tbf, you can’t contribute all of that to just the coaches although they deserve a lot of credit. The deadass assembled the 4 best kr players that were on the market, and got a player like Karon from ranked. You can’t deny that the team has talent. Having better teammates will always improve your own performance, and the my happened to scout some of the very best

https://x.com/valo2asia/status/1849636181740486851?s=46&t=UpfWlpoVx8lr8dEqUmQyxw

Now I get to watch more DRX matches

yeah, he only stated they had no issues financially, doesn’t mean they can afford how much meteor asked for. They likely have a budget and meteors ask price went over the budget. Not to mention, Karon, t3, and munchkin all got the bag

athan is DRX’s you don’t know whether or not he’s good on a role or not since he’s only played 1 public match as a prospects player. Also let’s not pretend that people who literally get paid to play a game can’t learn how to play a new role over a couple of months

I kinda doubt flashback will be playing senti.

It seems more likely he’s gonna play initiator

kinda agree, but one thing to keep in mind, that just isn’t how valorant works. Things don’t always work end up how we think they should when you look at it on paper. So i think it should still be considered an overall downgrade unless proven otherwise

cool

nice, solid pick up by gen g

being a top 6 team in the entire world, in a game with tens of millions of players ain’t a bad thing gang

are you a fan of japanese val players in general bc of vcj. Because i thought gyen was a ranked player they picked up after he trialed with then

Best Overall Player:

Best Duelist:
Best scan initiator:
Best flash initiator:
Best Controller:
Best Sentinel:
Best IGL:
Rookie of the year:

Bangkok Winner:
Toronto Winner:
Paris Winner:

Team that will shatter expectations:
Team that will fail to meet expectation:

Team of the Year:

I think ur underrating DRX but its a better list than what most people have

Abyss has a lot of choke points tho. I think it would be better to have a dive agent

yeah, i saw that too, that’s why i thought he might play initiator, I don’t mind it either, I kinda thought it would be too drastic of a change to make Athan a scan initiator when he’s mostly been playing duelist

What roles are you expecting

I was thinking
HYUNMIN- duelist
MaKo- Controller
Athan- Initiator
freeing- Sentinel
Flashback- Flex

Although I wouldnt be that surprised if Flashback became the scan initiator and Athan became the flex

I doubt they would take freeing off Sentinel imo

Also slight chance MaKo changes role to what munchkin does(kayo ad viper)to help the younger players play more roles more suited to them.

fr

I think DRX, in for pacific, but it’s fine if you think not. An upset is bound to happen, one or 2 of these teams aren’t gonna make it despite high expectations

foxy9 is solid, and i think yoman is good, they will be just fine. Top 2 pacific imo

that sunset against gen g wasn’t his fault and i’ll die on that hill

Nah, he’s carried DRX for too long.

Won’t support his new team tho

I deadass said in the main post that it wasn’t nearly as bad as i thought and most of it wasn’t even his fault. ppl just looked at the stats i posted and assumed that is was slander, and if they wanna argue idc, it’s 2am and i got nun else to do

Now, lemme have a serious discussion since ppl still have this dumbass argument.

First of all, and this should be coming knowledge. losing does not mean your team played bad. So ur right with that atleast

Second, yes it’s true, even if your team is playing bad, duelist would generally have the worse stats, but that only applies to kd and for pro matches, rating. It does not equate to having low acs or adr. In fact, for one of the more aggro duelist like BuZz, having a low adr and acs can literally only mean 2 things. He’s either lost confidence and it not taking as much fights, or he simply isn’t winning his gun fights(whether it’s because he’s taking bad fights, or his aim is going through a drought)

Now, since my whole original point is that BuZz kinda chokes. I have watched literally all of DRX’s games for the last 2 and half years, multiple times, whether it’s reactions or just rewatching vods. It’s not only the fact that he plays worse in big games, he straight up changes his whole playstyle. Even this year, you could watch any regular season match, even one he played bad in, and then compare it to his champs playoff matches, and you will think it’s 2 different players. This is not an arguable thing, he plays worse. If you wanna say im wrong for saying stats isnt the way to prove it, sure, but you can’t say he ain’t a choker

We have a better duelist now, but just gotta warn T1 fans on what they have to expect. I ain’t even say he was ass or anything, just that he’s a serial choker

you could always close the tab

i’ll take it off permanently if t1 outplaces DRX at any event next year

yeah, the stats from the elim games that they won aren’t any better

i should really just pull up playoff stats in general to prove my point

i’m just getting tired of ppl saying we downgraded.

