Who do you think are the best dark horse(s) in a Valorant tourney ever?
Personally it's V1 in Stage 2 and Reykjavik. Kicked Liquid's butt :((
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Mahj0ngMaster [#6]Xset were a dark horse but unfortunately still lost to sen
I think things have improved though for XSET. Like last time they also got to the grand final and lost to 100T, it felt like a good run but not something that felt sustainable. Where as this time XSET being a legit Top 5 NA team seems plausible. In the first game where they beat SEN, XSET did a really good job nullifying any impact that Sick and Shahzam could muster. It wasn't a game where XSET just got lucky, they legit did a great job shutting down 2 important players of SEN. In the grand final Sick and Shazham adapted and Dapr just decided to frag out like a duellist. Who knows, if they meet again XSET might have found another way to shut down players of SEN, and I don't think we can expect a top fragging sentinel from Dapr every match.
Think the future is bright for XSET. Even if Berlin doesn't happen, improvement has been made it seems. Which is what any org hopes for at the end of the day. NA is getting much deeper, if the Challenger playoffs are like SEN, XSET, EnVY, 100T, C9B, GenG, T1, and V1 (Without a sub finally lol) As a SEN fan, they better show up and not have one of their typical slow starts or an off day and be ready to play, as there is a legit chance they fail to go to Berlin with a group of teams listed. I am really hopeful about T1, their last two loses are a very close 2-1 against SEN, and another 2-1 against ENVY (Though they did get 13-0'd lol)
Shanty [#9]I think things have improved though for XSET. Like last time they also got to the grand final and lost to 100T, it felt like a good run but not something that felt sustainable. Where as this time XSET being a legit Top 5 NA team seems plausible. In the first game where they beat SEN, XSET did a really good job nullifying any impact that Sick and Shahzam could muster. It wasn't a game where XSET just got lucky, they legit did a great job shutting down 2 important players of SEN. In the grand final Sick and Shazham adapted and Dapr just decided to frag out like a duellist. Who knows, if they meet again XSET might have found another way to shut down players of SEN, and I don't think we can expect a top fragging sentinel from Dapr every match.
Think the future is bright for XSET. Even if Berlin doesn't happen, improvement has been made it seems. Which is what any org hopes for at the end of the day. NA is getting much deeper, if the Challenger playoffs are like SEN, XSET, EnVY, 100T, C9B, GenG, T1, and V1 (Without a sub finally lol) As a SEN fan, they better show up and not have one of their typical slow starts or an off day and be ready to play, as there is a legit chance they fail to go to Berlin with a group of teams listed. I am really hopeful about T1, their last two loses are a very close 2-1 against SEN, and another 2-1 against ENVY (Though they did get 13-0'd lol)
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