Making this thread to hear peoples opinions on who the S tier superteams are. The Red Bull Homeground Tournament gives us a little insight to a few teams, however, there are many other teams that have to be considered who didn't play there. Who do you all think are the top 5 teams, and top 5 players for each role?
Further, how do you think that yay will fit into C9 through the year with the difference in play styles as Optic had a pretty unqiue team dynamic
every player on 100T seems like they are hitting their prime or just getting into it. Stellar looking better aim wise, team meshes well, Asuna has been shaky but he is still learning a new role we should give him credit (few rozas in RBHG tho), bang and cryo look insane. If this team adapts to the meta they are one of my top picks.
yes
meteor
seoldam
exy (might be bias)
sayaplayer
xeta
munchkin
k1ng
TS
Sylvan
Lakia
t3xture
Bazzi
Moothie
Wenty
Ssun
Estrella
Harry
and there are some cracked T2 players in the ESL tourney like Ash, Blueming, Yoman, JaXe
there are likely more tbh
I didn't know if u meant Tier 2 only so included franchised players as well
only Lakia, Bazzi, and maaaaaaaaaaybe Exy have a possibility of not being a sidegrade or upgrade. Lakia because he has a wrist injury.
The Tier 2 players idk
It's kinda obvious that in KR the DRX individuals aside from MaKo and maybe BuZz are not the best, but their teamwork and cohesion is. Foxy9 is the first real superstar of DRX picked up for his proven potential, as MaKo and BuZz were built up with the team.
buzz can be replaced solely for duelist role but he has great flexibility along with Rb
t3xture, bazzi, seoldam, meteor, saya, munchkin, wenty, ssun, allow these guys prob could replace buzz for duelist
no one in the world can replace mako tbh
lakia, ban, eKo, xeta, intro, suggest, TS, these guys could replace stax on initiator. TS less so but his aim is crispy enough from what we saw at Gwangju.
If there's superteams then it would be
Fnatic is the most "superteam" out there in my opinion. They have 4 players that all could be considered as superstars if they were on different rosters and when playing on their peak form. And then they have one of the most proven IGLs in Boaster even if he hasn't won anything yet. Derke has potential to become the best player in the world and has been top 2-5 for long time. Alfajer's peaks are really high and even as young player he is one of the best in his role (not sure if he has to move to sentinel role tho). Leo is in my opinion the best initiator in EMEA and tippity top in international standards. And well Chronicle was considered as one of the best last year and is highly rated even to this day.
Say what you want about Boaster and yes I have had my doubts, but:
EMEA Stage 2 Challangers 2021: 2nd
[higher placed IGL: Scream?]
VCT Reykjavik 2021: 2nd
[higher placed IGL: Shahzam]
VCT Berlin 2021: didn't qualify
Champions 2021: 5th-8th
[higher placed IGL: Bonecold, Scream?, Klaus, Redgar]
EMEA Stage 1 2022: 3rd
(2nd best truly) [higher placed IGL: ANGE1]
Masters Reykjavik 2022: 2 stand-ins so doesnt count, was one of the favorites
EMEA Stage 2 2022: 1st
Masters Copenhagen: 4th
[higher placed IGL: ANGE1, Benkai, FNS]
Champions 2022: 5th-6th
[higher placed IGL: saadhaak, FNS, stax?, ANGE1]
so all in all Fnatic has been one of the best and most consistently good teams in Valorant with Boaster. Also Boaster individually has usually had decent/ok international performances. He is one of the most proven IGLs in Valorant and still is. More proven than guys like Vanity that people like to praise for some reason. Ofc you can't put all on IGL because Fnatic has had good rosters, but just to give idea.
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