I don't see its immediate impact, with the current meta I feel like the last thing you need is another dive agent. Yoru, Vyse and Tejo, along with the buff to iso. I think it might just be another ranked agent.

Also KJ mains stand up, now yall can play the game again

That and the ace clutch :(

c9 leaf + the guard is legendary, looking greater than the stax/buzz debuff

VALYN WHIFFED TOOO AT THE END

If he didn't ace clutch, they full eco to give T1 12. The chance they lose this series 3-1 is massive with T1 having moment going into split.

Now lets see who chokes harder, stax/buzz or the guard core.

Dashing vents creates space and means there is no possible mid re-clear from mail bc they'll play into a cross fire. And how is there no benefit of that? Mid is literally the most important spot on split. "Imagine if he dashed onto site", you're saying this like they have full map control, they're taking mid for a reason. If a raze double satchels to vents, are you gonna sit there and say "he should've saved it for the site"?

I just genuinely cant understand how you think kangkang is a baiter? Yes everyone has their moments of baiting but to consider him a baiter is wild. You just straight up ignored everything about taking first contacts and taking space. If the only thing you care about is being first on site then fine, kangkang is a shit entry and miniboo is the best. There is so much more to being an entry, first contacts and early fights like I wrote, rapid map control like I wrote, along with site hits like I wrote and he does it all. He had a bad event so hes a bad player? You are ignoring everything just to fit your own narrative

#29, he is very often the first contact. If I'm the duelist and I'm the first to jump on site and I immediately die, does that make me a good entry? no. EDG's playstyle is very contact based and working the map for kangkang to get a kill. If your definition of entry is always first to jump onto site then by all means fine, that is never gonna be kangkang. However, to call this dude a baiter when most of the time hes taking the first duel for the team, is beyond me. He's never gonna be like 24' zekken where hes the hard dive with a util dump bc that just isnt their style, but he does entry for the team all the time whether that is first bloods or taking space and map control.

Split

• Round 1: Dashes vents to help take middle and first to take contact in A heaven and with no real util, fights spawn to stop rotates
• Round 2: Dashes ramp trying to early punish, then team stopped at choke
• Round 3: Mid control to crunch vents but dies first
• Round 4: Dashes ramp trying to early punish and dies first taking heaven after drone
• Round 5: Mid control, early fight smoggy/zmjjkk get first kills of round
• Round 6: First kill onto sylvan, slows the round down and then hard hits
• Round 7: Gonna dash site but omen flashed so regroup to take heaven control, first contact on meteor and dies
• Round 8: Full flashed, dashed heaven and dies to rocket
• Round 9: Change up to atk op, you have to bait with op
• Round 10: Started mid sewer side, team hit site without him there
• Round 11: First mid contact, nobody dies and the round turns into a scramble
• Round 12: A Heaven control dashes site and dies first

"He's a jett one trick, his neon is reasonable enough"

• Buffed neon or not, he farmed champs on it so to say its "reasonable enough" is a crazy statement. Kangkang has a slightly worse tourney on raze and hes "ineffective", go look at regional and other international stats and tell me otherwise, sure its not standout but that doesn't make it bad. He himself has said he doesnt like yoru.

"He rarely entries"

• You have genuinely lost your mind, you can be honest and say you don't watch EDG play.

" the rest of team just pumps money into him"

• If you have a star duelist, who can pull BS rounds out of their ass, your team does this. zekken, derke, oxy, keznit, aspas. Don't act like this is a new thing. Did he or did he not, say EDG with that guardian buy against TH when they lost all momentum?

"Again, he's good when they're winning, he's one of the worst if they're losing"

• The team rides and dies with him, further proving he isn't a baiter. Also, if your team get stomped, your stats are gonna look ass

"tldr: bro is overrated"

• tldr: this dude has lost his mind

And someone said drop smoggy like wtf are people on

The story lines are there for both sides. IMO it really is a battle of the good guys, can't really go against either side

T1 FIGHTING

They've been at this for so long, its overdue at this point. 2 very likeable guys too

Gotta go T1

• Stax and Buzz get first masters
• Sacy stays the only player with champs and masters (the bald king)
• Meteor joins chronicle and tenz as only players with 2 masters (since lock//in isnt considered a masters)

ngl pretty funny watching tmv, mimi, and bren mald at vit.

Similar to ethan both players are very skilled in mid-rounding, but struggles with adjustments and set strats on the fly. VIT were carried by individuals most of the time, which made the calls easy and against T1, they straight up ran out of ideas completely.

