Controller ranking VCT Americas 2025

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toaddi3

Everyone is ranking duelist these days so i will rank my favorite rol in the game.

G2 Valyn: Crazy clutches, crazy frags, and doing everything while IGL. If G2 can mantain their 2024 level, valyn could be considered the best controller in the world, or at least top 3
Sen Bang: In my opinion bang was 100T best player last year. Hopefully he can mantain this in 2025. He is nowhere near a downgrade from tenz, maybe tenz had a better firepower, but bang is more flexible overall, and his ability to play more controllers means that the rest of team can play without being offrole.
100T Zander: The best controller in tier 2 two years in a row, it's kinda crazy that he couldn't ascent, but i'd say that two years in tier 2 made zander a better player, giving him experience. Not really much to say about zander, if bang wasn't a downgrade comparing him to tenz, zander isn't a downgrade comparing him to bang.
LOUD Pancada: Even though he only play stage 2, it's kinda crazy that he can play at a high level even though he play a whole season offrole. Always consistent, and in my opinion the best player in LOUD this year.
KRU Melser: When this guy frags, he doesn't stop. Even when he had to IGL when he isn't one, he mantain a good level. Now that he doesn't have to IGL, im pretty sure that he will level up his game and add firepower to the squad.
LEV Kingg: I think he is a better player that most of the people above but this is a controller tierlist, not a player one. He is insane, but he is offrole, and honestly this is impressive that he can play so good in a role he learn mid season. He can go a few tiers above is he learns the role some more in this offseason.
NRG S0m: In 2023 he was THE best controller in americas, but couldn't mantain his level in 2024. If i had to say, this new NRG seems way to good, so i think is totally possible that he can go up a few tiers. Hopefully he can regain his title as the best NA controller.
C9 v1c: In my opinion, this is the best pick up that c9 made this season, but i don't this is enough to made c9 a good team. But honestly this is a improvent over vanity as a controller.
EG Supamen: I really like this guy, honestly he won me over last year, and i still think he is the best player for EG this year, i know he can do a lot better this year under potter guiadance, but im waiting for this to happen.
2G Iz: Everyone on this team really surprised me, i think they are all amazing players. The only reason i rank him so low is because i need him to prove himself in tier 1, but i have a lot of faith in him.
FURIA Khalil: I just can see it with this guy, i remember he used to be so good before franchasing, i really hope that he can comeback to those days.

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MIBR: I don't know which player is going to play controller this season. I heard good things about cortezia and xenom, but i need to see them play first.

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s0m still had a respectable 1.10+ rating in stage 2, i would switch zander and s0m

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toaddi3

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maybe im being bias because NRG didn't made playoffs, but i think that most of these spots are close so you could honestly made the switch. I'm not saying s0m played bad this season, but comparing him to his 2023 form it seems like a downgrade. Honestly i'm excited to see him play this season.

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Frooti

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You have khalil in last place and he was number one controller in rating stage 2

You are a joke

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foythvlr

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its going to be xenom, he was great last year and almost singlehandlely carried stellae to ascension americas on split 2

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toaddi3

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excited to see him play, i don't really know much about brazil tier 2, but always excited to see new talent from br/latam, especially these two because i only heard good things about them

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yeah he def still needs to prove himself but im excited, he really deserves a shot. cortezia also, i personally think he was an even better controller but apparently he wants to become a sentinel which is fair, and i heard hes doing very well on practice

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Hades_Loves_Rb

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bro knows 0 ball

Pancada
S0M
Kingg
Valyn
Bang
Melser
Zander
Supamen
V1C
LZ
Khalil

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Frooti

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Oh my god u fucking ape

S0m was the highest rated controller in stage 2 2024 despite being on a dysfunctional team in 2024

Valyn bang and all that weren’t even close

You still have time to change this you absolute moron of a person

Do you watch the games with your eyes closed?

Bang and valyn and shit weren’t even close

U need to deactivate your account

s0m is undisputed number 1

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toaddi3

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i can't base these decisions just on how is rated higher in vlr lol especially considering that if you look at vlr rating, kingg and khalil are above him
i know s0m is good, and i'm pretty sure he is going to be even better this season
But valyn was so good in the international stage that is hard for me not seeing him as one of the best controller of the world.

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Frooti

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Number 7…

Is this a joke?

What do you mean he couldn’t keep up his level

He was one of the best players in NA last year and was the highest rated controller by a mile

The only explanation is that you have a hate boner for NRG

s0m is the best controller and it isn’t close

The only controller who can rival him internationally is Karon

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toaddi3

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im a big fan of both s0m and FNS, and im always rooting for teams that takes a chance with tier 2 talent, so no hate boner for NRG, and if i have to choose a NA team to support, it would be NRG. When i'm saying that he couldn't keep his level is that he was the best controller of 2023, so anything below that seems like a downgrade, but that's the reason im excited to seeing him play this season, the new NRG seems insane, so i think everyone can improve drastically.

