKING AHEAD
-KRU will play the loser of FPX/XSET to qualify for the bracket stage
-XIA exit champions with a 13th-16th place finish

posted about a year ago

EDG vs TL: Postmatch Analysis in General Discussion

edward is gonna be making some phone calls

MATCH OUTCOME
Bind EDG 5-13 TL
Breeze EDG 12-14 TL

PRIOR INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
-Liquid placed 7th-8th at Iceland earlier this year
-This is EDGs first international tournament, and are the first representatives of China at a valorant lan

HIGHLIGHT HEAD TO HEADS
-zmjjKK vs jamppi: Jamppi went 8-6 vs zmjjKK
-ScreaM vs life: ScreaM went 6-2 vs Life
-Haodong vs soulcas: soulcas went 7-1 vs Haodong

THE MAPS, THE ROUNDS, THE FRAGS
-Breeze is one of liquids best matches with an 89% winrate. Their last loss on Breeze was against Gambit in feburary
-EDG won 3 of the 4 pistols
-ScreaM led the server in 2Ks with 11
-soulcas led the server in 3Ks with 3
-ZmjjKK had the only 4K
-everyone in the server except for Life and Nivera played 2 agents

ADDITIONAL STATS
-Jamppi played Sage for the first time in a competitive match ever in his career
-Phoenix got his first VCT map win since September 16 2021 (SEN v F4Q @ M3 Berlin)
-All of liquid went positive across the match
-ScreaM had 100% KAST on defense breeze
-This is the first time EDG have lost a map with their starting lineup since July 9 2022 (Their first match was played with a sub)
-Liquid have still only won 1 pistol, out of 8 played
-Three players on EDG had less than 100 ADR overall

LOOKING AHEAD
-EDG are eliminated from Champions and exit in 13th-16th place
-Liquid will play against PRX as their last chance to qualify for the bracket stage

posted about a year ago

ZETA vs BME: Postmatch Analysis in General Discussion

You're correct, I edited it to show they are now 1-4 on Haven. Thank you for pointing it out

posted about a year ago

ZETA vs BME: Postmatch Analysis in General Discussion

edited the post for clarity, I forgot VLR doesnt count Chamber op as an op kill, thanks for pointing it out

posted about a year ago

Tell me in General Discussion

s0m

posted about a year ago

ZETA vs BME: Postmatch Analysis in General Discussion

i heckin love laz

MATCH OUTCOME
Haven BME 13-11 ZETA
Pearl BME 11-13 ZETA
Fracture BME 2-13 ZETA

PRIOR INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
-Zeta have only been to one lan in 2022, Masters 1 in Iceland, where they finished 3rd behind OpTic and Loud
-This is Boom's first international tournament

HIGHLIGHT HEAD TO HEADS
-dep vs Berserx: dep went 14-5 versus Berserx
-laz vs Famouz: laz went 13-3 against Famouz
-blaZek1ng vs Sugarz3ro: sugarz3ro went 11-4 vs blaZek1ng

THE MAPS, THE ROUNDS, THE FRAGS
-Boom won 5 of the 6 pistols
-ZETA are 1-4 on Haven at international tournaments this year
-Laz and TENNN led the server in 2Ks with 9
-Dep had the most 3Ks with 6
-Laz had a whopping three 4Ks
-Laz also had the only ace of the match
-Five players played three agents
-Four players played two agents
-Laz only played chamber

ADDITIONAL STATS
-Laz went an astonishing +30 in the series, the highest KD differential at Champions thus far
-fl1pzjder went 7-4 on FK/FD
-On the defense side of Haven, BME went 10-2 on FK/FD overall
-sugarz3ro had 100% KAST on fracture
-Laz was unconstented on the OP the entire game, going an incredible 33-0 on OP duels (this stat is from VLR and does not reflect duels with Chamber Op, and Laz died at least once to a Chamber op)
-Zeta won twice as many gun rounds as Boom did (ZETA 32, Boom 16)

LOOKING AHEAD
-Zeta will have a rematch with Loud to qualify for the bracket stage
-BOOM exit champions in 13th-16th place

posted about a year ago

100T vs DRX: Postmatch Analysis in General Discussion

sadge

MATCH OUTCOME
Breeze: DRX 18-16 100T
Fracture: DRX 13-9 100T

PRIOR INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
-This is 100Ts first international appearance with this roster. Asuna is the only player with lan experience
-DRX have been to every international tournament except for Iceland 2021. Their highest placement was 5th-6th at Iceland 2022

HIGHLIGHT HEAD TO HEADS
-Asuna vs rb: Asuna went 8-12 vs rb
-Will vs Buzz: The two oppers, will went 11-8 vs buzz
-MaKo vs bang: MaKo went 11-8 vs bang

THE MAPS, THE ROUNDS, THE FRAGS
-DRX won 3 of the 4 pistols
-DRX have only lost Fracture and Breeze once each this year, to FPX and OpTic respectively
-Buzz and rb led the server in 2Ks with 12 each
-Will led the server in 3Ks with 5
-Bang led the server in 4ks with 2
-Everyone in the server played exactly 2 agents

