Underrated but d4v41 and alfajer are actually really good OPers because they both used to play duelist (alfa still does here and there but he's a more flexible type of player now)

Was benching gyen the right move? (also idk if gyen was actually benched by the coaching staff or if he just had personal reasons, please clear it up for me if so)

Idk about sheydos but the rest couldn't be anymore true

I'll start, Grubinho on KOI

It could happen (although not likely) if they get lucky enough in kickoffs or get the 4th seed for champs

Expectations? Pretty hyped to see what they can do

kamo is a huge step up, expect playoffs and maybe just maybe 1 international

Players from lol, I just figured that since there's a lot of threads about league in this sight than I though majority of people would understand

Just because I'm filipino doesn't mean I think every player from my country is the absolute best. It's like saying rekkless is a better support player than keria in lol just because you're swedish.

EDIT: Also I am getting fucking rolled in this thread for sharing my opinion just because it's unpopular holy

Yes, and I think OXY's is better imo

Team difference. No team with vanity is winning an international vct event

OXY has better mechanics, no doubt, which is why I would go for OXY over zekken too. The biggest deal breaker for me is zekken's lack of ability to op and use jett as whole, OXY's jett is just different.

Fade is an awesome initiator, you really can't go wrong picking her. The prowler is also really good in 1v1s if used correctly

If so, you should avoid kayo, his flash is much harder to use than skye's and has a higher chance of flashing your teammate

womp womp

He's good, but sScary is more consistent but if you take budget and value into account, you're better if with Jit tbh

Just make yoru automatically ace upon an ult at that point now man, lobbies above plat will be absolute nightmares

Good thing nobody knows me holy

Poetry is underrated an really quick. Any Lang Leav book will do you good

Just clarify, I'm not demanding or protesting that they be let into the league (not tryna get flamed here). Just wondering if it's actually going to happen in the future and how

Frfr the worlds finals was amazing coz of the crowd

So? They still won and KRU ain't bad, they've looked really good recently

This guy is dickriding some cracked Filipino player that he hasn't even heard about until Ascension and has probably only seen him play in that tournament. You sound fucking stupid so shut the fuck up, everyone on this thread agrees with that. So if I was a coach and I said that I wanted Demon1 on my team but think Derke is better, won't you think I'm fking braindead? I fucking love Papi, he is goated af, but no person like you should be supporting him by riding his dick like this and compare him to sScary like he's some kind of saint when sScary achieved way more than what Papi has.

Xipto and G2 are there, don't get your hopes up

I say it because other esports have held events here. Dota held a major here long ago and the crowd was hype as hell, the players who attended the event still say the event was the best event Dota has ever had to this day alongside the french crowd (I agree on you with the french crowd).

Might sound biased because of my flag but I really believe that the Philippines would have the best cheers from a crowd for all teams if an international event were to be held here, even chinese team (despite the beed with PH and CN politically). Wbu guys? Wanna hear more..

Baby I'm yours by Arctic Monkeys and With a Smile by Eraeserheads (An og original song from here in the Philippines, don't know if you'll like our taste here though)

Not biased at all btw lol. But if NRG does win anything, Mada will be the MVP, no matter what

Yo

Edit: nvm

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I personally think the old GLD, LOUD and GMBT would dominate

Just because the og LOUD core is gone doesn't mean there aren't any other god tier Brazilian talents they can sign, some players in Brazil's challengers league might even be better than some of the players on the LOUD core, you'll know what I mean if you watch challengers a lot. It's just like in 2023, everyone thought that losing Sacy and Pancada was going to be the death of them but they were still one of the most consistent teams of the year, made a grand final in an international and won Americas

Riens is goated tf you mean

Wake this man up and get him online right now

Jawgemo, really. Ik that I have a G2 flair and yall might think it's just bias, but I've been a fan of him since 2022. He can play literally anything and still perform at the highest of levels

Feel like suygetsu will be made to play viper and elite on brim on bind, suygetsu has one of the best vipers in the world next to less so I think it would only be right to do so

Probably, yeah

It' has happened, man. All of the best talents that the Philippines had to offer sent away to an international org and won't be playing for our nation, TS really fumbles hard on this one

Best igl in the Philippines, no debate. He has a similar playstyle to saadhak, actually: flexing on all roles including duelist

I think it's because Kr1stal is more famous. Like a situation where if a team were to sign Tenz (which won't happen anymore), they'd announce him first or last because he's the one garnering clout for the team, same thing goes for Kr1stal ig

It's cool but yk arcane is coming and valorant is actually making it good this time so there's no reason to buy the doombringer rn

Let's not underestimate the guy who is widely considered the best IGL the Philippines has to offer, he's just as good as Kr1stal imo. And just because KellyS is the official igl doesn't mean Kr1stal can't make calls himself

Just their old jersey but the with the red and black reversed. The jersey I wanna see the most though is G2 wearing the G2 Worlds jersey, that jersey was actually sick

Derrek - Scan initiator
Supamen - Smokes
NaturE - IGL + flash initiator + viper
yay - Sentinel
sym - Duelist

NaturE pretty good comms as he is very vocal during games, even in rounds of chaos, his individual performance as a player is what concerns me

Really??! Insane bro so well deserved

He going to franchise or nah? Because he is probably one of the best sentinel players I've ever seen touch this game (Next to less ofc). He has the potential to become the best of the best on his role

Everyone here talking about franchise aces, Ascension across all regions had the most jaw dropping aces you'll ever see, franchise aces pale in comparison

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfJOWzyioSM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dBnWSIxO2w
https://youtu.be/19scS8dR8SQ?t=31
https://youtu.be/oCejgIn2il4
https://youtu.be/19scS8dR8SQ?t=126

So many more but I really can't remember the others (also too lazy to find them)

Gekko can be ran as a solo initiator on pearl, it actually might even be his best map

Gekko
Astra
Jett or Neon (if she doesn't get nerfed)
Kj
Yoru/Harbor

TH was a 6 man roster this year (of course they had no choice because of the players' personal reasons), but damn, were they insane

demon1, less, chronicle, leo, sayf, trexx, trent