I'd be surprised that a team can challenge zeta they just seem so good atm . Maybe by champions Japan have some challenger teams.

Drx is the weaker team at the end of the day. They shown this in previous events too. It seems like when their strats are all exposed they have problems being flexible and adapting at a team. Don't get me wrong they're insane with their set plays and coordination but they lack the flexibility and adaptability of mid rounds and crumble when pressure is on.

This was a mixed men and women charity event right ? I remember watching this.

With chamber meta would definitely fit his playstyle

imagine doubting one of the goat of NA igls in cs/valorant.

Damn china already prep and ready to go ...

he's Indian-Tanzania similar to Asian-American LUL

LOL skarossi

neon + fade and yoru + fade meta in coming. Fade actually enables yoru and neon both really well.

I see so many people on HLTV act like csgo is somehow harder than valorant,but its just not.The main arguments i see that are being used are the fact that valorant has slower movement then cs(therefore making hitting your shots easier) and easier utility usage (since cs has only 5 pieces of utility,compared to valorant which has a fuckton).But this logic relies on the argument that easier mechanics=easier game,which is a completely flawed way of thinking.Just because its easier to use utility in valorant,doesnt make the entire game easier,because this advantage doesnt only apply to you,it also applies to your enemies.Therefore,because of valorants countless ways of being creative in terms of utility usage you have to be 10 times more aware of things such as positioning,because there are countless ways the enemies can kill you without even having to face you.Sure that also can be said about cs but still if you are in a bad position in a csgo game its nowhere near as punishable as it is in a valorant game.Having an easier time using utlity=having a harder time positioning yourself in a productive way,and having a harder time predicting what your enemies are going to do.Same can be said about valorants slower movement,you are not the only one having an easier time hitting shots,your enemies have the same advantage and therefore therefore it doesnt make the game easier compared to cs,it just means those 2 games have similar mechanics distributed in a different way.And the final argument i see thats being used,is that the valorant pro scene is made up of washed up cs pros.Now where do i begin with this one,first of all Valorant is a new game and its completely logical that its playerbase consists of csgo,apex,fortnite players.There is no ,,original valorant player" because if someone never touched an fps game until valorant came out its impossible to go from being clueless about fps's to pro in just 2 years.And if we stay and look at all the csgo pros who switched to valorant,most of them failed to stay relevant in the scene.Some of them never came close to being good in valorant(happy,skadoodle,dazed,swag,floppy,autimatic) ,others were good at the beginning of the game but once the scene started to develop and other teams started catching up they fell from tier 1 and altough they are still good they are nowhere near the best (sentinels squad,scream,jamppi,zellsis,wippie) and others managed to become way more relevant in valorant then they ever were in cs(boaster,fns,victor,ange1,nukkye) .The point is,its completely normal for the valorant scene to be made of pros of ex something,cause its impossible to go from knowing nothing to mastery in just 2 years,so its obvious those that have experiences of games similar to valorant will have an advantage to those who dont,especially if we are talking about pros here.So being good at cs is not a guarantee you will be good in valorant,because csgo is not a harder game than valorant is,both games have their own mechanics distributed in completely different ways so when it comes to playing professionally,there is no harder game.

its not about the region strength its about the strongest team. Optic stated they pract like 6 days a week without barely any break. I know that even in NA Optic and the guard are regarded as the teams with the most practice and hours put in.

