- Demon1
- Yay
- Marved/Pancada
- cNed
- nAts
- Aspas
- Leo
- Derke
- Alfajer/Less
- Mako
Honorable mentions: Sacy, Ethan, Wardell, Tenz, Suygetsu, Shao, FNS, Saadhak, Chronicle. That is all.
Demon1 prime is low-key better...
He had highest rating in la champ which is not even debate, the most competitive tournament so far of VCT, also did it with highest hs percentage like 40*, and he did all that while not just being a main duelist but also flexin a bit on astra/brim... Oh and lastly he has highest rating on both of those agents out of all other players as well.
I just think nAts had more impact on how the game was played in general. Of course this is mostly because people were still figuring out how the game works at the time. But after Berlin 2021, the whole world was trying to adapt to nAts' lurks and imitate them. It's hard to imagine that any player will ever have that kind of impact on the scene again.
But I can certainly see the argument for Demon1. It's just hard to compare players across different eras.
Based upon only their contribution to their team and their impact i would say this is probably the best list and this is in no particular order (kinda obvious)
Forsaken (he can literally play any agent and be top 2 in the region and probably top 5 in the world on a team with no IGL. side note: how is this even possible???)
Yay (obvious reasons, he arguably won optic the season by himself on chamber and has the most dominant season even when compared to aspas and tenz
Aspas (also obvious reasons, he was the main driver behind loud and had comical stat lines the entire season.
Tenz (we are comparing prime versus the entire world at the time and he has STILL the best acs of all time at reykjavik)
Derke (maybe not the most dominant prime ever, but was the most impactful player on the fnatic dynasty and was very important to their success.)
Nats (if you watched nats on gambit this needs no explanation, but he would somehow manage to lurk his way thru impossible setups, despite teams knowing it was happening, splitting opens maps in a ridiculous manner, teams were so afraid of his lurks it was like they were fighting against ghosts, then on defense he would get criminal amounts of kills from his cypher trips or holds from viper setups, also to my knowledge he invented the bind a short wall plus orb lurk combo.)
cNed (was the first person to truly abuse the OP on jett and teams had no counterplay to it, which was why acend won champs. For sure a top 3 OP player currently and probably #1 or #2 in valorant's short history, and NAVI were able to win by just putting him on jett despite it not even being meta)
Demon1 (he ran thru the 2023 vct competition, while he might be the least deserving on this list arguably, he did come out of maps with insane first bloods numbers, as well as being able to flex onto astra and brim and still shooting better than everybody else in the tourney.)
Alfajer (possibly the most consistently incredible player, he has been the best sentinel or at LEAST the 2nd best sentinel to Less,who could also be on this list. He was just as important and impactful to Fnatic's success over the past year as Derke)
Jingg (he created the PRX style of run it down W key gaming, he could do anything and he could shoot so much better than everybody in 2022 and it would work)
hard to put on the list but the honorable mentions and for sure top 25 primes at LEAST: Mako, FNS, Leo, Chronicle, Less, Boaster, Wardell, SugarZero, Ange1, Leaf, Cryocells, Heat, Seoldam.
bro how is Demon1 n°1
NATS??? Best prime ever
Became an expert in something that no one has been able to do until today
TENZ??? min top 5
No one has ever been as dominant in an event as him
DERKE????
bro he's the most constant player, but he's prime isn't even n°15
Where is Keznit and Chronicle????
both the best of 2021 champs by faaar
this is a delusional american take, top 3 is just stupidly wrong, only agree with yay