ADDITIONAL STATS
-100T overall went -8 on openers. Derrek was the only one to go positive on FK/FD, at 4-1
-Bang had a monstrous 35 kills on Breeze, depsite the loss
-Derrek had a very high 41% HS
-on Breeze, bang went 11-3 against stax
-MaKo had 80% KAST across the entire series
-This is the first time DRX has beat a north american team
-DRX have made it out of groups of every tournament EXCEPT for champions 2021
-edit: this is the first match NA have lost at champions thus far

LOOKING AHRAD
-DRX are qualified for playoffs
-100T will play the winner of FNC/FURIA to qualify for playoffs

posted about a year ago

FPX vs KRU: Postmatch Analysis in General Discussion

sorry this ones so late 100T vs DRX is coming

MATCH OUTCOME

Icebox FPX 14-12 KRU
Bind FPX 13-10 KRU

PRIOR INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
-FPX have only been to one international lan, which they won (copenhagen)
-KRU are the only team to have gone to every international lan in Valorant. Their highest placement is 3rd-4th at Champions

HIGHLIGHT HEAD TO HEADS
-keznit vs zyppan: Zyppan had a 2.0 kd against keznit, going 16-8 against him
-nagz vs ardiis: the two oppers hardly clashed, but ardiis went 4-3 against nagz

THE MAPS, THE ROUNDS, THE FRAGS
-FPX won 3 of the 4 pistols
-KRU had a 78% winrate on Bind, and their most recent loss was against OpTic at Masters 1
-ardiis had the most 4Ks with 2
-nagz and shao were tied for 3Ks with 3
-Zyppan led in 2Ks with 11
-Shao and mazino both had 1v3s
-Everyone except for zyppan and SUYGETSU played 2 agents
-all of KRU played 2 agents

ADDITIONAL STATS
-Zyppan put up an impressive 202 ADR across the series
-ange1 went 3-8 on opening kills
-KRU led at the half on both maps
-FPX and KRU almost won the same amount of gun rounds. FPX 19, KRU 18
-nagz went 5-1 against ange1 on opening kills

LOOKING AHEAD
-KRU will play Xerxia to keep their champions run alive
-FPX will play XSET tomorrow to get a slot in playoffs

posted about a year ago

Longest core in General Discussion

DRX

https://www.vlr.gg/130006/champions-teams-roster-age

posted about a year ago

XSET vs XIA: postmatch analysis in General Discussion

woke up this morning to an xset win todays a great day

MATCH OUTCOME
-Fracture: XSET 13-11 XIA
-Icebox: XSET 13-10 XIA

PRIOR INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
-XSET have one international tournament under their belt at Copenhagen, where they bombed out of playoffs in 7th-8th
-Xerxia have been to every Valorant lan of 2022, but have yet to get out of groups

HIGHLIGHT HEAD TO HEADS
-surf vs cryo: surf went 9-8 vs cryocells
-zekken vs foxz: zekken went 12-9 vs foxz
-sscary vs ayrin: sscary went 11-5 vs ayrin

THE MAPS, THE ROUNDS, THE FRAGS
-Xerxia won 3 of the 4 pistols
-Both teams used new team comps on fracture for the first time
-zekken, cryocells, and bcj all led the server in 2Ks with 8
-zekken led the server in 3Ks with 5
-bcj, foxz, zekken, and crws all had a 4K
-xerxia won a total of 6 final 1v1s, and 2 1v2s
-seven players played 2 agents
-three players only played 1 agents

ADDITIONAL STATS
-between zekken and cryo, the pair went 24-7 on FK/FD
-Xerxia are the third team to play yoru at an international tournament of 2022
-sscary boasted an 83% KAST on fracture
-foxz went 10-5 vs dephh
-surf was 4-9 on FK/FD
-This is XSET's first win at an international lan
-Zekken had the best performance in 2 maps amongst any match played so far (341 ACS)

LOOKING AHEAD
-XSET will play the winner of FPX/KRU to qualify for playoffs
-Xerxia will play the loser of FPX/KRU in order to keep their champions run alive

posted about a year ago

OPTC vs LOUD: Postmatch Analysis in General Discussion

Green wall > Green triangle

MATCH OUTCOME
Breeze: LOUD 13-7 OPTC
Fracture: LOUD 10-13 OPTC
Pearl: LOUD 3-13 OPTC

PRIOR INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
-Optic have been to every international tournament of 2022. Their highest placement was 1st at iceland
-Loud have also been to every international tournament of 2022. Their higihplacement was 2nd at iceland
-Optic are now 3-1 against Loud

HIGHLIGHT HEAD TO HEADS
-yay vs less: yay went 10-7 against less
-FNS vs saadhak: FNS went 7-1 against saadhak (it was too good to resist im sorry)
-victor vs aspas: victor and aspas broke even, going 9-9 against each other

