tbh world cup lately have been kinda shit (brazil is underwhelming)

i AM shaving my head

emea fans finding out less is kind of a dick 💔💔💔💔

brazilian crowd cheers for brazilian players how surprising

he's one of the main reasons it is a superteam in the first place

less is currently 11-1 against emea teams

you keep praying and he will keep winning

extremely common less W

i think so yeah
more of a joking tone but still

"what a nasty finale

bros played 0 tactical valorant and almost won kkkkkkkkk

but im EMEA champion now too"

-Less

https://x.com/lessvlr/status/1888717919678304414

bro you call edg fluke run and trust on LIQUID?

non-braindead predictions
t1 2-0 VIT
Liquid 2-1 EDG

bro doesn't have an decent international run since gambit 2021
regional farmer

unironically champions luck gg its over

n0ts cant compete
41904019 years of carreer he was relevant only at one of them

hes learning since april 2024

fixed it for me thanks

hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby

i miss him :(

absolutely

less is playing phantom and brimstone they rewired him completely what the fuck

Lifetime regional run to go 0-2 on internationals. is it 2023 again?

bro what the fuck

all of your points are fair
artzin is more of a "everyone above is better but everyone below is worse" situation
tbh i do think i was a bit rough on demon1 started making the list after G2 x Lev game and i just forgot him there lol gonna change it
tex was my top 2 for a long time just prioritized teams that played more
xenom i think 4 is good enough considering how much impact both melser and pancada had for their teams and valyn is valyn
and i explained on #33 N4rrate role. sentinels overall is a bit confusing on roles so i chose to put him on initiator since it feels like he is the main one on the team (besides not playing sova)

no kick-off? sim
dg foi constante o camp inteiro
zekken teve muitos momentos abaixo apesar de aparecer quando importava (por isso ta no top 3)
jawgemo nao teve impacto individual pro time tão acima quanto eles, tanto que não foi nem o segundo melhor jogador da equipe (e discutivelmente nem o terceiro ou quarto)

like i said on other comment, to me they had higher highs on the tournament than both mibr and kru, and their lows also looked higher than mibr and kru ones. kru game felt like an offday in all means and they should've won it, so much it was pretty much a surprise for everyone who was watching it

1. I understand but, on my opinion, loud had higher peaks and lows than both mibr and kru. Their Kru game was definitely an off-day, and overall they felt much more like a complete team most of the time than both teams, and that's why i rate them higher. You can think differently, and that's fair, but i don't like to only pick their placement and not see their overall tournament

2. That's also a valid opinion, just feel like Dgzin was more impactful and consistent overrall than Zekken, besides Zekken clutching on important moments (and that's why he's on top 3 at all). Not talking about placement or Mada and Eeiu wouldn't have been top 4 in their roles and they deserve it individually

3. Im looking at the entire tournament here. G2 dropped two maps the entire tournament (!!!!) and got to finals in pretty easy fashion. Sentinels got a slow start and won some matches holding up on band-aids, they got bigger on the last two. Finals was close but we have to see how it all went down.

yep. but i think with more time (or even at bangkok) teams will get better, G2 will be more pressured and will need a flashy player to win an important round and then jawgemo will get more of a chance to shine. and honestly i trust him for that

both Stax and DRX are allergic to going to internationals grand finals

Aspas é o GOAT mas crédito onde tem que ser dado, Trent e Leaf tiveram um campeonato e impacto absurdo e hoje tão na conversa de melhores do mundo em suas funções e fora delas

of course, im a xenom defender since day one, with time he might be the best controller in americas
just think melser and pancada were more vital to their teams

I understand your point and thats fair but i feel like he had less impact for his team than the others above him, individually speaking. Mada basically was trying to carry NRG, Zekken dragged Sen through tough maps, Dgzin was topfragger and Loud's mvp on 90% of their maps and Aspas is Aspas. Jawg didn't had a single moment where i felt like he could be the best from his team (Yet, i think he will get there with more time)]

Also he does have a world champ trophy under his belt.

