I think EG would have had a good chance but the two map bans for Fnatic might be too big of an obstacle. Lotus, Bind and Haven lean into FNC's favour, Ascent should be EG's map and Split is anyone's game. Unless EG have cooked something crazy up on Bind I think FNC take this 3-1 or 3-2 (depending on Split)

I feel like KRÜ was a lot better than the results make it seem like, I'm sure they'll get some wins soon

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That's my personal masterpiece 💀

I mean, they made top 3 at 4 different events, if that's a fluke everything is

Me when someone writes three (3) sentences but I can't read:

Yeah I was thinking about those 2 as well

hell yeah

If a team consistently gets lucky in every game and every situation, it's not luck. Just because you can't see why they're getting these kills doesn't mean they're lucky.

Spam kills are 500IQ if it's a player I like and lucky if it's a player I don't like

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I think EG have very good chances of taking at least one map tbh, since FNC permaban Pearl and EG look insane on Fracture. Could even be an EG win tbh, since their permaban (Bind) is one of FNC's best maps as well.

I agree though, I think NRG have it in them to beat EG in lower finals, they have a deeper map pool and fenis does not lose those

EG ban Bind, FNC ban Pearl, EG pick Fracture, FNC pick Haven, EG ban Lotus, FNC ban Ascent, Split remains

FNC 9 - 13 EG on Fracture
13-7 on Haven
14-12 on Split

2-1 FNC

navi won't even make it out of LCQ

He has a lot of weird takes, but occasionally he says some correct things

If one team consistently always seems to win the "lucky" rounds, it's probably not luck.

NA never stomped at Valorant, they have always been a very good and competitive region, there just hasn't been a clear #1 region so far.

NA fans like to overhype their successes

Stop acknowledging your team's flaws, you have to be delusional to be a real fan

Crazy how mibr can't compete with Loud, but they still managed to ruin their upper bracket run at masters

Honestly, why can't people come up with creative insults instead of this kindergarten thing where they replace the first syllable of any word with "shit" or "bot". Saw someone calling Navi Shartus Vincere yesterday, that was a good one, but instead the average vlr brain can't come up with anything better than shitmea or botvi. Lame.

The supreme leader kimself emits wifi to the whole glorious nation

Lol, the amount of people in that thread acting like it's beyond impossible for EG to beat DRX

yeah that's why i said i don't think that makes mini better than chet, i just think they have very different strengths, and there is clearly something that mini is better at than chet

Yeah it's crazy how the region with the most teams in playoffs has same region matchups more than the regions with fewer teams in the playoffs

There's literally only 8 teams, most of which have made deep runs at international tournaments, and with the way the seeding works there's just not a lot of different possibilities.

Since Loud have already played EG and NRG in Americas, and DRX at LOCK//IN, there was a 75% chance that Loud would get a rematch of sorts.

If chet is so much better than mini, why does he always steal mini's team comps and strats? Not saying mini is better than chet necessarily, but chet seems to think mini is a great coach

Redgar and Nats have one major each. Sayf has only played one major with a mediocre team and ended up as the highest rated player in the entire tournament, tied with Cryo (who played only two matches vs Sayf's 4). Hope this helps

It's a different kind of 1v1 though

they were 4th in emea this split

Pretty standard tbh, it's not like any EDG player had more than 4

Isn't Ange1 like 70 years old already?

Did Riot decide that FNC would win LOCK//IN or am I missing something here? Where did Riot give EMEA an advantage?

I wouldn't call it underwhelming, they just looked very nervous on both first maps. I mean, none of their players have Tier 1 experience, last year they were still playing in the Turkish Tier 2 league.

The Lotus against EG was, well, mostly Boostio doing unspeakable things to them. The Ascent and Lotus against ASE looked pretty good. I think they have a small chance of beating DRX, but mostly I think this win will help the nerves a lot and if they make champs I think they have good chances of making playoffs.

You know some teams like to pick their weaker half first so they have all the momentum in the second half... Big ego lol

The NA teams have a huge advantage over the SA teams in Ascension because they can scrim the franchise teams.

Lost a couple maps while playing Yoru = fell off

They also lost to fucking Acend and barely made it out of groups before Copenhagen, and it was still good enough to beat Floptic and win masters.

Fr though, their best player has always been Zyppan, that's what every pro player says. Shao is a top 3 initiator alongside Leo and Crashies. Don't need to talk about Suygetsu. And cNed has been playing Yoru for half the split, they're not gonna do that at Tokyo.

NRG is probably a better team than NAVI, but they are way too anti-strat-reliant, and NAVI is by far the least anti-stratable team in the world. If this were the grand final I'd say ez for NRG but as the first game of the tournament NAVI is definitely favoured.

you think other players start practicing after a match? lmao

Doubt zeek will be signed by a franchise team any time soon

Yeah I'm sure the vod reviews on cNed's Yoru will be very useful. After all, Ange1 is known to never troll domestic competitions and then play completely different things internationally

I think it's just impossible to say who's "better" until we see them at masters tbh. Fnatic were clearly hiding strats throughout the split, even in playoffs they didn't change a single team comp or showed anything new (except their fracture).

Loud also didn't show much, but they did show their pretty unique Bind and Fracture comps towards the end. They also did actually win the title though.

I think they both have good chances to win Tokyo, but we'll have to see.

Wasn't nAts the MVP of Masters Berlin?

"WITH ME"? If the team morals were actually good, he would have said "INSIDE ME"...

Yeah not once in Valorant history has a team looked bad on map 1 and then still had a decent series.

Yeah yay's Omen would have cleared

I don't think they've looked untouchable. They've had some close maps and some that looked horrendous for a bit until they stabilised (like being 0-8 down against KOI).

I still think they're the clear tournament favourites, but tbh there are a couple teams that could beat them on a good day.

It's possible in a 2-1 if you lose 0-13 and win 13-5, 13-5

I mean, that was kinda the whole point of the selection system. NRG also had a mid roster before franchising. Same for half the EMEA orgs (KOI, Giants, KC, Heretics, NAVI)

What's the point of inviting orgs like the Guard if their finances are so horrendous that they won't be able to sustain a good team?

They hated him because he told them the truth

Nothing happened really (except for maybe Taco underperforming), and that's exactly the problem. Lev have good ideas and game plans, but zero flexibility, and when their plans don't work they are clueless. It worked well early season, but once other team figured it out, it's very easy to counter.

KRÜ is not as bad as the 0-7 suggests, they've had some close games. Not beating C9 kinda good, but definitely not getting 13-0'd kinda bad either. Definitely been better than mibr lately

#Vfor(FUT's)Victory (please FUT)