Just because he has a mid year people tend to forget what a beast this guys really is, if you are watching valorant for more than 2 years then you would know that this guy was the emea aspas for a long time. Even now he struggling a bit he is trying to learn every duelist no one with the exception of aspas can play all duelist at tier1 level and we haven't seen aspas yoru yet. This guys makes the efforts to be the main duelist of the superteam where if he wanted he could take the easy way of filling in. This guy isn't appreciated enough just because he is not flashy like other world class players.

One of the key reason for the decline in viewership compared to previous champs is the timing of matches for SEA countries like India, Indonesia etc. whose audience are a significant in number cannot watch matches this late. Another reason is the lack of hype or promotion from riot. Lastly the mid champions bundle and song.