Okay he had good-ish numbers and offered a great consistency throughout his active time.
Are people overhyping him like some savior though? I mean he was part of the world‘s best team at that time and wasn’t outstanding that much (except for one masters)
I think it’s because he’s inactive now and people like to create a myth, cult around people -> overrating him
Leo has been arguably top 5 EMEA player since 2021 pretty much. He finally got good team when he joined Fnatic and finally got the recognition he deserved. He was always insane on Guild, even when they played in Masters. And was insane on Fnatic as well and won events. No doubt the goat initiator before his break.
Not one of the best players currently, but when he was the best, he sure is not overrated because the rating speak for itself. Like it's not even people speaking but the data speaking. Just try to find it. "wasn’t outstanding that much" is not the word I would used when he's top 3 most rated players in most events, get stopped by LOUD through duo of aspas and cauanzin before Champ 23 but that's like peak performance, and keep up top 1-3 performance with very high K/D before leaving.
I would not hype him for the present, but also not disregard him for the past when it can hardly argue from looking at the data. Because then I would have to disregard like 50% of EMEA players or 50% of all Tier 1 players just from rating alone. Think of TH and how would you rate Benjy in that team. it was like that in the last time he played against them.
Some players have unusually higher vlr rating than usual and its relatively higher than their impact in the game but Leo was that kind of player that did not die very often and did not make many mistakes and deserved that high vlr rating. You can count by hand how many times he died first in a season, he was the dream player for coaches, great aim, great utility, no overheat, no unforced mistakes, midrounder and very good in clutches.
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