That's a bad take - we haven't seen the playoff teams. Just because they were first seed does not mean they'll do well. Group stages proved that anything can happen.

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true, I'm still keeping my expectations tempered.

yes, it's a really unfortunate situation. But BraveAF was a huge factor in Fnatic's success in EMEA.

I actually think Fnatic were doomed from the start because not having BraveAF ruined their team synergy and execs. We know Fnatic is a very structured and exec heavy team, so without a connected Initiator they were always going to lack an advantage. I personally think that the results would not be so different even if Derke was there, although it is fucking Derke so you never know.

TSM FTX bro

DRX Split is insane though they beat peak Gambit on it.

yo congratulations!!

some insane KR rosters:

Seoldam
Lakia
Sylvan
Munchkin
Persia

Hyeoni
Suggest
Harry
10X
Ryzzi

and u also have like tons of FA jetts who are cracked
foxy9
kobra
allow
meteor
eKo

yeah isnt that what LOUD is doing rn?

true

i mean, PRX were up 9-3 vs DRX on Icebox...it was a sorta close game.
I am in PRX copium, I like em is all.

i think the two situations arent comparable because xerxia was comfortably in the driver's seat vs OpTic.

the arrogance to say that after getting manhandled by Xerxia with the PR disaster that followed, plus with NA going out in groups at Champs...

PRX levelled up HARD since then. Even still they had close games with the strongest iteration of DRX and took a map off M3 SMB which was a really big dark horse.

tbf of the 8 rounds 4 were pistol+bonus rounds so unlucky really

except for Overwatch...and PUBG....and Apex.....?

cheering for

PRX
XIA
TGRD
TL
LOUD
KRÜ
G2
FNC
NiP
ZETA

and ofc DRX :)

GGs, respect to NiP, Breeze was the closest game DRX has had in the tourney.

You give brazilian fans a bad rep.

went from saying NiP 2-0 then NiP 2-1 now he said it was an expected DRX 2-0 holy copium

nah, they just don't give a shit about Valorant....yet.

excited for LOUD, ggs boys.

I actually think on Breeze they had a better Defense than Attack. A few rounds were mistakes but they clutched up on the crucial ones. Can't make these mistakes anymore. I hope DRX clean it up-this 13-8 was their closest game so far.

not yet. I would like to see DRX vs PRX though

interesting

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gg

hes still mechanically better than what i gave him credit for

i take back what i said about him

This guy used to be a Jett main

are we still on this weird notion that KR has bad mechanics?

VS never lost to ACE bro what? they beat them and it wasn't even close. they also never got 2-0'd at an international event.

edit: failed to realise it was meme post my bad

NiP 2x1 now?? :D

OpTic got smoked by XERXIA and TenZ said SEN would get pummeled by DRX, yeah SEN isn't doing so well but they're still a top NA team.

doesn't look good for NiP.

ultra rare Neeraj W bye

Surely DRX don't get their first ever international Haven loss to NiP? They even beat Fnatic on that map.

thats fucked lol

Tier 2 is its own tier bro, tier 2 players regularly swap between the tier 1 scene. it's not as large as you think. There's also tier 3 and tier 4 as well man.

either way my point still stands.

like me!

and Issax28

muchas gracias aficiòn, esto es para vosotros: SIUUUUU

you guys gotta get better ranked players man

FPX

lol chill i dont have any opinions on sinatraa except odds are he'll have a lot of catching up to do.

i only inserted my opinion on your statement about T2 for being false, which it was. Also, no, your implication that T2 players are different skillwise from T1 players is wrong. Literally look at The Guard. Look at Cryo and Zander. All ex-T2.

EDIT: nvm lmao

PRX=/=XIA
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I mean, you're playing ranked in the end so you wouldn't know.

I have some experience in NA Tier 2 as staff so I think I have some credibility when I say tier 2 Valorant in NA is definitely different from Ranked.

Iirc this already happened in Apex Legends.