why is sin prisa in the knockout round???

actually a fucking masterpiece

EDG had 4 grand finals

Gen G won 3/5
EDG won 4/4

Also, champs is a level much higher than masters

Which team peaked higher this year.
and If they played a bo5, who wing (1 ban each)
EDG ban Ascent
Gen G ban Sunset

Lotus(EDG)
Bind(50/50)
Abyss(EDG)
Icebox(EDG slightly imo)

1. 2024
   Trace bear EMEA #2 and Americas #1
   favorites knocked out
   PRX grouped
   TH return to form after poor stage 2
   Sen return to form
   EDG looks promising
   DRX looks promising
   2023 was okay because group D was good, but looking back, not even close to as dangerous as group B in 2024

2. 2024- probably an unpopular opinion since there were a lot of 2-0’s but i feel like this. Tournament had the highest level of valorant + the teams were a lot closer in ability. even some vct analyst agree that eg last year were probably the only team that could compete with the top teams this years. 2023 is still a very extremely close 2nd, 2022 is also a very extremely close 3rd place as well.

3. 2024 easily

4. 2021 nostalgia merchant but still good

nobody must be such a cool igl to have. When he first transitioned to the role, instead of being nervous he was more thrilled when being igl, because he enjoys winning the mind games

duelist- alfa
Sentinel- hiro
Initiator- Leo
controller- boaster
Flex- Chronicle
Very obvious tbh

he doesn’t really have a single crosshair, he switches it multiple times every match even

s1mon isn’t a ranked player, he’s been playing professionally since 2021.

up there definitely

fr

Do you know what power rankings are??

just remembered they played like 20+ matches in the offseason alone. They deadass didn’t have a break between 2023 and 2024 vct seasons.

So happy they won

only one good showing, but it’s the biggest tournament of the year

you forgot the MaKo 1v5.

kk 4k should be first imo, that basically sealed them the trophy and stopped the comeback

I have meteor above benjy(not close imo) but i agree with the rest

How are these matchups being made.

Would it be like a time travel scenario where edg goes back to 2022 and play LOUD. If so EDG would destroy them easily.

Or would it be, them taking the old roster and putting them back together. With time and practice id say it’s a 50/50

fr, a team that literally beat the 2nd 3rd and 4th place teams in the tournament is anything but mickey mouse

i’d say 50/100 for kk. But the special thing about kk, is that it’s his unselfish playstyle that makes his consistency worse than aspas. kk will never shy away from a first engagement even if he’s dying first a lot. Since EDG are so good a trading he always gets value no matter what, kk just might be the perfect duelist

every teams needs one of him.

Insane utility
Literally allows smoggy chichoo and kk to pop off.

Those guys always had the ability and the aim to go crazy, just never the opportunity

S1Mon it what makes them this good

aspas buys attack op a lot, so tex takes a lot of entry duelist

miniboo is literally on the other team

not a throw, they just couldn’t think under pressure of S1Mon’s balls

fruits

EDG and Th pretty much have the same map pool

i’d say he’s been the 3rd best on the team this tournament in terms of performance, but honestly he’s tied with Smoggy and CHICHOO for overall impact. The thing that makes kk so special is that no matter what, he will always be the first to go in and the first to push anything, and the team is heavily reliant on trading him, even if he has an op, he’ll push you no matter what to create space, and bc of that it lets his teammates get into position where they can find a lot of value

has he been the best player in the event so far??

why don’t we just go straight to playoffs.

Have

Have it so every #1 seed
plays a #2 seed

And have it that each side of the bracket will have 1 team from a region

ex.
EMEA 1 vs CN 2
Americas 1 vs Pacific 2
China 1 vs Americas 2
CN 1 vs EMEA 2

make it a double elim and
only downside is that this format would have 2 less matches

VCT region ranked by population
1st EMEA
2nd Pacific
3rd CN
4th Americas

You are incorrect

DRX are a legitimate top 6 teams in the world.
Gen G
TH
Sen
Lev
EDG(?)
DRX
And we are a team capable of beating all the teams above on a good day.

The players are young and they will get better individually as time goes on. MaKo will be better at igling. And they still scrim Gen G a lot, so practice will be very impactful.

I don’t want to get ahead of myself but…
I can already smell that trophy next year

rookie mistakes, even more so since he didn’t even get to play stage 1

I think we are just thinking too much. It’s all hindsight really.

I’m not blaming termi. It definitely not his fault.

But would Lotus be better than Icebox here. At the time i thought Icebox was the better pick bc the TH comp could just be countered with more aggression. (we did that but miniboo just happened to have his best performance of the year)

Maybe lotus was the better option. Our lotus didn’t look that great against trace even though we destroyed them but it’s a map we have played twice at champs and we only let up 9 rounds total.

shit bait tbh. Put your heart into it and maybe i’ll fall for it

no point in looking back at 1 round and blaming a player.

MaKo won us 2 rounds by himself, he’s cleared

then don’t watch.

Yeah and no, you haven’t been expecting a trophy.

When has DRX ever been tournament favorites

Also this is a new team

They had 2 players detained.

5th-6th while losing to EMEA’s best team. Not bad tbh.

New igl, 2.5 rookies. 2 of our players never even played an masters or champs b4 Seoul.
Not only did we get 5th-6th. But we genuinely proved that we’re are a top 6 team in the world.

Next year will be great.
We will keep the roster and coaches ofc.
MaKo will be better at igl

I’m expecting a trophy for this team next year

#DRXWIN #NERFNEON

nerf ts. Who tf thought accuracy while sliding was a good idea

couldn’t pay me to give af about off season events, even if DRX playing.
I barely even cared about kickoff madrid and start of stage 1 bc it overlapped with school. I sure as hell won’t care about off season stuff

Tonight will be either be a great night or the last time I watch valorant in 2024

how we feeling

Nah, we’ve seen already by the fact they got 2-0’d twice. When they have an off day, they are very beatable by almost all top 8 teams at champs. On a good day they can beat any team

there are 2 EDG players that clear this whole list

Lower bracket run, it’s alright

we still win champs, have to make it close for the viewership

You can’t just name the worst team in every region, and say they need to be nuked. Some of these teams genuinely have good players and a solid future

something isn’t adding up

team secret, they beat both Gen G and PRX

Lost 11-13 11-13 to talon bc they went 0-4 in pistols

KC is worse than FUT

do you even watch DRX play?

atleast wait until champs is over