we're not winning anything when prx lev and nrg are running in the wild. we might be worse than china at this point, we'll see that in champs

he's so mature in how he plays the game while being this young, it's so unfair

probably do like last year in emea when kc vs tl got postponed for a week because of tech issues. iirc they did the map veto again with tl starting 1 map up (because they won it), but then again it's different prod and organisation so idk

1st he hasn't played at the highest level in 3 years so it's kinda irrelevant.
2nd if you base the best phoenix players purely on stats, you're either blind or a fool (respectfully), it's a good indicator but not the only and definitely not the most important.
Just Derke having 6 ults on one side against pcf is already much more value than what scream could have brought with his phoenix. The fact that he's not remembered for his phoenix is already a good sign that he wasn't the best.

Scream ?? are you living in a cave by any chance

at least rose is the igl whereas c0m is not i believe, unless they swapped

gx is right there too, such a shame that pcf got much harder opponents and will likely go 0-5 because i believe they can win against gx and maybe ef if they wake up

their comp feels like the "idk how to play the map so i'll use the double duelist default comp because why not it might work after all" and i'm not sure it's the better comp. The brim is not that good also i think

yeah Zeish replied to KC fan about this (in french but you can translate)

i mean it doesn't help when in the last year, cn teams goes out 0-2 or 1-2 at most (except edg top 3 at bangkok and wolves fluke run at toronto) but americas teams goes on deep runs every time

nothing to do with it*

the stun has to do with it here, it's only the bump from the ult

bro decided he had enough

they didn't play neon on abyss and still stomped them. Wtf are you talking about ?

as if francis didn't stomped them the whole map

nope just checked previous masters events and at Shanghai, fut won vs lev even though they both lost their opening game, same case for fpx and heretics who instead won their opening game

yeah feels like it's the same setup as Toronto and it was really cool so i'm fine with it

he probably knows but it's too late to change their ENTIRE gameplan in 1 day, and it's not one map that needs changes

EDG, for some reason they only remember they are champs winner once they're about to be eliminated

He was saving the heavy shield that's why

yeah and he was allowed to play in 2023 because he played before franchising so the age wasn't retroactive

but i see what you mean, either way i think whoever they bring in will be good because that's just how it works at fnatic

Tbf every player you could find will be a downgrade from Chron (ofc he will bring smth different and can adapt to the team, the same way kaajak and crashies did). Now for johnqt, I think it's not that bad at all, he plays senti and has played flash ini which is what Chron used to play for the team so role wise it's good. If johnqt joins Fnatic that means he'll leave the igl role, BUT then he can learn (a lot) from Boaster so that when he retires one day, Johnqt can take the lead at Fnatic if he stays or in another team but he will definitely be a better igl as he had Boaster "coaching" him

phantom has been superior to the vandal for ages but people see "headshot = dead at all distances" as a literal god when most of the fights are at mid range where the phantom also 1tap and has better first bullet accuracy, more bullets, no tracers so easy spam through smokes

not dead because info trips are still strong but kill trips are less effective for sure, he becomes the number one senti now with the vyse nerf

i can't with these kids making jokes around health issues, it's a matter that should not be joked about

well since people are making jokes about this situation and it's not ok, i'll say the truth, alfa is sick, spent hours in the hospital and can't play today (and most likely tomorrow if fnc lose today). You can check Cojo's tweets for more info

because someone tped ????

actually double duelist helps your attack more than defence, check m8 jtay tweet about it

yeah best game of champs yet, banger all around even if there were some glue rounds at times

t1 have a chance but their attack side is so painful to watch, it's just not good

but it is even more impossible to retake

it's more that fnc has never lost on attack, it's like teams forgot how to play defense on the map

nrg didn't have one either but i think a vyse makes your life easier for sure, can stall more

it just happens that a pistol god is on the other team

"what's the point of G2 playing in stage 2 if they were already qualified during Toronto" is the same sentence

because it's a partnership like some teams used to do last year, Liquid and Apeks did for exemple before Apeks ascended. You can check on Liquipedia the differences are listed there

and who cares ? casters are not admins or referees they're allowed to show opinions

no it's jamppi, Magnum wasn't even supposed to be on the team back then, he can't be igl

yeah bro is baiting for unfake so he can kill riens, but bro he's him, doesn't get distracted and kill unfake before derke

bro bought a sheriff but realised he could buy a bulldog but he missed the timing

In this case, with these teams, i think it is just Boaster likes Astra and is good on it, even though he played Brim in the past, and for KC, Astra combo well with Yoru

it was always more attack sided since the changes years ago, because teams attacking set up the tempo of the round and have an "easier" time winning those rounds

I mean yeah but getting drawn 4th (again) so forced to play the strongest team coming from swiss (again) which is GenG (again) is so so unlucky

an 11-5 lead even

and they weren't playing duelist back then

i think he is igling, with davai and something and jingg and patmen

furia is losing to both i think

i mean the drone is kinda busted too, invisible until close range, very long duration, has a big range, scan + 8s supress, can jump on boxes reaching high grounds

well first boaster made the air pregnant after winning his 1v3 clutch then he moaned then he said "I feel like Pipson, have no clue what's going on" (pipson is GX coach if you didn't know)