100t Asuna and 100t Cryo

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MrCaliburn

I know he is always a point of discussion when 100t lose. But hear my take.
I dont want to hate or spread hate on any player on 100t with this post. I just want to state my inner frustations.
TLDR : I want the main duelist Cryo to diversify his duelist pool and would like Asuna to be a 2nd duelist and flash initiator. If possible please adopt the meta earlier this time(no more we didnot abuse the agent when it was broken). Happy Thanksgiving for those who celebrate

I feel like his hate is kinda underserved. I know he was always not the most consistent duelist(will have crazy high peaks and crazy low lows) but he was very good when he was on a stable role throughout the season and had to fill in flash initiator/ non jett duelist roles in earlier years.
We have cryo on the team, who was supposed to be the main duelist. He replaced will who was a full duelist player and cryo was an update when he joined. Team was looking great with will on team and roles seem to have solidifed.
Post cryo joining 100t, he most of time consistently underdeliverd. He is the like one of the best jett players in the world when he has an OP on his hand, but man does he not have diverse duelist pool. His raze is not great and neon is not great. Asuna is the better neon and raze than cryo.
There is no other top tier team in the VCT americas last season, whose main duelist cannot play both jett and raze/neon on a top level( Each had their own strong comfort picks but they can atleast play all of them). He was great on brimstone/omen whenever he had to flex and give asuna the raze. But, the team felt so inconsitent. Asuna is a great second duelist when his team needs him, but is not as consistent as other top duelists(the reason why 100t transitioned him to flex).
I personally feel that this team needs a good duelist who can play all agents and I would like to see asuna as a 2nd duelist when the meta really demands it. I know cryo is mechanically very gifted and a consitent performer, but if all he can do is play only jett maps(iso and chamber are also in his pool but they dont play him much on either) for the next season, I would like people to be kind to asuna. I know cryo can play raze and neon if he puts time into it(eventhough not as good as the competition in vct), if it means the team will be consistent and roles are stabilized.

I want people to know that this is not a over reaction post from the loss to TIP. I have been a fan of 100t since the inception of the team. The only few times they were a real threat, was when asuna was either the full time duelist or when they had a duelist who can play both jett and raze. 100t irrespective of the iteration were always not embracing the most powerful agents when the meta is active. They adopted astra meta too late that they were one of the only few teams to not fully abuse it. They were very late to the chamber meta, they actively chose against the neon meta. No matter the choice, I still supported them. I dont want to come out as a salty fan from this post.

We can see in the bang retirement post that asuna is one of his best mates who both mutually inspired each other to grow stronger. The reason he is still in the team proves that he is a very good teammate(f*ck FNS for all the hate he generated for my boi). He filled any role the team wanted since he joined the team. He will always be my 2nd favourite player(after my #1 fav goat Rb) and will always support 100t and every ex-team member too.

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agreed

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MrCaliburn

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<3

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Waking_W

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Allat

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RIPBOZO

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Cyro and Asuna is Shaq/Kobe in NBA terms

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holy essay... someone tldr

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MrCaliburn

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TLDR : I want the main duelist Cryo to diversify his duelist pool and would like Asuna to be a 2nd duelist and flash initiator. There is no other top tier team in the VCT americas last season, whose main duelist cannot play both jett and raze/neon on a top level( Each had their own strong comfort picks but they can atleast play all of them)

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true. keep cryo on duelist. asuna can play raze only or just kick him off the team. zander must play brimstone on bind 100% or 100T will never win bind. dont ever let cryo play smokes again, seriously.

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nah let the coaches do their job not vlr

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MrCaliburn

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yes I agree. I am not a coach, and I don't feel they need to consider my opinions.
I am not posting the above to spread hate or a feeling that i know more than coaching staff and they are not doing their job correctly.
There are some initiatives players need to take, and I feel cryo stepping up personally to challenge himself playing all the duelist roles should be a personal call. No coach can force a player to play an agent they dont feel playing

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TLDR stop hating on Asuna and cryo , they’re doing their best.Historically offmeta team that choose not to abuse meta or suffers from role issues esp after adding cryo whose best agent is jett , his neon and raze aren’t VCT level, therefore leave to Asuna .cryo is decent at smokes but fgs leave smokes to someone else and leave Asuna perma flash ini/ second duelSelf insert here on)—>clearly coaching staff isn’t doing their best? If somebody else has a better summary have at it)

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MrCaliburn

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Thankyou for this.
Also, I donot want to come across as coaching staff not doing their job well. There are some decisions which players themselves should take. Cryo has to take an initiative(if he feels like it) to play raze and neon/yoru and be the main duelist on all maps. And I am sure coaching staff would be thrilled to hear this. I want him to be like KangKang, who despite having a super duper jett, but not as equally good raze, decided to stick with it and gave it his all to learn neon/raze to a level which made his team use the meta properly.
I feel there are some calls players should make(like how bang made a decision to become a controller player to replace jcstani(who was one of the best controllers 100t had to this date).
I already gave a small TLDR at the start of my post, but this is great too. I just dont want to come across a dude who is just here to spread hate.

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valorantfan1

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Cryo needs to go man. 2 years on the team to not know any other duelist other than jett

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if cryo is kicked from this team before asuna then i am completely convinced he has something on nadeshot

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MrCaliburn

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No, i love cryo and asuna both. He is mechanically so gifted. He just needs to make a personal call to be a more diverse duelist.

KangKang at the start was a crazy jett player but okay raze and okay gekko. He was bold enough to ditch his best agent and grind on neon. We can see how much it paid off. I want cryo to do something similar.

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He isn't man, and doesn't have worth ethic. Always see this guy playing iso in ranked instead of other broken agents. Not in form either. It's okay for your favorite player to drop down to tier 2. Pick him back up when he shows hes ready again

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nooomy

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this mf didnt carry 100T all last year to have some bum tell him to drop down to t2 lol

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valorantfan1

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Got carried by 100T (everyone was in peak form) to a 4th place finish in Masters Shanghai and no qualification for champions. Nadeshot paying this roster 1mil+

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never disrespect the goat(after marved) cryo again

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MrCaliburn

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He is one of the best jetts.
Even if he is not on jett, he performs well/great on the agents he fills in like brimstone and omen.

Personal Opinion : But, at some point he has to go out of his personal comfort and start playing all the other duelists.

I love everyone on 100t roster either way

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get asuna out of here holy fk

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MrCaliburn

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yeah lets kick asuna out and get another flex who can play skye/kay0/yoru/raze/neon and let the goat cryo play on jett forever and fill whatever team needs. I am just joking. No need to kick out anyone. They did good last year and I feel they will perform good this year too. I believe in them.

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Just put Cryo on Chamber whenever Asuna running duelist

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MrCaliburn

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yeah. Asuna like a 2nd duelist when cryo is playing chamber or iso is great for the team.
Last year when they played iso yoru comp on haven, it looked great.
But if they only have one duelist on a comp, I prefer cryo to play that role moving forward to give team a role stability.