Top 5 Dominant Teams

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Shownu

Summarising the early history till now

Gambit 2021, a team full of all stars when they entered into the scene winning Masters 3 and reaching Champions Final only to bested by Acend.
Fnatic 2023, current reigning champions of the most recent international event, a dynasty on the horizon with aim and strats loaded on all fronts, ready to make a statement after Brazil, this time in Tokyo.
Loud 2022, Brazil's strongest and most formidable team entered the scene in Iceland and gradually became a Superteam holding the current Champions Trophy.
Acend 2021, the first ever Valorant World Champions taking down prime Gambit in swift fashion in the finals at the end of the year.
FunPlus Phoenix 2022, domination in Copenhagen as the 4 core players and Acend's ace Duelist cNed form the current NAVI lineup looking to rival Fnatic in Tokyo.

FPX demolished Optic in Copenhagen and would also have won Iceland if they managed to attend so Optic will be replaced by FPX here due to degree of difficulty

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Where would you put prime Sentinels then

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Shawn23

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2021 sentinels 100% should be Number 5 lol.

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GooberBoy

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ya one stage of FPX over them is crazy seeing as they were also the best before wiping the floor with the whole world

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brobeans

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How? They didn’t lose a map…

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Shownu

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Sentinels played almost nobody. All 5 of those players today besides TenZ are in tier 2, they just dominated an undeveloped scene by switching from CSGO.

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deluxton

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2 players on that roster came from OW

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brobeans

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#1. they didn't lose a map. also fnatic hasn't won an official event yet; only a show tournament

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Shownu

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Fnatic played far better teams than present in any of the Masters. Everyone built a new Superteam. Only difference is single elimination, high stakes.

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brobeans

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Duh. Fnatic is miles better than old fnatic rosters. Crazy how sports improve over time 🙄 what kind of moron compares teams from different time spans unless it is relatively

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Lock-in was an offical tournement

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Dolphin

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I was gonna comment something constructive but then realized you are shownu

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Domination

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Top 3 yes, Acend and FPX no🗿 wait, it's Shownu no wonder it's almost all EU🗿

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Shownu

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Brazil has 1 Champs, NA has 2 Masters albeit Optic bring fluke and EMEA has 1 Champs, 2 Masters and the recent Lock In Trophy.

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When you say fluke I wonder how many matches have you wanted of optic 🙄 that teams was all the way top 3 in 3 events

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brobeans

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shownu thread, disregard

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acend 😹😹😹

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Nilonesia

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bro via that logic fpx should've won champs but nah they got done lost by drx

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Shownu

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By that logic Loud should've won Iceland and Copenhagen but nah they only won Champs at the end.

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Nilonesia

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they had a more consistent run in 2022 than fpx

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Shownu

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Well duh... FPX literally had a war to deal with during first half of 2022.

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Nilonesia

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which is why they weren't a dominant team?

even so, we cant assume fpx would win masters 1, they placed 4th in champs

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Shownu

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They were. Placing 4th in Champs is definition of dominance after winning the last event.

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Nilonesia

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optic wins masters 2022 rej, place 3rd copenhagen, so that's not dominance?

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Nilonesia

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wait shit mb i just read username ignore what i said im talking to a wall

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GooberBoy

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The final sentence of ur post is such a stupid argument. There's no way to neither prove nor deny if they were better but they didn't beat Optic in Stage 1 and Optic did win, so how can you discount them over an unprovable argument.

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Shownu

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It's because FPX were far more dominant before Iceland than Copenhagen. That team was going to win Iceland and they proved it by beating Optic in semi and winning Copenhagen

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GooberBoy

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Ya they were the best in their region, but so was Optic and they actually won something. Just because FPX beat them many months later in a completely different tournament doesn't mean you can discount Optic or boost up FPX. It's a super flawed argument.

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Shownu

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Optic finished 2nd in NA

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Nilonesia

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Ik ur shownu but

Didn’t fpx also place 2nd in their own region before the tournament they won 💀💀💀

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GooberBoy

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no way u actually think Optic was the second best team in their region after S1 when they 2-0ed the guard to qualify but lost in 5 games in the grand final that they expiremented with new comps and maps that were usually perma bans

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Honestly, gambit 2021 is not accurate. They were a great team, but they weren't that dominant.

failed to qualify for Reykjavik
got stomped 13-1 by SMB in EMEA playoffs, but yes they still win the series.
They lost embarrassingly to 100T in groups, one of the biggest valorant chokes ever. Then proceeded to get stretched Vs crazy racoon and played a close game Vs them.
yes, they destroyed envy in grand finals of masters 3.
redbull they got 13-0d by acend.

