Best part of Deadlock is that my Ranked teammates may actually learn to shoot utility.

Yes. I agree. As a Gen.G fan, I need every moresol of chance. I just want them to play well, like, once.

EMEA has multiple good teams, but all of them - with exception of Fnatic - are weaker compared to same seeds of AM.

Fnatic is 3-0 vs AM teams at Masters.
Rest of EMEA is 0-4.

When you are supposed to be the best region, you need to show that the WHOLE region is the best. That isn't being accomplished by EMEA.

I am just here to bring some facts, logic, and genuine insight to bait threads.

Why are we in 2023 ranking regions based off their top percentile team and not their average. Was Brazil the best region in 2022 or did it just have the best team?

I'd vote but I've never actually played attention to the Grand Finals of any international lan. Like I had M2022 open on the other monitor, but I didn't care at that point.

This masters bro. Context clues.

NA was 4-0 vs Non-Fnatic EMEA teams at Masters Tokyo. Good luck to Giants and Navi, cause I am going to keep this Stat in mind when Champs comes along.

Let's see if an EMEA team can beat NA without daddy Fnatic.

Yeah, I'd agree. Fnatic definitely owns NA. I'm cool with that.

Fnatic record vs NA teams at Masters: 3-0
Rest of EMEA record vs NA at masters: 0-4

If they speak the braindead, look the braindead, and respond the braindead, we must treat them as the braindead.

They either leave in weakness or push through. Weed out the weak.

It's unfair to compare it to the past when EMEA got an extra spot at every event, and Optic took on The Guard and XSET round 1 of both tourneys before going to top 3.

And I'd like to clarify, I don't really think EMEA is a "One Team Region" I just think that - since the beginning - that they were the region with the least depth. The only surprises from the region was Navi and Koi underperforming since I expected fut to be top 4 from LOCK//IN. In Pacific, a ton of their lower teams like GE, Talon, and RRQ have shown great performances at random times, like any could shape into a threat. AM had C9 and EG going insane, and Furia showing a ton of promise.

Ban system goes brrrrrr

EG and Fnatic are basically 4-3, but ban the worst from Fnatic and the best from EG and we get a 3-0 :)

sheesh tho, might be wrong about KC.

there has only been one other time where Fnatic has had an even half on attack side lotus (all others were a winning half). That was against Karmine Corp. I'd guesstimate that EG is slightly better than Karmine Corp, especially on attack.

This is actually the first international grand finals without the #1 seed of a region.

M2 2021 - Sentinels
M3 2021 and Champs 2021- Gambit
Masters 1 - Loud
Masters 2 - PRX
Champs - NRG and Loud
Lock//In - Loud

EG and Fnatic as a 2 and 3 seed is kinda cool.

I like the advantage, I don't like banning the best map of the losers AND the worst map of the winners. I'd much rather see a series where either side either leaks their best maps in, or reveals their weakest in. Two bans for the winners is fine, just adding a map round in between seems like a better system imo.

Just what uppers get. Always has been. I've never been a fan of the ban system.

I think the grand finals bans is way too strong of an advantage. I understand that it is necessary to have an upper advantage, but it can literally take a 4-3 series to a 3-1. I think the best way to do it is just removing the bans of the lower team.

Example: Right now it is
Ban - Ban - Pick - Pick - Pick - Pick - Pick

I think it should be
Ban - Pick - Pick - Ban - Pick - Pick - Pick

In this scenario, it still lets through the weakest map of the losers team, but I denies the current system of permaban + ban the best map the opponents. I think it adds more interesting impact upon the map picks, and lowers the INSANE advantage given to the winner seed. You can then select either your second weakest map or huge swing maps with the second ban.

bro it's a 3-0 for Fnatic, I don't see EG winning the other maps.

there is none, they just banned pearl and fracture. Upper bracket is still way too strong. Should be ban-pick-pick-ban-pick-pick-pick.

New gimmick, you can only buy guns if you win the round.

Literally just soft confirmed an LA map. Look at the episode background, plus the Valorant head just said "look at where champs is" when talking about future content.

Loathar trying to nerf shit, when Jett is good because she can actually run the OP. Chamber was good because he could actually run the OP.

not because she is a GOOD agent, but because her utility will finally teach my ranked teammates to FUCKING SHOOT OUT UTILITY HOLY SHIT. Thank god it literally blocks you so those braindead fucks will do something.

Bro this my normal sleep schedule, I'm living good.

bro do you gotta wake up for the 8:30 mass on Sunday? What the fuck else you gonna do?

