Zekken > Mada
N4rrate >=< Verno (i think N4rrate is better)
Tenz > S0m
Johnqt > FNS (IGL)
Johnqt > FNS (Senti)
Ethan > Zellsis (Support)
Zellsis > Ethan (Flex)

imo he was the best option and sen is now a superteam (if its confirmed obv) and the pressure is now on for another trophy next year

Allegedly TH was frying EDG in scrims at champs too

for real, its like the only thing they account for is who has the highest number when they hit 'stats'

2021: Tenz and Cned clear
2022: Yay Aspas and Ardiss clear
2023: Derke probably top 2 sometime this year, Demon1 and Aspas probably clear by the end
2024 : Kangkang Zekken Texture and Aspas clear

i swear people who type this shit only stare at stat sheets and don't even watch the games. Top 2 duelist every year? You're telling me he was better than Zekken Texture Kangkang and Aspas this year?

Lemme guess:
"2nd best rated player at champs"
"highest acs at shanghai"
I guess primmie must've been a top 3 player in the world then

Theres 3 duelists that are currently Meta: Jett Neon Raze
Sayf arguably individually better on all 3

I don't care what the stats say I still think Sayf is the best emea duelist

If you ever see this in the future, could you pls quickly describe what its like playing against the following:

zekken
cryo
demon1
Tenz
Sinatraa
inspire
Som
Shanks
Curry

m80 in the prac room shadowboxing and practicing their jab rn

THANK YOU WE NEED MORE OF THIS IN VAL

but why did it have to be tsm tho :.(

No, there is another

That SEN + N4rrate is a superteam?

https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/nytrizu%23court/overview

Fell to Ass 3 I'm down terrible

Should replace Cloud and Sh1n with two more boasters

Fluke

(I obv support them but that doesn't mean I can't be honest)

nah

his jett is better and his awping is significantly better

https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/sen%20z%235193/overview

Zekken been playing ALOT of sova too. It might be time to call it

I don't think its the right choice NOW because I don't think the decision will lead to FUTURE success.

Thus, we will test the wisdom of my CURRENT evaluation of the decision by waiting to see what happens in the FUTURE

This will be done by waiting to see if Giants make any lans, hence the 0/1 0/2 0/3

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Using hindsight to decide if it was the right choice or not it's just dumb, it's not how it works

Bruh what?

I don't think this is a good idea -----> bad things happen ------> conclude you were right in the first place

isn't hindsight, thats basic reasoning

Reet for ending plialisms streak

Headband Karon

No I won't, I'll just say

0/1
0/2
0/3

Hopefully i'm wrong and I'll get to see him play internationally, but I have next to no faith giants gonna do anything next year

We'll come back to this post for Bangkok, Toronto, and Paris once the teams are finalized for each

i'm not hating he's my favorite player that's why I want him off giants so bad

NAVI qualified with the FNC spot, not GX, they won LCQ

see #11

And yeah, maybe, depends on how the year goes. Who tf knew KC and TH were gonna attend Madrid

Yeah lets be real, KC and TH being top of EMEA after the 2023 season is nothing short of miraculous. It would take a similar miracle for that to happen to giants

Also tf you want mf to do? Join FUT or TH or what

Literally anything but be on giants for not one, but TWO more years 😭😭😭

yeah but what i'm saying is Navi would have beaten them in LCQ if they weren't already in because of the charity slot

Missing for all of last season, only made champs the year before because of Fnatic charity slots, and lock-in doesnt count obv

Do you think they're gonna qual over TH, FNC, VIT or FUT next year? Be forreal

Not making a single LAN next year without a miracle

Just got the news....

My goat's not dead but he's still on giants so his career is

neon isnt accurate while jumping tho, only lateral movement

The point was to satirize how ridiculous neon's game design is by applying it to raze. Neon has high accuracy with his movement mechanic (the slide), so I applied it to raze's (the satchels).

i mean personally ive won majority of my duels against a ulted neon when i had a vandal

The ult is easier for me too than the slide shoot, which is the real problem. At the end of the day an ult is an ult, and is supposed to be strong, but the slide shoot shouldn't be in a tac-fps.

and yes if u have decent teammates just call for a flash and stun

Do you have a different ranked system from everybody else where your teammates are always selfless, ultra-competent, team players? Pls let me have your account if so. I've been in radiant lobbies where I can't get the no-commers playing smokes to throw the ascent one-way at the start of rounds even after specifically asking for it

meteor is japanese?

also chile should be kingg

I don't know why I said 10-12 imma be honest, I was thinking of actually pressing the button and run/jumping past someone with movement to find an opportunity to get value (could be a bunch of non-combat things too, think miniboo spotting the bomb vs flashback by just running across, knowing he's not gonna get hit) versus the actual slide shoot itself - thats a fuckup on my part with the way i worded it.