THE MAPS, THE ROUNDS, THE FRAGS
-Both teams split pistols, winning 3 each
-Optic have not won Breeze at champions yet
-aspas led the server in 2Ks with 11
-yay led the server in 3Ks with 4
-Sacy had the most 4Ks with 2
-yay had the only ace of the match
-6 players played 3 agents
-3 players plated 2 agents
-yay only played chamber

ADDITIONAL STATS
-Marved was 0-9 on FK/FD going into pearl. On pearl he went 6/1 on FK/FD
-except for sacy, all of loud went negative
-yay had an incredible 340 ACS on Fracture, as well as going +23 overall
-victor had a 76% KAST across all 3 maps
-Marved had two 1v2s
-On breeze, less had an 85% KAST as cypher
-Sacy had a very high 213 ADR on defense side fracture
-Loud lost 3 rounds on time on pearl
-Loud only have 4 losses in their career, 3 of which are optic

LOOKING AHEAD
-OpTic are the second team qualified to playoffs
-LOUD will play the winner of BOOM/ZETA

ADDITIONAL THREADS
-OPTIC vs BOOM: https://www.vlr.gg/133761/optc-vs-bme-postmatch-analysis
-ZETA vs LOUD: https://www.vlr.gg/133521/zeta-vs-loud-facts-and-analysis
-TL vs LEVI: https://www.vlr.gg/133304/tl-vs-lev-facts-and-analysis
-PRX vs EDG: https://www.vlr.gg/133207/prx-vs-edg-facts-and-analysis
-LEVI vs PRX: https://www.vlr.gg/133895/lev-vs-prx-postmatch-analysis
-DRX vs FUR: https://www.vlr.gg/134209/drx-vs-fur-postmatch-analysis
-100T vs FNC: https://www.vlr.gg/134660/fnc-vs-100t-postmatch-analysis
-My twitter (all writeups are posted there): https://twitter.com/RyanG2B

posted about a year ago

FNC vs 100T: Postmatch analysis in General Discussion

twitter.com/RyanG2B

posted about a year ago

FNC vs 100T: Postmatch analysis in General Discussion

theyre always linked on my twitter if you want to find them there :)

posted about a year ago

FNC vs 100T: Postmatch analysis in General Discussion

Sorry this one came late, I had class
Loud vs Optic coming later tonight

posted about a year ago

FNC vs 100T: Postmatch analysis in General Discussion

will is a lanimal i love him

MATCH OUTCOME

Pearl: 100T 13-10 FNC
Bind: 100T 7-13 FNC
Haven: 100T 13-7 FNC

PRIOR INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
-Fnatic have been to every international tournament so far this year. Their highest placement was 4th at Copenhagen
-100T has only made 1 other international appearance, albeit with a completely different roster. This is every players first lan except for Asuna

HIGHLIGHT HEAD TO HEADS
-Boaster vs Bang: Bang went 8-3 vs Boaster
-Will vs Derke: Will went 8-9 against Derke
-Alfajer vs Asuna: Alfajer went 18-11 vs Asuna

THE MAPS, THE ROUNDS, THE FRAGS
-This is the second time pearl has been played internationally
-100T won 4 of the 6 pistols
-This is only the second time 100T have lost on Bind this year
-Will led the server in 2Ks with 17
-Will also led the server in 3Ks with 5
-Alfajer had two 4Ks
-Derrek had the only ace of the match
-Two players played only one agent
-Six players played exactly two agents
-Two players played three agents
-No player of fnatic played more than 2 agents

ADDITIONAL STATS
-Bang put up an impressive 48% HS, despite mostly using the phantom
-Will was 14-6 on FK/FD
-Derke had a 2.0 KD (36/18) on Attack, despite playing Chamber
-Mistic was 1-5 on FK/FD
-Enzo had a very low 78 ADR
-100T are the only NA team other than sentinels to beat Fnatic

LOOKING AHEAD
-100T will play DRX for their chance to qualify for playoffs
-FNATIC will play Furia to keep their tournament life alive

posted about a year ago

DRX vs FUR: Postmatch Analysis in General Discussion

well said

posted about a year ago

DRX vs FUR: Postmatch Analysis in General Discussion

MATCH OUTCOME
-Ascent: DRX 16-14 FUR
-Haven: DRX 13-4 FUR

PRIOR INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
-DRX have been to every international lan in Valorant except for Iceland 2021. They also have the longest standing core of players amongst any team at Champions
-Furia have only been to one other international lan: Champions 2021

HIGHLIGHT HEAD TO HEADS
-Buzz vs dgzin: The two quazi duelists broke exactly even against each other, going 12-12
-Mako vs khalil: Mako was consistently winning against khalil, going 9-4 against him
-Stax vs nzr: stax was also beating the other flex, going 10-7 against nzr