Also, you're smoking something different if you think acend were dominant. They won champs in the most undominant fashion we've ever seen a team win a tournament.

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Shownu

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They were a legendary team, one of the most well rounded teams and the first team to incorporate actual strategies and set plays that other teams like Envy copied.

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yungbasel

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They were not that well rounded strat wise. They were notorious for having shitty attack halves.
Their strategies weren't that unique either, at the time when they were best, Apac teams and fnatic were still ahead of them in terms of util usage and executes, they excelled in defense sides and player quality. In the most respectful way possible, I think you're dreaming this shit up dude.

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Vianx11

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holy fuck so delusional
13-0ing in semifinals and winning finals 3-0 is not dominant lmao

their strategies werent unique either

bro wtf

tell me you started watching val esports in 2023 without telling me you did

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yungbasel

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If you think 2 match streak of exceptional performance is classed as DOMINANT, I can't help you and braindead education system. Like genuinely.

DRX/VS not losing a series in over100 games domestically = DOMINANT
Fnatic in their current form over 12 games won = DOMINANT
SEN in NA 2021 = DOMINANT

Gambit were up and down, and if you cant see the difference. God help you.

shit for brains. There's no discussion to be had, you simply don't know the definition of the word

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BrotherMan

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Br*t

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cobalt21312

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sen should be on there as they were by far the best early valorant team

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SigmaMale

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Bro put Fnatic instead of optic. High off that Mickey mouse win

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shadowvlr

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where are sen? im not even gonna talk about optic because ik you have a hate boner for them, but why exclude the most dominant lan performance by a team so far, even if it was basically a glorified farmer's league?

also, acend did not beat gambit in swift fashion. it took cned having a career map and a bunch of stupid heroics from starxo for them to get to map 5, which was the only map where they actually were substantially ahead. classic shownu braindead logic

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Vianx11

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gambit yesss
rarest shownu W

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JSCRWNCLW

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I'm not even an Optic/Envy/NRG fan but bro...

They got 2nd at Masters Berlin 2021
Yeah, they choked at Champions 2021
But they won Masters Reykjavik 2022
Then got 3rd place at Masters Copenhagen 2022
Finalist of the Champions 2022
And 3rd/4th at Lock In.
For almost 2 years now they always placed at least top 4 in 5/6 last international Plans
And they have a solid chance to qualify to Tokyo.

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dapada

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3rd/4th at Lock//In is NAVI and DRX lil bro

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Cresp

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How is acend in this fraudulent list and not optic? Oh mb this shownu all good brother keep doing you

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koromast

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stopped reading at shownu

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wewZ

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my guy sneaked in acend

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Asuna_Yuuki

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It makes no sense how you have LOUD and not OpTic

You are so biased lol

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owner

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Acend is the definition of a Fraud team

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mysterii

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-Acend +OpTic

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Just_some_loser

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Acend most dominant? Typical Lhownu shitpost 🗿 Get this guy off vlr

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trola

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GAMBIT, YES.
but tbh im gonna put Optic rather than Acend

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Shownu

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Acend literally 2-0 the exact same Optic team then called NV

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trola

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nah, NV/Optic still has better overall achievement than Acend

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Shownu

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What achievement? Fluke Masters or 2nd place finish? Acend won a World Championship beating the same Optic team

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trola

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I'm not even an Optic/Envy/NRG fan but bro...
They got 2nd at Masters Berlin 2021
Yeah, they choked at Champions 2021
But they won Masters Reykjavik 2022
Then got 3rd place at Masters Copenhagen 2022
Finalist of the Champions 2022
And 3rd/4th at Lock In.
For almost 2 years now they always placed at least top 4 in 5/6 last international

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moatz

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Prime SEN & Optic clear all the eu teams on here ngl

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yaiima0

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Bro snuck flukenatic in there like we wouldn’t notice 💀