NA TEAMS 2025

new players in CAPS

1 change from 2024: SEN, 100T, G2
multiple changes from 2024: NRG, C9, EG

SEN:
roster - TenZ, zekken, JohnQT, Zellsis, VERNO
reason for new player: Verno - high upside, 1 for 1 agent pool with sacy and has flexed to sentinel before, Zellsis and John can cover calling
bonus info: N/A

G2:
roster - Valyn, Trent, JonahP, leaf, MADA
reason for new player: firepower upgrade on icy but still can flex to other roles, also an OPing improvement imo
bonus info: N/A

100T:
roster - Cryo, bang, Boostio, eeiu, JAWGEMO
reason for new player: entry player upgrade who has shown the ability to flex to accomodate a jett player (Demon1, EG 2023), also has worked with Zikz and Boostio previously so could be swayed by that
Bonus info: Cryo and Jawgemo both learn Cypher and KJ given their past experience with various sentinels, Boostio moves to secondary initiator + smokes, Cryo learns viper (better lurker than bang) and bang swaps to full time astra/omen/brim

C9:
roster - Oxy, FLYUH, CRASHIES, ADD3R, SKUBA
reason for new players:
-Flyuh has shown promise as an igl and can flex between initiator, sentinel and viper

• crashies can play all initiators and can help rookie igl flyuh with calling
• Add3r is a promising young sentinel who has "found his voice" (according to wedid i think)
• Skuba is NAs most promising smokes player in T2
  Bonus info: N/A

NRG:
roster - fenis, s0m, ethan, DEMON1, N4RRATE
reason for new players:
-Demon1 is that guy
-N4RRATE can play recon init to accomodate ethan being a flash initiator 1 trick and can play raze to accomodate demon1s bad raze
Bonus info: s0m would need to learn some initiators to cover double initiator + raze maps, for example sunset or fracture (if it comes back) as demon1 can only flex to smokes

EG:
roster - Derrek, STELLAR, OKEANOS, YAY, V1C
reason for new players:

• Stellar is a good igl who has had a resurgence as a flex, and has played on either an actual team or pug team with everyone else except yay
• v1c can play both sentinel and smokes
• okeanos was the most promising t2 duelist in NA (more than reduxx) and has been a flex before in the past
  -yay has shown he can be him and has fresh motivation. EG would also want yay for viewership cause who tf watches EG otherwise
  Bonus info: yay could also be the jett and Okeanos could learn sentinel, or yay could go full meteor and play sentinel only while okeanos is full duelist. whatever works man

thanks for reading
fuck ur "allats"
feel free to ask questions

Why no one likes eg players :(? Apoth and Supamen played very well individually, I think eg wasn’t coordinated enough, overcooked strats, and lacked sufficient calling.

Wait your cooking with that EG roster, I haven’t seen anyone saying Okeanos or stellar and yay would be great cause -ranked he isn’t that highly touted anymore. Though keep Supamen cause he was good last year and is better than v1c. Also keep Icy for G2 and Sacy to LEV (IK they aren’t NA but still) for -C0M or Mazino (if he leaves)

No way EG can afford yay’s buyout

Two_Percent [#2]

Why no one likes eg players :(? Apoth and Supamen played very well individually, I think eg wasn’t coordinated enough, overcooked strats, and lacked sufficient calling.

apoth was pretty trash

nrg prolly pick verno and sen/100t get n4rrate

Two_Percent [#2]

Why no one likes eg players :(? Apoth and Supamen played very well individually, I think eg wasn’t coordinated enough, overcooked strats, and lacked sufficient calling.

if it makes you feel better i was picking between apoth going back to smokes and v1c

i think supamen can be good but is very hot or cold

i think in general when a team goes the whole year without even making playoffs there needs to be big changes

SomeoneLikeU [#3]

Wait your cooking with that EG roster, I haven’t seen anyone saying Okeanos or stellar and yay would be great cause -ranked he isn’t that highly touted anymore. Though keep Supamen cause he was good last year and is better than v1c. Also keep Icy for G2 and Sacy to LEV (IK they aren’t NA but still) for -C0M or Mazino (if he leaves)

hell yeah man okeanos is a beast, and i will always love stellar as a 100T fan. supa is too inconsistent imo, although i was considering moving apoth back to smokes.

i think icy is good but not as a duelist, think he would be an awesome flex player for a diff team

for LEV, sacy would be interesting but in general i think a rookie would be better for them, to raise their ceiling (ie karon, s1mon or johnqt)
i also think kingg is a very good shooter but they need a new player to be their igl (dont replace kingg just give someone else the role)

cameran [#6]

nrg prolly pick verno and sen/100t get n4rrate

who plays raze for nrg then? who switches away from initiator between verno and ethan? ethan looked lost on other roles this year tbh

Level [#4]

