The problem is you're comparing apples and oranges

They were 2-3 in groups and ended Ascension in 4th place (which isn't great, per se, considering it's a 6 team tournament... but it's still something)

Why is bro playing devil's advocate

Duelist
https://www.vlr.gg/player/21659/sato

Oh nvm I misread your post

So true Ricky and Mortydelo

What.

I think so too, but the point here is that we don't know how any team will perform until they do. For all we know, a bunch of teams are saving strats, or a bunch of teams are peaking in the offseason and will run into issues with the new season (map pool, balance changes, internal issues, etc.), or maybe a team with almost no footage will just dominate

Eh. It's not too far off, tbh... it's got arguably the top 4 teams in CN making top 4

Goated

Karmine Corp won Kickoff 2024 after putting on a circus show for all of 2023, so it's impossible to say for certain that a team won't win

Riot should do the same (8 teams is nothing ngl)

You're just a chill guy ig

Even if you weren't joking, Riot have been doing layoffs recently so I don't think they're open to hiring atm

Sent

Of course, yea. But when I already have a university offer (expecting another soon as well) and my average is high enough to qualify for automatic scholarships, all I really need to do is maintain that and I should be alright (as long as I don't get lazy by the time I start uni, of course, but I'm still working hard enough to be sure that won't happen)

I'm just chilling for now tbh
https://i.imgur.com/RYdIyws.png
As long as I keep my average above a certain threshold I should be good 👍

Full time student
I get part time jobs during breaks

Also fun fact that's 10^4 posts in 15^2 days

That's a big number, wow

Ngl I can genuinely see Liquid making a run, depending on how much chem they've built this offseason

HenBabyH, thenutoriousPRO, swvyboi1, sentinelmain377, and localkoolkid, to name a few

More damage (almost double), slows dashes like concuss and Sage slow, and the vertical height was decreased so you can't put it in cracks in the wall anymore

Definitely go Valiant Hero (monkey king)

I don't want that kinda money and I don't want to stream nor go pro

Best Valo player in my region. I don't play Counter-Strike and frankly being the best in the world at something would give me way more attention than I would be comfortable with

Anoymouse my OG goat

Not exactly a clip but there's something so iconic about nAts clutching any random 1v3 on Viper Icebox in 2021 by lurking into the most random place on the map

You better get on it bud

How'd you forget an entire region

Which crashies 1v3? The only Ascent clip of his I remember is the Frenzy ace

THE MAN CAN DO NO WRONG!

BLEED? What's that? 🙂

I agree, buff Harbor :3

I agree, but then again, the pickrates speak for themselves

Why are you like this

Don't worry, Team Secret fans can relate

Not my favourite but you definitely won't find anything better for that price range, at least not in a very long time. Definitely go for it if you want a new phantom :)

Easily the best night market I've ever seen

She's all done running 😔

https://i.imgur.com/x4FieuV.png nvm I'm goated

1. Sova goated
2. Recon OP
3. Colombia to the rescue? (probably not)

She's still gunning for ya!!

Yes, it is just you

...and I think most people would agree.

But then... why is it that Sova's pickrates look like this?

Ascension Americas: 58%
Ascension EMEA: 70%
Ascension Pacific: 43%
Ascension China: 57%
GC Champs: 60%
TEN Invitational: 75%
FGC Invitational: 65%
WALL-E Cup: 71%
Gwangju: 69%
SEN City Classic: 58%
Red Bull Home Ground (main stage only): 63%
Spike Nations: 52%
Radiant Asia: 80%
Shanghai Masters: 50%
Spotlight EMEA: 72%
Spotlight Americas: 71%

Now, this could just be the map rotation—Abyss, Ascent, Haven, Pearl, and Sunset are all Sova maps, and we're rotating two of them out for Lotus (not a Sova map) and Fracture (let's see how much damage EG did).

But when the pickrates for an agent are that high, it's usually not just an issue with the map pool.

The simple fact is that recon initiators are very very powerful, and almost necessary in the majority of team comps. And on top of that, much more teams are opting to play Sova than Fade—not just on Sova maps (fair) but also on maps where they can both work very well, such as Pearl and Sunset.

I wonder how this will change in 2025. Who knows? Maybe we'll get Sova nerfs or Fade buffs. Maybe recon as a concept will be nerfed somehow. Or maybe the new Colombian initiator will be another competitor to Sova and Fade (though looking at Riot's track record with new agents recently, probably not).

😭 what.

Pacific 9/10
EMEA 4/10
Americas 3/10

https://i.imgur.com/Twcbm6t.png
All I'm gonna say is one of them looks a lot shadier than the other

When they were top 4

He hasn't technically been announced yet