It seems to me that YAY can move to the smokes as well + it will allow him to show himself individually as Tenz did. He switched to sentinel to increase the chance of getting into a normal team, he said many times that the role is not important and he can play well in the smokes.

In fact, it was announced a long time ago that the entire roster is on the bench, then Ardis confirmed it and the players have been looking for teams for a long time. The team will be completely rebuilt

When they announce it like this, it means players have already found one and they are signing a contract with another organization. There are already a lot of rumors around Ange1 in other organizations, only about Shao nothing is heard - most likely he is the only one who will stay, but so far he is also on the bench

All the roster players are on the bench, there was a post about it and then Ardis confirmed it. They can stay on the team for example because of their contract, but not play

Well yes, except for TH from EMEA nobody had a normal season, Fnatic only, but there Derke is more likely to leave than to be removed. And if we talk about Navi, they had the worst season at all, considering that the roster's ambition is to get to the tournaments at least.

its not abt Korean crowd - its abt Riot, they making noise and creating good atmosphere, but we cant hear and enjoy it

r u stupid? i have nothing against Korea and their culture. Its not abt the crowd , they make noise and create a pretty good atmosphere . Its abt Riot prod who silence and prevent us from enjoying the atmosphere and proper sound of a crowd in the arena.I literally wrote that, so learn not just to read, but to think about what's written.

It's a horror, why did we move to a huge arena, but it feels like the viewers are still the same +-100 people.

Where is the proper sound from the arena, why they can only be heard on replays of players cam, but not during the game.

Where is the hype, where is the atmosphere and meanwhile it is clear that they give emotion, noise, but Riot does not want us to enjoy and hear it

I hope they fix this, it's really bad, it feels like I'm watching a regional league that about 50 people showed up for, not the biggest tournament of the year and the biggest matches of the year

Is it a joke? WHY `TF they keep pushing Deadlock on every map. It's a terrible and useless character, you won only 1 map with her against the reassembled team(NRG) and then lost absolutely all the most important matches because of her.

Absolutely all her abilities are useless, the wall is either quickly broken or just wait until it disappears, traps are useless and even harmful by lack of information, ultimate is the worst in the game and it doesn't work properly.. only net 1-2 times was really useful, but most of the time it has no effect at all

Why do they lose with her one after another and one after another they keep pushing her everywhere, do they plan on pushing her everywhere like this until the disband or what

Is someone out there an extreme fan of this character or what is the logic to keep shoving her everywhere and constantly failing?

It's sad that all this happened to him and we lost such a bright and big character, but on the other hand we might not have gotten Tenz if things were different. All pro players are insanely boring now and just sitting on their paychecks, that in valorant, that in cs actually already too, he would certainly perk everyone up with his audacity

no cop..but I think they could win with this squad, individually each player is one of the strongest in his position + Ange1 has raised his individual form very much and highlites more than Ardis, well and also stopped doing Ange1`s things.

They should sign a good coach who would come up with new and working tactics, fix their character selection and they could fight for trophies

I don't think it was a mistake to fire the last coach, I think it's a mistake to fire him and not replacing him with another coach, but keeping his assistant and ending up with the same thing but worse

I hope the Sentinels don't waste the LEV gift given to them.

Gather their thoughts, work on their mistakes, prepare well for the tournament and get fuc**ng Deadlock out of their agent comp. They played almost perfectly when they didn't try to make things up and used the most effective characters, and towards the end they started to remind me of NAVI, who choose characters very often just to surprise and not because they have a new idea of how to use them effectively.

What do you think, will SEN be able to prepare properly for the Champions and challenge the favorites from other regions and NA too?

Yeah, but they showed her on Sunset in 1 match and then took her out the next match on Sunset and didn't show it again until the most important matches. They thought she was a good character and saved her for the big matches and pretended they wouldn't take her again after 1 match

Rather the opposite, they hid and stored Deadlock until the most important matches and failed miserably

What's wrong with SEN, they were doing fine in terms of character selection and then they suddenly start pushing Deadlock on every map, they won 1 map against NRG in their first game in their new lineup and they thought it was a good character...

And they lost all the most important 3 maps where Deadlock was on the map, ultimate is useless - either it just missed or didn't work, her wall didn't work, traps are useless and for 3 maps brought 0 value as well as the character himself. SEN literally played 4 valo characters and 1 CS character , if John wasn't so individually strong - he would have been 0-15 every map.

I hope if they do pass(which I'm sure they will to be honest) they stop promoting her on every map like RIOT is paying them to use her

yes

because he is not playing well and instead of listening that he has mental problems because of his family's problems after every defeat - better to put him on the substitute and then let him come back after he starts to feel better... as it was with Tenz btw

of course it's all to his credit and he did it all and that's why he's being removed from the team...it makes sense, you know everything that goes on inside there. The coaching change is not that huge because the new coach(who is not even new in fact) will just adjust something from his vision of the game and they will still play the same way, the roster is still together with good timeplay...the team is completely together and in fact a couple of cosmetic changes will not hurt.

I don't have any hatred for him, I just watch them all the time and see that they are good in all aspects, except those that usually depend on the captain or coach, first of all it's about the choice of characters. The captain is more a part of the team than the coach, the coach manages and mentors the team, changing the coach will change strategies, maybe the choice of agents, but you still have a teamplay roster, if you change the igl you have to completely rebuild everything.All I'm saying is that if they replaced Angel, I'd understand that too, but just rebuilding the teamplay with a new captain and basically creating a new team entirely would be much longer and more complicated

nuh i don`t think they fucked, they changed coach for his assist..it`s not even a big change, if bring new one - than yee it`s tough, but this not a big deal

no one changes captain mid-season, and basically Ange1 didn't do Ange1 things at all, the opposite, he seemed even more serious this season and induvidually better

and what should they do, pray every time that they don't meet another strongest team in Europe, they should aim to be the best team in Europe to be able to compete for trophies. They needed a change and since there is nothing serious to do in the middle of the season, because everything is not that bad and there is no point in ruining everything, a small decision like this can help refresh the team, I am shocked every time by the choice of characters on the maps from Navi, they always choose something unique, but they don't use it in a different way, they just surprise to surprise and lose at the stage of choosing characters every time.

