So this is the team that some people said
"Bleed is better than t1"
"Bleed top 3"
"Bleed is making it to Madrid" ?
The amount of brainrot takes Pacific fans have is ridiculous (respectfully, i dont mean any hate to yall)
This is a coaching/strat issue more than anything. Yay needs to play with confidence and he can't do that when he's playing roles he's uncomfortable on (of course, I still don't understand the Yay pickup since his hero pool literally aligns with Deryeon's Jett/Chamber speciality). BLEED aren't bad players but this team is not gel-ing the way it should and everyone looks lost and uncomfortable besides perhaps Egoist since he's on sentinel duty.
I still have faith in Crazyguy's IGLing but their gameplan still looks pretty basic and disoriented. I think they have solid mid-rounding too.
Yay - Duelist only ~ if he still can't perform with good supporting util then that's just a player issue at this point (Besides, how bad can his Raze be).
sScary - Controller ~ sScary is known for his lurking playstyle, have him on viper/omen lurk literally makes the most sense
Egoist - Sentinel ~ this dude is solid through and through and he'll only grow with more T1 experience.
Crazyguy ~ IGL/Recon ~ this dude is cracked mechanically but I think today was an off-day and the team looked pretty bad so I can understand how tough it is to still perform while IGLing a losing game.
Deryeon - Flex ~ The guy can flex to controller/initiator as well as 2nd duelist if they need.
It's like, this roster is mechanically cracked but there is just no cohesion or creativity in their strategy. They scrape by with heroics half of the time.
Perhaps biased, but how about you sign garnetS since he's a FA. He can play every duelist under the sun and he has the raw aggression that BLEED seems to want but they aren't able to execute. He also speaks very passable English, more than enough to communicate on an international team. I think BLEED should spend the bag in getting a very good coach and let LEGIJA be AC or just try something different.
garnetS - Duelist
sScary - Controller
Egoist - Sentinel
Crazyguy - IGL
Deryeon - Flex (Jett/Chamber)
As a Thai, I want to agree and I feel like it's really not hard to make a competitive Thai roster with the amount of talent we have. I think the main thing is just the coaching staff is a little lacking but the mechanics will always be there. However, if TALON does perform this season then ultimately it was a good decision for the org but of course terrible for the Thai fanbase. VALORANT looks like another FPS where Thailand can be competitive just like we have been in RB6, APEX, PUBG among a few others so I would love to have a Thai team to rep. Thailand has always historically been the FPS powerhouse in Southeast Asia but in Valorant it looks like Indonesia is just too damn good.
Governor has the SEA aggression which Yay does not so he slots in very well + existing synergy with Ban and the fact that he can finally play 2nd duelist on this team. Lenne is a hardworker and I wish all the best for him and truly hope he succeeds as an IGL.
I would've liked this to be a Thai majority team but if this can ultimately lead to an internationally competitive roster then so be it. However, if TALON starts underperforming, then the Thai fans have valid reason to be mad at the Thai representative. Regardless, I truly hope FULL SENSE or MiTH can make a miracle run at Pacific Ascension so we can have a proper Thai org in T1. TALON is still an international org and business at heart so they don't really have the incentive to rep the Thai banner.
I still dont understand why Bleed is not playing the double duelist comp. During Ascension, They were doing that with Daery and Juicy and on some maps ( Pearl , Fracture, Breeze) they would have Daeryeon play Sentinels and he was comfortable in that position. Yay, on the other hand, can't play any other roles so why not just have him on duelist all the time?