The all time best team in valo dethroning fnatic
Fnatic 2021-2022 subpar results with gambit and fpx pioneering
Fnatic 2023 prime: 1st, 1st, 2nd, 4th
GenG 2024: 2nd, 1st, 1st and could very well be first or likely top 2 at least.
no. its is more than enough. IF GenG makes grands, then they are the only team in the history of valorant franchising to make every grand final possible. even Fnatic fell of in champs and only made 4th. you could argue that FNC was only ever beaten by loud but a loss is a loss. loud was then beaten by PRX/ EG(idk which) so its a fair assumption to make that they would have lost to the 3 best teams in the event. whereas GenG have beat every team in the world AND made it to grands.
lockin was single elim bro. it did not give any championship points and didnt affect anything AT ALL. lockin was just for show and for riot to show all the franchising teams. there was no other reason for the tournament to exist. only braindead people who dont know shit about VCT think lock/in = masters
uhh no. mb i didnt clarify. what i meant was that Lock/in was just a way for riot to showcase the teams and cant be counted as a real tournament. it was just an official riot tournament so it holds more value than afreeca TV or Red bull home ground but not as much as masters.
the masters in LOL are actually a masters tournament and so it matters.
FNC was ahead last year when all the teams other than EG and PRX and loud were shit. GenG have made it in a year where the competitive scene has become much closer and teams like TH, LEV, G2, PRX are much better than what they were in 2023. the meta in 2024 is very different compared to what It was in 2023 with an OP skye. FNC are still the most dominant team to play the game but GenG(if they make grand or place 3rd) are the best team to play the game.
The most coherent argument is that the overall level of competition was shit compared to this year.
They looked not nearly as good once the rest of the field remembered how to play the game.
I think their dominance at the time was unmatched, but I agree that it feels like you need to look at that dominance with a big asterisk now.