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