M80 hasnt been as dominant since split 2 started and you have to remember the teams are 1-1 (3-2 in guard's favor in maps) and the circumstances of M80's win arent repeatable in the slightest
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M80 hasnt been as dominant since split 2 started and you have to remember the teams are 1-1 (3-2 in guard's favor in maps) and the circumstances of M80's win arent repeatable in the slightest
Guard
M80
MxM
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TTR
OXG
TSM
G2
SR
DSG
Faze
Mad
This is probably the fairest ranking based on the info we have currently
grrrrrrrrr how DARE someone get a JOB!!!!!!!!! Yay should be UNEMPLOYED and live off of NO MONEY!!!!!!!!!! If he wanted better teammates he shouldve magically found a way to live with no employment!!!!!
theyre ex Moon racoons core plus an insanely good flex
G2 super lucky faze and mad are in their group
never once have i said hes shit
hes a G2 fan he doesnt understand that duelists can get more than 25 kills in a game
in split 1 id say ange was the most underrated player, he was a top 5 controller on a bottom 1 team
i think he got the IBUYPOWER guys banned from CS
bruh its not suppossed to be criticism its just to bother the guys who kept saying Oxy is the second coming of christ
lmao dude youre joking right? As much as I joke about G2 being ass, they have one of the best structure in challengers and probably top 5 players in every position besides duelist and initiator (shaz is top 5 igl tho)
hes not trash hes just nowhere near as good as people claim he is, he's very middle of the pack and his team revolves around him. its the same situation as xms when he played in the french VRLs
its less so about oxy and more about G2 fans who claim he's the best player in challengers, and no its not every duelist job to be set up. the main job of duelist is to create space (one way is by getting picks) players like tex and koala fulfill this job both more effectively and without the teams they are on revolving around them
NA isnt lacking in duelists, look at sym, koala, yay, cryo, tex, zekken. Theres tons
shit on me all you want, but I've been saying this forever and Im still right. he's not a consistent player and his one job on G2 is to be fed fights
bruh i am watching the game, ive seen every challengers game, he's NOT good. he's super inconsistent and the team REVOLVES around setting him up. lmao comparing oxy to cryo or yay is insane
after seeing your username i am now rooting for whichever team you're rooting against
Sym is literally what people claim oxy is, lets go moist!!!
players cant hear the crowd, they confirmed this stop being a sore loser
how dare NA blame the player that has dropped off the most since 2022!!!!!!!!!!
With the start of the second phase of NA Challengers I wanted to write a "stock guide" for how well teams look for the remainder of the seasons and whether you should "buy" (The phase 2 ecosystem looks BETTER than it did in phase 1 for the team) or "sell" (The phase 2 ecosystem looks WORSE than it did in phase 1 for the team)
GROUP A
M80: Sell. Dont get me wrong they are still undoubtedly a top threat for challengers. but they do look slightly worse and less cohesive than they did at the end of MSI. Their close call with TTR only further shows that the improvements other teams are making are shrinking the skill gap M80 had at the start of the season.
Oxygen: BUY. Reduxx is predicted to become the new god-king of valorant trust me. The last time people were this excited for someone to come of age, Millie Bobby Brown was 17. Replacing by far their weakest link in randy with reduxx is gonna make these guys serious threats for the future and they might even surpass the Guard or M80 if they continue improving at the rate they did in phase 1
TSM: Sell. Similarly to M80, TSM don't look bad at all, and in fact they look a little better than they did in phase 1, but they dropped from 4th place expectations to around 7th in most people's rankings simply due to how good teams like MxM and Oxg look. They're gonna need a serious rebound to get top 2
DSG: SELL. Look, I love yay and want to see him thrive. Hell I don't even think he's an issue for the team. The big problems I see are dropping Xiff and the roles for steel and clear. Xiff was potentially the most flexible player in challengers (between him and jonahP) and he was damn good at what he played too. that's not to say clear and steel arent good, its just that both of them looked SUPER uncomfortable on their roles week 1 and that's an issue ESPECIALLY when they're facing way tougher competition than phase 1.
