We got so much potential as a region, but just no playerbase :(

At least Damwon Gaming should be close to rivalring VS next year; however, since they are rumoured to build off of a core of t3xture, iNTRO, and Esperanza

1) Brazil is too high, they have a lot of potential, but despite getting more slots and the easiest brackets (Berlin and Champions), they have not achieved anything substantial yet to place them above NA

2) NA may be down bad this event, but they are still probably the 2nd best region at the moment. SEA is really good though and definitely the 3rd best region

3) Most controversial take, but I will still say that KR and LATAM should be ranked together right now, with both being one team regions. We have no idea how good / bad VS are compared to KRU until the KRU vs Fnatic game on Thursday and there's honestly a good chance C9 are NA's best team, with Fnatic also looking better than Gambit and ACE rn imo

https://twitter.com/VisionStrikers/status/1468447966960979970

Japan is going to dominate that game

Fnatic 3-2 Liquid, El Classico

I have X10 upsetting Gambit.
Will it pay off? Probably not, but they look primed for an upset imo

sadge for KR :{

Cheering for C9 and Fnatic + SEA teams for playoffs

Yep, just like Paper Rex did in Berlin and Full Sense did in Champions

It’s true that SEA teams do often shit on Korean teams, but I still think VS win, they just seem to have a good read on the region along with more LAN experience

We desperately need more events like the APAC LCQ

Hopefully in 2022 we can look forward to Asian LANS

Reminds me of LoL

100% agree, as a region, SEA is stronger than KR

It’s similar to how BR as a region is better than LATAM, but KRU > VK, VKS, FUR

S: EU
A: NA
B: LATAM, KR, SEA
C: BR
D: JP

Hard for me to rank LATAM and SEA until playoffs so that we can scale groups

C9 and Fnatic look more impressive to me than ACE and Envy

I don’t wanna take anything away from SEA fans, but it’s just a fact that Team Secret definitely had an easier group than VS

Not having to beat a major region to qualify and having CR in your group 100% makes things easier

ACE fans like to forget that happened

KR and LATAM

Including Reykjavik, it’d have to be BR though

Gambit

TSM INTERNATIONALLY UNDEFEATED

Next year they’ll actually have competition in Asia as well

JP and SEA are stacked with teams and DK won’t make it easy on them

It’s always a 13-11

VS dug their own grave though during map selection, choosing to not start defense against C9 on ascent is just stupid

Very late January to early February, depending on the region

Cheering for C9, TS, and X10 now

1 Korean > 5 Koreans

Lakia needs to get off VS
I had hope that they would do something with him, but this is just sad

Boot up an NU 2.0

Sadge

( ‘ - ‘ )7

Thank you for your service bandwagondestroyer

C9 finally got revenge on VS

Liquid vs Fnatic (El Classico)

Not looking good :(

Actually on point so far

Split as the map pick :/
I don’t like that, seems pretty risky after the attack side that I just witnessed

I stg you guys are all trying to jinx it

At least VS got back into the flow, really weird to pick attack first against C9’s ascent though

VS are a mentally weak team, they look boomed and this match is probably over

Stop saying Chilean like they’re a bad team, those guys are cracked

Probably ending 2021 with the El Classico of Valorant

Valorant
LoL
Overwatch
Hollowknight
Minecraft
Clash Royale

VS haven’t won yet, you never know what could happen

That one’s too distracting

who are you supporting now?

My updated list of teams that can win Champions (not in order):
1) Fnatic
2) Gambit
3) Liquid
4) Acend
5) KRU
6) Vision Strikers
7) Cloud9
8) Envy
9) X10 Crit
10) Vikings
11) Secret

Honorable Mention: TSM

NA still has C9 and NV, wouldn't count them out yet

geography isn't everything, support the teams and players you enjoy watching

EMEA deadass has a higher chance of cheering against themselves than BR cheering for NA

Pretty good analysis, but the only thing I don't see happening is VS banning Ascent immediately

Ascent's looked like their instaban this tournament so far, but it's mostly been because Full Sense and Fnatic are both pretty good on that map, with C9B also choosing to instaban the map in their matches

If I were Vision Strikers, I'd choose to instaban Bind/Fracture in this matchup instead of Ascent

What are we thinking now?

Tierlist Format

Add KR and JP to your rankings, I feel left out

Idk, VS have choked against teams they were supposed to beat in the past (Gambit | Fnatic), so I could see this match taking a bad turn

So are VS supposed to win? Yes.
Will they win? Not sure.

What are the new region rankings after today? Do we genuinely think anything has changed?