If sayf can be more adaptable and improve his overall IGLing, this team is gonna be more scary come toronto.

for MIBR (if the rumors are true), it'll be so funny. And there is a possibility of mibr playing nrg first

Has to be one of the highest ACS and kd of any event right?

come playoff time with 4 teams, I think truly testing a team's map pool in a bo5 with pressure of elim, would make it so much more fun to watch

What if it was single elim bo5? Double elim with 4 teams seems like a waste and this is coming from a sen fan where they won madrid bc of format.

so hows the paper now?

Me neither, expect when I was a kid and would wake up at 5/6 to watch DBZ...... ahh the good ole days

WhY dOn'T eDg DrOp S1mOn, He Is ThE wOrSt PlAyEr On ThE tEaM aNd NoT eVeN tHe IgL. hE aVeRaGeD a 0.89 kD iN cHaMpIoNs OfTeN gOiNg DoUbLe NeGaTiVe. tHiS yEaR sO fAr He HaS aVeRaGeD a 0.90 kD dUrInG kIcKoFfS aNd MaStErS bAnGkOk. PeOpLe CoPe By SaYiNg He HaS gReAt UtIl, BuT tHiS iSn'T dIaMoNd, tHeRe ArE pLaYeRs At ThE tIeR 1 lEvEl WhO hAvE aS gOoD uTiL aS hIm AnD cAn ShOoT. WhEn YoU'rE aT tHe HiGhEsT lEvElS yOu HaVe To Do BoTh. I dOn'T uNdErStAnD wHy EdG sHoUlD bEaR hIs DeAdWeIgHt WhEn He IsN't EvEn ThE iGl. ThE mEnTaLiTy ThAt MaStErS/cHaMpS wInNeRs ShOuLdN't MaKe ChAnGeS iS tHe ExAcT rEaSoN wHy MaNy TeAmS fAlL oFf AfTeR wInNiNg An EvEnT. I tHiNk EdG sHoUlD dRoP s1MoN eVeN iF tHeY wIn BaNgKoK.

I applaud you, I wouldn't be able to get through the rest of my day if I did that

I'd end up watching the game and then when its over be like "fuck I got nowhere on this paper" LUL

I just check the scores when I get up at 8. Normally its like 2nd series map 2 by then

Do y'all actually wake up early to watch bangkok?

We not like him

the split clip just feels so wrong

forget stretched res

https://x.com/loud_lukxo1/status/1894493931036967011

Ride or die over here even if it hurts my mental LUL

zander never got a trial if Im not mistaken. Orgs probably assumed m80 would win ascension, idk

I still can't forget the entering astra form out in the open on box.

Research paper? Its just the truth and mad frustrating to constantly see, "we gotta clean this up", "we gotta be better" and not do it.

No, its a masters event and that is the level that you bring? Every other team has leveled up at this event, and you're still the same?

This is some pure horse shit, I'm watching

"We gotta be better"

How many "we gotta be better" do you need to have before, reality is that you're just ass. Potential is great and all, if you aren't improving and making the same mistake, is the potential truly there? This sen roster this, this sen roster that. How are you making the same easy mistakes that are so fixable? "Time, give it time", sen was one of the teams that formed their rosters early asf.

If you're losing bc of gameplan stuff, fine. Macro/micro stuff takes time, but on the fly decision making doesn't. The overheating and fighting alone, not playing time/bomb. Is it so hard to just ask for good valorant? Most fans would agree, if your team plays good valorant and lose, tough luck but if they play bad and lose, its so frustrating

they need confidence, tenz was someone who felt like he could outaim anyone last year and true or not, you need that on a team. You don't always need a set strat just "he can't hold this so lets hit his site"

I think they called a 5 man B like 3 times and none of the times it worked. TL have such a weak mid hold (they weren't fighting for it at all) and exploited that only a couple times. If im a coach, i feel like im eating that shit up

Fun bc easy win LUL

being a TL fan and watching nats dying bc the lurk was too fast must've been fun, team hasn't gotten the bomb down and he dies on lurk got me mad confused

Both of these teams look ass, but I think sen should've won in regulation, the nats 1v3 was very avoidable. zekken and n4rrate falling off and then eco'ing after.

I don't care who wins bc both of sen/tl are losing to any top team in the tourney, but I like good valorant. And holy hell, wtf are these post plants. Bang has astra suck and duels with john to lose a 1v3. Bang/john have missiles and suck and duel instead of playing bomb. TL Xv2 retake and lose. This map should've ended way before.

Most definitely

I wont even give vit split either, DRX's gameplay today was awful and even still the map was very close

hes not playing better than chichoo atm

kangkang = derke
nobody < trex
s1mon > kicks
chichoo > less
smoggy > sayf

fax no printer

EDG firepower >>>>>

Their mental falling apart and getting run down by PRX

its the nature of swiss stage, any team can play anyone. Mix of skill and luck

SEAMON