Again, im not saying LOUD is definitely 1st above FNC, but that they are comparable.

These deep runs are cool and all, but ask the FNC players and watch as they trade all that top 3 and GF finals shit for the 2 champs trophies

Making deep runs is good as has a lot of merits, but no one competes to make deep runs, they compete to win. FNC has trophies, but they are not even comparable to LOUD’s

Oh so now we are getting specific? My point is not that LOUD is greater than FNC cause i dont think thats the case, all im saying is that op said LOUD is nowhere near the greatest wich is obviously not true since the only ones one could see ahead of them are FNC and PRX

Its so easy to nitpick specific years like this to undermine greatness. Like i can say FNC was only good in 2023 and all they did of relevance after and before that was choking every GF and lose to tier2 teams.

LOUD is the only org with 2 champs and one of the biggest fan bases itw, they are undeniably at least top 3 OAT and you could perfectly make the argument they are number one (even thou i wouldnt agree)

Tbf i dont know, i just think it would be funny if it was

I mean you could make the argument yes, thou i personally would say it was GenG

ROOKIES

1 - Neon
2 - Erde
3 - Xross
4 - Blowz
5 - Sayonara

Had Erde played Kickoff and Stage 1 he would be number one no questions asked. As it is thou, Neon was just too consistently elite to not be 1st here.

TEAMS

1 - PPRX
2 - NS
3 - NRG
4 - LOUD
5 - LEV

Even thou PRX didnt win, two 2nd places and a playoffs appearance is really good consistency. LOUD and LEV are interchangeble. LEV was better regionally but LOUD won the bigger/harder event. Because im a LOUD fan, i’ll rank then higher.

PLAYERS

1 - Neon
2 - Something
3 - Dambi
4 - Lukxo
5 - Erde

Again a hard one for first place, but Neon is just too consistent. He had literally zero bad games while Something (like all of PRX) had some stinkers here and there.

SHOUT-OUTS

Some other random things or people i think deserve to be mentioned here as a big part of 2026 VCT

Marteen
South America as a whole
Darynka Angelica Parada Jimenez
Basic
Lukxo’s mouse
Xeus’ mouse
Sage
The 12 partner teams that will leave partnership tomorrow

Bye 2026

Why are people mad at the rollback? If Lukxo really couldnt move and died because of it then yeah the round should be reset

Am i missing something?

Thats why i said top 3 not top 1

Top 3 greatest organizations in Valorant history. One of only 3 ORGs to win a trophy twice and the only one to win Champs twice. Also the only one to do it with completely different rosters

By this logic EWC should be held in as high regard as a masters, or confederations cup as high as the world cup, but thats not the case, isnt it?

Izu and Vora are arguable at the very least, “easily” you are definitely stretching it

Brawk trent ethan sayo sure
Izu and vora is arguable

You are hopeless if you watch LOUD games and actually believes this. Only ones clearly ahead of him are Brawk and Trent, everyone else he is clearly superior or at least arguably superior

He is hella underrated

Bro consistently has high impact rounds every map and hits some crazy shots every so often

His utility is top notch as well, almost every sova dart or fade eye he throws gets value. Not to mention the sova ults where he always is good for one.

He is clearly the 3rd best player on LOUD and a top 5 initiator on champs imo

Last laugh is always the better one

Its fine, G2 couldnt beat us on Stage 2, got shit on both times

If we beat NRG i think we win Champs, upper final should be an easier game and GF with double map veto we aint losing

Same goes for NRG tbh, however wins tomorrow is probably gonna take it like i would give it a 70% chance

We are 3 wins away from the title. To be honest, i think this NRG game is the hardest one we’ll have

vs VIT should be okay since we arent playing Ascent anymore + rematch buff and vs G2 they lost to us both times in Stage 2 and both games were massacres.

And the GF anything can happen at that point

I want to believe so bad. Tbh im probably already believing holy shit

PRX ban Abyss; LOUD ban Ascent; PRX pick Lotus; LOUD pick Summit;

From here on really anything can happen but if i had to guess

PRX ban Haven; LOUD ban Split; Sunset remains

If this happens i think its pretty 50/50 since both should easily win their map picks and Sunset would be a banger

30-40%

Brother worry about Tyloo first because i guarantee you that game aint gonna be as easy as you think

T1 is probably too high to be fair but idk their players are cracked so they can randomly upset some teams maybe

Liquid could win against G2, but not easily. Using their perfomances vs PRX as comparison, TL won Haven relying primarily on the comp surprise factor and got stomped on the other maps (lotus kinda close) while vs G2 all maps where decently close and specially split could’ve gone either way

I think the tier gap is justifiable

I would love to put LOUD on S but after watching KC vs NRG i just genuinely believe we would lose to both of them

Lets see how the VIT game goes

Nah PRX is throwing too many man-up situations to be considered favorites right now. Of course they can just lock in randomly, but as of now they are not good enough

Im 90% positive KC would beat them if they played today based on this NRG game

S - NRG, 100T, KC - as of now the favorites to win
A - PRX, LOUD, NS - have the potential to win but have some stuff to polish before being considered favorites
B - G2, FUT, VIT, GE, T1 - ok teams, can make top 4 if everything goes right for them.
C - the rest - looking rough

Reminder that South Korea, Brazil, USA and Canada are the only countries to have at least one player in every international event ever

Russia also if you consider Suygetsu

Ok now you are just salty and straight up hating for no reason lmao

Its whatever thou, believe what you want to

Point 1 is false because Aspas is indeed able to perform on teams not built to enable him. In fact, his world champion title comes on a team with this exact characteristic.

