When you consider the fact that 4 of 5 Heretics players were in Challengers last season and these 4 are all below 20 years young, two grand finals b2b at Valorant majors is actually super impressive. Wo0t even played one of the best Valorant major tournament performances ever in Shanghai while making his tournament debut there... he got 18 years during VCT Masters Madrid (the reason why paTiTek played there for him); that's also crazy.

And when it comes to Fnatic and their strategies I think their whole situation with Leo suffering on Long-COVID, the need to quickly adapt to other players and then also having problems with new comps was def. affecting them. I mean Boaster is def. one of the best IGLs ever, but this season you could see that even for his numbers he was def. fragging not very well. Somehow the Valorant gods weren't with FNC this season. But I'm sure when a 100% fit Leo is back and i.g. everything will go straight, Fnatic will be so much stronger again. It's insane how heavily Leo is missing - there is a reason why Platoon rated him as #1 (of 30) for the overall deadliest players in Valorant in his video. And also Alfajer and Chronicle will be relieved a lot when he's back.

Excited for the RB tourney... especially also what this new KC and FOKUS teams can do (even though they aren't together for a long time now).

8th ranked team of a T3 league against worldwide top 10 team is actually interesting. Shiio playing awesome! In the beginning I thought PXU might making this interesting, but G2 is playing this obviously very calm and cool.

Still... GG Unicorns! Beating BBL was already amazing.

Permitta? Jesus... :X

xeus vs. jaw xD

Pretty much a match on eye level by 2 great teams and IGLs.

You guys would wonder how many comments on YT etc. there are that GC players (we know the names) would destroy Challengers and could easily play Tier 1.

I mean there are full YT videos by glazers (actual influencers) who say flor is the best duelist in the world... xD

This underlines what N4RRATE said... Challengers is def. higher in the "list" than GC.

And also why some things that happen in GC are questionable.

Let's go wedid. <3

Biggest nonsense I've ever read.

The primmie glaze is real.

Sorry, but you clearly have not a single clue about what you're talking.

NO ONE - not aspas, not Derke, not Wo0t, not KangKang, not zekken, not primmie - no one of the best mechanical players is blessed with 50-100% better reaction times in comparison with other VCT pro-players. And for Valorant there was no official / scientific measuring on a LAN yet. Your online analyzings are worth exactly 0,0 because you don't know what recording software he used, what ping he played and what ping the other players played. It's only possible on an LAN environment, where all players have the same conditions and when you measure it with exact software.

When you really think anyone of those dudes do a constant 100-120ms you're delusional. Not even the best CS players (which have been measured in the past), are reaching constantly those numbers - and there is no doubt about the top 1% in CS is mechanically def. levels above the top 1% in Valorant.

Said no one ever.

You will be silenced soon my brother. :( <3

Funny is also the worlds biggest CS talent right now, who is already called out as "the next donk". His real nickname in pro is kyousuke, he is a(nother) 16 years old Russian supertalent, but he legit plays FACEIT, Ranked and even at some events as "CEMEN_BAKIN" and I think he also played Valorant under that name for fun.

But yeah, some nicks are actually goofy and funny.

Imagine being 16 years young and just destroying teams of much more experienced players - even a major winner. Sayonara is bizarelly talented. Can't wait for him joining Fnatic for season 2026 officially. ;D

Bruh, what is this event?! That's NEXT LEVEL. Respect to KC.

When saadhak walked in... I had fkn goosebumps!

*Edit: Okay, those PC issues were annoying for the players but for a BO1 showmatch it was insane. 30k people are legit crazy.

Awesome, thanks. Just knew he streams GC today, but nice. So first DACH for me and then KC vs. KOI.

Filu <3 Absolute beast. I hope he shows in VCT what he's capable of.

No English stream somewhere? Does somebody know if a English speaker is co-casting this?

Yeah, true. NAVI with koalanoob and hiro will be crazy. Also Click finally in VCT will be great.

But... officially announced feels different. ;) You know what I mean? Just to see it black on white.

Filu is a beast, flyuh is a great IGL, sheydos in his best form since 2022 (so insanely strong), grubinho talented af and soulcas was after Sayf and nAts the best player at Liquid and known for his coolness in clutch situations - he also won Liquid the match against EDG.

This roster is super promising. Can't wait for NAVI, KC and M8 to announce their rosters.

EMEA and Americas 2025 are going to be thrilling.

I'm so excited for all the FOKUS matches now. xD

Yooo, that roster seems like a legit Ascension team. :)

No KangKang, no Smoggy... no party.

Verno <3

On god his games on Vyse look crisp... aim on point as well. So much better than at BLEED.

Of course this is not 100% serious, but his games just look nice again. I hope he plays a full season with these easy going vibes without the crazy pressure at BLEED to deliver (because of the big contract bucks). Would be so cool when it's not this BLEED failure what people would remind about yay as his gaming before retiring.

I like his vibes. Keep it up, legend.

True. I was hoping a lot for al0, Fizzy and Lime + 2 other players, but this looks also promising. I hope so much that it will be enough for FOKUS and the players to join Tier 1 in 2025 for 2026 - al0rante and xuss def. deserve a VCT spot. Even though most of the time the Ascension teams split up after joining VCT, it's a win/win for all of them when they can do it. I guess Mistic also wants to promote himself again.

