Who's in contention for the best player in the world at the moment?
Through process of elimination:
Leo
MaKo
Aspas
I def thought about Leaf, but he has a really weird playstyle. idk if i'm comfortable adding him to this list. Leaf has historically been a star duelist. but his recent role changes made him a bit shaky but now he's back on duelist and more confident than ever. and I think this confidence is huritng him.
Crashies is an incredible sova player. Is breeze comes back he's atomatically on this list. But breeze isn't on the active map pool and sova is falling out of the meta. So he's also losing his influence in the outcomes of NRG games. although I think crashies deserves to be on this list more than Leaf he's simply not influencial enough at the moment.
igl should be considered to be the best players in the world especially in valorant where there is such lack of good igls, good ones are irreplaceable, every one on your list can be replaced in their team and their team will still do decent but I think if you take out FNS, Ange1 or Sadhaak out their teams, LOUD, NRG and NAVI will fall apart
You can be a great leader without being a great player. Just as much as you can be a great player without being a great leader. FNS is a great leader, which takes game knowledge and understanding. But it takes so much more tha the game. It's like thinking about Messi and Ronaldo through only their goal-scoring ability and not their leadership. This is why most people (correctly) say Messi is better. Because he's simply a better leader. FNS is kinda the Lessi of the VALORANT world in terms of his leadership.
I'm looking for the best PLAYER where people like Haaland, Ronaldo, Mbappe, Lewandowski and Modric come into the conversation.