imo Riot should add a new role called "flex" for the 3 agents who really don't fit as their role aka Sage, Chamber, and Harbor

Harbor can't fundamentally do what a controller should, he's not a good solo-controller, but from the clips that I've seen he's a VERY good flex. I think Astra - Harbor will show up a lot in the meta when VCT comes back, since Harbor seems really good at taking sites. Like, you do a wall that cuts of EVERYTHING you don't want, maybe you bubble planter, then the SECOND the enemy tries to retake, you just use the tiny wall and they're delayed an extra bit, and then after you still have full Astra utility for postplant or if the Harbor push fails, you can rotate easily.

Harbor looks like a controller - initiator that can kind do either, but is not the best at both. Unlike viper who is a great lurk. harbor isn't gonna take over Viper's spot as a solo controller, but I think he has potential for more aggressive comps on Bind over the lurk viper that's run on that map.

Common Bob ratio

Love : Sonic Boom (Cartoon)

Hate : Sonic Boom (video game)

1. One Piece
2. I thought, "One punch man is probably the only senien I've seen", but Apparently Love is War is a senien, so it's that.
3. I want to eat your pancreas
4. Classroom of the elite

MAPPA has a super dark tone to its animation that I just love. I think the cgi was fine, I liked MAPPA aot more than WIT aot because of the dark tone. If any other studio did JJK I genuinely think it couldn't have been better than mappa. They've produced some of my favourite series well up to my expectations, so I don't even worry about the little mistakes I notice, they'll happen with any studio.

Level 1 - shooting out the Omen Ult provides 2 seconds of paranoia

Level 2 - Allow Omen to use his abilities in Ult shadow form. Shrouded step would change where you appear, can paranoia out of the ult so it's unsafe

Level 3 - Allow Omen to place a fake shadow AND a real TP

Level 4 - Combine Level 1 and 3

Level 5 - Combine Level 1, 2, and 3.

Even if they take 20% of that, they'll still be the highest viewed team globally.

Sentinels are the top viewed team in North America.

Loud were the top viewed team in South America.

Sentinels were Gaurenteeing that they are #1 viewed globally, that's a W.

No, I just knew he'd be mentioned when he's just fundamentally worse than everyone on the list + more. He's just made it his whole identity, so people genuinely believe he is of this higher caliber.

Watch a single ounce of his gameplay and you can see that he's a top 5 op-er globally, that is the opinion I hold and nothing can reverse that.

Fuck you

I got flamed for stating Tenz was a top 5 op-er globally. So, I wanted to both present my top 10, and ask for others opinions. Remember pure ability to Op.

Upper Tier - Yay, ZmjjKK, Cned, Derke, Aspas
Lower Tier - Meteor, Tenz, Cryo, Jampii, F0rsaken

Honorable mentions - Buzz, Sayf, Ardiis

Ardiss is a better rifler than most of the guys above him btw, he's a better rifle than Op-er (so is Derke, and Aspas just doesn't Op enough he's insane). Yes, tenz isn't a global top 5 op-er, he's got the talent to be one, however. If you disagree with anything, go ahead, but I've spent a solid chunk of time watching different clips of all of them and this is a solid list imo.

And they all raw dog Wardell in a 1v1.

Chamber will Never be bad. He will be used for the remainder of competitive play. Why? Because Op-ing is the most valuable position in Valorant, consistently. Yay was the best player in Champs. Why? Because he's an Op-er, because he gets a free pick and can move on. Meteor for example (the best South Korean Op-er bar none), got his team to masters since he was a God during stage 2.

In Valorant, having no op-er is basically running a 120 meter race while the other teams are running 100 meters. You need an Op. Tenz is a top 5 op-er ~~globally ~~ in North America (ya happy fuckers). You need him there to counter Ardis, Cryo, and Yay.

Zombs is the official administrator for Brazilian affairs, he knows perfect Portuguese and will be doing the comms for Sacy and Pancada to the rest of the team.

I do think Tenz is on the same level as basically everyone listed, he's just been on undeniably worse teams than every single one outside of Meteor and ZMzjkk.

Yeah Sentinals have Dephh ig so they don't count, since Pancada and Sacy are both in the same region and are not imports.

See, this would be valid if meteor was there. He is genuinely the best South Korean op-er.

Tbf it's now just C9 vs Navi.

Tenz has never had a good IGL or Coach even in terms of NA. With real coaches, a real entry fragger, a real Smokes player, and a real info Initiator, Tenz can actually focus on op-ing instead of supplying Sen with 40% of their first kills (which decided if they win or lose the round)

Tenz has also never had a good IGL or Coach even in terms of North America.

