peetherium come

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Kaust

Surely HanChe isn't it for the duelist slot, right? Go pick up someone like... Dynamite or something perhaps?

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I'm not sure Dynamite is the solution either...

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Still would be an upgrade, even Ying looks better.

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yes, but long-term it wouldn't make a difference

they need to keep scouting for real talent

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Kaust

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Well they better step on the gas bc riot gonna reevaluate in 2027, and I don't think a 12 man roster is the vision here.

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holy fucking shit for the last time it's NOT a 12 man roster. out of the 10 still registered two of the subs have buyouts, two are just subs, and xiyiji's a bonafide mascot. Hanche's a cheap talent that they transferred from Q9. AG management would rather castrate themselves than invest heavily into talent that is either

Not a guarantee positive
Not developed themselves

I don't think the management really gaf on whether or not they're going to win or qualify to an international right now as long as they can form a vice grip on upcoming talent come 2026 and beyond and build up a system that can reap benefits monetarily via buyouts and loaning out players. If anything from that alone I can see them staying in after reevaluation compared to bumfuck JDG

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JDG would not lose to All Gamers though, no? I also think that they have potential, but I think that they just need a more solid foundation as well as stability. Even deLb hasn't been looking up to par but K1ra has been looking class.

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reevaluation isn't based on performance. it's based on how much the org actually brings to the table in terms of investment and financial stability. if AG actually bring their academy infrastructure to val there is a very good chance they'll stay for a very long time, regardless of how they perform

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theyve got 5 other players

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Kaust

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You couldn't pay me to have faith in half the players on this roster.

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I give it a 95% chance that Hanche's gone by split 2. They have way too much academy and upcoming signings to where he'll be able to keep his spot if he continues performing like this. There are some rumors about them signing some ranked demons, so there's that to look forward to

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Kaust

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I wanna see Chinese ranked demons in a valo team so badly, Rankers style.

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I mean AG only core players for last year who stay only delb , now with AG need to find a new core and rebuild around them , like peetherium said that AG pipeline with new talents is good and AG fans need to be patient about their devolopment through years

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someone talking sense. this is AG's SECOND year in valorant where they've been fully investing into the scene, and they only started competing again after China's franchise was being discussed behind closed doors. with their memorandum and business model no fucking shit they're "bad" at the moment. admittedly I had more faith than I probably should've at the beginning of this year, but I forgot how hard rebuilds can be (with talent with no tier 1 experience, too). come 2026 they should have some hot talent coming in from their academies. hell, you could argue split 2 could be a breakout moment for them assuming the new kids are as good as ppl rumor them to be

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Hey man, I do not mean to flame you or All Gamers or anything. Personally, I would like to see every Chinese team play well, and I really wished that their momentum from the start of last year with Bunt, Sword9 and monk when they looked decent macro-wise. I look forward to their future, but whatever they have currently should just be re-evaluated to just build around K1ra and deLb. Potentially, if one of DRG/XLG get relegated, I wouldn't mind AG picking up a Viva or a SpiritZ1 or happywei.

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AG rebuild their rosters regardless of if they do well every year lmfaooo. If they win they sell their players off and if they do bad they sell their players off or send them to academy. It's a guarantee that next year the lineup's going to be completely different. K1ra and deLb have the best chances of staying because I legit don't see the management wanting to let go of their potential