Excuse me mr 9wntr sir could I perhaps have some of that oil money https://www.vlr.gg/645022/give-me-infinite-money/#7

Elite back to tier 1

ENGH hard trolled him last year he's still got it trust

Incredibly accurate username

He's made it through every single international event qualification he's ever played in, plays a billion agents, has an international finals appearance and without a super experienced IGL u need a vocal experienced player to help with calling. Plus honestly he's a big game clutch player. His ace vs G2 at Shanghai still gets me sitcky to this day

Spread the word brother I need the bag and I'll cook all these fraudulent GMs in EU

And lowkey I'll build the greatest team EMEA has ever seen and finally end the trophy drought and become the greatest GM OAT and I'm not even gonna use imports

Lemme cook and I'm not even going full fantasy imma try and be realistic here

First signing I'm grabbing is Razziss. He recently made the playoffs of VCL DACH as the literal only positive rated player on his team with a 1.18, he plays every duellist to a good level, he's consistently farmed tier 2 for a couple years now and I think he's next up in terms of duellist talent, and I imagine he'd be fairly easy to get his contract can't be that expensive. He'd be the primary entry duellist for this hypothetical team

Next I'm grabbing globeX, he's one of the huge EMEA prospects everyone's been talking about. Last year he played smokes for KOI academy and this year he's pivoted to duellist. The only issue is now he's on Barca and is probably pretty expensive, plus I imagine a ton of teams are looking at him so he could be tough to acquire for a team. I'd have him flexing between the two as a Keiko type player, playing primarily Omen, Raze, Brimstone and Neon

Next I'd take RobbieBK. He had a brief stint on both Loud and M8 last year as the IGL for both teams but his time on them was incredibly short and I personally don't think he got to showcase what he's actually capable of. He'd play scan on this team as well as being the IGL, and atm he's a completely FA so shouldn't be any issues there.

Next player I'd sign is Elite. He's been in tier 1 before, being absolutely insane on BBL in his rookie year before kinda regressing after getting signed to KC and going back to tier 2, but I think if he was given another shot on a better organised team. He's still frying the Turkish league in tier 2 so I definitely still think he has the talent. He'd be playing sentinel (tho likely mostly sticking to Viper and the occasional Cypher or KJ map) which is what he thrived on on BBL.

Then my final piece is paTiTek. He's had a fairly decent amount of tier 1 experience, making 5 international events and even an international grand final. He's a very flexible player, has insanely good supportive utility, is a vocal secondary caller, has been spoken highly of by most former team mates and seems to be a very good vibes guy (with the only guy he's butted heads with being known vibes terrorist trexx) and in general just elevates whatever team he's on. He'd mostly be on Kay/o and smokes when globeX is on duellist.

Then for the head coach, in an ideal world you drag Mini out of retirement but I doubt that's happening. So imma go with Yaba, the previous coach of KOI academy who were probably the best team in VCL Spain last year, and he'll have existing chemistry with globeX, the most important person on the team, and understanding of how to let him shine in his system. And yk what add ShadoW in there as an assistant coach. He's probably doing most of the heavy lifting on Enterprise because Itopata is a known bum

So there's my draft for an EU team. The rifling core of globeX, Razziss and Elite following the Loud Gen.G formula of duellist, smokes, senti being your 3 star fraggers and then RobbieBK as the scan IGL and paTiTek as an experienced secondary caller and support piece, with Yaba as the head coach

Any Saudi oil princes looking to enter the Valorant scene and willing to give me infinite money hit me up

RieNs, he is biggest brain player in EMEA

I am NOT here for the vlr yaoi trend

dort was a hero, I just couldn't see it

I think they're gonna still qual but probably drop to 2nd or 3rd seed, I think VIT are gonna come out swinging and live up to their potential and then TH and FNC are gonna scrap for top 4 and BBL will have to sweat a bit to keep up with them

