derke

everyone talks about how he has the most international appearances, so many international kills, 2 wins etc. but lets keep it a buck

hes a super team merchant

he has never been (yes, including now on vit) been the best or even close to the best player on his team

put literally any top tier duelist on that 2023 team and they have the same success, in fact put any top tier duelist on fnc in general and they make the same amount of tournmenets

he is a very good player, top 15 all time, but nowhere near the goat status

derke was the best on his team in 2021
without derke in lock in they never made that comeback he was the first one to clutch
all of 2024 derke was the best on his team

respectfully disagree, Derke makes his teams much better

he has a very fluid playstyle(can OP, very good entry, selfless, makes a lot of space)

he's very underrated, should be rated much higher in my opinion

elysxxm [#2]

derke was the best on his team in 2021
without derke in lock in they never made that comeback he was the first one to clutch
all of 2024 derke was the best on his team

2021 perhaps
in 2024 chronicle and alfa still clear and leo when he played

elysxxm [#2]

derke was the best on his team in 2021
without derke in lock in they never made that comeback he was the first one to clutch
all of 2024 derke was the best on his team

correct
correct (but this one is kind of out there, like you could say the same about alfa's 2v1 or boasters call to push when chronicle couldn't plant)
partially correct, he had a bit of a rough kickoff ngl, and Leo was still phenomenal in Split 1

god who fucking CARES

we don’t need mfs diminishing derke’s legacy by calling him a “superteam merchant” when this guy is in no large part one of the reasons why super teams have success

if derke wasn’t on fnatic or vitality, would we consider either of these rosters a super team? if derke doesn’t perform how he did this year, or in 2024, or in 2022, or in 2021, do any of his teams stand a chance?

he has merited his seat in the goat conversation and unfortunately that’s the truth

100% idk why people dont think this

in 2021 he was carried by Mistic (best skye itw)
in 2022 he was carried by Boaster (best op itw)
in 2023 he was carried by Alfa/Chron/Leo/Boaster (yes boaster that man didnt lose a 1v1 till champs)
in 2024 he was carried by alfa/cron/leo
in 2025 he is carried by Less

True! He's a super team merchant, he makes whatever team he plays for a super team.

shrike- [#6]

god who fucking CARES

we don’t need mfs diminishing derke’s legacy by calling him a “superteam merchant” when this guy is in no large part one of the reasons why super teams have success

if derke wasn’t on fnatic or vitality, would we consider either of these rosters a super team? if derke doesn’t perform how he did this year, or in 2024, or in 2022, or in 2021, do any of his teams stand a chance?

he has merited his seat in the goat conversation and unfortunately that’s the truth

I agree with all of it except 'unfortunately' 😭

shrike- [#6]

god who fucking CARES

we don’t need mfs diminishing derke’s legacy by calling him a “superteam merchant” when this guy is in no large part one of the reasons why super teams have success

if derke wasn’t on fnatic or vitality, would we consider either of these rosters a super team? if derke doesn’t perform how he did this year, or in 2024, or in 2022, or in 2021, do any of his teams stand a chance?

he has merited his seat in the goat conversation and unfortunately that’s the truth

if derke wasn’t on fnatic or vitality, would we consider either of these rosters a super team? if derke doesn’t perform how he did this year, or in 2024, or in 2022, or in 2021, do any of his teams stand a chance?

yes
once again, if u put any of the top 10 duelist players on those teams they are just as good
they could win just as much in 2023 with like cryocells (no hate to cryo but hes not in the goat convo)

Hades_Loves_Rb [#7]

100% idk why people dont think this

in 2021 he was carried by Mistic (best skye itw)
in 2022 he was carried by Boaster (best op itw)
in 2023 he was carried by Alfa/Chron/Leo/Boaster (yes boaster that man didnt lose a 1v1 till champs)
in 2024 he was carried by alfa/cron/leo
in 2025 he is carried by Less

factual
like he literally went from a team with alfa chronicle leo and boaster to a team with less sayf and trexx and people act like its crazy that hes gone to so many events

fnatic kick him
@
merchant

thenutoriousPRO [#10]

if derke wasn’t on fnatic or vitality, would we consider either of these rosters a super team? if derke doesn’t perform how he did this year, or in 2024, or in 2022, or in 2021, do any of his teams stand a chance?

yes
once again, if u put any of the top 10 duelist players on those teams they are just as good
they could win just as much in 2023 with like cryocells (no hate to cryo but hes not in the goat convo)

yeah, and if any of those players do this kind of shit, then THEY’D be in the goat conversations

derke is the goat because it is derke doing these things, not cryo, not miniboo, not zekken, not any other duelist you can put in his place. derke is doing them, and because he’s been doing this consistently, it is derke who we are calling the GOAT

you also just don’t know if other duelists would perform in the positions derke is in lmao; sure, any duelist could have that kind of success if they play like derke, i could put trickaim in his place and if he fried for 4 years we would be calling him the goat, but he could also shit the bed and his teams would get nowhere

derke is the goat because it’s derke doing goat things, it’s not that hard to understand

Aayan [#5]

correct
correct (but this one is kind of out there, like you could say the same about alfa's 2v1 or boasters call to push when chronicle couldn't plant)
partially correct, he had a bit of a rough kickoff ngl, and Leo was still phenomenal in Split 1

for lock in you cant say that about anyone else because they wouldnt have even got there without him

thenutoriousPRO [#11]

factual
like he literally went from a team with alfa chronicle leo and boaster to a team with less sayf and trexx and people act like its crazy that hes gone to so many events

0/8 i finally figured it out.

elysxxm [#2]

derke was the best on his team in 2021
without derke in lock in they never made that comeback he was the first one to clutch
all of 2024 derke was the best on his team

He was the best on his team in 2022 as well but there is no way you are a living breathing functioning human that watched fnatic last year if you think Derke was their best player, especially for all of 2024. He was absolutely dreadful in kickoff and pretty bad in stage 1 as well. For the rest of the year he was really good though, Chronicle outperformed him slightly but he was clearly fnatics 2nd best player after stage 1, and at best the 3rd arguably even 4th through the entire year(Leo and Chron were way better, Alfa arguably slightly better).

shrike- [#13]

yeah, and if any of those players do this kind of shit, then THEY’D be in the goat conversations

derke is the goat because it is derke doing these things, not cryo, not miniboo, not zekken, not any other duelist you can put in his place. derke is doing them, and because he’s been doing this consistently, it is derke who we are calling the GOAT

you also just don’t know if other duelists would perform in the positions derke is in lmao; sure, any duelist could have that kind of success if they play like derke, i could put trickaim in his place and if he fried for 4 years we would be calling him the goat, but he could also shit the bed and his teams would get nowhere

derke is the goat because it’s derke doing goat things, it’s not that hard to understand

my point is that derke has never done goat things

thenutoriousPRO [#17]

my point is that derke has never done goat things

and you are still unemployed

shrike- [#18]

and you are still unemployed

nope