I think it was the right decision, because Navi needed a change. Individually, each player is one of the best in his role, but there are questions about the team and their regular inconsistency - sometimes they play perfectly and without mistakes, read opponents perfectly, perform everything perfectly as a team...then they start doing nonsense incomprehensible and it's like they just stop thinking at all.

First of all, there are questions about the choice of agents on the map, because very often there was a feeling that they choose some non-standard characters on a particular map just to surprise, and not because they have an interesting idea how to use it in a new way.

As a result, every map is not in their advantage from the beginning and they are only winning somehow due to their high individual level and experience. I assumed that you have to change either the captain or the coach to change the team approach - that's the choice they made

I'm not sure that such a minor replacement will help, but on the other hand there is an example of the Sentinels where such an action helped a lot

Yeah, they're basically out because of the format of the tournament rather than because they're bad, in my opinion the 3 strongest teams in Europe are Heretics, Fut and Navi...but unfortunately the format doesn't allow all three to go through.

They probably won't make substitutions right now because of this, but still - they are a terribly unstable team. It feels like they are constantly trying to surprise everyone and show how different they are, how unique they are, and in the first place it is seen in the choice of characters on the map, a lot of times they choose characters not the most effective on a particular map, but just to surprise...because they do not use their non-standard choices in any way unique and justify their choices, they just make strange decisions to make strange decisions.
And it's steadily and constantly hurting them to get the highest positions. Plus constant instability during the game in tactical terms - sometimes they move perfectly on the map, read everything...then suddenly start playing terribly and just try to guess where to go.

But individually, they're all insanely strong, some of the best in their roles. To finish the thought I think that Navi needs to change either the captain or the coach, they probably won't remove Ange1, and he is not the worst captain in all aspects and even shooting, but he needs to be controlled and helped, which the current coach can't seem to do.

GENG/PPRX/100T - These 3 are insane. Fnatic are first simply because their opponents frankly didn't survive bo5 completely, and i think even Heretics will be higher than Fnatic in the end

BLEED are actually not bad individually and YAY including, they just need a normal captain, who can properly guide them, and the coach, because actual is not able to see that his capital is not able to properly manage the team and lack of understanding of the game.

ngl, I'm sick of seeing Viper on every map in every match, finally at least something to push a little character modification for the game

I'm ngl, it's a great move by the Sentinels, even an unexpectedly good move because to have such a sixth player is very valuable.... But I think he probably has a huge salary and maybe there is no clause where the salary is lowered by moving to a backup player, because who knew that could happen at all?

Why not, he's only missed one tournament so far..he might not have made it in another team, and some teams can easily make a change for him. The Sentinels may not need him, but he's still a top-class player.

I hope he can move to another team in time, definitely feel sorry for him, but with Zellsis they look 10 times better still and Zellsis himself is in great shape.

That is of course if he wants to play and not just rest and get huge money as a 6-player

He's there, but apparently, he didn't want to come out to lift the trophy, even though he should, as the 6th player(already)

actually rare W Patch

As I think they just did not find a connection in the team, he played very unstable almost the whole season... an incredible performance, then in a row of games he did not hit anyone and only at the end of the season he begin to shoot consistently, but it was a little late.
I think this is the last chance for this roster, if it does not work out, all will be replaced
Also very happy that cNed will continue to play in the League, very good man and player, deserves it. just got unlucky and didn't synergize together with the team.

Well, he was very unstable for most of the season and missed a lot of shots... It's very important for a player in his role.only towards the end he started to shoot consistently, but the whole team was the opposite already. Apparently they could not find an approach to him and synergize for a very long time, and in the end, they just almost all separately and took rounds only because of the clutches of one of the players

As for me cNed was very unstable for a very long time and only at the end he started to consistently give out kills, the replacement is logical...if it doesn't help, then most likely the whole roster will be completely replaced. Now the question is only to Ange1, he from one of the best and smartest captains to the worst in one game jumps, sometimes a round...very often overplayed himself in general. Hopefully now they will get their heads together and at least show a decent game.
It's good that cNed will also play in the League at least, because he is a very good man and it's a pity to part with him.

Ange1 igl, whole roster around him..everything and everyone is under his control, he does not have to make huge numbers.. die first and call even sometimes more profitable. and in my opinion cNed only started to give a stable output at the end, before that he constantly has matches with terrible kd and misses a lot

FNC mCe incoming for sure. He is the best option for them

Except for Jett, there's really nothing to emphasize...just the number of orbs increased almost all of them, and so on the little things...
I was also interested in Gekko's Mosh Pit, which is an improvement? Now it kills when exploding and people can't run on it as before with impunity.
I don't understand why there are no changes to Deаdlock...maybe they want to make everyone else worse until she stands out well against them.
I'm glad about Jett...finally on the pro will start picking different duelists and it will be more interesting to watch at least.
Honestly, I would like to see more serious changes or even a reworking of non-playable characters, such as Deаdlock.

There were rumors that a trailer or announcement of a new Agent would be released in the final part of the tourney (perhaps the finale)

What is it with these horrible groups.. We have TL,Navi,DRX, Loud in the same group and at the same time there are groups with PprX,KRU,Edward,Giants and EG,Fut,FpF,T1...Wtf is these. Only group C looks adequate to me, but D is just an inadequately complex group.