OpTic vs Loud in the upper bracket finals of Reykjavik

FPX vs PRX at Copenhagen

FNC vs Loud at LOCK//IN

PRX vs EG at the upper bracket finals in Champs

TH vs FPX at Shanghai groups

TH vs Gen.G rematch at Champs groups

TH vs SEN at Champs

TH vs LEV in the lower finals of Champs, that was the last time I felt happiness as a Valorant fan

My man

Surely you need to know what it's like watching insane young talents get trolled by their coach, let a man dream damnit

Wait lowkey he's right

Boaster just needs like one or two more trophies tho

Ngl I think Raze Waylay is a really slept on double duellist combo hinder + Raze util is the stuff of nightmares

I'd probably bank on Brimstone, Raze, Waylay, Fade and then either Tejo or Cypher being the meta comp

I'm praying on a LEV bounce back cuz the last form we saw this team in was lowkey ass but there's frankly an absurd amount of talent on the team so I wanna see them make it to a Masters after hatewatching them in 2025 for being the GE of Americas (until they signed Sato)

My hopes for London are LEV, NRG, 100T

Still shit but now they have slightly more firepower so they'll be entertainingly shit

They were considered one of the worst teams in Americas till they added Demon1 and even then their playoffs quals came down to MIBR getting the miracle upset against 100T

Once they hit the international stage in Tokyo is when they started actually playing insane

If they won either of the 2 finals they were in they're undisputed 1st, but a trophy + top 4 at Champs is imo better than 2 second place finishes

The only Champs winners who played well the entire year have been Loud and I feel like getting grouped at Copenhagen gives OpTic the edge over them imo

I feel like a trophy win + top 4 at Champs is better than 2 second place finishes but FNC is deffo 2nd and they'd be undisputed 1st if they complete the reverse sweep at Champs

2021 - Gambit
2022 - OpTic
2023 - FNATIC
2024 - GEN.G
2025 - PRX

I did not enjoy that but thank you for sharing regardless

Idk about NA ranked but I server hopped to play with my partner from Canada and everyone has freaky ahh names like "EatMyKitty" and "degrade me" like vro

Varrel -c1nder +MaKo so consistency man can finally get his trophy after 6 billion years

Americas - 100T, NRG, LEV
EMEA - TH, BBL, VIT (mostly cuz of Jamppi and Sayonara)
Pacific - Gen.G, PRX
China - Wolves, AG, XLG

Idk I mean alfa has been playing in tier 1 for near enough the same amount of time as aspas, and imo has been as good a fragger the whole time, is more flexible, has more trophies and has been more consistent internationally, never once full on shitting the bed like aspas did at Tokyo and Toronto

I don't really see the argument for aspas over alfa imo, the only reasoning I could see is 1 Champs > 2 trophies but if he gets a third trophy, especially a champs, then it's chalked for aspas

I'd have said t3xture for 2024 ngl

Lowkey Alfajer mogs both Chronicle and Aspas in the goat convo but we're not ready for those talks just yet

Now this is purp0's world and we're just living in it ig

Neon Waylay Skye Viper Omen name 1 map this isn't the best comp on

Idk can only remember Proxh's not great performance on M8 last year

Raze or aggro Omen fs

Absolutely horrendous idea

I'm gonna stand by 2023 being the most boring meta we've ever had and it was all possible because Skye did everything flash initiators and info initiators can do at the same time

Can't wait for Skye Viper Omen then double duellist or solo duellist + KJ or Cypher on literally every map

Yes, he's him. Best smokes player in tier 2 atm

Tejo nerfs were the last decent patch

I'd say top 7-8 are probably in order then the rest I kinda just threw on as I thought of them

1. RieNs

2. Keiko

3. Autumn

4. SiuFatBB

5. benjyfishy

6. trent

7. Timotino

8. Lar0k

9. Jinggg

10. Spring

1. GSR

2. globeX

3. Chaza

4. Slaughter

5. kozzy

6. Spear

7. Leare

8. Anima

9. waddle

10. Razziss

11. rexxtonned

12. Fragger

13. WanZeru

14. SimonD4rk

15. stonezy

16. sunfloweR

17. shinnok

18. Padisah

19. Susano

20. Sevire

21. oroni

22. Burzzy

23. Kachoww

24. influx

25. 77even

Can't wait for Derrek to get signed to an EU team and drop a 1.02 rating before any of these rookies