A good IGL
A world class info initiator
A top 5 entry fragger NA
A top 3 op-er NA
A top 3 Controller globally

A top tier couching squad

And the goat of NA - Brazilian relations

Fine, Tenz is a top 5 op-er Globally, who is btw?

It has a guy on it who is both Bald and British. Watching that shit is inhumane.

Welcome, he's the 117th one of these today. Do I care? No.

So, with some leaks today, Sentinels have likely picked Zekken and Deph. So, here is my team:

• Zekken (Dive)
• Deph (IGL or T side IGL)
• Tenz / Dicey (Operator primary)
• Marved / Valyn (Controller in Marved's case, Valyn would be controller + CT side IGL/ IGL, but that's for later)
• Trent / Ethan (Initiator)

  6th men: Dapr and Sick

Lemme explain:
Zekken, Deph, Tenz, Marved, Trent is of course the higher overall firepower of a roster. Comparable to the XSET roster, just with an improved controller, Initiator and a comparable OP primary. This roster does take a hit in defensive midrounding due to that being AYRIN's job (I may have him and deph's jobs backwards), but its worth the increased power.

Before I get to the 6th men, first I'll address the 'backups' in Dicey, Valyn, and Ethan. Lets start with Ethan. Flex initiator, got experience, very good player. You could easily throw Eeiu into this spot if you prefer a dedicated Info Initiator, but Trent kinda covers every initiator so whatever. Ethan is just here because Trent is pretty iffy for his roster position. Next is Dicey. Literally top 5 chamber's / OP primary's in NA right now. That's really it. I'm just put this here, but if he and Supamen don't get signed as EASILY top 5 at both of their positions, i will cry. Then last is Valyn. "Wronghand, you just mentioned Supamen, why isn't he your backup for Marved?" Because, I'm throwing Valyn in here for some interesting shit. Valyn is a very good controller, and having 2 IGL's (regardless of one not calling) helps both coaches and players.

Ok, now: Why are Dapr and Sick 6th men? Because they are, quite simply, the perfect 6th men. Dapr is, at his core, a great lurker and amazing site holder. He's the true 6th man, that (in my dream comp) gets rolled into maps like Ascent to play an expert Killjoy on B. Sick is another perfect 6th man as the other architype (the two archetypes of 6th man is a Cover and a One-Trick) since he has played basically everything. Zekken has an exam? Sick is here to entry. Trent stubbed his toe? Don't work, sick is playing Skye at a International level. Controller player has a tummy ache? Sick's a great controller. Sick as an emergency cover, and Dapr as a One-Trick to sub in to just RUIN the scouting.

That's why I got Valyn. He can solo IGL, and Dapr can swap out Deph to One Trick a site. That's it.

So that's, my sentinel roster with legitimate reasoning, unlike most other ones. Now, my closing statement:

Marved => Supamen > Bang, Fight me.

I'll help in your plea for favourite player flairs if you post a 16.33 second video of you hitting the STANKY-est stanky leg.

Gotta try and make it worthwhile for anyone who stumbles in hear, thinking that Tenz was confirmed back on Sen. Poor souls.

My favorite team is the "reported for" homies.

Sentinels were legit a T2 structure with T1 aim. They either lost or won rounds in spans of ~3 seconds. They either ruin the other team, mostly by being better, or just got Dismantled by 2 pieces of Viper utility. Just give the a real structure for LCQ and I think they win it.

You saw the leak that Sen was picking up the whole squirtle squad? Sheesh, that's a roster.

My brother, spacebar. Please.

Just post and shit. I made like 20+ posts in a week and it shot me up from 1 star to 4.

That's gotta just be an American moment.

Incorrect:

They were a French dish, but they became popular because of a 1800s Belgian chef who brought the recipeback to Belgium. When the Americans came to Belgium, they called it French fries because Belgian's speak French and the American probably didn't realize they were in a different country.

Current status : Trusting

French fries were actually popularized by the Belgian's, and were discovered by America during one of the world wars while American troops were in Belgium.

Basically scream is French Fries.

I haven't heard shit about them, no leaks or nothing. Are they really keeping their roster? If they do, they're the worst NA team. Maybe they pick up some faze/gaurd players? That's really all that's left with Sen probobly picking up some of the xset core, and potentially Marved. Wtf are EG doing fr.

It'll always be nAts as an import. Joke answers, haha, but if Sen decided to import a top 3 player from a different region, and put together 4 great other NA players... that'd be huge. Nats, to be fair, has amazing English. He'd have no comm problems. I forget if he said he was open to large relocation, but regardless he will have to relocate for like 7 months of the year. But, getting a Russian individual an American visa right now? The criticism that comes with being in a region with SO much talent, and still importing? It'd be a hard choice for Sen, but I think it's a decently worthwhile one. Having two players who, at one point in their careers, were called the best players in the world? That's a Sentinals move.

