Masters Tokyo Expectations

Half the teams were surprisingly weak/showed signs that they were cooking but fell off during the event.

Weak:
DRX
LOUD
NAVI
NRG (debatable, they made top 4 but I feel they aren’t playing at their highest level)

Fell Off:
T1
TL (debatable)

We did have some teams who were surprisingly good.

Surprisingly Good:
EG
EDG
PRX (debatable)

There were teams who matched expectations too.

Expected:
FNC
ASE
FUT

Overall, this Masters felt like half the teams were in a slump or had circumstances (PRX) that prevented them from playing the best VALORANT. I feel this Masters has been the least competitive international LAN to date (maybe except Reykjavik 2021). Thoughts?

Disagree on NRG. They've only lost one game and it was too the tourney favorite. If you say it's because they have played most games close, then you clearly don't watch them lol

CowboySG2 [#2]

Disagree on NRG. They've only lost one game and it was too the tourney favorite. If you say it's because they have played most games close, then you clearly don't watch them lol

NRG is gonna stay with an asterisk until ardiis starts playing up to standard tbh

CowboySG2 [#2]

Disagree on NRG. They've only lost one game and it was too the tourney favorite. If you say it's because they have played most games close, then you clearly don't watch them lol

I’ve been watching their games and I don’t know, they just feel weaker than usual to me. It might just be because they’re playing against international competition instead of regional competition.

I think NRG is fine, they got knock out to lower bracket by tournament fav

kqly_was_framed [#3]

NRG is gonna stay with an asterisk until ardiis starts playing up to standard tbh

I feel like ardiis is fine, although he isn’t very flashy most of the time. He gives structure and discipline to the team which allows for more pop off moments from the whole team.

shitty performances: 1.LOUD 2.NAVI
better than expected: 1.EG 2.EDG

DrudaL [#5]

I think NRG is fine, they got knock out to lower bracket by tournament fav

I do feel as if the game against FNC could’ve (and should’ve) been closer, but that’s just my opinion. Both teams have 5 world-class players that should be able to take us to peak VALORANT.