"Fall off" China has been shit since the beginning lol, with literally only EDG being successful

Now even EDG isn't playing well. It's actually joever for the region as a whole

Not to mention Jinggg flexing onto Omen has solved a lot of their comp issues

In short, the stars basically aligned for them to win a trophy

• Tejo nerfs meaning they can resort to double controller / double duelist comps like they always did
• Had the momentum going into playoffs from the Swiss Stage
• First seeds basically had a bad read on the meta
• Map pool was amazing for them, like they had 3-4 very good maps, and you know a team is gonna cook when they have THAT many good maps in their pool

I don't think playing Raze Yoru Fade on Pearl is meta buddy
Also who plays Sage Viper on Sunset?

CongoBat the LeBron James, the Faker, the Tom Brady, the Virat Kohli, the Gordon Ramsay, the Magnus Carlsen, the Lewis Hamilton of titles

Against a team that's like 6th best in CHINA i.e. worst region in Valorant

Bro had a vision with the "Shitretics fluke two grand finals" motto

Congratulations in advance to T1 for barely defeating a mentally and physically tired PRX with no practice on the two new maps coming in

I'm honestly surprised by how long it took for tier 1 teams to realise that Yoru is secretly overpowered. It took FNC making Derke instalock Yoru on almost every map for everyone to realise that lmao, even then many teams weren't playing him.

He's not your regular streamer who just dabbles around in Immortal / Ascendant and gets absolutely diffed when they encounter a tier 1 pro in Ranked. He's been in the top 10 in NA ranked since so many acts and destroys tier 1 pros with his Yoru. He's capable of being a tier 1 pro himself in my opinion, but he needs to tone down his aggression and takes a lot of disadvantageous fights.

Just watch his videos on YouTube and you'll realise how good he is.

Consolation final so that the teams that missed the grand finals don't cry themselves to sleep :)

That's why it's called that way <3

Koldamenta was putting up numbers worse than Boaster and FNS in 2023

Idk man, last time we played them we nearly lost and would've not had this incredible story of winning a trophy at last

I'd say even DFM can be strong at times. Pacific is no joke this year

I don't understand how hard it was for bang and N4RRATE to be one-on-one replacements for TenZ and Sacy respectively, except idk Zellsis could take up the KAY/O duty and then go from there lol

Lose in the quarter finals, rest and prepare well for T1 and DFM in Stage 2 cuz VCT is more important... Champions is always the end goal, don't forget

Easy answer would be PRX but honestly you could argue for GEN and G2 being better than PRX when everyone's on top form

As a PRX fan I don't want them to go deep in this tournament, because then they'll be super tired for Stage 2 Week 1 and VCT is much more important than these off season tournaments

I'd rather them win against T1 and DFM and solidify their spot in the top 2 for Championship points than win EWC and not be at 100% in those games and potentially lose one or both of them

sociablEE was actually sociable?
johnqt was actually a cutie?
Zell actually had a sis?
PatMen was actually multiple men?

No beef, I just don't want my team to lose to fodder like BLG

BRO WTF ARE THESE STAT LINES???

+33 against BME
+23 against LOUD
+29 against TL
+23 against XSET
+5 against LOUD
+31 against DRX
+10 against LOUD
Bro collectively went +154 in 7 games, at an average of +22 per game 💀 💀 💀 💀

We'll genuinely never see a tournament performance like this ever. I remember him being good, but THAT good?

IGL initiator usually has the ones capable of fragging out like johnqt, nobody, SiuFatBB, nephh (more of a flex but also plays a ton of initiator), stax etc. so I'll have to go with it

Hee-hee Tae hee

Now EMEA is the worst region in the scene 💀💀

How far do you think this team is gonna go with heat, Urango, tuyz, basic and Palla / Loss?

Kick Sauber has been cooking this season lmao wtf happened

Because the tier 1 teams are shit af and clearly don't give a fuck about winning

If I were Japanese I'd be rooting for the tier 2 team representing my country at Ascension rather than the bums ZETA and DFM

There's no way you're this bad man 😭 Watching them play is worthy of bleaching my eyes and burning my face so that I never have to watch this monstrosity again...

This is after their roster moves as well, holy fuck bro Riot please kick this org out of franchising

I guess teams just can't have bad games according to VLR

Wolves played like 7 games in Toronto, that's a lot of footage available at FPX's disposal

If you've ever watched TMV's agent win rates video you'll realise just how shit Breach is in terms of non-mirror win rate

Has to be either jawgemo or Wo0t
I swear some people act like they're the Messiah of their respective regions

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It's only the bad teams to be fair

Don't expect any good gameplay from TYLOO and All Gamers

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It still feels surreal that PRX finally won an international event? I can't stop watching the winning moment of Toronto where everyone's hugging and crying, and lifting the trophy.

I hope they don't fall off after winning like T1 though...

They faced all 3 CN teams at their LOWEST lmao, I'm glad PRX and FNC gave them a reality check because man this is one of the most fraudulent top 6 finishes of all time

He's definitely the most liked pro out there no? I've barely seen ANYONE hate on him even if it's for rage bait, and he deserves it. Barely trash talks, one of the nicest pros in VCT, and is also one of the best players and personalities in the world. The way he leads TL and motivates every player as a true leader is incredible.

If only he had arrived in Bangkok for the BLG game, TL would've been in the playoffs no cap

Sabotaged Pacific ✅
Sabotaged EMEA ✅
Sabotaged Americas 🔜
Sabotaged China 🔜

Best team in Korea ain't even Korean LUL

something was selling SO hard for PRX in their Toronto run ngl
Even in the grand finals. That last round saved his performance from being downright horrendous to ok

Why are initiator players usually so bad then

Masters Reykjavik 2021 : zombs
Master Berlin : no one cuz everyone was cracked af
Champions 2021 : Kiles

Masters Reykjavik 2022 : no one, not even FNS cuz he put up an IGLing masterclass
Masters Copenhagen : ANGE1
Champions 2022 : no one cuz everyone was cracked af

LOCK//IN Sao Paulo : no one cuz everyone was great + Boaster first trophy
Masters Tokyo : same as LOCK//IN
Champions 2023 : no one cuz everyone was great

Masters Madrid : Zellsis
Masters Shanghai : Lakia
Champions 2024 : S1Mon

Masters Bangkok : no one, was a great team effort
Masters Toronto : something

Also an acronym for "K-Nearest Neighbours"

Machine Learning gang wya

PatMen is still amazing and was a key factor in our first trophy win, so for me Patty boi will always be special

Also damn Filipino talent is incredible, why aren't there more of them in the SEA teams in Pacific?

Buddy we've never even seen canezerra in tier 1, are you good?

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Aspas' ratings in every international he has played:

Masters Toronto: 0.53 Rating 60th behind Midi
Champions 2024: 1.14 Rating 11th behind t3xture
Masters Shanghai: Ratings aren't available, 1.17 KD
Champions 2023: 1.15 Rating 8th behind Cloud
Masters Tokyo: 1.11 Rating tied for 9th with Demon1
LOCK//IN: 1.11 Rating tied for 18th with ardiis
Champions 2022: 0.99 Rating tied for 38th with nzr
Masters Copenhagen: 1.04 Rating tied for 24th with BuZz
Masters Reykjavik: 1.18 Rating 4th behind yay

Aspas average rating in internationals: 1.03 Rating
Aspas overall average rating: 1.23

Regional merchant back at it again

They would've done well in 2023, but fallen off hard in 2024 and 2025

Korean teams have a stable lineup challenge

Playoffs? Even winning a game seems like a stretch at this point