What the fuck, actual good Lothar take?

"You wanna hear something funny?
In patch 9.10, at Immortal+ level, Phantom had a 9.36% pickrate.

In patch 9.11, Phantom GOT PUSHED to insane levels and you know whats the pickrate at Imm+ now?
8.64%

This lack of critical thinking and stubbornes from players is what makes riot make those WILD BALANCE CHANGES. Because even if they do something outrageous people might not use it.
Iso, Neon, Phoenix were all already playable but got PUSHED to ''overpowered'' territory because valorant players wont recognise whats good unless its shoved into their faces and they are force fed like a duck.

Incredible stuff, really."

https://x.com/LotharHS/status/1867588613157888498?t=kFDcPXZ1dub9gbLtqL8AUQ&s=19

Honestly, true. Valorant players would rather leave the game than try something out of their favourite agents even if the other agents are good. How many times has Raze been nerfed and how many times has Yoru been buffed. Yet, we are still stuck with Raze Jett because no one likes to try actual meta agents or actually experiment with shit, until the thing is a fucking God.

yeah I still see a lot of neons in ranked despite the nerfs and they perform quite well
phoenix gets played plenty in ranked
yoru takes too much thinking/learning for most people to use him, he's a niche agent

tbf its human nature to want to stick to what you're comfortable with
even if its at a slight detriment

most changes are for proplay. average val player dont care much about game changes. actually, a part of them dont like the game at all tbh

this might just be a problem that comes from VCT scheduling, teams don’t have enough tournaments and/or games to truly experiment and innovate on the game so a lot of the time they just play safe shit and try to polish it or just wait until tier 2 has polished a new meta comp

and since the ranked meta is usually formed by trickled down tech from pro valorant it kinda reflects it

The patch are usually focused on pro play.

Blud said good Lothar take as if Lothar mostly doesn't give good takes, he has an aggressive nature which might come off as toxic to a lot of people but his in-game depth knowledge is incredible. Sadly the Valorant community is so dogshit that they find these passive-aggressive pros/streamers/analysts who put up a 'nice-guy' act, more enjoyable and likable than Lothar who actually acts like himself. He might come off as a dick but I rather have people like him who know their shit than some dumbass posers with no talent.

tbh its harder to learn agent that you don't like, I remember one tricking sova and cypher, I did try like many times raze in tdm and swiftplay but I'm still pick either sova or cypher

yeah same case with the odin ... most broken gun in the game but might be one of the lowest used guns in the game, why will riot nerf that ?

“ Valorant players would rather leave the game than try something out of their favourite agents even if the other agents are good.”

It’s fucking ranked why the fuck would I stop playing the agents I like cause some theorycrafter with no real presence in the scene anymore says that X is theoretically better in a perfectly coordinated team, which you won’t find in ranked.