if she was so casual dropping it in a DM she obviously wasn't shy about using it.

I'm not falling for the bait that he didn't know she used that word. I don't think that means Skuba himself is racist

As an anything.

JohnQT was a significantly better fragger while IGLing than Zellsis who wasn't IGLing. He had a 1.08 rating last year while Zellsis had a 0.93 . Taking John off IGL just means he can focus on his individual aim more, which was already among the best in NA.

The only argument to not keep John was if he demanded to be IGL. Otherwise it's not like a guy who was IGLing can't midround.

I genuinely don't see a single scenario where they choose Zellsis over John, despite what Zellsis may say in his youtube video.

They will get 0 internationals once again.

Like they are at best the 4th best team in Americas after G2, MIBR and NRG. So they are already cooked for Kickoff and Masters. Their only chance is to make it through playoffs for Champs

Maybe I'm lower on Zellsis than most but I really don't believe there is a single coach or org outside of Immi who would pick Zellsis over JohnQT.

Like I genuinely don't think he's better at a single thing Valorant-related besides selling bundles

If I were Liquid I'd be running to trial Okeanos to replace Keiko.

I'd do something like

Nats senti
Kamo recon
+Okeanos controller
+Sayf duelist
+Kicks flex

I was the OG Reduxx doubter but it just makes more sense to have him play duelist.

You do
Reduxx duelist
Kyu scan
John senti
Cortezia controller
N4rrate flex

And everyone on the team is on their most played role by far, and the ceiling IMO is way higher as Reduxx doesn't look like Icy out there.

So a couple of things. First, benching isn't really just how strong you are.

Bench presses specifically uses some stabilizers muscles that most other workouts (especially machines) aren't gonna build. So there is a chance you are strong enough overall to bench 80kg, but aren't strong enough to keep the bar balanced for that weight, if that makes sense. That will only be fixed by continuing to bench, but you'll see fast improvements.

Otherwise, you probably aren't eating enough protein. Muscles need protein to grow. For your height/weight, you probably want to eat around 65kg of protein per day for muscle growth. At least try to hit 60kg daily.

I think they for sure pick up Rossy to replace Ion

It's true that he doesn't owe TSM anything. But it's equally true that fans can criticize him for performing poorly after signing to another org.

Since he already had his T1 spot secured, he obviously didn't want it as bad as his teammates did.

Alfa isn't included in the 6. He and Kaajak were already under contract until 2026. The 6 were Boaster, Crashies, Chronicle, Milan, Scutt and Szed, because those were the 6 who's contracts expired.

We know Boaster, Crashies and Milan have already re-signed and are 3 of the green checks. We know one of the red x's is Scutt, who is going to Vitality. And in that same report, it was said that Szed is remaining at Fnatic as pefromance coach

https://www.sheepesports.com/en/articles/sources-valorant-scuttt-set-to-join-team-vitality-as-assistant-coach/en

So that only left Chronicle for the last red x

https://x.com/CoJoPM/status/1981982956815069401

Cojo

It would be (IMO)

Aspas (Duelist)
Verno (Initiator)
Valyn (Controller)
Chronicle (Sentinel)
Zekken (Flex)

Duelist - Aspas
Initiator - Trent
Controller - Valyn
Sentinel - Alfajer
Flex - Zekken

Hard deciding between Trent Alfa or Lukxo Chronicle.

TSM dropping Sym was like when Rock Lee took off his ankle weights

Cryo if he counts, if not it's Leaf easily IMO.

south africa dominating americas? how so?

First TenZ now Zekken

scrim watchers a month early on every Sen move

If we keep Cortezia or get Less this is a superteam regardless of who the 5th is.

Sen have never won Champs though.

At most they're winning a Masters.

https://www.vlr.gg/post/5588945/mibr-is-retarded

I tried to give MIBR free game two weeks ago. Instead theyre dropping Cortezia for some reason.