THE MAPS, THE ROUNDS, THE FRAGS
-Haven is still DRX's highest WR map at 88% (barring split which has been removed from the map pool)
-Both teams split pistols, winning 2 each
-Buzz led the server in 2Ks with 13
-Mazin, stax, and dgzin all had 3 3Ks
-Quick, rb, and Buzz all had a 4K
-Everyone in the server except for Khalil and Buzz played 2 agents

ADDITIONAL STATS
-Buzz went 15-8 on FK/FD
-rb had a 47% HS across the entire series
-on haven, dgzin never got a first blood or died first, despite playing chamber
-dgzin was the only player on furia to end positive
-mazin went from a 253 ACS ascent game to a 50 ACS haven game
-DRX won Ascent in overtime after being down 4-12, mounting an 8 round comeback in regulation, the largest comeback ever made at an international valorant tournament
-This is the first time DRX gave up more than 10 total rounds in their opening match at an international tournament (18)

LOOKING AHEAD
-DRX will play the winner of 100T/FNC. They are 1 win away from the bracket stage
-Furia will play the loser of 100T/FNC. They need to win 2 matches to make the bracket stage.

Additional threads:
ADDITIONAL THREADS
-OPTIC vs BOOM: https://www.vlr.gg/133761/optc-vs-bme-postmatch-analysis
-ZETA vs LOUD: https://www.vlr.gg/133521/zeta-vs-loud-facts-and-analysis
-TL vs LEVI: https://www.vlr.gg/133304/tl-vs-lev-facts-and-analysis
-PRX vs EDG: https://www.vlr.gg/133207/prx-vs-edg-facts-and-analysis
-LEVI vs PRX: https://www.vlr.gg/133895/lev-vs-prx-postmatch-analysis
-My twitter (all writeups are posted there): https://twitter.com/RyanG2B

posted about a year ago

LEV vs PRX: Postmatch Analysis in General Discussion

VAMMMOOOOSSSSS

MATCH OUTCOME
-LEVI 13-8 PRX
-LEVI 13-11 PRX

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
-PRX have been to both international events of 2022. They placed 4th in iceland and 2nd at Copenhagen
-This is LEVI's second international tournament. They placed 5th-6th at Copenhagen

HIGHLIGHT HEAD TO HEADS
-kiNgg vs Jinggg: Jinggg had a slight edge over kiNgg, going 8-7 against him
-f0rsaken vs tacolilla: Tacolilla got the better of f0rsaken, going 9-6 against him
-mindfrea vs melser: the two M controller players, to say melser was owning mindfreak would be an understatement. Melser went 12-2 against his opposition

THE MAPS, THE ROUNDS, THE FRAGS
-Bind is one of Leviatan's worst maps with a 35% Winrate. Nonetheless, they still won
-Leviatan once again won All four pistols. They have yet to lose a pistol at champions
-Shyy led the server in 2Ks with 8
-kiNgg led the server in 3Ks with 5
-Melser, kiNgg, shyy, mindfreak, and jinggg all had 4Ks
-shyy and adverso both had aces
-Six players played 2 agents. The remaining four only played one.

ADDITIONAL STATS
-shyy had an incredible attack half on bind, going 17/7 with nearly 400 ACS
-jinggg went an abysmal 3-12 against shyy
-shyy had at least 1 of every kind of multikill (except for a 6K)
-All of paper rex went negative, all of LEVI went positive except for Adverso, who was -1
-kiNgg went 11-6 on opening kills
-Tacolilla was 4-0 on op duels

LOOKING AHEAD
-Leviatan are the first team qualified for the bracket stage
-PRX will face the winner of Liquid/EDG for their last opportunity to make it to playoffs

ADDITIONAL THREADS
-OPTIC vs BOOM: https://www.vlr.gg/133761/optc-vs-bme-postmatch-analysis
-ZETA vs LOUD: https://www.vlr.gg/133521/zeta-vs-loud-facts-and-analysis
-TL vs LEVI: https://www.vlr.gg/133304/tl-vs-lev-facts-and-analysis
-PRX vs EDG: https://www.vlr.gg/133207/prx-vs-edg-facts-and-analysis
-My twitter (all writeups are posted there): https://twitter.com/RyanG2B

posted about a year ago

OPTC vs BME: Postmatch Analysis in General Discussion

MATCH OUTCOME
-Ascent BME 18-16 OPTC
-Bind OPTC 13-5 BME
-Fracture OPTC 13-3 BME

PRIOR INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
-Optic have been to every international tournament of 2022. They won iceland and placed 3rd in Copenhagen
-This is Boom's first international appearance

HIGHLIGHT HEAD TO HEADS
-marved vs tehbotol: tehbotol got the better of marved, going 12-5 against him
-victor vs famouz: famouz edged out victor, going 15-11 against him
-yay vs fl1pzjder: yay dominated fl1p, going 15-6 against him

THE MAPS, THE ROUNDS, THE FRAGS
-Optic are 7-0 internationally on Bind
-Boom only won 2 of the 6 pistols
-tehbotol led the server in 2Ks with 15
-yay led the server in 3Ks with 8
-Famouz had two 4Ks, tehbotol crashies and yay all had one
-Crashies had the only ace of the match (if you know you know)
-Seven players in the lobby played three different agents
-Two players played only 2 agents, yay only played chamber
-All 5 players of Boom played a different agent on every map

