DFM New Roster

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hyperbanjo

More details will be revealed soon as there will be show matches at the Japanese event starting in December.
Some credible information is now being released by the JP community.

meiy(Crazy racoon)
neth(Crazy racoon)
popogachi(Crazy racoon)
suggest
joxjo(Fennnel)
Ssees -6th man

Crazy racoon players missed out on advancing to Ascension in 2023, but they are fundamentally competent and are among the top performers in JP.
The person who published leak went on to say that Anthem had serious character issues that led to the team's demise.
Most of the Tier 2 JP teams have now completed their new player compositions.
Only one, CR, has not yet decided, and this is very likely.
He stated that it is essentially a merger of CR and DFM.
Anthem has participated in several scrims for Fennel, hinting at the move. (However, he has since participated scrim for DFM, so his future is unclear.)
Joxjo has participated several DFM scrims and is almost certainly considered a confirmed participant at this time.

note: CR coach NorthernLights was spotted today at DFM Scrim.
(DFM members basically use Alt accounts, so it is difficult to identify them unless they are JP users.)
https://i.imgur.com/eBbcgV5.jpg

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its lowkey good no? like no trolling but much better than last yr maybe...atleast i know some of these players kek

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Anthem had serious character issues that led to the team's demise.

suggest agree.

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wait this look decent no? i dont rlly follow jpn scene but i know the cr squad and obv joxjo cz he won two regional titles. finally suggest no need to carry anymore?

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is it crazy to say 10th???? this team looks good??

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hyperbanjo

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JP community was outraged when DFM was chosen as the franchise team instead of CR, so if this is true, it may be somewhat sane. (CR members have experience competing in Master.)
2023 CR lost to Fennell and JDT, but won against Scars who advanced to Ascension Tournament.
It is basically a diff by players from outside the region. It is decent if you have to choose among Japanese players.

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kirito5133

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can i post this in reddit. i will say your name of course or you can do it yourself. i wanna hear more people opinion on this possible roster.

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hyperbanjo

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I am basically a translator of leaks from the JP community, not an insider, but fine and welcome.

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burritx

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Didn't CR forget to submit paperwork or something lol

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Warlordwibz

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they messed up their paperwork (like optic), there was some legality issue + CR was short on staff at the time.

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whos 11th then ?

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kirito5133

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ge and talon gonna fight 11th and 10th now

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Vellor

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prob talon tho tbf. like ge would be good even if lfast sucks, bbut i think if ge wanna improve lfast might have to go for another duelist or initiator, prob someone like lammysnax or surf

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Warlordwibz

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Ray4C, his judge plays > entire GE roster firepower.

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i mean if ray4c can play ini also, idm

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Convergence would tell if GE is having good time or not, talking of talon they can upset few in VCT but too early to say.

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kirito5133

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honestly looks good. they can have a 7th or 8th position and improve with time.

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This is so amazing for the Japanese valorant scene. Hopefully Japanese valorant becomes is lol of korea

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hyperbanjo

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If anything, the problem would be the Melofovia coach. He has no accomplishments, no abilities, and is a complete nepotism hire.

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Warlordwibz

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I'd like to see Astell as the headcoach, he speak great japanese and when he did that 1 walkout on stage, everyone in chat was typing faker cause he looks like him.

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shellyy

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He has 5Head thinking, and along with NorthernLight, they share the same braincell and good cooperation tbh. Astell broke his arm few days ago by the way. 😭

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shellyy

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So true, man. They still keep him, I really don't understand why. :/

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melon_fan

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Ngl not bad

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Targu1n

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Really good if they actually end up with this roster
the early trial rumors were definitely painting a way worse future for DFM with no top Japanese players wanting to sign with them

Main question is if theres a structural problem that held back DFM last year (talent wise they shouldnt have been a 0-11 team) and if itll hurt this roster too

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snowconedeity

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i mean from the message they said anthem was bad for the work environment (which sucks the guy is cracked but probably has teamwork issues). could also be a coaching issue idk

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WE FINALLY WON'T SUCK
The 3 CR best players + suggest + a good IGL (he need to work in his aim tho).

btw what's the source? who leaked this?

