This shit again...

The region's population is comparable to Americas and EMEA, its playerbase is heavy into esports, and the game is still new there so of course they're gonna be a bit behind. Give them a year or two and we'll have more than 2 internationally competitive Chinese teams.

He can absolutely be their main duelist with more time and practice, which they'll have now. The mid season transition from qck to pancada was just impossible to deal with cleanly.

As a team that's practically all supports, Loud performs better with a duelist that sticks close to the main core and doesn't make solo plays. That was the idea with qck, but frankly his routing was really off a lot of the time. Also Less's omen is kinda crazy if they wanna do the double orb smokes comp from bind again.

That being said if they drop tuyz I'll be upset. It's not his fault they decided to get pancada back when having better smokes was this team's least concern.

No it's true they have all the pieces they need to win, but I think what's really missing is that they have weaker mental.

A lot of the games they win are clear stomps from the start. Games that drag out tend to see them making more mistakes, whiffing shots, getting impatient, etc. They need someone who can keep them focused when their aggressive playstyle gets countered by more patient/passive teams.

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GenG will still qualify by championship points as long as PRX doesn't also throw

least reactionary ranked player

The map's been out for like 2 days let it cook

Coward behavior. You're gonna run away from it forever?

Definitely not G2 they're like the only boring Americas team.

I'd also put RRQ and Talon in over DRX and Secret but that's just me.

I'd guess a core of Jett, Astra, and Gekko, with the remainders being some combination of Sova, Harbor, Breach, and Deadlock depending on the team.

They are also both very good games and I recommend them in their own rights. Though the gameplay of Signalis is a little tedious sometimes but the story and horror make up for it.

Signalis is literally a lesbian love story. Celeste isn't as overt but since the creator is trans it's become a favorite of the community.

literally what is stupid about this

How does losing to FUT, who is currently the region's top seed, change their point though

The Neon/Iso buffs, Viper nerf, and Skye nerf are the only substantive agent changes that have happened since Gekko 's release a year and a half ago. The valorant meta doesn't even change from season to season as much as other competitive shooters do.

Changing metas are a trait of the genre and something pros should expect when they play the game. Aside from the neon/iso buffs actually, it's all been extremely predictable too. Of course Chamber TPs will be nerfed. Of course recharging recon flashes will be nerfed. Of course Viper's ability to lock down sites better than literal sentinel agents will be nerfed. Pros shouldn't be surprised by this.

And it's not GenG's "homeground." It's the same map for both teams, and the better team wins. If Heretics has a problem with that, they shouldn't have dropped a series, or they should've been more competitive on more maps.

EG, Chinese FPX, and LOUD

If LOUD kicks tuyz for some reason I'll replace them with furia or some shit

Why do people on this site love to forget split 1 happened

Conveniently leaving out the part where they won 5 games straight in split 1

FPX will make top 4

Their one consistently successful attack strat is to group up as 3 and wait a whole minute for defenders to get impatient and peek them. Or they drone mid and pray there's someone in an off angle who can't run to cover.

They got lucky by having to face C9 and KRU, the two teams in Americas who don't know when to stop being aggressive. They struggle against a team like 100T that's more responsive.

Honestly it's for the best they dodged Shanghai cuz now they can rest up and prepare. They get hard countered by overly passive play like G2's so they can work on that now

Same goes for SEN. We'll probably see both of em cook in round 2

Nah, Melser's lurks are actually pretty strong. The bigger problem is that they just get baited out and tilted by scared teams like G2 that play unbearably passive and boring.

I know Atom doesn't discourage them from overheating but they gotta be able to mentally reset in those situations

will actually win champs if coaching team teaches them anti-tilt breathing exercises

but until then we're all in on 100T AMERICAS LAST HOPE

Cada equipo necesita 2 victorias para calificar, así que loud necesitará ganar contra SEN y también contra G2. Aún así EG puede tomar el último lugar si ganan contra NRG