Power Rankings for the Chads, with some reasoning

S Tier Teams: Optic and PRX (The only top teams, Optic because of how resilient and versatile they are and PRX because of their talent, speed and strats. The kings of adaptation and fluidity are what Optic look like and PRX are just the unbeaten speed demons. Also, either may lose to A-tier teams but that still doesn't change their superiority for me, they have proven to be the top 2 already for me, just from the eye test)

A Tier Teams: FNC, DRX and FPX (FNC is clearly the most intelligent team here, DRX is the most coordinated and had a close-ish series against Optic as well along with a clean Group stage, and FPX is just a wildcard for me, but potentially the most dangerous team in this tier capable of even winning the whole event. Suygetsu is a demon as well.)

B Tier Teams: Guild, Leviatan and Loud (Guild proved they are world-class after shutting out Optic and lost out on a close game to FPX, they also have Sayf, who I think is a top 5 fraggers at VCT. Leviatan is just so resilient, not the most strategically sound team but god they have god-tier talent, maybe expect more from them at Champions with more prep. Loud are just the most finished or complete team out of LATAM/BR, and Aspas is a monster as well, but even tactically they are super sound and complete, a real top team.)

C Tier Teams: Kru and XSET (Kru is just a really mechanically and tactically sound team with a top 5 star in Keznit, unlucky how they lost out and were in a group of death but could've easily upset teams and taken wins over other teams in this tier or even teams in the B and A tier, so Kru is probably a B tier team but I'm placing them here because of recency bias. XSET looked decent but got outclassed by Optic and then lost out of Leviatan because of multiple mistakes and their strat book is simply not good enough to compete at the highest level nor do they have the talent to cover for it barring Cryo and Zekken who looked good but still made mistakes.)

D Tier Teams: Xerxia and Northeption (Not the worst two teams but placing D because of performances and how everyone else seemed to have levelled up and they have simply not caught up. I will say both these teams need a little more experience and individuality, to escape their respective big brothers in their regions.)

good PR, agreeable rankings

The best rankings ive seen on this site. Well done

BUMP. this is the most reasonable post ive seen in a while

Actually really agree

Guild and Lev, are not in the same tier as LOUD never

agree

agree but B Tier: +XSET +DRX

siriuziun [#6]

Guild and Lev, are not in the same tier as LOUD never

currently? yes they are. maybe not guild but lev are 100% on the same level as they are better than kru who are known as the Brazilian killers

siriuziun [#6]

Guild and Lev, are not in the same tier as LOUD never

I can see you making a case for Lev but Guild for sure are on the same tier. Like they play super sound and tactically adept Valorant. Plus they have Sayf, Trex and Leo man. They are quite easily on the same tier.

Abydaby [#9]

currently? yes they are. maybe not guild but lev are 100% on the same level as they are better than kru who are known as the Brazilian killers

Look at the games, when LOUD underperformed against KRU they almost won, but look GUILD and LEV performances when they lose, literally way worse than LOUD vs OPT, and to be honest LEV played better than FNC, FNC got lucky

pretty much agreed. maybe fpx b-tier but you make a valid point

siriuziun [#11]

Look at the games, when LOUD underperformed against KRU they almost won, but look GUILD and LEV performances when they lose, literally way worse than LOUD vs OPT, and to be honest LEV played better than FNC, FNC got lucky

LEV did play better yes but thats because our key player derke was sleeping. But you cant deny the skills of the LEV players, not great opponent in the first game but still a good team. loud were unfortunate to get that group A but they stumbled and folded

hard agree

Abydaby [#13]

LEV did play better yes but thats because our key player derke was sleeping. But you cant deny the skills of the LEV players, not great opponent in the first game but still a good team. loud were unfortunate to get that group A but they stumbled and folded

Yeah i feel like loud shouldve won that kru match but in that match kru played better. Plain and simple

shockyyyy [#15]

Yeah i feel like loud shouldve won that kru match but in that match kru played better. Plain and simple

facts

spykje [#12]

pretty much agreed. maybe fpx b-tier but you make a valid point

Fpx i think deserved a tier because their success with a sub. But a case can be made they played in the “easier” group

sayf is good but leo is the carry of guild, he is a top5 fragger itw

idkbro [#18]

sayf is good but leo is the carry of guild, he is a top5 fragger itw

trexx?

Totally agreed

nutab1e [#19]

trexx?

leo >>> idc who

well done

nutab1e [#19]

trexx?

trexx is a beast aswell but leo has potential to be one of the goats of valorant, he has been destroying the best teams in the world since he was 15 yo

idkbro [#18]

sayf is good but leo is the carry of guild, he is a top5 fragger itw

Leo only played good 2 matches

no_noise_979 [#21]

leo >>> idc who

facts, only people who havent watched guild outside of this masters dont know how fucking good leo is, he is the perfect player

SigmaMale [#24]

Leo only played good 2 matches

Against the potentially best team in the world and he has been playing way before masters buddy, guild are just shit and they dont destroyed in playoffs, he is still a god

SigmaMale [#24]

Leo only played good 2 matches

#25, thats you

How is optic s tier? i agree with prx and everything else. optic beat xset (and we have seen xset's performance on that day) and they beat drx (2-1 in a close match with the first 2 maps being 1-sided and the last map being 13-11 win). drx lost to fpx today 2-0 in dominant fashion so idk about optic being in s tier. someone tell me how if im wrong

sentinelmain377 [#28]

How is optic s tier? i agree with prx and everything else. optic beat xset (and we have seen xset's performance on that day) and they beat drx (2-1 in a close match with the first 2 maps being 1-sided and the last map being 13-11 win). drx lost to fpx today 2-0 in dominant fashion so idk about optic being in s tier. someone tell me how if im wrong

I do think they belong here since there just so good at recovering from losses;
it just takes so much pressure out of non GF matchups since you know they'll get value out of the second chance
And well they're just preforming tbh so except the Guild game where guild just had really good reads they've looked really good

Actually based list from everything shown. Still I do think fnatic is S tier but with the recent result it's hard to argue I'd they are.

Mump

Gutssz [#8]

agree but B Tier: +XSET +DRX

Xset played really bad overall this master there's no denying that.

shockyyyy [#17]

Fpx i think deserved a tier because their success with a sub. But a case can be made they played in the “easier” group

Fpx with their full roster is A tier

sentinelmain377 [#28]

How is optic s tier? i agree with prx and everything else. optic beat xset (and we have seen xset's performance on that day) and they beat drx (2-1 in a close match with the first 2 maps being 1-sided and the last map being 13-11 win). drx lost to fpx today 2-0 in dominant fashion so idk about optic being in s tier. someone tell me how if im wrong

U have to take into account their overall consistency and recovery. U can't just rate teams based on close matches but how they play and recover. Optic also won last master.

zeldrols [#34]

U have to take into account their overall consistency and recovery. U can't just rate teams based on close matches but how they play and recover. Optic also won last master.

i mean fpx are so consistent with suygetsu. they lost their first match without him against fnc. so then fpx in s tier??? based on that point, fpx also recovering. also teams can fall off a bit or a lot and winning last masters is in the past. we are talkin about rn