Ig he just doesn't cover enough as a 6th.

ATM, there isn't a #1 controller in the world. There is a top tier, but not a #1. Marved is top tier for sure, but still, dropping a tier 2 controller is such a souk crushing thing for Bang.

Like, he's the second best controller NA in my opinion. He's clutch and he can frag out consistently. Nobody I'd really talking about him, but Ant org who doesn't get marved has gotta call this man frame 1.

Edit: I should say, I have him over Bang.
Bang playing good > Supamen playing good
Bang playing great < Supamen playing great.

Supa's peak is just over bang's peak imo.

Getting rid of bang is so rude. Bro is a top 3 controller NA and your going to send him off? Damn. At least will ain't a top 5 duelist na, but Bang is easily top 3 controller.

Tenz
Dapr
FNS
Marved
BCJ

Chet as HC
Zombs as head of international communication.

I never thought anything would bring FNS into Sen, but if there was anything, it'd be Chet. Plus he could have the closest thing available to Yay.

He's quite literally still a top 5, maybe even a debatable top 3, player in NA. I think he and Dapr at the very least will stay on Sen. Basically every game in the last year, it was either Tenz or Dapr playing the best on the team. It was really not close.

I think, from just looking, people are REALLY over looking how much require a sixth man does for North America specifically. With my time watching Valorant since ~~M3 Berlin, I can only remember 2 good 6 man teams, both are Asian squads : Vision strikers (DRX) and Team secret. I think that these two teams highlight how much a 6th man can do, and that is being a Massive one-trick. See, this was viable in Asia where there are many more acquirable players than teams, while NA has always been super condensed. Like, if you wanted to replace someone, you either had to grab unrefined talent (Bang for example) or an established T2 hopeful (kanpeki for example). At a certain point, getting a good or solid replacement wasn't viable, let along a good 6th man to change up a match.

Now, we have 30 roster slots minimum. Each team will require a 6th man. NA also has a MASSIVE surplus of players to pick for a 6th man. So what is my personal take on the impact of a 6th man? There are three main types, in my opinion: Holding, Covering, and Specializing.

Holding is getting a good player with the idea to train them into the main roster, at some point. Covering is for a lot of diverse players that are good at multiple roles, they're more to replace someone if they are sick or don't perform. Here's my favourite role though, specializing. A Specialized 6th man is what VS and TS had back in the day with Kingg and Jermey. Jermey was an insane aimer, and he came in to run double duelist (if I remember correctly). Later in TS's time, he'd role into Chamber or Jett (and I think a Reyna one time). Kingg was another type of specialist. He and Buzz would switch for double duelist to leaving RB on duelist and having a dedicated Sentinal. Specialized players are one tricks that can role into a map and change the teams whole style. I don't think we've had this in NA, not in the kasr year for sure, but this role can give a lot of individuals who may be a liability a shit to excel. This will be huge for sentinal one tricks, who would be great on Holding a site on Haven or Ascent, but not as effective on Breeze. Or maybe you pick up a cracked Jett, but they can't play raze. Just get a Raze AND a Jett main, problem solved.

Do I think doing this with a 6th man will be popular? Fuck no, not as long as Chamber can fill the sentinal role. Until defensive op-ers are more comfortable back on Jett, a 6th man will be much less popular. BUT if sentinals gain strength as a role, having a player who can excel on that role and focus on holding a site on 1 or 2 maps will have major value. I think most 6th men will be the covering type. Guys like Sick who can play 3 seperate roles at a high efficiency will get a lot of extra value because of this.

Tl ; Dr : Specialized 6th men in NA? Maybe, hopefully, but probably not. Sadge.

Curveball: He goes wherever Chet does.

I mean just grab up eeiu or Trent, whichever is cheaper. Both are probably the best available info initiators, since Crashies is only going with Victor and Derrek is already signed with 100T. Or BCJ, forgot about him.

I say eeiu because I forgot nrg made franchising lol. Plus, nrg or Eg will pick up crashes and vic, the other would probably grab BCJ or Eeiu if nrg grab crashes and vic.

So with the leaks, NA has 4/5 teams confirmed, and 1 heavily suspected. Each currently has a roster. Those are, if course:

Hundreds of Thieves
Stormy nine
No Red Gators
T1 (no jokes, they're Korean)
And the team that gets actual domestic viewership

So, in short, 4/5 of the top rosters from North America in 2022 have no home. At this point, I do not see 100T flipping their roster. They are the only org that I think will stay the same from top to bottom. Now, the other four. Two are fallen hero's of NA. One is a historic organization of Korea and Riot competition. NRG is there two.