ADDITIONAL STATS
-Breeze was the first map to go OT at champions
-Optic as a whole went +14 on FK/FD. Yay went +11
-tehbotol put up an astonishing 38 kills on Breeze, which as far as I know, is the most kills in a single map at an international tournament (this one might need fact checking)
-Yay had 68 kills over all three maps, with 54 of them coming from the defensive side. However optic played more defensive rounds than offensive rounds
-despite losing 13-3 on fracture, blaZek1ng had some strong stats, 195 ADR, 18/12 KD, and 318 ACS
-yay boasted 100% KAST on fracture
-The crashies rope incident (https://clips.twitch.tv/CrackyMistyPrariedogNotLikeThis-UybbUQI2UI-3Jprp)

LOOKING AHEAD
-OpTic will play Loud to qualify for playoffs. This is the fourth time the teams have met
-Boom will play against Zeta divison to keep their hopes of playoffs alive.

posted about a year ago

ZETA vs LOUD: Facts and Analysis in General Discussion

MATCH OUTCOME

Ascent: LOUD 13-8 ZETA
Fracture: LOUD 13-9 ZETA

PRIOR INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
-Zeta have been to only two other masters events: Berlin (with a completely different roster), and Iceland 2022. Their highest international placement is 3rd place in Iceland
-Loud have been to every international tournament since their inception in feburary. Their highest placement was 2nd at Iceland

HIGHLIGHT HEAD TO HEADS
-TENNN vs Less: The sentinel pair broke even, going 6-6
-dep vs aspas: dep had a slight edge on the other duelist, going 5-3
-sugarz3ro vs pancada: sugarz3ro also had a slight edge, going 6-5

THE MAPS, THE ROUNDS, THE FRAGS
-Both teams split pistols, winning 2 each
-Ascent continues to be LOUD's comfort pick, having only lost 1 match on it, to optic
-Pancada and Less led the server in 2Ks, with 10 each
-Less, Laz, and sugarz3ro all had 3 3Ks
-saadhak and less both have a 4K
-every player except for pancada played 2 agents

ADDITIONAL STATS
-Sacy went an impressive 7-1 on op kills
-Laz put up a monstrous 303 ACS and 5-0 FK/FD on fracture
-Zeta's players rarely lost op duels. On ascent, dep went 4-0 in OP duels, and on fracture, laz went 10-1
-on defense across the series, saadhak waa +16 in KD

LOOKING AHEAD
-Loud will play the winner of Optic/Boom. They will need to win that match to reach playoffs
-Zeta will play the loser of Optic/Boom. They will need to win 2 matches to reach playoffs

posted about a year ago

TL vs LEV: Facts and Analysis in General Discussion

edited ty for pointing it out

posted about a year ago

TL vs LEV: Facts and Analysis in General Discussion

Report: Liquid looking for pistol-only scrims

MATCH OUTCOME

Haven: LEVI 13-10 TL
Ascent: LEVI 13-10 TL

PRIOR INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
-Liquid have been to every international event except for Masters Berlin and Masters Copenhagen. Four of the five players on the team have some form of international experience. Their highest finish was 4th place at Champions last year.
-This is leviatan's second appearance internationally after Copenhagen, where they finished 5th-6th after a loss to FNATIC

HIGHLIGHT HEAD TO HEADS
-Scream vs kiNgg: ScreaM pulled a slight edge over kiNgg, going 10-8 against him
-dimasick vs Melser: dimasick and melser broke even, going 8-8 against each other
-Soulcas vs shyy: soulcas was consistently beating shyy, going 7-4 overall

THE MAPS, THE ROUNDS, THE FRAGS
-Leviatan won all four pistols
-Ascent continues to be leviatans best map, now being 11-3 in 2022 on Ascent
-Tacolilla led the server in 2Ks with 11
-ScreaM and melser led the server in 3ks, each with 3
-jamppi, scream, and shyy all had one 4K
-5 players in the server played only 1 agent, while the other 5 played exactly 2

ADDITIONAL STATS
-despite seeming to find a lot of impact with OPs and chamber TPs, Tacolilla went 5-7 on openers throughout the match
-Nivera went an abysmal 2-12 against kiNgg
-This match was Phoenix's first international appearance of 2022
-Leviatan had many rounds classified as semi-ecos, where many players had stingers, sheriffs, a bulldog at most. Of these 13 rounds they had, they won 9 of them
-except for kiNgg, the entire lobby went negative when on the attack side

LOOKING AHEAD
-Leviatan will advance to the upper decider to face Paper Rex for a spot in playoffs
-Liquid will face Edward Gaming in the lower elimination match in order to keep their run alive. They will need to win at least 2 more matches to make it out of groups

ADDITIONAL THREADS
-PRX vs EDG: https://www.vlr.gg/133207/prx-vs-edg-facts-and-analysis
-My twitter: twitter.com/RyanG2B

posted about a year ago

PRX vs EDG: Facts and Analysis in General Discussion

W GAMING > EDWARD. I said it.

