I love Alfajer. As you can see from my name, I am a delusional Alfajer fan but even I can see there is something wrong with him.
I will use overall stats to show his dropoff.
---2023---
-Lockin: 1.09, great impact, Fnatic won the event.
https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/1188/champions-tour-2023-lock-in-s-o-paulo
-EMEA League: 1.26, Highest rated player in the event, Fnatic finished second.
https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/1190/champions-tour-2023-emea-league
-Masters Tokyo: 1.33, Highest rated player in the event, Fnatic won the event.
https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/1494/champions-tour-2023-masters-tokyo
-Champions LA: 1.22, third Highest rated player in the event, Fnatic shit the bed.
https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/1657/valorant-champions-2023
Now the dropoff starts, Alfajer becomes a shadow of his former self, still putting up good numbers but not the same demon that he used to be.
---2024---
-EMEA Kickoff: 1.08, not even close to who he was, Fnatic was 4th.
https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/1925/champions-tour-2024-emea-kickoff
-EMEA stage 1: 1.08, the same basically, Fnatic won the event.
https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/1998/champions-tour-2024-emea-stage-1
-Masters Shanghai: Rating not mentioned, the same honestly, Fnatic shit the bed.
https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/1999/champions-tour-2024-masters-shanghai
-EMEA stage 2: 1.15, not too different from his past performances this year, Fnatic won the event.
https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/2094/champions-tour-2024-emea-stage-2
-Champions 2024: 1.09, yet again, the same, Fnatic shit the bed.
https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/2097/valorant-champions-2024
A dropoff from 1.25 average to 1.09 average is what happened from 2023 -> 2024. Alfajer dropped off by 0.16 and he became much worse than what he was a while ago. This dropoff could be contributed to losing Leo and having to adjust to Hiro and everything too but it just gets much worse now which is why i'm making this tread in the first place.
---2025---
-EMEA Kickoff: 1.12, a okay-ish beginning, Fnatic shit the bed.
https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/2276/champions-tour-2025-emea-kickoff
-EMEA stage 1: 0.94, his worst event till date and its still ongoing, Fnatic are going strong due to Kajaak and Crashies firing on all cylinders.
https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/2380/champions-tour-2025-emea-stage-1
So, with all this said and done, Alfajer needs to step up. This thread is not to shit on Alfa or anything, its to remind him of what he used to be. I fucking love Alfajer but watching him in a slump hurts like shit. He's way better than a 0.94 rating thats for sure and his average isn't 1.09, he's a over 1.25 rating player who does great and is always going to have insane amounts of impact. Please, step it up Alfa because I want to see you and the team win champs this year and nothing short of it with how good you guys are doing. Thank you
TLDR: Alfajer dropoff from 1.25 in 2023 to 1.09 in 2024 to 0.94 in 2025.