I think you are discrediting f0rsaken's ability as an entry player. He overextends a lot, but he's great at taking space. As a flex, he just takes space and overpushes less.

sure

If he wins, then you kinda got to call him it. Unless Leo pops off to win, then I'd give the crown to him. Leo literally went 89-68-32 with two 1v2 clutches at lock//in, if he is able to top his team in the Grand Finals then I'd give that to him over chronicle. I think Leo is a better player than Chronicle is, so if he goes HARD then he'd be my goat.

He is a way better flex player than duelist imo, that's the main addition Something gives to the team. Something is a slightly better duelist, but f0rsaken is genuinely a top 5 flex in the world alongside d4v41.

They just play aggressive. You don't get their game, you don't get their strats. Have a good day.

Sure buddy, have a good one.

From watching a lot of Pacific, I really do think that this PRX is really lacking what f0rsaken adds as a flex player. f0rsaken and d4v41 were, by far, the two best flex players in the pacific region. Jingg didn't have to carry regionally, if anything he tool a backseat between something and f0rsaken. That's why Master's seems like such an anomaly, but all it has been was Jingg performing. They weren't really challenged in pacific except for the grand final, aka, Jingg's best game with Something there. Jingg will elevate against better competition. I want to say, CGRS has been a great sub, but I am 100% positive that PRX with something there loses nothing on Jett and gains a TON in terms of flex with f0rsaken there. I don't doubt that, if we see this Paper Rex core at Champs with something, that they should remain a top 3 contender.

EG won't have fracture, I think it'll be super hard for them to win 3 other maps when Lotus will still be there.

Ethan is quite literally the best pure utility user in all of Valorant.

Yall forget that it took Buzz having one of, if not, the single best map of his career to beat PRX.

idk how to upload shit, don't care to. I just put 9 images of One Piece, cause it's funny. Gotta be the resident One Piece enjoyer of this forum.

Fracture is a really meta map for most teams. It's ran by a lot of teams as a top 3 option, and (most of the time) I think it's seen as a swing map. A ton of teams are good at fracture, so they are fine with teams picking into it or leaving it to second map bans/deciders. Every team in Masters playoffs had a winning record (excluding NRG) on Fracture. Since most of the teams are good on fracture, they have other perma-bans or bad maps that they are unwilling to ban over a chance at fracture.

Fnatic will ban fracture, so don't worry.

I'm glad to know you have never watched a single game of Pacific.

The main issue if EMEA wins is that quite literally every other team would be better off quitting LCQ since it will 100% be Giants and Navi. BBL, Heretics, Koi, and KC are 4 of the bottom 7 teams in Franchising. At least in Pacific we could get some cool shit from Zeta, Gen.G, GE or Talon to pop out of nowhere and challenge secret. But in AM, C9 is a masters level team already, it'd be awesome to see Sen battle Furia or Lev to see who is the best team after C9.

I'd rather Lev or Furia over 100T

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/41607b89 I got this one for that sen copium

EG and Fnatic was such a close match. This is dumb as fuck.

It's the first season, so I'd hope that over the next year or two they will adjust based on how the community and players react.

In a squad with that much talent, the standout player is still Leo. Chronicle is a great support player, but I'd say Leo wins them more situations. He is quite literally worth 2 of any other player.

My main thing is that Giants and Navi are the only contenders for the masters, and I think that Navi has too deep of issues to compete and Giants don't have the peak like Sentinels do.

Sentinels should be the other seed to get in, should EG win masters, but I think Furia would be more fun to watch than Navi or Giants, and I'd like more LATAM representation in Levi.

They have underperformed so horribly, that I don't think they deserve it.

I ain't saying shit bro, I need C9 there. Even if Zellsis has to fucking clock Marved in a streetfight to win, I will see those motherfuckers at champs.

Furia are a really high skilled team, I believe that they could do something. Levi just NEED TO STOP FUCKING WASTING THE LIFE OF TACO MY GOD HE'S THE DASHING EQUIVILENT OF A SOVA DRONE TO THEM HE'S JUST SUPPOSTED TO DASH AND DIE THEN HE HAS TO OP AND SAVE EVERY DEFENSIVE ROUND BECAUSE THEY FORCE HIIM TO OP RETAKE AND NOT JUST HOLD THEN THEY GET PICKED AND AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Leviatan need a coaching and attitude shift. Please, for my sanity. Stop murdering Taco's ability to do... anything.

Fnatic basically have a 50/50 chance to win.

Its annoying to think that instead of a battle between Furia, Sentinels, and Leviatan for the second slot, Giants will just get the free-est walk to a champions that we have ever seen.

BBL is bad, Heretics and KC are dogshit, and Koi has Koldamenta. It sucks to see a region that has 2 teams in the top 4, and all 3 in the top 8, have their depth layed unrewarded because a superteam exists.

where emea #1

or #3

or #4