ZmjjKK its the new goat duelist of valorant.
He definitely deserves to be considered one of the best val has ever seen. He's mechanically one of the best players. His consistency is incredible. Even when his team has failed he's always delivered. He's a pioneer of Chinese val. He can play every duelist at a high level and did so this year and just won the biggest trophy he could.
I wouldn't call him super consistent. He is rated 3rd on his team this tourney alone, behind Chichoo and Smoggy (and that's after an absolutely insane finals performance). He has only really played well at 2 tournaments imo (Tokyo 23, Seoul 24) of the many EDG has attended. Calling him one of the best Val has ever seen is absurd tbh.
You obviously didn't watch EDG's matches. Stats alone do not show you consistency, in every match he played just as well. He did not have to do as much because his teammates were stepping up like crazy, remember there's only so many kills you can get and only so much for him to do. He is a selfless duelist, there are so many instances where he acts like the bait (same way TH use miniboo) and still gets absurd entries. If he NEEDS to step up, he will - and he has shown us that every instance at this Champs.
Ok now you're just delusional, "he isn't exactly unique" ๐๐๐. This guy is the most unique duelist we have, and he's obviously the best opper. It's insane what he can do when you expect him to be dead. What I described is only proof that he's consistent, not that he's good. And NO it does not apply to most teams that make it super deep, did Aspas turn up against EDG when it mattered? Nope. Who tf do you think is more unique than kk? I'm just gonna assume you're trolling atp
Okay, you clearly did not see the "MOST (not all) teams" part of my reply when talking about NEEDING a selfless duelist. I was clearly hinting towards LEV with Aspas, who isn't exactly the most selfless player, but he's so utterly insane, that he is practically the exception (at least in Tier 1). But just completely ignore that I guess.
Literally nothing you described about KangKang makes him "unique." Sure, he's absolutely the best OPer, but he's not the only duelist who OPs.
"It's insane what he can do when you expect him to be dead." I can name several duelists at the top level that can also apply to this.
IDK about goat duelist because aspas is still around, but +39 in a grad final is crazy. If you want proof of aspas being the goat btw https://www.vlr.gg/stats/?event_group_id=61&event_id=all®ion=all&min_rounds=0&min_rating=0&agent=all&map_id=all×pan=all