Probably no VCL korea streams today because of VCT pacific. The korean casters are going to cast the korean derby, its a good day for Korean valorant fans.

Geng are looking better and better after each game. I think they can take down TLN and then T1 in a bo5 to qualify for bangkok. I don't mind who qualifies to bangkok, if they deserve to be there then they will be there.

Beyn or Carpe
If you guys understood korean then the youtube videos from t1 valorant and drx beyn will make you laugh

oops, thank you

Stage 1 will be good for T1
BIND and ABYSS out
ASCENT and ICEBOX in

Ascent is Buzz, Stax, Meteor playground

Buzz and stax understand icebox well, should be good

okay but TEC on the right path

Here are the map bans for each team in kickoff, APAC top 4 are the only 4 in APAC that do not have a perma ban. There is not much for sample size but just working with what is there, will update or make a new one after stage 1

APAC
T1 no perma ban
DRX no perma ban
GENG no perma ban
TLN no perma ban

DFM perma ban bind
GE perma ban haven
PRX perma ban haven
RRQ perma ban bind
TS perma ban bind
ZETA perma ban bind
NS perma ban abyss
BME perma ban split

I went ahead and did the other regions as well

AMER
Furia no perma ban
G2 no perma ban
NRG no perma ban

KRU perma ban fracture, then pearl
100T perma ban abyss
C9 perma ban haven
EG perma ban haven
LEV perma ban bind
LOUD perma ban fracture
2G perma ban fracture
MIBR perma ban fracture
SEN perma ban fracture

EMEA
FNC no perma ban
FUT no perma ban
KC no perma ban
NAVI no perma ban
KOI no perma ban
M8 no perma

APK perma ban split
VIT perma ban pearl
TL perma ban lotus
TH perma ban split
GX perma ban abyss
BBL ban fracture, let it open, lost on fracture, now perma ban fracture

CN
AG no perma ban
FPX no perma ban
TEC no perma ban

EDG perma ban abyss
BLG perma ban fracture
JDG perma ban lotus
NOVA perma ban haven
TYL perma ban lotus
WOL perma ban bind
DRG perma ban fracture
XLG perma ban fracture
TE ban haven, let it open, lost on haven, now perma ban haven

Alright bye bye team secret and zeta division

but I like team dairyhicks

shush

Team heretics has never beaten VIT, lost all 3 times against VIT in 2024.
Can they win this time?

Changes:

Team Heretics
Woot from Initiator to Smokes
Boo from Smokes to Initiator

Team Vitality
Sayf from Duelist to FLEX + IGL
ceNder out > Less in
runneR out > Derke in

Map Pool
TH perma ban SPLIT
VIT perma ban PEARL

TH abyss does not look good, they also don't seem to have a set comp for it yet. VIT run triple initiator with breach, sova, tejo. Once plant goes down, the round is done. Retake is also much easier.
Have not seen VIT fracture or lotus
Have not seen TH bind

I favor VIT to win against TH
60/40

DRX TH

APAC going to get bumped up to 2 in 2025. Korean and Japanese teams go crazy

EMEA has incredible tier 2 talent

1. EMEA
2. AMER
3. APAC
4. CN

whoops

APAC
Free1ng
HYUNMIN
SyouTa
Kushy
NS Roster

EMEA
Lewn
xeus
click
sociablee

AMER
mada
cortezia
xenom

CHINA:
happywei

lmk who else

no.

TH
VIT
G2
LOUD
DRX
NS
EDG
TE

Just have to get through all the Koreans

DFM, GENG, NS, T1

You need potter if u wanna play that comp. Even potter doesnt play that old fracture comp anymore, new meta. G2 2-0 LEV

Prx have to beat DFM, TLN, vs NS/RRQ/GENG, then vs loser of T1 vs DRX in a Bo5 to qualify for Bangkok.

They are not making any internationals this year 😰
Nongshim and Geng taking out all the other teams in lowers.

No bait.

1 for 1 TH 2-0 BBL

LOUD might beat SEN 2-1

I see it

EMEA
FUT 2-0 VIT
FNC 2-0 M8
TH 2-0 BBL
TL 2-1 GX

AMER
G2 2-0 LEV
SEN 2-1 LOUD
MIBR 2-1 EG
NRG 2-0 KRU

APAC
DRX 2-1 GENG
NS 2-1 RRQ
PRX 2-0 DFM
T1 2-0 TLN

absolute nonsense

I can also see NS not banning abyss just to throw rrq off, NS abyss wasnt bad at all

NS perma bans ABYSS
RRQ perma bans BIND

NS picks PEARL, RRQ start defense
RRQ pick HAVEN, NS start attack

NS bans FRACTURE
RRQ bans LOTUS

Split remains

I mean dfm look much better with jinboong and akame

Unfortunate way to go out

EDG won their first series and only had to win 3 series to qualify. PRX lost their first series so they have to win 5 to qualify, and imo APAC have stronger competition. PRX will have to beat ZETA, DFM/GE, GENG/DRX, NS/RRQ/TS/TLN, GENG/DRX/T1

LFG DAMBI ABOUT TO SHOW THE HATERS

After their defeat against DRX

Dambi waits just a little more for his stun to proc before swinging

Better positioning between Dambi and his team so there is an instant trade when Dambi does die

NS GOING ON A RUN TO BANGKOK

Bangkok - T1, DRX

Toronto - T1, DRX, GENG

Paris - T1, DRX, GENG, NS

Welcome APAC 3rd seed

No, jinboong is the second meteor

T1 - Full
GENG - Full
DRX - Full
NS - Full

DFM - Jinboong Senti, Akame Initiator
TLN - Governor Duel, Ban Flex
RRQ - Estrella Initiator Smokes IGL
GE - UdoTan Duelist
TS - Meow Coach

26/60 Players

vs ZETA upper round 1
vs DRX Upper Quar
vs GENG Upper Semi
vs PRX Upper Final
vs T1 in grand finals

no problem

but ramen GOOOOOOD

Nongshim Redforce aquired Sin Prisa Gaming, they will be playing under NS instead of SPG

DRX
GENG
T1
NS

Apac lift their first Champs trophy

title. ty ramen funding

I know foxy9 is crazy but GenG would have been fun. Rb so consistent.

GenG cant match that china money though

Im going to poke you sir

T1, GENG, DRX, SPG all looking scary.

"I used to pray for times like this"

Izu is different when the comms are in Korean