optic best team in NA - optic choke against emea
guard no experience on lan
c9 r bad
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?? No experience doesn't mean anything. Half of the Fnatic boys never played top LANs under high pressure. So was Liquid without ScreaM.
C9 aren't bad at all, the maps could've gone either way but Optic were better today and a bit luckier.
Optic have played twice against EMEA now, they'll certainly be better than last time.
I completely agree with you actually. I think Optic are still best team in NA where theyre in a similar boat to sen (prime sen) where they dont really perform unless theyre really under the pressure to do so.
The Guard is good though it just seemed like they werent ready for a top tier team like C9 however I do feel like they will get better with time and with more experience against the best of the best which is why i hope they make it to lan... unless sen pulls out the clutchest of clutches out of nowhere, in which case i would love to see them back in another lan with their streak ongoing of being a part of every single valorant lan
Lastsly, and definitely the least, C9. I definitely think C9 are not htat good especially due to their over reliance on leaf and how leaf is just constantly getting 1v4s out of no where for C9 and keeping their morale up and also their round scores. The amount of crazy shit leaf pulls of while the entire team just got wiped is such an integral factor to C9 winning so many of their games. The biggest offense to this was the TL game where leaf was just a monster and none of C9 were able to do anything against TLs pushes.
Personally I dont want to see C9 on Lan cause i still think they are quite a messy and as vanity puts it, "a bad team"
No I don't think Optic is going to choke again because the team is good. FNS is a very good strategist and IGL you got Yay who basically just mows people down. He is now on the Chamber while only playing Jett in one map that is Ascent and you got the other 3 who are very good in their respective role. The only reason Optic lost champions is because Victor was having Covid WITH Symptoms. So we can expect a good performance from them.
Guard look amazing right now after they had squashed Sentinels, who were the best team of NA and also Luminosity who had just beat V1 who by themselves looked like Masters contenders. The players could hit crazy shots good util usage and good coordination. Yes there isn't any experience but with their mechanics and good strats and coordination, maybe they could be a force to reckon with in Masters. Their game against Optic decides whether they would go to Masters or not.
C9 are strategically very good. Like Leaf is just killing it and Mitch is doing clutches and yeah their initiator duo of Xeta and Xeppah who have been their main strengths so far. But the prob is sometimes they have a very good execute but don't hit their shots, as seen in the game against Optic. Vanity too is half the time sitting with a judge so yeah.
In the end 2 out of these 3 teams are gonna go to playoffs. V1 has a chance. Sentinels are done for let's meet them at Stage 2
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