Im taking kickoff performances only

silentz>aspas

sentinels roles are a bit icky to define tbh so i understand your point
but in my opinion n4rrate goes as initiators because he played on more initiator agents and on a more traditional approach
john played sova in like two maps which is fair, but out of that he spammed tejo, and it just feels more like a flex pick on most maps specially since in some of them n4rrate does either fade, breach or gekko
and i feel like naturally n4rrate will come back to full initiator once they have more time to sort that out because he exceeds more in it

dgzin was more impactful for loud than zekken was for sentinels (besides zekken being close) and mada for nrg

like i said on other comment s0m was inconsistent but i think i might bump him up two tiers; valyn maybe but no one below him was really better in my opinion

sentinels roles are a bit icky to define but zellsis played mainly as a sentinel with exception of two specific maps so i went with that

jaw was a bit inconsistent (pretty normal prob still adapting to the team), all others above him had more impact to their teams and felt more individually complete
xenom same although he was in my top 3 for a bit but melser had an insane run

y0y

serious tho this one i trolled a bit gonna change it

i believe he will bounce back but he was too inconsistent this kickoff and i feel like every controller above him had more impact
that said i think he could be above kingg and supamen i might think about that

#13

jonahp support and teamplay is extremely goated

only reason i put dgzin above is because i feel dgzin was more impactful for loud than zekken was for sentinels but thats a valid opinion

reasonable opinion tbh
duelist was very rough to choose tbh mada was on my top 3 for a long time but i feel like dgzin and zekken had more "clutch performances" to carry their teams to more advanced stages on the tournament

Now that Kickoff ended, this is my ranking. Feel free to suggest any changes.

DUELIST: 1) Aspas - 2) Dgzin - 3) Zekken - 4) Mada - 5) Jawgemo - 6) Keznit - 7) Asuna - 8) Oxy - 9) Demon1 - 10) Havoc - 11) Icy - 12) Silentzz

INITIATOR: 1) Trent - 2) Cauanzin - 3) Eeiu - 4) N4rrate - 5) Mazino - 6) Nzr- 7) C0m - 8) Xeppa - 9) Derrek - 10) Verno - 11) Mwzera - 12) Pryze

FLEX: 1) JonahP- 2) JohnQT- 3) Artzin - 4) V1nny - 5) Adverso - 6) Nathank 7) Cryo - 8) Ethan - 9) Mitch - 10) NaturE - 11) Raafa - 12) Zap

CONTROLLER: 1) Valyn - 2) Pancada - 3) Melser - 4) Xenom - 5) Bang - 6) S0m - 7) Kingg - 8) Supamen - 9) Khalil - 10) Zander - 11) V1c - 12) Lz

SENTINEL: 1) Leaf - 2) Shyy - 3) Cortezia - 4) Zellsis - 5) Tex - 6) Heat - 7) Gobera - 8) Tuyz - 9) NeT - 10) FNS - 11) Yay - 12) Boostio

IGL: 1) Valyn - 2) JohnQT - 3) Artzin - 4) V1nny - 5) Adverso - 6) Kingg - 7) FNS - 8) Boostio - 9) Mitch - 10) NaturE - 11) Zap - 12) Raafa
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OVERALL TOP PLAYERS: 1) Leaf - 2) Aspas - 3) Trent - 4) JonahP - 5) Dgzin - 6) Valyn - 7) JohnQT - 8) Zekken - 9) Pancada - 10) Melser
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TEAMS: 1) G2 2) Sentinels 3) Loud 4) MIBR 5) Kru 6) 100Thieves 7) NRG 8) Leviatán 9) Cloud9 10) Evil Geniuses 11) Furia 12) 2Game Esports

hes making every right call they're just being outaimed on some rounds

no

literally stopped the 11-3 from happening. gonna report to the police for the anti-fun actions

fucking lock in bro your team has a momentum why are you tilting lmfao

dont think they will do too tbh just joking

time to sen pull a fnatic

if they dont then its ggs