watching them play actually infuriates me. How is NagZ still on this team? Jesus Christ...
yeah he's attended every single Valorant LAN because LATAM get a guaranteed slot and until Leviatan got Onur KRU was basically the DRX of their region. Not to mention Keznit and Mazino etc were the ones stepping the fuck up. NagZ had exactly one good match in 2021 and that was against Sentinels on Haven
kick this guy and replace him with someone actually decent and KRU might have done more than just get grouped every tourney
all the DRX players have p much attended every LAN bar one and they do not underperform like NagZ does. Their stats are still good.
I just don't understand lol.
On paper KRÜ have all the resources - their scrim partners are NA and BR, two regions with success in Tac FPS, they have funding, they have fans and facilities, and experience.
Yet somehow DRX, another team that dominated their region, has better players, strats, coordination, gameplay, reads, etc. despite having like no scrim partners or environment like KRÜ does
KRU's scrim partners for this tournament were still mainly Chile, Argentina and Br teams. They only started practicing against NA teams very recently (plus they adjusted their starting lineup by removing Klaus). I agree with your other points, but the reality is that DRX actually has better scrim partners and they kept their core 5, it's not even comparable.
In a few months (after KRU will be settled in Los Angeles and scrim against mainly top teams on the continent) your argument will be stronger.
Yeah but don't forget KRÜ scrims against LOUD, FURIA, LEV, etc too surely.
I agree that removing Klaus was a terrible omen and I knew about this before the match started.
But it doesn't affect NagZ's performance too much imo because what I've seen was not necessarily bad setup for him but just bad individual play.
And yeah you can argue DRX have better scrim partners now as Asia has leveled up but even in 2021 VS put up better performances than KRÜ until Champs.
Kr also has one guaranteed spot and DRX didn't attend every LAN
JP also has one guaranteed spot and ZETA didn't attend every LAN
No team in NA, EMEA, BR has attended every LAN
And it's not like KRU hasn't had good runs
And yeah I agree Nagzet is not it rn but you're confused about his past he has had some very good tournaments, he is just inconsistent
DRX went to every LAN except the very first one. a match diff of one tourney will not make a significant change.
only KRÜ has attended every LAN. Idk why you're defending NagZ but this guy is actually a fraud. I've never called any player a fraud before except for him.
KRÜ have also had only one good run, Champs 2021, because Keznit and Mazino were fucking monsters and Onur is a top 5 coach itw.
NagZ has no good tourneys. Look at #17
omg. yeah its kinda crazy
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZpgG9lFA8ZPK7nC-vBrZOM0JfsM1RRKnnZvvxTLgCfQ/edit#gid=0