I see so many people on HLTV act like csgo is somehow harder than valorant,but its just not.The main arguments i see that are being used are the fact that valorant has slower movement then cs(therefore making hitting your shots easier) and easier utility usage (since cs has only 5 pieces of utility,compared to valorant which has a fuckton).But this logic relies on the argument that easier mechanics=easier game,which is a completely flawed way of thinking.Just because its easier to use utility in valorant,doesnt make the entire game easier,because this advantage doesnt only apply to you,it also applies to your enemies.Therefore,because of valorants countless ways of being creative in terms of utility usage you have to be 10 times more aware of things such as positioning,because there are countless ways the enemies can kill you without even having to face you.Sure that also can be said about cs but still if you are in a bad position in a csgo game its nowhere near as punishable as it is in a valorant game.Having an easier time using utlity=having a harder time positioning yourself in a productive way,and having a harder time predicting what your enemies are going to do.Same can be said about valorants slower movement,you are not the only one having an easier time hitting shots,your enemies have the same advantage and therefore therefore it doesnt make the game easier compared to cs,it just means those 2 games have similar mechanics distributed in a different way.And the final argument i see thats being used,is that the valorant pro scene is made up of washed up cs pros.Now where do i begin with this one,first of all Valorant is a new game and its completely logical that its playerbase consists of csgo,apex,fortnite players.There is no ,,original valorant player" because if someone never touched an fps game until valorant came out its impossible to go from being clueless about fps's to pro in just 2 years.And if we stay and look at all the csgo pros who switched to valorant,most of them failed to stay relevant in the scene.Some of them never came close to being good in valorant(happy,skadoodle,dazed,swag,floppy,autimatic) ,others were good at the beginning of the game but once the scene started to develop and other teams started catching up they fell from tier 1 and altough they are still good they are nowhere near the best (sentinels squad,scream,jamppi,zellsis,wippie) and others managed to become way more relevant in valorant then they ever were in cs(boaster,fns,victor,ange1,nukkye) .The point is,its completely normal for the valorant scene to be made of pros of ex something,cause its impossible to go from knowing nothing to mastery in just 2 years,so its obvious those that have experiences of games similar to valorant will have an advantage to those who dont,especially if we are talking about pros here.So being good at cs is not a guarantee you will be good in valorant,because csgo is not a harder game than valorant is,both games have their own mechanics distributed in completely different ways so when it comes to playing professionally,there is no harder game.

common krisof L KEKW

L + Ratio bro

indian pride!

6/8

ITs because when you reach the final the best team powerup to an extremely strong level that they're the clear winner.

kinda pog without big name NA orgs. Really show how popular valorant is world wide not just in NA and EU. ppl thought this master would be the lowest viewership btw lol

optic 100 percent deserved this they grinded hard since their lost at the previous masters.

false man if anything yay and aspas are equal and are monster carries for their team.

terrible bait kekw

add marved.

I think optic actually gonna take this man. They're on fire and it looks like they have a lot of lan experience to def. take it all.

tbf Optic is asian team. with asian igl prove me wrong...

welcome to vlr...

Yay actually indian. Nice asian team, and asian igling. Lets cheer on optic as the last asian team alive!

time for all asians to realized that optic is asian... and should cheer them on!

zeta did well it looks like they couldn't keep their mental together after that first game. optic played incredibly well and calm.

gg zeta. you made it far but can't push it

god damn they legit just mental boom after that first map. Threw so hard that lead.

LMAO

marved and yay best clutch players on optic.

zeta are 5 friends having fun they can't lose.

zeta just gets stronger with every match. They get powerups every enemy they face its gg.

NICE!!!

Nah it keeps the game fres. Change has to happen when u have a hero/ability base game because u need to make metas as there will always be agents that's weaker. It's super hard for everything to be balanced. What they should work balance and keep consistent Is the guns. While the agents there will always be changes because agents will always be underuse. The changes allow for other agents to have their moment and it keeps it interesting.

Ratio look at league, a game with meta changes and you have skt dynasty for 3+ years. Teams no where have reach the level of consistency and coordination to remain at the top even with meta changes. In 5 years time we will look back at these first couple of years as really trash teams.

Double shows growth and better storyline and consistency

This is why NA deserve to lose

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not optic.

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also don't take away region slot it kills scene. In an alternate world DRX could have close out against optic and be in the finals now.

F. PRX weakness really is super good coordination and highly disicipline teamplay (DRX/ZETA)

G2 literally couldn't do anything against prx aggression. Then you watch DRX and ZETA and realized how much better their coordination nad team play is.

I think atm all 3 asian region are pretty competitive, korea/japan/apac will be interesting to see how this plays out. Also instead of taking slots why not add more teams. Taking away slots kills scene.

nah their playstyle is weak against super discipline teams like DRX and Zeta. Zeta and DRX are use to their aggressive plays.

prx play well.

prx always been scared of drx because they practice so much and drx discipline playsytle is what rekts prx. Zeta play more coordinated and discipline in that last map.

Brazil and japan actually sweeping every team lol.