Their agent pool and team comps hold them back at times... But those are things that can be improved on.
Their mental really held them back at champions, and that's why they underperformed.
You don't just accidentally win an international tourney without dropping a map... People tend to undervalue their impact nowadays.
What they need to fix is just small mistakes that cost them few maps and rounds and they're gonna be back to their winning ways.
People jump ships waaaaaay to quickly!

With a great sentinel signing - 100T
If team comps and agent pools improve - SEN
New teams to enter the S tier? XSET or GENG

Impact he carries is his nutty aim and just a menacing presence that creates pressure against teams. He is a star player!
Problem is, Liquid always found a way to get overconfident and whiff and keep their heads down after those whiffs... Which resulted in them not winning anything that's really important and that's how Scream kept staying out of these top 5 lists.
But if Liquid fixes their mental game... I think we're gonna see him and multiple TL players in upcoming top 10 lists!

He can frag with Reyna, but he would need to up his Raze game since Raze is slowly becoming a necessity on some maps where Jett cannot be utilized as efficiently... He's still a star, make no mistakes!

I actually agree, BabyJ is an awesome sentinel and a great pickup. Wouldn't be surprised if he is signed to 100T already and their just releasing these news one by one.
Combo with ec1s could be deadly too... Both are young and have a high ceiling, something that this team desperately needed after than boomer roster.

Yeah, but meta would need to change more often than not so game doesn't become stale... even from marketing perspective it is in game's best interest to make adjustments (as little as they are) so it keeps the meta shifting / changing and overall the pro scene and game more exciting = more $$$

troll / baiter / attention seeker / bored or probably going through some existential crisis

tru

Sova's kit would need to be drastically changed in order to lower his pick rate... He'll always be valuable with his abilities, and one agent I truly feel will never leave the meta unless a heavy rework that nerfs him happens.

I think balancing the game overall would require nerfs & buffs at the same time... Even if nerfs I mentioned happened, I still think Brim's kit should be buffed (his kit is garbage, even tho his smokes are awesome). Omen's abilities should also get a buff...
It'll be interesting to see how Riot approaches this...

In my opinion

• Jett's dash should be nerfed immediately and upcoming agents should be added to the game so Jett is not only viable pick with an operator (Riot did a good job with a Chamber).
• With 5 smokes that are easily picked back up and placed somewhere else soon after, Astra as a smoker is just too strong... This smoke retrieval should be more punishable in my opinion & smoke shouldn't last as long as it makes pushing or defending a site, sometimes too easy without anyone being able to counter it properly.

With a pick rates that are, honestly, too high & many pros agreeing that these two agents should be nerfed (a lot), do you agree or disagree that both Jett & Astra need a nerf? And why they do/don't?

yet you commented... 🧢

Platinum
1200DPI & 0.235 in-game sens

The best NA team of the year? 100T (if ec1s rumors are true)
The best EU team of the year? Team Liquid
The best Wildcard team of the year? LOUD

The Masters One winner?
The Masters Two winner?
The Champions winner?
won't even try to predict anything after VCT Champions lol

The team that will disappoint the most? X10
The team that will improve the most? G2
The region that will improve the most? Brazil
The region that will get worse the most? LATAM
The Rookie of the year at international events? Aspas
The best player of 2022? Asuna
Your bold prediction. 100T will have a shaky start to 2022, but will dominate during the other half of the year

I love these predictions, and how many different perspectives it offers for us as fans to see!

edit, so far this isnt aging well

Personal bias, I think Lakia is much much better on defense, and post plant situations and I feel like he's slowly becoming one of more underrated players... I hope he continues where he left off from Master Reykjavik

Continuing this thread, neither Buzz or Rb are Jett/entry's you would want on a top tier team, or team is simply focusing too much on their initiators to open up the sites for them so we didn't get to see them shine like they could...

Fnatic jersey, prior to ASOS sponsorship looked clean af
G2 and Sentinels look fire too
Gambit jacker is an S tier clothing piece overall

what the f*ck is this comment section...
Nice pick-up tho

LMAO I love how factual this actually is

self awareness is first part of the healing process ig lmao

My country has no pro players lol
Ill just add GB to the mix I guess

IGL - Boaster
Initiator - Moe40
Controller - L1nk
Entry / Duelist - Soulcas
Sentinel - Kryptix

Yes, British people dont play duelist apparently, so I had to improvise

I wouldnt necessarily exclude anyone from the list, these are top tier players after all
If we are strictly speaking about roles, for example. not including stax and Lakia from VS, like people mentioned, didnt make sense for me...

I would totally approach this list differently, adding categories similar to their "best entry"
Best IGL, best lurker/rat, best site defender, best site clearer etc.

This list is a L tbh
so many great players not included...

all you do is talk shit about damn near all the teams, while blindly defending any SEN criticism... smh

BR scene is really heating up... Love to see it! Can't wait to see how they perform!