PRIOR INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
-PRX have been to 3 international tournaments prior to Champions: Masters Berlin, Masters Reykjavik 2022, and Masters Copenhagen 2022. They placed 13-16th at Berlin, 4th in Iceland, and 2nd in Copenhagen.
-EDG have no prior international experience, since China as a region has not had a path to Champions until this year. In their first appearance in the EA LCQ, they won the event without dropping a map
-EDG also played todays match with a sub, Smoggy, in place of nobody

HIGHLIGHT HEAD TO HEADS
-ZmjjKK vs f0rsaken: Zm and f0rsaken had a close bout as the teams two chambers, with f0rsaken barely edging out the competition 14-13
-CHICOO vs mindfreak: the two controllers, CHICHOO was consistently winning against mindfreak, going 11-6 against him
-Haodong vs d4v41: both flex players put up an even fight against each other, going 8-8 in duels

THE MAPS, THE ROUNDS, THE FRAGS
-PRX won 4 of the 6 pistols
-This was the first time pearl was played in a VCT match
-Jinggg led the server in 2Ks with 13
-f0rsaken and smoggy led the server in 3Ks, both with 4
-mindfreak had two 4Ks, nobody had the only ace
-Two players on each team played three agents, while all the other remaining players played two, except for ZmjjKK, who only played Chamber

ADDITIONAL STATS
-PRX overall were negative in openers
-EDG won 6 more full buy rounds than PRX, despite having only 4 more full buy rounds total
-ZmjjKK went an astonishing 16-5 on openers, +11 overall
-This was the first match Reyna was picked in since Iceland earlier this year
-ZmjjKK also did not lose a single op duel, going 12-0 against PRX
-This match had higher viewership than any match at Masters Copenhagen

LOOKING AHEAD
-PRX will play the winner of Leviatan/Liquid to advance to playoffs
-EDG will play the loser of Leviatan/Liquid to keep their run alive. They will need to win 2 more matches to make it to playoffs

OTHER THREADS
-All threads are posted on twitter.com/RYANG2B
-I'll be posting a writeup of Liquid vs Levi later today

posted about a year ago

Report: Cloud9 White and x0tek to split in News

C9 L the roster improved a lot with x0tek

posted about a year ago

Panpoc: Friendship, humor, and relatability in News

“Shit happens and at our very worst we still do good and we still give a fuck and I think that's why we got the chance to be that you know, ‘number one' duo who took the finals, who, you know, did these sort of moments.”

loved this quote, great read, great set of articles!

posted about a year ago

Say something nice about a pro player/vlr user in General Discussion

Every team at champions deserves to be there

posted about a year ago

champs trophy in General Discussion

I saw this cool writeup on reddit about the champions trophy and thought it was really cool, what follows is a summarized version of the article, but I've linked the full thing here. I strongly encourage you to read it, full credit to u/Awfu1M1n3r

Original read: https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/wwqf66/the_significance_of_the_vct_champions_trophy_shape/

Basically, the two cones on the trophy represent the passing of time. The bottom half represents the past, and the top half represents the future. The center where the two cones meet is the present. Following the present, the cone expands out to an infinite volume, representing all the infinite potential possibilities, i.e any given team winning champions. The reverse is true for the past, with a seemingly infinite amount of possibilities being whittled down to what we have now in the present.

This also means there is a world where SEN wins champs

posted about a year ago

who is getting grouped FIRST @ champs in General Discussion

title. whos leaving champions first

I have
levi
boom
xerxia
drx

posted about a year ago

Guys come here in Off Topic

REAVER 2 BY A LONG SHOT

posted about a year ago

NSG summer champs streams in General Discussion

The NSG streams arent posted on VLR so i'll link them here

Ex-Soar vs OXG: https://www.twitch.tv/nerdstreet
SQ vs Teal Seam: https://www.twitch.tv/nerdstreet2
AFAIK Ghost v Virt and NA vs TSM.A are not being streamed

posted about a year ago

HS%: VALORANT vs CSGO in General Discussion

I never knew this and it kind of invalidates the entire article, so I just put a general edit at the top saying I done goofed. thanks for pointing it out!

posted about a year ago

HS%: VALORANT vs CSGO in General Discussion

EDIT: user moejkel pointed out that CSGO only counts shots fired that result in kills. Valorant counts all shots that hit, which kind of invalidates this entire article. If you want to read it still, I'll leave it here

TLDR at bottom

In some of my past writeups I noticed how some Valorant players have fairly high headshot percentages, and I wanted to compare these HS% with those of players in CS. I expected CSGO players to have a lower overall HS%, due to factors that makes it's mechanics fundamentally different, such as having definite spray patterns, or the presence of 4 different damage zones. However, the result is not what I expected.

