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ah, good point, i'd forgotten about that.
PRX did look good but it was a one-off and they lost. C9 also went 1-1, using Skye...
I'm really not sure what the data is behind Raze being so good. Waylay, Yoru, potentially even neon are all better choices, depending on the comp.
i'm ngl can't remember a single tier 1 team playing raze on this map
I don't understand if they wanted to roleswap Ash why not have him try senti.
Karon has shown that he's a world-calibre controller for two years straight, to suddenly have him play senti for Ash, who has never played smokes before, is really weird.
offseason is the time for experimenting
also isn't there agent bans and shit? so they run more double duelist or chamber, and i guess sociablee isn't feeling like playing second duelist
that's fair, i mean genetics might play a part in attention span so it's not entirely fair to say it's all nurture
it's kinda hard from the average student's perspective to thinking of not studying as not a choice, if ykwim. i suppose it's just me not being exposed to enough people, to know that that exists
in any case I wish you the best. sorry if i came off as too attacking earlier, just don't want to see a fellow student fall down the road that some of my friends did
i don't think saying someone is "naturally good at math" is valid either for the record, math is almost entirely a learned skill. most people "naturally" excelling in math just had their parents grind it into them a shit ton as a kid (speaking from personal experience).
i'm not attacking you for not trying but self-discipline and attention span IS trainable. just because it's not the best for you now doesn't mean it'll stay forever.
oh i see. that kinda sucks then, stuff is a lot more punishing.
ah i see. most of my friends did physics instead of Bio, that's why I wasn't too familiar.
Shouldn't you guys get scaling anyway then? 26/45 would be like a 90 on a normal IB physics test. Is the weighting you're talking about after the normal IB scaling?
that's a pretty bad excuse and you know it.
i don't think people have "naturally" bad attention spans. it comes from social media/video game addiction and the constant need to feel some sort of fast-reaction stimulation.
what you should do in the future is train yourself to not want to do something as much. it's okay to be bored. read, listen to classical music, do stuff that lowers your brain activity. this is 100% controllable and it's up to you to fix it.
Is this high-school level? I feel like we learned about similar-level stuff in first-year uni Psych. You've got to be pretty smart to be learning it now
As to the grade itself, one bad grade happens, the question is how much you let it affect your overall performance. I started doing a lot better when I spent less time pressurizing myself to do better and more time objectively analyzing what I did wrong, then making a study plan adjusted to my weakest points.
And less time on vlr helps...
This one?
That also would beg the question why Waylay/Fade, Sage/Deadlock are being run on Haven lmao
Hello all,
I was bored last night and decided to track every single comp on every map played yesterday. There were 8 games of Split and 7 of Haven, so a decently large sample size to look at at what teams are playing nowadays.
SPLIT
Controller - Astra 43.8%, Omen 56.2%
Out of the 8 games there were seven non-mirror matchups. Astra won 4 of them, and Omen won 3. So the debate between Omen-Astra is still ongoing, it seems both are viable.
Sentinel - Viper 50%, Chamber 12.5%, Killjoy 12.5%, Deadlock 12.5%, Cypher 6.3%, Veto 6.3%
Most teams still run Viper, and a lot run her and no other sentinel. A lot of the comps with other sentinels have Viper as their flex - we'll talk on this later. For now, though, note that Viper-as-a-sentinel comps have a 50% non-mirror win rate on low sample size. None of the others have a win rate above 50% except for Cypher, who won his only matchup. So it looks like this is also still up for debate.
Duelist - Waylay 50%, Raze 50%
Out of only 2 non-mirror matchups here, Raze won both. So Raze has a slightly higher win rate than Waylay, probably not enough to draw any conclusions from though, but it seems like these two are both very popular.
Flex - Yoru 37.5%, Viper 37.5%, Breach 6.3%, Sage 6.3%, Neon 6.3%, Reyna 6.3%
Most teams either run double duelist or double controller (though most double duelist comps had Viper as their sentinel, so basically everyone runs double controller to some extent). In Yoru-flex vs Viper-flex matchups, the winrate was 50% for both. The other ones were all mirror matchups, so no conclusions can really be drawn from there. Breach was interesting - it was the only non-Viper comp to win a game. Other than that, I think the only thing that can be said is that both are viable.
