I feel like SR's international performance has peaked higher than G2G, but idk

its a new roster, so IG in a sense. I forgot they won the first GC champs

yeah its a terrible habit

No more SR dominance please!! I want change, I need change

Flor knows most of the time, she can out duel someone. Remember that updraft in spawn trying to get rezq? Its her ego, knowing she's mechanically better than most in 50/50s

cant forget the triple initiator that people were running, sen even ran it on breeze, which i didn't think was possible

Like..... in game............... playing ranked. It was more fun for me 2 years ago

For me, it was the map pool that ruined the year. No one wanted to play breeze, icebox or ascent, so it was just the same maps every series, lotus specifically

This one, I heavy agree with. What he did with zest and only bringing him in for important games, also not scrimming with zest. Apparently termi wouldn't call timeouts bc he wanted stax to grow as an igl, then all of a sudden the past year, he starts coaching again when the core is gone

My only issue with lock-in was that I felt bad for the teams that went to brazil to bootcamp, just to lose one game for it to be done. Lock-in was a great event tho.

Riot should let some third party orgs run tourneys like CS does

Wasn't the issue with him that he was kinda toxic? I thought I read some stuff about him not being a great teammate

I liked it bc it was carried by gunplay, now there's too much util to keep track of when watching/playing. Also by no means am I down playing the years after bc the players/teams are way better than what they were in 2021, its the valorant that I sorta prefer (but I still watch vct now)

The nerf to skye messed with that alot IMO, and then with the addition of run it down maps like icebox and breeze. It made the quality of the games go down alot

I agree on the chamber meta. I loved how strategic the teams had to be, which is a huge reason why optic and loud were so good that year.

I personally liked 2021 bc it was cs with extra util and it felt like gunplay was the number 1 focus. Obviously a high mechanical ceiling is still needed now but abilities IMO are too strong to the point where if you play site, most of the time you're guaranteed dead. When compared to 2021, it felt more brawly for site control and you didn't have to play retake all the time

Speak your mind

VCT 2021 and 2022 were the best years to watch and play. val has become a game based off of abilities instead of gunplay with the addition of abilities. Its just so hard to watch and play without some random bs happening. Also VCT has become retake simulator now which is boring asf

I want G2 to win but idk if their current form can pull it off. I felt like they were playing better in the EMEA stage 3

I wouldn't say "should be in t1", does she have the potential? for sure, but you can't just make that statement when her only accolades are farming in GC. Put up the same stats in T2 like on mxs or tsm then its a conversation

Steph: Flor
Klay: Alexis
Iggy: Noia
KD: Sarah
Dray: MeL

you go into a season hoping that someone else can challenge them but we all know they're gonna win it all at the end of the day

She wants to farm GC, easy tourney winnings

G2 won and then why did SR have to win. Another SR vs G2... sad

SEND THEM HOME TOMORROW '//,

Lets just say she was blinded LOL

Not trying to sound rude but most just aren't good enough

The issue isn't that duelist are weak, more that no other duelist can replicate the value of jett/raze.

What other duelist can OP effectively? Yoru, but then you lose the hard entry. Neon, but you lose the aggressive oping style and holding a passive line doesn't benefit you. Reyna, but you only get dismiss if you hit the shot and again you lose the hard entry

What duelist out-values raze? Nade to break util and clearing chokes, satchels for entry and breaking util, boombot for info and not to mention rocket.

Neon was played alot bc she was over tuned. and the slide accuracy got you "free" entries

Honestly i feel like most people would be happy if the only thing they changed was the slide accuracy.

The only thing is that suzu has many rounds of overheating

ACO

zombs is a co-owner of sen.....

I think it all comes down to how good you are at the game speaking from ranked perspective. Diamond and below, most of the time players aim is mediocre so they don't find constant value in iso and chamber meaning you can win the duel against them. Compared to a neon, if you're bad at tracking, most of the time you will lose to the neon regardless of how good the neon is.

I'm sure pre-nerfed chamber was busted in immo up but in the slums of diamond and below, players didn't know how to use chamber properly

LOL

Obviously bang is the new controller, but I mean second man in with zekken. I feel like every team needs that "crackhead" player who will go for round winning plays and I hope it doesn't turn into zekken just running in alone without a trade potential.

I'm overthinking something that doesn't even matter anyways

dude crashed his car then asked his bloody friend to get a better angle

0/8

I understand its the offseason but they have been the NA team that has practiced the most, they even bootcamped in korea and yet their stuff still looks mediocre compared to teams that barely practiced like NRG, and EG.

What if they throw whatever bag they have at MCE, that was honestly the last time they looked good and that was on short practice with runi and jakee. Give him a whole offseason, I feel like this roster can do some damage. And bring in mitch while at it.

With demon1, we know he's a top 5 jett in form, it just comes down to his raze and neon. Or maybe phoenix after the buffs this year

If nataNk is their fifth, I'm not too familar with him. Honestly the only thing I know about him is that he used to spam phoenix alot

-N4rrate and Yay will be Top 10 senti ITW by the end of the year with players like meteor, benjy, chichoo, less
-Vic will be C9's best player
-2G will be the best non NA team
-Zekken will be the best duelist ITW
-The only international event NRG will make is champs

but does sym deserve T1? I know its offseason but it's still a worry no?

this dude turned every flash

so does he swap back tomorrow?

HES FRAGGING NOW, NRG WINNING IT ALL

FNS IS FRAGGING NOW

Agreed, I feel like thats the way senti is trending now. A high fragging player who is willing to take individual plays, benjy, meteor, less

Thats an underrated aspect of verno that I forgot about, I just immediately went to perma recon/skye

n4rrate to senti, is verno switching too? no way right?

verno plays both breach and skye, Im kinda confused. but honestly I like the switch of IGLs to ini

NOOOOOO

IN 4

The thing is I believe IF Foxy hits his stride, he can match meteor slightly. Obviously won't be better than meteor but I think the gap will be smaller than what people think