my GOATs will qualify I believe

the DRX guys are so talented and yet they remain humble

some people might've hated the stax kiss thing in Champs 2022 against FPX(NaVi) but other than that they are pretty likeable

ayoooo

get Rb, Zest and k1ng

if you look at interviews with asian players a lot of them actually dont maintain eye contact that much

😭😭😭

Shao>>>>>>

maybe its time for Saya to follow the natural progression for duelist players which is going to a flex/sentinel role
TenZ, Foxy9, Meteor, Alfajer and MaKo have seen success so it might be the solution

there fixed for ya

wasnt that more so on how Onur was running the team? like they just never deviated from their gameplans even though they were getting anti'd heavily

LEV was in Masters Copenhagen and Champs 2022 and they did decent on those international events

GE Demon1 coming next year

since 2022 this man has been hitting heads while igling

its kind of insane how no one talks about him outside of Americas

ye that game TS won last year wasnt so much of an upset since it was the time when PRX was slumping in form with Benkai still on

you gotta take into factor that not only was Fnatic in their best form throughout the whole of 2023 but last year's EMEA League was just downright atrocious
Now its gotten WAYYY better but of course prime Fnatic wasnt going to lose against Scream's KC and an overcooking NaVi

the loses from the top teams this year in their own respective leagues just shows how much all the other teams have improved and its almost impossible to stay dominant nowadays with increasing competition

I mean just one of the best players in APAC in general

he just doesnt make a lot of mistakes, is really smart when playing clutches and frags out heavy when he needs to

just unlucky that TS are always barely reaching a Masters or Champs

its more so their prep.. when it comes to big games like the upset against DRX last year they just seem to have really good reads but they cant translate that when they are playing back to back matches

If they do make it back into an international tourny I think they could do decently well. They have the firepower and smart players to back it up they just need to have more time and maybe more people helping out Warbirds when prepping

TS played better Valorant
in Icebox they were just hitting their shots and had really good utility denying the floods from PRX and they also punished something a lot when he overextended

as for Sunset... man TS had really good reactions against PRX's aggression early and also they had a good understanding of PRX's no sentinel comp and just kept on lurking

Y1Y

💀💀

kinda sucks that he didnt get a good team in China or else he probably would be like vookashu playing as an import

this actually cooks

man even if they lose to GenG I hope they dont get mentally boomed
they just need confidence and once it gets rolling they will be a scary team

o7 Sideshow's house

we are expecting an apology essay

I WAS HERE!!!

sign a better coaching staff + 5 indian rookies

he's igling a lot now that Zest is not there to help in calling for the midrounds
he does eventually pop off when he doesnt need to think as much like in OTs or when they are having a one sided game

this is how you tame an over extending duelist like Meteor or Foxy9
just put them on KJ and they'll be a headshotting turret

It wont help you aim better or have better reaction time but if you already have the skills it just makes you more consistent since your physical and mental health isnt going up and down as much
For decision making its all drilled into the players by coaches during scrims. Having a healthy body and mind helps to have a clear mental though if thats what you mean
Health is important but its not like it stops you from becoming a pro player I mean all you have to do is look

Russian duelist are crazy

imagine paying yay a million just to not play him on his best agent

o7

this is so basic but Sentinels is the team that I wanna see win
not only because they have entertaining personalities but each player in that team has interesting storylines

Johnqt - proving that he is a world class igl in his first year of VCT
Zellsis - beat the vibe merchant allegations.. this guy has done so much for SEN providing content, marketing, team chemistry, emotional leader, top level gameplay
TenZ - reminding us why he is the face of this game
Zekken - cementing his name as one of Valorant's best duelists
Sacy - reminding us why he is a Champion and also just like TenZ will be getting his second trophy

W script

NRG had really good midround calling this series though (they have like 3-4 midround callers in their team)

but other than that they didnt match up to SEN's prep and individual performance
aside from Ethan no one really stood out

bros fighting for his life in comms while kermit is trying to midround call 😭😭

they started late so maybe they forgot??

Im hoping for a SEN win.
if its another 3-1 then the script is actually real

GenG and KC have gone through the same brackets as Sentinels

• in the same group stage as the other grand finalist
• went thru to win in playins
• played the most games in their own respective region

(China is an exception)

bro theres is no way Billy billy is back bro... bro if they beat Trace bro its over for everyone bro
bro whzy is going to cook their enemy in playoffs bro

this take is so dumb.
every region gets 4 slots because its FAIR

if you favor a region over the others by giving them more slots, you kill the chance for the region with less slots to compete in a more competitive environment

China may not be the best in the whole of Valorant but you'd be surprised how quickly they will catch up and maybe even dominate in a few years from now

man its so annoying how DRX had such a good trajectory after 2022 then they introduced Foxy9 into the roster and since then its all gone downhill

man Im so happy we didnt get DRX vs PRX in a single elim

this just sounds like massive cope

Riot did most of the capsule work and the teams just had a couple of inputs on it. all they couldve done was just request something more creative

DRX sat FPX like a dog aint no way NaVi will be any different

DRX but

• replace Foxy9 with texture
• BuZz back to flex
• replace Flashback with k1ng

Flashback is a good player but just not enough experience imo

FNC
NAVI
FUT
VIT
KC
Liquid
GiantX
Gentle M8s
BBL
Heretics
KOI

I dont think SEN was at the exact same level as 100T tbh
SEN won comfortably on two maps and for their Bind they just didnt bother changing it since they played last year in LCQ

1.LOUD (just a different breed)

2. SEN (did decent against LOUD and good enough against 100T)
3. LEV (almost lost to 100T even with aspas frying + they still experimenting with comps especially the Sova in Split)
4. NRG (hard to gauge because they played bottom of the barrel Furia and the Breeze map was so close even when Havoc was wayyy underperforming)
5. 100T (this team couldve won against LEV)
6. C9
7. G2
8. KRU
9. MIBR
10. Furia

EG hasnt played yet so cant rank them