I believe both gx and navi could win some games at champs but probably not make a deep run. With Navi i maybe have a bit more belief since the player quality is there.

Since you say apac "gaps" rn... Who exactly gaps there? PRX maybe? Thats it? Do you really believe Talon, DRX and RRQ have the material to win champs? Sorry but they dont. If they can make playoffs and maybe win a game there thats the most they could realistically do. And thats optimistic.

Since Emea dominated EWC FNC and Heretics had 2 days off after the final. Both also made Toronto. FNC obviously went to finals too. These teams are just a bit burnt out. With a bit of a break till champs to recover and then work a bit on their map pool (FNC especially) they will easily be champs winning contenders in no time. If the teams truly have the quality to win that matters more than anything. Heretics were shocking in the 2 opening games of EWC for example but then they flipped the switch and suddenly they transformed into the best team in the world. By the time champs comes around teams like Heretics and FNC will whoop the Talons, DRXs, RRQs, NRGs, BilliBillis....

Sorry but i think this is just very wrong and EMEA will clearly have the strongest Champs performance out of all regions

Bait

They need a more regular Brazilian too. China and brazil have been the most secluded audiences/scenes the west didnt have much contact with

Sayf

man youre a dork

bookmarked

you will get fucked so hard at champs you 0 team region bums

people were shitting on emea all year despite fnc dominating? are you delusional?

yeah. i still want tl, fnc, th with one of bbl/navi. would be optimal

people just want to glaze their own region and shit on the other. Since emea has less users on vlr than apac and americas the result is emea disrespect

another one XDD. i am gonna enjoy you expecially

reasonable opinion. (i got liquid tho)

bookmarked for post champs XDD

GX would be the best 4th seed at champs but they do have a clearly lower ceiling than the remaining teams in contention, i agree

tl can beat winner of navi gx too

factually wrong. hiro started heating up during ewc quals

it was ruxic 1, shao 2 and hiro 3 until stage 2 where hiro overtook shao. ruxic was always 1 or tied with shao

yap yap yap. emea will win champs and there is no amount of yap that will help you againist that reality

he had good stats all year long...

just false. objectively false

they won a trophy. most teams can not claim that

i had to argue so much against people who thought ruxic and hiro werent that talented and should be replaced for next year.... Now he is the highest rated player in EMEA.

The lack of ball knowledge here is astounding

your bait consistently terrible these past few weeks. Step it up my guy

actually been a series of bangers all the way. most entertaining emea playoffs ever fo sho

heretics was a budget team that made 2 int finals and won ewc...

the issue is burnout for the top teams but 5 games a year for weaker teams. Theres a huge difference in how much different teams play

"down year".

Same false narrative as with shao. Both had a weak stage 2 but were strong this year otherwise.

Marteen was #1 rated player in stage 1

the dream aint dead

if KC made top 2 through this fucking lower bracket it would be the greatest run in valorant history

Iso into a heavy op map makes a lot of sense intuitively. Feel like teams just need someone to start doing it to follow.

Should have been

-icebox + split

Shrike

??? Where do i say they arent good?

But they are not on par with the top 3 if those play to their potential.

They are good enough to beat them when they cant put 100% into the server which is a good thing

Fnc has a much weaker map pool than Heretics

Its icebox. This is expected.

Likely result is 2-1 heretics. BBL have to 2-0 to win

Green and world/told dont rhyme. Create yo own shyt bozo

1. Team Liquid
2. Team Heretics
3. PRX
4. FNC/G2

Unfortunately RRQ has a ceiling

Yep

his cheeks create seismic shockwaves

Derke
Sayo
Less

Will play. Thats settled.

They are looking at signing jampii igl and probably a smoker.

Laziness. You could easily do Barcelona or lyon or whatever and it would sell out

Liquid vs KC

Haven just defence was bad. Corrode was pretty good.

But ascent needs a revamp. The comp is done.

Good thing is they have sooo much time till champs

Yeah he is doing good. Deserves respect

I remember when americas had to be respected in 2023. NRG, Loud, EG.

What are they now? They turned into emea 2023

I mean theyve been super fucking close. They will be close again at champs.

Teams are too good in 2025 for one single team to dominate.

Maybe if meta stayed the same longer it would be possible

FNC need to work on their map pool more before champs and bbl had a great day. If BBL couldnt catch them in a weak moment theyd be bums.

At their peaks fnc should win, true. But they arent there rn.

They can beat fnc like they did Liquid

KC just beat Liquid. They can beat FNC if they show up

You mean like Sen and DRX did at EWC?