Initiator - Fade 50%, Skye 43.8%, Sova 6.3%
IDK why someone picked Sova, but they lost. Fade won all four of their non-mirror matchups, and Skye lost three. So as of now Fade is the better option in terms of this sample size.
TL;DR: Omen - Viper - Raze - Yoru - Fade is a good comp. Alt comp - Astra - Chamber - Waylay - Breach - Skye.
HAVEN
Controller - Omen 78.6%, Astra 21.4%
While Astra was actually 2-1 in non-mirror matchups, I don't think that Omen is necessarily the worse pick. Maybe Astra is viable, but a lot of teams will still prefer Omen.
Sentinel - Killjoy 64.3%, Cypher 28.6%, Chamber 7.1%
Killjoy won both of her matchups with Cypher but lost to Chamber. Despite this I think that Killjoy is still the best sentinel overall.
Duelist - Neon 71.4%, Jett 14.3%, Yoru 14.3%
Neon won all four of her non-mirror matchups - that is to say, Jett and Yoru as primary duelists both won 0 games. So Neon is probably the best duelist.
Flex - Viper 50%, Yoru 28.6%, Breach 7.1%, Iso 7.1%, Harbor 7.1%
Viper again was the most common and won all her non-mirror matchups. Yoru lost all his - so no team running Yoru ever won a non-mirror matchup. Breach and Iso won their, to be fair, but Viper is probably the best flex slot.
Initiator - Sova 92.9%, Skye 7.1%
The team that picked Skye was SRB and they actually won against Furia. Despite this Sova is 100% the better option.
TL;DR Omen - Killjoy - Neon - Viper - Sova is still meta. Alt comp - Astra - Cypher - Jett - Yoru - Skye.
Thanks for reading! Let me know of anything else I should try next time.
are they speaking spanish, portuguese, or english? I'm not too familiar with south american communication but have heard that spanish and portuguese are similar.
i personally would love to see Astra/Harbor. I don't think it's been played a lot, if at all, but it sounds really fun and is a nice switch-up from Omen.
Great work as always with the video, I don't think people understand that you're collecting agent meta data yourself and analyzing that, and not expressing subjective opinions about which you THINK is the best.
Which dive duelist + 5th slot do you think is best? Personally I think if it's a sentinel, then something like Yoru, Sova, Astra, Harbor, and Cypher would work.
If a flasher, then maybe Waylay, Sova, KAY/O, Astra, and Harbor.
What are the roles gonna be?
Lewn Duelist
SUYGETSU Senti/Smokes
dos9 Smokes/Senti
Avez Initiator/IGL?
Sheydos Flex/IGL?
Actually what was the plan behind not pitting on the safety car? "flexibility' when they need to overtake cars on a track with one fucking overtake spot?
I wouldn't be surprised if McLaren completely flops at abu dhabi.
I think I've had something similar and it ended up being temporary. If you feel really unwell tho I'd get it checked out if you can, better safe than sorry
yeah i'd argue that chamber is the flex, not vyse.
Viper hasn't been meta on Pearl in so long, you're talking 2022 and 2023. I think Harbor as a secondary might see some good play, maybe Harbor/Omen or Harbor/Astra, I don't see Harbor/Viper being as good with how many smokes he has. Harbor's wall was used a lot to take mid control, can't do that anymore if he only has one.
That's really great to hear man, super super happy for you :)
This did save my life last year, would highly recommend
I appreciate you helping other people.
My question is: Is there anything that you would like some advice with? In my experience the people who help the most are the ones who try to hide or push back their own issues. Not saying that you have any, but you're free to talk about anything you want to too.
Okay just saw that you added Viper, this changes things a bit.
