interesting strat from GDR. No armor on pistols - each player had ~650 left in the bank

despite getting obliterated on the pistol, they still had a great buy for second round. Probably better if they got bomb down or got kills. and if they WON the pistol, they could probably force 3-4 rifles.

go RNG!!!!

I miss release Kay/O :(

Chamber and Odin existed at the same time this isn't an outlandish concept

They're so hellbent on the "KC is shit" narrative that they will force it no matter how well they play. Completely biased.

#13

zzz

too early but Chronicle has the most rings

I'm hoping he was just joking when he said that...

thats what im saying

first game with Swerl and signed not on 200 ping :O

probably still playing, RNG roster on vlr is always wrong before the game starts

trued

close lost rounds + one sided winning rounds

he said that whether he loses or wins vs loud at Lock//in that he wants to get out of Brazil asap because he's scared he might get stabbed.

can you name 1 instance of Brazilian fans NOT being racist? literally 1 (one) instance where Brazilian fans weren't booing, screaming death threats etc. to ANY other team or player at Lock//in? 1 single instance where Brazilians didn't deserve all the hate they have received? ill wait.

Crashies is more decorated than Yay

ThinkingMansValorant. Best valorant content creator in the scene right now. Amazing analysis and great game knowledge to learn from.

Calling NaVi overrated is like calling HSPs overrated

Because fl1p is insanely racist and unsportsmanlike

this guy is not human. how do people sleep on the best raze WORLD?

pl1xx > mwzera + trexx + fit1nho + zyppan + kingg + nukkye combined

holy moly pl1xx wtf

where's the fun in that

their whole roster is full of duelist players.

just gotta get used to new roles ig

Ty

Does anyone know 100% what GE's roster is for this game or will we find out when it starts? XD

0/8 cs2 looks absolutely stunning, gameplay and aesthetic.

I mean he's right. Sinatraa is still, easily, the most complete player package in terms of gameplay. Too bad no team will pick him up bc of the sponsor loss.

thank you :)

thanks boss

yeah the empress changes could probably go. Not that important for the rework

Reyna rework idea.

Hello all, sorry for this essay but i want to explain my reasoning in depth!

Currently, Reyna is in a weird spot, and she has been for her entire existence. She remains one of the highest presence agents in ranked (at all elos), while being one of the lowest presence agents in pro play. This leaves Riot checkmated; they cannot buff her, as she would become a nightmare in ranked, and they cannot nerf her, or she will be even more useless in pro.

So why is this? What causes this problem with Reyna?

Reyna was designed around the idea of her choosing between her Dismiss and Consume after getting a kill. Dismissing denies a trade and can let you gather some info safetly, while Consume heals you and even overheals you, while leaving you in a slightly more vulnerable state. However, this parity leads to two MASSIVE issues:

1. Reyna is always playing with 1 less ability than everyone else
   and
2. both Consume and Dismiss are either completely useless, or completely broken.

Because Reyna shares an ability slot for both Dismiss and Consume (2 charges) she is left with only 1 other ability resource; her Leer, which means she simply has less utility to use throughout a round than any other agent

and secondly, her Dismiss and especially Consume fight too much for the attention.
In ranked, Consume is disgustingly annoying to play against, as tags and extended teamplay in a round feel completely unrewarding. But because of the more chaos and less teamwork in ranked, trades are much less common than in pro play, which makes Dismiss extremely underwhelming in a lot of scenarios (especially in lower elos). In contrast, pro play sees almost every peek and every fight traded and fought, which makes Dismiss an invaluable ability in the kit, but leaving Consume as almost a "dead ability" (at least against good teams xd)

Basically, Consume strong in ranked, Dismiss weak in ranked. Consume weak in pro, Dismiss strong in pro.

So how does this get fixed? with this rework idea i went with the following aims:

1. Fix the ability draught in Reyna's kit by adding a new ability
2. Increase Dismiss' strength in ranked AND pro, while removing Consume
3. Retain Reyna's identity: the 1v9 killing machine.

Leer - no changes

Dismiss

• increased duration of invulnerabilty by 1.5 seconds (allows for longer repositioning or more aggressive info gathering)
• now heals 30 health on use (DOES NOT OVERHEAL)

Consume - removed

Replaced with new ability:

• Reyna instantly creates a smoke on her position. which grows out from the size of a Jett smoke to an Omen smoke
• lasts 7 seconds
• can be cast during dismiss
• (1 charge)

This ability gives Reyna some extra threat and survivability, while also upping her utility in a team based setting. (this is intended to give Reyna some cover to work with in clutch/multifrag situations)

Empress

• Upon getting 1 kill with Empress, the ult will last the entire round, otherwise it is still a 30s duration)
• Now always heals 150 per kill (still overheals)

what do you think? would this fix Reyna's issues or make more? is this cool or nah? Any Reyna mains in the chat?

Swerl :D

https://twitter.com/SeulgiVLR/status/1635160316790333441

POG!

damn he just like me (3rd point)

deserved.

also, vlr should display player's MVP's and event trophies on their profile, similar to HLTV. That would be cool :)

Lord knows I'm necroing a post where I was turbo correct and still got downvoted.

zzzzz

boaster > br0zil
XD

where's the joke

brazilian players? great, good at the game, can be best in the world.

brazilian fans? delusional. "these 3 random players are options for the best in the world at their roles". Brazilian team wins major = every Brazilian player is tier 1 and every brazilian team is title contender. what a joke.

ride the hype, bro!

Holyyyy Brazilian fans are the most delusional fans in all of esports.

we have an amazing community who sticks together and looks for every tiny opportunity to play overseas and in big events. Even now, with utterly 0$ being put into the scene by riot or orgs, there are still teams competing against each other in OCE.

there are stable orgs. PWR literally applied for franchising and riot said nah

;-;

bummer :(
glad that an entire region has no players at all in franchising all good thanks Riot

u were right

oopsie :3

Nah Navi will demolish Heroic.
G2 will still 2-0 liquid and then dumpster Navi for the 5th time I the grand final.

By far the best content creator in valo. Top tier analysis and great understanding of the game.

C4lypso

very cool jersey

GE win this and whole event!