And don't take the number position so seriusly, i think that everyone in the top 7 are close enough that you could switch them around

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Frooti

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Bro u had fucking melser above s0m

MELSER

The guy who single handedly held back KRU and was insta dropped

The guy with almost a sub 1.00 RATING

THIS is a joke

Did u roll a dice to make this list?

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toaddi3

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i would say that what held back kru was the communications issues with having a non spanish speaker on the team (even though heat is an amazing player) and that they had two players offrole.
And he didn't get dropped, tom nyongen (kru's sports director) said on twitter that they want to keep him.

Im sorry that you didn't like the list, but i stand by what i said

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Frooti

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But melser was legit shit

Almost sub 1.00 rating

Why is he above s0m

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toaddi3

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because this list is made looking at what i think would be the positions in 2025. Melser could mantain a 1.0 rating even though he hates playing IGL and couldn't focus in fraggin out, so now that he is free of being an igl i think he will be alot better

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Ok

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blud made random ass guesses but didn't take into account that s0m came in with no warmup to a dysfunctional team and played a grand total of 4 games and was still great

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grisx23

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Surprised s0m was even there. Any member in a team that lost 12-5 lead shouldnt be top 10 anything besides worst

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Frooti

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Ur shit ass team threw an 11-4 lead map 3 at LAN playoffs

Way worse

Ur team is legitimately known for their choking

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catNmouse

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when did g2 throw a 11-4 lead? that guy is a moron just ignore him

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Frooti

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OpTic vs GUARD reykjavik

Same players pretty much

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catNmouse

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Nah 100T throwing a 11-7 lead (they got extremely lucky because eeiu saved their asses so many times btw) only to lose out on $100k+ is even worse 💀

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cloudberry

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Basing this purely off of rating is stupid. He was always really good in KRU's games

Also it wasn't even Melser that was dropped mid-season, it was Klaus

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Frooti

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And how tf do you have pancada above s0m when s0m was way better and both of their teams were dysfunctional

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Ultime

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U sound legit pissed. its just a rating

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catNmouse

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S0m was the highest rated controller in stage 2 2024 despite being on a dysfunctional team in 2024

khalil and kinggg. the former was on just as dysfunctional of a team so

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Frooti

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Kinggg isn’t a controller player but khalil is fairs

Point still stands

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catNmouse

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he transitioned to a pure controller player heading into stage 1 because mazino was uncomfortable with being the main controller

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femboyenjoyer

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wheres marved?

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Rico98

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In Iceland

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toaddi3

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it's insane that he was the mvp in master reykjavík considering he was playing with a stacked team with yay in his prime.
Hopefully we can see marved again, he deserves another chance to prove himself.

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femboyenjoyer

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my account is lowkey ragebait, but honestly I think his trials might not have gone well. like throughout the offseason he was taking a lot of "breaks". theres like a 50% chance they were trials and like a 50% they were genuinely breaks because my goat is a lazy bum(for now).

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toaddi3

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oh yeah, i heard about that lol
i think i remember a fns stream where marved join in drunk just the night before a match.
If he doesn't want to keep playing thats a shame, we will be losing a big talent

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femboyenjoyer

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yeah its just that americas especially NA is so stacked for controllers rn I could only see him replacing maybe v1c. I am currently praying on bangs downfall which is not going well.

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bfrparker

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Khalil is one of the best when he's playing at his best, the problem is he's rarely playing at his best

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Liem

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Melser is gone from kru next year i think bc they getting mazino

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toaddi3

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mazino is going to play flex
And melser is currently scrimming with kru and duos with shyy everyday, so im pretty sure he is going to continue with kru.

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SynCeD09

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i think v1c over supa is crazy but tbh im very biased because i think supa top 20 controller imo

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windwine

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khalid is crazy especially his aim

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toaddi3

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he is! but i think his biggest problem is his consistency. I hope that we can see him play better this season, as furia's 2025 team seems a lot better, even though they dropped nozwer.
The thing i want the most is that every team in americas gets better to have a more competitive league, so im hopping every player can frag out when need it

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DBStudios

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All I'm saying is that Khalil smoked Bang's ass

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Wtf is this s0m disrespect man

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toaddi3

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i think everyplayer between 1-7 place are very good and almost everyone besides valyn is interchangable, not disrepect to s0m, i think he will be a lot better this year