TBH I think EMEA should import NA players more than the other way around lmfao, KOI should be begging for yay

His feeding and aim is bad, he also played pretty well some series in playoffs and you don't know everything that goes into mid-rounding and comps it's not always one person. I generally think liquid is just a team that wins on form and they aren't always going to be in form, tough luck

Nah, billibilli would beat a few teams at this event ASE isn't even that good in CNA they just fluked two series vs Edward

who would replace redgar theres no reason to complain about him lol

stretch res doesnt do shit and NA is content region so I understand it

unfortunately, he's actually a good IGL unlike dephh, they can't replace him unless you want a jampii igl lmfao

Tuyz and Cuan is just a huge downgrade lol, sacy and pancada were both top 3 in their roles EASILY. Plus sacy was a real leader mentality wise

Bro, just wait until sheydos reunites lmfao they could only get 2 Russians last year but now we good

I think EMEA is the better league but if anything this masters has just proved NA has far better talent than EMEA in val in general, EG is a team of tier 2 players plus Ethan who was arguably tier 2 when he joined EG and I expect them to give fnatic a good fight. There isn't going to be a fnatic era like people thought.

they also beat navi on an off day, I don't think they can win an event with sayf offline like EG might if demon1 isn't online because the rest of EG is playing out of their mind also. Sayf is way more important to liquid success than demon1 is to EG aswell.

dw when liquid signs sheydos next season they clear everyone

he's better than aspas atm, smartest duelist itw the crosshair placement and movement gets him every advantage in a 1v1

bruh, liquid beat fnatic 3-1 on a sayf off day just accept potter is reaching lol

bro is jinxing for liquid l0l

not a lot of teams innovate a lot, EG have lately though.

tbh the saadhak joining 100t announcement is gonna hit like crack so lets get it

bro thinks esports is just repeating history lol they cant just do nothing every year and expect to win because of a pattern lil bro

tbh idk I think liquid have a better grasp on this meta, sayf is also the best player in the series.. IDK man liquid gotta fix shit to win this event

I mean what other NA team had a chance to be good, 100t isnt really a great roster on paper and sentinels had a lot of internal issues. If EG has this potential im sure rosters like sen and c9 could eclipse that.

yeah eg looked garbage before demon1 came so he probably brings a lot of intangibles, potter surprised me though, their spacing on entries is perfect.

tbh nobody expected this, it's probably the most insane thing I've seen in any esports and thats saying a lot. EG literally has players that have not shown much results in NA t2 and are currently stomping on players that have won international majors. I thought C9 was a huge surprise but this is just bigger because c9 had 2 world class players in xeppa and leaf already.

w then

fnatic ban pearl eg ban bind idk how the picks go

Sadly, sports doesn't work like this lol just because one team beat another doesnt mean said team is better than everyone else the other played. NRG beat EG not too long ago. Off days happen stop being delusional and just let the games play out lol

FPX and Gambit were largely similar teams tho, teams who had almost perfect grasps on the meta in their prime but in the future struggled with inconsistency. Gambit is overrated af tho ngl woulda been cool if the Russia thing never happened and they coulda signed derke would be an actual superteam. In reality though the only teams where a roster had a top 5 guy in each role at that moment was M2 Sentinels and Current FNATIC.

I mean something had joined later than the rest of the Russian players, I would assume it's easier to get visas when you're established

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I'd like it if EG wins masters for the extra slot but reality is Liquid have the better roster and have been just as good recently lol, 3-1 over fnatic is crazy no matter the circumstances and sayf statistically has been the best player of the franchised era so far

no they aren't lol. You're deluded. If anything FNATIC is playing the best valiant ever, but honestly Liquid clears all ATM because Sayf is playing to absurd standards.

Demon1 isn't better than Sayf. Also EDG literally lost like 4 rounds more vs loud than eg did so idk what ur point is lol. Liquid 2-0 tbh

bro thinks liquid are losing after beating that Chinese superteam

they should literally just buy johnqt or valyn lol if not just keep stellar. In reality anyone but Cryo can get upgraded on 100t and the only reason cryo cant is because they prob spent too much money to quit on him.

DRX just isn't good anymore they have some internal issues, everyone thought DRX was top 4 itw but in reality that team has same issue NaVi core has which is teams can just anti to hell because they've been around forever. PRX isn't the favorite vs any other team remaining so I wouldn't say top 3. Still impressive if they're competitive with FNATIC and NRG but probably won't be without something.

furia and lev suck tbf

The thing is, these ORGs know they can't compete with Fnatic and LOUD season 1, so why listen to fans who dont understand esports roster building when they could just wait and identify BETTER talent for upcoming seasons?

or.. we could just have a bigger tournament later in the year since this is just a masters event lol.
Riot is prioritizing growth in China which benefits everyone, ASE is pretty competitive but EDG is a way better team.

not bad but sayf prob has the best game sense of any duelist atleast in the last EMEA split and also plays neon like Leaf

I mean you're trying to use eye test for a player who's never played versus those guys at the top level. Also for a team who plays such fundamental aggressive valorant like PRX, the jett v jett or in general duelist matchup matters quite a bit. Not just the kill but denying an entry. Something DRX I feel like would always struggle with, hence why I think T1 will probably give PRX a good run for their money if they can upgrade on ban.

It's not an insult to APAC but EMEA and Americas is definitely a different level of competition.

Leaf was playing vs Aspas and Demon1 Sayf was vs Derke and CNed. The best jett in APAC is probably Saya? Who's really good don't get me wrong but besides for that none on the level of Aspas Derke ETC. Also his Jett rating past 60 is 1.18 which is what I used.

I don't understand why they don't just feed winners of groups into round 1 and have a lowers bracket lol? Or maybe they have a lowers and it's just cropped but still..

People definitely talk less about Sayf and Leaf than they do about Something lol. It's okay to admit he's getting hype but to say he's the best itw is just awkward at this stage.

He's been good but like, his 1.17 rating isn't exactly dominance in APAC. Sayf averages close to 1.3 on jett iirc and gets less hype. Obviously great but APAC doesn't have the same amount of duelist talent that EMEA and Americas and he wasn't always even farming in APAC. I'd just rather wait to see him play some teams at Tokyo that might stylistically be a worse matchup for Something and PRX.

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I feel like both FUT and NAVI are just pretty inconsistent. NAVI always had high highs, I don't doubt that Shao can go on an insane run and they win Tokyo lol

maybe FUT are just good? lmfao

Adding Sean is good but keep this starting 5 or you're gonna regret it.

say is #1 atm easily man those numbers aren't normal. You an argue it if you want but hes the most inform player itw atm.

pancada who has >50% of his usage on smokes doesnt like smokes apparently its definitely not because the igl cant igl if hes anchoring or lurking because hes USELESS. Stop being emotional. dephh sucks and the coaches cant co-operate with him because theyre trying to teach a garbage igl how to igl.

ur a moron lol hes covering for his teammate.. imagine the reaction fans have if pancada says id rather play smokes but because my IGL is incompetent on sentinel lmfao