enzos calling is so shit it wouldnt make a difference

maybe he just dont fit t1s system we will take him

bro you were cooked from the start having fut make grand final

i dont remember i think my best was lock in i got like 3 games wrong

https://www.vlr.gg/85524/the-guard-vs-optic-gaming-valorant-champions-tour-stage-1-masters-reykjav-k-ubqf
go watch that series and tell me we dont want saya back this guy is a god

navi wont even make playoffs who tf drops their coach mid season after getting fucked by format???? actual morons on that team

ok yes a star duelist would help but icy is getting better they definatly shouldn't make the change now but if they dont make playoffs in champs i would say the best options are

Jawg
Oxy
aspas (they are friends with aspas i think this would be a sick move)
sayaplayer
also sym has been playing really well in tier 2 could be a good move

i fw cuz you like lakia but t1 and navi aint doing shit champs will be better tho

i agree but 2023 emea was not that much better than apac

my preds are

AMER
Loud
G2
Kru
100T

EMEA
TH
VIT
GX
FNC

CN
FPX
EDG
TYL
DRG

APAC
GenG
RRQ
PRX
TLN

ngl it would be bad for heretics to win this like genuinely what does the management do if they win with a stand-in they could drop pati and move woot off duelist but him on that role was one of the biggest reasons they have done so well and if they keep pati they are dropping boos brother which will probably cause friction between him and management.

gx are about to cook this split trust me

yeah but the difference this time is they know what it feels like to choke and they arent gonna let it happen again id genuinely be shocked if heretics win the series without their 2 best maps

GenG has this trust me they arent like paper rex they dont lose twice

they didnt even crumble that bad g2 just came in with a great gameplan and they lost icebox against lev to aspas heroics actually just unlucky

100t, g2, kru, and loud will make champs nrg would have to have a god stage which i dont see happening and chet has beef with victor and crashies so internally the team aint gonna be all there. sen could make it but they dont have split anymore and if they play at all like how they did in stage 1 they are cooked in this group. and LEV??????? bro are we fucked they lost to fut and just dropped their coach no chance.

ong i love fracture super fun watching defense fight for map control and fast flank people in ranked just dont like the map cuz they dont understand how to play defense they just turtle site and lose

https://www.vlr.gg/348469/g2-esports-vs-team-heretics-champions-tour-2024-masters-shanghai-ubsf/?game=170803&tab=overview
yeah guys lets drop jonahp after placing top 3 at our first international as a team that will surely make us better for champs 💀💀💀💀
bait used to be believable lmao but i dont think your joking your just genuinely that stupid

heretics finna go a on breeze and learn who karon is 😭

13-1t

losing 13-2 and playing for individual moments is defiantly a crumble when they showed they could beat them on bind before and how well they can play as a unit. i think they just hadnt got used to the extreme pressure of lower bracket they hadnt lost up until GenG and the time off helped heretics grow as a team they just got more experience losing prior that mattered a lot when the stakes were highest. i think these teams are on a equal level heretics has the better individuals but g2 has the better macro (that doesnt mean either is bad at the other)

no

they beat heretics twice and crumbled when it mattered most lmk when 100t beat heretics

woot could do that and still lose s3xture is in the server also the goat karon, util mastermind lakia, meteor the most underrated player, and the sleeping giant munchkin if he wakes up they are cooked

if the games start when pacific games start it will be 10pm pst or 1am est

if you think the grand final of americas is an accurate reflection of the skill of g2 you are delusional and g2 shit on heretics last time they played split it wasnt close

icebox is heretics favored 55/45
lotus is 50/50
bind is g2 favored 60/40
split is g2 favored 65/35
breeze is heretics favored 60/40

all the g2 3 time doubters make yourself known so we can point and laugh tmrw

letting you know

🤣🤣🤣🤣

peak drx werent that good

bye bye

haters make yourself be known

Tell Me - Yeat

im saying you saying the level of play is low and then doubting that teams last year would be good makes zero sense because it implies we have seen a higher level then the current one.

how you doubt what i said then proceed to say the teams look mid now implying we have seen better. and prx basically just dropped jingg in for monyet and didnt change any comps had they always knew jingg was gonna comeback they wouldnt have practiced all these other comps.

nah bru overall level has increased across the board so teams look less dominant but i will say i do think EG and PRX last year would be very good and would place high at all these events.

