I really think it all went downhill when they tried changing up their comps in stage 2 instead of committing to their comfort picks

Ok that's what I thought thank you

How reliable are the rumors that Saadhak might go to KRÜ? I like both teams but I feel like their current rosters can cook next year without a change like this.

I think he's just doing the pre-round calling and it's keznit doing most of the midrounding. With mta heating up it might work out

EDG not even close to going home fym

that was so fucking funny

Thanks

I thought y'all were exaggerating about the FNC glaze but holy

"They're dismantling KRÜ, player by player" "KRÜ is CRUMBLING" while KRÜ fully still has the lead is wild

Any watch party recs (from ppl who actually pay attention and don't just yap)? I'm watching the Japanese stream now cuz idek

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Also true... much to think about

true except when he's caught badmouthing benjy on a live mic lol

G0NG known throwers idk

KRÜ used this comp and got cooked so bad so many times they started running Gekko too

What kind of marked for death ass curse are these dudes applying to make every team that loses to them worse?

100T, GEN, FPX (twice), the entirety of EMEA... the only one immune to this is G2 it seems

FPX and GEN both known throwers unfortunately

If y'all don't think Loud was the best team of 2022 idk what to say.

no Gekko/Harbor/Sage = shit post-plants

gg SEN picked the terrible yee yee icebox comp

They really aren't except for like late round situations where enemies don't have time to clear them.

Yeah I mean when you put it that way it would be fair for them to rearm but that still just seems so unintuitive when no other utility works like that. It's clear something needs to be done to improve the sensors though

flair but like honestly yeah I could see it

The problem is that there is almost never "proof" in the way that you're expecting. Almost by definition, these things usually happen in private, with no surveillance footage or additional witness.

The only proof is the alleged victim's word and how much you believe it. For what it's worth, that is often credible enough on its own. But we can't know at this stage.

What farms in ranked plat games is not gonna do shit in pro play. It's the same with Cypher kill setups, except these stuns can't even be relied upon to provide info.

Bottom two seeds don't make top 8 = annihilation? Okay.

Your bot is just predicting the expected team every time though. It's been wrong every time there was an upset.

EDG should win this but they're capable of choking

Yeah I agree but the positioning of his utility doesn't need to be so limited for that to be the case. He can still be relatively short-ranged and forced to be near the team (like Brim and Clove) while not being restricted in that all his walls must start from his physical position. I think it's too strong a detriment when he already pays the price of being the controller with the worst stopping power.

FPX should be at least around SEN. I know they've been throwing but none of the other 4th seeds would come even close to taking the likes of GenG to map 3.

And I'd put VIT around FNC. Yeah they're a little underrated now but they're still not a top 5 team at this tournament. They have too many weaknesses rn.

Your original post doesn't make sense. Reread it.

I suppose, but it does feel counterintuitive that the agent whose entire kit is smokes also has the most situations where he can't really cover anything useful.

Maybe if the cascades could be rotated, but that might be an overcook tbh

In the US, it can take months to prepare a trial for this kind of thing. He could be fully guilty and not end up in prison until over a year from now.

I don't know how it works in Chile but the point is that it's not this fantasy where an abuser gets exposed and just immediately is thrown in prison. The government has to meet with the alleged victim, he would have to be appointed counsel, attorneys would have to go over the evidence and argue, court dates would be set, etc.

I'm not saying he's guilty or innocent cuz obviously idk shit about that, but acting like he is for sure innocent because he's not in jail is fallacious and stupid.

It's not needed in pro play, but in ranked it's a huge complaint from teammates that the Harbor player just can't wall anywhere they aren't immediately in the vicinity of.

The wall itself doesn't need to be longer, but I'd like to be able to have it start farther out from Harbor's body with alt fire or something.

No the problem is that they rarely get triggered to begin with because they're even easier to just walk up and shoot than other trips.

They should be something that she can remotely detonate after placing, maybe even as a flash.

Astra lower cooldowns or 5th star

Harbor lower cooldown and longer range on high tide

Meddle needs to not be based on line of sight. That shit is so easy to dodge.

Tbh even then it's really just the gravnet and sometimes the wall that get value. The sonic sensors need to be reworked if she's ever gonna be a good pick outside of Trace's Bind.

It's a map thing. It can work on Bind, as shown by Trace, but some maps you just need the extra initiator/controller util.

Also Talon just sucks at coordinating Deadlock plays.

Doesn't he play for a worse team though

til LEV is NA

KRÜ, GEN, LEV, EDG

I feel like if FNC beats KRÜ it will be with a 9-3 comeback or something that just totally kills KRÜ's momentum.

BLG was the weakest team from the weakest region and NRG got 4-0d by them.

Trace is genuinely playing good valorant and LEV lost 1-2.

They're all regional merchants (except Gen G idk what they're doing)

BerLIN for sure. I was playing Astra and had a Neon get mad at me the other day for getting on site before her

I do wish that teams like KRÜ who have a uniquely aggressive style would also have unique comps to complement it instead of just using default comps and acting like they have more space-taking utility than they do

Satyromania because it doesn't matter how the disorder manifests in the individual but regardless they're both outdated terms (in favor of simply hypersexuality)

And it's only been 12 matchups too which is wild

I mean if FPX were to lose to SEN it'd be pretty bad but it is stupid that people make everything about the region as a whole

Yeah that's true. Recalling a smoke feels so punishing on the current cooldown but having 5 stars would fix it anyway while still making it not trivial to misplace stars.

Speaking of which, will riot ever fix the over-prioritization of high ground when placing stars? I'm so tired of clicking spots like Abyss A main or Split A main and the star just ends up in a corner of heaven instead.

He's just memeing about the s0m cove incident

I think Abyss will settle into an Astra meta even without changes but yeah giving a hard nerf to both cooldowns and total amount of util was too much.

She's like my 2nd most played agent in ranked and personally I might take lower cooldowns over a 5th star but either would be good.

If she gets buffed I WILL be one-tricking her.

If he's gonna be the best controller at taking space then he should also not have the most total smoke uptime.

guy who always expects the favored team to win thinks upsets are rigged