can't even win against paycheck stealers on C9

saadhak and nobody clear everyone else

I will defend Melser to the fucking death

Oh no...

Truly the vibes on NRG are just that rotted

Please mibr win Toronto. The implications across multiple teams would be so fucking funny

I still feel like cauanzin/tuyz and DGZ/V1nny have not adapted to each other's play styles.

Also I am begging DGZ to try Waylay and for more comps with +viper -senti cuz these standard ass boring comps are so disappointing from a team known for creativity.

It makes sense on Split bc only Sage's wall allows for fast rotates through mid if it's not broken, but Viper is better than both of them anyway

Tejo + Sage is a prohibitively expensive comp tho. With smokes, you now have to pick only two of:

• duelist
• recon
• trips
• flashes
• viper

And for what? how many kills are you realistically getting off of stun + salvo traps in one map, especially with very limited passive info to trigger it?

asc+

also the case for immo+, tho sample size is questionable

Boostio should simply play senti. This trend of players like cryo, demon1, something, jingg, etc. who can't comfortably play a variety of agents within any necessary role is getting out of hand.

tacolilla

Who wins

3rd highest ranked winrate in asc+ btw

No idea why she gets picked in pro tho

I don't understand the appeal of watch partying. If you want someone who cares about the games and is entertaining, why not listen to the casters on the official broadcast...?

This is his and thyy's debut game!

Tejo is 22nd by ranked winrate in asc+ kekw he's even lower than Harbor

Saying this just before Talon rocks the whole league is crazy

Harbor comps are the answer just wait till the rework and see

T1 literally won Bangkok by using double duelist to force team fights before the iPad post-plants happen and ppl still act like there's no counterplay

I was watching KC.

solo Tejo is ass why is anyone still running it after n0vi disasterclass

Nah cause it gets to a point that you just gotta have a baseline level of versatility as a pro. Jett and Brim/Astra is such a constricting agent pool to work around that it's not fair to the rest of the team (even if kingg being good at Raze and Omen fills the gaps and I don't know why they haven't tried that tbh).

He was a great Raze, specifically. That might not translate onto Yoru.

For Stage 1,

G2 > MIBR > 100T
T1 > TLN > DRX
TL > VIT > FUT
EDG > NOVA > DRG

The only change, if he even needs it, is just to increase the salvo cooldown to 50 or 60s. That way it's not back up for post-plant if it was already used on the site take (like all other mollies).

artzin is a chad but senti is only the easiest role in ranked

chilaquiles

But pronouncing Tejo the Spanish way is totally normal?

Overrated class anyway

Maybe SRB should try fighting them before they have all five alive in post plant with full util

In the game's history, has there ever been more than like 5% of deaths to utility?

How are they gonna be upset at the "meta" when the team that least conforms to it just won Bangkok

It's extremely well-balanced despite all the whining about Tejo

THE FINALS please it's so slept on and the new season dropped today

Governor recon and batu senti and this team might cook

• one of keznit or DGZ goes nuclear on Waylay and carries their team to 1st seed
• Talon wins every matchup in groups
• T1 the only Korean team that qualifies for Toronto

Those five "random" ranked dudes are better than 99.99% of the playerbase

the only metric that should be weighed more heavily is FK/FD ratio

going 25/15 with 8 first bloods is a world of difference from going 25/15 with 2 first bloods

I agree for the most part but one thing that has to be taken into account is Waylay's release.

She seems made for Keznit's playstyle and so I would be very surprised if KRÜ chokes again. Even someone like DGZ with heavy awp usage might find ways to take super aggressive peeks with Refract.

• Harbor: bad
• Gekko: niche/mediocre
• Deadlock: niche/mediocre
• Iso: mediocre (don't let Meteor fool you)
• Clove: bad
• Vyse: good
• Tejo: good (but overrated)

What power creep? Most agents are far worse now than they were 3 years ago or on the game's release.

Controller assists =/= initiator assists

20 is still crazy tho

Glazing them like one

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they beat lulquid and shitinels on haven let's not get ahead of ourselves here

Okay but you can say this about many teams that are dominant at any given moment and end up falling off, let alone one that hasn't won multiple trophies (or even a single one) yet.

Never. Like #6 said.

Map bans serve the purpose you think agent bans do.

Once again, people acting like G2 are some unbeatable pinnacle of valorant because they have nerdge playbooks.

EDG already can beat them. They've made top 3 with everyone on the team except Chichoo underperforming. This team throws one Bo3 and everyone starts acting like they're in Madrid form.

Besides them and T1, any high-level team that dedicates time to counter-stratting is gonna have a shot. It could be DRX, it could be VIT, it could be 100T, hell even a peak game from KRÜ or Loud or something.

Let's wait till any roster wins three trophies before acting like they're unstoppable.

Nice try. I play recon and smokes (and suffering)