I know he is always a point of discussion when 100t lose. But hear my take.
I dont want to hate or spread hate on any player on 100t with this post. I just want to state my inner frustations.
TLDR : I want the main duelist Cryo to diversify his duelist pool and would like Asuna to be a 2nd duelist and flash initiator. If possible please adopt the meta earlier this time(no more we didnot abuse the agent when it was broken). Happy Thanksgiving for those who celebrate
I feel like his hate is kinda underserved. I know he was always not the most consistent duelist(will have crazy high peaks and crazy low lows) but he was very good when he was on a stable role throughout the season and had to fill in flash initiator/ non jett duelist roles in earlier years.
We have cryo on the team, who was supposed to be the main duelist. He replaced will who was a full duelist player and cryo was an update when he joined. Team was looking great with will on team and roles seem to have solidifed.
Post cryo joining 100t, he most of time consistently underdeliverd. He is the like one of the best jett players in the world when he has an OP on his hand, but man does he not have diverse duelist pool. His raze is not great and neon is not great. Asuna is the better neon and raze than cryo.
There is no other top tier team in the VCT americas last season, whose main duelist cannot play both jett and raze/neon on a top level( Each had their own strong comfort picks but they can atleast play all of them). He was great on brimstone/omen whenever he had to flex and give asuna the raze. But, the team felt so inconsitent. Asuna is a great second duelist when his team needs him, but is not as consistent as other top duelists(the reason why 100t transitioned him to flex).
I personally feel that this team needs a good duelist who can play all agents and I would like to see asuna as a 2nd duelist when the meta really demands it. I know cryo is mechanically very gifted and a consitent performer, but if all he can do is play only jett maps(iso and chamber are also in his pool but they dont play him much on either) for the next season, I would like people to be kind to asuna. I know cryo can play raze and neon if he puts time into it(eventhough not as good as the competition in vct), if it means the team will be consistent and roles are stabilized.
I want people to know that this is not a over reaction post from the loss to TIP. I have been a fan of 100t since the inception of the team. The only few times they were a real threat, was when asuna was either the full time duelist or when they had a duelist who can play both jett and raze. 100t irrespective of the iteration were always not embracing the most powerful agents when the meta is active. They adopted astra meta too late that they were one of the only few teams to not fully abuse it. They were very late to the chamber meta, they actively chose against the neon meta. No matter the choice, I still supported them. I dont want to come out as a salty fan from this post.
We can see in the bang retirement post that asuna is one of his best mates who both mutually inspired each other to grow stronger. The reason he is still in the team proves that he is a very good teammate(f*ck FNS for all the hate he generated for my boi). He filled any role the team wanted since he joined the team. He will always be my 2nd favourite player(after my #1 fav goat Rb) and will always support 100t and every ex-team member too.
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