Abyss: Omen, Sova, Astra, Waylay, Chamber (Viper sucks)
Bind: Viper, Fade, Harbor, Waylay, Yoru (Viper is better than harbor as a secondary)
Corrode: Viper, Sova, Omen, Waylay, Yoru (combo of mosquito comp and NRG comp)
Haven: Viper, Sova, Omen, Neon, Chamber (Viper comp variant)
Split: Viper, Fade, Omen, Waylay, Yoru (Viper is better than Astra as a secondary)
Pearl: Killjoy, Sova, Astra, Neon, Yoru (Viper sucks here)
Sunset: KAY/O, Sova, Omen, Neon, Chamber (I still dislike double controller on Sunset)
Viper is the best fit for pro-similar comps, but note that playing something you're comfortable with in premier is probably a lot more important that copying pros.
Abyss: Omen, Sova, Astra, Waylay, Chamber (Variant on the old Jett/Cypher/double smokes comps)
Bind: Harbor, Fade, Omen, Waylay, Yoru (Variant on PRX's Harbor, no Viper comp)
Corrode: Fade, Vyse, Omen, Waylay, Yoru (DRX Mosquito Comp)
Haven: Killjoy, Sova, Omen, Neon, Yoru (Variant on Double Dive comp)
Split: Omen, Fade, Astra, Waylay, Yoru (Variant on KC 2024) (Others have probably played Omen/Astra I forget who)
Pearl: Killjoy, Sova, Astra, Neon, Yoru (Variant on T1 2025)
Sunset: KAY/O, Sova, Omen, Neon, Chamber (Variant on Meta comp in 2024)
I'd lean into double duelist comps, you mostly have the personnel to do so.
who's playing initiator in that lineup? cane?
T_T the new patch still doesn't seem real
what do you play as a trap senti then? Chamber? I dont think teams will run Killjoy on Abyss or Sunset. Pearl maybe
Abyss: Omen, Harbor, Vyse, Sova, Yoru
Bind: Viper, Brimstone, Fade, Raze, Yoru
Corrode: Viper, Omen, Waylay, Kayo, Sova
Haven: Omen, Neon, Sova, Viper, Killjoy
Pearl: Astra, Vyse, Yoru, Fade, Sage
Split: Raze, Omen, Sage, Skye, Viper
Sunset: Neon, Omen, Breach, Fade, Cypher
[AMER] zekken - Initiator
[EMEA] marteen - Controller
[APAC] Flashback - Sentinel
[CN] KK - Duelist
[Bonus] mada - flex
There's too much hate and not enough acceptance. That's not something to be ashamed of thinking, that's a fact.
One of the biggest reasons for this is social media - if you dislike a particular thing, for example, you'll be able to find other people that dislike that thing and fall into an echo chamber, exacerbating your dislike until it turns to hatred. This doesn't apply to just hating gas-powered cars and SEN, it extends to politics and race.
As long as people continue to hide inside these chambers the situation you're describing won't improve. Society as a whole needs to come together and actually listen to other people, not outright deny them. I don't care if you hate Sentinels or adore them, nor do I care what beliefs you have. Every single issue needs to not be held as uncontestable, no matter which side you are on.
As a side note, some of my most masculine guy friends wear tank tops in the summer, no one calls them gay, it actually shows off their muscles. Maybe coming to Canada would be better :)
oh I was referring to the baha signing, not qraxs getting dropped, my bad.
krostaly I was a bit more familiar with but there are probably better options, i agree
on the bright side KROSTALY has also only played kayo the past couple games
baha must have done really well in scrims then? He had a <1.00 rating in both stage 2 and 3 and a 1.03 in kickoff for VCL turkey.
I'm not sure what other options there were but surely there were better ones. Slaughter, sterben, audaz, etc.
gonna bump this
Python is actually super, super intuitive. All you need to get used to is the syntax. start with variables, print statements, then for/if loops, etc.
it looks like a lot but the biggest thing is to get started, once you've done some practice and stuff it'll be super easy.