I have no ideia what you were trying to prove on your second point. Aspas is known for putting up his best performances in the most important matches. Pretty much all of his best performances were on super high pressure games. Hell, he is the Champs 22 final MVP…

For the 3rd point, i see no reason why one would criticize Aspas’ playstyle if 1: No teammate of him ever did. On the contrary, they were all happy to let him do things his way. 2: The playstyle in question clearly works, as Aspas and his teams are consistently fighting for regional and international trophies.

4th: Are we really questioning the adaptability of a guy who is consistently performing at a world class level since 2022? Are we really saying a guy that qualed to Champs playoffs with >3 different orgs< is not adaptable to new enviromnets enough when literally no one else in the game’s history has ever done that?

And finally i promise you basically no competition has a unanimous GOAT, be it football, basketball, CS, Chess, everyone has different opinions. You cant use that against Aspas when its basically impossible to be so good as to make everyone agree. Its the internet, people will disagree with anything.

And yes, greatness alone does define the GOAT status. Its literally what GOAT means lmao

This will be a MUCH closer game than a lot of people expect. Yes NRG looked a lot better, but MIBR vs ENVY had like 1,5 weeks of practice, and since the game is only on Jan 30, they will have literally twice the amount of practice time coming in

2025 MIBR already came really, really close to beating them on their peak, and since 2026 MIBR is a much better roster on paper, i see no reason why this shouldn’t be a very close game

Lmao literally one game on a new team with lack of practice on a new role and people are already jumping to conclusions

The funniest part is he didnt even play bad, just an average support role performance

Ylall are weird

Criteria:

1. How good the player is overall (peak/ceiling/potential)
2. How well the player performed in 2025
3. How good he is compared to others on his role

https://imgur.com/gallery/vc-americas-26-players-ranked-vGDHMdw#L6ojyhU

LOUD has the potential to be a contender, the problem is that the ceiling for the other AMER teams are so much higher…

Hey… Im back here after a while

Hows everyone doing

What are yall expectations for VCT26? Fells pretty stacked if you ask me. Also because the first masters is 12 teams now i actually care a lot more about it than previous years

https://imgur.com/gallery/vct-WDgPtPn

Positions inside the tiers are not in order

Se o Verno e o Aspas continuarem juntos, eles não passam de 2026 sem um trofeu internacional. Pode anotar ai. Eles só não ganharam esse Champions pq Artzin e Xenom sentiram demais a pressão do torneio. Se os dois juntarem com qualquer outro core mais experiente é taça na certa.

He is GOATed. Higher than Chronicle in the debate i my books.

1 - Aspas
2 - Ethan
3 - Chronicle
4 - Derke
5 - Alfajer

We really were a few 1v2 clutches away from beating 2 of the top 3 teams

UPDATED LIST PRE PARIS 2025 TOP 4:

1 - Aspas: 1.366 ❌
2 - Buzz: 982 ❌
3 - Mako: 973 ✅
4 - Derke: 967 ❌
5 - ZmjjKK: 865 ❌
6 - Alfajer: 859 ✅
7 - Chronicle: 852 ✅
8 - Jinggg: 747 ✅
9 - Chichoo: 732 ❌
10 - F0rsaken: 719 ✅

❌ = ALREADY ELIMINATED/DIDNT QUALIFY
✅ = STILL IN THE COMPETITION

Yeah, and Aspas goes out bigger than ever, bro performed miracles at least 3 times in OT to keep them alive. He is the GOAT 🙏🏻

We fought well, but the truth is that we are just not good enough. We throw too many advantageous situations and lose too many clutches to be a tournament winning team

Still thou, it was a great run while it lasted. Hope most of this core stays together, especially Aspas, Verno and Cortezia.

🇧🇷🙏🏻

Tell me where is this Nats because apparently he didnt come to Champs or Toronto or Bangkok or really any tournament ever besides those in 2021

4v5, you are alone in B site Corrode holding the entrance, everyone else is on A. All 5 enemy players are rushing you. You are a Waylay. If you die, game over.

You ace.

Aspas is the only one, i repeat, the only player in the WORLD capable of doing this.

Somehow he still lost, but its not over yet.

Holy shit im gonna throw up bro what the fuck was this first map

The fact that he was unarguably the best player on his team in two of these occasions

DRX

TH ban Abyss ; MIBR ban Lotus ; TH pick Haven ; MIBR pick Sunset ; TH ban Bind ; MIBR ban Ascent ; Corrode remains

UPDATED LIST POST PARIS 2025 GROUP STAGE:

Aspas: 1.172 ✅
Buzz: 982 ❌
Derke: 967 ❌
ZmjjKK: 865 ❌
Mako: 842 ✅
Alfajer: 795 ✅
Chronicle: 757 ✅
Chichoo: 732 ❌
Less: 711 ❌
Smoggy: 689 ❌

❌ = ALREADY ELIMINATED
✅ = STILL IN THE COMPETITION

I agree with everything aside from DRX being underdogs. I think there are no favorites or underdogs for DRX x NRG, its a complete 50/50.

Nats still the GOAT

Greatest
Of
All
TP's

DRX 1 - 3 G2