PEEPO REX ON TOP!

He's tired, boss.
Someone help the poor man

Am FNC enjoyer ty

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As much as I hate to say it Kangkang kind of fell off a cliff this tournament.

FNS is my hot take here. He's a really good IGL but I don't think he's the kind of gigabrain that people are painting him out to be.
Maybe it's just the recency bias but him not being able to adapt to BLG's 'Run it down' strategy in 4 MAPS kind of calls into question what he's doing. I think he has good ideas and has really good game knowledge but his adaptability is holding him back. But then again I don't know what he actually contributes to the team so I could be completely spouting shit.

Might be a hot take but Jakee and runi have both improved a lot. They might not have put up massive results with C9 but for a team that was expected to crash and burn they actually put up acceptable results. This is also their first time in T1 valorant so I think they've done well enough for players new to the scene.

Objectively though Alfa, Cauanzin, the whole of EG, Foxy9 arguably had a good first year as well.

There is no way Fnatic lets Pearl through. The only chance they win Pearl if they make finals is the surprise factor by playing something nobody is prepared for. They'll probably have to bite the bullet with Loud's Ascent and try to upset them there.

Get more work done since I'm not gonna be wasting 2hrs a day watching vods (I have a problem)

You're right. He'd go 13-1 and still get grouped

"It was business"

I didn't think Leo could get any colder

PRX has lost a 2 map ban series before
Grand finals Copenhagen

Real talk.
This will depend on the vetos. Both Fnatic's Bind and Lotus have been antistratted into oblivion and are probably trap picks for them at this stage. If Loud trolls and floats Fracture for some reason then Fnatic can win. If they ban fracture Fnatic would definitely be hesitant with their usual strongholds.

Loud almost always will go Ascent map 1 so the pool might be Ascent, Haven, Split if FNC really wants to avoid the antistrats. I doubt they'd be too keen to return to Bind after today and we've seen that LOUD has a pretty solid grasp on how FNC plays lotus.

If Ascent, Bind, Split and FNC doesn't troll comps I'd say 2-1 FNC. I still think they have a solid Bind, and today is just them trolling.
If Ascent, Split, Haven I'd say 2-1 LOUD with FNC taking Split.
If Fracture goes through 2-1 FNC.

My opinion on who wins each map
Ascent: Loud favoured ++
Haven: Even to Loud favoured slightly
Fracture: Fnatic favoured
Lotus: Loud favoured unless FNC pulls something new then Even
Bind: Fnatic favoured if they don't troll comps.
Split: Even
Pearl: If we see this Im killing the stream

Not even once.

100% IMPROVEMENT

Boaster 400% improvement. It's over for DRX

Fnatic looked like a whole different team. They overthought the entire map and didn't push off the advantages they got from the opening picks, letting DRX set up rat angles to punish them. If they pushed off of Derke's entries it would just be fine.

Bro's doing this for content. They're doing the Loud vs EG during the regular season

They're not winning shit like this.

They're literally losing to stupid mistakes from defaulting like shit. Not checking smokes, not checking corners.

This is match fixing levels of bad.

bro I've supported them through fucken 2022 and that shit doesnt make me this tilted

I can't

If you lose a good game I can support that. But if you're playing like me on ranked you seriously need to think about everything. GG go haven

This is the worst game I've ever watched and I like Fnatic. What the fuck are they doing?

THATS A BOLD CALL COTTON LETS SEE IF IT PAYS OFF

Chaadhak behavior but that angle is criminal

That's honestly a good way to express how close these two teams are tbh.

If EDG works on discipline and reducing unforced mistakes they can be an amazing team. Their mechanics are cracked but no matter how good your shots are you can't shoot 3 people at once when you run headfirst into the whole team.

Smoggy is playing for 2 people's worth after Kangkang yeets his face into the whole of Loud.
Cauanzin is cracked this game too

EDG got 11 rounds despite Kangkang

EDG please just win this for Smoggy. Man deserves it

He unscoped when all he had to do was hold the left side and let Smoggy defuse.

Why?

EDG is giga feast or famine.

FNC, EDG, ZETA

Is it an actual valid strategy to force Loud onto maps where Aspas can't play Jett? His Jett is a lot better than his Raze, so surely that's a way to counter them? Seemed to work in Tokyo at least.

Fellow Fnatic fans, I have procured us some fine grade hopium straight from the mines. This is concentrated stuff and even one hit will make you believe that Fnatic can 13-0 someone on Pearl. Line up for your ration.

All jokes aside a run like that would be so sick. I still believe that they can do it but defo gonna sweat a bit.

Where have I seen this before?

...Bro

Alright who put a fucken voodoo curse on this team man. How does this happen every time?

Babysasuke bounced back from getting called out by chronicle and then FNC winning 2 trophies in a row. Im pretty sure death itself can't stop him.

The casters mentioned that FNC was winning more gun rounds on Ascent but losing EVERY pistol genuinely does not help.

Fnatic could take it if they don't take 10 years to default every round and actually play with some confidence. But I have to admit Loud looks hella good.

Why is it always the americans?

EDG has the chance to do the funny thing right now

The top teams from each region rn are incredibly close and they're just separated by very thin margins. On a good day any of them can beat the others.

I think Loud caught them on a bad day as well but that's what I mean when I say all these top teams are really close to each other.

I wouldn't necessarily say outaim but definitely antistratted. I noticed that a lot of the kills esp on Lotus was just on Fnatic players getting caught unaware/

Nah the real reason they're banning Pearl is that they have a masterclass cooked up specificially for the lower bracket run and they want the enemy team to be completely blind.

Absolutely. If Derke wants to double satchel into a site off of a flash then just let him do that. You don't need 5 lineups, 12 smokes and a recon.

They need to have more self confidence against the big teams. If they played vs Loud with the same confidence they had against PRX and EG in Tokyo that game could have been a lot different. But the issue is they get inside their own heads when they fall behind against other superteams. I still believe that FNC, PRX, DRX, EG and LOUD are separated by razor thin margins and can all beat each other depending on how they're feeling on the day.

They look good against weaker teams and even the 3rd place teams from each region because they're confident in those matches. I think Boaster was respecting Loud's gameplan too much and let Loud take the game tempo, which is a playstyle they're not used to. If you compare it to their game against NRG they just walk into site and completely disrespect their setup.

Tbh watching Fnatic these two days feels like watching 2022 fnatic with new players. Just so little confidence.

I mean it is a bunch of chinese high schoolers who beat seasoned salaried professionals TWICE. I think that's pretty impressive.

Stay off the forums. Just check the score and leave.