Bro, their only win that wasnt legit was against TL, who had a bad day LMAO
And thats only cause we didnt get to see them go off against each other
Acend was still better than TL

I wish we've seen more of Lakia... I think he had/has so much potential...
Fuck VS for not playing him

MB, I should've used "overlooked" instead, I completely agree with you bro

i dont think hell go to NA, but its pretty much the best decision for him from a business perspective... if his goal is to raise his individual platform, NA is the best market for it, hands down

if i had sacy on my team id just let him pick all the players lol
He's underrated in my eyes

most entertaining?
leaf or yay, just watching them hit shots like some aimbots is fun af

yup, hes not top 20 in the world like many say

Like C9 Leaf said, their playstyle is too predictable, it becomes too easy to counter. Teams exploited this which resulted in them not being to adapt as quickly as they needed to. I mean, Fnatic Boaster is the biggest brain in the game, they knew damn near every move VS was gonna make.
Also, them relying on utility combos so much hurt them in the long run. So they weren't unlucky... They just couldn't "clear sites, defend retakes" their way to a championship title.
Add bad map picks, bad map bans in the mix, and there you go...

Maybe if they played Lakia, than it would make some difference...
#freeLakia

Best player - GMB nAts
Best team in the World - Acend or Gambit
The most improved team - KRU
The most improved player - FNC Magnum
Biggest upset team - KRU (obviously, but shoutout to TeamSecret)
Best match - Gambit vs KRU (VCT Champions) & Gambit vs 100Thieves (VCT Masters Berlin)
Most consistent player - GMB nAts
Most consistent team - Gambit
Most overrated player - SEN sick
Most underrated player - NV crashies & VS Lakia & ACE zeek
Most entertaining player in-game - SEN dapr
Most entertaining player off-game - FNC Boaster
Best VCT Tournament - VCT Champions

Sign Ec1s & Doma lol

V1 Zellsis on twitter told him to come to NA 👀
Doma replied: "u got a spare bed?"

I think it's more of a team comp case I think... Doma shines while playing support agents almost like a duelist (KAY/O, Skye or even a battle Sage)... With that playstyle Fnatic lacks a proper initiator to set the up for a site entry on attack for example, or puts them in a spot where he needs another player with him on defense at all times...

I strongly disagree with his decision making being horrible... Bottom line, even if it was, Doma is the epitome for a team player, and if he's not clutching, he's setting his teammates up... When something like that fails, whole team takes the blame, simple as that.

This could be a move that propels Doma into stardom tho... he's little bit underrated right now

How do you feel about this one?

Is Doma really the piece that could be replaced so Fnatic can become that consistent S tier team? If so, who would be a good pick up / replacement?

I honestly think the Fnatic team comps which make him play like 5 agents hurt his potential. He's a great Skye and Sage (on Icebox), but he also played Breach and Kay/o. I feel like him being the only one on Fnatic that can't find comfortable role/playstyle hurt him in the end. Where do you see him ending up now and maybe even more importantly, which role is he gonna take?

Dapr? Maybe... But Zombs? Come on man... His ability to use utility to help SEN initiate pushes and play retakes is unmatched in NA... Hell, only VS Mako may be close to him when it comes to that. If his defense was was top tier, he would be near best controller in the world.

GG Gambit, they're ability to adapt to damn near any situation, and have so much patience to literally wait for their opponents to make a mistake whether they are defending or attacking is incredible... And NATS... man is a menace, and constantly throughout the tournament was a hardest player to deal with...

TBH, you are partially right, about no one having a clear advantage in CS, being entirely skill based etc.
What you kinda got wrong imo is everyone having a set role in Valorant... Like, it's far from it... For example, if you play Sage alone on site that's being rushed by a whole team, you would quickly need to retreat and play retake as in that case, even Sage's defensive potential becomes obsolete. You are required to use agents differently from their surface-level intended use in order to carry out rounds properly. Now you would need to place Sage walls and slow orbs in other places, using them differently than intended in the beginning of the round to play retake by closing out the angles, or, try to lurk with an agent that possibly doesn't have best utility to carry out his given task...
That kind of more than necessary adaptation exists in CS too, of course, but with so many agents & with so much utility being played, plus, metas changing and being innovated all the time, learning curve becomes even steeper than CS's if you ask me... And even after all that, and utility carrying out the final kills in the round, the game still comes down to landing your shots.

They could fall out of the competition tbh, they're just having a tough time adapting to newer meta... however its still a bigger possibility they end up in berlin... I mean Doma is playing like a demigod at times, Derke is just struggling sometimes with shooting, so he'll bounce back... And their leader is notorious shot-caller, so let's give the boys some time.

no EU bias here, just enjoying good valorant and little competition... u reek of bias tho... enjoy the rest of the qualifiers

Even TL who was at top of their game was in top 4 in Iceland... Fnatic beat second best NA team at the time V1... 2 out of top 4 teams at the time were from EU... Sentinels being at top of their game and on top of Valorant doesn't immediately make whole region "the best"...
So do not be in denial and enjoy a little competition... and chill tf out bruh, you're putting to much effort into this