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Saw someone suggest this and the roles could make sense

KK Duelist
Smoggy permaflex (2nd duelist, 2nd initator, 2nd controller)
CHICHOO controller/sentinel
happywei sentinel/controller
nobody initiator

Smoggy already plays some 2nd duelist and jieni flexes to smokes, so roles-wise this makes sense, and firepower-wise its an insanely huge upgrade

obviously this is fantasy but its a cool idea

fair fair

are u upvoting your own posts bro

shaky from both sides. keiko played well but the team was all good on NRG's side, Ethan called some good rounds but FUT's shooting kept it close

true
like wtf is that why dont u clear krostaly

mada wasnt kidding, our macro is fine, we just cant win gunfights

NRG is happy with Haven tbh

get a MIBR tattoo on your ass

Does anybody know of good Thai t2 players that could possibly replace someone on FS?

Looking at vlr stats PTC is the only non-duelist with very good stats in SEA challengers. He's a pretty flexible player so you could replace him with just about anyone (jitboys? leviathan?)

Or is not replacing anyone a better idea?

this is all-time peaks tbf

Team 1: MaKo, Demon1, aspas, TenZ, johnqt (IGL), Chet HC
Team 2: valyn (IGL), Alfajer, KangKang, Shao, Leo, bonkar HC

that's true, it would have to take some really good strats

brawk Sova, Ethan Skye, keiko Omen, mada Harbor, skuba Viper

or for your barca,

GlobeX Harbor, stonezy Viper, Kajuks Omen, Fitinho Sova, Guardy Skye

that actually makes sense

you think Clove could work as an entry? I feel like you don't get that much out of them except for when they ult.
Harbor at least u have a cove to safe plant in

IGL: primmie (44 points)
Initiator: Jamppi (18 points)
Controller: kiNgg (18 points)
Sentinel: Neon (21 points)
Flex: KROSTALY (14 points)
Flex: Kr1stal (22 points)

unfortunately only KROSTALY and kr1stal are going to play a final match but I think I did pretty good overall

figures, i remember Omen duelist used to be a thing in 2022 but I think that was when Chamber could sort of be the other half of the duelist role.

Yeah I don't get why they chose Jitboys to be the second duelist? iirc Killua used to be a jett main

Jett, Sova, Omen, Harbor, Viper

or even Sova, KAY/O, Omen, Harbor, Viper, and basically let Omen be the Duelist

we know the potential of keiko and mada though. xeus and mada are actually quite similar where they have a very high ceiling but underperformed by a sizable margin in stage 1. s0pp is a different kind of player than keiko though, they will both get you kills but s0pp is more of the crazy entry Korean jett kind of player. I wouldn't put either duo above the other rn.

Really it just comes down to which team can keep the mental. I haven't been liking NRG's tendency to just falter individually in clutch moments.

oh i forgot abt that T_T

yeah the alternative is FS vs XLG and NRG vs FUT but I would love to see FS and NRG go at each other.

In: Icebox, Sunset (maybe Corrode)
Out: Haven, Split (maybe Pearl)

Icebox has been out the longest and Sunset second longest. Haven has been in the longest (since 2024 stage 2). Out of the remaining, Split/Pearl/Breeze have been in the next longest, all since the beginning of the year, but overall Pearl and Breeze have been out longer than Split.

shut up kuruk, hes trying his best

“hmm how do i bring ewc into this”

Keiko Phoenix, mada Jett/Waylay, Ethan Fade, brawk Vyse, skuba Astra. Or even Ethan Astra, skuba Vyse, brawk Sova. The plan is right there, I really don't know how we haven't made the switch yet,

10 things i hate about you

VCT equivalent of Haramball

calm down mate we still gotta win map 3

letsgooo

outside of bcj that’s like 4 superstars lmao

im probably biased so ill concede that he could be more iconic

thanks! Raze I thought for sure but Deadlock is interesting, any particular reason?

wo0t iso would be so fun to watch

Astra: happywei (1.36)
Breach: Francis (1.10)
Brimstone: slowly (1.36)
Chamber: Jemkin (1.23)
Clove: No one
Cypher: vo0kashu (1.21)
Deadlock: Kr1stal (0.82)
Fade: PatMen (1.16)
Gekko: No one
Harbor: valyn (1.11)
Iso: No one
Jett: something (1.26)
KAY/O: Veqaj (1.18)
Killjoy: AAAAY (1.29)
Miks: No one
Neon: whzy (1.15)
Omen: Neon (1.24)
Phoenix: jawgemo (1.32)
Raze: Zmjjkk (1.22)
Reyna: No one
Sage: xavi8k (0.95)
Skye: invy (1.22)
Sova; trent (1.32)
Tejo: hiro (1.34)
Veto: Cryo (1.10)
Viper: v1c (1.28)
Vyse: Alfajer (1.25)
Waylay: primmie (1.27)
Yoru: dgzin (1.38)

What is an agent that's not picked a lot rn that you think could make an appearance at London?

Hyunmin is in the convo but mada was one of the first to adopt Waylay, in their Corrode comp, and won Champs with it. Plus he is one of the most proficient Waylays at Kickoff and Santiago, before the nerf.

mada in 2026: 514 rounds on Waylay, 1.03 rating
HYUNMIN in 2026: 224 rounds, 1.11 rating.

HYUNMIN in 2025: 473 rounds, 1.03
mada in 2025: 175 rounds, 1.09

total: mada 689 rounds, HYUNMIN 697 rounds. but mada has the added Champs buff in terms of iconic.

Brimstone: Demon1/MaKo
Omen: MaKo
Sova: Leo
Phoenix: SicK/Victor
Fade: Shao
Deadlock: probably johnqt lmao
Vyse: d4v41 or leaf
Waylay: honestly could be mada
Clove: Smoggy

I swear Shao is getting underrated now.
From 2022 to early 2023 he was legit the best initiator in the world. He was rivalling Leo at Lock//in. All time he's easily a top 5 initiator.

what?? I literally cant see it

1. Probably, he put up good numbers at EWC but I haven't seen anyone talk abt it that much.
2. Do people really underrate him? He's a good IGL that frags okay. I don't see anyone shitting on him too much
3. he's objectively the worst player on his team, I dont think he's underrated
4. Haven't really watched him but I think that's fair
5. Agreed, the guy has randomly been a top 3 player of G2 currently
6. haven't followed him tm since he went to fut but I think he has decent stats for an IGL, so fair
7. heavily agreed, I love kr1stal
8. idk abt that
9. He has good stats for China (and hes IGL(?)) so yeah a little bit
10. echo is really good but i dont see anyone saying hes not so sure

nah don't asc players play in open quals all the time? Or is that not how it works idk

I heard someone say that this patch was probably heavily vibecoded

shoutout to Leo's 1v5 sheriff ace on GUILD (against navi?) in like 2022.

i'm g3 but have played dia/asc players in community tournaments and held my own
think i deserve plat at least

CHAROD and k0rupt have some tier 2 experience, same with Bob. Aria has been around in GC for a while I think. IDK about glowstick though.

its an honor o7

I don't know a lot abt him but is really so hyped up that one bad map necessitates these kinda comments? He was very good the first two matches.

he def wasn't on initiator when in t2, he has 8 sova games and 1 fade game all time compared to like 150+ omen games.

yeah thats completely fair and 100% true