Nah Skye flash was so necessary she made the meta mind numbingly boring in 2023

This mf said Harry Kane 💀

Vyse getting her flash gutted in 11.08

They increased the cooldown, removed the info and made it so you can break it while it's winding up like bro they killed her signature ability

Lowkey pretty close

Ahhhhhh don't dox me nooooooo

Imo the front runners to make it are BBL, M8, TL, FNC, VIT and TH

I'm expecting BBL and VIT to be there then the 3rd spot is a toss up imo, tho of course I'm hoping for TH

Me when franchising

Me when franchising

Useless 0% pickrate in pro play just a ranked agent for irons being boosted by their e-duo

FNC - 1st place at LOCK//IN + Masters Tokyo
TH - 2nd place at Masters Shanghai + Champions Seoul
NAVI - 3rd/4th place at LOCK//IN
VIT - 4th place at Masters Bangkok
TL - 5th/6th place at Masters Tokyo
KC - 5th/6th place at Masters Madrid
FUT - 5th/6th place at Masters Shanghai
BBL - 5th/6th place at Masters Santiago
M8 - 7th/8th place at Masters Santiago
GX - 7th/8th place at Champions Paris
KOI - 3rd place at EMEA Last Chance Qualifier 2023
ULF - 9th/10th place at EMEA Kickoff 2026
PCIFIC - 11th/12th place at EMEA Kickoff 2026
APEKS - 11th/12 place at EMEA Kickoff 2025 + EMEA Stage 1 2025 + EMEA Stage 2 2025

NRG - 1st place at Champions Paris
EG - 1st place at Champions LA
SEN - 1st place at Masters Madrid
LOUD - 2nd place at LOCK//IN
G2 - 2nd place at Masters Bangkok
LEV - 3rd place at Champions Seoul
100T - 4th place at Masters Shanghai
MIBR - 5th/6th place at Champions Paris
FUR - 7th/8th place at Masters Santiago
KRU - 9th/12th place at Champions Seoul
C9 - 9th/16th place at LOCK//IN
NV - 9th/10th place at Americas Kickoff 2026
2G - 9th/10th place at Americas Stage 1 2025 + Americas Stage 2 2025

PRX - 1st place at Masters Toronto
GEN - 1st place at Masters Shanghai
T1 - 1st place at Masters Bangkok
NS - 1st place at Masters Santiago
DRX - 3rd place at Champions Paris
RRQ - 7th/8th place at Masters Toronto
TLN - 5th/8th place at LOCK//IN
TS - 9th/16th place at LOCK//IN
ZETA - 13th/16th place at Champions LA
BME - 5th/6th place at Pacific Stage 1 2025
DFM - 5th place at Pacific Kickoff 2026
FS - 7th/8th place at Pacific Kickoff 2026
GE - 7th/8th place at Pacific Stage 1 2024
BLD - 9th/10th place at Pacific Stage 1 2024
VL - 11th/12th place at Pacific Kickoff 2026

EDG - 1st place at Champions Seoul
WOL - 3rd place at Masters Toronto
TE - 7th/8th place at Champions Seoul
AG - 5th/6th place at Masters Santiago
XLG - 7th/8th place at Masters Toronto
FPX - 9th/10th place at Masters Shanghai
BLG - 9th/10th place at Masters Toronto
DRG - 13th/16th place at Champions Paris
TYL - 5th/6th place at China Stage 2 2025
JDG - 5th/6th place at China Stage 2 2024
NOVA - 5th/6th place at China Stage 1 2024
TEC - 6th place at China Kickoff 2024

Nah Anima is him, at least a better initiator than Krostaly and qRaxs

The strongest schizophrenic in history (king_bob) vs the strongest schizophrenic of today (delighted)