Less was the best player itw with Leo at lock//in
Aspas was one of the best during vct leagues
Both faltered in Tokyo
Both back in form @champs, with less taking the lead
Their difference is:
When loud doesn't perform, aspas is still there being their last stone standing
When less performs, loud is world class
I'm taking less's peaks and aspas consistency, but less overall
For me personally, aspas is definitely the better player. Less in top form is the best player in the world, but he often ghosts for multiple maps a series.
Aspas on the other hand is performing fantastic 95% of the time.
It depends if you want a player who can carry you across the line by his lonesome but also be one of the reasons u lose (almost like kangkang), or a player who if u support correctly, will always do his part and more.
Although this is true, I really can't stretch enough how important it is for less to perform in order to make loud win, especially in the big games.
In lock//in, he was simply exceptional. He was the only one who could tame Leo, and maybe even to outplay him (vlr rating says so, but it doesn't really matter).
In the vct americas, aspas was crazy in the regular season.
Coming into the playoffs though, less really took that hard-carry role scoring a 1.31 rating across the 3 games (the 2nd most in loud was 1.13 by cauanzin).
Here at champs, he looks again like the best player for loud.
It's true that aspas is so consistently incredible, but you can't just write off the incredible amount of hard-carrying less does when it matters the most.
While its true less sometimes hard-carries, this is also very true for aspas. The only difference is aspas is much more consistent.
I also think that while its necessary for less to perform well for loud to win, I only think that is the case if aspas isn't on top form. And that when aspas isn't, loud usually lose those matches too
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