like how all rankings are before the event takes place? i’m not putting your region any higher than it is just because you don’t like it

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

the only solution must be that everyone is just ass

by your logic liquid have the exact same amount of trophies as g2

Jawgemo

spring and juicy

xlg might be the free win, i fear

innovation for the sake of innovating is not good, GEN have good enough ideas (and comps, like with sunset deadlock) that keep their next move unknown to others while helping them stick to what they know

they’re here now because of how they play, switching up now is just a bad idea

GEN’s ability to stick to what they’re comfortable with is what makes them strong, they know their agents well and have the coordination to know how to play the map

innovation is valorant is not always necessary if you know yourself and your team well enough

also helps that solo and hsk are kind of insane coaching staff

regardless i think GEN G2 is gonna be the grand final and it could go either way, frankly i am excited to see what G2 has cooked up because i liked seeing them play in 2024 (even if people called them “boring”) and just got tired of util dumping meta earlier this year

Again if they win i wouldn’t mind at all, they deserve at least one chip this season

GEN in a non-tejo meta also swept a masters

G2 in a non-tejo meta was beaten by GEN and eliminated in champs by the worst version of FNC since 2022

trent in 2024 was… not that great, he had a very mediocre year for his standards and i think his glow-up this year is based on the amount of clutch positions tejo allowed him to play (though i think he will do fine off of it regardless, just not as dominant as he was earlier this season)

If G2 come out swinging then i’d be glad to change it because obviously we haven’t seen them play, i wouldn’t mind seeing them win now that tejo is out of commission, but i just think GEN has more potential in this meta, especially with similar firepower to G2

and prx/wol did?

because they’re making the guy play gekko and sova

past matchups don’t really have much of an effect when the meta shifted so drastically from split 1 to toronto, so i disregard match histories and purely on how i think teams will perform given what i know about them in past metas and/or how they’ve performed

i trust gen.g more in a non-tejo meta than i do g2, and i can say that simply based off the fact teams like gen.g and fnatic are not as reliant on tejo as g2 is, and EVEN THEN i think it’s a close match up between the two

i have gen 55/45

probably meant TH

personally i feel like the shift in meta is in favor of GEN more than it is G2, and considering i feel that the quality of players and the level of tactics on both teams are about the same, i have GEN at the top

there isn’t much to vod review with GEN either, they clean swept swiss stage and only showed any real cracks on ascent against a PRX gimmick comp

i also value playtime over prep

you can’t look at how prx played against liquid and gen.g and expect me to place them anywhere above where they are now

current form trumps historical form, even with a sub i think xlg beats prx because of just how badly prx chokes in high pressure situations

GEN
G2
FNC
RRQ
SEN
XLG
PRX
WOL

in that order
sen xlg are interchangeable, we’ll see after they play

1. GEN
2. G2
3. FNC
4. RRQ
5. SEN
6. XLG
7. PRX
8. WOL

my picks

what does that have to do with anything they are saying

https://www.vlr.gg/475900/g2-esports-vs-sentinels-champions-tour-2025-americas-stage-1-ubsf/?game=213498&tab=overview

gen.g

last year

bold of you to assume he’s returning to the team

feel like that’s more a prx thing that it is a pacific thing

Given how prx played today, they would absolutely take prx over sen

i feel like if it were up to you you’d just want every team to play regional matchups

No, sorry

that just means he’s saving up all his energy for champs, he’s gonna win it all

t3xture
Spring
nAts
f0rsakeN
johnqt

bail

this must mean wolves win toronto

another free sweep for lck

my guess is

map 1 icebox: GEN 13-10
map 2 ascent: GEN 13-8
(sunset would be the decider)

GEN 2-0

Riot is doing their best to help SEN go as far as possible for fans/viewership/money/etc

people who say this need to explain madrid/champs

not sure verno is doing good rn

it's the easiest matchup they could've gotten but i still think rarga pulls off magic

a th fan should not be asking this question

wrong link

i feel like if you want verno you have to get rid of patitek

i did too, but after today... idk man

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/1bdb9cba
meow

i'm no longer a g2 hatewatcher because of tejo nerfs, if they win i'm 100% fine with it

rrq is basically jemkin and friends and we need to see if jemkin steps up as a lan rookie

C9 FNS

Wrong guy king

if the winner is g2 sen or gen.g i fw it

RRQ 2-1 WOL but otherwise i have the same thing

pissmea

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/1bdb9cba

what do we think