Currently only travels via bodily fluids, wont be a massive outbreak

Its basically smallpox std form

Optic 1
C9/LG 2/3 give or take depending on how Curry meshes with the roster
As of today EG takes 4th spot
Lets be honest between faze and sentinels, one of them likely goes 0-5 in this group, i have EG beating Faze just because theyve looked like a better team across the board. That alone guarantees them 4th place barring any insane chokes from the top 3 teams in this group.

Faze vs Sen will likely be a 5th place decider

I feel like EG beats Faze rn as well
Either Sen or Faze are going 0-5 in groups ngl

Jingg > Tenz no cap

Well its current 11-10, so its close enough to where its POSSIBLE, exact % idk. I agree tho they arent taking this

Optic
XSET
C9
NRG
LG

Any other list is wrong.

correct, them going down 0-2 is gonna basically make it impossible for them between FaZe and EG, (tiebreaker meaning if EG and SEN both finish 2-3 then EG qualifies).
The only game in their group that they can win at that point IS Faze aka they could be looking at a 1-4.

correct

100T are a good team right now just still relatively new roster, they definitely tried to counter strat TSM and it backfired heavily, not to mention TSM has had their number in every other encounter they've had this year. No TSM isnt back, nor is 100T washed

dont expect it to change till they drop shaz

its still really early, but jeez sentinels just got stomped in the first 2 rounds

you will either say "i told you so" or massively regret that

Derrek is nutty

how can you call a brand new team washed lol

all this talk just to likely go 1-4 in groups anyways.

Guard or Ghost, despite both maps being somewhat lopsided (not to mention guard kinda choking on ascent tho) this series is pretty good

I meant that as that Jett and Chamber getting nerfs we've seen ALOT of teams play other duelists.
Jonahs Raze > Jonahs Jett
Saya on Jett woulda been way better. I just think a big reason why theyre losing rn is the role swaps

the role swap is definitely a big culprit too

welcome to VLR, people will rather say "this team washed kekw" over saying another team played well or above and beyond.

not to mention clearly this role switch hasnt worked out for them at all

Welcome to VLR, people would rather say a teams washed than another team plays amazingly.

Guard since the role swap has been awful.
Ghost is a really underestimated team and theyre finally on the tier 1 stage and showing up, they kept it close against XSET too.

I think the Guards main flaw right now is trying to change roles with the meta shift. Clearly its not working for them, like keep Net on sentinels like Chamber, with Saya on Jett/Raze, and Jonah playing flex support. Cause thats what they were winning on, ever since the shift it has looked really rocky for Guard.

I think Guard is trying to swap roles based off the new meta, but clearly its done more hurt than help. Not that theyre washed or that theyre flukers, they're just making a really STUPID decision in their role switches because now they're falling off.

Because Jonah is the teams flex player, and they're trying to move Saya onto Chamber with the meta shift away from jett.

Plus Jonah is a good opper

i forgot who said it but LG has a contingency that their win rate is like 75-80%+ if both mada and bdog are popping off and going positive

mada nutty

as an NRG fan, lets be real, no. Will they go 1-4 and miss playoffs this stage like they did before? no, but 5-0 is unlikely. theyve improved but they're still gonna likely lose to XSET and Guard, not to mention the very improved 100T. Altho between Guard and 100T I can see NRG taking ONE of those two if Guard don't turn around.

My personal prediction for their group is
XSET 4-1 (loss Guard)
Guard 4-1 (loss 100T)
NRG 3-2 (loss XSET, GUARD)
100T 3-2 (loss NRG, XSET)
TSM 1-4 (loss NRG, Guard, XSET, 100T)
Ghost 0-5

bold of you to assume any women are on this platform

Heat in 6
Mavs in 7
Mavs take the championship

duelist: Yay
flex: Victor
sentinel: Wippie
controller: Marved
initiator: Derrek
IGL: FNS

Honorable Mentions (imo top 2-3 in NA):
Saya and Cryo for duelist
Asuna, Ethan and Xeppaa for flex
Mitch and Dapr for Sentinel
Vanity and Sick, maybe Bang for Controller
Crashies and Trent for Initiator
Vanity, Valyn, and Depph for IGL as well.

g502

Poach isnt even that bad, what is faze doing lol

worst NA pro player?
or just worst NA valorant player?

1. icebox
2. Ascent
3. Haven
4. Fracture
5. Split
6. Breeze
7. Bind

personal opinion, even though in terms of actual map design it'd be different

it is when, he's stated he wants to return to CS before

Scream Xeppaa S0m, maybe Grimm?

Zander to Girl Kissers?

dasnerth aint even a pro lol

They havent no, but many have been nail bitingly close, TSM, V1 come to mind. I love to see it personally

FaZe lives and dies by 2 players performance, Sentinels lives and dies by one

c9 Just took a huge L wtf

For sure, EG have gotten better

NRG ez

That coming off likely only having done scrims since Stage 1, XSET and Guard also looked a bit shaky coming into week 1, even Optic (slightly) did.

Its moreso the competition level of every other team has gotten stronger to where I think every match we see here is gonna be alot more competitive. Like earlier today with NRG and TSM, 2 teams that have drastically improved were neck and neck for both of their matches despite a 2-0

EG is playing amazingly. Theyve really improved since last stage. C9 Don't look on top form but either way, NA's competition level has definitely increased this year. Which is moreso "bad" teams getting better and being able to compete with the top tier teams.

Teams like Ghost, EG, 100T, TSM, NRG, FaZe have all made drastic improvements to their core roster if not complete overhauls in order to be able to compete against the top 3-4 teams in NA.

The only teams that have gotten worse seemingly are Sentinels, MAYBE Guard if theyre still mentally down over Iceland, and V1?? But that was mostly Zellsis mental + wippie Visa issues on why they didnt qualify.

vlr just braindead, anytime a team is losing theyre always gonna say theyre washed or theyre bad now. Competition is just alot better in NA.

Xeta just built diff

cant wait to see vanity KAYO judge

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO we back baby

gg to TSM and fans, NRG just built diff