I do not know what NRG will do. If they drop the whole squad, I wouldn't be surprised. If they stay the exact same, I wouldn't be surprised. They are the odd ball of teams fr.

I'd like to first say a few things. Mainly, This year won't be the F/A rush everyone expects. Optic won't release their roster, faze might not, gaurd might not. There are two huge overlooks in this whole situation.
1) there will be a regional league in NA that will promote a squad to the main league. Some teams won't release the roster, and only accept buyouts, like Optic might.
2) I have a question if how long will the America's league last?. Just think, NA has the most consistent and highest Valorant viewship. We all know that an NA league would work. And, from what I've seen, Brazil has gotten behind Loud. Maybe, in 2-3 years, the America's will split into NA and SA. If Val can become the next BIG esport, it will allow more region breakdown. How soon will this come? Idk, LoL started with I think 4 league by 2014? Now they at like 10, with over at least 70 teams.

So, my expectation, is buyout prices will be dropped for players that tell their org that they won't play regional. Then next year, we will see more roster drops an exits from bugger teams that don't get the One franchise position from regional. There are 4 levels:
1 - Franchisers
2 - Regional powers (OpTic, XSET, Gaurd, Faze)
3 - Regional presents (V1, EG, ghost, TSM)
4 - Tier 2's

Tier 2's are the emergency options, Region presents are the big sellers (Corey, Zellsis, Zander, Nismo, etc.), the Regional powers will require a pretty penny to aquire a single player, and will probably be set on trying for the 11th spot.

That's my take. T1, C9, and Sen will all need pieces but C9 still has a good core, sentinals still have Dapr and Tenz, and T1 is a bug org idk what they'll do. Maybe Sen will reinvest in Zellsis and Zander since it seems V1 isn't a franchising team.

No matter which team wins champs, it'll be good for the game going forward.

Loud: Having a Brazilian team be the reigning champions GOING into brazil for a Lan would be cool, but it'll probably bring more fans into the ecosystem.

OpTic: It'd crown them as the GOATS of early Valorant esport's. 3rd place, second place, and two first place appearances over 5 lans. It would be nice to end this first chapter of Valorant with a clear goat of this period.

Korea: I want DRX to win so bad. No because they deserve it. Not because they'll be the first Asian team to win. Simply because maybe, JUST MAYBE, if Korea wins a title that they'll get actual viewership. They literally averaged 35k total viewers during stage 1 and 2. They need viewers.

This is short and sweet. KJ and Cypher need buffs. Not just to contend with the French man, but just to be viable charecters. Even sage is better than KJ and Cypher at holding down a site in this meta. So quick changes with a few things in mind : I'm making KJ and Cypher lurkers and site holders. I'm making Chamber more of a flex pick, like sage.

Cypher:

• Cage has a slight slow effect
• Cages can be fully seen through by Cypher camera's (they're kinda transparent
• Cypher trips can catch multiple people, do 20 damage when they explode, and 5 if you activate the trip (only first person to)
• Cypher Ult rework. Ult activates and reveals locations, Spike holder, and trap locations of other team. Other teams traps remain visible / on the map the remainder of the round.
• Cypher ult also pops twice. Once when used, and then a second time 3 seconds after the first. By pressing the ult button again after the first scan, you can speed up the second scan.

Tl ; Dr - Cypher cages do shit other than being for one ways. Tripwires are more useful. Ult isn't absolute trash.

Killjoy :

• Alarm bot and Turret have a larger range.
• Alarm bot is faster.
• Killjoy has two alarmbots, but can only have 1 active at a time. (5 second cooldown on switching active)
• Killjoy can set off alarmbots on their own and control them like a mini-remote prowler.
• Any teammate within a Killjoy ultimate cannot be suppressed or vulnerable.

Killjoy us hard to buff man. Making remote prowlers is so she can be more self sustainable and help the team more in a postplant. Like, she can have an active bot flank and then an extra bot tree, then clear or vulnerable tree when they get stressed in a postplant. Idk, I don't play Killjoy.

Chamber:
I want you to hear me out.
2 trip
1 trip
No trip.

• Trademark (trap) is replaced with Trademark, a mock heal. It's a 50 shield heal that can be applied on anyone who bought shield THAT ROUND. It's 300$. That includes anyone who bought light shields.

Makes Chamber a flex pick rather than a full sentinal, he loses his safety. It makes a divide in "what is a sentinal?". Fundamentally, it's someone who can hold a site. That's the whole kit of Cypher and KJ and just a Wall and a TP for repositioning for Chamber. I think it's the best place Chamber can be, to also have a meta with KJ and Cypher.

That's a great idea