The 5 players with the highest HS from Masters 2 Copenhagen are:
-Pancada: 39%
-SEIDER: 38%
-stax: 36%
-Shao: 35%
-mindfreak: 35%
(via vlr)

The 5 players with the highest HS from IEM Cologne 2022 are:
-b1t: 61.6%
-Twistzz: 61.5%
-fame: 56.6%
-misutaa: 54.7%
-hunter: 54.2%
(via hltv)

This trend of Valorant players having lower HS percentages also continued through LCQs across all regions, with no player getting any higher than 40% HS. Honestly I expected Valorant players to have higher HS% since there are no spray patterns, making headshots all the more important to go for, and also that every pro I watch seems to only click heads and have perfect crosshair placement. However, some possible reasons for this metric include
-Valorant has more vertical movement, requiring flicks up and down that are much harder to hit.
-Valorant also has extremely heavy tagging, making body shots rewarding in some cases
-Some damage dealing ultimate abilities, such as Jett, Neon, and Raze, don't punish the player for going for bodyshots
-Oping is an essential role in Valorant and is sometimes picked up by multiple players. Given the op encourages bodyshots, it could lower ones HS% (However the same argument can be made for CS so im not sure about this one)
-CSGO players are just different

This is outside of my expertise so I am open to criticism on this one. I also must admit that I don't watch professional CSGO the same way I watch professional VALORANT, and that I'm not sure how CSGO's stats collection works as compared to VALORANTs.

TLDR: CS players have a substantially higher HS% than VAL players, not really sure why but might be because of Val's easier mechanics and abilities.

posted about a year ago

Champions opening matches in General Discussion

every opening match is between two teams that have never faced each other before, despite there being 13 teams with international experience. good draw rito

posted about a year ago

CHAMPIONS TEAMS ROSTER AGE in General Discussion

you're right, according to this tweet hes been on FPX for less than a year. I apologize for the mistake and I've edited it in the original post

posted about a year ago

CHAMPIONS TEAMS ROSTER AGE in General Discussion

wdym victor ate food

posted about a year ago

CHAMPIONS TEAMS ROSTER AGE in General Discussion

acc to VLR he's been with FPX since feburary 2021

posted about a year ago

100T vs GRD: Facts and Analysis in General Discussion

SENTINELS DIED FOR THIS

LAST MEETINGS AND ROSTER CHANGES
-The last time these teams met was in the first week of Stage 2 challengers, with 100T winning 2-0
-The first time these teams matched up (in stage 1), Guard infamously 13-0'd 100T and sort of caused a roster implosion
-Neither team has made a roster change between their last meetings

HIGHLIGHT HEAD TO HEADS
-Some numbers may be inflated since this most recent series was 3 maps as opposed to 2
-Will vs Saya: In their last matchup, Saya went 7-3 against Will, and in the rematch still went 9-7 against will
-Asuna vs JonahP: JonahP went 8-10 against Asuna, an improvement from going 4-7 in their last matchup
-Bang vs Valyn: Bang went 5-11 against Valyn despite having a quieter series. In their last matchup, Valyn only went 4-5 vs Bang

THE MAPS, THE ROUNDS, THE FRAGS
-Since Guard were coming from the upper bracket, they banned 100T's two best maps: Breeze and Bind
-100T won 4 of the 6 pistols
-Asuna led the server in 2Ks with 11
-Derrek led the server in 3Ks with an astonishing 7
-JonahP and Trent both had the only 4Ks in the server, with 1 each. There was no ace in this match
-Will and Trent only played one agent. JonahP, Stellar, and Net both played two. Everyone else played three.

ADDITIONAL STATS
-Of Guard's 30 full buys, they only won 13
-Everyone on 100T except for Asuna had a 1v2 clutch
-Asuna went 11-5 on opening kills in todays match
-Everyone on Guard went negative except for Trent. Everyone on 100T except for Bang went positive
-Derrek went an incredible +19 in K/D
-100T overall played better on Defense than attack. However, 100T also started Defense on every map

OTHER HEAD TO HEADS
-Will was owning JonahP, going 15-5 against him
-Net and Stellar had a close fight, with Stellar going 12-11 against him
-Trent went even or positive against every member of 100T except Stellar, who he went 10-14 against

LOOKING AHEAD
-100T have qualified for Champions, joining XSET and OpTic in Istanbul. According to VLR, matches begin August 31st
-Guard are out for the season. They were confirmed to be in the next round of franchising

These articles have been some decent work, but I kept writing them due to the positive community reception, I continued to write them. I thank everyone who left any kind of feedback, made any comments, or even just took the time to read what I had wrote. I would like to these analyses for Champions matches, but they may interfere with my university work so we'll see. Attached below is all the other articles, in addition to my twitter.

posted about a year ago

CHAMPIONS TEAMS ROSTER AGE in General Discussion

I did a similar writeup for NA group stage teams, so now I’m taking a look at how long each player has spent on rosters going to champions.

