ur cooking

i just wanna talk about the topic I like :(

i mean its set up to dominate, the question is just when. becasue we are are very from it, if good coaches and IGL's start flooding in then we can start talking about this

king_bob making a genuinely good post..?

im proud of you king

cuz there are direct counters to the comp. its not like the ascent comp where its 100% the best.

why am i pressing buttons to press buttons....... the old menu was fine

Early Franchising

I see your point, but most of the chinese teams currently have good talent, the IGL's and intiators in general are lacking but they have quite the few worldclass controller, sentinel and duelist players <- including imports cuz they play in china

Hard to scout talent

I mean, its better documented in china, and the teams scouting are from china. its not like they use vlr in china unless your an international coach (then maybe?) but overall tier 2 there is a bit of a mess I agree. Like Erv is insane but I genuinely have 0 clue where he came from.

Lack of leadership

100% and the biggest reason why china is bad and they coaches/igls they import usually are bad or just not to the level of international teams (due to language barrier)

Constant travel

I mean yeah, but this isnt that big of a deal imo

Language barrier

I mean yeah but this only applies to certain teams and the imports they choose. but it does limit they type of imports they can bring most of the time unless the roster decides to switch to english like XLG you mentioned before

overall I agree quite a bit but the traveling and early franchasing arent that big of a deal. id focus more on leadership and language barrier

what have they done to the valorant menu bro...... why is this game a mobile app

1. Scared to state your own team
2. Look at OCE Premier tracker

nothing more to say to a chronic ragebaiter 0/8

uh huh. sure buddy

igl for non igl??

whatever you say my man

miniboo is good tho

I dont know. Im not a tier 1 coach, and they surely know more than me.

but like I play in tier 2 and I just copy tier 1 strats, to somewhat decent effect

I dont understand why these chinese teams dont just copy how to play Yoru, like you dont have to copy everything. but like surely sitting with setting him up as an insert then leaving cant be that hard

you see, this doesnt ragebait me because I know you dont think that

he does yeah, just not the fit for EDG

Solarex, 13th in OCE invite (which is the same as OCE VCL)

state yours

not true, on the surface its good BUT

it lacks info, making calls much worse for chinese teams, where their mistakes are more apparant. in higher info meta's chinese teams can better disguise their bad macro with additional info which forces them to make easy calls

yoru, china has 0 good yoru utility, every single player who plays yoru in china just arent good at it, they shoot tell but thats it, their utility, their tp management, their uses of the clone, their flash set ups, their ult usage and management all terrible, their setup of yoru in good positions.
they play yoru because its meta, but they dont know anything about what makes yoru good.

Chinese teams do love running into the enemy team but EDG not only dont play double duelist, they also havent played super aggressively since champs 2024 and before that it was back in lock//in 2023

i think this take ragebaits me more than "remove china as a region" because some people genuinely believe this will help signifigantly

Yes, I do. I IGL a team and we are top 20 in OCE.

You are right in the sense a coach doesnt tell when players are meant to peek, but thats not my point.
If you lack info, lack space, or put into a bad postion, the natural reaction is to peek.

why is this the case? because its the only way to win, you have to over rely on your mechanics to win out bad positions or use your body to clear information due to lack of it.

this is overly apparant with the lack of info meta, so people are doing it more often.
China as region as a whole overpeeks (XLG dont really do it until the late rounds) now how does that make sense? its because they are putting themselves in worse positions more times than other teams and are forcing themselves to clear with bodies instead of utility.

again, yes kangkang as a player overall does ego peek more than the average player, but the poor macro of EDG is definitely not helping

FUT isnt the worse of these teams LOL

it literally is? have you ever tried coordinated play or coached it?

bad protcools enforce the idea of overpeeking to get an advantage

kk does ego peek a lot dont get me wrong, but he will overpeek even more since the protcools are bad

Yes, this ^

like literally put these players on their own roster and they would do fine

its absolutely a coaching issue. kangkang is overpeeking majority of the time due to bad protcools, there are times when he is just egoing but the protcools set up are so bad, that it literally feels right to peek in this situations

i might make a whole video atp T-T so many people dont know what they are talking about

how do people genuinely think like this

Kangkang is not bad
Chichoo is worse but stil not bad

nobody and smoggy arent great

bad meta
they cant find a proper 5th
their coach is bad
nobody's calling has gotten much worse since champs 2024

do u want to start watching the games

im trying not to remember their gameplay pls

I dont think you understand how viewership works

cuz im sure the bottom of every region is very competitive

lets look

"LEVIATHAN" "SENTINELS" "GENG" "VARREL" "FUT" "PCIFC"

names that inspire confidence dont they

its not that hard to copy opponent strats, I play in like tier 2.5 and even I can do that.

the issue is when players have a fundamental issue that doesnt allow them to play the strat to the full pontential. XLG are a perfect example
Hvoya does a lot of standarded (non-CN) but the players dont have the fundamental bases of what to do, and whats the appropriate reaction to do if x happens.

i mean i would rather slowly but his cost doesnt justify the value he brings over CB

you support a japanese team btw

they are hard workers, they have immense pressure to do well, korean teams are much in the same

why china is behind is because their macro is bad and the coaches there cant fix it. it doesnt matter how much time you spend if the person responsible for fixing the problem doesnt do it well

slowly is a good fragger on yoru, his utility is just as bad as rarga or f4ngeer

oh yeah the meta is terrible for china
yoru macro is terrible, no one knows how to play yoru
china has always liked the info from intaitors to make good calls, and without that extra info they clearly struggle
breach being bad also isnt great because a lot of chinese teams like breach

I think its because EDG havent released an announcement, they just kinda let him go silently

oh yeah the map veto was FUCKED

Legija was never that good, he fits into that mediocre catergory

oh yeah its 100% isnt the primary reason

but players very easily breakdown, coaches are extra harsh on players as well due to it.

In league there are legit players puking on stage due to the pressure from fans

no its not, CB isnt a terrible player, he overpeaks but mechanically he is fine, his utility is fine (not on yoru but China doesnt have a single good yoru player utility wise), his calls in game from vods ive watched are fine.

Slowly is lile 1.2x the player Cb is.

just focus on the macro and the coach

jieni is on EDG still, hfmi was dropped a long time ago

idk about PR, but he looks good.

and yeah you are right...
NOVA have like 2 good players being GuanG and Ezeir LOL

Hfmi did horribly in stage 2 china, as soon as EDG dropped him, EDG started winning.

again not a player problem, hfmi was doing fine off of EDG, just doesnt fit in the ecosystem

better option than CB but he isnt fixing the team

Very american take

in esport cultures like korea or china, losing is such immense pressure. people make whole billboards, and advertisements about you, people start stalking you and hate on you irl, there are hundreds of videos hating you, people stand outside your HQ to yell and hold up signs to hate on you. Your chat is filled with millions who hate on you, nearly every thread about you on social media is about you and how shit you are.

in western media, someone makes a slander video about you and move on with their day

what you said is completely wrong, but I still agree with the overall point

• Chichoo didnt IGL in bangkok, he ONLY igl'd in stage 2 (because nobody was playing yoru)
• S1Mon wasnt helping make calls, he only made calls for his utility, the overall macro calls has ALWAYS been nobody

BUT YES, EDG have still yet to find a good 5th for them

CB, HFMI, Jieni are all decent players but dont fit into EDG's ecosystem