Someone hire me I'll straighten your org out

Sen could be one depending on what they do (ie drop Bang and Zellsis and pick up Cortezia + someone who isn't Reduxx).

MIBR could be one depending on who they get, since Aspas and Verno would be qualify to be on a superteam.

I disagree with anyone saying N4rrate was a problem in Sen. IMO, he was their best player for most of the year, outside of Split 1 where they had him on a completely new role.

The real problem with Sen this year is simply that their read on the meta sucked. 90% of good teams this year heavily leaned into the Yoru meta. You get the best flashes in the game, with global map presence and a great ult.

Sen for some reason, decided to lean away from Yoru in Split 2. Which is fine if that's their read. But they didn't replace Yoru with another flash initiator, instead, leaning into double senti or double smokes instead. So Zekken was going in dry and getting owned.

And even still that's fine if double senti and double smokes made it so that their defense side was elite like NRG's. But it wasn't, because they kept trying to retake without flushing out util first during the initial site hit.

Adding to that they took Zellsis off his best role which is flash initiator, and put him on Senti. But in 2025 Valorant, Sentinel players need elite mechanics and the ability to hold a site by themselves and at least get 1 or 2 before dying. Which Zellsis isn't capable of.

So Sen had three options this year: put John back on senti and have Zellsis run flash initiator, run double duelist with N4rrate and Zekken with one of them playing Yoru, or drop Zellsis for an elite sentinel player. They chose option D and got stomped for Stage 2 + Champs.

Does South NA superteam mean a team of players from South NA or just one of the South NA teams making a superteam?

Because the only (IMO) actual south NA superteam needs either KiNgg as IGL or you have Less IGL.

Either way I'm making Keznit my 5th player. Going to lean into a lot of double duelist with him and Aspas

Yeah Zekken would be a great flex. He started as an initiator and IMO is one of those players who can adapt to any agent and role. I could lean into the double duelist Yoru meta with him and Aspas, and also if I need to I could have Trent play Viper and Zekken play Sova, his 2nd most played agent of all time.

I'm never making an Americas team without the best player in the world, Aspas.

I actually do think one of Sen's problems is lack of a good OPer. I think a good OP can fix some of their defensive issues, especially the GenG comp they stole on Haven. Zekken is not a good oper and never gets value from it. But in the right hands an OP with that comp is very oppressive.

I still think Cortezia is a better pickup. But if he shows out in trials/scrims as being good on senti I'd take him over Cortezia just for the OP factor.

NA:
Duelist: Aspas
Initiator: Trent
Controller: Valyn
Sentinel: Lukxo
Flex: Zekken
6th man: N4rrate
Coach: Bonkar

EMEA:
Duelist: Kaajak
Initiator: RieNs
Controller: Keiko
Sentinel: Nats
Flex: Chronicle
6th man: Alfajer
Coach: Sliggy

APAC:
Duelist: Something
Initiator: Kushy
Controller: Karon
Sentinel: Primmie
Flex: F0rsaken
6th man: T3xture
Coach: Solo

China:
Duelist: Whzy
Initiator: Nobody
Controller: Ezeir
Sentinel: V00kashu
Flex: Slowly
6th man: Smoggy
Coach: LEGIJA

I predict Sen Kyu

How do you know if theyre banned or not?

Except he was mid last year too. And I said as much:

https://www.vlr.gg/post/4157172/reduxx-should-be-duelist

Everything in that post is correct. Mada was the real superstar duelist in T2, and Verno was the real star of that Oxygen team. Only people who don't watch T2 think otherwise.

The reason he is learning other roles besides duelist is because he got gapped by every good duelist in T2.

He got hyped based solely off his age. And even that faded this year as players like Nightz, Ion and Canezerra came in even younger than him and completely outplayed him in their rookie seasons. Reduxx has never looked as good as a single one of those players.

