Zeta counterstatted to LBF against teams ranked higher with arguably more firepower (TL, PRX, DRX)
Dephh has IGL top 3 team XSET for (i believe) the entirety of the rosters, knows how to work with his coach, and can bounceback from losses and take lessons from every match to comeback stronger (obvious improvement thoughtout NA Challengers to disappointing Masters run to really respectable Champions performance)
ShahZam ran the meta for the first year of Valorant without a coach, only fell off because it took them too long to hire one, they hired someone with no experience, and they couldnt work together to figure it out. If they had a Chet or a Sykko I dont think SEN would have seen the falloff that they did (also some credit to his shitty victim attitude though)
hazed made that dogshit TSM roster look like an international contender before it blew up, gets dropped, goes to NRG and makes them a title contender as well with all new players
POISED took Dicey (which 100T dropped because he was a "Jett one trick") and got this roster from T2 to one of the best teams in NA while working around his players strengths
Vanity took 2 separate rosters to LAN, and specifically with C9 made sure that they were never out until the map was over. His stratbook doesnt run out and he keeps the team coordinated for the whole map without even having a hard carry on either roster.
Redgar: "Alright guys, play this round slow and wait for the enemy to take space, hope they dont check nAts and we can get a free numbers advantage"
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