We saw something on sova, Jingg on sentinels, f0rsaken can play neon in the previous tournament and they are cooking.
But can they beat EMEA and NA teams ? I honestly doubt that when they meet some teams with a solid approach.
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Can PRX's flexibility win them master in vct 2025
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PRX as a whole are still inexperienced to using Sova. I'd say that they need to work on how to use his ult since if feels they randomly hit it like a panic button without getting a sense of the opponents position. They almost use it preemptively. d4v41 and f0rsaken also play Sova on various maps and their util is okay. However, the big issue is the ult. F0rsaken goes flying whenever he pops it and it feels like he doesn't catch opponents often.
Whilst their Ascent improved a lot, they need to address their Haven since this double duelist with no flash is not working out for them. I would like to see: F0rsaken (Neon), Mindfreak (Omen), Jinggg (Cypher/Killjoy), Something (Breach), D4v41 (Sova). Something has previously played breach on Fracture and 1 time on Abyss. He must like the agent and be comfortable using him so I think this idea is stronger than swapping Something and f0rsaken's roles with a Jett on Haven over Neon. I understand that Something is supposed to be their Sova, but this comp would enable some stability as this map is gonna be a hard counterpick if it is not their permaban.
What do you mean by what do I expect? They're still in transition of putting more Sova into their comps and stabilising their map pool depth. If you want my expectation, I think they'll still be vulnerable to NA teams and FNATIC who are heavy strategy teams. But you have to look at the bright side that they are willing to make changes like Jinggg playing more sentinel roles, integrating Sova.
These guys may not be perfect on these roles even if they were to dedicate their training to refining the agent. However, they should learn after some time the fundamentals and timings needed to make the role more effective. Thinking Man's Valorant put it best when he said "some pros just click with an agent". This came from his video about Rankers, but it applies to pretty much every team. It's why JessieVash is a wizard on Sova, but ass on every other agent he plays by comparison.
That is true that they have multiple players overlapping roles. I still think this is a bit better than last year since they didn't have anyone playing Sova reliably and F0rsaken was playing nearly the whole agent roster. They rotate who plays Sova depending on which duelist is playing that map (e.g.: Jett on Pearl, Neon on Sunset).
I think D4v41 is gonna be their primary KAYO player since he played the agent on Abyss and Ascent.
The rotation of sentinel role is based on which duelist is best for the map - Jett/Something on Pearl, Raze/Jinggg on Bind, F0rsaken/Neon on Sunset. Jinggg will probably be their main sentinel player hopefully since he succeeded in the role during off-season and he only flexes to Raze for Bind and Phoenix on Pearl.
D4v41 and Mindfreak interchanging between Omen and Viper is definitely weird since I would expect D4v41 plays Viper and has more of a lurker role or vice versa. Though I think it's down to their personal playbook and how the player moves around the map.
I think they sorted out their duelist situation. Something is strictly Jett on maps that favour the agent. F0rsaken plays Neon. Jinggg plays Raze. They should and hopefully will not break this strict rule on the movement agents. Obviously Jinggg plays Phoenix and F0rsaken can play Yoru.
"Can they beat EMEA and NA teams" brother PRX almost always beats EMEA teams, hell, even mid PRX beat the likes of KC, TH and FUT this year
It's the NA teams where the problem is at, and PRX has an abysmal record against them. However, if they continue to play normal comps like this on certain maps, I could see a world where they make top 3 at a Masters event next year
Well, look at last season...
Madrid -> lost to SEN
Shanghai -> lost to G2, and eventually got eliminated by 100T
Seoul -> lost to G2 again
Even in 2023, they lost to C9 at LOCK//IN and lost to EG twice at Tokyo and LA, the latter being in the grand final.
I'd say their record against NA teams is pretty shit despite getting some wins against them.
- recon initiator map in ascent gone, flash initiator map in Split and Fracture gonna be in map pool.
- buff to sage and phoenix gonna be in play for jinggg.
- home SEA audience in masters Bangkok, with alecks French background for champs in Paris.
- 2 Asian teams won the last 2 international turney (Western Region is at all time weakest rn)
Everything is aligned for PRX to win at least 1 international tournament in 2025.
PRX were favourites to win Shanghai after beating GENG in Stage 1. They had the pick on who they play and lost to that. They then lost lower bracket to a frankly weak 100T team because they made so many basic errors. PRX look a lot cleaner now and if they continue to work on their Sova plays, they will definitely be back stronger compared to last year. But they are not guaranteed any trophies unless they can sort out their Sova and their issue of getting thriftied/ecoed.
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