u were able to hand 2 of your buddies a job
zekken understandable
depph, what a joke
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I don't get why people overhype dephh
His calling is wack xset won most of their rounds on defense when ayrin is calling
Their attack strats boil down to zekken and cryo go kill and all the rounds are super scrappy
And when playing against a team they haven't antistratted for they have to entirely rely on cryo and zekken to carry them (lev and xerxia)
I'll never understand why you braindead monkeys fail to see the immense value dephhh brings to the table.
First, and most obvious to point out, he not only has experience playing on LAN against other international top teams, but he is one of only 3 IGLs in NA that has managed to beat a top European team.
Making it to LAN is one thing, but actually being able to adapt to wildly different styles of play than the ones you're used to (especially those of the previous world champions) and coming out on top is all the credentials one should need in my opinion. But sure, let's just say you're all right and it was a fluke the first time around...so what about the 2 wins against FNATIC? Even the match they ultimately lost against FPX to was the closest (and longest) match champions has ever seen.
To say something along the lines of "Cryo was carrying those matches" is to discount the undeniable fact that every single one of us has learned this past year: It's become almost impossible to win matches purely based on the individual performance of star players.
The reason for this is debatable, whether it be due to a changing meta rewarding set-up chamber players over solo entry jetts, but the fact of the matter remains the same.
Why do you think Sentinels fell off so hard after Masters 1? It's not that TenZ isn't still cracked, it's that strategy dominates the game to an overwhelming degree now, moreso than aim to an extent. It's the reason The Guard managed to make it as far as they did during the first Challengers; they, a team of nameless up-and-comers, were the ones that pioneered a strategy-focused approach to the game in NA. All the other teams at the time still relied on the Sentinels model (even Optic to an extent in the earlier stages of Challengers 1).
When Challengers 2 came around, everyone (except Sentinels) saw the writing on the wall and began building competent and organic rosters, learning to play strategically so as to replicate the Guard's success. XSET was one of these teams, and not only did they successfully copy the Guard, they outdid them.
Dephhh was at the forefront of this.
I'll be honest, XSET's performance in Challengers 2 was largely helped by Cryo, and their Copenhagen run (If you can even call it that) was downright horrendous and some of the worst valorant I've ever seen (especially their match against Optic), but I was pleasantly surprised to see that it wasn't to waste, since at Champions they made sure to learn from their mistakes.
The role of an IGL often (as is the case with FNS and Chet) involves collaborating with your coach to analyze gameplay and come up with strats. Sykko knows Dephh, and has been working with him for over a year, it doesn't take a genius to understand that Sykko has personally seen Dephhh's growth as an IGL and is infinitely more comfortable working with someone he is close to and whom he can trust through his accomplishments to execute his vision on the highest stage valorant has to offer.
shut up bronze scrub.
I'll never understand why you braindead monkeys fail to see the immense value dephhh brings to the table.
First, and most obvious to point out, he not only has experience playing on LAN against other international top teams, but he is one of only 3 IGLs in NA that has managed to beat a top European team.
Making it to LAN is one thing, but actually being able to adapt to wildly different styles of play than the ones you're used to (especially those of the previous world champions) and coming out on top is all the credentials one should need in my opinion. But sure, let's just say you're all right and it was a fluke the first time around...so what about the 2 wins against FNATIC? Even the match they ultimately lost against FPX to was the closest (and longest) match champions has ever seen.
To say something along the lines of "Cryo was carrying those matches" is to discount the undeniable fact that every single one of us has learned this past year: It's become almost impossible to win matches purely based on the individual performance of star players.
The reason for this is debatable, whether it be due to a changing meta rewarding set-up chamber players over solo entry jetts, but the fact of the matter remains the same.
Why do you think Sentinels fell off so hard after Masters 1? It's not that TenZ isn't still cracked, it's that strategy dominates the game to an overwhelming degree now, moreso than aim to an extent. It's the reason The Guard managed to make it as far as they did during the first Challengers; they, a team of nameless up-and-comers, were the ones that pioneered a strategy-focused approach to the game in NA. All the other teams at the time still relied on the Sentinels model (even Optic to an extent in the earlier stages of Challengers 1).
When Challengers 2 came around, everyone (except Sentinels) saw the writing on the wall and began building competent and organic rosters, learning to play strategically so as to replicate the Guard's success. XSET was one of these teams, and not only did they successfully copy the Guard, they outdid them.
Dephhh was at the forefront of this.
I'll be honest, XSET's performance in Challengers 2 was largely helped by Cryo, and their Copenhagen run (If you can even call it that) was downright horrendous and some of the worst valorant I've ever seen (especially their match against Optic), but I was pleasantly surprised to see that it wasn't to waste, since at Champions they made sure to learn from their mistakes.
The role of an IGL often (as is the case with FNS and Chet) involves collaborating with your coach to analyze gameplay and come up with strats. Sykko knows Dephh, and has been working with him for over a year, it doesn't take a genius to understand that Sykko has personally seen Dephhh's growth as an IGL and is infinitely more comfortable working with someone he is close to and whom he can trust through his accomplishments to execute his vision on the highest stage valorant has to offer.
shut up bronze scrub.
Honestly I'm not the biggest Dephh fan but dude literally shits on ShahZ as an IGL. ShahZ couldnt fight his way through a fucking wet paper bag with instructions. I think the IGLing will be shared between Dephh and Sacy though so I think its a HUGE upgrade from ShahZ's awful calling over the last year. Dephh's calling before him and Ayrin started to share it was more a less average but once Ayrin took over the CT side calling they improved alot so i'm assuming something like this will happen again with this new SEN roster which again, HUGE upgrade. I'd like to see SEN become an actual team to watch again because watching them under ShahZ for the last year has been nothing but dissapointing. SEN as an org is really good at what they do, they bring alot of storylines and stuff to Valorant which is entertaining, they just need the roster to back it all up and by the sounds of it, they're finally getting back to that.
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