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G2 - Arguably the most consistent NA squad in 2024, their weakest player who was largely just a job doer duelist who was there to get baited has been replaced with arguably the best entry player in Valorant atm
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SEN - bang is about as good a replacement as any for TenZ and N4RRATE is a big upgrade over Sacy. Zellsis, N4RRATE and zekken all on the same team means the squad has insane flexibility and Zellsis is really the only player not known for his fragging
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NRG - A mix of 2 incredibly young players as the star fraggers, s0m who has been a consistent performer for 2 years and then 2 of the most experienced players in all of NA, including an undisputed top 2 IGL of all time in Valorant. Minus points for all their fans being insufferable retard sex offenders tho
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MIBR - Call me crazy but NZR is a very good IGL and can frag consistently + they have the coach of 2023 Loud, aspas is aspas, then they have the best player from MIBR last year and 2 incredibly talented young Brazilian players
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100T - Honestly I think Zander is a bit of a downgrade from bang but they still have Boostio, who is up there with FNS in terms of IGL'ing as well as eeiu, the best initiator in Americas, and Cryo who has an insane ceiling in terms of his fragging if set up correctly
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LEV - Have an insane amount of talent, naTank can definitely make up for Demon1's weaknesses and be the main entry, allowing him to just take over games from the back. tex and kiNgg are both insanely talented and c0m has great util usage. Not too sure about the team's calling compared to the top teams in Americas but their firepower is so ridiculously high that they're number 6 purely because of that
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2G - I honestly have super high stocks in them. I think Zap is a great caller and probably the best vibes guy/emotional leader in Americas, and he's surrounded by cracked Brazilian aimers who have entirely bought into his and the coaches system. I could honestly see them being even higher than this.
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EG - supamen and Derrek are both great players. NaturE is very clutch. Sym and yay are 2 massive question marks imo. We still haven't really seen yay outside of nightmare jail teams since 2022 and sym didn't really seem like he was keeping up with the other duelists at Ascension. They definitely have potential to be world class though, and I wouldn't be shocked if they were higher than this.
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KRU - They fumbled signing Saadhak and I honestly think that really hurt the team's chances for next season after they kicked heat. They don't have any bad players though and I think adverso is a fine caller, plus Atom is a great coach. They're still making Champs regardless
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C9 - Idk who the fuck v1c is but immi is the middest coach of all time and I don't think OXY and Rossy are good enough to carry the team to any substantial success
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Loud - Loud as we know it is pretty much dead, and while dgzin is exciting v1nny really isn't a proven caller, meanwhile the coaching staff didn't seem great from what we saw of Loud last year. cauanzin and pANcada are still elite though
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Furia - Could go higher since mwzera didn't build a circle of yes men to tongue fuck his asshole this time around but I still don't have any faith in this roster. heat is sick tho