true

lowkey iso is a bigger winner then neon this change literally turns him into a human drone and this makes his ult way better it allows you to win the fight pretty much every time and even if you lose at worst its a 4v4 used effectively. plus he already has a good piece of combo utility that can also be used to push people off lines like a worse omen flash but you get two. he obv doesnt compete with movement type duelists but paired with a raze and gekko he slots in very nicely to meta comps and just theory crafting in my head i feel like the value is there. what do you guys think? not saying he'll be meta or anything just that i could see him getting played and it being good. also i see a lot of people gassing the neon changes its not that crazy imo nerfed raze > buffed neon.

what do you think is better?

i mean they didnt win with johnqt either

no tier 2 just has quite a few good teams and when 2 of your best players get poached especially your igl the team isnt gonna be as good.

thepissgamer30 spotted

in some scenarios i think its good and necessary in others i dont like it really just depends. i think it always makes events more fun to watch tho bc each match the stakes are very high

south korea, canada, us, brazil, sweeden, russia prolly

1. Lock//In Sao Paulo 2023
   every team being at this event made it extremely hype plus first event in franchising. the format made it very interesting being single elim quite a few upsets happened. every team being at the event also caused a wide variety in match quality which was very entertaining you would get a match like nrg vs loud then liquid vs ts clownfest. great storylines with fnatic, 100t, and loud. the real reason i have this event over champs 2023 tho is the grand final most hype crowd we have seen in valorant a long with the best comeback to win the trophy i think it will take a long time to be topped.

2. Champions 2023
   highest level of play we have seen from any event, PRX upset in the grand final, loud redemption against all odds, BLG, group of death. some all time great storylines combined with a hype crowd and high level of play is a recipe for a great tourney.

3. Masters Madrid 2024
   resurgence of sentinels, GenG introduction, karmine corp redemption, paper rex monyet run quite a few memorable storylines, level of play was quite high here too besides a handful of maps played by the chinese teams. pretty hype crowd. banger matches like prx vs heretics and the 2nd best grand final we have seen. sucks that the format to get here was so shit it makes it a bit fraudulent.

4. Masters Tokyo 2023
   EG run + Fnatic dynasty are some of the best storylines we have seen so far. the prx sub run was super fun to watch and the infamous cove moment is one of the most hype or sad moments depending on who you were rooting for. level of play was at a near all time high only 1 tournament was higher imo. Navi vs EDG was such a hype match. biggest negative was the grand final was very boring to watch but still a great tourney.

5. Masters Copenhagen 2022
   emergence of chamber meta which was fun at first. great storylines with fpx, prx, guild etc. also the the original group of death in my eyes with a elimination game between optic and loud. probably the overall highest level of play we saw in 2022 still far from 2023 or 2024 but you dont see constant mistakes in every game. no crowd does hurt it but still a great event for the time and still one of the most hype grand finals we have seen.

6. Champions 2022
   height of the loud vs optic rivalry which ended up with loud getting revenge. pretty sure this was the first event with a crowd although i dont remember it being that hype. chamber meta was getting a bit redundant by this point. pretty mid storylines outside of optic vs loud. level of play had increased a lot since the start of the year but was still a lot lower then future tourneys.

7. Masters Reykjavik 2022
   fraudulent ass tourney right here the best team couldn't attend because of Russia Ukraine war but still the start of optic vs loud rivalry and the zeta run was cool to see since japan hadn't won a game on lan prior. still no crowd which sucked and the the level of play was better then 2021 but still low compared to future tourneys.

8. Masters Berlin 2021
   same thing as champs boring meta, low level of play, no crowd but at least the teams had good players and weren't all frauds like the other 2 events in 2021 and gambit had a good storyline.

9. Champions 2021
   peak of astra/viper meta which was the worst valorant meta to watch. most teams who were good earlier in the year had fallen off and acend winning is still the most fluke win we have seen in valorant. level of play here was also very low reyna having a decent pick rate tells you everything you need to know. also no crowd.

10. Masters Reykjavik 2021
    stone age era of valorant very low level of play. sentinels just firepower diffed everyone and there was no crowd very boring watch.

ill update after shanghai is done.

nostalgia merchant ahh post actual ranking is 2023 > 2022 >>>> 2021

texture, something, woot, cryo, life, aspas, kangkang, derke, keznit, and oxy ez probably could do 20

bro loves na

loud is resigning pancada and wasnt even that bad before i mean they made madrid with qck and got eliminated by 100t.
rrq has shown signs of promise this year and with the added firepower of monyet i think they can make it.
talon lost 2-1 to prx and went 4-1 in regular season and didnt randomly swap out their igl like drx and i believe in the macro of the team also frost is a good coach.