FOKUS plays tomorrow. Today is TOG vs. 5HEAD...

Those Huya streams are unwatchable in comparison with YouTube or Twitch... :(

N4RRATE MVP
SEN 2-0

So good to see MONSTEERR back. Such a big talent.

bucher machine

Doesn't mean that he has no Filipino passport, since he has no American parents afaik.

What happens if zekken choose his Filipino flag first? xD

But yeah, zekken is currently easily in better shape. Together with KangKang, Derke, aspas, t3xture and MiniBoo one of the 6 best duelists.

"Now". xD
He was born in Russia. ;) Went to the USA with his family, afaik.
And I think when you have 2 passports / 2 nationalities you can simply choose. I would love a 2-flag option for the tables even more, though.

He now just picked the Russian flag to be shown, just as flor choosed the flag of Vietnam, tex the German etc.

And yeah, I guess players like zekken (Philippines / USA), C0M (South Korea / USA), jawgemo (Cambodia / USA), koalanoob, JonahP, Zander (all Italy / Canada) etc. can choose as well if they want to.

I actually wonder if sinatraa got a German passport, TenZ a Vietnamese and johnqt a American one?! Some players obviously are just born in the USA / Canada by foreign parents.

They wrote me that they signed you. So do they mean you or me?

True - GX getting new players, right? Who left? hoodie, Fit1nho and Redgar, right?! Are there any proven new players?

They should sign al0rante as Sentinel, Ruxic as Controller and I'd say nataNk as Flex but he will prob. go to LEV and K4DAVRA stays at M8 - so then maybe DaviH. That would be an insane team, LOL.

Is that why EU destroyed all NA teams in 2024 and still have the most won majors? LOL

Sure buddy. ;)

GG. purp0 is legit getting more and more crazy. Hopefully he can show more in VCT 2025 than he was able to show in 2024... he def. needs a team that is able to put him in scene.

Was actually a fun mixed tourney... I hope we see more of stuff like this in OFFSEASONs.

Vania and mimi are also legit so good. About the G2 boys we don't need to talk... they are very good. I guess no one was really tryharding here anyways.

Yeah, my predictions are usually totally crap, since I also thought G2 would win 3-0.
And what? Supremacists? What kind of gender?

2 NA boys, 2 EU girls, 1 Asian boy ruling this tourney. xD

purp0 def. needs a better team in VCT... his aim is so crisp.

TenZ is still SEN, right? And I mean he showed the world his talent in CS and Valo, he always talked real and he never had any star airs. One of the very few 100% humble people in E-Sports. Actually NAVI jL in CS2 reminds me of him... just kicking everyones butts during matches, but then also being wholesome 24/7.

I think N4RRATE will def. become one of NAs best players, just like Verno. N4RRATE showed in EU that he is capable of playing with and against good players and from now on he will probably just getting better. zekken and N4RRATE in one team is kinda crazy, tbh. If they would also signed Verno that would have been crazy, but bang is def. also one of the biggest Controller talents, so all good I guess.

Sentinels are already one of the top-contenders for 2025 trophies.

Honestly... I thought someone would at least sign ComeBack and Lar0k for VCT. They are insane.

N4RRATE taking over. Absolute crazy shots.

But... TenZ is still the NA GOAT.

Haha, yeah my brain is also not capable of that. xD

I just like his style. Reminds me of Wo0t and Alfajer when it comes to this insane overview and the ability to just process everything within a second and then just click heads. These Turkish talents are really diff in Valorant.

Btw.: When we're talking about aimers... I want al0rante in VCT. His mechanics are next level.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=835ECsL5xys - little compi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvwzVwWAycc - his famous 1v5 Ace clutch against Turkey

Wouldn't say that, but both are insane... Comeback is also several years younger.

Damn! Would love to see him at NAVI or so, but okay... fair enough.

Easily one of the biggest Duelist talents right now. Even worldwide talking. I've seen some clips of that dude... feels like watching m0NESY or donk in some specific moments. Next level insane. But of course those are just momental clips and I know you can't compare CS talents with Valo talents. ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJXOL67XKwI - this a cool compi of him

No clue, just saw the "rumor" on Reddit / Rostermania. I actually thought he'd go to NA, tbh. But people now say he might go to VIT.

So when Derke goes Vitality as well, they officially becoming one of the strongest teams when they all go well with each other.

Absolute W. One of the best European orgs in terms of structure, money etc.!

Keiko -> Controller? I checked his profile, he recently played only Controller (mainly, Viper, Omen, Brimstone, Astra).

marteen is an actual beast. Positive against all G2 players is crazy. He should join Fnatic. :)

Absolutely not. Offseason tourneys are actually super important for pro-players in Valorant, because of the big gap between the seasons. Also concepts like this mixed tournament or other stuff like Red-Bull etc. is def. fun to watch. It's nothing with high pressure for the players and still they can keep the flow up and we can enjoy great Valorant and the players can travel and have fun.

With jawgemo they will become one of the most dangerous teams in VCT 2025. He fits them so well.