Good luck
Abyss: 9/10, I think this is one of the best Abyss comps available
Bind: 8/10, this has been played before iirc and is not bad at all
Corrode: 7/10, similar to NRG comp but I'm still not too sold on Veto, the Viper is quite integral in that comp, not bad though
Haven: 4/10, having no Recon is really gonna hurt here
Pearl: 5/10, solo Phoenix isn't horrible but could be better, I can see why you have Omen over Astra here though for entrying, a movement duelist just clears in general though
Split: 7/10, same as the other one
Sunset: 5/10, probably the best one to fit in Reyna/Clove
Abyss: 6/10, this would be good if no Skye nerfs
Bind: 10/10, this is like meta
Corrode: 8/10, this is mosquito comp with Cypher? I'm not a big fan of Cypher on Corrode but this would def work
Haven: 8/10, old meta comp
Pearl: 2/10, did u forget a controller lmao
Split: 7/10, I don't think I've seen this specific one before but it's similar to the PRX one, not too sure about Iso on split but I think it's the best place for him out of your other comps
Sunset: 3/10, like 229 said, solo reyna and solo kayo is probs not gonna work on Sunset
overall really good tho, most are very viable
ohhh, that makes more sense now. average rankers comp lmao
the switch u suggested is really cool tho, I think most split comps have either a senti or viper but triple init is a really cool idea
i'll rate your comps
Abyss: 8/10, this would work, idk too much about veto but this seems like a really good comp
Bind: 6/10, not too sure about solo Clove
Corrode: 5/10, never seen Phoenix on corrode and rarely seen Cypher/Brim, the core idea is find though i guess
Haven: 8/10, basically same as FNC comp
Pearl: 7/10, similar to PRX comp, not too sold on solo deadlock ig
Split: 9/10, I think this was played a lot of times before
Sunset: 7.5/10, better than mine I think
overall better than mine, good job 229
Here's a challenge: make a viable comp for each map, using every agent at least once.
Here's mine:
Abyss: Clove, Harbor, Vyse, Yoru, Sova (NRG variant)
Bind: Brimstone, Deadlock, Raze, Reyna, Skye (PRX variant)
Corrode: Omen, Viper, Waylay, Tejo, Fade (G2 variant)
Haven: Omen, Cypher, Iso, Yoru, Sova (FNC)
Pearl: Astra, Killjoy, Jett, Phoenix, Sova (PRX)
Split: Omen, Veto, Sage, Raze, Breach (2022 TGRD variant lmao)
Sunset: Omen, Chamber, Neon, KAY/O, Gekko (combination of random 2024 comps)
Can you guys do any better?
mad cause less never learns new sentinels
N4RRATE > Timotino
JohnQT > Asuna
Reduxx = bang
Kyu > vora
cortezia < Cryo
100t looks good ngl, i trust timo/vora and nbs core. Cryo obviously is going to play amazing, although we'll see if he can keep up top-5 in Americas in stats as a pure sentinel. bang is also one of the best options they could've gotten, although I would have liked to see Spaz on a tier 1 team. Asuna should fit well into this core if he can pick up smokes in double smoke comps.
In challengers turkey kickoff: 16th in rating
In stage 2: 19th in rating
in stage 3: 3rd in rating
not impossible that he just had an above average split by luck. personally i think there are more established t2 players in turkye that should be looked at
Cant wait for them to experiment with cryo senti, lose, and roleswap timotino to senti
wait where did it get leaked that Oke is going to EG?
Even as an NRG fan and as some who is so insanely hyped about Keiko, I'm not sure you can definitively put him above valyn, he's been insane both as a fragger and as a caller, as good as Keiko was.
I would also debate trent = brawk, trent was arguably the best player in 2025 and I think brawk's run was more a lucky run. Not saying he's gonna be a negative player next year, but I wouldn't expect him to maintain top 5 in the world status.
Smokes/flex duelist player for MOTIV in SEA challengers.
Had a 1.27 rating in stage 3, second best had 1.15.
1.02 rating in Ascension, best on his team by a fair margin
Probably at the very least a top 5 player to come out of SEA top 2
vora's already confirmed and I honestly would rather him over Flyuh, he was very inconsistent on KOI and vora has shown a lot more potential.
bang is also confirmed, I would have taken Okeanos over him tbh but they're roughly equal in terms of talent imo
and people would 100% say seven over Asuna but I don't think the gap is that big, seven gets a little overrated imo
That being said I would definitely not hate 100T's roster if they went for this
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