OpTic (including time on NV)
Yay: 374 days
Marved: 410 days
Crashies: 710 days
Victor: 710 days
FNS: 763 days

XSET
Cryo: 226 days
Zekken: 414 days
BcJ: 577 days
Dephh: 426 days
Ayrin: 657 days

Fnatic:
Alfajer: 97 days
Enzo: 136 days
Derke: 493 days
Mistic: 557 days
Boaster: 557 days

FPX
Ardiis: 255 days
SUYGETSU: 309 days
Everyone else: 733 days

LOUD
All picked up 193 days ago

Leviatan
Shyy: 73 days
Everyone else: 269 days
*Including time from Australs: 579 days

DRX (including time from VS)
Buzz: 450 days
Everyone else: 800 days

Zeta
Laz: 402 days
Xdlll (stand in): 15 days
Everyone Else: 256 days

PRX
Jinggg: 320 days
Everyone else: 552 days

Xerxia
Surf: 209
Everyone else (including time from X10): 606 days

Liquid
Soulcas: 737 days
Scream: 737 days
Nivera: 323 days
Jamppi: 535 days
Dimasick: 9 days

KRU
Delz1k: 502 days
Keznit: 467 days
Everyone else: 579 days

EDG
ZmjjKK: 339 days
Nobody: 341 days
CHICOO: 470 days
Life: 651 days
Haodong: 739 days

BOOM
Fl1pzjder: 419 days
blaZek1ng: 760 days
BerseX: 312 days
tehbotoL: 312 days
Famouz (stand in): 26 days

Furia
Dgzin: 23 days
Quick: 568 days
Mazin: 438 days
Nzr: 566 days
Khalil: 566 days

100T
Asuna: 681 days
Everyone else: 122 days

Average by teams:
PRX: 505.6
XIA: 526.6
Liquid: 468.2
KRU: 541.2
EDG: 508
BOOM: 365.8
FURIA: 432.2
OPTC: 593.4
XSET: 460
FNC: 368
FPX: 592.3
LOUD: 193
LEVI: 477.8
DRX: 730
ZETA: 237
100T: 233.8

Youngest team: LOUD
Oldest team: DRX
Average amongst all teams: 452.6
edit was for formatting issues

posted about a year ago

I hope these guys are wrong in General Discussion

All 3
Valorant

posted about a year ago

100T v FaZe: Facts and Analysis in General Discussion

FaZe stock is down and FaZe are OUT

LAST MEETINGS AND ROSTER CHANGES
-These two teams have clashed three times across Challengers, with FaZe winning 2 of the 3 matchups
-Neither team has made a roster move, but both faced each other after their roster overhauls
-FaZe beat 100T earlier in this event in the upper bracket semi finals

HIGHLIGHT HEAD TO HEADS
-Will vs Dicey: The two star oppers, in their last matchup will was outclassed so heavily I felt a comparison was not warranted. This time the opposite was true, with Will going 12-7 against Dicey, as compared to Dicey going 11-5 against Will
-Asuna vs Babybay: In their last matchup, babybay went 15-9 vs Asuna. In the rematch, Asuna went 14-8 against babybay
-bang vs supamen: In their previous matchup, supamen went 8-7 against bang. In the rematch, supamen still outside bang, going 9-8

THE MAPS, THE ROUNDS, THE FRAGS
-100T played 2 of the three maps they played against Faze in their last series: Ascent and Breeze. They lost on Ascent and won on breeze previously
-Both teams split pistols, winning 3 each. Faze won both pistols on icebox and still lost the map
-Bang and Derrek led the server in 2Ks, with 10 each
-Asuna and Will led in 3Ks, with 5 each
-Babybay, flyuh, and Will all had 4ks, with babybay having the most at 2
-Bang once again had the only ace of the match

ADDITIONAL STATS
-This is Dicey's second negative series. This sounds bad until you realize Dicey has only ended negative in 4 series in 2022, of over 30 played
-Bang put up an incredible 306 ACS across all maps and 431 on Ascent. He also had a 49% HS, despite mostly using the phantom
-Asuna went 13-6 on FK/FD across all 3 maps
-Dicey didnt get much action with the OP, but went 4-1 in OP duels across the match
-On 100T's attack half of Breeze, 3 players (Asuna, Will, Bang), had 100% KAST
-Phoenix remains winless in T1 NA
-Bang also went 9-2 in FK/FD
-Of Faze's 26 full buys, the only won eight

LOOKING AHEAD
-100T will face Guard in the Grand Final, and are 3 maps away from Champions
-Faze are out of Champions contention, and their franchising status is unknown

posted about a year ago

whats next for C9? in General Discussion

give the other teams a chance

posted about a year ago

Derrek cheating in General Discussion

preaiming door swing

posted about a year ago

C9 vs 100T: Facts and Analysis in General Discussion

MCT is objectively harder. FPX, DRX, PRX, OpTic, EDG, LOUD, none of them stand a chance against TSM academy

posted about a year ago

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