FNC has a burnout
So much cope. We're still doing the 'burnout' routine? Why was EG not burned out and got 1st at champs? They went to those finals in tokyo too, same 1 month break, right back at it. The truth is they were the 4th best team at champs, and they ran into the 3rd best team.They were also not the best team in the world at tokyo
FNC in champs had practically everyone of their starts read and copied due to how good they were. people literally copied they're lotus
And I'm glad you bring up their lotus, its the ultimate example of their fraudulent, paper-thin 'greatness'. A perfect metaphor. Everybody thinks they were so insane and ahead of everybody else, and they bring up the Lotus comp as an example. But their understanding of Lotus was surface level, it's why they got hard exposed by LOUD on it by the time Champs came around, by punishing it's weakness's. Sliggy has a great breakdown on it that you should watch in full : https://youtu.be/HkcI0rC6dcY?si=zzgwUELbpKiQaQPK
Take note when he mentions that other teams domestically tried and failed to expose this weakness, but of course, Fnatic got away with it by just mech-checking everybody in EMEA. But when they ran into a team that could shoot back, this supposed strategic superiority dissapeared.
FNC in their prime clear EG any day
LOL. Fnatic played against a nerfed EG at tokyo (imagine losing your star player and preparing for a major tournament without him - potentially practicing different compositions, agents, synergy issues - just for him to return last minute)
The result:
Fnatic decisively better on 1 map : Lotus
EG decisively better on 1 map : Fracture
Every other map came down to 2 rounds, the closest possible margin in valorant
Upper finals came down to a smoke spam