Also, i could care less about anyone but MaKo

only person on DRX if still give af about after they leave is MaKo. BuZz i could care less about

nuh uh

True, it’s not like the (arguably) best duelist itw isn’t known for having great stats despite his team not performing as well, up until champs at least. Also, attack side is the only side that exist in valorant, so all duelist do is entry for the team. It’s not like there is a whole other defense side of the map where BuZz usually op crutches and still doesn’t do all that well.

and Athan

honestly makes sense. That’s probably why Controllers are notorious for being the highest fragging role, and duelist aren’t. You’re right. Asking the duelist/(CHAMBER) not to go sub 200 acs is too much.

seems like losing doesn't affect MaKo as much but idk.

Masters Berlin: 1.06 rating 226 acs +9
Champs Berlin: 0.92 rating 241 acs -1
Masters Reykjavik: 0.80 rating 182 acs -12
Masters Copenhagen: 0.76 rating 173 acs -9
Champs Istanbul: 1.05 rating 237 acs +1
Lock/In: 1.00 rating 232 acs +4
Tokyo: 0.68 rating 167 acs -10
LA: 0.95 rating 186 acs -4
Seoul: 0.71 rating 180 acs -8

Not as bad as i thought, only 2/3 of these were really his fault. Still played bad in most but it’s harsh to say it was solely his fault

Not ass, just very overrated

exactly the reason why I don’t mind losing BuZz. Hes so good but it’s gets to a point

W, hopefully foxy9 gets better so the team can contend like they did last year

the time running out isn’t a real clutch in my books

it was against champs contenders too

both equally valuable. Stats show consistency. Watching the game, you only get one POV at a time, and usually when the POV switches to someone who actually does something.

Someone who goes completely quiet and has no impact for 5 rounds straight prolly won’t even get the POV switched onto him (out of sight out of mind) But if that guy randomly has a solid round with a 2k or 3k. That’s all everyone will remember.

(ex BeYN. Really good clutch player, especially stage 2 and champs, it almost makes you forgot how many times he went sub 150 and sub 100 acs in an a close match)

Then again, if a player has enough of the those moments that ends up winning the team 4 or 5 rounds, even if he didn’t do much the rest of the rounds, the stats won’t show how much impact that guy really had.

i don’t even have to watch to know what this is, this is just luck with timing

He’s 16/120 in 2024

13%

okay okay, fair, but don’t you also find it annoying that he goes triple negative in important games or the fact he hasn’t had back2back good games ever. Or maybe it’s the fact that bc he played “okay” on senti, we decided to take both flashback and BeYN off their main role, just for him to play like complete shit on senti for the start of stage 2. Which then forced Flashback to switch roles twice in one split, and he still played well, and ppl are constantly giving this dude excuses

Cypher stats: 401 rounds 0.98 rating 178 acs
Killjoy stats: 171 rounds 1.06 rating 195 acs

TOTAL: 1.00 rating 183 acs

Don’t let those fake pacific watchers fool you. He had like 2 good games and it got blown out of proportion

nah, deadass i stopped halfway through changing it to do something and just posted it without finishing

does he know?

TOP 4 :DRX, Gen G, T1, PRX

MIDDLE 6: SPG, Talon, Zeta, RRQ, TS, DFM

BOTTOM 2: Global, Boom

note: the list is biased except for the top 4, also it is in order

why would munchin go back to senti

doubt it. Yoman is a scan initiator, munchkin didn’t play scan last season