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hyperbanjo

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There is a website like VLR in Japan called Shitaraba,information on Japanese valorant is concentrated there.
Users are essentially anonymous, but are identified by variables.
Information on scrims and other information is also routinely posted. (Some of it is bullshit, though.)
Many users were initially skeptical about this leaked information.
However, fact that new members of CR and DFM have not yet been announced, even though show matches are coming up,
Also, the fact that CR's staff has recently been sighted custom games combined with DFM makes it much more credible.

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Ty for the info!!

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YOOOOOO THIS IS GREAT
Suggest is my goat

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Yistyy

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Looks better than last year but JP is so trash at valorant I feel like they still won't get higher than top 8

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Nice

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100tkcN

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looks clean

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luckypleb

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looks good, this roster can beat GE and maybe talon

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night9ine

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Irrelevant team from dogshit region (JP).

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sleeek

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not bad but imo not good enough for international league

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Hockey-Stick

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still not good for tier1

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not bad still prob pisslow with GE

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meiy hits hard tho

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redlight

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one on hand, thank god DFM are making a decent roster that can please national and international fans.

on the other, kind of iffy that DFM are signing a slumping Crazy Raccoon core. They aren't as strong as they used to be but with JoXJo at the lead, I'm sure DFM can be marginally competitive.

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hyperbanjo

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If there is a franchise-worthy player in the current JP scene, it would be Fennel's roster.
CLZ and Syouta firepower have great potential.
But FL is a cohesive team, just like TGRD in 2023. They are looking to advance to Ascension.
Syouta has made statements that appear to indicate that he has turned down DFM's offer.

The fundamental problem with the JP scene is that it relies too heavily on players from outside the region.
In particular, there are few Japanese players who can take on burdensome roles such as duelists.

ZETA's policy is to pick up Japanese talent from Tier 2 and train them in academy, both of which are appropriate and why they are supported in Japan.
It is not clear if the CR core roster can aim that high.
Of the options available to 0-10 teams, this would be better.
(Rather than signing an unstable player from outside the region, even though there are players of the same level in the region, as TLN is doing now...)

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Slayerxnoob

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Weren't cr the fan favorite to win this year vcl Japan??
Also wanted to know will Kristal play for jp team?

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taxjett

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kr1stal will play NWG(china) and participate to CN ascension(rumor)

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Aielt

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He said he joined the NWG, but it is also reported that Kr1stal was spotted in Northeption scrims as well. (Could be trial or against NTH)

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Tooker

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This is probably one of the better rosters you could build if not getting the Fennel core. Popogachi is a good sova player, meiy is a pretty good duelist but a little inconsistent. neth and JoxJo are good support players. Suggest is a little iffy IMO, think Xdll would've probably been better in the long run, but I don't know if he's planning on coming back to Fennel.

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Meiy is top tier. Watch out for him. One of the best in ascension.

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ZekaTheGoat

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Meiy didn't even attend ascension tho

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BoF7ooM

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My bad, should've said challengers. I got it mixed up. Point still stands, he was one of the only players from japan not being trashed by the Russians in the japanese leagues and putting up insane numbers.

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hyperbanjo

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Official announcement about the new roster in 4 hours.
https://twitter.com/DFM_VALORANT/status/1729409794862170157

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mallis

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For me it only just meiy and joxjo that i feel like better than previous rosters still not too sure about popogachi and neth tho.

why not

meiy
joxjo
Anthem
suggest
Art

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luckypleb

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maybe true individually but i think as a team this new roster is definitely better than the previous one

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bearmans

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not sure if it's seoldam or suggest, but one of them said that the problem with DFM was Anthem as IGL sucks ass.

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Warlordwibz

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it was suggest, he said it at an interview. He was benched for the next 2 matches.

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bearmans

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kekw

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i think GE is fucked