No way EG can afford yay’s buyout

yay wouldnt need a buy out broski, ik hes a restricted f/a but be real hes probably just restricted because he doesnt want to terminate his expensive contract. if he wants to leave bleed probs would love to get his salary off the books

nooomy [#9]

who plays raze for nrg then? who switches away from initiator between verno and ethan? ethan looked lost on other roles this year tbh

oh yea ur right on that, wasnt thinking about roles lol

was just thinking about the chemistry with verno and nrg coach,
i think nrg would def be better choice then for n4rrate

source: ancient scroll i found in the womens bathroom at a salt mine

small correction: Zander is the most promising smokes player in t2

edit: LOL why did this get downvoted its a freezing cold take

nooomy [#10]

yay wouldnt need a buy out broski, ik hes a restricted f/a but be real hes probably just restricted because he doesnt want to terminate his expensive contract. if he wants to leave bleed probs would love to get his salary off the books

Nobody cares about your theory

Navi mogs all these bots

You are not cooking at all with that 100T roster lmao. You're making a bunch of different role swaps and shit when you can just keep Asuna who fills all the gaps. Just drop Cryo for Jawgemo and then you have a full time duelist, full time sentinel, full time smokes and full time info initiator. Then Asuna just fills flash initiators/occasional smokes if needed.

K4ziuHa [#12]

source: ancient scroll i found in the womens bathroom at a salt mine

bro im not rocket bullets lmao its just what id like to see

lets not forget marved is also a free agent

lollollollol [#16]

You are not cooking at all with that 100T roster lmao. You're making a bunch of different role swaps and shit when you can just keep Asuna who fills all the gaps. Just drop Cryo for Jawgemo and then you have a full time duelist, full time sentinel, full time smokes and full time info initiator. Then Asuna just fills flash initiators/occasional smokes if needed.

im not asking anyone to play roles they havent played before tho + jawg is no where near the jett player cryo is

Stellar is such an underwhelming addition, would rather have a guy like mitch

Sidyon [#18]

lets not forget marved is also a free agent

yeah man lets keep recycling the same talent based on name that worked so well for nrg last year

Level [#14]

Nobody cares about your theory

you clearly do lmao

Yuh_aye [#13]

small correction: Zander is the most promising smokes player in t2

edit: LOL why did this get downvoted its a freezing cold take

m80 get promoted tho so he wont be available

laifu [#20]

Stellar is such an underwhelming addition, would rather have a guy like mitch

what does mitch do that stellar doesnt? both have similar agent pools, both teams had similar success

nooomy [#21]

yeah man lets keep recycling the same talent based on name that worked so well for nrg last year

The issue on nrg had nothing to do with their players being pre-established players. Also let's not forget your entire eg lineup is full of recycled talent within the valorant pro scene from start to now.

nooomy [#23]

m80 get promoted tho so he wont be available

nuh uh, TSM is gonna win in mexico

nooomy [#24]

what does mitch do that stellar doesnt? both have similar agent pools, both teams had similar success

I would say experience, he has been in the scene since the start and just recently got into IGLing this year and OXG were very successful the whole season until the playoffs

Sidyon [#25]

The issue on nrg had nothing to do with their players being pre-established players. Also let's not forget your entire eg lineup is full of recycled talent within the valorant pro scene from start to now.

v1c and okeanos = no t1 experience
stellar = t1 experience but had a resurgence in t2 last year
yay = relevancy and hate watchers

marved was actively bad this year

laifu [#27]

I would say experience, he has been in the scene since the start and just recently got into IGLing this year and OXG were very successful the whole season until the playoffs

you could say the same about darkzero tho, mitch has also been igling for two years btw

Dorszlol20 [#15]

Navi mogs all these bots

navi didnt make an international and are dropping their players, when will they play against NA teams lol

nooomy [#8]

hell yeah man okeanos is a beast, and i will always love stellar as a 100T fan. supa is too inconsistent imo, although i was considering moving apoth back to smokes.

i think icy is good but not as a duelist, think he would be an awesome flex player for a diff team

for LEV, sacy would be interesting but in general i think a rookie would be better for them, to raise their ceiling (ie karon, s1mon or johnqt)
i also think kingg is a very good shooter but they need a new player to be their igl (dont replace kingg just give someone else the role)

While I do wanna see a better raze on team asuna does give a lot more in terms of his KayO and his gekko but I think 100T might be keeping him idk about eeiu either played well individually idk why he would wanna leave if the rumours are true

laifu [#26]

nuh uh, TSM is gonna win in mexico

nuh uh, my old goat nismo CLEARS

Dropping Asuna who can actually flex and fill makes no sense lol. Just drop Cryo for Jawg who can actually play all the duelists.

Dorszlol20 [#15]

Navi mogs all these bots

navi got 1v5ed by narrate who isnt even a top 10 player in na

laifu [#26]

nuh uh, TSM is gonna win in mexico

Delusion

bobwoblob [#33]

Dropping Asuna who can actually flex and fill makes no sense lol. Just drop Cryo for Jawg who can actually play all the duelists.

cryo is arguably the best oper in NA, arguably the best jett NA, and is just a much better player than asuna unfortunately

nooomy [#28]

v1c and okeanos = no t1 experience
stellar = t1 experience but had a resurgence in t2 last year
yay = relevancy and hate watchers

marved was actively bad this year

v1c was on soar during the period of the period of nobody exactly knew what tier 1 was, but that soar team was arguably a tier 1 team at the time, i'll give you okeanos though. To say marved was actively bad this year is wild because that entire team looked horrible together, and if marved was on a different team like c9 for 2024 then he'd probably be on your list already.