Being a liquid fan.
Pure pain, absolute pain.

Me who was both, a Gambit and the previous Liquid fan : 🕺

See that exactly.
Champions 2021 liquid with Nivera looked bound for grand finals, beating the Peak C9 and Sen
But then they just bombed against Acend in like what 26-9 across both maps.
It's like when they play good coordinated, all is W
Once the pressure builds up, things sort of fall apart.
Wanna see the resilience from Liquid to be the top contender and a possible world class team.

Nah man at times they look mad convincing, then certain rounds the comms just disappear and they try to make a hero play.
Old liquid roster never won because of structure.
This could also be the same case (conflicts of approaching the game between Redgar / Sayf) and I genuinely hope not.

He's pretty good on Bind too I'd say.
Furia were quick to punish NRG by hitting sites fast as that's basically the only counter to that comp.
The post plant / retake map control utility is way too much and you can't even push through harbour wall safely

Me, a liquid fan from 2021 : First time?

Also, map 1 ACS wise, he's the highest in the server.

He's good.
He's inconsistent the number of times others are consistent.
I'm talking from the old guild days till now.

I mean are we really bringing things from when Liquid played with 2 stand ins?

Fr he FRIED them

Aw hell nah, I mean you play like this?
Man they look scary. This isn't just qw1 anymore.
Holy, Atakaptan, MrFalin, Qraxs everyone stepped up today!

I don't think that's the point, it's about qw1, Sayf and Derke are probably the three best Duelists that can play pretty much all Duelists at a very high level.

It's almost as if they're cursed
Feels like they're the best winless team. I'd say they look better than current 100T, MIBR despite losing to every team.
It's absurd how close their games were.

The thing is chronicle never stood out as flashy because nAts was just cleaning up.
All things considered tho, I still think chronicle is the undisputed goat by a small margin.
nAts close second.

They have already qualified for Tokyo.
They're only fighting for the first Seed which sometimes (Actually every time so far except when Loud won I think) has proven to be a curse as you directly get seeded in and that isn't always the best thing for many reasons.

I'll mention someone that others haven't, probably because he doesn't stream now and understandably so, FNS.
His streams are mad chill, great vibes.

Oh yes, Jakee and Runi both had 0 expectations, infact they were expected to underperform, given who they had replaced.
W Jakee and Runi for making C9 great again

Common Cresp \^/

The most overperforming pro in the current season?
I don't think any of us expected him to fry and farm everyone the way he's done it

Nah but I actually am a software engineer ☠️☠️
Also check #7
My bad, I framed it in a wrong way.

By potential I don't mean their talent or their potential as a team but rather the potential to benefit from chamber nerf the most.
My bad.

Bruh
Had the potential == "The ability to do so was in them"
And ended up == "Following with the previous statement, they infact did make the best of it"

Definitely had the potential, and ended up benefitting the most after Chamber nerf
Their Hold W key PlayStyle is suited without chamber.
Edit : potential I'm talking about is the potential to benefit from the Nerf not the team itself

Bro put the letters FNS in the name and started calling things 4 months back

Man has the shoulder aim buff
Nah but fr my hands pain watching him play like that lmaoo
But he's an absolute beast capable of deleting pretty much anyone.

You might be onto something with the timeouts.
I mean there's no way you don't call a timeout after you lose 7 straight rounds

Yeah but then PRX bought the Reyna so who am I to talk about DRX saving strats ☠️

But DRX practically didn't have to win the match.
I'm not denying PRX of their glory, much props to them, just that if DRX deliberately didn't play with strats that was probably the correct move given they're already locked in for Tokyo.
That also sort of explains some of their experiments like Rb on Harbour Bind.

India is a clout farming and generating region.
You invest in Indian Audience and see everyone being summoned

But the rounds he diffed were the most impactful rounds.
His one last Jett knife connecting the headshot to cNed Oping was the nail.
He misses the last knife, he dies and so does everyone else.

Nah but like Fr, Benkai played so many agents and I remember games where he practically top Fragger and carried (Not even talking about rating, but fragging)
I guess without him, if it works, it works?

Laut aao. [Come back]
Nah fr tho, As good as Boaster is, Benkai has had better entrances.

I think Stellar and Sean Gares had a similar vision.
That being said, also to put it, Sean probably is the best coach in Valorant history, given almost every round (s) after his timeout 100T would win
Mike's just doesn't look like he's cutting it. Things look disjointed

The reason 100t lost is Sean gares not being the coach anymore.
Imagine A CS legends subs in for you☠️

The greatest strat in all of Valorant is "Coach sub in, Coach go destroy"
Waiting to see Mini on Reyna now 🕺

Goat

Yeah agree with that.
Man deleted everyone and the round was over in like 10 seconds from the time he got the first pic

With all due respect, nothing to take away from him, but they just fell into his crosshair while he was holding the angle with an Op, with the exception of the last kill with the knife.
Great Kill, good ace, but not one of the bests.
Good ace, but I don't see it being from amongst the bests
Leo 1v5 sheriff ace vs Full buy, Stax ace on Bind are better given they're all on attack with not complete Intel on the defenders.
Sheydos Skye ace on Bind, Crashies those are better defender sided aces with multiple angles and how these pros played it

W EG supporter

No because liquid choked again :/

Ah man, I thought we'd be blessed to see the Jamppi Yoru on the stage

Yoru where? :(

I'll give him the credit as his dad is battling Cancer.
Other than that, I remember when Skye just came out he was dominating as the best Skye

I mean call me a dkrider, copium, whatever
Sayf on Initiator, Jamppi on Neon with nAts running the chamber seems like they're just trying things out now that they're guaranteed playoffs

Only problem is those 2 for me are the 2 legitimate Tier 1 pros stuck with the rest

Yes there are better Duelists than Aspas and Derke and I'd like to introduce them to you,
1Leaf and Sayf, with Sayf being the highest rated (most stats) In all of EMEA (over Derke)

Honestly in the long run, he is.

Yes, let's not forget previously he too was a cracked Jett before becoming an even better Smokes

Read the last bit
Crazy part is I will be surprised if he underperforms.
His last game on Split was crazy but as a whole, he isn't overperforming.
His standards already are way higher.

SkRossi stepped up in 3 games, underperformed in 3
Balanced, as it should be☠️