Incredibly valid point, and that also puts Sultan on the table (tho I don't think he'd be better than vo0kasu)

Ethan, idk why but he just has an irritating aura to me

What players could they sign to make an Ascension winning roster? I feel like pretty much anyone not already on a successful T1 team would flock to them and I imagine they'd try and build a Russian speaking or just general Eastern European roster so with that in mind I feel like they'd have a pool of players that looks like:

chiwa
purp0
Kiles
rexxtoned
Razziss
SimonD4rk
B1SK
Insidser
Kr1stal
vo0kashu
f4ngeer
Anq
Jady

Of these players I'd say the best roster they could make is:

SimonD4rk - Duelist
purp0 - Flex
Kr1stal - Initiator IGL
Anq - Controller
vo0kasu - Sentinel

Would be an elite roster icl

EMEA

APKS
GM8
KOI
FUT

AMER

FUR
2G
EG
MIBR

PAC

ZETA
TS
BME
GE

CN

NOVA
TEC
JDG
WOL

Champs Format

Without leaf teams have stopped violently pissing all over the stage whenever they go against G2 and letting them dictate the game entirely because they're not as scared of the firepower diff anymore

Before Toronto it felt like half the teams in Americas just gave up on beating G2 before they even stepped on stage and thought it was physically impossible

But without the best senti in the league on the team anymore the other teams are way more willing to exploit any weaknesses in G2's comp and aren't as afraid of being punished for any risks

The only reason it hasn't been absolutely slapped with the nerf hammer is because the community thinks only dogshit players who can't aim use it

EMEA

FNC, TH, TL

Tier gap

BBL, NAVI, KC

Tier gap

GX, VIT, FUT

Tier gap

GM8, KOI, APKS

AMER

G2, SEN

Tier gap

100T

Tier gap

NRG, LEV, LOUD, C9

Tier gap

KRU, EG

Tier gap

MIBR, 2G

Tier gap

FUR

PAC

PRX

Tier gap

GEN.G, DRX, RRQ

Tier gap

T1, TLN

Tier gap

GE, DFM, NS, BME

Tier gap

ZETA, TS

CN

BLG, EDG, XLG

Tier gap

FPX, WOL, TE

Tier gap

TYL, AG, DRG

Tier gap

TEC, NOVA, JDG

Brother are these guys who literally just switched to Val from CS? Wtf is going on?

KOI and DFM kinda mog all these teams icl, would probably put ZETA instead of DFM

Ah, that's the pubic hair of a vlr user

What a wonderful day to be visually impaired

Who would win The Battle of Abysmal Dogshit That No One Cares About?

KOI being decent? Contenders for playoffs? We are reaching undiscovered territory gentlemen

Coinflip Corp vs Gluevistar KOI

Regardless of what team you expect it to be, they still 100% molest APKS this team couldn't even make M8 choke

Cuz Jesus Christ this is egregious

batu and AvovA need to go back to university bro

Deadass I think this makes them a better team

Get this bum back to his office job

PROFEK KNOWS BALL

Every single costreamer mogs Shanks he's a brainrotted loud = funny streamer who's there to react to clips

Sideshow, TMV and FNS are top 3 for me

Except starxo he's an eternal bum since 2021

He's him, he's that guy. When PCIFIC win Ascension he will be the greatest prospect in Valorant history

Him and sonofcar duo would be immense

Because there's zero reason to watch SEN vs Furia

If SEN lose disband

G2 bro it is NOT that deep

Or possibly drop the absolute bag and getting Less if he comes back to Americas

EWC is so Mickey Mouse but I still desperately wanna count it as a big win for my team

Maintaining consistency vs being a fanboy

Do NOT ask Smoggy what he was doing in the 1940's

Can they beat KOI and save their orgs last ever season of existence from being a complete and total failure with zero upside or are they destined to never win (they physically can't beat FNC or TL)?

I mean I think it'd technically be fine it'd just be a ton of extra logistics

cauanzin and Alfa were able to compete in Lock//In before turning 18

Tbf PCIFIC Ascending in 2024 would've been worst case scenario since their 3 best players weren't old enough to play in VCT, tho honestly I think the age limit should be reduced to 16 for Ascension winners

Coinflip Corp just wake up every morning with a 50/50 chance to push top 5 or nearly lose to APEKS

BBL and NAVI still good so I think EMEA is fine atm

Toronto, we were absolutely cooked gng

OG Guild is basically the poster boy for this question

The streets can only wonder what Guild could've done at LCQ and then Champs if the Twisten transfer went through and they didn't have to play with bum ahhh Yacine

Would've been generational, o7 Twisten

Get Meteor on DRX bro imagine DRX with Mako, Meteor, HYUNMIN, free1ng and Lakia bro I'd be creaming ong

Honestly I think Americas has by far the weakest average of all the leagues

Like in the battle of pond scum, KOI and TS would absolutely molest Furia

And in the battle of top 4, MIBR SEN and then like maybe KRU or C9 maybe are probably never pushing into the top 4 of an international in current form

Gonna get grouped in the 1-1 match by FPX

BerLIN mogs them all with whimsical tps and stinger only

If G2 can still beat the undisputed 2nd best team in Americas without their second highest potential fragger and a guy who hasn't played competitively in over 1000 days, then we can all agree that it's an actual predetermined league with zero games worth watching

1.09 +9 but he gets a game winning 1v4

Babybay phonk edits >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Let him pick Jett and start running them down like dogs

nobody has unmatched aura and Boostio has whimsy tho

It is very funny that 100T remove a Champs winning IGL that brought them to their highest placement in an international since 2021 for a mf no one's ever heard of and immediately get better

Sad for my goat pigstio tho

And they immediately fall flat

Mfs are the undisputed goats of giving people hope they'll be at least competitive and then violently shitting all over the stage, blood and bits of sweetcorn and all

Get this cursed org gone in 2027

Was 2023 EG a fluke?

Still miles head of everyone else let's be honest

EWC merchants NRG
Sato and friends LEV
Singular champs point LOUD
Potential man EG
2G and Furia 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
Regional merchants C9
Cryocells

None of these bum ahh teams are touching the top 4

Americas is predetermined

G2 SEN and MIBR are gonna be top 3 for the 3rd regional tourney in a row + KRU always make Champs

Literally zero point in watching Stage 2 smh

Dw G2 SEN and MIBR are the top 3 in a region for a tourney in a row because every other team is miles behind these three and SEN and MIBR are miles behind G2

https://www.vlr.gg/112283/loud-vs-kr-esports-valorant-champions-tour-stage-2-masters-copenhagen-opening-a

This agent is so penis without Tejo but I stg Americas still over plays tf out of him

Why these teams think this agent is good? Kay/o is just better

Put spikezin on the agent he won ascension with despite it being off meta and let him cook

vs have the greatest Chamber player in history and running your initiator on Chamber instead of him

Make it make sense

Sayonara not old enough and Derke is easily better than B1SK

You're kinda cooking though I still think batu's senti has been kinda mid. He was ok on attack but he wasn't insane, but his site anchoring was pretty abysmal. I think there's a lotta upgrades available especially since senti is probably the most stacked role in EMEA