TTR: Buy. DazzLE is the TRUTH. Wedid is also the TRUTH. New IGL and super underrated talent is a winning combination in my book. They scared M80 in their first game, so imagine what they could accomplish with a few more weeks of practice. This team is the sleeper pick. The dark horse. Keep an eye on them, because they're fighting SR and DSG for playoffs
SR: Sell. Vanity is cool and all, but all the other teams look so much better. If they cant beat TSM its gonna be hard to believe they'll beat M80 or OXG ALONG with TTR and DSG (They need a winning season to make playoffs)
GROUP B
Guard: Buy. While some people might get upset with this, I think they look the best in the league currently. They definitely had some sort of hiccup during the MSI against G2 (They looked HORRIBLE in that game) they've always been good at rebounding and didn't even break a sweat against Faze. On top of being in the easier bracket I have no doubt they'll dominate phase 2
G2: SELL. LMAOOOOOOOOOO anyone who tells you Oxy is the best duelist NA or in challengers either trolling or doesn't actually watch the matches (he's not bad but he's severely overhyped. They did NOT look good in the opening match, and if it wasn't for 2 other teams in this group looking like the worst teams NA ever created since babyJ 100T I would genuinely worry about their playoff chances. (G2shazam can suck my nonexistent balls)
MxM: Buy. Theyve been on a huge upwards trend ever since they've gotten an org and I see no reason why that might stop. Theif, aproto, and brawk have been great players for years and sym is what people claim oxy is. He is what people have set reduux's expectations as. Super solid roster that has been on the rise since week 1 of phase 1.
Faze: Sell. Are TiGG and mummay good players? Yes. Are they better than rossy and diceyxz? Yeah I think so. Are they gonna make playoffs? almost certainly not. This is just another case of all the other teams have been improving around them so they're just left in the dust
Mad: Sell. I would be surprised if someone could name a single thing going in this teams favor. I feel so bad for ange. He was a top 5 controller phase 1 yet somehow the team has gotten WORSE after changes. obviously the team has internal problems and teams are now boycotting scrimming them. id bet money they win less than 40 rounds total
OR: UBER BUY. God i love pancakes so much.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO my 100s hours of analysis and college and high school level playing and managing has been WASTED!!!!!!!!!!! the chad vlr stat checker OWNED me
bro EG its getting so hard to root for you when you have Apoth (probably their best smokes player) and BCJ (Arguably best NA info init) SITTING DOING NOTHING
Talon has a 6 man roster (All 6 players compete and rotate based on map) FNC has a sub (Someone who fills in when someone on the starting 5 cant play)
no he isnt, he played 2 games because alfa had visa issues and COULDNT. he is a sub. they do not have a 6 man rotation or whatever
assdis*
Victor is literally the best performer on that roster (along with crashies)
yes because they thought a european could keep up in the NA region
Fanatic had a sub because Alfa had visa issues, not because they have a 6 man roster
EASY FOR REBO TEMPERATURE AND ALEKSANDER!!!!!
bbl and heretics and koi exist
Better IGL + better player, they would actually be top of the region
most teams are buying light armor right now, so phantom is just objectively better in that matchup
Despite claiming theyd be shit since the roster was announced (and being right despite what mortadelo said) I am now a Karmine Corp Fan!!!!!
LETS GO KARMINE
what chants should i use now as a newly made Karmine Head?(Karmien cuck?)
I agree with this take for every team besides G2 since their fans treat every team this way
All the idiots on vlr that overhype them and call oxy the best duelist in NA make it fun to watch them lose
Ive been saying this for months man, people just hate when you call them out for not watching games
kids will literally downfrag spam anyone who claims Oxy isnt the second coming of reyjavik tenz
penny once again is carrying G2
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