Run and gun is obviously viable on any agent when ur facestuffing, nobody complains about that. You know exactly why we complain about neon's run and gun : https://www.vlr.gg/402114/rate-my-idea

and saying 'Just headshot them with a vandal' or 'just breach stun + omen blind' as if its so easy to just do that is laughable

And how many times in a round can a neon attempt a very hard to punish run-n-gun (bullshit) kill? (probably up to 10-12 times dependant on circumstances if you ask me)

Additionally, how much does it cost to go for those, compared to phoenix's flashes?

So just to clarify, how many times can a Phoenix throw a flash in a round?

Must be so nice having a smokes player who is a perma 30-bomb threat. Zander is too good man. 100% has to be in franchising next season

u guys can complain about if she slides on u its an insta kill or whatnot its the exact same thing if someone phoenix flashes correctly lmao that shit is a guranteed kill

how many times can phoenix flash you in a round btw?

No she isn't, you're just bad. You're probably gonna say just play cypher (because you're bad).

I'll give you a tip, even if you're in the elo where people don't know how to break trips -which are always gonna be in the same few spots ever time - you only have to do the following

1. Buy a Judge, Bucky, Phantom, or Spectre every round
2. Find out which site the Cypher is playing, which can be done in under 30 seconds
3. Tell your team to full hit the other site
4. Know basic entry pathing and the second you see someone just get in their face with a shotgun or slide-spray them down with body shots
5. Do this every round over and over again and if you're not complete dogshit you'll have 25+ and will probably win the game

I've seen people who were hardstuck ascendant (plat with bigger egos) for many acts start abusing the agent like this and hit high immortal. I guarantee some have done it to radiant.

So?

If it was up to me I would just get rid of her entirely. Make a new agent that isn't designed to reward run-n-gunning. No more shitters using her as a crutch in my lobbies sounds like a dream

Exactly !!! An agent designed around run-n-gun has no place in a tac-fps

imo best fix would be making the bar not recharge, that way you have to be intelligent with your movement like a raze or jett, and can't just be running around for half the round

100% Agree, Make-A-Wish ass agent

12-3 FK/FD on that map, 23-11 overall

sheeeeesh

When it starts with back to back jett aces... its a banger

Aproto was matchfixing too

WHAT A FUCKING SHOT

I'm ngl i'm sure he's cracked and everything, but when he first started getting linked to fnatic he went live one day so i watched him in the background while i was doing something and every time i switched onto him and watched for a few mins he was getting shit on

Galorys 2-1

Impossible question to answer, but if Loud don't ban Fracture they're already down a map

2/8

You tried admirably but its just too ridiculous to be taken seriously, like good bait.

There are many fragging igls in this day and age (Valyn, Johnqt, Boo, Munchkin, Kingg, etc). He doesn't have that excuse anymore..

Alfa started inting every game

Maybe as the igl and emotional leader he should have done something to set him straight. And if this is a recurring problem (as it was through the season) they should have addressed it as a team before champs.

Hiro a new player came losing the team chem that was had previously

They played the best they have all year with Hiro in the lineup. It wasn't even close, it was night and day. And hiro played very well, especially as a rookie at his first LAN.

The fact that FNC did so well in 24 champs was due to Boaster igling-which took away from his aim

No it wasn't. Its not speculation, we can listen to it. Go to the DRX voice comms video for example and listen to 5:30 -> 6:10. And igl'ing isn't why he's whiffing an entire clip into an ulting sova 5 feet away from him

he was actually the 3rd best player on his team and in 23

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winning almost every 1v1

Yeah cuz all they guys he would be 1v1'ing that year were already dinked to 140 by Leo Derke Chron or Alfa. God that is literally the most misleading stat of all time. Imagine thinking boaster is the most clutch player on the world (Even if you just look at Fnatic, Leo was the best clutcher and it wasn't debatable).

Disagree, clear Top (bottom?) 1 is ange1 considering the circumstances, and especially considering they won the previous event

The Contenders (Chronologically):

Xeppaa at Champs 21 : 0.46 R / 1 game (Liquid) / 0-1 Record

Russ at Copenhagen : 0.56 R / 2 games (PRX, FPX) / 0-2 Record

Ange1 at Champs 22 : 0.57 R / 4 games (DRX, LEV, XSET, DRX) / 2-2 Record

Boaster at Champs 24 : 0.55 R / 3 Games (TH, G2, SEN) / 1-2 Record

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My opinion - Worst to Least worst

1. Ange1 : Your team went respectably far and didn't play a finalist and you still did this bad? This is the worst one easily imo
2. Boaster : Only played 1 finalist, won a game, and still has basically the same rating as Russ, who lost 2 games to finalists. This is really bad.
3. Xeppaa : Has the worst rating, but being completely clowned because of 1 game is silly (mickey mouse format gives him a decent excuse).
4. Russ : Played shit ofc, but only played 2 games against the finalists, so its more excusable than the rest of them