Most influential valorant player OAT?

I don't mean the best player, but the most influential, he could also be the best but he doesn't have to be.

In my mind it has to be nAts, for that viper setup on A bind attack alone that he came up with more than 2 years ago and it's still meta in 2023/24 and no one could counter it, let alone that he was the first big lurker in valorant, with games like icebox vs G2 where he was always behind their backs, some plays and cypher setups, most teams changed to adapt to this guy and most lurkers have learned a lot from him.

You could add something like cNed, since he was the first big OP player that made people be afraid of ops and make protocols to find that guy.

Someone like FNS who with his calla made teams retake a site when the spike was on the opposite, and was the first IGL with the big fakes and inserting players in positions.

Who's your most influential player and why?

people won't like this but its tenz

thatpower [#2]

people won't like this but its tenz

I can't find a reason why, since he was just the best aimer back then and that's about it.

saadhak, created harbor viper meta, best igl of all time

a bit biased but imo stax has a case as well

at the start of val not many people were playing breach in pro play but stax popularised it especially on certain maps like haven as well as the flash and dash meta

teams then realised the amount of setups and map control you can take with breach pretty much cementing breach as a viable pick

jimjam789 [#5]

a bit biased but imo stax has a case as well

at the start of val not many people were playing breach in pro play but stax popularised it especially on certain maps like haven as well as the flash and dash meta

teams then realised the amount of setups and map control you can take with breach pretty much cementing breach as a viable pick

Stax was also part of the team with the best execs and retakes that were way ahead of their times in 2021, so not really biased

peyoek [#4]

saadhak, created harbor viper meta, best igl of all time

bro harbor was only relevant for like, 1 tournament

peyoek [#4]

saadhak, created harbor viper meta, best igl of all time

I don't like the fact that they didn't play it as much later on, but still good pick

bigboy [#7]

bro harbor was only relevant for like, 1 tournament

Viper was relevant every tournament this year, people just started playing it with omen instead.
Still, I think harbor is becoming underrated, but we'll see that next year with nrg and loud and people will play him again, unless viper gets massive nerf

between nAts and TenZ, tenz showed to the world how to play with jett in the beggining of the game, same with nAts in sentinel role, they not the best on his roles today but they started far away from everyone on the beggining, sadly nAts fell off while the valorant level was growing, and TenZ is in a content creator team :( feels bad for them

Yay easily. Bro was singlehandedly the reason riot had to nerf jett and chamber. It's just like how kennyS was the reason the awp got nerfed like 5 times in CS.

Not to mention teams had to create strategies specially for shutting him down, and almost all of them were unsuccessful besides guild's. He still has absurd statlines that probably won't be broken for a long time.

Jeffo [#6]

Stax was also part of the team with the best execs and retakes that were way ahead of their times in 2021, so not really biased

Fr DRX played so good and I was excited to watch them play at that time

SmartPerson [#10]

between nAts and TenZ, tenz showed to the world how to play with jett in the beggining of the game, same with nAts in sentinel role, they not the best on his roles today but they started far away from everyone on the beggining, sadly nAts fell off while the valorant level was growing, and TenZ is in a content creator team :( feels bad for them

nAts never fell off, just bad teams, i remember in champs when he got 34k and lost vs NAVI, he's still him just unlucky teams

Yistyy [#11]

Yay easily. Bro was singlehandedly the reason riot had to nerf jett and chamber. It's just like how kennyS was the reason the awp got nerfed like 5 times in CS.

Not to mention teams had to create strategies specially for shutting him down, and almost all of them were unsuccessful besides guild's. He still has absurd statlines that probably won't be broken for a long time.

I think yay is the goat, but idk if he's the most influential

thatpower [#2]

people won't like this but its tenz

Say it with your chest bro, It's facts whether people hate it or not.

Jeffo [#13]

nAts never fell off, just bad teams, i remember in champs when he got 34k and lost vs NAVI, he's still him just unlucky teams

:(( unlucky hes a good boy

Jeffo [#14]

I think yay is the goat, but idk if he's the most influential

OK that's fair 👍

saadhak easily

SmartPerson [#16]

:(( unlucky hes a good boy

why do people treat him like a dog

All good examples so far.

Boaster kinda brought lineup Larry into the mainstream.

He also had some really cool utility / ult combos

thatpower [#2]

people won't like this but its tenz

this is literally the only answer. if u think otherwise, that’s delusional af

Jeffo [#9]

Viper was relevant every tournament this year, people just started playing it with omen instead.
Still, I think harbor is becoming underrated, but we'll see that next year with nrg and loud and people will play him again, unless viper gets massive nerf

the only teams that used the comp extensively was NRG and Loud, and they both under performed this year.

bigboy [#22]

the only teams that used the comp extensively was NRG and Loud, and they both under performed this year.

Loud underperformed? Nrg underperformed? Bigboy is brain dead 😂

demon1

TenZ was THE JETT player, it is because of players like him that people really started investing heavy utility to clear maps one at a time instead of running half ass execs or rotations on defense.
Agree with the nats pick, just wanted to share my goat's influence. Boaster himself said that TenZ's jett is not that good now cuz they had learn how to adapt to such jett mains and their playstyles

nAts is baby Get_RigHt with his lurks. TenZ is probably simple at his peak. Saddhak/Boaster is prob Glav1e with their setups.

FrenchToast [#21]

this is literally the only answer. if u think otherwise, that’s delusional af

How. How is he influental. He didnt invent shit

Jinggg, he made W gaming works

CryoZanderDerrekEnjoyer [#27]

How. How is he influental. He didnt invent shit

He isn't someone who innovated for the pro scene but the time he was on top definitely influenced the player base and the preference for flashy playstyles

SmartPerson [#10]

between nAts and TenZ, tenz showed to the world how to play with jett in the beggining of the game, same with nAts in sentinel role, they not the best on his roles today but they started far away from everyone on the beggining, sadly nAts fell off while the valorant level was growing, and TenZ is in a content creator team :( feels bad for them

nAts is the best player itw, you just dont have eyes if you think otherwise.

i am a fnatic fan, but nats is the greatest player to touch this game. we are really diminishing the kind of impact he has on the rounds just coz his team aint winning. unless he drops 25k+, no one appreciates what he does.

2-3 years in the future we'll look back and realise how silly we all were who couldnt realise how "golden" of player nats was.

Itsover [#30]

nAts is the best player itw, you just dont have eyes if you think otherwise.

delusional

Orangepanda [#28]

Jinggg, he made W gaming works

true, and not just jingg but prx as a team too

dezzo [#24]

demon1

In all the wrong ways