I said this when they picked him up on Cubert. Makes no sense to "build" your Academy team around Reduxx who is the definition of mid, when you have Nightz on the team. Even Kyu makes more sense to build around.

Yeah Americas org is surely 100T. There are only 6 NA orgs and 3 of them were at Champs. So it's between 100T, EG and C9.

EG is broke, C9 have Oxy, only 100T aren't broke and also don't have a duelist, since they dropped their entire roster.

Overated: Leo
Properly rated: f0rsaken
Underrated: Aspas

Kyu and Sattelite would be solid pickups regardless of what Sen does. Though I persoanlly hope Kyyu goes to another team just because there aren't enough good IGLs in the first place.

Either way Sova and senti are the two roles Sen needed the most this year and Kyu and Satellite fill those roles

Vora and Eeiu have the same agent pool.

So what happens if they win Ascension?

I'd be pissed if my team didn't make Champs and decided to wait until after Ascension for roster moves.

The only advantage a team like 100T have over the non-Champs teams is the fact that they had a month earlier to scout and trial.

Like imagine you want a player and now have to compete with Sentinels. Or s0m retires and youre now competing with the Champs winners for a controller or sentinel player.

I would hope they've been using this time trialing because they are certainly the backup option for any player who has multiple teams calling

If John did get dropped I don't see how they don't pick up Kyu for IGL. He's in their academy, plays a role they need (sova), can frag and call.

I could see them picking up Spaz. They just won with 3 rookies anyway. maybe Bang if Sen drop him.

Said in another post but it feels like the controller prospects are weak going into this Rostermania

tbh that's the one I like the least but idk what better smokes player will be available. I like Spaz in Tier 2 but I'm not sure MIBR would go with another rookie. Pancada wont leave Loud for MIBR (IMO) and Tuyz is washed.

For the strongest NA next year I'd like to see -

G2-
Jawgemo
Trent
Valyn
Leaf
Keznit

Sentinels -
Zekken
JohnQT
Okeanos
Cortezia
N4rrate

MIBR-
Aspas
Verno
Bang
Less
Zanatsu

I mean NRG did the same thing Vitality did and just beat Boaster lol.

But I'm not saying you drop him for Sayf. I just think Fnatic would be better off with an IGL's who's fragging is top 10 but calling is maybe not top 10, then one who's calling is top 5 but mechanics are bottom 5.

I genuienly think Fnatic wins an international this year with someone like KiNgg for example.

wrong post

Boaster is a great caller but I will forever die on the hill that if FNC will improve by dropping Boaster for an IGL who is a worse caller but better fragger.

I don't even think the calling has to be that good when Alfa Kaajak and Chronicle just straight up decided they're not going to lose sometimes.

Aspas
Verno
Cortezia
Xenom
Zanatsu

-Artzin
-Xenom
+Zanatsu
+Okeanos

Free trophy for you MIBR. I won't expect any payment but I will expect you to keep Cortezia

Theres a Chinese player whos name I can't think of who is genuinely built like bamboo

edit: it was Knight from BLG

The point of the comp is that KJ can solo hold C and garage passively getting early info with her turret.

The reason that is strong is because it lets the rest of the team stack A or B, which both have a very short rotation to each other. So combine with recons on A and simply spotting B main, the defenders are basically always running into a stacked site.

Cypher is worse because he has less stall ability. His cam can similarly get early info, but defenders can also just send it through his cage if they really wanted to. Much harder to disrespect KJ mollies.

Also because the turret on C is so strong you need to break it early, GenG often uses it as a trap to force fights. Sometimes they will stack the site and play off Omen or Viper smokes.

I think it will be EDG personally.

Not only did they get grouped while going 0-2 and winning only a single map - they couldn't even farm China like they usually do.

They had the most disappointing year overall compared to any other team when you consider they are the reigning Champs.

Xenom is not getting replace if Aspas stays lol. Xenom is his best friend on the team and went on vacation with Aspas and his wife.